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Source: Radio New Zealand The cordon in Papatoetoe after Tangaru-Noere Turia was shot by police in 2021. RNZ / Simon Rogers Tangaru-Noere Turia was showing signs of psychosis and wielding a shotgun when he was killed by police. But a coroner says better mental health support and interventions could have helped prevent the 2021 shooting.…
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zhonghua Zheng, Assistant Professor in Data Science and Environmental Analytics, University of Manchester More than half the world’s population now lives in cities that are often much hotter than their rural surroundings. Roads, buildings and paved surfaces absorb and store heat during the day, then release it ... <a title="How traffic makes cities warmer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/20/how-traffic-makes-cities-warmer-283195/" aria-label="Read more about How traffic makes cities warmer">Read more</a>
ANALYSIS: By Robert Reich On Saturday, Trump took revenge on Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy for Cassidy’s vote five years ago to convict Trump, in his second impeachment, for instigating an attack on the US Capitol. Cassidy thereby became the first GOP senator defeated by a Trump-endorsed candidate in a Republican primary. (Other Republican senators who ... <a title="Robert Reich: Has Trump’s Republican Party become a criminal enterprise?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/20/robert-reich-has-trumps-republican-party-become-a-criminal-enterprise/" aria-label="Read more about Robert Reich: Has Trump’s Republican Party become a criminal enterprise?">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kelley Cotter, Assistant Professor of Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State Anthropic, the company behind the generative AI tool Claude, claimed in March 2026 that it used an AI interviewer to conduct “the largest and most multilingual qualitative study” ever done. The AI tool collected responses from ... <a title="AI interviewers can’t connect with people the way human researchers can – they can produce only data, not meaning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/20/ai-interviewers-cant-connect-with-people-the-way-human-researchers-can-they-can-produce-only-data-not-meaning-279437/" aria-label="Read more about AI interviewers can’t connect with people the way human researchers can – they can produce only data, not meaning">Read more</a>
Source: Radio New Zealand Embryo development. Supplied / Colossal Biosciences A multibillion-dollar de-extinction company believes it is one step closer to resurrecting New Zealand’s largest and long-extinct flightless bird. Colossal Biosciences – headquartered in Texas – is heralding a “major breakthrough” in its development of an artificial egg that it says is crucial to giant…
Source: Radio New Zealand The former Fitzroy Hotel on Auckland’s Wakefield Street is considered the oldest brick building in the city centre. RNZ / Marika Khabazi The trial of the owner of one of Auckland’s oldest buildings has begun, five and a half years after an engineer first inspected cracks in its façade. Auckland Council…
Source: Radio New Zealand Christchurch Council wants the government to make accommodation platforms like Airbnb share data. AFP A property investment expert says councils should crack down on short-term holiday rental providers who are not paying business rates without the government’s help. The Christchurch City Council wants the government to make accommodation platforms like Airbnb…
Source: Radio New Zealand Hellers brand Sweet Chilli Pork Tenders (600g) was recalled after hard plastic was found in the packs. SUPPLIED Food Safety says a brand of pork tenders sold at supermarkets around the country is being recalled because the packs could contain pieces of hard black plastic. It says the 600-gram packs of…
Source: Radio New Zealand Te Maire Martin scored a try and created two more against Brisbane Broncos. AAP/Photosport Veteran Te Maire Martin will have first chance to audition for the vacant NZ Warriors halfback spot, after Tanah Boyd suffered a season-ending knee injury last weekend. Boyd has been confirmed with rupture of his anterior cruciate…
Source: Radio New Zealand The government’s latest job cuts in the public sector have a “DOGE-type approach” say the Greens, but it is “just what the doctor ordered”, according to ACT. The government announced today that public service jobs are to be slashed by about 14 percent over the next three years in a shake-up…
Source: Radio New Zealand Queens Park in Invercargill was the scene of at least one attack. RNZ / Tess Brunton Four teenagers have been arrested after several Invercargill people were attacked in violent and unprovoked assaults by people they met on dating apps. Police said there were four separate incidents where dating apps were deliberately…
Source: Radio New Zealand New solar and geothermal generation means New Zealand no longer faces the same risk of running out of power in winter in so-called “dry years”, according to Contact Energy Chief Executive Mike Fuge. Hydro-generation is the country’s largest power source but can be limited in years when rain and snow melt…