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May 5, 2026
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>
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May 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Butter is synonymous with the colour yellow. Butter yellow was the trending colour of 2025. In Mandarin Chinese, the word for butter translates as yellow oil. So what’s with this white butter appearing on our supermarket shelves? The arrival of a pale, US-sourced butter on Pak’nSave shelves has caused disappointment, confusion, ... <a title="Pale in comparison: What to know about US butter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/pale-in-comparison-what-to-know-about-us-butter/" aria-label="Read more about Pale in comparison: What to know about US butter">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Labour leader Chris Hipkins. (File photo) RNZ / Mark Papalii Labour leader Chris Hipkins is confident the party’s promise of three free doctors visits a year is “realistic”. His comments come as rural doctor, and Rural Health Network chairperson, Dr Fiona Bolden told Morning Report, a focus was needed on workforce ... <a title="Chris Hipkins confident Labour’s promise of three free doctors visits a year is realistic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/chris-hipkins-confident-labours-promise-of-three-free-doctors-visits-a-year-is-realistic/" aria-label="Read more about Chris Hipkins confident Labour’s promise of three free doctors visits a year is realistic">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A four-chair haemodialysis unit in Blenheim, called Tātari Toto, opened last year. RNZ / Samantha Gee Half of all renal services nationally are operating above capacity, with the Auckland renal service operating at 150 percent. The Australian and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry survey for 2025 shows that in the ... <a title="Survey reveals the dire state of dialysis services around New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/survey-reveals-the-dire-state-of-dialysis-services-around-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about Survey reveals the dire state of dialysis services around New Zealand">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF Heavy rain and strong winds is forecast to lash lower parts of the country this weekend. MetService said a “significant autumnal change” was expected to arrive in the second half of the week. It said after a fine Monday and Tuesday, a change in the Tasman Sea was unfolding, with ... <a title="‘Significant autumnal change’: Wetter, windier weather for South Island this weekend" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/significant-autumnal-change-wetter-windier-weather-for-south-island-this-weekend/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Significant autumnal change’: Wetter, windier weather for South Island this weekend">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lev Bromberg, Lecturer, La Trobe University Over the decades, journalists and activist groups have revealed horrendous animal cruelty using covert recordings. A 2011 Four Corners investigation of abuse of Australian cattle in Indonesia is among the most well-known examples. Many attempts to record agricultural operations have involved ... <a title="Copyright law is being used to hide alleged animal abuse. Here’s what’s at stake" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/copyright-law-is-being-used-to-hide-alleged-animal-abuse-heres-whats-at-stake-281344/" aria-label="Read more about Copyright law is being used to hide alleged animal abuse. Here’s what’s at stake">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Colin Hawes, Associate professor of law, University of Technology Sydney The Chinese-owned firm that operates the Port of Darwin isn’t happy about the federal government’s push to return it to an Australian owner. Now, the situation is escalating, with the stage set for an international legal showdown. ... <a title="Chinese companies are increasingly taking on foreign governments. It’s not just the Port of Darwin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/chinese-companies-are-increasingly-taking-on-foreign-governments-its-not-just-the-port-of-darwin-282045/" aria-label="Read more about Chinese companies are increasingly taking on foreign governments. It’s not just the Port of Darwin">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have settled a lawsuit brought by Lively over the filming of the 2024 romantic drama It Ends With Us, Baldoni’s production company say. The settlement has averted a civil trial scheduled for May where both actors were expected to testify about Lively’s allegations of sexual misconduct ... <a title="Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni settle lawsuit over It Ends With Us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-settle-lawsuit-over-it-ends-with-us/" aria-label="Read more about Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni settle lawsuit over It Ends With Us">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nikki-Anne Wilson, Lecturer, School of Psychology, UNSW Sydney; Neuroscience Research Australia Words escape you. Your skin tingles. You are overwhelmed by how small and insignificant you really are, bursting with a feeling that is hard to define. This is awe. Awe is a complex emotional state we ... <a title="How a sense of awe can be good for your mental health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/how-a-sense-of-awe-can-be-good-for-your-mental-health-280272/" aria-label="Read more about How a sense of awe can be good for your mental health">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Graeme Austin, Professor of Law, University of Melbourne; Chair of Private Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Music superstar Taylor Swift has applied to trademark her voice and image to head off the threat of AI-generated impersonations. But the problem extends much further than ... <a title="From Taylor Swift to Bollywood, stars turn to the civil courts to fight deepfakes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/from-taylor-swift-to-bollywood-stars-turn-to-the-civil-courts-to-fight-deepfakes-281745/" aria-label="Read more about From Taylor Swift to Bollywood, stars turn to the civil courts to fight deepfakes">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Conway, Senior Lecturer – Games and Interactivity, Swinburne University of Technology Everyone on earth takes a private vote by pressing a red or blue button. If more than 50% of people press the blue button, everyone survives. If less than 50% of people press the blue ... <a title="Red button or blue button? What a viral question tells us about game theory and the state of the world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/red-button-or-blue-button-what-a-viral-question-tells-us-about-game-theory-and-the-state-of-the-world-281993/" aria-label="Read more about Red button or blue button? What a viral question tells us about game theory and the state of the world">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Mark Papalii The Interislander is hiking its fuel surcharge to 54 percent on commercial vehicles and trucks crossing the Cook Strait due to soaring energy prices from the Middle East conflict. KiwiRail and the Minister for Rail Winston Peters say the ferry is experiencing cost pressures and can’t keep ... <a title="Interislander almost doubles fuel surcharge for commercial vehicles" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/interislander-almost-doubles-fuel-surcharge-for-commercial-vehicles/" aria-label="Read more about Interislander almost doubles fuel surcharge for commercial vehicles">Read more</a>
