ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on May 22, 2026.
A meteor exploded in the sky above New South Wales. An astronomer explains where it might have come from
Astronomers will investigate this fireball to help disentangle the heritage and history of the Solar System’s formation.
Why does motor neurone disease take so long to diagnose? And can it be treated?
Motor neurone disease can strike people who are young and fit. And there’s no cure.
Do Australians really ‘work half the week’ just to pay their income tax? See for yourself
Do some people work ‘Monday, Tuesday, and half of Wednesday for yourself, and then Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday for the government’? No, they don’t.
Would you trust AI to help you find ‘the one’? Dating apps are betting it can
Before the end of the year, dating app Bumble will be getting rid of the swipe and introducing an AI powered dating assistant.
New documentary traces Kylie Minogue’s career, from harsh early critics to pop stardom
Netflix’s three-part documentary about Kylie Minogue covers her nearly 40 year career, as Minogue sits in her archive room going through slides and mementos.
Rising rents and ‘death taxes’: why wild claims after the budget don’t actually make sense
Some budget commentators have missed the mark entirely. Let’s bust some myths and set the record straight.
What should ‘foundational supports’ look like for people ineligible for the NDIS?
A lot has to go right for the $37.8 billion in NDIS savings to be delivered without leaving disabled people to fall through the cracks.
4 reasons the ‘largest energy crisis’ on record has been held at bay – and why there’s pain to come
Rich countries have been burning through oil stockpiles and seeking other suppliers to avoid the global energy crunch. But these measures have limits
Why Australia’s cuts to news services in the Indo-Pacific are a failure of soft diplomacy
As authoritarian influence and disinformation grow across the Indo-Pacific, Australia is still failing to back one of its strongest assets: trusted journalism.
The far right is surging in France, Germany and parts of Europe. What will this mean for Ukraine?
There are long-term questions regarding support for Ukraine if far-right populists win more power in the EU’s most powerful states.
Was Auckland the cradle of the Kiwi accent? An old theory gets a new hearing
A rediscovered academic paper from 1921 suggests New Zealand’s classic ‘fush and chups’ vowel sounds may have emerged fastest in Auckland’s colonial melting pot.
Game changers: how soccer’s mega-money era was sparked by a little-known Belgian athlete
An obscure Belgian soccer player arguably made a bigger mark on the world game than stars such as Diego Maradona and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Some technologies use accelerated natural processes to capture carbon – but can they store it durably?
Investment in carbon removal technologies is rising rapidly, but some models overestimate how much carbon is captured because they don’t cover all Earth processes.
Mowing the lawn: the colonial ghosts haunting our suburban ritual
In this extract from his newly published essay collection, the author traces the imperial British origins of a quintessential Kiwi chore.
How the Great Pyramid of Giza has survived 4,500 years of Egyptian earthquakes
Key features of the famous monument defend it from earthquakes – but we can’t know if that’s what the builders had in mind.
French National Assembly allows ‘native’ voters to take part in local provincial elections
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk The French National Assembly has voted to allow “native” voters to take part in New Caledonia’s local provincial elections scheduled for next month. However, the French parliament’s Lower House also refused to include their “spouses”, just like the Senate did two days earlier. Amid debates in
Spanish MEP accuses EU of failure to act over Israeli ‘kidnapping, hijacking’ of Gaza flotilla activists
By Beyza Binnur Donmez in Strasbourg Spanish Member of the European Parliament Irene Montero has accused the European Union (EU) of failing to protect European citizens aboard a Gaza-bound flotilla intercepted by Israel, directing sharp criticism at the bloc’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas during a plenary session on the Middle East. Addressing Kallas in
AI can design cities, but can it understand what matters to people? 10 ways to keep humans in control
Urban design depends heavily on human judgment and field-based understanding.
Search operation underway for yachtie near Baring Head, Wellington
Source: Radio New Zealand Flightradar24 shows a Philip Rescue Helicopter left Palmerston North shortly before 7pm, circling the area before landing in Wellington at 8.30pm. Screenshot / Flightradar24 A search and rescue operation is underway for a man missing on a yacht in the Cook Strait. The Air Force, Navy and Police were searching for…
Rescue operation underway for yachtie near Baring Head, Wellington
Source: Radio New Zealand Flightradar24 shows a Philip Rescue Helicopter left Palmerston North shortly before 7pm, circling the area before landing in Wellington at 8.30pm. Screenshot / Flightradar24 A man on a yacht near Baring Head is having difficulties returning to Wellington, according to the harbourmaster. Grant Nalder told RNZ that there were two people…