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New Zealand is almost completely dependent on four things for its survival in the contemporary world. Imported wheat, rice, and refined fuel. And ships.
Source: Radio New Zealand AFP ANZ has been unsuccessful in its fight in the High Court against a class action from borrowers. The court has awarded summary judgment against the bank in relation to the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act 2003 (CCCFA) class action proceedings. Between 2015 and 2019, the law said that a ... <a title="Court rules against ANZ in class action lawsuit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/court-rules-against-anz-in-class-action-lawsuit/" aria-label="Read more about Court rules against ANZ in class action lawsuit">Read more</a>
Source: Radio New Zealand A general view of the cruise ship MV Hondius stationary off the port of Praia, the capital of Cape Verde, on May 3, 2026. AFP The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade says it’s aware of a New Zealander onboard the MV Hondius cruise ship, which is experiencing a suspected deadly ... <a title="Kiwi aboard MV Hondius cruise ship with deadly hantavirus outbreak" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/kiwi-aboard-mv-hondius-cruise-ship-with-deadly-hantavirus-outbreak/" aria-label="Read more about Kiwi aboard MV Hondius cruise ship with deadly hantavirus outbreak">Read more</a>
POLITICAL CARTOONS: By Campion Ohasio My name is Campion Ohasio, and I am currently the only political cartoonist in Solomon Islands. In recent weeks, I have received many questions and comments from people across the country about my cartoons. Some ask why I draw our national leaders in certain ways. Others wonder whether my caricatures ... <a title="Pacific political caricatures: Why criticising a leader’s actions isn’t a personal attack" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/pacific-political-caricatures-why-criticising-a-leaders-actions-isnt-a-personal-attack/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific political caricatures: Why criticising a leader’s actions isn’t a personal attack">Read more</a>
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Samuel Rillstone A woman out for a walk on Wellington’s south coast says she was surprised to come across what appears to be part of a door from a plane. Catherine* took pictures and video, with them showing a cream coloured curved panel with a small broken window wedged ... <a title="Woman out for walk finds possible plane door on Wellington beach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/woman-out-for-walk-finds-possible-plane-door-on-wellington-beach/" aria-label="Read more about Woman out for walk finds possible plane door on Wellington beach">Read more</a>
Source: Radio New Zealand File image. Toby Williams The ACT Party wants children to be able to hop on any passing school bus as long as there’s space onboard. Under existing rules, students can use the free bus transport only if they attend the nearest school they can enrol at. They must also live more ... <a title="‘Let the kid on’: ACT wants children to be able to hop on any passing school bus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/let-the-kid-on-act-wants-children-to-be-able-to-hop-on-any-passing-school-bus/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Let the kid on’: ACT wants children to be able to hop on any passing school bus">Read more</a>
Source: Radio New Zealand Bridge Hill scrub fire on 6 December 2024. Supplied/ FENZ More people will suffer strokes if climate change continues to progress as its current rate, a neurologist says. Last week, the World Health Organisation warned climate change was posing an “escalating threat” to brain health with extreme heat increasing the risk ... <a title="Extreme heat from climate change increasing risk of stroke – and death" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/extreme-heat-from-climate-change-increasing-risk-of-stroke-and-death/" aria-label="Read more about Extreme heat from climate change increasing risk of stroke – and death">Read more</a>
Source: Radio New Zealand Westpac’s made provision of $37m for bad debts compared with $33m the year earlier RNZ / Marika Khabazi Westpac New Zealand’s first half profit is up 4 percent on the year earlier, though bad debts are on the rise. The bank made a net profit of $545 million for the six ... <a title="Westpac profits up 4%, bad debts rise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/westpac-profits-up-4-bad-debts-rise/" aria-label="Read more about Westpac profits up 4%, bad debts rise">Read more</a>
Source: Radio New Zealand Only half of New Zealand workers reported getting a pay rise last year, but some people are more likely to get them than others, new Seek data shows. The recruitment site said the industries that were most likely to get a pay rise in the past 12 months were industrial, where ... <a title="Who is getting pay rises at the moment?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/who-is-getting-pay-rises-at-the-moment/" aria-label="Read more about Who is getting pay rises at the moment?">Read more</a>
Source: Radio New Zealand Don Tricker, Director of Player Health and Performance, San Diego Padres keynote speaker during The Sport NZ Performance Summit. www.photosport.nz Former Black Sox coach Don Tricker has been hired by New Zealand Rugby (NZR) to overhaul its high performance systems. Tricker, currently working as vice president of player health and performance ... <a title="NZ Rugby turn to Don Tricker lead high performance overhaul" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/nz-rugby-turn-to-don-tricker-lead-high-performance-overhaul/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Rugby turn to Don Tricker lead high performance overhaul">Read more</a>
Source: Radio New Zealand Kirsty Ussher marries couple in Queenstown. Kirsty Ussher New figures from Stats NZ show the number of marriages and civil unions in New Zealand has fallen again, down 3 percent from 2025 to just under 17,500. Kirsty Ussher, a Wānaka-based celebrant and wedding planner, told Morning Report the way people mark ... <a title="Number of weddings and civil unions drops again, down 3 percent from 2025" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/number-of-weddings-and-civil-unions-drops-again-down-3-percent-from-2025/" aria-label="Read more about Number of weddings and civil unions drops again, down 3 percent from 2025">Read more</a>
Source: Radio New Zealand Like in many families, Hoani Hotene‘s whanau won’t say he’s the funniest among them – everyone thinks they are the one. “My dad, like a lot of dads, finds himself the funniest person in the world, you know? He’ll tell his own joke and then he’ll laugh at it the hardest.” ... <a title="Can anyone be funny?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/can-anyone-be-funny/" aria-label="Read more about Can anyone be funny?">Read more</a>