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May 15, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A Wairarapa couple are doing all they can to preserve the heritage of traditional wheelwrighting. It’s the craft of making wagon wheels and traditional wooden carriages – and Greg and Ali Lang have been in the business for more than 30 years. Greg told RNZ’s Morning Report they were the only ... <a title="The love story behind NZ’s only wagon wheel makers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/15/the-love-story-behind-nzs-only-wagon-wheel-makers/" aria-label="Read more about The love story behind NZ’s only wagon wheel makers">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Pharmac has added Wegovy to its list of medicines suitable for future funding. Jens Kalaene / AFP A paediatrican who treats obese teens expects funding to come swiftly for weight loss drug Wegovy. Pharmac has added the drug to its list of medicines suitable for future funding. In a decision released ... <a title="Funding of weight-loss drug Wegovy expected to come swiftly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/15/funding-of-weight-loss-drug-wegovy-expected-to-come-swiftly/" aria-label="Read more about Funding of weight-loss drug Wegovy expected to come swiftly">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Education Minister Erica Stanford. RNZ / Mark Papalii The country’s largest education union is describing a delay in the introduction of the government’s new curriculum as a significant win for teachers and school leaders. The Ministry of Education has announced it will not mandate its new national curriculum for Years 0-8 ... <a title="Delay to new curriculum heralded as significant win for teachers, school leaders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/15/delay-to-new-curriculum-heralded-as-significant-win-for-teachers-school-leaders/" aria-label="Read more about Delay to new curriculum heralded as significant win for teachers, school leaders">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Westpac said about one in six new home loans taken out so far this year had been for $1 million. RNZ Some borrowers are starting their homeowning lives owing more than $1 million in mortgages. Loan Market mortgage adviser Karen Tatterson said it was more common for people to take out ... <a title="The rise of the million-dollar mortgage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/15/the-rise-of-the-million-dollar-mortgage/" aria-label="Read more about The rise of the million-dollar mortgage">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses was named in Darren Bazeley’s 26-strong All Whites squad for the FIFA Football World Cup. PHOTOSPORT All Whites forward Kosta Barbarouses knows the heartbreak of missing out on a Football World Cup squad, and now the happiness and relief of finally making it 16 years later. Barbarouses has “no ... <a title="Sixteen years after missing out, All White Kosta Barbarouses is World Cup-bound" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/15/sixteen-years-after-missing-out-all-white-kosta-barbarouses-is-world-cup-bound/" aria-label="Read more about Sixteen years after missing out, All White Kosta Barbarouses is World Cup-bound">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Blues and Hurricanes do battle at Eden Park this Saturday. Photosport The Aussies have well and truly fallen off the Super Rugby Pacific pace. After threatening to emulate the glory days of ACT Brumbies in the early rounds, the men from Canberra have collapsed dramatically, leaving the top four firmly ... <a title="Super Rugby Pacific preview: Defining duo of derbies, Beaudenn Barrett back at 10" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/15/super-rugby-pacific-preview-defining-duo-of-derbies-beaudenn-barrett-back-at-10/" aria-label="Read more about Super Rugby Pacific preview: Defining duo of derbies, Beaudenn Barrett back at 10">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The government has confirmed legislation aiming to ban under-16s from social media is now on hold. RNZ The government has confirmed legislation aiming to ban under-16s from social media is now on hold. Parliament debated the matter on Wednesday after a select committee inquiry into the harms the online platforms cause. ... <a title="Bill banning under-16s from social media put on hold, Erica Stanford confirms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/15/bill-banning-under-16s-from-social-media-put-on-hold-erica-stanford-confirms/" aria-label="Read more about Bill banning under-16s from social media put on hold, Erica Stanford confirms">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Air NZ will start to consolidate more routes after the school holidays. AFP/ William West The Aviation Industry Association says Air New Zealand is far from the only airline eyeing flight cuts, due to soaring fuel costs. The airline says it has cut 5 percent of its flights and will start ... <a title="More flight cuts loom, as fuel crisis bites NZ airlines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/15/more-flight-cuts-loom-as-fuel-crisis-bites-nz-airlines/" aria-label="Read more about More flight cuts loom, as fuel crisis bites NZ airlines">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Zespri Kiwifruit is loaded onto the Atlantic Erica at the Port of Tauranga. Supplied Kiwifruit orchards are humming mid-harvest, but Zespri is concerned port bottlenecks are becoming a real pressure point for its fruit exports. The Port of Tauranga is the critical gateway for most of New Zealand’s lucrative kiwifruit from ... <a title="Port of Tauranga terminal ‘at capacity’, could ‘bottleneck’ kiwifruit exports – CEO" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/15/port-of-tauranga-terminal-at-capacity-could-bottleneck-kiwifruit-exports-ceo/" aria-label="Read more about Port of Tauranga terminal ‘at capacity’, could ‘bottleneck’ kiwifruit exports – CEO">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand One person has died and six people have been injured in a house fire in Christchurch. RNZ / Sam Sherwood One person has died and six people have been injured, one critically, after a house fire in Christchurch. Police were called to the property in Whitehall Street, Mairehau, at about 8.25pm ... <a title="One dead, six injured in Christchurch house fire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/one-dead-six-injured-in-christchurch-house-fire/" aria-label="Read more about One dead, six injured in Christchurch house fire">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand’s flowers are often described as “small and green and insignificant”, but an award-winning botanist and author says they have complex stories. Professor of botany Philip Garnock-Jones captured 100 of 2200 native flowers of NZ in his book He Puāwai, A Natural History of New Zealand Flowers. The photos in ... <a title="Book showing New Zealand’s flowers in 3D wins Ockham award" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/book-showing-new-zealands-flowers-in-3d-wins-ockham-award/" aria-label="Read more about Book showing New Zealand’s flowers in 3D wins Ockham award">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Luke Metcalf attended Warriors training, while talking to other NRL clubs. Blake Armstrong/Photosport NZ Warriors coach Andrew Webster insists halfback Luke Metcalf still has a role to play, as the Auckland club chases its first NRL championship. Unable to displace in-form Tanah Boyd or Chanel Harris-Tavita in the starting line-up, and ... <a title="NRL: NZ Warriors star Luke Metcalf signs with St George-Illawarra Dragons, but still has role to play" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/nrl-nz-warriors-star-luke-metcalf-signs-with-st-george-illawarra-dragons-but-still-has-role-to-play/" aria-label="Read more about NRL: NZ Warriors star Luke Metcalf signs with St George-Illawarra Dragons, but still has role to play">Read more</a>
