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May 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Channel Infrastructure’s board chair says the 93-million-litre diesel storage facility commissioned by the government at the Marsden Point facility is on track for completion by end of the month. Alan Squires Photography Channel Infrastructure has lifted its full-year profit guidance, as a fuel crisis continues to drive demand for its services. ... <a title="Channel Infrastructure lifts full-year profit guidance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/channel-infrastructure-lifts-full-year-profit-guidance/" aria-label="Read more about Channel Infrastructure lifts full-year profit guidance">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Epuni Care and Protection Facility is upping its security following an absconding incident on 15 March. Google Maps On a Sunday shortly after midday, a young man at an Oranga Tamariki youth facility enters one of its secure units and disappears from view. When he reappears on camera a minute ... <a title="Lower Hutt youth facility upping its security after escape" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/lower-hutt-youth-facility-upping-its-security-after-escape/" aria-label="Read more about Lower Hutt youth facility upping its security after escape">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Fong-Emmerson, Lecturer in Marketing, Edith Cowan University Across Australia, universities and governments say increasing the numbers of Indigenous graduates is one of the main priorities in tertiary education. First Nations people are still considerably underrepresented in our universities. They make up 1.9% of domestic higher education ... <a title="‘What do you want to be?’ The spark that helps Indigenous people go to uni" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/what-do-you-want-to-be-the-spark-that-helps-indigenous-people-go-to-uni-281870/" aria-label="Read more about ‘What do you want to be?’ The spark that helps Indigenous people go to uni">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand supplied An industry leader in livestock transport has described price hikes for freight crossing the Cook Strait as coming at the worst possible time of year for farmers. Late Autumn marked a busy seasonal period for the movement of livestock between the North and South islands, particularly for cattle, as dairy ... <a title="‘Bad timing’ ferry fuel surcharge will disproportionately affect farmers, says transport leader" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/bad-timing-ferry-fuel-surcharge-will-disproportionately-affect-farmers-says-transport-leader/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Bad timing’ ferry fuel surcharge will disproportionately affect farmers, says transport leader">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milad Haghani, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne If you’ve driven on regional Australian roads, you’ve likely seen the signs warning of kangaroos and other animals – the familiar “wildlife ahead” signs. They are supposed to warn drivers of ... <a title="Crashes involving animals spike in winter. Here’s how to avoid them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/crashes-involving-animals-spike-in-winter-heres-how-to-avoid-them-281531/" aria-label="Read more about Crashes involving animals spike in winter. Here’s how to avoid them">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Four of the so-called “ISIS brides” and nine children are set to arrive in Australia from Syria imminently, with the Australian Federal Police ready to make arrests. Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke confirmed the group had “plans to travel to ... <a title="ISIS families to return to Australia, with police waiting to make arrests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/isis-families-to-return-to-australia-with-police-waiting-to-make-arrests-281639/" aria-label="Read more about ISIS families to return to Australia, with police waiting to make arrests">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The key to better wellbeing is acting like an Italian grandmother, according to social media’s “nonnamaxxing” trend. Proponents of the trend say that adopting the lifestyle habits of an Italian nonna will help improve your health and mental wellbeing. The core principles of the trend are simple: make time for your ... <a title="Nonnamaxxing: How living like an Italian grandma can benefit health and wellbeing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/nonnamaxxing-how-living-like-an-italian-grandma-can-benefit-health-and-wellbeing/" aria-label="Read more about Nonnamaxxing: How living like an Italian grandma can benefit health and wellbeing">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand One resident said the tap water had been “brown and disgusting”. Bev Smith / SUPPLIED Residents across Palmerston North are complaining brown water has been coming out of their taps – or no water at all. On Tuesday morning, Takaro resident Jennie Bracken woke up to no water coming from her taps, ... <a title="‘Brown and disgusting’ water coming out of Palmerston North taps" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/brown-and-disgusting-water-coming-out-of-palmerston-north-taps/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Brown and disgusting’ water coming out of Palmerston North taps">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Greg Stevens was killed in a truck crash in May 2023 on a private forestry road. WORKSAFE / SUPPLIED Two companies have to pay almost $200,000 in fines and reparations after a forestry truck driver’s death almost three years ago. Greg Stevens, 59, was killed when his fully loaded truck and ... <a title="Companies must pay $200k after trucker’s death on private forestry road" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/companies-must-pay-200k-after-truckers-death-on-private-forestry-road/" aria-label="Read more about Companies must pay $200k after trucker’s death on private forestry road">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angus Dowell, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Science, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Around the world, the boom in artificial intelligence is driving a parallel race between major tech companies to secure the physical infrastructure that enables it. This race has now reached New Zealand, with Singapore-based ... <a title="NZ’s AI data centre boom: who benefits from the build-out?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/nzs-ai-data-centre-boom-who-benefits-from-the-build-out-281238/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s AI data centre boom: who benefits from the build-out?">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Johanna Harris, Associate Professor, Literature, Western Civilisation Program, Australian Catholic University Over the past 15 years, I have witnessed university students’ shrinking patience for reading – especially for reading “long” books. Increasingly, students also opt for audiobooks. While speeding up the reading experience, these fundamentally change what ... <a title="How to read the classics in an age of distraction – and 3 short books to get you going" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/how-to-read-the-classics-in-an-age-of-distraction-and-3-short-books-to-get-you-going-278879/" aria-label="Read more about How to read the classics in an age of distraction – and 3 short books to get you going">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mathew Schmalz, Professor of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross When he was elected pope on May 8, 2025, Robert Prevost, who took the name Leo XIV, greeted the crowd with Christ’s words to his disciples: “Peace be with you.” Peace has become a central theme ... <a title="Themes of peace and human dignity have been central to Pope Leo as he marks his first year in office" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/themes-of-peace-and-human-dignity-have-been-central-to-pope-leo-as-he-marks-his-first-year-in-office-280722/" aria-label="Read more about Themes of peace and human dignity have been central to Pope Leo as he marks his first year in office">Read more</a>
