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May 14, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Angus Taylor might have reckoned he and the opposition are in such deep doo-doo that he might as well throw everything at Thursday night’s budget reply. The result was a mixed bag. The promise to index tax brackets is a ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Taylor’s bold budget reply is a mix of sound and dubious policy commitments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/grattan-on-friday-taylors-bold-budget-reply-is-a-mix-of-sound-and-dubious-policy-commitments-282264/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Taylor’s bold budget reply is a mix of sound and dubious policy commitments">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand One person has died and six people have been injured in a house fire in Christchurch. RNZ / Sam Sherwood One person has died and six people have been injured, one critically, after a house fire in Christchurch. Police were called to the property in Whitehall Street, Mairehau, at about 8.25pm ... <a title="One dead, six injured in Christchurch house fire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/one-dead-six-injured-in-christchurch-house-fire/" aria-label="Read more about One dead, six injured in Christchurch house fire">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand’s flowers are often described as “small and green and insignificant”, but an award-winning botanist and author says they have complex stories. Professor of botany Philip Garnock-Jones captured 100 of 2200 native flowers of NZ in his book He Puāwai, A Natural History of New Zealand Flowers. The photos in ... <a title="Book showing New Zealand’s flowers in 3D wins Ockham award" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/book-showing-new-zealands-flowers-in-3d-wins-ockham-award/" aria-label="Read more about Book showing New Zealand’s flowers in 3D wins Ockham award">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Opposition Leader Angus Taylor has committed a Coalition government to phase in income tax indexation under a “tax back guarantee” that he says “will fully protect all taxpayers from inflation”. In his budget reply on Thursday night, Taylor described the ... <a title="Angus Taylor promises to index income tax to inflation in big tax gamble" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/angus-taylor-promises-to-index-income-tax-to-inflation-in-big-tax-gamble-282262/" aria-label="Read more about Angus Taylor promises to index income tax to inflation in big tax gamble">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
By Kim Wingerei Saher Alghorra, a Palestinian photojournalist, has won the Pulitzer Prize for a series of photographs published in The New York Times. What’s the scam? The scam is that so far, not a single Australian or New Zealand mainstream media outlet has reported on it, let alone dared show the “haunting images” from ... <a title="Palestinian photojournalist wins Pulitzer for breaking news photography" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/palestinian-photojournalist-wins-pulitzer-for-breaking-news-photography/" aria-label="Read more about Palestinian photojournalist wins Pulitzer for breaking news photography">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Luke Metcalf attended Warriors training, while talking to other NRL clubs. Blake Armstrong/Photosport NZ Warriors coach Andrew Webster insists halfback Luke Metcalf still has a role to play, as the Auckland club chases its first NRL championship. Unable to displace in-form Tanah Boyd or Chanel Harris-Tavita in the starting line-up, and ... <a title="NRL: NZ Warriors star Luke Metcalf signs with St George-Illawarra Dragons, but still has role to play" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/nrl-nz-warriors-star-luke-metcalf-signs-with-st-george-illawarra-dragons-but-still-has-role-to-play/" aria-label="Read more about NRL: NZ Warriors star Luke Metcalf signs with St George-Illawarra Dragons, but still has role to play">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Two people have been critically injured in a Christchurch house fire, and others may be missing. RNZ / Sam Sherwood Two people have been critically injured in a Christchurch house fire, and others may be missing. Christchurch Metro Area Commander Superintendent Lane Todd said emergency services were called to a house ... <a title="Two critically injured, others may be missing after Christchurch house fire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/two-critically-injured-others-may-be-missing-after-christchurch-house-fire/" aria-label="Read more about Two critically injured, others may be missing after Christchurch house fire">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The demolition of the Metro Plaza and surrounding buildings is part of a project to ‘daylight’ a stretch of the Huatoki Stream which has been covered over for about 100 years. RNZ / Robin Martin An urban renewal project in New Plymouth’s CBD is revealing traces of the city’s past – ... <a title="Urban renewal project in New Plymouth’s CBD reveals traces of city’s past" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/urban-renewal-project-in-new-plymouths-cbd-reveals-traces-of-citys-past/" aria-label="Read more about Urban renewal project in New Plymouth’s CBD reveals traces of city’s past">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand PSA national secretary Duane Leo told RNZ workers were in a state of confusion. RNZ / Dom Thomas Morale at the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) is “at rock bottom” after a fresh wave of proposed job cuts, the Public Service Association (PSA) says. The restructure would lead a further 140 ... <a title="Morale at NZTA at ‘rock bottom’ after latest round of proposed job cuts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/morale-at-nzta-at-rock-bottom-after-latest-round-of-proposed-job-cuts/" aria-label="Read more about Morale at NZTA at ‘rock bottom’ after latest round of proposed job cuts">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Social Development Minister Louise Upston said the accommodation supplement calculation had not changed for 33 years RNZ / Mark Papalii A critic says a change to the accommodation supplement rules is expected to push some households further into poverty. The Social Security Amendment Bill was introduced in Parliament on Thursday. It ... <a title="Accommodation supplement change raises concern" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/accommodation-supplement-change-raises-concern/" aria-label="Read more about Accommodation supplement change raises concern">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied Air New Zealand has cut 5 percent of flights and will start to consolidate other routes after the July school holidays, chief executive Nikhil Ravishankar says. It comes as the airline is expecting a full-year pre-tax loss of between $340 and $390 million due to the soaring cost of jet ... <a title="Air New Zealand cuts 5% of its flights, jobs could go" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/air-new-zealand-cuts-5-of-its-flights-jobs-could-go/" aria-label="Read more about Air New Zealand cuts 5% of its flights, jobs could go">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The pylon fell over while being worked on by contractors. Supplied / Kawakawa Electrical Ltd National grid operator Transpower will not be prosecuted after all over the toppling of a pylon that cut power to about 90,000 homes and businesses across Northland. The Electricity Authority lodged a formal complaint against Transpower ... <a title="No prosecution over toppled Northland pylon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/no-prosecution-over-toppled-northland-pylon/" aria-label="Read more about No prosecution over toppled Northland pylon">Read more</a>
