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April 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand “Please do not hate me, I’m too young,” Zaidoon Nasir raps on ‘French Fever’ – a track about being bullied by a high school French teacher, released under music moniker WHO SHOT SCOTT. “[The teacher] started calling me stupid or whatever, and she grabbed my book in front of the whole ... <a title="WHO SHOT SCOTT is not some ‘crazy, chaotic guy’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/05/who-shot-scott-is-not-some-crazy-chaotic-guy/" aria-label="Read more about WHO SHOT SCOTT is not some ‘crazy, chaotic guy’">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A police car seen behind a cordon as officers attend an incident. RNZ A man has been arrested after firing a gun at another person in Huntly last Thursday night. Police said the incident began when a group of men had an argument with an occupant of a house on Cobham ... <a title="Patched gang member arrested after Huntly shootout" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/05/patched-gang-member-arrested-after-huntly-shootout/" aria-label="Read more about Patched gang member arrested after Huntly shootout">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Police said the single vehicle crash occurred on State Highway 1 in Waipu on Sunday morning about 9.40am. RNZ / REECE BAKER The Easter holiday road toll has risen to three, after the death of a motorcyclist in Northland. Police said the single vehicle crash occurred on State Highway 1 in ... <a title="Easter road toll rises to three after Northland motorcycle death" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/05/easter-road-toll-rises-to-three-after-northland-motorcycle-death/" aria-label="Read more about Easter road toll rises to three after Northland motorcycle death">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi project lead Dr Mawera Karetai. Supplied/Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi has been awarded nearly $300,000 in research funding from the Centre of Research Excellence Coastal People: Southern Skies to give rangatahi a hands-on education about climate change. Project lead Dr Mawera ... <a title="Research funding provides rangatahi with hands-on education about climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/05/research-funding-provides-rangatahi-with-hands-on-education-about-climate-change/" aria-label="Read more about Research funding provides rangatahi with hands-on education about climate change">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Police have arrested four people, siezed two vehicles seized and issued dozens of infringement notices after busting “an anti-social road user event” in Manawatū. NZ Police Police have arrested four people, seized two vehicles and issued dozens of infringement notices after busting “an antisocial road user event” in Manawatū. Police dubbed ... <a title="Police bust ‘antisocial road user event’ outside Palmerston North" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/05/police-bust-antisocial-road-user-event-outside-palmerston-north/" aria-label="Read more about Police bust ‘antisocial road user event’ outside Palmerston North">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi project lead Dr Mawera Karetai. Supplied/Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi has been awarded nearly $300,000 in research funding from the Centre of Research Excellence Coastal People: Southern Skies to give rangatahi a hands-on education about climate change. Project lead Dr Mawera ... <a title="Research funding provides rangitahi with hands-on education about climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/05/research-funding-provides-rangitahi-with-hands-on-education-about-climate-change/" aria-label="Read more about Research funding provides rangitahi with hands-on education about climate change">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand In 2022, South African Ine-Mari Venter (left) played against the Silver Ferns. Simon West/Photosport South Africa’s Ine-Mari Venter will line up in her fourth international league, when she steps onto court for the start of the ANZ Premiership this month, underlining the global path of her career. The experienced shooter is ... <a title="Netball: ANZ Premiership players, teams take advantage of increased import quota" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/05/netball-anz-premiership-players-teams-take-advantage-of-increased-import-quota/" aria-label="Read more about Netball: ANZ Premiership players, teams take advantage of increased import quota">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand MetService has forecasted heavy rain over for the upper North Island on Tuesday. Screengrab / MetService MetService is warning residents in Northland to prepare for severe gales, heavy rain and possible thunderstorms. Rainfall could exceed warning criteria, with thunderstorms and localised downpours possible, MetService said. It warned people to avoid low-lying ... <a title="Weather: Heavy rain, strong winds warning for upper North Island" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/05/weather-heavy-rain-strong-winds-warning-for-upper-north-island/" aria-label="Read more about Weather: Heavy rain, strong winds warning for upper North Island">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Actors Cliff Curtis and Jason Momoa, along with director Taika Waititi, have acquired Auckland-based film studio Studio West in a bid to bring more jobs and Polynesian-led storytelling to the country. The studio, set up in 1997, was previously owned and operated by Enki Enterprises’ Kay and Glenn Howe, who say ... <a title="Movie stars join forces to buy Auckland film and TV studio" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/05/movie-stars-join-forces-to-buy-auckland-film-and-tv-studio/" aria-label="Read more about Movie stars join forces to buy Auckland film and TV studio">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Green MP Kahurangi Carter speaking in the urgent debate. VNP / Phil Smith This week, Members of Parliament debated a bill to protect parody and satire – the right to take the mickey under New Zealand’s copyright law, something they themselves may well be the target of. Every second sitting, Wednesday ... <a title="The House: Members of Parliament debate ability to take mickey" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/05/the-house-members-of-parliament-debate-ability-to-take-mickey/" aria-label="Read more about The House: Members of Parliament debate ability to take mickey">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF Health New Zealand has released long-awaited guidelines to help grieving families cope with the loss of a baby during pregnancy or in the first year after birth. The National Bereavement Care Pathway for Perinatal Loss was released on Thursday. It outlined the nine standards that will guide the future approach ... <a title="Health New Zealand releases guidelines to help families with perinatal loss" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/05/health-new-zealand-releases-guidelines-to-help-families-with-perinatal-loss/" aria-label="Read more about Health New Zealand releases guidelines to help families with perinatal loss">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Dr Kay Scarpetta, chief medical examiner of the Commonwealth of Virginia, made her fictional debut in Patricia Cornwell’s first crime novel, Postmortem, published in 1990. Cornwell had been both a police reporter and a morgue assistant. And her character was inspired by a real medical examiner she worked with. Postmortem won ... <a title="I love crime heroines – but Kay Scarpetta leaves me cold" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/05/i-love-crime-heroines-but-kay-scarpetta-leaves-me-cold/" aria-label="Read more about I love crime heroines – but Kay Scarpetta leaves me cold">Read more</a>
