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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nick Monro Dunedin City Councillors have decided a service for the homeless is best handled in-house. Councillors have voted to set up a council-led housing outreach service to address rising homelessness, at a cost of $270,000 annually. Councillors already supported establishing an outreach service, and at Thursday’s meeting debated ... <a title="Dunedin City Councillors opt for $270k in-house service to tackle rising homelessness" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/dunedin-city-councillors-opt-for-270k-in-house-service-to-tackle-rising-homelessness/" aria-label="Read more about Dunedin City Councillors opt for $270k in-house service to tackle rising homelessness">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Auckland FC coach Steve Corica wants a focus on football not referee decisions. Andrew Cornaga/www.photosport.nz Auckland FC has given up asking A-League referees to explain their decisions. Instead, coach Steve Corica would speak to his players about how they reacted when they did not get the refereeing calls they expected as ... <a title="Auckland FC coach calls for calm ahead of A-League finals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/auckland-fc-coach-calls-for-calm-ahead-of-a-league-finals/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland FC coach calls for calm ahead of A-League finals">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The child was hit on Torphin Crescent. Google Maps A young child is in hospital with serious injuries after a hit-and-run in the central North Island. Police said the child was on their bike when they were struck by a car on Torphin Crescent in Tokoroa around 4.30pm on Wednesday. The ... <a title="Child on bike struck by car in Tokoroa hit-and-run" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/child-on-bike-struck-by-car-in-tokoroa-hit-and-run/" aria-label="Read more about Child on bike struck by car in Tokoroa hit-and-run">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Selwyn Rabbits is calling for more transparency and action after a coroner delivered a clear message. Nick Monro After a years-long inquiry into the death of an Auckland construction worker, a coroner has delivered a clear message. Cardan shaft parking brakes, the braking system used by a piece of heavy machinery ... <a title="Calls for coroner recommendations to be enforced after braking system found to be unsafe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/calls-for-coroner-recommendations-to-be-enforced-after-braking-system-found-to-be-unsafe/" aria-label="Read more about Calls for coroner recommendations to be enforced after braking system found to be unsafe">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Environmental team lead at Ōamaru’s blue penguin colony Henry Elsom attribute the breeding success to decades of conservation efforts and the breeding season starting early. RNZ It’s been a bumper season for little blue penguins with nearly 1000 chicks fledged at Ōamaru’s blue penguin colony. That’s up from last year’s 600. ... <a title="Nearly 1000 chicks fledged at Ōamaru’s blue penguin colony" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/nearly-1000-chicks-fledged-at-oamarus-blue-penguin-colony/" aria-label="Read more about Nearly 1000 chicks fledged at Ōamaru’s blue penguin colony">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phil Brewer, Professor in Plant Biology, La Trobe University Whether it’s tucking into some toast, dumplings or a bowl of fresh pasta, humans love eating wheat. Wheat is the most widely grown cereal crop in the world. It’s produced by harvesting the dry, edible seeds of a ... <a title="We eat a lot of wheat. So how can we grow more in a changing climate?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/we-eat-a-lot-of-wheat-so-how-can-we-grow-more-in-a-changing-climate-271846/" aria-label="Read more about We eat a lot of wheat. So how can we grow more in a changing climate?">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Mark Papalii The ACT Party leader David Seymour has floated dishing out $500 to every year 11 student for an investment account, to promote investing at a younger age. It was not an ACT policy “yet”, he said. Seymour said the idea could be funded by taking about five ... <a title="David Seymour floats giving year 11s $500 to invest, taking from annual KiwiSaver subsidy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/david-seymour-floats-giving-year-11s-500-to-invest-taking-from-annual-kiwisaver-subsidy/" aria-label="Read more about David Seymour floats giving year 11s $500 to invest, taking from annual KiwiSaver subsidy">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ Health New Zealand has sent nurses, midwives, and health care assistants their first offer since June last year. The New Zealand Nurses Organisation has been in bargaining with Te Whatu Ora since September 2024. The union’s chief executive, Paul Goulter, said its members had received a proposed terms of settlement. ... <a title="Health New Zealand tables first offer to New Zealand Nurses Organisation in almost a year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/health-new-zealand-tables-first-offer-to-new-zealand-nurses-organisation-in-almost-a-year/" aria-label="Read more about Health New Zealand tables first offer to New Zealand Nurses Organisation in almost a year">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Silt and water in Neal Jenkins and Tahni Daniels’ Berhampore home. RNZ / Mark Papalii Homes will have to be gutted and businesses could be closed for months in the wake of Wellington’s Monday flood. The damage is estimated to potentially run hundreds of millions of dollars across the city, where ... <a title="Homes gutted and businesses closed as Wellingtonians count the cost of floods" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/homes-gutted-and-businesses-closed-as-wellingtonians-count-the-cost-of-floods/" aria-label="Read more about Homes gutted and businesses closed as Wellingtonians count the cost of floods">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Follow all the action as the Black Caps take on Bangladesh at Bir Shrestha Shaheed Flight Lieutenant Motiur Rahman Cricket Stadium in Chattogram, for their third one-day international. The Black Caps won their opening game by 26 runs, scoring 247 for eight in their fifty overs and then bowling out the ... <a title="Live cricket: Black Caps v Bangladesh – third ODI" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/live-cricket-black-caps-v-bangladesh-third-odi/" aria-label="Read more about Live cricket: Black Caps v Bangladesh – third ODI">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Shane Jones. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Shane Jones has apologised after making a jab at the Finance Minister’s weight loss as the coalition ructions shift gears into personal attacks. The argy bargy between National and New Zealand First first kicked off on Wednesday morning when Winston Peters told RNZ’s Morning Report ... <a title="Shane Jones apologises for Nicola Willis weight loss comments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/shane-jones-apologises-for-nicola-willis-weight-loss-comments/" aria-label="Read more about Shane Jones apologises for Nicola Willis weight loss comments">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tracy Comans, Professor, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland; The University of Melbourne This week, we learned older people in home-based aged care will no longer have to pay out-of-pocket for showering, dressing and continence care. This backflip will provide relief for those currently receiving ... <a title="A free shower is the least older people can expect. But aged care funding misses one key point" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/a-free-shower-is-the-least-older-people-can-expect-but-aged-care-funding-misses-one-key-point-281228/" aria-label="Read more about A free shower is the least older people can expect. But aged care funding misses one key point">Read more</a>
