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Who are the main contenders to replace Keir Starmer as prime minister?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charles Lees, Executive Dean, City St George’s, University of London It has become a given in Westminster circles that Keir Starmer’s tenure as prime minister could be nearing its end. This is because, fairly or unfairly, the UK public have made up their minds – and they ... <a title="Who are the main contenders to replace Keir Starmer as prime minister?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/15/who-are-the-main-contenders-to-replace-keir-starmer-as-prime-minister-282880/" aria-label="Read more about Who are the main contenders to replace Keir Starmer as prime minister?">Read more</a>
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Smile, you’re on camera
Source: New Zealand Police Northland Police are reminding retail and small business owners about the importance of having CCTV installed at their premises. Motion detection and live imagery is often alerting victims to offending taking place. Late last month it meant a prompt response to a building site in Morningside. Sergeant Craig Curnow, Whangārei Police,…
Lights off lands driver in court
Source: New Zealand Police A driver who allegedly turned his lights off before attempting to flee from Police will now appear in court. At about 8.20pm, officers signalled for a vehicle traveling on State Highway 20, Māngere to stop. Auckland Motorways Manager, Senior Sergeant Bill Russell says instead of pulling over, the driver allegedly turned…
After a full year of schooling, less than half of 5 year olds pass new phonics test
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ/ Dan Cook Less than half of five-year-olds passed new phonics tests after their first full year of schooling last year. Results published by the Education Ministry show 47 percent of the 4209 children who did the 40-week phonics check in term four last year were “at or above expectations”. But…
Sexual violence prevention organisation facing closure
Source: Radio New Zealand RespectED cahir Jan Logie says it is irresponsible to not support sexual violence prevention education. © VNP / Phil Smith One of the country’s few specialist sexual violence prevention organisations says it will be forced to close in August, unless the government steps in. RespectEd has worked with local schools, workplaces,…
Drone strike starts fire outside United Arab Emirates nuclear plant
Source: Radio New Zealand is investigating the source of the attack near a nuclear power station. The drone struck “an electrical generator outside the inner perimeter of the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant, the UAE’s ministry of defence said. Barakah Nuclear Power Plant / AFP A drone strike triggered a fire near a nuclear power station…
Silver scrollers: What is screen time like for seniors?
Source: Radio New Zealand In 1985, the internet was two, Motorola’s 1kg cellular phone known as the “brick” was appearing in workplaces across the world and Nintendo had just launched its first Super Mario Brothers game about a tribe of Mushroom People. Kingsley Field, then a 40-year-old reporter in the Waikato Times’ newsroom, remembers lugging…
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