Independent Analysis and Reportage
Evening ReportSource: Radio New Zealand Manufacturer Taylorson denied that its sleeping pods represented an “inherent or widespread danger” and said they were safe to use. Supplied An expert is calling for a ban on padded sleeping pods for infants as a coroner finds a baby’s death was partly due to one. A five-month-old boy died in…
Source: Radio New Zealand Professor Bev Lawton holding an HVP swab Charlie Dreaver Health experts in New Zealand say that cervical cancer is not only preventable, we have the ability to eliminate it once and for all. On average, about 175 New Zealanders are diagnosed with cervical cancer every year and about 55 people die…
Source: Radio New Zealand The senior doctors’ union says increasing numbers of patients cannot see a specialist despite being referred by their GP. Gorodenkoff Productions OU / 123RF The senior doctors’ union says increasing numbers of patients cannot see a specialist despite being referred by their GP. A report by the Association of Salaried Medical…
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Samuel Rillstone A multinational police investigation implicating 11 Fijian police officers in collusion with drug traffickers has been handed over to prosecutors. The Fiji Police Force announced that the investigation, lasting nearly six months, now awaits advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on how to proceed. On…
Source: Radio New Zealand Disability issues minister Louise Upston. RNZ / Mark Papalii The government has introduced legislation that would clarify the purpose of Disability Support Services (DSS), including making it clear the Crown is not the employer of family carers. The legislation would reduce the Crown’s exposure to fiscal and litigation risks, following a…
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on May 18, 2026.
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. RNZ/ Marika Khabazi One person has died and two others are injured after a three-vehicle crash on the Waikato Expressway. Police said the crash happened at Pōkeno shortly before 7pm. One person died at the scene. Two other people were injured in the crash – one with critical injuries…
Source: Radio New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and education minister Erica Stanford are set to make an education announcement in Lower Hutt this afternoon. They’re speaking to media at Boulcott School. This is a pre-budget announcement ahead of Budget Day on 28 May. The livestream is due to begin around 2.30pm. – Published by…
Source: Radio New Zealand Hayden Tasker during the trial. The Press / Iain McGregor The man who drove into police officers in Nelson and killed Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming has been found guilty of murder. Fleming and Senior Sergeant Adam Ramsay were on foot patrol in Buxton Square in the early hours of New Year’s…
Source: Radio New Zealand 123rf Last year’s weak economic conditions coincided with a 35 percent drop in the value of capital investments, along with a 10 percent drop in the number of transactions the year earlier. NZ Private Capital Monitor indicates there were 276 transactions last year, with $2.5 billion in combined investments and divestments…
Source: Radio New Zealand Dunedin councillor Benedict Ong. RNZ / Tess Brunton A Dunedin councillor has been suspended from all committees and subcommittees for nine months because of concerns about his behaviour. Benedict Ong faced a code of conduct complaint after revealing details about a potential hotel development at Forsyth Barr Stadium to reporters in…
Source: Radio New Zealand GenPro, the association for general practice owners, has called for all political parties to consider investing more in primary healthcare. 123rf GPs are calling for more funding and more accurate ways of allocating it, to ensure practices aren’t losing money. The government has recently announced a new method of determining the…