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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Selwyn Rabbits is calling for more transparency and action after a coroner delivered a clear message. Nick Monro After a years-long inquiry into the death of an Auckland construction worker, a coroner has delivered a clear message. Cardan shaft parking brakes, the braking system used by a piece of heavy machinery ... <a title="Calls for coroner recommendations to be enforced after braking system found to be unsafe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/calls-for-coroner-recommendations-to-be-enforced-after-braking-system-found-to-be-unsafe/" aria-label="Read more about Calls for coroner recommendations to be enforced after braking system found to be unsafe">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Environmental team lead at Ōamaru’s blue penguin colony Henry Elsom attribute the breeding success to decades of conservation efforts and the breeding season starting early. RNZ It’s been a bumper season for little blue penguins with nearly 1000 chicks fledged at Ōamaru’s blue penguin colony. That’s up from last year’s 600. ... <a title="Nearly 1000 chicks fledged at Ōamaru’s blue penguin colony" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/nearly-1000-chicks-fledged-at-oamarus-blue-penguin-colony/" aria-label="Read more about Nearly 1000 chicks fledged at Ōamaru’s blue penguin colony">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phil Brewer, Professor in Plant Biology, La Trobe University Whether it’s tucking into some toast, dumplings or a bowl of fresh pasta, humans love eating wheat. Wheat is the most widely grown cereal crop in the world. It’s produced by harvesting the dry, edible seeds of a ... <a title="We eat a lot of wheat. So how can we grow more in a changing climate?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/we-eat-a-lot-of-wheat-so-how-can-we-grow-more-in-a-changing-climate-271846/" aria-label="Read more about We eat a lot of wheat. So how can we grow more in a changing climate?">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Mark Papalii The ACT Party leader David Seymour has floated dishing out $500 to every year 11 student for an investment account, to promote investing at a younger age. It was not an ACT policy “yet”, he said. Seymour said the idea could be funded by taking about five ... <a title="David Seymour floats giving year 11s $500 to invest, taking from annual KiwiSaver subsidy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/david-seymour-floats-giving-year-11s-500-to-invest-taking-from-annual-kiwisaver-subsidy/" aria-label="Read more about David Seymour floats giving year 11s $500 to invest, taking from annual KiwiSaver subsidy">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ Health New Zealand has sent nurses, midwives, and health care assistants their first offer since June last year. The New Zealand Nurses Organisation has been in bargaining with Te Whatu Ora since September 2024. The union’s chief executive, Paul Goulter, said its members had received a proposed terms of settlement. ... <a title="Health New Zealand tables first offer to New Zealand Nurses Organisation in almost a year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/health-new-zealand-tables-first-offer-to-new-zealand-nurses-organisation-in-almost-a-year/" aria-label="Read more about Health New Zealand tables first offer to New Zealand Nurses Organisation in almost a year">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Silt and water in Neal Jenkins and Tahni Daniels’ Berhampore home. RNZ / Mark Papalii Homes will have to be gutted and businesses could be closed for months in the wake of Wellington’s Monday flood. The damage is estimated to potentially run hundreds of millions of dollars across the city, where ... <a title="Homes gutted and businesses closed as Wellingtonians count the cost of floods" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/homes-gutted-and-businesses-closed-as-wellingtonians-count-the-cost-of-floods/" aria-label="Read more about Homes gutted and businesses closed as Wellingtonians count the cost of floods">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Follow all the action as the Black Caps take on Bangladesh at Bir Shrestha Shaheed Flight Lieutenant Motiur Rahman Cricket Stadium in Chattogram, for their third one-day international. The Black Caps won their opening game by 26 runs, scoring 247 for eight in their fifty overs and then bowling out the ... <a title="Live cricket: Black Caps v Bangladesh – third ODI" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/live-cricket-black-caps-v-bangladesh-third-odi/" aria-label="Read more about Live cricket: Black Caps v Bangladesh – third ODI">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Shane Jones. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Shane Jones has apologised after making a jab at the Finance Minister’s weight loss as the coalition ructions shift gears into personal attacks. The argy bargy between National and New Zealand First first kicked off on Wednesday morning when Winston Peters told RNZ’s Morning Report ... <a title="Shane Jones apologises for Nicola Willis weight loss comments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/shane-jones-apologises-for-nicola-willis-weight-loss-comments/" aria-label="Read more about Shane Jones apologises for Nicola Willis weight loss comments">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tracy Comans, Professor, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland; The University of Melbourne This week, we learned older people in home-based aged care will no longer have to pay out-of-pocket for showering, dressing and continence care. This backflip will provide relief for those currently receiving ... <a title="A free shower is the least older people can expect. But aged care funding misses one key point" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/a-free-shower-is-the-least-older-people-can-expect-but-aged-care-funding-misses-one-key-point-281228/" aria-label="Read more about A free shower is the least older people can expect. But aged care funding misses one key point">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anita Manfreda, Associate Professor – Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School, Torrens University Australia Trying to book a flight right now can feel absurd. Qantas and Virgin Australia are warning that higher fuel costs and disruption linked to the Middle East conflict are putting pressure on fares ... <a title="Airlines are facing higher fuel costs and cutting fares at the same time. How does that work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/airlines-are-facing-higher-fuel-costs-and-cutting-fares-at-the-same-time-how-does-that-work-281219/" aria-label="Read more about Airlines are facing higher fuel costs and cutting fares at the same time. How does that work?">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Gildersleeve, Professor of English Literature, University of Southern Queensland As early as the poetry of AB “Banjo” Paterson, urban Australians have been drawn to the pastoral fantasy of the outback, in which, as Paterson famously puts it, “the drover’s life has pleasures that the townsfolk never ... <a title="Alphabet Lane is an unsettling new drama that rejects the myth of the idyllic country life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/alphabet-lane-is-an-unsettling-new-drama-that-rejects-the-myth-of-the-idyllic-country-life-279214/" aria-label="Read more about Alphabet Lane is an unsettling new drama that rejects the myth of the idyllic country life">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Dan Cook Petrol station owners admit they are profiling people at the pump before letting them fill up amid a surge in fuel drive-offs. As costs climb, those at the pump are getting desperate, with police reporting 100 extra fuel drive-offs a week since the start of March. America’s ... <a title="Petrol station owners profiling customers as fuel thefts surge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/petrol-station-owners-profiling-customers-as-fuel-thefts-surge/" aria-label="Read more about Petrol station owners profiling customers as fuel thefts surge">Read more</a>
