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May 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The outage map for One NZ. ONE NZ / SCREENSHOT One NZ is investigating a partial outage of its mobile networks across the country. On its website, One NZ said the incident began shortly after 12.30pm on Monday. Customers reported having issues with making or receiving calls. A third party website, ... <a title="Widespread mobile outages hit One NZ network" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/18/widespread-mobile-outages-hit-one-nz-network/" aria-label="Read more about Widespread mobile outages hit One NZ network">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A Pacific Detector Dog programme dog in Tonga. Giles Dexter / RNZ The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has given figures for drugs seized in the Pacific so far this year – more than three times the total amount seized in 2025. A statement from Commissioner Krissy Barrett said 17 tonnes of ... <a title="Australian Federal Police: 17 tonnes of drugs seized in Pacific so far in 2026" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/18/australian-federal-police-17-tonnes-of-drugs-seized-in-pacific-so-far-in-2026/" aria-label="Read more about Australian Federal Police: 17 tonnes of drugs seized in Pacific so far in 2026">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A Pacific Detector Dog programme dog in Tonga. Giles Dexter / RNZ The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has given figures for drugs seized in the Pacific so far this year – more than three times the total amount seized in 2025. A statement from Commissioner Krissy Barrett said 17 tonnes of ... <a title="17 tonnes of drugs seized in Pacific so far in 2026 – Australian Federal Police" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/18/17-tonnes-of-drugs-seized-in-pacific-so-far-in-2026-australian-federal-police/" aria-label="Read more about 17 tonnes of drugs seized in Pacific so far in 2026 – Australian Federal Police">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A notice on the door of Troy Dubovskiy’s Christchurch home, pictured the day after his death. (File photo) Photo / Karen Brown This story discusses suicide. Loaded weapons and a Nazi uniform were found by police at the home of a man who died following a police stand-off in Christchurch, an ... <a title="Loaded weapons and a Nazi uniform found at Christchurch home of man who died in police stand-off" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/18/loaded-weapons-and-a-nazi-uniform-found-at-christchurch-home-of-man-who-died-in-police-stand-off/" aria-label="Read more about Loaded weapons and a Nazi uniform found at Christchurch home of man who died in police stand-off">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand NZ’s dervices sector is contracting at a slower pace Results across sub-indexes were mixed The employment outlook stayed negative BNZ says the economy is still struggling New Zealand’s services sector remained in contraction in April. 123RF New Zealand’s services sector remained in contraction in April, despite a modest improvement in activity, ... <a title="Services sector contracts again in April" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/18/services-sector-contracts-again-in-april/" aria-label="Read more about Services sector contracts again in April">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Local Government Minister Simon Watts. SAMUEL RILLSTONE / RNZ The Fitch credit ratings agency is warning the introduction of local government rate caps could increase the risk of credit downgrades across the sector. The government is planning to introduce legislation this year that will eventually limit council rate increases to 4 ... <a title="Rates caps could raise risk of credit downgrade for councils, Fitch warns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/18/rates-caps-could-raise-risk-of-credit-downgrade-for-councils-fitch-warns/" aria-label="Read more about Rates caps could raise risk of credit downgrade for councils, Fitch warns">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kerry Brown, Professor of Chinese Politics; Director, Lau China Institute, King’s College London When Britain sent its first formal diplomatic mission to China in 1793, one of the participants from London, Peter Auber, remarked that the group had been “received with the utmost politeness, treated with the ... <a title="Donald Trump left Beijing empty-handed – but avoided something worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/18/donald-trump-left-beijing-empty-handed-but-avoided-something-worse-282663/" aria-label="Read more about Donald Trump left Beijing empty-handed – but avoided something worse">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Worthy, Lecturer in Politics, Birkbeck, University of London The failure of many of the UK’s recent prime ministers, who have passed through Downing Street in quick succession, seems easy to explain. Theresa May couldn’t do what she promised and didn’t “get Brexit done”. Boris Johnson broke ... <a title="From landslide to leadership crisis: where did it all go wrong for Keir Starmer?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/18/from-landslide-to-leadership-crisis-where-did-it-all-go-wrong-for-keir-starmer-282935/" aria-label="Read more about From landslide to leadership crisis: where did it all go wrong for Keir Starmer?">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gemma Ware, Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation At 8.16am on August 10 2019, a post appeared on the online forum 4Chan: “[D]ont ask me how I know, but Epstein died an hour ago from hanging, cardiac arrest. Screencap this.” ABC News broke the story that ... <a title="The conspiracy theorists who feel vindicated by the Epstein files" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/18/the-conspiracy-theorists-who-feel-vindicated-by-the-epstein-files-282816/" aria-label="Read more about The conspiracy theorists who feel vindicated by the Epstein files">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pratik Raul, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Canberra Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of irreversible blindness among ageing people globally. Around one in seven Australians over the age of 50 have some signs of AMD. The disease results in blurred ... <a title="How looking through static can help people with a common degenerative disease see better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/18/how-looking-through-static-can-help-people-with-a-common-degenerative-disease-see-better-282998/" aria-label="Read more about How looking through static can help people with a common degenerative disease see better">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Dezuanni, Professor, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology In the months leading up to the implementation of Australia’s social media ban in December 2025, there was much discussion about the possible negative consequences. Among these were concerns that teenagers would consume less news. As ... <a title="Australian teens impacted by the social media ban are getting less news: new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/18/australian-teens-impacted-by-the-social-media-ban-are-getting-less-news-new-research-281988/" aria-label="Read more about Australian teens impacted by the social media ban are getting less news: new research">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Barbara Brookes, Professor Emerita of History, University of Otago Without immigrant doctors, one expert quoted in a recent report said, New Zealand’s health system “would be more on our knees than we already are”. According to a survey by the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, over 43% ... <a title="Foreign-trained doctors sustain NZ’s health system – we weren’t always so welcoming" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/18/foreign-trained-doctors-sustain-nzs-health-system-we-werent-always-so-welcoming-282471/" aria-label="Read more about Foreign-trained doctors sustain NZ’s health system – we weren’t always so welcoming">Read more</a>
