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April 7, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katja Hanewald, Associate Professor in Risk & Actuarial Studies, UNSW Sydney For many Australians, most of their retirement wealth is tied up in their home. A simple, well-designed program to tap into those trillions in home equity could help boost their retirement incomes. Such a program exists. ... <a title="This little-known government scheme can help retirees tap into $3 trillion of housing wealth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/07/this-little-known-government-scheme-can-help-retirees-tap-into-3-trillion-of-housing-wealth-279084/" aria-label="Read more about This little-known government scheme can help retirees tap into $3 trillion of housing wealth">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Howard, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney Nighttime. A dim and dingy car park. Woefully inadequate fluorescent lights flicker and buzz overhead. Two men stand in half-shadow. One is barely visible, his face almost entirely swallowed by darkness. His voice is low ... <a title="All The President’s Men at 50: one of the finest films about investigative journalism ever made" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/07/all-the-presidents-men-at-50-one-of-the-finest-films-about-investigative-journalism-ever-made-279451/" aria-label="Read more about All The President’s Men at 50: one of the finest films about investigative journalism ever made">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Nicola Willis speaks after the latest government update on fuel supplies, 6 April. RNZ / Giles Dexter The finance minister says the country’s fuel supplies are stable, but diesel levels have dipped slightly since the last report. While New Zealand’s jet fuel and petrol levels have risen slightly, diesel went down ... <a title="Morning Report live: Nicola Willis faces questions about fuel stocks, prices and taxes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/07/morning-report-live-nicola-willis-faces-questions-about-fuel-stocks-prices-and-taxes/" aria-label="Read more about Morning Report live: Nicola Willis faces questions about fuel stocks, prices and taxes">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Graduate paramedics from Wales are being advised to apply for jobs in New Zealand. AFP / David Cliff / NurPhoto Graduate paramedics from tertiary institutions in Wales are being advised to apply for jobs in New Zealand. The BBC has reported that the Welsh Ambulance Service would not be offering newly ... <a title="Welsh paramedic graduates told to look for entry-level jobs in New Zealand instead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/07/welsh-paramedic-graduates-told-to-look-for-entry-level-jobs-in-new-zealand-instead/" aria-label="Read more about Welsh paramedic graduates told to look for entry-level jobs in New Zealand instead">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Original 1961 cast members Stephen Stedman (L) and Dougal Stevenson (R) with Stedman’s granddaughter Maegan Stedman-Ashford (C). All three will star in the upcoming production of Romeo and Juliet at The Globe. Supplied / The Globe Theatre O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? The iconic star-crossed lovers will soon be ... <a title="Dunedin’s Globe Theatre comes full circle for 65th anniversary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/07/dunedins-globe-theatre-comes-full-circle-for-65th-anniversary/" aria-label="Read more about Dunedin’s Globe Theatre comes full circle for 65th anniversary">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Breunig, Professor of Economics and Director, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Australia is a global success story. The structural reforms in the 1980s and ‘90s of liberalising trade, floating the dollar and reducing government involvement in the economy ... <a title="By avoiding means testing, the government is giving handouts to the rich" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/07/by-avoiding-means-testing-the-government-is-giving-handouts-to-the-rich-278660/" aria-label="Read more about By avoiding means testing, the government is giving handouts to the rich">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna-Sophie Jürgens, Senior Lecturer in Science Communication at the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, and Founder of Popsicule, ANU’s Science in Popular Culture and Entertainment Hub, Australian National University The relationship between science and pop culture often looks like a one-way street: scientific ... <a title="From Jurassic Park to dreams of AI doom, pop culture shapes science more than we like to admit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/07/from-jurassic-park-to-dreams-of-ai-doom-pop-culture-shapes-science-more-than-we-like-to-admit-279245/" aria-label="Read more about From Jurassic Park to dreams of AI doom, pop culture shapes science more than we like to admit">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Stats NZ had a seven percent cut to its budget, but the Government Statistician, Colin Lynch, denies the cut has affected the quality of information gathering or public distribution of statistics. Screenshot A former government statistician is sounding alarms about our ditching of the five-yearly census, saying we risk losing a ... <a title="Collecting statistics: When the numbers don’t add up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/07/collecting-statistics-when-the-numbers-dont-add-up/" aria-label="Read more about Collecting statistics: When the numbers don’t add up">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Burnside High principal Scott Haines. Supplied / Burnside High School Addington Te Kura Taumata principal Donna Bilas. Supplied / Addington Te Kura Taumata Schools that use diesel for heating are locking up their fuel tanks and preparing for big bills when they return from the April holidays. They were expecting the ... <a title="Schools on diesel heating prepare for big bills as government considers support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/07/schools-on-diesel-heating-prepare-for-big-bills-as-government-considers-support/" aria-label="Read more about Schools on diesel heating prepare for big bills as government considers support">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The ring found by Garth. Supplied / Garth Walton A shiny diamond engagement ring has found its way out of a deep creek buried by sand thanks to a community of metal detectorists – the volunteer heroes of New Zealand’s lost and found. Bits of gold, silver, diamond, coins, rings and ... <a title="NZ’s gold-hearted metal detectorist community finds woman’s lost engagement ring" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/07/nzs-gold-hearted-metal-detectorist-community-finds-womans-lost-engagement-ring/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s gold-hearted metal detectorist community finds woman’s lost engagement ring">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Auckland mayor Wayne Brown. RNZ/Marika Khabazi Auckland’s mayor is going to axe ratepayer-funded lunches at council meetings after being grilled about the council’s big catering bill. But the lunches are just a small part of the council’s spend on food and drink. Information obtained under the Local Government Official Information and ... <a title="Auckland mayor Wayne Brown to axe ratepayer-funded lunches at council meetings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/07/auckland-mayor-wayne-brown-to-axe-ratepayer-funded-lunches-at-council-meetings/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland mayor Wayne Brown to axe ratepayer-funded lunches at council meetings">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A New Zealander has revealed details of a years-long stint spying for America’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) during the Cold War. Kit Bennetts, who was born and raised in Masterton, was recruited in Wellington by the CIA Chief of Station at the US Embassy in 1979. At the time he was ... <a title="The Agency: Former Kiwi spy Kit Bennetts reveals his six-year stint in cover for the CIA" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/07/the-agency-former-kiwi-spy-kit-bennetts-reveals-his-six-year-stint-in-cover-for-the-cia/" aria-label="Read more about The Agency: Former Kiwi spy Kit Bennetts reveals his six-year stint in cover for the CIA">Read more</a>
