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April 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Tātau Tātau o Te Wairoa is yet to hear back from Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, left, over Minister of Treaty Negotiations Paul Goldsmith’s role. RNZ / Kim Baker Wilson A Hawke’s Bay post-settlement iwi trust has written to the Prime Minister calling for the removal of Paul Goldsmith as the Minister ... <a title="Wairoa iwi seeks removal of Goldsmith as Treaty Negotiations Minister" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/wairoa-iwi-seeks-removal-of-goldsmith-as-treaty-negotiations-minister/" aria-label="Read more about Wairoa iwi seeks removal of Goldsmith as Treaty Negotiations Minister">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A dead cow washed up on Island Bay Beach in Wellington. Caitlin Dalzell / supplied A dead cow has washed up on Island Bay Beach in Wellington, following the thunderstorm and heavy rain that hit the region in the early hours of Monday. Island Bay woman Caitlin Dalzell said she first ... <a title="Dead cow washes up on Island Bay beach after storm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/dead-cow-washes-up-on-island-bay-beach-after-storm/" aria-label="Read more about Dead cow washes up on Island Bay beach after storm">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Some of the pounamu that was recovered by police across the West Coast. NZ POLICE / SUPPLIED Police have recovered about 1000 kilograms of pounamu and charged three people in an operation targeting alleged thefts of the precious stone across the West Coast. Detectives from Tasman and Central Otago executed search ... <a title="Police recover 1000 kilograms of pounamu in operation targeting alleged thefts across West Coast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/police-recover-1000-kilograms-of-pounamu-in-operation-targeting-alleged-thefts-across-west-coast/" aria-label="Read more about Police recover 1000 kilograms of pounamu in operation targeting alleged thefts across West Coast">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Police are due to speak to media about the disappearance of Christchurch woman Rowena Walker. Detective Senior Sergeant Jo Carolan would speak to media at 11am. Walker was reported missing by her mother in October last year. Rowena Walker seen on CCTV. (File photo) Supplied On Monday police announced they were ... <a title="Watch live: Police reveal more details about search for missing Christchurch woman Rowena Walker" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/watch-live-police-reveal-more-details-about-search-for-missing-christchurch-woman-rowena-walker/" aria-label="Read more about Watch live: Police reveal more details about search for missing Christchurch woman Rowena Walker">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Auckland’s City Rail Link. (File photo) Supplied Auckland’s City Rail Link (CRL), is not enough to revitalise the CBD, an entrepreneur says. The $5.5 billion rail transport project was due to be completed later this year. Andrew Barnes, the founder of Perpetual Guardian and former chairperson of the now merged Regional ... <a title="City Rail link ‘not enough’ to revitalise downtown Auckland, entrepreneur says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/city-rail-link-not-enough-to-revitalise-downtown-auckland-entrepreneur-says/" aria-label="Read more about City Rail link ‘not enough’ to revitalise downtown Auckland, entrepreneur says">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Munt, Associate Professor, Media Arts & Production, University of Technology Sydney In the opening moments of Vladimir, Netflix’s new erotic drama series, the protagonist M (Rachel Weisz) is sprawled on a couch in her negligee, writing in her notepad. She leans towards the camera, then stares ... <a title="From Fleabag to Vladimir: why has breaking the fourth wall become so common?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/from-fleabag-to-vladimir-why-has-breaking-the-fourth-wall-become-so-common-280716/" aria-label="Read more about From Fleabag to Vladimir: why has breaking the fourth wall become so common?">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Richard Tindiller A person waiting for a bus in Auckland has been stabbed multiple times. Police say they were called to Manurewa Railway Station about 1.20am on Wednesday. They said the victim was approached by someone they didn’t know, who stabbed them repeatedly and tried to take their backpack. ... <a title="Person waiting for bus in Auckland stabbed multiple times" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/person-waiting-for-bus-in-auckland-stabbed-multiple-times/" aria-label="Read more about Person waiting for bus in Auckland stabbed multiple times">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen Stockin, Professor of Marine Ecology, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University A humpback whale repeatedly restranding in shallow waters in the Baltic Sea for more than three weeks has become the focus of a complex debate about reconciling compassion for animals with ethical, evidence-based decision ... <a title="Whale strandings draw emotional responses. But repeated rescues can cause more harm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/whale-strandings-draw-emotional-responses-but-repeated-rescues-can-cause-more-harm-281137/" aria-label="Read more about Whale strandings draw emotional responses. But repeated rescues can cause more harm">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anja Shortland, Professor in Political Economy, King’s College London When evolutionary biologist Joseph Popp coded the first documented piece of ransomware in 1989, he had little idea it would become a major criminal business model capable of bringing economies to their knees. Popp, who worked for the ... <a title="From floppy discs to Claude Mythos, how ransomware grew into a multibillion-dollar industry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/from-floppy-discs-to-claude-mythos-how-ransomware-grew-into-a-multibillion-dollar-industry-281000/" aria-label="Read more about From floppy discs to Claude Mythos, how ransomware grew into a multibillion-dollar industry">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert James Nicholls, Professor of Climate Adaptation, University of East Anglia Venice has co-existed with the sea throughout its 1,500-year history, perhaps better than any other city on earth. Yet over the past century it has flooded increasingly often, as the sea rises and the city itself ... <a title="Venice is sinking – we analysed every plan to save it, and none would preserve the city as we know it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/venice-is-sinking-we-analysed-every-plan-to-save-it-and-none-would-preserve-the-city-as-we-know-it-280891/" aria-label="Read more about Venice is sinking – we analysed every plan to save it, and none would preserve the city as we know it">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John N. Trey Rogers, Professor of Turfgrass Research, Michigan State University With 104 matches in 16 stadiums across Canada, the United States and Mexico, the 2026 FIFA World Cup will be soccer’s biggest event ever. It’s our job as turfgrass researchers hired by FIFA, the game’s governing ... <a title="We designed the turf for soccer’s biggest World Cup ever – here’s how we created the same playing experience across 3 countries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/we-designed-the-turf-for-soccers-biggest-world-cup-ever-heres-how-we-created-the-same-playing-experience-across-3-countries-279536/" aria-label="Read more about We designed the turf for soccer’s biggest World Cup ever – here’s how we created the same playing experience across 3 countries">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The service will be home to HBO Originals such as A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, The Last of Us, House of the Dragon, The White Lotus, Euphoria, Succession and the fourth season of period drama The Gilded Age. Max Originals like The Pitt and And Just Like That… will join the line up, as well as the new Harry Potter series Harry ... <a title="HBO Max gets a New Zealand launch date" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/hbo-max-gets-a-new-zealand-launch-date/" aria-label="Read more about HBO Max gets a New Zealand launch date">Read more</a>
