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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>
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April 7, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Kit Bennetts examines negatives of photos from his time as a spy working for the CIA Jess Charlton Listen now to The Agency, a new podcast detailing the story of a Kiwi spy who was close to the Sutch case before spending six years in cover for the CIA Kit Bennetts, ... <a title="Photos and video from The Agency podcast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/07/photos-and-video-from-the-agency-podcast/" aria-label="Read more about Photos and video from The Agency podcast">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Bill Sutch was acquitted of breaching the Official Secrets Act. But decades later, the evidence he was handing information to the Soviet Union persists. Public Domain Fifty years ago, the trial of Bill Sutch on charges of breaching the Official Secrets Act rocked the nation. Historian Sarah Gaitanos says evidence that ... <a title="What to make of new evidence in the notorious Bill Sutch spy case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/07/what-to-make-of-new-evidence-in-the-notorious-bill-sutch-spy-case/" aria-label="Read more about What to make of new evidence in the notorious Bill Sutch spy case">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Dr Gonzalo Avila Supplied Follow Our Changing World on Apple, Spotify, iHeartRadio or wherever you listen to your podcasts In February of this year an adult male brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) was found in a trap in Ōrākei, just along the coast from Auckland’s port. “They can come on imports ... <a title="Our Changing World: Building an army to stop a stink bug invasion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/07/our-changing-world-building-an-army-to-stop-a-stink-bug-invasion/" aria-label="Read more about Our Changing World: Building an army to stop a stink bug invasion">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand This photo was taken in the hours after the deadly landslide. Fire and Emergency New Zealand Newly released documents give an insight into how Fire and Emergency responded on the ground in the first 48 hours after the deadly Mt Maunganui landslide. National Crime Correspondent Sam Sherwood reports. A large landslide ... <a title="From rescue to recovery: Inside the first 48 hours at Mt Maunganui" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/07/from-rescue-to-recovery-inside-the-first-48-hours-at-mt-maunganui/" aria-label="Read more about From rescue to recovery: Inside the first 48 hours at Mt Maunganui">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Ministry of Health director of mental health Dr John Crawshaw. Nathan Mckinnon / RNZ Eight patients in forensic and intellectual disability units were in seclusion for more than 45,000 hours combined in one year, a report reveals. The patients, who made up only 1 percent of all people secluded in mental ... <a title="Eight patients in seclusion for more than 45,000 hours combined in one year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/07/eight-patients-in-seclusion-for-more-than-45000-hours-combined-in-one-year/" aria-label="Read more about Eight patients in seclusion for more than 45,000 hours combined in one year">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Synlait milk on the production line. Supplied/ Synlait The sale of Synlait Milk’s North Island operations has been completed with the focus a back-to-basics approach, in order to return to a consistently, high quality production of infant formula. The dairy company, majority owned by China’s Bright Dairy, planned to use the ... <a title="Synlait Milk sells North Island operations to focus on back-to-basics approach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/07/synlait-milk-sells-north-island-operations-to-focus-on-back-to-basics-approach/" aria-label="Read more about Synlait Milk sells North Island operations to focus on back-to-basics approach">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Rest home subsidy granted, all of pension taken – but families still face daily surcharge for rooms. 123RF Families trying to find rest homes for their elderly relatives have been shocked to discover that they must pay anything from $10 to $85 a day for care, even when they qualify for ... <a title="Confusion as families hit with extra rest home surcharges despite subsidies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/07/confusion-as-families-hit-with-extra-rest-home-surcharges-despite-subsidies/" aria-label="Read more about Confusion as families hit with extra rest home surcharges despite subsidies">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2026
ANALYSIS: Introduced by Robert Reich From time to time, I post transcripts I’ve come across of particularly insightful conversations. Here’s one that’s particularly relevant to the US “No Kings” Day protests at the weekend. Recently, The Conversation hosted a webinar in which executive editor and general manager Beth Daley interviewed John Shattuck, professor of practice ... <a title="‘No kings’: What Americans can learn from other nonviolent civil activism movements" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/07/no-kings-what-americans-can-learn-from-other-nonviolent-civil-activism-movements/" aria-label="Read more about ‘No kings’: What Americans can learn from other nonviolent civil activism movements">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2026
The war in Iran is in its second month. A war started by a criminal defendant, a convicted felon, and a blackmail network that explains everything Western leaders won’t say. Michael West Media reports. COMMENTARY: By Andrew Brown Two men are mainly responsible for the war on Iran. And then there are those — such ... <a title="Monsters of war – the men who have put the world at risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/07/monsters-of-war-the-men-who-have-put-the-world-at-risk/" aria-label="Read more about Monsters of war – the men who have put the world at risk">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2026
Asia Pacific Report Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa has appealed to Foreign Minister Winston Peters to stress to the Palestine genocide “open wound” in his meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington this week. Co-chair Maher Nazzal of PSNA said in a statement the international crisis in West Asia “must be reined in” ... <a title="NZ’s Peters called on to stress Palestine ‘open wound’ with Rubio" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/06/nzs-peters-called-on-to-stress-palestine-open-wound-with-rubio/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Peters called on to stress Palestine ‘open wound’ with Rubio">Read more</a>
