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April 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The tragedy re-ignited calls for speed bumps on Settlers Way, Ōkaihau’s main street. Supplied A judge has described a Northland man’s driving in the moments before a high-speed, hit-and-run crash that killed a teenage cyclist as “a recipe for disaster”. John Le Noel, 28, was sentenced on Friday in the Kaikohe ... <a title="Northland driver John Le Noel sentenced for death of cyclist Matthew Howard at Ōkaihau" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/17/northland-driver-john-le-noel-sentenced-for-death-of-cyclist-matthew-howard-at-okaihau/" aria-label="Read more about Northland driver John Le Noel sentenced for death of cyclist Matthew Howard at Ōkaihau">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Follow all the Super Rugby Pacific action, as NSW Waratahs host Moana Pasifika at Allianz Stadium. Moana Pasifika are chasing their first win since February, with heavy defeats plaguing their 2026 season. They travel to Sydney to take on Waratahs side that have won just one of their last five games. ... <a title="Live: Super Rugby Pacific – NSW Waratahs v Moana Pasifika" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/17/live-super-rugby-pacific-nsw-waratahs-v-moana-pasifika/" aria-label="Read more about Live: Super Rugby Pacific – NSW Waratahs v Moana Pasifika">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Members of the Indian community gather outside Papatoetoe Central School after graffiti inciting racial violence was found near the school last Saturday. RNZ / Blessen Tom Papatoetoe’s Indian community has voiced frustration at what appears to be growing anti-Indian sentiment in Auckland at a public meeting on Friday. The meeting was ... <a title="Papatoetoe’s Indian community vents anger over growing anti-Indian sentiment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/17/papatoetoes-indian-community-vents-anger-over-growing-anti-indian-sentiment/" aria-label="Read more about Papatoetoe’s Indian community vents anger over growing anti-Indian sentiment">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Some operators want permission to use bus lanes in heavy city traffic. RNZ / Marika Khabazi NZ Trucking Association chief executive Dave Boyce warns the real cost of the current fuel shortage has not hit consumers yet, as the industry considers ways to reduce the impact on operators. Boyce told RNZ’s ... <a title="Grim warning from Trucking Association, as impact of rising fuel costs hit consumers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/17/grim-warning-from-trucking-association-as-impact-of-rising-fuel-costs-hit-consumers/" aria-label="Read more about Grim warning from Trucking Association, as impact of rising fuel costs hit consumers">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Since her 160m2 garden went on display at the Shenzhen Greater Bay Area Flower Show, over two million people have viewed Jules Moore‘s latest horticultural creation, Ocean’s Edge. Constructed with the help of a Chinese crew, the Auckland landscape designer’s coastal-inspired garden features stainless steel waves, a massive shell made of ... <a title="‘Very, very Kiwi’ garden wins gold at international flower show" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/17/very-very-kiwi-garden-wins-gold-at-international-flower-show/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Very, very Kiwi’ garden wins gold at international flower show">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marika Sosnowski, Senior research fellow, The University of Melbourne After weeks of bombardments in southern Lebanon that have killed more than 2,000 people and displaced more than one million residents, Israel has announced a ten-day ceasefire with Lebanon. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, however, vowed to keep ... <a title="Israel and Lebanon have a ceasefire, but global attention shouldn’t move on. This isn’t a tidy end to the war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/17/israel-and-lebanon-have-a-ceasefire-but-global-attention-shouldnt-move-on-this-isnt-a-tidy-end-to-the-war-280816/" aria-label="Read more about Israel and Lebanon have a ceasefire, but global attention shouldn’t move on. This isn’t a tidy end to the war">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand By Taroi Black, Tuia News Activist Sharon Hawke being farewelled at Ōrākei marae. Supplied/Tuia News Family and friends have gathered at Ōrākei Marae to farewell activist Sharon Hawke who passed in Samoa last week. Sharon was just 52 when she passed, and is the daughter of renowned Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei leaders, ... <a title="Activist Sharon Hawke farewelled at Ōrākei marae" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/17/activist-sharon-hawke-farewelled-at-orakei-marae/" aria-label="Read more about Activist Sharon Hawke farewelled at Ōrākei marae">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Customers were advised to return Uniti products to a Warehouse store, where they would receive a full refund. Supplied The Warehouse has recalled its Uniti sand art products, because of asbestos. The Warehouse Group chief legal and corporate affairs officer Silv Roest said Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) testing ... <a title="The Warehouse recalls Uniti sand products amid asbestos fears" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/17/the-warehouse-recalls-uniti-sand-products-amid-asbestos-fears/" aria-label="Read more about The Warehouse recalls Uniti sand products amid asbestos fears">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebekah Moles, Professor in Pharmacy Practice, University of Sydney The pill is the most common way Australian women avoid getting pregnant. Almost 30% of Australian women who use contraception take the pill. Now, several state and territory governments are giving women greater access to the pill. Just ... <a title="Want to get the pill without seeing a GP? Here’s what you need to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/17/want-to-get-the-pill-without-seeing-a-gp-heres-what-you-need-to-know-280719/" aria-label="Read more about Want to get the pill without seeing a GP? Here’s what you need to know">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Viet Nguyen-Tien, Research Economist, London School of Economics and Political Science When the Strait of Hormuz first closed in March and oil hit US$120 a barrel, a very old question came back: is this finally the moment electric vehicles take off for good – or just another ... <a title="Electric vehicles pass tipping point, breaking the link with oil prices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/17/electric-vehicles-pass-tipping-point-breaking-the-link-with-oil-prices-280655/" aria-label="Read more about Electric vehicles pass tipping point, breaking the link with oil prices">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne A DemosAU poll has Labor down three points on primary votes since February to just 26%, with Labor and One Nation now tied. The total vote for ... <a title="DemosAU gives Labor one of its worst poll results this term" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/17/demosau-gives-labor-one-of-its-worst-poll-results-this-term-280270/" aria-label="Read more about DemosAU gives Labor one of its worst poll results this term">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melanie O’Brien, Professor of International Law, The University of Western Australia In early April, one of Australia’s most decorated soldiers, Ben Roberts-Smith, was arrested and charged with five war crimes of murder. These charges were brought under the Commonwealth Criminal Code Act. On Friday, a bail hearing ... <a title="‘Exceptional circumstances’: why was Ben Roberts-Smith granted bail?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/17/exceptional-circumstances-why-was-ben-roberts-smith-granted-bail-280453/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Exceptional circumstances’: why was Ben Roberts-Smith granted bail?">Read more</a>
