Midday Report Essentials for Friday 21 November 2025

Police say they have enough evidence to lay manslaughter charges towards officials involved in the Pike River disaster, according to the families' legal team; Auckland Pride is among a group of organisations preparing to take legal action over the Minister for Sport and Recreation's decision to direct Sport New Zealand to remove its guidelines for transgender inclusion in community sport; The NZEI teachers union has asked the government to take accountability and shoulder the "large and unforeseen costs" of removing asbestos-tainted sand used in schools and Early Childhood Education centres.