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April 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Dan Cook The Taxpayers’ Union wants the Government to release daily fuel stock updates, saying the weekly figures aren’t an accurate representation of the country’s supply. The Ministry for Business, Innovation, and Employment releases data on fuel stocks twice a week, including the amount on board ships heading to ... <a title="Taxpayers’ Union calls for daily fuel stock updates, arguing the data is old" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/taxpayers-union-calls-for-daily-fuel-stock-updates-arguing-the-data-is-old/" aria-label="Read more about Taxpayers’ Union calls for daily fuel stock updates, arguing the data is old">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A seasoned Australian homicide detective says New Zealand can soften the blow of fire bombed shops and violent organised crime seen in Australia, if black market tobacco is stamped out now. An RNZ investigation last month found black market cigarettes were being openly sold in Auckland shops at huge discounts. Now, ... <a title="‘You have to learn by our mistakes’: Warning from Australia over black market tobacco" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/you-have-to-learn-by-our-mistakes-warning-from-australia-over-black-market-tobacco/" aria-label="Read more about ‘You have to learn by our mistakes’: Warning from Australia over black market tobacco">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
Analysis by Keith Rankin, 14 April 2026. Despite the mega-commentary about the Israel-Iran war, and especially the United States’ participation in that war, almost nothing is being debated about how the war is being funded. I’ll make some comments about Iran later. But we need to focus on the United States, which is by far ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Printing Money to Finance this and other Wars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/keith-rankin-analysis-printing-money-to-finance-this-and-other-wars/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Printing Money to Finance this and other Wars">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ Kiwibank says rate hikes would be “reckless” ANZ forecasts three rate hikes this year The RBNZ has said there won’t be a knee-jerk reaction to Middle East conflict The economist community appears to be split over the Reserve Bank’s interest rate path, with one bank saying “reckless” rate hikes are ... <a title="Kiwibank economists warn against ‘reckless’ rate hikes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/kiwibank-economists-warn-against-reckless-rate-hikes/" aria-label="Read more about Kiwibank economists warn against ‘reckless’ rate hikes">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Selina Goddard (Women’s Pair), The New Zealand Olympic Committee and Bowls New Zealand announcement for the first athletes selected to the New Zealand team for the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. Andrew Cornaga / www.photosport.nz After consecutive Commonwealth Games Bronze medals, Selina Goddard wants gold. The 31-year-old lawn bowler was among the ... <a title="New Zealand lawn bowler Selina Goddard is ‘hungry’ for Commonwealth Games gold" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/new-zealand-lawn-bowler-selina-goddard-is-hungry-for-commonwealth-games-gold/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand lawn bowler Selina Goddard is ‘hungry’ for Commonwealth Games gold">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied / Department of Conservation New Zealand’s rarest endemic bird – the black-headed tara iti/fairy tern – has had a boost in numbers, according to the Department of Conservation. The department (DOC) said a census at the end of March showed the population of the small coastal bird had increased about ... <a title="New Zealand’s rarest endemic bird – fairy tern – has boost in numbers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/new-zealands-rarest-endemic-bird-fairy-tern-has-boost-in-numbers/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s rarest endemic bird – fairy tern – has boost in numbers">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Bennett, Disability Program Director, Grattan Institute Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has grown too big, too fast. The NDIS is a government-funded program providing support to more than 760,000 disabled Australians. It launched in 2013 as a way to make disability support more accessible and ... <a title="The government wants to curb NDIS spending. Here’s how it might succeed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/the-government-wants-to-curb-ndis-spending-heres-how-it-might-succeed-280033/" aria-label="Read more about The government wants to curb NDIS spending. Here’s how it might succeed">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Kaveh As an Iranian living in New Zealand, I wake up every morning to the quiet green hills and the calm sea, but my mind is always thousands of kilometres away in Iran. The news from home hits differently when you are far away. You feel helpless, but you sometimes also see things ... <a title="Why Iran will never break – and Iranians will decide their own future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/why-iran-will-never-break-and-iranians-will-decide-their-own-future/" aria-label="Read more about Why Iran will never break – and Iranians will decide their own future">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand On average the payout was calculated to be around $400,000 each. RNZ / Cosmo Kentish-Barnes Fonterra’s thousands of shareholding dairy farmers are being encouraged to spend their Mainland Group capital return wisely with a focus on farm resilience. Tuesday marked the payday for around 8000 shareholders of the co-operative for the ... <a title="Cashed-up dairy farmers urged to spend wisely" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/cashed-up-dairy-farmers-urged-to-spend-wisely/" aria-label="Read more about Cashed-up dairy farmers urged to spend wisely">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Multiple ambulances’ tyres have been slashed in separate incidents at Hate Hone St John bases in Auckland. Supplied / NZ Police Multiple ambulances’ tyres have been slashed in separate incidents at Hate Hone St John bases in Auckland in the last couple of months. Police were investigating two attacks which saw ... <a title="Ambulances’ tyres slashed again in Auckland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/ambulances-tyres-slashed-again-in-auckland/" aria-label="Read more about Ambulances’ tyres slashed again in Auckland">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand One of the coolest clubs in music will soon have some new members. Late R&B singer Luther Vandross, hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan and Oasis will all be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year, the group has announced. In all, 18 artists made the cut across four ... <a title="The 2026 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/the-2026-rock-roll-hall-of-fame-inductees/" aria-label="Read more about The 2026 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Horvath, Senior lecturer, La Trobe University The landslide victory of Péter Magyar’s Tisza Party in Hungary’s parliamentary election represents much more than a routine change of government. It marks the fall of an “electoral autocracy”, a regime that used elections to shroud and legitimise a system ... <a title="He exposed corruption and walked across Hungary. Now Péter Magyar has defeated a powerful state machine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/he-exposed-corruption-and-walked-across-hungary-now-peter-magyar-has-defeated-a-powerful-state-machine-280455/" aria-label="Read more about He exposed corruption and walked across Hungary. Now Péter Magyar has defeated a powerful state machine">Read more</a>
