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April 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand “A tradie can earn as much as a policy analyst,” says Michael Johnston. Supplied/ Unsplash – Josh Olalde There’s increasing support to lift the cultural status of vocational training to equal that of a university education. A report by The New Zealand Initiative largely supports a Ministry of Education proposal to ... <a title="Support to lift cultural status of vocational training to equal a university education" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/support-to-lift-cultural-status-of-vocational-training-to-equal-a-university-education/" aria-label="Read more about Support to lift cultural status of vocational training to equal a university education">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The council posted on social media, announcing the pool will shut for roughly three to six months. Google Maps/Screenshot The Westland District Council will temporarily close the Hokitika swimming pool amid the rising cost to keep it heated. The council posted on social media, announcing the pool will shut for roughly ... <a title="Rising heating costs close Hokitika Pool" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/rising-heating-costs-close-hokitika-pool/" aria-label="Read more about Rising heating costs close Hokitika Pool">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Business New Zealand’s head of advocacy Catherine Beard. Supplied / Business NZ Businesses say the government’s deal with Z Energy for an emergency diesel reserve is reassuring in case of supply disruption, but will not help with high prices. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on Tuesday announced the deal which will see ... <a title="Government’s diesel partnership good for supply not for price, Business NZ says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/governments-diesel-partnership-good-for-supply-not-for-price-business-nz-says/" aria-label="Read more about Government’s diesel partnership good for supply not for price, Business NZ says">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Business New Zealand’s head of advocacy Catherine Beard. Supplied / Business NZ Businesses say the government’s deal with Z Energy for an emergency diesel reserve is reassuring in case of supply disruption, but will not help with high prices. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on Tuesday announced the deal which will see ... <a title="Business NZ say Govt’s Z partnership good for supply not for price" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/business-nz-say-govts-z-partnership-good-for-supply-not-for-price/" aria-label="Read more about Business NZ say Govt’s Z partnership good for supply not for price">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2026
By Christina Persico, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor A woman whose great-grandparents — all eight of them — were Girmitiya labourers has put their stories into her debut novel. The result is Banjara, a novel partly based on what she found, which is told through the eyes of two women more than 100 years apart. Author, ... <a title="Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/girmitiya-ancestry-the-inspiration-behind-fiji-writers-debut-novel/" aria-label="Read more about Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The mother of a detained New Zealander is calling for the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT), Winston Peters to help her daughter. Everlee Wihongi was entering her third week in US detention after being detained in an ICE processing centre in California. The Wihongi family, who had lived in ... <a title="Locked up for 22 hours a day: What life is like for New Zealander Everlee Wihongi detained in ICE facility" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/28/locked-up-for-22-hours-a-day-what-life-is-like-for-new-zealander-everlee-wihongi-detained-in-ice-facility/" aria-label="Read more about Locked up for 22 hours a day: What life is like for New Zealander Everlee Wihongi detained in ICE facility">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand After a mammoth three-day rugby extravaganza at Christchurch’s new One New Zealand Stadium, fans and central city business-owners are delighted with how the weekend went. Around 75,000 people went to the five Super Round matches, with bars having some of their busiest days ever. Greg May, one of the owners of ... <a title="Christchurch’s new One New Zealand Stadium is a hit with the crowds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/28/christchurchs-new-one-new-zealand-stadium-is-a-hit-with-the-crowds/" aria-label="Read more about Christchurch’s new One New Zealand Stadium is a hit with the crowds">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Forty-eight percent of the population are expected to identify with an ethnicity other than New Zealand European by 2048, according to a new report. RNZ / ZIMING LI The author of a new report is calling for a long-term population strategy as the population ages, birth rates decline and ethnic diversity ... <a title="Call for a national strategy on ageing, diverse population" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/28/call-for-a-national-strategy-on-ageing-diverse-population/" aria-label="Read more about Call for a national strategy on ageing, diverse population">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Viv Beck has led the Heart of the City group for a decade. Supplied / HOTC Auckland’s Heart of the City says its chief executive is still employed, after reports she had been stood down. The Post said on Saturday that it understood Viv Beck had been stood down from the ... <a title="Viv Beck still ’employed as CEO’, Auckland’s Heart of the City says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/28/viv-beck-still-employed-as-ceo-aucklands-heart-of-the-city-says/" aria-label="Read more about Viv Beck still ’employed as CEO’, Auckland’s Heart of the City says">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand NRL: NZ Warriors v Parramatta Eels 7.30pm Saturday, 2 May CommBank Stadium, Sydney Live blog updates on RNZ website Adam Pompey has missed three games, after copping a dangerous contact suspension. Andrew Cornaga/www.photosport.nz Centre Adam Pompey returns to the NZ Warriors starting line-up against Parramatta Eels, but star half Luke Metcalf ... <a title="NRL: Centre Adam Pompey returns to NZ Warriors against Parramatta Eels" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/28/nrl-centre-adam-pompey-returns-to-nz-warriors-against-parramatta-eels/" aria-label="Read more about NRL: Centre Adam Pompey returns to NZ Warriors against Parramatta Eels">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Stewart Mckenzie owns the Kallil Motors Building in Ōhura. Built in the 1920s. Robin Martin/RNZ Some residents of the tiny King Country settlement of Ōhura say they have no plans to move despite the spectre of climate change and the village’s history of flooding. About 50 homes were damaged during a ... <a title="Ōhura residents staying put despite history of flooding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/28/ohura-residents-staying-put-despite-history-of-flooding/" aria-label="Read more about Ōhura residents staying put despite history of flooding">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sophie Loy-Wilson, Senior Lecturer in Australian History, University of Sydney Taiwanese pop music superstar Jay Chou, known in Mandarin as Zhou Jielun (周杰倫), has put country Victoria’s Sovereign Hill on the map. Chou’s 25 albums have sold more than 30 million copies, and the music video for ... <a title="The Taiwanese pop megastar spreading the hidden Chinese history of Australia’s gold rush to a global audience" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/28/the-taiwanese-pop-megastar-spreading-the-hidden-chinese-history-of-australias-gold-rush-to-a-global-audience-281428/" aria-label="Read more about The Taiwanese pop megastar spreading the hidden Chinese history of Australia’s gold rush to a global audience">Read more</a>
