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May 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon Workers at Tiwai Point aluminium smelter say they are sick of waiting after more than two years of unsuccessful bargaining. E tū union members at the Rio Tinto-owned smelter in Southland have been in bargaining for a new collective employment agreement since 2024. Rio Tinto said it ... <a title="Tiwai Point workers go on strike over slow pace of collective employment agreement talks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/04/tiwai-point-workers-go-on-strike-over-slow-pace-of-collective-employment-agreement-talks/" aria-label="Read more about Tiwai Point workers go on strike over slow pace of collective employment agreement talks">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Wairoa sheep and beef farmers Alice Wilson and Cameron Hassall have been selected as Pāmu’s new equity partners for Mahiwi Farm. Supplied State-owned farming enterprise Pāmu has selected its new equity partners for Mahiwi farm from a pool of about 80 applicants. It’s Pāmu’s first livestock equity partnership building on it ... <a title="State-owned farming enterprise Pāmu selects new equity partners for Mahiwi farm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/04/state-owned-farming-enterprise-pamu-selects-new-equity-partners-for-mahiwi-farm/" aria-label="Read more about State-owned farming enterprise Pāmu selects new equity partners for Mahiwi farm">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand TJ was last seen on 29 April. Supplied / NZ Police Police have appealed for sightings for a boy missing from Hamilton. Eleven-year-old TJ was last seen at Glenview Community Centre on 29 April. Police and his family were concerned for his wellbeing. If you have seen TJ or have information ... <a title="Police appeal for sightings of missing Hamilton boy TJ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/04/police-appeal-for-sightings-of-missing-hamilton-boy-tj/" aria-label="Read more about Police appeal for sightings of missing Hamilton boy TJ">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Bay View resident Robert Best says finding ways to cut back spending to pay for rates is hard on a fixed income. LINDA HALL / LDR A Bay View lifestyle block owner says he feels as if he is being forced from his land by another proposal by Napier City Council ... <a title="‘Forced off the land’: Lifestyle block owner hits out at Napier’s plan to make rates ‘fairer’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/04/forced-off-the-land-lifestyle-block-owner-hits-out-at-napiers-plan-to-make-rates-fairer/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Forced off the land’: Lifestyle block owner hits out at Napier’s plan to make rates ‘fairer’">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF Infant milk formula exporter a2 Milk has recalled three batches of Synlait-manufactured a2 Platinum infant milk formula in the United States due to the presence of cereulide. Cereulide was a heat-stable toxin produced by some strains of the bacterium Bacillus cereus which could cause nausea and vomiting – symptoms typically ... <a title="Infant milk formula exporter a2 Milk recalls batches in United States" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/04/infant-milk-formula-exporter-a2-milk-recalls-batches-in-united-states/" aria-label="Read more about Infant milk formula exporter a2 Milk recalls batches in United States">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Scene at Clyde Rd in Bryndwr last August. RNZ / Adam Burns A charge has been dropped against a man whose partner was shot dead by police in Christchurch. Te Arohanui Pohio, 53, died following a family violence callout in the suburb of Bryndwr last August. Police were responding to a ... <a title="Charge dropped against man whose partner was fatally shot by police" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/04/charge-dropped-against-man-whose-partner-was-fatally-shot-by-police/" aria-label="Read more about Charge dropped against man whose partner was fatally shot by police">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rahul Sen, Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics and Finance, Auckland University of Technology Depending on which side of the argument you listen to, the recently signed New Zealand-India free trade agreement represents either a huge economic opportunity for New Zealand or a risk to its economic sovereignty. ... <a title="NZ-India free trade deal: were early fears about immigration and investment justified?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/04/nz-india-free-trade-deal-were-early-fears-about-immigration-and-investment-justified-281743/" aria-label="Read more about NZ-India free trade deal: were early fears about immigration and investment justified?">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand There’s something about beloved child entertainer Suzy Cato’s return to television programming that reminds me of Mary Poppins Returns. You probably didn’t see the movie, so let me explain. The Banks children are all grown up and find themselves in a pickle with life and raising their own kids. Mary Poppins ... <a title="Kids TV is broken – Can Suzy Cato fix it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/04/kids-tv-is-broken-can-suzy-cato-fix-it/" aria-label="Read more about Kids TV is broken – Can Suzy Cato fix it?">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2026
RNZ Pacific Fiji has recorded the biggest improvement in the Pacific in the 2026 World Press Freedom Index, rising to 24th out of 180 countries. The index has been compiled and published by global media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) since 2002. Papua New Guinea moved up slightly on the index to 73rd. But Samoa ... <a title="Fiji climbs to 24th in World Press Freedom Index, biggest gain in the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/04/fiji-climbs-to-24th-in-world-press-freedom-index-biggest-gain-in-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji climbs to 24th in World Press Freedom Index, biggest gain in the Pacific">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2026
Fijian Media Association Three years after the lifting of draconian media laws under which Fiji’s media industry operated, and even with significant improvements in the country’s media freedom rankings, the gains from the return of media freedom remain tenuous. This World Press Freedom Day, the Fijian Media Association is heartened by the country’s remarkable progress ... <a title="FMA praises Fiji media workers for press freedom climb but warns it is ‘tenuous’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/04/fma-praises-fiji-media-workers-for-press-freedom-climb-but-warns-it-is-tenuous/" aria-label="Read more about FMA praises Fiji media workers for press freedom climb but warns it is ‘tenuous’">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A 61-year-old man has admitted he was behind the anti-Indian graffiti. RNZ / Liu Chen A man who spray-painted anti-Indian graffiti near an Auckland school last month told police he was drunk and could not remember doing it. The 61-year-old admitted in Manukau District Court on Friday that he was behind ... <a title="Man who spray-painted racist graffiti in Auckland claimed he was drunk, didn’t remember" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/04/man-who-spray-painted-racist-graffiti-in-auckland-claimed-he-was-drunk-didnt-remember/" aria-label="Read more about Man who spray-painted racist graffiti in Auckland claimed he was drunk, didn’t remember">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand BNZ. (File photo) A one-off adjustment related to how it accounts for software spending has seen BNZ post a 38 percent drop in profit for the half year to March, to $494m. Underlying earnings, however, excluding the one-off adjustment, were down just $48m to $747m. The company said revenue for the ... <a title="BNZ profit takes hit on one-off accounting adjustment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/04/bnz-profit-takes-hit-on-one-off-accounting-adjustment/" aria-label="Read more about BNZ profit takes hit on one-off accounting adjustment">Read more</a>
