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April 30, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Flooding in the Wellington suburb of Mt Cook. SUPPLIED Auckland Council’s head of flood response says he is concerned stormwater infrastructure is going to be left behind in the three waters reforms. Parts of Wellington remain in cleanup mode after a record deluge last week and the council is helping some ... <a title="Concerns stormwater infrastructure will be left behind in water reforms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/30/concerns-stormwater-infrastructure-will-be-left-behind-in-water-reforms/" aria-label="Read more about Concerns stormwater infrastructure will be left behind in water reforms">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Around 2am on a Monday, Emily received a text from a fellow student, Patrick, whom she had gone on a blind date with two days earlier. The pair are juniors at Yale University who were set up by mutual friends. They requested anonymity so CNN agreed to change their names to ... <a title="Gen Z is outsourcing hard conversations to AI – Why it matters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/30/gen-z-is-outsourcing-hard-conversations-to-ai-why-it-matters/" aria-label="Read more about Gen Z is outsourcing hard conversations to AI – Why it matters">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carwyn Jones, Honorary Adjunct Professor, Te Kawa a Māui – School of Māori Studies, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington On the face of it, the government’s desire to make references to te Tiriti o Waitangi consistent across all legislation sounds reasonable. As Justice Minister ... <a title="Will weakening Treaty provisions in NZ law create more problems than it solves?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/30/will-weakening-treaty-provisions-in-nz-law-create-more-problems-than-it-solves-281429/" aria-label="Read more about Will weakening Treaty provisions in NZ law create more problems than it solves?">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Police were called to Manurewa Railway Station about 1.20am on Wednesday 22 April. Google Maps Correction: This story has been updated to reflect the person was standing at the bus stop, rather than waiting for a bus. A person in Auckland has been stabbed multiple times while standing at a bus stop. ... <a title="Person at Auckland bus stop stabbed multiple times" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/30/person-at-auckland-bus-stop-stabbed-multiple-times/" aria-label="Read more about Person at Auckland bus stop stabbed multiple times">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand STONZ president Jordan Tewhaiti-Smith Supplied / STONZ * A previous version of this story included the one-off payment towards a total increase of nearly 6 percent. This has been changed to 5 percent. Junior doctors in the Specialty Trainees union have secured a pay increase totalling five percent over the next two ... <a title="5% pay rise agreed for some junior doctors" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/30/5-pay-rise-agreed-for-some-junior-doctors/" aria-label="Read more about 5% pay rise agreed for some junior doctors">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand AFP Outgoing US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will stay on as a member of the central bank’s powerful rate setting board. During his term, which ends next month, Powell has resisted huge pressure from US President Donald Trump to lower interest rates. The Fed left its benchmark rate on hold ... <a title="US Federal Reserve chair to stay on until criminal probe risk over" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/30/us-federal-reserve-chair-to-stay-on-until-criminal-probe-risk-over/" aria-label="Read more about US Federal Reserve chair to stay on until criminal probe risk over">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand File pic 123RF A supportive partner is among the most important factors helping women achieve leadership success in business. The Women in Leadership: Insights to Impact 2026 report, led by researcher and leadership coach Dr Amanda Sterling, focuses on what helped women rise to leadership positions, rather than barriers to success. ... <a title="Supportive partners play ‘profound’ part in women tackling leadership roles, survey finds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/30/supportive-partners-play-profound-part-in-women-tackling-leadership-roles-survey-finds/" aria-label="Read more about Supportive partners play ‘profound’ part in women tackling leadership roles, survey finds">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martin Kear, Lecturer, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney Francesca Albanese, an Italian lawyer and scholar, is the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, comprising the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem. Her job is to report to the UN ... <a title="Dignity and resolve: Francesca Albanese’s When the World Sleeps humanises Palestinian lives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/30/dignity-and-resolve-francesca-albaneses-when-the-world-sleeps-humanises-palestinian-lives-280132/" aria-label="Read more about Dignity and resolve: Francesca Albanese’s When the World Sleeps humanises Palestinian lives">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claudio Bozzi, Lecturer in Law, Deakin University As the closure of the Strait of Hormuz drags on, the United Nations’ International Maritime Organization has sounded the alarm over a related humanitarian crisis: the plight of the crew stuck on ships at or near the strait. Up to ... <a title="20,000 stranded seafarers in the Strait of Hormuz face missile fears, exhaustion and isolation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/30/20-000-stranded-seafarers-in-the-strait-of-hormuz-face-missile-fears-exhaustion-and-isolation-281330/" aria-label="Read more about 20,000 stranded seafarers in the Strait of Hormuz face missile fears, exhaustion and isolation">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandre Siqueira, ARC DECRA and Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellow, School of Science, Edith Cowan University New research published today in Science Advances reveals that the largest expansion of coral reefs in the past 100 million years happened about 20 to 10 million years ago, between Australia and Southeast ... <a title="The cradle of Earth’s rich ocean life was a massive coral reef system 20 million years ago" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/30/the-cradle-of-earths-rich-ocean-life-was-a-massive-coral-reef-system-20-million-years-ago-281539/" aria-label="Read more about The cradle of Earth’s rich ocean life was a massive coral reef system 20 million years ago">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Lee, Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne based), Curtin University Data from Australia’s wastewater drug monitoring program suggests methamphetamine use (also known as speed, ice or crystal meth) is at a record high. Cocaine is also up. MDMA may be levelling off. Heroin ... <a title="Wastewater data suggests meth use is at a record high. Here’s why we don’t need to panic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/30/wastewater-data-suggests-meth-use-is-at-a-record-high-heres-why-we-dont-need-to-panic-281735/" aria-label="Read more about Wastewater data suggests meth use is at a record high. Here’s why we don’t need to panic">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephanie Milford, Research Officer, School of Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University; Curtin University; Federation University Australia Parents are told to avoid screens altogether in the first two years of a child’s life. At the same time, digital devices are part of everyday family life used for ... <a title="‘I don’t believe no screens is possible’: how parents manage devices and little kids" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/30/i-dont-believe-no-screens-is-possible-how-parents-manage-devices-and-little-kids-281241/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I don’t believe no screens is possible’: how parents manage devices and little kids">Read more</a>
