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May 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra A national centre to detect and disrupt the threat of online violent extremism and terrorism is to be set up by the federal government, with next week’s budget providing $74 million over two years for it. The Counter Terrorism Online ... <a title="Budget provides for new counter-terrorism centre to fight online threat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/budget-provides-for-new-counter-terrorism-centre-to-fight-online-threat-282154/" aria-label="Read more about Budget provides for new counter-terrorism centre to fight online threat">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
By Khalia Strong of PMN News Fiji has shot up the world rankings for press freedom but the victory feels hollow as journalists across the Pacific face a wave of court battles, police raids, and vicious online abuse. The 2026 World Press Freedom Index, released last Thursday by Reporters Without Borders, shows Fiji climbing to ... <a title="Fiji’s media win in World Press Freedom Index overshadowed by threats and court summons" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/fijis-media-win-in-world-press-freedom-index-overshadowed-by-threats-and-court-summons/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s media win in World Press Freedom Index overshadowed by threats and court summons">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Changes to negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount on housing (and probably other assets) are now considered certain in Tuesday’s budget. We don’t know all the details but the driving idea is to tilt the balance away from ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Alan Kohler says Labor’s tax changes probably won’t lower house prices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/politics-with-michelle-grattan-alan-kohler-says-labors-tax-changes-probably-wont-lower-house-prices-282149/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Alan Kohler says Labor’s tax changes probably won’t lower house prices">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 1,958 people reported feeling the first quake across Auckland, Waikato, Coromandel and Bay of Plenty. GeoNet/Screenshot The eastern North Island has been jostled by a trio of earthquakes north of Bay of Plenty on Tuesday evening. GeoNet recorded the first quake at magnitude 5.6 at about 5km deep at 8pm, 135km ... <a title="Earthquake trio hits north of Bay of Plenty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/earthquake-trio-hits-north-of-bay-of-plenty/" aria-label="Read more about Earthquake trio hits north of Bay of Plenty">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Hayden Tasker has pleaded not guilty to murdering Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming in Nelson early on 1 January and intentionally causing grievous bodily harm to Senior Sergeant Adam Ramsay. The Press / Iain McGregor The police officer critically injured by the car that hit and killed his colleague Lyn Fleming, says ... <a title="Police officer killed by car worried about traffic management that night, court told" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/police-officer-killed-by-car-worried-about-traffic-management-that-night-court-told/" aria-label="Read more about Police officer killed by car worried about traffic management that night, court told">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A digger removes peat from the wetland area. RNZ / Jimmy Ellingham One of New Zealand’s most polluted waterways could be on the way to losing that title thanks to a milestone reached in a years-long clean-up. The first phase of a new wetland to help turnaround Punahau Lake Horowhenua’s water ... <a title="Clean-up of polluted Horowhenua lake will make it ‘perfect spot for a wetland’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/clean-up-of-polluted-horowhenua-lake-will-make-it-perfect-spot-for-a-wetland/" aria-label="Read more about Clean-up of polluted Horowhenua lake will make it ‘perfect spot for a wetland’">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Changes to negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount on housing (and probably other assets) are now considered certain in Tuesday’s budget. We don’t know all the details but the driving idea is to tilt the balance away from ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Alan Kohler says Labor’s tax changes won’t lower house prices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/politics-with-michelle-grattan-alan-kohler-says-labors-tax-changes-wont-lower-house-prices-282149/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Alan Kohler says Labor’s tax changes won’t lower house prices">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jye Marshall, Lecturer, Fashion Design, School of Design and Architecture, Swinburne University of Technology The 2026 Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Gala has delivered, as per usual, the who’s who of Hollywood, decked out to the nines. This year’s dress code was “Fashion is Art”, linked ... <a title="Fashion is Art: 10 stars who met the brief at the Met Gala" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/fashion-is-art-10-stars-who-met-the-brief-at-the-met-gala-282138/" aria-label="Read more about Fashion is Art: 10 stars who met the brief at the Met Gala">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand ANZ spending data showed a large drop in grocery spending and a spike in fuel spending. RNZ / Quin Tauetau The fuel crisis has brought with it a spike to many household expenses and one economist says we could be headed into “choppy waters”. Prime Minister Christoper Luxon recently said even ... <a title="Fuel costs, household expenses on the rise as economy heads into ‘choppy waters’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/fuel-costs-household-expenses-on-the-rise-as-economy-heads-into-choppy-waters/" aria-label="Read more about Fuel costs, household expenses on the rise as economy heads into ‘choppy waters’">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Tonga Police is investigating the incident on 23 April. Facebook / Tonga Police A female journalist in Tonga has been threatened at gunpoint following the broadcast of a news story about an Australian criminal deportee serving a life sentence in Tonga for methamphetamine importation. The incident, in which an unknown individual ... <a title="‘Big concern’: Tongan journalist threatened at gunpoint after gang-related report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/big-concern-tongan-journalist-threatened-at-gunpoint-after-gang-related-report/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Big concern’: Tongan journalist threatened at gunpoint after gang-related report">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Environment Southland chair Jeremy McPhail said the region had a limited window to determine its future. ODT/Supplied Southland’s regional council is calling for a united response after the government announced councils have three months to come up with plans to amalgamate or it will be done for them. The news comes ... <a title="Southland councils call for united response to govt’s amalgamation plans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/southland-councils-call-for-united-response-to-govts-amalgamation-plans/" aria-label="Read more about Southland councils call for united response to govt’s amalgamation plans">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 15-year-old Karnin Petera died during a Whangārei Boys’ High School trip to Abbey Caves in May 2023. SUPPLIED An instructor on a fatal Whangārei Boys’ High caving trip has described how the group faced a stark, life-or-death choice as a flash flood swept through the cave – stay put on top ... <a title="Abbey Caves inquest: Trip leader entered water without discussion, instructor says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/abbey-caves-inquest-trip-leader-entered-water-without-discussion-instructor-says/" aria-label="Read more about Abbey Caves inquest: Trip leader entered water without discussion, instructor says">Read more</a>
