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May 7, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Campbell’s keeled glass-snail is endemic to Norfolk Island. Lucas James/DCCEEW A New Zealand scientist is hoping to bring an Australian snail back from the brink of extinction. The Campbell’s keeled glass-snail is endemic to Norfolk Island, which is around 1100 kilometres northwest of Auckland. It was rediscovered in 2020 after ... <a title="The New Zealand scientist hoping to bring the Norfolk Island snail back from the brink of extinction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/07/the-new-zealand-scientist-hoping-to-bring-the-norfolk-island-snail-back-from-the-brink-of-extinction/" aria-label="Read more about The New Zealand scientist hoping to bring the Norfolk Island snail back from the brink of extinction">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jon Richardson, Visiting Fellow, Centre for European Studies, Australian National University Russia has dramatically scaled back its annual Victory Day parade in Red Square on May 9, with no heavy military hardware for the first time in 20 years. There will also be fewer foreign or Russian ... <a title="Russia doesn’t have much to celebrate on Victory Day, as Ukraine brings the war home to Putin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/07/russia-doesnt-have-much-to-celebrate-on-victory-day-as-ukraine-brings-the-war-home-to-putin-282254/" aria-label="Read more about Russia doesn’t have much to celebrate on Victory Day, as Ukraine brings the war home to Putin">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Morrison, Industry Fellow, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney Producers of liquefied natural gas (LNG) on Australia’s east coast will have to set aside 20% of their gas exports to be sold to domestic users from July next year. The long-awaited gas reservation plan, ... <a title="Australian gas exporters will be forced to set aside local supply for domestic users" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/07/australian-gas-exporters-will-be-forced-to-set-aside-local-supply-for-domestic-users-282366/" aria-label="Read more about Australian gas exporters will be forced to set aside local supply for domestic users">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Prince Taofeek Ajibade The signals are now coming from both sides of the negotiating table. American sources confirm it. Pakistani mediators confirm it. The end of the US-Iran war is near, and the terms of that ending will echo across the international order for decades. Let us be precise about what has happened ... <a title="Iran war almost over . . . and the end of an era – a Global South perspective" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/07/iran-war-almost-over-and-the-end-of-an-era-a-global-south-perspective/" aria-label="Read more about Iran war almost over . . . and the end of an era – a Global South perspective">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Jeremiah Manele was elected prime minister in May 2024. Screengrab / National Parliament of Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele has been ousted following a no-confidence vote in Honiara on Thursday. Manele was voted out by 26 votes to 22 in parliament. There were two absentees. Manele will remain ... <a title="Solomon Islands PM Jeremiah Manele ousted" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/07/solomon-islands-pm-jeremiah-manele-ousted/" aria-label="Read more about Solomon Islands PM Jeremiah Manele ousted">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Caleb Clarke grew up imbedded in the Crusaders and Blues rivalry. Andrew Cornaga/www.photosport.nz Caleb Clarke had little chance of becoming a Crusaders fan. His father, Eroni, was a member of the inaugural Blues squad in 1996, and Clarke inherited his old man’s heated rivalry with Canterbury. So when Clarke had thoughts ... <a title="Caleb Clarke ready for Crusaders ‘mental test’ as Blues face Christchurch fortress" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/07/caleb-clarke-ready-for-crusaders-mental-test-as-blues-face-christchurch-fortress/" aria-label="Read more about Caleb Clarke ready for Crusaders ‘mental test’ as Blues face Christchurch fortress">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Steve Lancaster is New Zealand Rugby’s new CEO. Photosport After searching the globe for a new CEO, New Zealand Rugby finally came to the conclusion that the best person was right under their nose. The New Zealand Rugby Board has confirmed Steve Lancaster as the organisation’s new chief executive. Lancaster was ... <a title="Steve Lancaster last-man standing after global search fails to find NZ Rugby boss" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/07/steve-lancaster-last-man-standing-after-global-search-fails-to-find-nz-rugby-boss/" aria-label="Read more about Steve Lancaster last-man standing after global search fails to find NZ Rugby boss">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bianca Williams, PhD Candidate in the History Program, La Trobe University; The University of Melbourne Colonisation in this country has always been carried on the bodies of Aboriginal women. Many of these women, our grandmothers and aunties, were forced into domestic service in the homes of wealthy ... <a title="Game. Set. Match. is a love letter to truth-telling. It is nothing short of brilliant" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/07/game-set-match-is-a-love-letter-to-truth-telling-it-is-nothing-short-of-brilliant-281323/" aria-label="Read more about Game. Set. Match. is a love letter to truth-telling. It is nothing short of brilliant">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Lycett, Senior Research Fellow, School of Psychology, Deakin University This week, the Australian Bureau of Statistics released its refreshed General Social Survey. It tells a story economic indicators can’t capture. On almost every measure of how Australians experience their lives – trust, connection, cultural openness, financial ... <a title="Less trusting, more financially stressed: new data show how Australians feel about their lives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/07/less-trusting-more-financially-stressed-new-data-show-how-australians-feel-about-their-lives-282055/" aria-label="Read more about Less trusting, more financially stressed: new data show how Australians feel about their lives">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Euan Ritchie, Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Sir David Attenborough turns 100 this week. Very few people have the good fortune to live for a century. Fewer still achieve so much and touch so many lives. Across his ... <a title="From fossicking for fossils to a champion for life on Earth: Sir David Attenborough at 100" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/07/from-fossicking-for-fossils-to-a-champion-for-life-on-earth-sir-david-attenborough-at-100-281229/" aria-label="Read more about From fossicking for fossils to a champion for life on Earth: Sir David Attenborough at 100">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Dalton, Conjoint Associate Professor, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle The cruise ship cluster of hantavirus cases continues to grow. The World Health Organization reports that as of May 6 there were eight cases, three of whom are confirmed by laboratory testing as ... <a title="I’ve investigated a hantavirus outbreak. Here’s what I can tell you about the cruise ship cluster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/07/ive-investigated-a-hantavirus-outbreak-heres-what-i-can-tell-you-about-the-cruise-ship-cluster-282365/" aria-label="Read more about I’ve investigated a hantavirus outbreak. Here’s what I can tell you about the cruise ship cluster">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathryn McDonald, Principal Academic in Audio Production, Bournemouth University Podcasting has become one of our most intimate cultural forms. We often listen alone, through headphones, to voices that guide us through complex or deeply personal stories. Over time, we come to trust these voices not just for ... <a title="The Epstein Files: the AI podcast that sounds like journalism but isn’t" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/07/the-epstein-files-the-ai-podcast-that-sounds-like-journalism-but-isnt-281489/" aria-label="Read more about The Epstein Files: the AI podcast that sounds like journalism but isn’t">Read more</a>
