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Source: Radio New Zealand On Sunday afternoon at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Auckland, 49-year-old Anna Maharaj lit a candle as part of an annual remembrance service. She has done this almost every year for 24 years to honour someone she could never meet and whose name she will never know. Perhaps that person’s family…
Source: Radio New Zealand A senior public servant was replaced as acting chief executive of a government organisation following revelations she once used cocaine prior to starting in the public service. 123rf A senior public servant was replaced as acting chief executive of a government organisation following revelations she used cocaine once “a number of…
Source: Radio New Zealand TRENZ 2026 is kicking off at the New Zealand International Convention Centre in Auckland. RNZ / Tess Brunton The tourism industry is hopeful an influx of international travel buyers will spark millions of dollars in new business. TRENZ, the country’s largest international tourism business event, is underway in Auckland. More than…
Source: Radio New Zealand “Offering us 0.6 percent is just frankly disgusting,” says one officer. File photo. RNZ / Richard Tindiller Some police officers say they are beginning unlawful industrial action – such as a go slow on issuing traffic tickets – following a 0.6 percent pay rise labelled a “kick in the guts”. The…
Source: Radio New Zealand The cordon in Papatoetoe after Tangaru-Noere Turia was shot by police in 2021. RNZ / Simon Rogers Tangaru-Noere Turia was showing signs of psychosis and wielding a shotgun when he was killed by police. But a coroner says better mental health support and interventions could have helped prevent the 2021 shooting.…
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zhonghua Zheng, Assistant Professor in Data Science and Environmental Analytics, University of Manchester More than half the world’s population now lives in cities that are often much hotter than their rural surroundings. Roads, buildings and paved surfaces absorb and store heat during the day, then release it ... <a title="How traffic makes cities warmer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/20/how-traffic-makes-cities-warmer-283195/" aria-label="Read more about How traffic makes cities warmer">Read more</a>
ANALYSIS: By Robert Reich On Saturday, Trump took revenge on Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy for Cassidy’s vote five years ago to convict Trump, in his second impeachment, for instigating an attack on the US Capitol. Cassidy thereby became the first GOP senator defeated by a Trump-endorsed candidate in a Republican primary. (Other Republican senators who ... <a title="Robert Reich: Has Trump’s Republican Party become a criminal enterprise?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/20/robert-reich-has-trumps-republican-party-become-a-criminal-enterprise/" aria-label="Read more about Robert Reich: Has Trump’s Republican Party become a criminal enterprise?">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kelley Cotter, Assistant Professor of Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State Anthropic, the company behind the generative AI tool Claude, claimed in March 2026 that it used an AI interviewer to conduct “the largest and most multilingual qualitative study” ever done. The AI tool collected responses from ... <a title="AI interviewers can’t connect with people the way human researchers can – they can produce only data, not meaning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/20/ai-interviewers-cant-connect-with-people-the-way-human-researchers-can-they-can-produce-only-data-not-meaning-279437/" aria-label="Read more about AI interviewers can’t connect with people the way human researchers can – they can produce only data, not meaning">Read more</a>
Source: Radio New Zealand Embryo development. Supplied / Colossal Biosciences A multibillion-dollar de-extinction company believes it is one step closer to resurrecting New Zealand’s largest and long-extinct flightless bird. Colossal Biosciences – headquartered in Texas – is heralding a “major breakthrough” in its development of an artificial egg that it says is crucial to giant…
Source: Radio New Zealand The former Fitzroy Hotel on Auckland’s Wakefield Street is considered the oldest brick building in the city centre. RNZ / Marika Khabazi The trial of the owner of one of Auckland’s oldest buildings has begun, five and a half years after an engineer first inspected cracks in its façade. Auckland Council…
Source: Radio New Zealand Christchurch Council wants the government to make accommodation platforms like Airbnb share data. AFP A property investment expert says councils should crack down on short-term holiday rental providers who are not paying business rates without the government’s help. The Christchurch City Council wants the government to make accommodation platforms like Airbnb…
Source: Radio New Zealand Hellers brand Sweet Chilli Pork Tenders (600g) was recalled after hard plastic was found in the packs. SUPPLIED Food Safety says a brand of pork tenders sold at supermarkets around the country is being recalled because the packs could contain pieces of hard black plastic. It says the 600-gram packs of…