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May 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Existing lead-based products are exempt, but users are advised to run taps to draw fresh water. HENDRIK SCHMIDT From Saturday, NZ homes will be required to fit lead-free plumbing products that protect the quality of drinking water. The legislation – an update to the New Zealand Building code – was announced ... <a title="Lead-free plumbing rules due to take effect this weekend" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/01/lead-free-plumbing-rules-due-to-take-effect-this-weekend/" aria-label="Read more about Lead-free plumbing rules due to take effect this weekend">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand There are about 10 significant underslips in the Awakino Gorge and more than 30 slips. ROBIN MARTIN / RNZ The scale of damage to Awakino Gorge has been laid bare on the eve of the highway’s reopening. More than 30 slips – the largest, a 16,000 cubic metre mass of mud ... <a title="Scale of damage to Awakino Gorge laid bare on eve of highway’s reopening" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/01/scale-of-damage-to-awakino-gorge-laid-bare-on-eve-of-highways-reopening/" aria-label="Read more about Scale of damage to Awakino Gorge laid bare on eve of highway’s reopening">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Chanel Harris-Tavita has become a favourite among Warriors fans. Marty Melville / PHOTOSPORT Another week, another player free agency question for NZ Warriors coach Andrew Webster. One of the many sideshows provided by the NRL is the seemingly non-stop procession of off-contract players trying to secure their futures with rival clubs, ... <a title="NZ Warriors fan favourite Chanel Harris-Tavita latest to test NRL free agency" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/01/nz-warriors-fan-favourite-chanel-harris-tavita-latest-to-test-nrl-free-agency/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Warriors fan favourite Chanel Harris-Tavita latest to test NRL free agency">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A public health poster. Amy Williams/RNZ A parent of a teenager who eats only plain foods including bread, crackers and pasta says it’s terrifying to learn such restrictive diets can cause permanent vision loss. It follows two eye specialists’ warning there were children in New Zealand who had gone blind due ... <a title="Parent of teen who only eats plain foods ‘terrified’ child could go blind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/01/parent-of-teen-who-only-eats-plain-foods-terrified-child-could-go-blind/" aria-label="Read more about Parent of teen who only eats plain foods ‘terrified’ child could go blind">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A large tree fallen at a restaurant in Whakatāne during Cyclone Vaianu. RNZ/ Robin Martin Authorities should consider the impact on businesses of people staying home when they weigh up the safety considerations involved with wild weather warnings, one data analyst says. Data from Dot Loves Data shows the impact of ... <a title="‘New Zealanders are like sheep’: The business impact of weather warnings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/01/new-zealanders-are-like-sheep-the-business-impact-of-weather-warnings/" aria-label="Read more about ‘New Zealanders are like sheep’: The business impact of weather warnings">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Mangan, Emeritus Professor Australian Institute for Business and Economics, University of Queensland, The University of Queensland After a year-long push to raise money via private capital, Cricket Australia (CA) has announced it will not sell some or all of its Big Bash League (BBL) franchises. The ... <a title="Cricket Australia’s Big Bash cash grab is rejected – but there are better options on the table" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/01/cricket-australias-big-bash-cash-grab-is-rejected-but-there-are-better-options-on-the-table-280028/" aria-label="Read more about Cricket Australia’s Big Bash cash grab is rejected – but there are better options on the table">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Mark Papalii Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has declined to offer any evidence to back his side of a conflict with his foreign minister’s office, saying he has “nothing more to add”. In an interview with RNZ on Friday, Luxon stood firm: “I’ve just told you my side of the ... <a title="Prime Minister declines to offer evidence to back his claim he was mischaracterised in emails" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/01/prime-minister-declines-to-offer-evidence-to-back-his-claim-he-was-mischaracterised-in-emails/" aria-label="Read more about Prime Minister declines to offer evidence to back his claim he was mischaracterised in emails">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Internet outage on 1 May 2026. screenshot / OneNZ One NZ says the issue that caused widespread outages across its network and that of 2degrees has now been fixed. Internet and calls were unavailable for many customers on Friday morning across the South Island and the lower North Island, with Christchurch ... <a title="One NZ issue fixed after causing internet outages across the South Island, parts of North Island" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/01/one-nz-issue-fixed-after-causing-internet-outages-across-the-south-island-parts-of-north-island/" aria-label="Read more about One NZ issue fixed after causing internet outages across the South Island, parts of North Island">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Howard Wiseman, Director, Centre for Quantum Dynamics, Griffith University As Homer tells us, Odysseus made an epic journey, against the odds, from Troy to his home in Ithaca. He visited many lands, but mostly dwelt with the nymph Calypso on her island. We can imagine that his ... <a title="Physicists have measured ‘negative time’ in the lab" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/01/physicists-have-measured-negative-time-in-the-lab-278996/" aria-label="Read more about Physicists have measured ‘negative time’ in the lab">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rod Sims, Enterprise Professor, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne With the release this week of the government’s News Bargaining Incentive, it’s worth reconsidering the origins and achievements of its predecessor, the News Media Bargaining Code. Both have the same aim: ... <a title="Making tech giants pay for news was a success the first time around. It can be done again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/01/making-tech-giants-pay-for-news-was-a-success-the-first-time-around-it-can-be-done-again-281865/" aria-label="Read more about Making tech giants pay for news was a success the first time around. It can be done again">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand President of FIFA Gianni Infantino. Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire / Photosport FIFA president Gianni Infantino insists Iran will be participating in the World Cup, to be held in the United States, Canada and Mexico in June. There has been uncertainty over Iran’s participation in the tournament because of the war with the ... <a title="Football: FIFA president says ‘of cours’ Iran will be at World Cup" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/01/football-fifa-president-says-of-cours-iran-will-be-at-world-cup/" aria-label="Read more about Football: FIFA president says ‘of cours’ Iran will be at World Cup">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ashlynne McGhee, Head of Editorial Innovation, The Conversation The media made Pauline Hanson and One Nation, but now the party holds all the power. For 30 years, journalists have ridden a merry-go-round reporting on its stunts and inflammatory rhetoric, while grappling with how to interrogate its policies ... <a title="One Nation: built by the media, supercharged by the algorithms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/01/one-nation-built-by-the-media-supercharged-by-the-algorithms-280358/" aria-label="Read more about One Nation: built by the media, supercharged by the algorithms">Read more</a>
