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April 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Police search for missing Wellington man Philip Sutton. RNZ / Mark Papalii From the muddy waters of the Karori Stream on Wednesday morning, a police dog emerges, shakes, and begins to sniff along the far bank. Search teams, including the dive squad and a dog unit, continue to hunt for missing ... <a title="Specialist search teams look for Philip Sutton, missing since Wellington storm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/specialist-search-teams-look-for-philip-sutton-missing-since-wellington-storm/" aria-label="Read more about Specialist search teams look for Philip Sutton, missing since Wellington storm">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The family of a woman missing for eight months are “desperate to find her” and remain hopeful she is alive, police say. Rowena Walker was reported missing by her mother on 22 October last year. Walker’s last confirmed sighting was on 14 August, when she was captured on CCTV in Christchurch ... <a title="Watch: Police say family of missing Christchurch woman Rowena Walker ‘desperate to find her’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/watch-police-say-family-of-missing-christchurch-woman-rowena-walker-desperate-to-find-her/" aria-label="Read more about Watch: Police say family of missing Christchurch woman Rowena Walker ‘desperate to find her’">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Marie Quigley, DECRA Research Fellow in molecular ecology, James Cook University Lord Howe Island lies in the middle of the ocean, about 700 kilometres northeast of Sydney. It’s covered in lush forest and fringed by the world’s most southerly coral reef ecosystem. This reef system isn’t ... <a title="Coral reefs are secretly connected across vast oceans – and that’s crucial for their survival" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/coral-reefs-are-secretly-connected-across-vast-oceans-and-thats-crucial-for-their-survival-278424/" aria-label="Read more about Coral reefs are secretly connected across vast oceans – and that’s crucial for their survival">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Tātau Tātau o Te Wairoa is yet to hear back from Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, left, over Minister of Treaty Negotiations Paul Goldsmith’s role. RNZ / Kim Baker Wilson A Hawke’s Bay post-settlement iwi trust has written to the Prime Minister calling for the removal of Paul Goldsmith as the Minister ... <a title="Wairoa iwi seeks removal of Goldsmith as Treaty Negotiations Minister" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/wairoa-iwi-seeks-removal-of-goldsmith-as-treaty-negotiations-minister/" aria-label="Read more about Wairoa iwi seeks removal of Goldsmith as Treaty Negotiations Minister">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A dead cow washed up on Island Bay Beach in Wellington. Caitlin Dalzell / supplied A dead cow has washed up on Island Bay Beach in Wellington, following the thunderstorm and heavy rain that hit the region in the early hours of Monday. Island Bay woman Caitlin Dalzell said she first ... <a title="Dead cow washes up on Island Bay beach after storm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/dead-cow-washes-up-on-island-bay-beach-after-storm/" aria-label="Read more about Dead cow washes up on Island Bay beach after storm">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Some of the pounamu that was recovered by police across the West Coast. NZ POLICE / SUPPLIED Police have recovered about 1000 kilograms of pounamu and charged three people in an operation targeting alleged thefts of the precious stone across the West Coast. Detectives from Tasman and Central Otago executed search ... <a title="Police recover 1000 kilograms of pounamu in operation targeting alleged thefts across West Coast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/police-recover-1000-kilograms-of-pounamu-in-operation-targeting-alleged-thefts-across-west-coast/" aria-label="Read more about Police recover 1000 kilograms of pounamu in operation targeting alleged thefts across West Coast">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Police are due to speak to media about the disappearance of Christchurch woman Rowena Walker. Detective Senior Sergeant Jo Carolan would speak to media at 11am. Walker was reported missing by her mother in October last year. Rowena Walker seen on CCTV. (File photo) Supplied On Monday police announced they were ... <a title="Watch live: Police reveal more details about search for missing Christchurch woman Rowena Walker" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/watch-live-police-reveal-more-details-about-search-for-missing-christchurch-woman-rowena-walker/" aria-label="Read more about Watch live: Police reveal more details about search for missing Christchurch woman Rowena Walker">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Auckland’s City Rail Link. (File photo) Supplied Auckland’s City Rail Link (CRL), is not enough to revitalise the CBD, an entrepreneur says. The $5.5 billion rail transport project was due to be completed later this year. Andrew Barnes, the founder of Perpetual Guardian and former chairperson of the now merged Regional ... <a title="City Rail link ‘not enough’ to revitalise downtown Auckland, entrepreneur says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/city-rail-link-not-enough-to-revitalise-downtown-auckland-entrepreneur-says/" aria-label="Read more about City Rail link ‘not enough’ to revitalise downtown Auckland, entrepreneur says">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Munt, Associate Professor, Media Arts & Production, University of Technology Sydney In the opening moments of Vladimir, Netflix’s new erotic drama series, the protagonist M (Rachel Weisz) is sprawled on a couch in her negligee, writing in her notepad. She leans towards the camera, then stares ... <a title="From Fleabag to Vladimir: why has breaking the fourth wall become so common?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/from-fleabag-to-vladimir-why-has-breaking-the-fourth-wall-become-so-common-280716/" aria-label="Read more about From Fleabag to Vladimir: why has breaking the fourth wall become so common?">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Richard Tindiller A person waiting for a bus in Auckland has been stabbed multiple times. Police say they were called to Manurewa Railway Station about 1.20am on Wednesday. They said the victim was approached by someone they didn’t know, who stabbed them repeatedly and tried to take their backpack. ... <a title="Person waiting for bus in Auckland stabbed multiple times" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/person-waiting-for-bus-in-auckland-stabbed-multiple-times/" aria-label="Read more about Person waiting for bus in Auckland stabbed multiple times">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen Stockin, Professor of Marine Ecology, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University A humpback whale repeatedly restranding in shallow waters in the Baltic Sea for more than three weeks has become the focus of a complex debate about reconciling compassion for animals with ethical, evidence-based decision ... <a title="Whale strandings draw emotional responses. But repeated rescues can cause more harm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/whale-strandings-draw-emotional-responses-but-repeated-rescues-can-cause-more-harm-281137/" aria-label="Read more about Whale strandings draw emotional responses. But repeated rescues can cause more harm">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anja Shortland, Professor in Political Economy, King’s College London When evolutionary biologist Joseph Popp coded the first documented piece of ransomware in 1989, he had little idea it would become a major criminal business model capable of bringing economies to their knees. Popp, who worked for the ... <a title="From floppy discs to Claude Mythos, how ransomware grew into a multibillion-dollar industry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/from-floppy-discs-to-claude-mythos-how-ransomware-grew-into-a-multibillion-dollar-industry-281000/" aria-label="Read more about From floppy discs to Claude Mythos, how ransomware grew into a multibillion-dollar industry">Read more</a>
