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May 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand AFP / JIM WATSON New Zealand-founded company Rocket Lab is well placed to benefit from the Trump administration’s planned “Golden Dome” space missile shield, according to its chief executive Sir Peter Beck. It comes after it posted record revenue of US$200 million (NZ$336 million) in the first quarter, as demand for ... <a title="Rocket Lab hits record revenue for quarter, looks to cash in on Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/08/rocket-lab-hits-record-revenue-for-quarter-looks-to-cash-in-on-trumps-golden-dome/" aria-label="Read more about Rocket Lab hits record revenue for quarter, looks to cash in on Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dr Thomas West, Lecturer in Physiotherapy/Research Fellow, La Trobe University If you’ve ever watched a game of Australian rules football, rugby league or basketball, you’ve probably seen it happen: a player lands awkwardly, grabs their knee, and doesn’t get back up. An anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury ... <a title="Australia has the world’s highest rate of ACL reconstruction surgery. Rehab may be just as good" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/08/australia-has-the-worlds-highest-rate-of-acl-reconstruction-surgery-rehab-may-be-just-as-good-278778/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has the world’s highest rate of ACL reconstruction surgery. Rehab may be just as good">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Francis de Vries Andrew Cornaga/www.photosport.nz Auckland FC v Adelaide United Semi-final first leg Mt Smart Stadium, 6pm Saturday 9 May Live updates on RNZ.co.nz Defender Francis de Vries was one of the first names on the Auckland FC team sheet for nearly two seasons until an injury on international duty in ... <a title="Francis de Vries ready to answer Auckland FC’s A-League finals call" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/08/francis-de-vries-ready-to-answer-auckland-fcs-a-league-finals-call/" aria-label="Read more about Francis de Vries ready to answer Auckland FC’s A-League finals call">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied Two years after a single huia feather sold at auction for a world record $46,521 an entire specimen of the extinct bird is going under the hammer. Despite the record-breaking feather Leah Morris, head of decorative arts at Webb’s Auction House, said they had priced the full bird “conservatively” at ... <a title="Extinct huia speciman expected to sell for less than a single feather" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/08/extinct-huia-speciman-expected-to-sell-for-less-than-a-single-feather/" aria-label="Read more about Extinct huia speciman expected to sell for less than a single feather">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand canoe sprint paddlers Aimee Fisher and Dame Lisa Carrington. PHOTOSPORT Dame Lisa Carrington won’t compete in the opening Canoe Sprint World Cup regatta in Hungary this weekend. Dame Lisa was initially named in the K4 500m starting line-up alongside Olivia Brett, Greer Morley and Lucy Matehaere. However on medical ... <a title="Dame Lisa Carrington skips World Cup regatta on medical advice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/08/dame-lisa-carrington-skips-world-cup-regatta-on-medical-advice/" aria-label="Read more about Dame Lisa Carrington skips World Cup regatta on medical advice">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The University of Auckland’s clock tower. (File photo) RNZ / Ziming Li An online learning system used by the University of Auckland and the Auckland University of Auckland (AUT), has been hit by a global data hacking incident. Names, email addresses, student ID numbers and messages between users could all be ... <a title="Auckland students’ details caught up in massive global university hack" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/08/auckland-students-details-caught-up-in-massive-global-university-hack/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland students’ details caught up in massive global university hack">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Jason Death, playing for the Warriors against the Broncos in March 2001. www.photosport.nz A GoFundMe page has been launched for former Warriors NRL player Jason Death, following reports he’s suffered a serious fall. According to a post on the website, Death has a long recovery ahead of him, after he fractured ... <a title="Former Warriors player Jason Death in hospital in Sydney after bad fall" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/08/former-warriors-player-jason-death-in-hospital-in-sydney-after-bad-fall/" aria-label="Read more about Former Warriors player Jason Death in hospital in Sydney after bad fall">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steve Urlich, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Management, Lincoln University, New Zealand When Cyclone Gabrielle tore through New Zealand’s Tairāwhiti region in 2023, it left behind more than silt and floodwaters. Rivers were choked with forestry debris, beaches littered with logs, and homes, bridges and farmland buried under ... <a title="Cyclone Gabrielle exposed the risks of forestry slash. New research suggests little has changed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/08/cyclone-gabrielle-exposed-the-risks-of-forestry-slash-new-research-suggests-little-has-changed-282129/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Gabrielle exposed the risks of forestry slash. New research suggests little has changed">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Neville Sandiford first picked up a mallet in 2002, at age 79, when he and his late wife, Joan, came back from a holiday and decided they needed something new to keep them busy. “She happened to be looking in the paper and saw an advertisement for… ten free croquet lessons… ... <a title="102-year-old Kiwi named world’s oldest competitive croquet player" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/08/102-year-old-kiwi-named-worlds-oldest-competitive-croquet-player/" aria-label="Read more about 102-year-old Kiwi named world’s oldest competitive croquet player">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The University of Auckland’s clock tower. (File photo) RNZ / Ziming Li An online learning system used by the University of Auckland and the Auckland University of Auckland (AUT), has been hit by a global data hacking incident. Names, email addresses, student ID numbers and messages between users could all be ... <a title="University of Auckland and AUT’s online learning system hit by hackers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/08/university-of-auckland-and-auts-online-learning-system-hit-by-hackers/" aria-label="Read more about University of Auckland and AUT’s online learning system hit by hackers">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER A van driver has been seriously injured in a crash with a train north of Kaikōura on Friday. Emergency services were called to the crash between Hapuku and Waipapa Bay shortly before 10am. Firefighters helped to free the person from their van. A local resident said she ... <a title="Van driver seriously injured after crash with train north of Kaikōura" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/08/van-driver-seriously-injured-after-crash-with-train-north-of-kaikoura/" aria-label="Read more about Van driver seriously injured after crash with train north of Kaikōura">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand MetService Parts of the South Island are being lashed by heavy rain, while wind gusts of up to 140 kilometres-per-hour are forecast in the Canterbury high country and Marlborough. Orange heavy rain warnings are in place for the Westland, Buller and Grey districts, the headwaters of the Canterbury lakes and rivers ... <a title="Power cuts as parts of South Island lashed by heavy wind and rain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/08/power-cuts-as-parts-of-south-island-lashed-by-heavy-wind-and-rain/" aria-label="Read more about Power cuts as parts of South Island lashed by heavy wind and rain">Read more</a>
