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May 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The studies showed higher screen time was negatively affecting children’s brain growth. Unsplash A study has found screen use for children is linked to long-term problems with attention, self-control and planning. The University of Auckland study – which pulled together research from around the world – found 81 percent of 58 ... <a title="Children’s screen use linked to long-term attention and self-control problems, study finds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/childrens-screen-use-linked-to-long-term-attention-and-self-control-problems-study-finds/" aria-label="Read more about Children’s screen use linked to long-term attention and self-control problems, study finds">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Stanford said there would be changes as there were with the English and maths curriculums. RNZ / Mark Papalii The Education Minister Erica Stanford has responded to critics of her controversial curriculum rewrite with a mix of conciliation and defiance. Stanford told RNZ changes would be made to six draft curriculums ... <a title="Education Minister Erica Stanford responds to criticism of curriculum rewrite" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/education-minister-erica-stanford-responds-to-criticism-of-curriculum-rewrite/" aria-label="Read more about Education Minister Erica Stanford responds to criticism of curriculum rewrite">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Gloriavale Christian School. RNZ / Jean Edwards Gloriavale Christian School exists to indoctrinate children, maintain a caste system and grow a workforce rather than for teaching and learning, according to documents released by the Ministry of Education. Ministry letters to Gloriavale obtained by RNZ under the Official Information Act detail concerns ... <a title="Ministry letters to Gloriavale Christian School reveal ‘multiple concerns’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/ministry-letters-to-gloriavale-christian-school-reveal-multiple-concerns/" aria-label="Read more about Ministry letters to Gloriavale Christian School reveal ‘multiple concerns’">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand David Stanely Hart’s remains were found under a house on Marlborough St in Mt Eden during renovations in 2020. (File photo) RNZ / Dan Cook How a reclusive man who was encased in concrete under his own Auckland villa for more than a decade died may never be known, as a ... <a title="Fate of reclusive gold panner David Hart remains a mystery after body found encased in concrete at Auckland home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/fate-of-reclusive-gold-panner-david-hart-remains-a-mystery-after-body-found-encased-in-concrete-at-auckland-home/" aria-label="Read more about Fate of reclusive gold panner David Hart remains a mystery after body found encased in concrete at Auckland home">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Allowing pet cats to roam has long been the norm in New Zealand. But growing awareness of the devastating impact cats have on native wildlife is slowly shifting the dial on what responsible cat ownership looks like. For Jessi Morgan, chief executive of Predator Free New Zealand Trust, the minimum standard ... <a title="Are you doing enough to protect local wildlife from your cat?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/are-you-doing-enough-to-protect-local-wildlife-from-your-cat/" aria-label="Read more about Are you doing enough to protect local wildlife from your cat?">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Customers are questioning why US butter is cheaper than New Zealand butter in some instances. Sorin Gheorghita for Unsplash How can food products that travel into New Zealand from other countries end up being cheaper than those produced locally? It’s a question some shoppers have been asking because US butter Burtfield’s ... <a title="How can foreign butter (and veges) be cheaper than New Zealand-made?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/how-can-foreign-butter-and-veges-be-cheaper-than-new-zealand-made/" aria-label="Read more about How can foreign butter (and veges) be cheaper than New Zealand-made?">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2026
RNZ Pacific A female journalist in Tonga has been threatened at gunpoint following the broadcast of a news story about an Australian criminal deportee serving a life sentence in Tonga for methamphetamine importation. The incident, in which an unknown individual threatened the journalist at the Kele’a Publications office in Nuku’alofa 12 days ago — 23 ... <a title="Tongan police investigate journalist threatened at gunpoint after gang-related report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/tongan-police-investigate-journalist-threatened-at-gunpoint-after-gang-related-report/" aria-label="Read more about Tongan police investigate journalist threatened at gunpoint after gang-related report">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra A national centre to detect and disrupt the threat of online violent extremism and terrorism is to be set up by the federal government, with next week’s budget providing $74 million over two years for it. The Counter Terrorism Online ... <a title="Budget provides for new counter-terrorism centre to fight online threat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/budget-provides-for-new-counter-terrorism-centre-to-fight-online-threat-282154/" aria-label="Read more about Budget provides for new counter-terrorism centre to fight online threat">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
By Khalia Strong of PMN News Fiji has shot up the world rankings for press freedom but the victory feels hollow as journalists across the Pacific face a wave of court battles, police raids, and vicious online abuse. The 2026 World Press Freedom Index, released last Thursday by Reporters Without Borders, shows Fiji climbing to ... <a title="Fiji’s media win in World Press Freedom Index overshadowed by threats and court summons" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/fijis-media-win-in-world-press-freedom-index-overshadowed-by-threats-and-court-summons/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s media win in World Press Freedom Index overshadowed by threats and court summons">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Changes to negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount on housing (and probably other assets) are now considered certain in Tuesday’s budget. We don’t know all the details but the driving idea is to tilt the balance away from ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Alan Kohler says Labor’s tax changes probably won’t lower house prices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/politics-with-michelle-grattan-alan-kohler-says-labors-tax-changes-probably-wont-lower-house-prices-282149/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Alan Kohler says Labor’s tax changes probably won’t lower house prices">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 1,958 people reported feeling the first quake across Auckland, Waikato, Coromandel and Bay of Plenty. GeoNet/Screenshot The eastern North Island has been jostled by a trio of earthquakes north of Bay of Plenty on Tuesday evening. GeoNet recorded the first quake at magnitude 5.6 at about 5km deep at 8pm, 135km ... <a title="Earthquake trio hits north of Bay of Plenty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/earthquake-trio-hits-north-of-bay-of-plenty/" aria-label="Read more about Earthquake trio hits north of Bay of Plenty">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Hayden Tasker has pleaded not guilty to murdering Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming in Nelson early on 1 January and intentionally causing grievous bodily harm to Senior Sergeant Adam Ramsay. The Press / Iain McGregor The police officer critically injured by the car that hit and killed his colleague Lyn Fleming, says ... <a title="Police officer killed by car worried about traffic management that night, court told" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/police-officer-killed-by-car-worried-about-traffic-management-that-night-court-told/" aria-label="Read more about Police officer killed by car worried about traffic management that night, court told">Read more</a>
