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April 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Winston Peters says he should have been warned ahead of Christopher Luxon’s leadership vote this week. Christopher Luxon said there had been intense media speculation about his position, and Tuesday’s ballot would put things to rest. While he was successful, the prime minister refused to take questions ... <a title="Winston Peters says Christopher Luxon didn’t warn him about leadership vote" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/winston-peters-says-christopher-luxon-didnt-warn-him-about-leadership-vote/" aria-label="Read more about Winston Peters says Christopher Luxon didn’t warn him about leadership vote">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A car carried by floodwaters landed on top of a fence after Monday’s torrential rain in Wellington. RNZ / Mark Papalii A scientist says it’s challenging to predict localised small-scale events which develop very quickly. Unexpectedly severe weather and flooding in Wellington raised questions about how such weather events can be ... <a title="Wellington floods: ‘Limitations’ on what can be forecast in localised areas – weather expert" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/wellington-floods-limitations-on-what-can-be-forecast-in-localised-areas-weather-expert/" aria-label="Read more about Wellington floods: ‘Limitations’ on what can be forecast in localised areas – weather expert">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The average price at the latest global dairy auction fell 2.7 percent. AFP / William West Global dairy prices have fallen again amid ongoing geopolitical tensions. The average price at the latest auction, held fortnightly, fell 2.7 percent to US$4143 (NZ$7025) a tonne. It comes after prices dropped 3.4 percent at ... <a title="Global dairy prices fall again amid geopolitical tensions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/global-dairy-prices-fall-again-amid-geopolitical-tensions/" aria-label="Read more about Global dairy prices fall again amid geopolitical tensions">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wesley Morgan, Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney US President Donald Trump is a longtime climate denier and oil industry ally, who sums up his own energy policy as “drill, baby, drill”. Yet he is doing more than almost anyone to speed up ... <a title="The end of oil? As fuel shocks cascade, 53 nations gather to plan a fossil fuel phaseout" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/the-end-of-oil-as-fuel-shocks-cascade-53-nations-gather-to-plan-a-fossil-fuel-phaseout-280263/" aria-label="Read more about The end of oil? As fuel shocks cascade, 53 nations gather to plan a fossil fuel phaseout">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fotini Vasilopoulos, Postdoctoral Researcher, Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney Pretend play is a significant and often magical part of childhood. Children have huge imaginations and use these to turn rocks into spaceships, tables into forts or pens into fairies. ... <a title="Pretend play is a magical part of childhood. New research suggests it can also help mental health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/pretend-play-is-a-magical-part-of-childhood-new-research-suggests-it-can-also-help-mental-health-281121/" aria-label="Read more about Pretend play is a magical part of childhood. New research suggests it can also help mental health">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Evans, Emeritus Professor, School of Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, UNSW Sydney It looks increasingly likely Treasurer Jim Chalmers will make changes to the capital gains tax (CGT) discount in the federal budget in May. Under the current system, a person who has held an asset for ... <a title="Tinkering with the capital gains tax discount isn’t enough. Here’s why it needs to go" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/tinkering-with-the-capital-gains-tax-discount-isnt-enough-heres-why-it-needs-to-go-280577/" aria-label="Read more about Tinkering with the capital gains tax discount isn’t enough. Here’s why it needs to go">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. The company says it could deliver 1.5 million tonnes a year of urea fertiliser. 123RF An Australian-led project could see Southland’s lignite, or brown coal, reserves developed into urea fertiliser. Victorian Hydrogen is proposing a $3 billion plant to be located 30km northeast of Invercargill. The company says it ... <a title="Australian company plans $3b lignite-to-fertiliser plant in Southland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/australian-company-plans-3b-lignite-to-fertiliser-plant-in-southland/" aria-label="Read more about Australian company plans $3b lignite-to-fertiliser plant in Southland">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand One person died and a second person was seriously injured. RNZ / Kim Baker Wilson One person has died in a crash in south Waikato. Emergency services arrived about 11.20pm after two vehicles crashed on State Highway 1 near Humphrey Road. The person was pronounced dead at the scene. Another person ... <a title="Person dies in SH1 crash, section of highway closed in Waikato" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/person-dies-in-sh1-crash-section-of-highway-closed-in-waikato/" aria-label="Read more about Person dies in SH1 crash, section of highway closed in Waikato">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Rebekah Stott of New Zealand runs in to congratulate Katie Kitching of New Zealand on her goal, New Zealand Football Ferns v Papua New Guinea, Final of OFC Qualifiers, 2026. Andrew Cornaga/www.photosport.nz The Football Ferns are up two spots to number 33 in the latest women’s world football rankings. Last week ... <a title="Football Ferns rise in rankings after World Cup qualification" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/football-ferns-rise-in-rankings-after-world-cup-qualification/" aria-label="Read more about Football Ferns rise in rankings after World Cup qualification">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Missing man Philip Sutton NZ Police/Supplied NZ Post is supporting its staff who are coping with the disappearance of one of their colleagues in this week’s flooding in Wellington. Chief operating officer Brendon Main has confirmed Philip Sutton, who has been missing since Monday after floodwaters surged through a South Karori ... <a title="NZ Post concerned for Philip Sutton, employee missing since Wellington storm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/nz-post-concerned-for-philip-sutton-employee-missing-since-wellington-storm/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Post concerned for Philip Sutton, employee missing since Wellington storm">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Flooded Ruamahanga River, taken from hillside at Morisons Bush looking down on the South Wairarapa. Pockets of native bush and windbreaks are now islands among flooded paddocks. Mike Laven River levels have been dropping in Tararua District since an emergency mobile alert was issued over the threat from the Wainui River, ... <a title="Weather: Localised flooding, high river levels across lower North Island" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/weather-localised-flooding-high-river-levels-across-lower-north-island/" aria-label="Read more about Weather: Localised flooding, high river levels across lower North Island">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand On 25 April each year, New Zealanders at home and around the world mark Anzac Day. The date marks the first big military action by Australian and New Zealand soldiers in Gallipoli in 1915. From dawn services to parades and ceremonies at RSAs, people will gather to reflect on the atrocities ... <a title="Explainer: Why do we commemorate Anzac Day?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/explainer-why-do-we-commemorate-anzac-day/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: Why do we commemorate Anzac Day?">Read more</a>
