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May 15, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Education Minister Erica Stanford. RNZ / Mark Papalii The country’s largest education union is describing a delay in the introduction of the government’s new curriculum as a significant win for teachers and school leaders. The Ministry of Education has announced it will not mandate its new national curriculum for Years 0-8 ... <a title="Delay to new curriculum heralded as significant win for teachers, school leaders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/15/delay-to-new-curriculum-heralded-as-significant-win-for-teachers-school-leaders/" aria-label="Read more about Delay to new curriculum heralded as significant win for teachers, school leaders">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Westpac said about one in six new home loans taken out so far this year had been for $1 million. RNZ Some borrowers are starting their homeowning lives owing more than $1 million in mortgages. Loan Market mortgage adviser Karen Tatterson said it was more common for people to take out ... <a title="The rise of the million-dollar mortgage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/15/the-rise-of-the-million-dollar-mortgage/" aria-label="Read more about The rise of the million-dollar mortgage">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses was named in Darren Bazeley’s 26-strong All Whites squad for the FIFA Football World Cup. PHOTOSPORT All Whites forward Kosta Barbarouses knows the heartbreak of missing out on a Football World Cup squad, and now the happiness and relief of finally making it 16 years later. Barbarouses has “no ... <a title="Sixteen years after missing out, All White Kosta Barbarouses is World Cup-bound" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/15/sixteen-years-after-missing-out-all-white-kosta-barbarouses-is-world-cup-bound/" aria-label="Read more about Sixteen years after missing out, All White Kosta Barbarouses is World Cup-bound">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Blues and Hurricanes do battle at Eden Park this Saturday. Photosport The Aussies have well and truly fallen off the Super Rugby Pacific pace. After threatening to emulate the glory days of ACT Brumbies in the early rounds, the men from Canberra have collapsed dramatically, leaving the top four firmly ... <a title="Super Rugby Pacific preview: Defining duo of derbies, Beaudenn Barrett back at 10" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/15/super-rugby-pacific-preview-defining-duo-of-derbies-beaudenn-barrett-back-at-10/" aria-label="Read more about Super Rugby Pacific preview: Defining duo of derbies, Beaudenn Barrett back at 10">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The government has confirmed legislation aiming to ban under-16s from social media is now on hold. RNZ The government has confirmed legislation aiming to ban under-16s from social media is now on hold. Parliament debated the matter on Wednesday after a select committee inquiry into the harms the online platforms cause. ... <a title="Bill banning under-16s from social media put on hold, Erica Stanford confirms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/15/bill-banning-under-16s-from-social-media-put-on-hold-erica-stanford-confirms/" aria-label="Read more about Bill banning under-16s from social media put on hold, Erica Stanford confirms">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Air NZ will start to consolidate more routes after the school holidays. AFP/ William West The Aviation Industry Association says Air New Zealand is far from the only airline eyeing flight cuts, due to soaring fuel costs. The airline says it has cut 5 percent of its flights and will start ... <a title="More flight cuts loom, as fuel crisis bites NZ airlines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/15/more-flight-cuts-loom-as-fuel-crisis-bites-nz-airlines/" aria-label="Read more about More flight cuts loom, as fuel crisis bites NZ airlines">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Zespri Kiwifruit is loaded onto the Atlantic Erica at the Port of Tauranga. Supplied Kiwifruit orchards are humming mid-harvest, but Zespri is concerned port bottlenecks are becoming a real pressure point for its fruit exports. The Port of Tauranga is the critical gateway for most of New Zealand’s lucrative kiwifruit from ... <a title="Port of Tauranga terminal ‘at capacity’, could ‘bottleneck’ kiwifruit exports – CEO" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/15/port-of-tauranga-terminal-at-capacity-could-bottleneck-kiwifruit-exports-ceo/" aria-label="Read more about Port of Tauranga terminal ‘at capacity’, could ‘bottleneck’ kiwifruit exports – CEO">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2026
The NSW Parliament’s antisemitism report was folded into the Bondi Royal Commission, missing the airing of contesting views and rigorous questioning, reports Michael West Media.COMMENTARY: By Stephen Lawrence Throughout 2025, I served on Australia’s first parliamentary inquiry into society-wide antisemitism. When the Bondi terrorist atrocity occurred, we had yet to finalise a report, and I ... <a title="NSW antisemitism hearings ‘drowned’ in the Bondi Royal Commission" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/15/nsw-antisemitism-hearings-drowned-in-the-bondi-royal-commission/" aria-label="Read more about NSW antisemitism hearings ‘drowned’ in the Bondi Royal Commission">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Angus Taylor might have reckoned he and the opposition are in such deep doo-doo that he might as well throw everything at Thursday night’s budget reply. The result was a mixed bag. The promise to index tax brackets is a ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Taylor’s bold budget reply is a mix of sound and dubious policy commitments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/grattan-on-friday-taylors-bold-budget-reply-is-a-mix-of-sound-and-dubious-policy-commitments-282264/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Taylor’s bold budget reply is a mix of sound and dubious policy commitments">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand One person has died and six people have been injured in a house fire in Christchurch. RNZ / Sam Sherwood One person has died and six people have been injured, one critically, after a house fire in Christchurch. Police were called to the property in Whitehall Street, Mairehau, at about 8.25pm ... <a title="One dead, six injured in Christchurch house fire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/one-dead-six-injured-in-christchurch-house-fire/" aria-label="Read more about One dead, six injured in Christchurch house fire">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand’s flowers are often described as “small and green and insignificant”, but an award-winning botanist and author says they have complex stories. Professor of botany Philip Garnock-Jones captured 100 of 2200 native flowers of NZ in his book He Puāwai, A Natural History of New Zealand Flowers. The photos in ... <a title="Book showing New Zealand’s flowers in 3D wins Ockham award" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/book-showing-new-zealands-flowers-in-3d-wins-ockham-award/" aria-label="Read more about Book showing New Zealand’s flowers in 3D wins Ockham award">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Opposition Leader Angus Taylor has committed a Coalition government to phase in income tax indexation under a “tax back guarantee” that he says “will fully protect all taxpayers from inflation”. In his budget reply on Thursday night, Taylor described the ... <a title="Angus Taylor promises to index income tax to inflation in big tax gamble" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/angus-taylor-promises-to-index-income-tax-to-inflation-in-big-tax-gamble-282262/" aria-label="Read more about Angus Taylor promises to index income tax to inflation in big tax gamble">Read more</a>
