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April 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily Foley, Postdoctoral research fellow, Flinders University; University of Canberra WorkChoices marked one of the great turning points of the Howard era. It accelerated the unravelling of a decade-long Coalition government, handed Labor a potent election weapon, and led the most successful union campaigns in modern Australian ... <a title="WorkChoices helped end John Howard’s leadership. The policy’s ghost still haunts the Liberals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/workchoices-helped-end-john-howards-leadership-the-policys-ghost-still-haunts-the-liberals-276749/" aria-label="Read more about WorkChoices helped end John Howard’s leadership. The policy’s ghost still haunts the Liberals">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand In 1916, in the middle of the Great War, 2nd Lieutenant Leonard (Len) James Shaw of the 2nd Auckland Battalion sent a pressed Flanders poppy in folded paper to his niece Jessie Osborne in Waikato. Shaw had picked the poppy at night from his trench on the Western Front. His sporadic ... <a title="How the poppy has endured as our symbol of war and remembrance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/how-the-poppy-has-endured-as-our-symbol-of-war-and-remembrance/" aria-label="Read more about How the poppy has endured as our symbol of war and remembrance">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand NZ Police/Supplied A body found in the aftermath of the Wellington floods earlier this week has been formally identified as Philip Sutton. Sutton went missing on Monday morning as bad weather hit the capital, torrential rain leading to flooding and a local state of emergency. A family member called emergency services ... <a title="Body found after floods confirmed as Philip Sutton" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/body-found-after-floods-confirmed-as-philip-sutton/" aria-label="Read more about Body found after floods confirmed as Philip Sutton">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ/LouisDunham Police are working to determine if items found in a search of Christchurch’s red zone are linked to missing woman Rowena Walker. Walker was last seen on 14 August when she was captured on CCTV in Bassett Street in Burwood with an associate. Her mother reported her missing on 22 ... <a title="Items found in Christchurch red zone search for missing woman Rowena Walker" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/items-found-in-christchurch-red-zone-search-for-missing-woman-rowena-walker/" aria-label="Read more about Items found in Christchurch red zone search for missing woman Rowena Walker">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Oliver Wigmore, Senior Research Fellow, Antarctic Research Centre, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Thousands of slips in Tairāwhiti in January. The loss of eight lives in the Bay of Plenty later that month. And, days ago, landslides that damaged homes, forced evacuations and blocked ... <a title="Climate change means more landslides in NZ – but new tech can help reduce the risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/climate-change-means-more-landslides-in-nz-but-new-tech-can-help-reduce-the-risk-278518/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change means more landslides in NZ – but new tech can help reduce the risk">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A scathing review of police by the Public Service Commission has found an “integrity reset is urgently needed” with a perceived culture that holds seniors to a “lesser standard than juniors”. It also found a “wave of crime” arriving on New Zealand shores and says police are “struggling to keep up”. ... <a title="Review of police integrity finds reset ‘urgently needed’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/review-of-police-integrity-finds-reset-urgently-needed/" aria-label="Read more about Review of police integrity finds reset ‘urgently needed’">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Angus Dreaver The 18 pet goats killed on a north Waikato property last week were likely attacked and killed by dogs rather than shot as initially thought. The goats were found dead on a property on Ridge Road, Pōkeno, overnight on 13 April and their bodies left at the ... <a title="18 pet goats likely killed by dogs, not shot as first thought" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/18-pet-goats-likely-killed-by-dogs-not-shot-as-first-thought/" aria-label="Read more about 18 pet goats likely killed by dogs, not shot as first thought">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Ngā Kaitiaki Mauri board member, Russell Smith. Supplied/Ngā Kaitiaki Mauri The first dedicated kaupapa Māori workforce capability framework for the mahi tūkino (sexual violence) sector has been launched. Advocates hope the framework will support the “under-resourced and stretched” Māori workforce supporting victims of physical and sexual violence. The framework, He Ara ... <a title="First kaupapa Māori workforce capability framework for sexual violence sector launched" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/first-kaupapa-maori-workforce-capability-framework-for-sexual-violence-sector-launched/" aria-label="Read more about First kaupapa Māori workforce capability framework for sexual violence sector launched">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Olivia Barr, Associate Professor of Law, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne Canada has signed more than 70 treaties with its Indigenous peoples. The United States has more than 300 treaties. Our neighbour, New Zealand, has the Treaty of Waitangi. Countries such as Ecuador, Norway and ... <a title="I rediscovered a forgotten legal rule. It could transform Indigenous rights in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/i-rediscovered-a-forgotten-legal-rule-it-could-transform-indigenous-rights-in-australia-280730/" aria-label="Read more about I rediscovered a forgotten legal rule. It could transform Indigenous rights in Australia">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
University of Sydney’s appointment of pro-Israel academic Michael Abrahams-Sprod as antisemitism adviser has exposed management to an embarrassing conflict in its approach to freedom of expression. Wendy Bacon reports for Michael West Media. SPECIAL REPORT: By Wendy Bacon While University of Sydney antisemitism adviser Dr Michael Abrahams-Sprod works in vice-chancellor Mark Scott’s office as its ... <a title="Antisemitism or anti-Zionism? Sydney Uni pressure to silence Israel, apartheid critics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/antisemitism-or-anti-zionism-sydney-uni-pressure-to-silence-israel-apartheid-critics/" aria-label="Read more about Antisemitism or anti-Zionism? Sydney Uni pressure to silence Israel, apartheid critics">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Central Otago’s Lammermoor Station. SUPPLIED/SUSAN ELLIOT Central Otago’s Lammermoor Station – the country’s largest organic farm and only certified organic fine wool producer – has woven a new deal with French fashion house Chanel. The iconic 5200 hectare sheep, beef and arable Lammermoor station is nestled among tussock high country in ... <a title="French fashion house Chanel and NZ high country station team up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/french-fashion-house-chanel-and-nz-high-country-station-team-up/" aria-label="Read more about French fashion house Chanel and NZ high country station team up">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Wellington Mayor Andrew Little says costs of damage to Wellington in the recent storm could be in the hundreds of millions of dollars He is calling for donations from locals who could afford to kick in cash or things like furniture, saying some families have lost everything. The calls came during ... <a title="Wellington storm damage could reach hundreds of millions of dollars, mayor says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/wellington-storm-damage-could-reach-hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars-mayor-says/" aria-label="Read more about Wellington storm damage could reach hundreds of millions of dollars, mayor says">Read more</a>
