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April 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Former Black Cap Geoff Allott Elias Rodriguez / www.photosport.nz Former Black Caps fast bowler Geoff Allott has been appointed chief executive of New Zealand Cricket, replacing Scott Weenink, who resigned in December. Weenink left the role at the end of last year after months of escalating tension over the future direction ... <a title="Geoff Allott named new boss of NZ Cricket after Scott Weenink’s departure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/28/geoff-allott-named-new-boss-of-nz-cricket-after-scott-weeninks-departure/" aria-label="Read more about Geoff Allott named new boss of NZ Cricket after Scott Weenink’s departure">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Police evacuated nearby homes as a precaution. Marika Khabazi / RNZ Fire and Emergency (FENZ) is investigating the cause of a house fire that led to the evacuation of neighbouring homes in Rolleston in Canterbury. Four fire trucks were called to the blaze on Lowes Road about 11.17am on Tuesday. Police ... <a title="Neighbours evacuated as fire engulfs home in Rolleston" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/28/neighbours-evacuated-as-fire-engulfs-home-in-rolleston/" aria-label="Read more about Neighbours evacuated as fire engulfs home in Rolleston">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Imogen Richards, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Deakin University The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion will deliver its interim report to the governor-general by April 30. Public hearings will follow, defining antisemitism and its effects on Jewish Australians. As a researcher of political violence, I provided ... <a title="Banning protest slogans won’t end antisemitism. We need to understand the complex forces driving it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/28/banning-protest-slogans-wont-end-antisemitism-we-need-to-understand-the-complex-forces-driving-it-272151/" aria-label="Read more about Banning protest slogans won’t end antisemitism. We need to understand the complex forces driving it">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Rich, Director of the Curtin Extremism Research Network (CERN), Curtin University As the United States and Israel launched their war on Iran in late February, the social media posts by some US national security agencies took a particular turn. With missiles and bombs raining down, Pentagon ... <a title="You’d better start paying attention to the manosphere. You’re living in it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/28/youd-better-start-paying-attention-to-the-manosphere-youre-living-in-it-279547/" aria-label="Read more about You’d better start paying attention to the manosphere. You’re living in it">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and New Zealand’s Trade Minister Todd McClay sign the free-trade agreement. Supplied The New Zealand economy is expected to be hundreds of millions of dollars better off each year once the Indian free trade agreement has fully come into force. Analysis of the economic ... <a title="Economic gains from India free trade deal modest to begin with – MFAT" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/28/economic-gains-from-india-free-trade-deal-modest-to-begin-with-mfat/" aria-label="Read more about Economic gains from India free trade deal modest to begin with – MFAT">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand North Canterbury retiree Madeleine Burdon is in the midst of a major life change – downsizing from the home she worked hard to pay off. Known as Bad Nan to her grandchildren, Burdon grew up with eight siblings and parents who “worked their butts off” but never owned a home or ... <a title="What are the budget basics you need for a comfy retirement?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/28/what-are-the-budget-basics-you-need-for-a-comfy-retirement/" aria-label="Read more about What are the budget basics you need for a comfy retirement?">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Michelle Montague. Cooper Neill New Zealand’s Michelle Montague has marked her UFC return with another unanimous decision win to improve her unbeaten record to 8-0 in the sport. The ‘Wild One’ outmuscled and out-fought former bantamweight contender Mayra Bueno Silva to win (30-27, 29-29 and 29-28) on the judges’ scorecards. Montague ... <a title="New Zealand’s Michelle Montague eyes next fight after ranked UFC win" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/28/new-zealands-michelle-montague-eyes-next-fight-after-ranked-ufc-win/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s Michelle Montague eyes next fight after ranked UFC win">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A boat building facility that erupted in flames on Tuesday morning is a “total loss”, Fire and Emergency (FENZ) says. Luckily no one was inside the building when the blaze began around 10am, Assistant District Commander Shaun Pilgrim told RNZ. Calvin Samuel Fourteen crews battled to contain the fire in the ... <a title="‘Total loss’: Fire tears through Auckland boat building facility" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/28/total-loss-fire-tears-through-auckland-boat-building-facility/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Total loss’: Fire tears through Auckland boat building facility">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samara Ranie, PhD Student, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland The quail is a small, unassuming bird that glides rather than flies and prefers to hide under bushes than to perch on top of a tree. And now, it’s also helping scientists understand serious birth ... <a title="Fluorescent quail embryos could help solve serious birth defects in humans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/28/fluorescent-quail-embryos-could-help-solve-serious-birth-defects-in-humans-277090/" aria-label="Read more about Fluorescent quail embryos could help solve serious birth defects in humans">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Stevens, Professor in Ocean Physics, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau; Earth Sciences New Zealand A rare dataset collected by instruments at the point where Antarctica’s largest ice shelf begins to float reveals ocean processes that drive melting at this critical part of the continent. During ... <a title="Antarctica’s ice shelves are vulnerable to melting from below – knowing how far ocean heat reaches is crucial" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/28/antarcticas-ice-shelves-are-vulnerable-to-melting-from-below-knowing-how-far-ocean-heat-reaches-is-crucial-278195/" aria-label="Read more about Antarctica’s ice shelves are vulnerable to melting from below – knowing how far ocean heat reaches is crucial">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2026
ANALYSIS: By Jeremy Scahill Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has been on a strategic tour to prepare for two dramatically different paths that could unfold in the coming days — a return to diplomacy or a resumption of the war with the US and Israel. While President Donald Trump has claimed that the Iranian government ... <a title="As Trump’s narrative on negotiations flails, Iran is setting its own terms for ending the war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/28/as-trumps-narrative-on-negotiations-flails-iran-is-setting-its-own-terms-for-ending-the-war/" aria-label="Read more about As Trump’s narrative on negotiations flails, Iran is setting its own terms for ending the war">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Chris Greenacre, now head coach of the Phoenix. AAP Image/Matt Turner / Photosport Caretaker coach Chris Greenacre has been appointed the Wellington Phoenix men’s coach following a long apprenticeship at the A-league football club. Greenacre, who has called Wellington home since 2009 when he joined the Phoenix as a player, will ... <a title="Phoenix men appoints perennial caretaker coach Chris Greenacre to top job" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/28/phoenix-men-appoints-perennial-caretaker-coach-chris-greenacre-to-top-job/" aria-label="Read more about Phoenix men appoints perennial caretaker coach Chris Greenacre to top job">Read more</a>
