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April 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Green MP Kahurangi Carter speaking in the urgent debate. VNP / Phil Smith This week, Members of Parliament debated a bill to protect parody and satire – the right to take the mickey under New Zealand’s copyright law, something they themselves may well be the target of. Every second sitting, Wednesday ... <a title="The House: Members of Parliament debate ability to take mickey" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/05/the-house-members-of-parliament-debate-ability-to-take-mickey/" aria-label="Read more about The House: Members of Parliament debate ability to take mickey">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF Health New Zealand has released long-awaited guidelines to help grieving families cope with the loss of a baby during pregnancy or in the first year after birth. The National Bereavement Care Pathway for Perinatal Loss was released on Thursday. It outlined the nine standards that will guide the future approach ... <a title="Health New Zealand releases guidelines to help families with perinatal loss" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/05/health-new-zealand-releases-guidelines-to-help-families-with-perinatal-loss/" aria-label="Read more about Health New Zealand releases guidelines to help families with perinatal loss">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Dr Kay Scarpetta, chief medical examiner of the Commonwealth of Virginia, made her fictional debut in Patricia Cornwell’s first crime novel, Postmortem, published in 1990. Cornwell had been both a police reporter and a morgue assistant. And her character was inspired by a real medical examiner she worked with. Postmortem won ... <a title="I love crime heroines – but Kay Scarpetta leaves me cold" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/05/i-love-crime-heroines-but-kay-scarpetta-leaves-me-cold/" aria-label="Read more about I love crime heroines – but Kay Scarpetta leaves me cold">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Swedish painter Margareta Magnusson died on March 12 aged 92. She became famous in 2017 for coining the smart and humorous concept of döstädning in a book known in English as The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning. The book was rapidly translated into an impressive number of languages, exporting ... <a title="The Swedish concept of döstädning is about more than just getting rid of things" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/05/the-swedish-concept-of-dostadning-is-about-more-than-just-getting-rid-of-things/" aria-label="Read more about The Swedish concept of döstädning is about more than just getting rid of things">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The driver died at the scene. RNZ / Marika Khabazi One person has died after their vehicle plunged into a tree in Kaitaia, Northland. Emergency services were called to the crash near the intersection of North Road and Farrimond Place at 10:30pm on Saturday. Emergency services were called to the crash ... <a title="Person dies after vehicle plunges into tree in Northland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/05/person-dies-after-vehicle-plunges-into-tree-in-northland/" aria-label="Read more about Person dies after vehicle plunges into tree in Northland">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Roger Tuivasa-Sheck and family celebrate his 150th Warriors outing against Canberra Raiders. Andrew Cornaga/Photosport Erin Clark heard NZ Warriors teammate Roger Tuivasa-Sheck was leaving from his distraught wife. The news surely didn’t come as a shock to Clark, who had watched from across the locker room, as the veteran wing fended ... <a title="NRL: Roger Tuivasa-Sheck’s departure affects NZ Warriors in different ways" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/05/nrl-roger-tuivasa-shecks-departure-affects-nz-warriors-in-different-ways/" aria-label="Read more about NRL: Roger Tuivasa-Sheck’s departure affects NZ Warriors in different ways">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand It’s just an hour, will it really affect us? “It does. There’s really clear research out there that shows that missing out on sleep by an hour or more can lead to poorer functioning the next day,” says Dr Karyn O’Keefe, from the Sleep/Wake Research Centre. That one-hour shift can make ... <a title="Daylight saving: Does an hour really make a difference?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/05/daylight-saving-does-an-hour-really-make-a-difference/" aria-label="Read more about Daylight saving: Does an hour really make a difference?">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2026
Asia Pacific Report New Zealand’s government was taken to task today for its lack of a principled stand against Israel’s Gaza genocide and the illegal and unprovoked US-Israel war on Iran. Several speakers at a rally in the heart of Auckland expressed disappointment and anger at Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s failure to condemn the war ... <a title="Protesters condemn Luxon govt for failing to condemn illegal war on Iran" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/05/protesters-condemn-luxon-govt-for-failing-to-condemn-illegal-war-on-iran/" aria-label="Read more about Protesters condemn Luxon govt for failing to condemn illegal war on Iran">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Four fire trucks had been working to put the fire out. RNZ / Rob Dixon A stretch of State Highway One in Dunedin has reopened to one lane, after it was closed due to a house fire. Fire and Emergency were called to the blaze on Great King Street North just ... <a title="Highway reopens after Dunedin house fire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/04/highway-reopens-after-dunedin-house-fire/" aria-label="Read more about Highway reopens after Dunedin house fire">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand It’s both brilliant and validating that UK band The Pogues are beloved by so many international fans, says Spider Stacy, who now replaces Shane McGowan – a hard-drinking poet, who died in 2023 – as the band’s frontman. Every time he’s anywhere near an Australian or a New Zealander though, Stacy ... <a title="The Pogues co-founder: ‘We’re the last proper London punk band’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/04/the-pogues-co-founder-were-the-last-proper-london-punk-band/" aria-label="Read more about The Pogues co-founder: ‘We’re the last proper London punk band’">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Four fire trucks had been working to put the fire out. RNZ / Rob Dixon Crews were at the scene of a house fire in Dunedin that closed State Highway One, through the city. Fire and Emergency were called to the blaze on Great King Street North just after 6pm on ... <a title="Dunedin house fire closes State Highway 1" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/04/dunedin-house-fire-closes-state-highway-1/" aria-label="Read more about Dunedin house fire closes State Highway 1">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Maddy Green has scored an unbeaten 141 runs to guide the White Ferns home by 66 runs in the deciding one-day international against South Africa at the Basin Reserve. Green hit a career-best 141 off 128 balls, despite cramping late in her innings, marking her third ODI century. Brooke Halliday also ... <a title="Cricket: White Ferns v South Africa Women – third and final ODI" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/04/cricket-white-ferns-v-south-africa-women-third-and-final-odi/" aria-label="Read more about Cricket: White Ferns v South Africa Women – third and final ODI">Read more</a>
