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April 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Imagery of Cyclone Vaianu from 9 April. NOAA Sandbags are being made available across Coromandel as officials brace for what they say could be a significant wave event from Cyclone Vaianu. Strong wind watches for Saturday to Monday and heavy rain watches for Saturday and Sunday are in force for the ... <a title="North Island braces for Cyclone Vaianu" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/10/north-island-braces-for-cyclone-vaianu/" aria-label="Read more about North Island braces for Cyclone Vaianu">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The union said the situation was now at a critical point. Unsplash / Daan Stevens The nurses union says health care assistants charged with keeping an eye on at risk patients are being abused and patients are suffering injuries due to short staffing. In Canterbury, Nurses Organisation delegates will meet with ... <a title="Health care assistants suffering injuries due to short staffing: Union" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/10/health-care-assistants-suffering-injuries-due-to-short-staffing-union/" aria-label="Read more about Health care assistants suffering injuries due to short staffing: Union">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF The Financial Markets Authority says the need for quality, accurate and timely financial reporting is critical as global volatility increases uncertainty for businesses and investors. “Investors need to be able to understand how relevant market conditions were considered at the time the financial statements were prepared,” FMA head of audit ... <a title="Need for quality, accurate and timely financial reporting critical: FMA" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/10/need-for-quality-accurate-and-timely-financial-reporting-critical-fma/" aria-label="Read more about Need for quality, accurate and timely financial reporting critical: FMA">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Abeer Elshater, Professor of Urban Morphology, Ain Shams University Cities are often described as living archives of human memory. Walk through an old neighbourhood in an Islamic city like Fez in Morocco or Cairo in Egypt, and you can see layers of history in its streets and ... <a title="Designing cities: should we build from scratch or keep history alive?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/10/designing-cities-should-we-build-from-scratch-or-keep-history-alive-280071/" aria-label="Read more about Designing cities: should we build from scratch or keep history alive?">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Four teenagers have been arrested following an early morning ram-raid. RNZ / REECE BAKER Four teenagers have been arrested following an early morning ram-raid in the Wellington suburb of Miramar on Thursday. Police were called to a store on Tauhinu Road shortly after 2.10am after reports of multiple alarms going off. ... <a title="Four teens arrested after ram-raid in Wellington suburb of Miramar" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/09/four-teens-arrested-after-ram-raid-in-wellington-suburb-of-miramar/" aria-label="Read more about Four teens arrested after ram-raid in Wellington suburb of Miramar">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Blues forward Suafoa announced his retirement from rugby at just 27 years of age. Photosport / AAP / Darren England The Blues will be sporting some new hair styles this weekend, as they pay tribute to a teammate forced out of the game. Cam Suafoa has been battling cancer since 2023, ... <a title="Blonde Blues pay tribute to terminally ill teammate Cameron Suafoa" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/09/blonde-blues-pay-tribute-to-terminally-ill-teammate-cameron-suafoa/" aria-label="Read more about Blonde Blues pay tribute to terminally ill teammate Cameron Suafoa">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2026
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor Papua New Guinea’s Defence Minister Dr Billy Joseph has stepped aside to allow investigations into allegations he interfered with army recruitment. Prime Minister James Marape said he would assume the defence portfolio while an independent probe into PNG Defence Force recruitment irregularities proceeded. A media release from Marape ... <a title="PNG defence minister steps aside amid army recruitment controversy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/09/png-defence-minister-steps-aside-amid-army-recruitment-controversy/" aria-label="Read more about PNG defence minister steps aside amid army recruitment controversy">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra If you want a basic measure of the difference between Liberal leader Angus Taylor and Nationals leader Matt Canavan, compare these two reactions to US President Donald Trump’s extraordinary threat this week that “a whole civilisation will die tonight”. Asked ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Taylor and Canavan are chalk and cheese – and that’s a problem for Taylor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/09/grattan-on-friday-taylor-and-canavan-are-chalk-and-cheese-and-thats-a-problem-for-taylor-279766/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Taylor and Canavan are chalk and cheese – and that’s a problem for Taylor">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand James Meager is confident the airlines can survive the current hardship. RNZ / Nathan McKinnon Associate Transport Minister James Meager hasn’t ruled out tweaking the current regional infrastructure package to help struggling airlines through the current fuel crisis. Later this month, Air Chathams will reduce flights into Whakatāne by 45 percent, ... <a title="Hope for struggling regional airlines during fuel crisis – Associate Transport Minister James Meager" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/09/hope-for-struggling-regional-airlines-during-fuel-crisis-associate-transport-minister-james-meager/" aria-label="Read more about Hope for struggling regional airlines during fuel crisis – Associate Transport Minister James Meager">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand (L-R) Bradley Walsh and Barney Walsh attend the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards ceremony at the Royal Festival Hall on 12 May, 2019 in London, England. WIKTOR SZYMANOWICZ The son of The Chase host Bradley Walsh has been banned from driving after breaking a temporary 50mph speed limit on a ... <a title="Son of The Chase host banned from driving" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/09/son-of-the-chase-host-banned-from-driving/" aria-label="Read more about Son of The Chase host banned from driving">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Mark Papalii Tano Uilelea has been working towards his Restricted Licence with Youth Inspire for just over a year. He said he’s had amazing support from the Driving School and from his mum. With their support the learners test “wasn’t really hard,” he said, and his confidence is building ... <a title="Youth charity says inequitable access to drivers licences locks rangatahi out of jobs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/09/youth-charity-says-inequitable-access-to-drivers-licences-locks-rangatahi-out-of-jobs/" aria-label="Read more about Youth charity says inequitable access to drivers licences locks rangatahi out of jobs">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Baldwin, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, Swinburne University of Technology; UNSW Sydney If you’ve been struggling with your mental health lately, a new free service could help. Medicare Mental Health Check In launched earlier this year to give more Australians access to mental health care. The ... <a title="How does Medicare’s new Mental Health Check In work? Is this low-intensity CBT likely to help?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/09/how-does-medicares-new-mental-health-check-in-work-is-this-low-intensity-cbt-likely-to-help-279741/" aria-label="Read more about How does Medicare’s new Mental Health Check In work? Is this low-intensity CBT likely to help?">Read more</a>
