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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Methamphetamine use had increased significantly and meth seized in New Zealand and offshore had increased by 266 percent over the past five years. Supplied / Customs There’s widespread support for the government’s new action plan to combat methamphetamine use, with the Drug Foundation commending its “health focused interventions”. A mental wellness ... <a title="Praise as government launches plan to combat methamphetamine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/praise-as-government-launches-plan-to-combat-methamphetamine/" aria-label="Read more about Praise as government launches plan to combat methamphetamine">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A wall of smoke from the Tongariro National Park fire is providing a spectacular but worrying vista for a central plateau village. The blaze has burned through up to 2500 hectares and is 20 percent contained. Whakapapa Village was evacuated on Sunday, and the fire has forced the evacuation of trampers ... <a title="Live: Out of control Tongariro National Park fire spreads to 2500 hectares" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/live-out-of-control-tongariro-national-park-fire-spreads-to-2500-hectares/" aria-label="Read more about Live: Out of control Tongariro National Park fire spreads to 2500 hectares">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Workers at North Shore Hospital’s He Puna Waiora secure mental health unit have reported multiple assaults. RNZ Another serious assault at North Shore Hospital mental health unit The PSA says staff had been pleading for help Health NZ says it added extra workers before it opened five new beds last month. ... <a title="Mental health worker strangled, but NZ Health denies staffing to blame" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/mental-health-worker-strangled-but-nz-health-denies-staffing-to-blame/" aria-label="Read more about Mental health worker strangled, but NZ Health denies staffing to blame">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Woolworths Point Chevalier reduced its hours last year following safety concerns. RNZ / Jessica Hopkins Residents and business owners in Auckland’s Point Chevalier are feeling optimistic as shoplifting is finally brought under control. It comes just over a year after the local supermarket started closing early over safety concerns. On a ... <a title="Auckland community feeling optimistic shoplifting is under control" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/auckland-community-feeling-optimistic-shoplifting-is-under-control/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland community feeling optimistic shoplifting is under control">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Coming from a family who’d farmed for generations, Amelia Thomas expected that she’d inherited some understanding of animals. The day her family moved to an old dairy farm in Nova Scotia, the former journalist was divebombed by a hummingbird, and had to deal with escaped piglets, screaming horses, fighting dogs and ... <a title="‘I would definitely recommend getting on all-fours with your dog’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/i-would-definitely-recommend-getting-on-all-fours-with-your-dog/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I would definitely recommend getting on all-fours with your dog’">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Education Review Office said there is a need for a stronger, system-wide approach in order to improve struggling schools. Unsplash/ Taylor Flowe The Education Review Office wants tougher action on struggling schools that do not improve. In its annual report the office criticised the lack of support for under-performing schools ... <a title="Education Review Office says ‘stronger consequences’ needed for struggling schools" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/education-review-office-says-stronger-consequences-needed-for-struggling-schools/" aria-label="Read more about Education Review Office says ‘stronger consequences’ needed for struggling schools">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand World leaders gather for the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference in Belem, Para State, Brazil. AFP / LUDOVIC MARIN Climate scientists and advocates say the government needs to come clean on how New Zealand plans to meet its first international climate target. A decade on from the Paris Agreement, and as ... <a title="COP30: NZ must commit to buying offshore credits to meet Paris target, climate experts say" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/cop30-nz-must-commit-to-buying-offshore-credits-to-meet-paris-target-climate-experts-say/" aria-label="Read more about COP30: NZ must commit to buying offshore credits to meet Paris target, climate experts say">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Mental health in-patient killed herself after being given leave to go home for Christmas Family unaware of previous attempt and ongoing risks Health NZ says it’s introduced new protocols for the inpatient unit at Palmerston North Hospital on leave, discharge planning, documentation and communication with families Coroner’s recommendations include review of ... <a title="Mental health in-patient killed herself after being given leave to go home for Christmas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/mental-health-in-patient-killed-herself-after-being-given-leave-to-go-home-for-christmas/" aria-label="Read more about Mental health in-patient killed herself after being given leave to go home for Christmas">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Car headlights cut through the darkness of an early morning bootcamp. Ke-Xin Li It’s 6am in Pukehina – a rural community down the coast from Tauranga. Leaves are rustling against the gentle breeze as tyres crunch through the gravel driveway. The basketball court – surrounded by kiwifruit orchards and dairy farms ... <a title="How a rural bootcamp is boosting mental health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/how-a-rural-bootcamp-is-boosting-mental-health/" aria-label="Read more about How a rural bootcamp is boosting mental health">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Methamphetamine use had increased significantly and meth seized in New Zealand and offshore had increased by 266 percent over the past five years. Supplied / Customs There’s widespread support for the government’s new action plan to combat methamphetamine use, with the Drug Foundation commending its “health focused interventions”. A mental wellness ... <a title="‘A fantastic start’- support for government’s plan to combat methamphetamine use" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/a-fantastic-start-support-for-governments-plan-to-combat-methamphetamine-use/" aria-label="Read more about ‘A fantastic start’- support for government’s plan to combat methamphetamine use">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Detective Chief Inspector Peter Jenkinson Metro Magazine Former detectives have been left “stumbling for words” by police reports of a secret meeting in 1985 between a Department of Justice official and the key Crown witness in the murder prosecution of Ross Appelgren. Appelgren was convicted of killing fellow inmate Darcy Te ... <a title="Nark told he’d be ‘well looked after’ in exchange for prison beating evidence, records show" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/nark-told-hed-be-well-looked-after-in-exchange-for-prison-beating-evidence-records-show/" aria-label="Read more about Nark told he’d be ‘well looked after’ in exchange for prison beating evidence, records show">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand [L1] Waimarino business owners hope for forecast rain [L1] Concern tourists might cancel bookings [L1] Wall of smoke provides spectacular but unwelcome backdrop to village. A wall of smoke from the Tongariro National Park fire is providing a spectacular but worrying vista for a central plateau village. The blaze has burned ... <a title="Locals fear ‘truly devastating’ Tongariro National Park fire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/locals-fear-truly-devastating-tongariro-national-park-fire/" aria-label="Read more about Locals fear ‘truly devastating’ Tongariro National Park fire">Read more</a>
