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April 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Deputy Chief Executive Kylie Reiri resigned in February. (File photo) (RNZ / Teresa Cowie ) The Social Investment Agency is examining how it handles conflicts of interest as part of a review into millions of dollars of contracts awarded. RNZ earlier revealed the agency had commissioned an independent external review of ... <a title="Social Investment Agency examining how it handles conflicts of interest as part of review" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/10/social-investment-agency-examining-how-it-handles-conflicts-of-interest-as-part-of-review/" aria-label="Read more about Social Investment Agency examining how it handles conflicts of interest as part of review">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Parker, Adjunct Professor, Defence and Security Institute, The University of Western Australia; UNSW Sydney Wednesday’s ceasefire announcement by President Donald Trump, linked to Iran reopening the Strait of Hormuz, prompted immediate optimism shipping would quickly resume. It didn’t. The following morning, traffic remained minimal. A handful ... <a title="What will it take to get ships going through the Strait of Hormuz again?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/10/what-will-it-take-to-get-ships-going-through-the-strait-of-hormuz-again-280275/" aria-label="Read more about What will it take to get ships going through the Strait of Hormuz again?">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Oceania Women’s World Cup qualifying tournament has been thrown into sudden disruption, with key semi-final matches in Hamilton rescheduled due to the looming threat of Cyclone Vaianu. Tournament organisers have brought Sunday’s fixtures forward by 24 hours as severe weather warnings blanket the North Island, with heavy rain and damaging ... <a title="Football: Cyclone Vaianu forces rescheduling of Football Ferns’ World Cup qualifier" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/10/football-cyclone-vaianu-forces-rescheduling-of-football-ferns-world-cup-qualifier/" aria-label="Read more about Football: Cyclone Vaianu forces rescheduling of Football Ferns’ World Cup qualifier">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Priyanka Dhopade, Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau The four Artemis II astronauts who looped around the Moon this week are expected to splash down soon. NASA’s grand mission spells a return to human deep-space travel, with renewed interest in building a ... <a title="Artemis II: as humans return to the Moon, which of these 4 futures will we choose?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/10/artemis-ii-as-humans-return-to-the-moon-which-of-these-4-futures-will-we-choose-280267/" aria-label="Read more about Artemis II: as humans return to the Moon, which of these 4 futures will we choose?">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand People are often surprised when Renata Herrera Rojas, a fifth-year university student flatting in Dunedin, says she eats just as well as she did at her home – even though she uses some canned food. But many students struggle: a 2024 University of Auckland survey found 45 percent of 347 students, ... <a title="Is all canned food created equal?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/10/is-all-canned-food-created-equal/" aria-label="Read more about Is all canned food created equal?">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Flooding near Kerikeri in March 2026. RNZ/Tim Collins Northland farmers are still grappling with the fallout of last month’s flooding as they prepare for an incoming cyclone. Cyclone Vaianu is forecast by MetService to reach Northland late on Saturday night then spread across the rest of the island. Rural Support Te ... <a title="Weather: Northland farmers still not done cleaning up flood damage as Cyclone Vaianu arrives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/10/weather-northland-farmers-still-not-done-cleaning-up-flood-damage-as-cyclone-vaianu-arrives/" aria-label="Read more about Weather: Northland farmers still not done cleaning up flood damage as Cyclone Vaianu arrives">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A map of the Bell Block/The Links area water zone that has been under a precautionary boil water notice. New Plymouth District Council A boil water notice for Bell Block and The Links near New Plymouth has been lifted. The advisory was put in place on Thursday following a positive test ... <a title="Boil water notices in parts of New Plymouth lifted, others remain in place" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/10/boil-water-notices-in-parts-of-new-plymouth-lifted-others-remain-in-place/" aria-label="Read more about Boil water notices in parts of New Plymouth lifted, others remain in place">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. 123rf Manufacturing activity eases marginally to 53.2 from 54.8 in February – above 50 is expansion All five sub-indexes positive, growth slows in production, new order, and deliveries Firms may have moved to cushion Middle East conflict impact by stockpiling, building up inventory Sharp lift in negative comments about ... <a title="Manufacturing data yet to show signs of war’s impact" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/10/manufacturing-data-yet-to-show-signs-of-wars-impact/" aria-label="Read more about Manufacturing data yet to show signs of war’s impact">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Stevens, Professor in Ocean Physics, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau; Earth Sciences New Zealand “Same as it ever was” is a phrase that continues to resonate in 2026. The oil shocks of the 1970s, triggered by conflict in the Middle East, sent global energy prices ... <a title="NZ is surrounded by ocean energy. Just what would it take to tap it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/10/nz-is-surrounded-by-ocean-energy-just-what-would-it-take-to-tap-it-279842/" aria-label="Read more about NZ is surrounded by ocean energy. Just what would it take to tap it?">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Paul Burns, Associate Professor, School of Biotech & Biomolecular Science, UNSW Sydney On the shores of the west coast of Australia lies a window to our past: the stromatolites and microbial mats of Gathaagudu (Shark Bay). To the untrained eye they look like a collection of ... <a title="‘First contact’ that may have led to complex life on Earth finally witnessed by scientists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/10/first-contact-that-may-have-led-to-complex-life-on-earth-finally-witnessed-by-scientists-280173/" aria-label="Read more about ‘First contact’ that may have led to complex life on Earth finally witnessed by scientists">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Tanith Wirihana Te Waitohioterangi wearing his rei mako. Supplied / Tanith Wirihana Te Waitohioterangi A Māori researcher says being forced to remove his rei mako (traditional shark tooth earrings) at the New Zealand border felt like “a stripping of mana”. Tanith Wirihana Te Waitohioterangi (Rongowhakaata, Ngāi Tāmanuhiri, Te Whānau a Kai, ... <a title="‘Shamed and embarrassed’: Taonga taken at border sparks calls for awareness" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/10/shamed-and-embarrassed-taonga-taken-at-border-sparks-calls-for-awareness/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Shamed and embarrassed’: Taonga taken at border sparks calls for awareness">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The warrant targeted a Headhunters gang pad in West Auckland (file photo). RNZ / John Edens Stolen vehicles, drugs, ammunition and a rifle have been confiscated from gang pads in West Auckland, police said on Friday. A search warrant was carried out at the West Headhunters pad on View Road on ... <a title="Gang pad raid turns up stolen Cadillac, drugs, gun manufacturing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/10/gang-pad-raid-turns-up-stolen-cadillac-drugs-gun-manufacturing/" aria-label="Read more about Gang pad raid turns up stolen Cadillac, drugs, gun manufacturing">Read more</a>
