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April 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Smoke seen rising from the roof of a Massey University building. Calvin Samuel Students and staff have been evacuated from Massey University’s Albany campus in Auckland due to a fire. Fire and Emergency says 10 fire trucks are at the campus fighting a fire in a classroom on the top floor. ... <a title="Massey University’s Albany campus evacuated over fire in classroom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/massey-universitys-albany-campus-evacuated-over-fire-in-classroom/" aria-label="Read more about Massey University’s Albany campus evacuated over fire in classroom">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon Firefighters are battling a fire at an industrial premises in Timaru. Fire and Emergency NZ were called to a fire in High Street shortly before 9am on Wednesday. A spokesperson said the building, which was 30 metres by 40 metres in size, was engulfed in fire when ... <a title="Firefighters battle large industrial building fire in Timaru" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/firefighters-battle-large-industrial-building-fire-in-timaru/" aria-label="Read more about Firefighters battle large industrial building fire in Timaru">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied / NZ Police Police investigating an aggravated robbery in Christchurch are appealing for help from the public. Officers were called to a business on Milton Street in Somerfield after an employee and a member of the public were allegedly threatened with a weapon on 17 April. “Thankfully they were uninjured, ... <a title="Police appeal after aggravated robbery at business in Christchurch’s Somerfield" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/police-appeal-after-aggravated-robbery-at-business-in-christchurchs-somerfield/" aria-label="Read more about Police appeal after aggravated robbery at business in Christchurch’s Somerfield">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / DOM THOMAS ASB has joined the other main banks in pushing up interest rates. It increased its fixed home loan rates across 12-month to four-year terms by between six and 16 basis points, and its five-year term by 20 basis points. Its one-year rate lifts by six basis points ... <a title="ASB joins other banks in pushing up interest rates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/asb-joins-other-banks-in-pushing-up-interest-rates/" aria-label="Read more about ASB joins other banks in pushing up interest rates">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Potential 2028 US presidential candidates could include, clockwise from top left, Republicans Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, or even wild cards like former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, while Democrats Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, California Governor Gavin Newsom and former Vice President Kamala Harris all show up in ... <a title="Why it’s not too early to start thinking about the US 2028 presidential election – seriously" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/why-its-not-too-early-to-start-thinking-about-the-us-2028-presidential-election-seriously/" aria-label="Read more about Why it’s not too early to start thinking about the US 2028 presidential election – seriously">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Quin Tauetau Rising geopolitical uncertainty from the war in Iran does not appear to be putting off investment in new local start-ups, although it has had some impact. The latest Catalist New Zealand Angel Market Report for the first quarter shows around $1.8 million was invested across 34 deals ... <a title="Investment in local start-ups holding up despite geopolitical uncertainty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/investment-in-local-start-ups-holding-up-despite-geopolitical-uncertainty/" aria-label="Read more about Investment in local start-ups holding up despite geopolitical uncertainty">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Copland, Honorary Fellow in Sociology, Australian National University Chuck Palahniuk’s first novel, Fight Club, is as relevant and controversial today as when it first hit shelves 30 years ago. The story follows a depressed, insomniac unnamed narrator, who unknowingly creates an alter ego – the charismatic ... <a title="Fight Club at 30: toxic masculinity handbook or clever takedown of capitalism?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/fight-club-at-30-toxic-masculinity-handbook-or-clever-takedown-of-capitalism-279524/" aria-label="Read more about Fight Club at 30: toxic masculinity handbook or clever takedown of capitalism?">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Brentnall, Reader in Biostatistics, Queen Mary University of London Over the past decade, millions of men without symptoms of prostate cancer have voluntarily undergone a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test in the UK to find out if they might have prostate cancer. While research has shown that ... <a title="Prostate cancer overdiagnosis risk sharply rises after age 70 – new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/prostate-cancer-overdiagnosis-risk-sharply-rises-after-age-70-new-research-281166/" aria-label="Read more about Prostate cancer overdiagnosis risk sharply rises after age 70 – new research">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Stewart, Professor of Evolutionary Palaeoecology, Bournemouth University As the Earth shifts to climates not seen for several hundred thousand years, we may need to look at ancient environments for clues about what could happen next. Our new study of two whale fossils, with preserved fragments of ... <a title="Could warming seas bring great white sharks back to the North Sea? A 5-million-year-old shark tooth may provide clues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/could-warming-seas-bring-great-white-sharks-back-to-the-north-sea-a-5-million-year-old-shark-tooth-may-provide-clues-279157/" aria-label="Read more about Could warming seas bring great white sharks back to the North Sea? A 5-million-year-old shark tooth may provide clues">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Hamilton District Court. RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly A man is facing firearms charges after a police raid in the Coromandel on Wednesday morning. A police spokesperson said they were called to a property on Tairua Whitianga Rd in Coroglen about 7pm last night after a man was reported seen with a ... <a title="Man facing firearms charge after police raid in Coromandel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/man-facing-firearms-charge-after-police-raid-in-coromandel/" aria-label="Read more about Man facing firearms charge after police raid in Coromandel">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand NZ Warriors fans. www.photosport.nz The Warriors believe they have a formula that makes them the best supported club in New Zealand. The NRL side again had to put up the sold out sign when 33,000 turned up to watch them beat the Dolphins in Wellington on Anzac Day. In 2024 all ... <a title="What is the Warriors’ formula for attracting fans?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/what-is-the-warriors-formula-for-attracting-fans/" aria-label="Read more about What is the Warriors’ formula for attracting fans?">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Capital Kiwi returned kiwi to Wellington for the first time in at least a century back in 2022. Krystal Gibbens/RNZ New Zealand’s national icon has set foot in Parliament for the first time as Wellington’s burgeoning kiwi population was celebrated in the wake of the final birds being translocated for the ... <a title="Kiwi bird steps into Parliament to celebrate Capital Kiwi project growth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/kiwi-bird-steps-into-parliament-to-celebrate-capital-kiwi-project-growth/" aria-label="Read more about Kiwi bird steps into Parliament to celebrate Capital Kiwi project growth">Read more</a>
