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May 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The crash happened in Mt Aspiring National Park. AFP The Transport Accident Investigation Commission has opened an inquiry into a fatal helicopter crash in Mt Aspiring National Park involving a company owned by members of the Wallis family. The two people who died in the crash on Sunday morning were the ... <a title="Probe launched into fatal crash of chopper owned by Wallis family members" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/18/probe-launched-into-fatal-crash-of-chopper-owned-by-wallis-family-members/" aria-label="Read more about Probe launched into fatal crash of chopper owned by Wallis family members">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Asian staff constitute the second-largest group of officers in the country’s penitentiaries. RNZ / Blessen Tom A third deputy chief executive at Corrections is under scrutiny with concerns raised about their leadership. RNZ earlier revealed deputy chief executive Leigh Marsh was under investigation over allegations of bullying. It was then revealed ... <a title="Third Corrections deputy chief executive under scrutiny" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/18/third-corrections-deputy-chief-executive-under-scrutiny/" aria-label="Read more about Third Corrections deputy chief executive under scrutiny">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A thief allegedly drilled a hole into a large vegetable truck’s fuel tank at Wilson’s Vege farm shop in Winton on Thursday morning. SUPPLIED/WILSON’S VEGES Thieves after fuel targeted a vegetable stall and a mechanic’s workshop around the rural Southland township of Winton within a 12-hour period last week. New Zealand ... <a title="‘Brazen’ fuel thieves hit vegetable stall, mechanic workshop in rural Southland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/18/brazen-fuel-thieves-hit-vegetable-stall-mechanic-workshop-in-rural-southland/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Brazen’ fuel thieves hit vegetable stall, mechanic workshop in rural Southland">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Winston Peters. RNZ / Mark Papalii Winston Peters’ threat to nationalise a major Australian-owned bank would send a “bad signal” to potential foreign investors, a veteran economic analyst says. Peters’ party NZ First said if re-elected in November it would merge BNZ and Kiwibank under state ownership. BNZ was sold by ... <a title="Bank nationalisation threat a ‘bad signal’ for investors – analyst" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/18/bank-nationalisation-threat-a-bad-signal-for-investors-analyst/" aria-label="Read more about Bank nationalisation threat a ‘bad signal’ for investors – analyst">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The outage map for One NZ. ONE NZ / SCREENSHOT One NZ is investigating a partial outage of its mobile networks across the country. On its website, One NZ said the incident began shortly after 12.30pm on Monday. Customers reported having issues with making or receiving calls. A third party website, ... <a title="Widespread mobile outages hit One NZ network" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/18/widespread-mobile-outages-hit-one-nz-network/" aria-label="Read more about Widespread mobile outages hit One NZ network">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A Pacific Detector Dog programme dog in Tonga. Giles Dexter / RNZ The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has given figures for drugs seized in the Pacific so far this year – more than three times the total amount seized in 2025. A statement from Commissioner Krissy Barrett said 17 tonnes of ... <a title="Australian Federal Police: 17 tonnes of drugs seized in Pacific so far in 2026" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/18/australian-federal-police-17-tonnes-of-drugs-seized-in-pacific-so-far-in-2026/" aria-label="Read more about Australian Federal Police: 17 tonnes of drugs seized in Pacific so far in 2026">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A Pacific Detector Dog programme dog in Tonga. Giles Dexter / RNZ The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has given figures for drugs seized in the Pacific so far this year – more than three times the total amount seized in 2025. A statement from Commissioner Krissy Barrett said 17 tonnes of ... <a title="17 tonnes of drugs seized in Pacific so far in 2026 – Australian Federal Police" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/18/17-tonnes-of-drugs-seized-in-pacific-so-far-in-2026-australian-federal-police/" aria-label="Read more about 17 tonnes of drugs seized in Pacific so far in 2026 – Australian Federal Police">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A notice on the door of Troy Dubovskiy’s Christchurch home, pictured the day after his death. (File photo) Photo / Karen Brown This story discusses suicide. Loaded weapons and a Nazi uniform were found by police at the home of a man who died following a police stand-off in Christchurch, an ... <a title="Loaded weapons and a Nazi uniform found at Christchurch home of man who died in police stand-off" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/18/loaded-weapons-and-a-nazi-uniform-found-at-christchurch-home-of-man-who-died-in-police-stand-off/" aria-label="Read more about Loaded weapons and a Nazi uniform found at Christchurch home of man who died in police stand-off">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand NZ’s dervices sector is contracting at a slower pace Results across sub-indexes were mixed The employment outlook stayed negative BNZ says the economy is still struggling New Zealand’s services sector remained in contraction in April. 123RF New Zealand’s services sector remained in contraction in April, despite a modest improvement in activity, ... <a title="Services sector contracts again in April" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/18/services-sector-contracts-again-in-april/" aria-label="Read more about Services sector contracts again in April">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Local Government Minister Simon Watts. SAMUEL RILLSTONE / RNZ The Fitch credit ratings agency is warning the introduction of local government rate caps could increase the risk of credit downgrades across the sector. The government is planning to introduce legislation this year that will eventually limit council rate increases to 4 ... <a title="Rates caps could raise risk of credit downgrade for councils, Fitch warns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/18/rates-caps-could-raise-risk-of-credit-downgrade-for-councils-fitch-warns/" aria-label="Read more about Rates caps could raise risk of credit downgrade for councils, Fitch warns">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kerry Brown, Professor of Chinese Politics; Director, Lau China Institute, King’s College London When Britain sent its first formal diplomatic mission to China in 1793, one of the participants from London, Peter Auber, remarked that the group had been “received with the utmost politeness, treated with the ... <a title="Donald Trump left Beijing empty-handed – but avoided something worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/18/donald-trump-left-beijing-empty-handed-but-avoided-something-worse-282663/" aria-label="Read more about Donald Trump left Beijing empty-handed – but avoided something worse">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Worthy, Lecturer in Politics, Birkbeck, University of London The failure of many of the UK’s recent prime ministers, who have passed through Downing Street in quick succession, seems easy to explain. Theresa May couldn’t do what she promised and didn’t “get Brexit done”. Boris Johnson broke ... <a title="From landslide to leadership crisis: where did it all go wrong for Keir Starmer?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/18/from-landslide-to-leadership-crisis-where-did-it-all-go-wrong-for-keir-starmer-282935/" aria-label="Read more about From landslide to leadership crisis: where did it all go wrong for Keir Starmer?">Read more</a>
