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April 14, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leon Goldsmith, Honorary Senior Lecturer in Middle East and Comparative Politics, University of Otago After the breakdown of ceasefire talks between the United States and Iran, President Donald Trump has now ordered a blockade of the pivotal Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf. It’s just the ... <a title="Strait of Hormuz blockade: the complex regional realities the US ignores at its peril" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/strait-of-hormuz-blockade-the-complex-regional-realities-the-us-ignores-at-its-peril-280427/" aria-label="Read more about Strait of Hormuz blockade: the complex regional realities the US ignores at its peril">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: Ship traffic has halted again in the Strait of Hormuz after President Trump ordered the US military to begin a naval blockade of all Iranian ports and coastal areas starting on Monday. Iran denounced Trump’s move as an illegal act amounting to “piracy”. Iran has threatened to strike Gulf ports in ... <a title="Iran threatens retaliation over Gulf ‘piracy’ in Trump’s naval blockade" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/iran-threatens-retaliation-over-gulf-piracy-in-trumps-naval-blockade/" aria-label="Read more about Iran threatens retaliation over Gulf ‘piracy’ in Trump’s naval blockade">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand America’s most internet-famous festival, Coachella, has wrapped the first of two massive weekends of live music in the Californian desert. This year skewed towards big pop headliners, namely Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber and Colombian star Karol G, but there were plenty of surprises beyond the top billing. With seven stages available ... <a title="Highlights of weekend one at the world’s most talked about festival" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/highlights-of-weekend-one-at-the-worlds-most-talked-about-festival/" aria-label="Read more about Highlights of weekend one at the world’s most talked about festival">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Crusaders horses during the Super Rugby Pacific match against the Fijian Drua at the last game at Apollo Projects Stadium. © Photosport Ltd 2026 www.photosport.nz Horses will no longer feature at the Crusaders’ home games. The defending Super Rugby champions have made the decision to bring an end to the ... <a title="Crusaders’ horses scratched from Te Kaha Stadium" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/crusaders-horses-scratched-from-te-kaha-stadium/" aria-label="Read more about Crusaders’ horses scratched from Te Kaha Stadium">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Health NZ has consolidated 110 websites so far. RNZ / Peter de Graaf Health New Zealand has managed to consolidate about a third of its almost 350 websites after over two years’ work, but said it was more difficult than just shifting the information over. The agency began in 2023-24 on ... <a title="Health New Zealand consolidates about a third of its 350 websites" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/health-new-zealand-consolidates-about-a-third-of-its-350-websites/" aria-label="Read more about Health New Zealand consolidates about a third of its 350 websites">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Justin Evans, 24, is missing from Papa Stronsay in Scotland. SCOTLAND POLICE / SUPPLIED An extensive search is underway on a remote Scottish island after a New Zealand monk disappeared from a monastery. Justin Evans, 24, was last seen within the Golgotha Monastery on Papa Stronsay, Orkney. Do you know more? ... <a title="New Zealand monk goes missing from remote Scottish island monastery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/new-zealand-monk-goes-missing-from-remote-scottish-island-monastery/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand monk goes missing from remote Scottish island monastery">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The measure allows the government broad powers to control supplies and services including transport, or the consumption of fuel and light. RNZ Pacific / Sally Round Tuvalu has declared a state of emergency on Funafuti Island for two weeks in light of risks to the fuel and electricity supply. In a ... <a title="Tuvalu declares state of emergency over fuel and power supply concerns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/tuvalu-declares-state-of-emergency-over-fuel-and-power-supply-concerns/" aria-label="Read more about Tuvalu declares state of emergency over fuel and power supply concerns">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Staff work at the PreSort at Auckland’s Material Recovery Facility in Onehunga, where things that shouldn’t be in recycling are pulled out by hand. It’s on two conveyor belts and moving fast. Supplied / Auckland Council Explainer – Too much of Auckland’s recycling is just going to waste – the landfill, ... <a title="What Auckland is doing wrong when it comes to recycling – and how it can change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/what-auckland-is-doing-wrong-when-it-comes-to-recycling-and-how-it-can-change/" aria-label="Read more about What Auckland is doing wrong when it comes to recycling – and how it can change">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A new member’s Bill pulled from the biscuit tin aims to stop publicly funding organisations with ties to gangs. RNZ/John Edens A member’s Bill could stop public funding to gangs and organisations with gang ties. It’s unlikely to be a hard sell, but one expert says it’s ‘cutting off our nose ... <a title="Government wants to cut off taxpayer funding for gangs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/government-wants-to-cut-off-taxpayer-funding-for-gangs/" aria-label="Read more about Government wants to cut off taxpayer funding for gangs">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Wairoa District mayor Craig Little. Nick Monro Declaring a state of emergency should be the last tool used in the toolbox – not the first. Those are the words of Wairoa District mayor Craig Little after he chose not to join Hawke’s Bay Regional Council, Napier, Hastings, and Central Hawke’s Bay ... <a title="Wairoa mayor Craig Little stands firm on not declaring ‘woke’ state of emergency in cyclone" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/wairoa-mayor-craig-little-stands-firm-on-not-declaring-woke-state-of-emergency-in-cyclone/" aria-label="Read more about Wairoa mayor Craig Little stands firm on not declaring ‘woke’ state of emergency in cyclone">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The crash closed a southbound lane south of Newlands on State Highway 1 at the Ngauranga Gorge. Supplied / NZTA Motorists are facing delays after significant congestion built up following a crash on a arterial route into Wellington city. The smash just before 7am on Tuesday closed a southbound lane south ... <a title="Delays of up to an hour possible after Wellington crash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/delays-of-up-to-an-hour-possible-after-wellington-crash/" aria-label="Read more about Delays of up to an hour possible after Wellington crash">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon The conflict in the Middle East has prompted increased interest in multi-million-dollar New Zealand properties, the head of a luxury real estate company says. Changes to the so-called Golden Visa came into effect a year ago, and Immigration Minister Erica Stanford recently updated the investment that had ... <a title="Wealthy buyers eyeing up New Zealand since Iran war started" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/wealthy-buyers-eyeing-up-new-zealand-since-iran-war-started/" aria-label="Read more about Wealthy buyers eyeing up New Zealand since Iran war started">Read more</a>
