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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand An officer rode to work at Christchurch Central Police Station on a horse named Kitty. Supplied A Christchurch police officer arrived at work on an unusual mode of transport this morning – a horse named Kitty. RNZ was tipped off on Thursday that an officer had hoofed it into work. It’s ... <a title="Giddy up: Police officer opts for horsepower to get to work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/giddy-up-police-officer-opts-for-horsepower-to-get-to-work/" aria-label="Read more about Giddy up: Police officer opts for horsepower to get to work">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joyce Siette, Associate Professor | Deputy Director, The MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, Western Sydney University Over recent weeks, speculation has grown about US President Donald Trump’s erratic behaviour during the US-Israel war on Iran. While questioning Trump’s mental fitness for office, various commentators have ... <a title="We can’t know if Donald Trump has dementia. Even if he did, it wouldn’t excuse his actions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/we-cant-know-if-donald-trump-has-dementia-even-if-he-did-it-wouldnt-excuse-his-actions-281131/" aria-label="Read more about We can’t know if Donald Trump has dementia. Even if he did, it wouldn’t excuse his actions">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alice Neikirk, Program Convenor, Criminology, University of Newcastle April 25 1896 was a significant date in the history of women’s legal rights in Australia. Two things happened on this day: women, including Aboriginal women, voted for the first time in Australia, thanks to a Constitutional Amendment passed ... <a title="Long before the Anzacs, April 25 was the day women in Australia got the right to vote" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/long-before-the-anzacs-april-25-was-the-day-women-in-australia-got-the-right-to-vote-278528/" aria-label="Read more about Long before the Anzacs, April 25 was the day women in Australia got the right to vote">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Jim and Mary Barr, who are both retired art curators and writers, started collecting in the early 1970s buying works by young artists who were then relatively unknown, Mary Barr told RNZ’s Nine to Noon. “It was a very different environment. Artwork, relatively speaking, was actually quite cheap. And that made ... <a title="Couple donate over 400 artworks from private collection to Dunedin gallery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/couple-donate-over-400-artworks-from-private-collection-to-dunedin-gallery/" aria-label="Read more about Couple donate over 400 artworks from private collection to Dunedin gallery">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rosemary Purcell, Professorial Fellow, Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne Last Thursday night at the MCG, fans witnessed a gripping game of AFL football between Carlton and Collingwood. But it was something rarely seen during a match that has gripped attention since: a player ... <a title="Sports need better game-day mental health protocols to protect athletes – here’s how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/sports-need-better-game-day-mental-health-protocols-to-protect-athletes-heres-how-281232/" aria-label="Read more about Sports need better game-day mental health protocols to protect athletes – here’s how">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Archana Koirala, Paediatrician and Infectious Diseases Specialist; Clinical Researcher, University of Sydney The Northern Territory and Western Australia are experiencing outbreaks of an almost-eradicated infection, diphtheria. The NT has recorded 17 cases of respiratory diphtheria in the past month and 60 cases of the less serious cutaneous ... <a title="Before vaccines, diphtheria used to kill hundreds each year. Now it’s back in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/before-vaccines-diphtheria-used-to-kill-hundreds-each-year-now-its-back-in-australia-279856/" aria-label="Read more about Before vaccines, diphtheria used to kill hundreds each year. Now it’s back in Australia">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Graffam-O’Meara, Tutor in English & Theatre, The University of Melbourne “Don’t worry, I’m not here to buy your properties,” He Huang deadpans at the start of her Melbourne International Comedy Festival opening night set. Huang tells a series of jokes carefully calibrated for white Australian audiences: ... <a title="Artists at Melbourne International Comedy Festival are asking: what does it mean to be a comedian?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/artists-at-melbourne-international-comedy-festival-are-asking-what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-comedian-281027/" aria-label="Read more about Artists at Melbourne International Comedy Festival are asking: what does it mean to be a comedian?">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on April 23, 2026.
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Police said Inna, 61, was located safe and well after being missing since last Friday. NZ Police / SUPPLIED A woman who was reported missing from Auckland’s Waiheke Island has been found safe, police have said. Inna, 61, went missing last Friday after last being seen boarding a bus to Matiatia ... <a title="Missing woman last seen boarding bus on Auckland’s Waiheke Island found safe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/missing-woman-last-seen-boarding-bus-on-aucklands-waiheke-island-found-safe/" aria-label="Read more about Missing woman last seen boarding bus on Auckland’s Waiheke Island found safe">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A couple of the breakthrough acts are up for multiple prizes at this year’s AMAs. Borderline is a finalist alongside Lorde and Benee for best pop artist and bilingual MĀ is up for album of the year, best Māori artist and best alternative artist. Shane Walker stood out at the Pacific ... <a title="New Zealand’s breakthrough artist of the year finalists revealed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/new-zealands-breakthrough-artist-of-the-year-finalists-revealed/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s breakthrough artist of the year finalists revealed">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Finance Minister Nicola Willis faces questions as economic outlook downgraded. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Treasury officials have this week decided to revisit their economic forecasts for this year’s Budget – just five weeks before its scheduled delivery. In a briefing at her Beehive office, Finance Minister Nicola Willis told reporters the ... <a title="Treasury officials revisit economic forecasts ahead of Budget delivery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/treasury-officials-revisit-economic-forecasts-ahead-of-budget-delivery/" aria-label="Read more about Treasury officials revisit economic forecasts ahead of Budget delivery">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon Air New Zealand’s Airpoints programme is gone, replaced by Koru. But many people have been left wondering after the Wednesday announcement – what’s actually changed? Here’s what we know. The name Airpoints is out. Koru is in. But Airpoints dollars remain the currency and status points are ... <a title="Airpoints gone – but what’s actually changing?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/airpoints-gone-but-whats-actually-changing/" aria-label="Read more about Airpoints gone – but what’s actually changing?">Read more</a>
