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April 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Life Flight Westpac Rescue Helicopter searching in the Paekākāriki Hill area on 28 January 2026. Samuel Rillstone A new system to fix gaps and get search-and-rescue helicopters and planes to emergencies faster was tested late last year and sped up rescues. This is revealed in newly released papers, which also ... <a title="Police, Fire aviation coordination trial sped up rescue resources – but still years away from roll-out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/20/police-fire-aviation-coordination-trial-sped-up-rescue-resources-but-still-years-away-from-roll-out/" aria-label="Read more about Police, Fire aviation coordination trial sped up rescue resources – but still years away from roll-out">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Everlee Wihongi was detained by ICE officers without any explanation (file image) DANIELLE VILLASANA Kiwi Everlee Wihongi has lived in the United States for more than 25 years and is now in an ICE detention centre in California, after a three week visit back to New Zealand. She lives in Wisconsin, ... <a title="New Zealander Everlee Wihongi detained by ICE in California after three-week trip home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/20/new-zealander-everlee-wihongi-detained-by-ice-in-california-after-three-week-trip-home/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealander Everlee Wihongi detained by ICE in California after three-week trip home">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Alani Morse during the 2026 New Zealand National Surfing Championships in Gisborne. © Surfing New Zealand / PhotoCPL 2026 / PHOTOSPORT Taranaki’s Tom Butland and local Raglan surfer Alani Morse have secured wildcards for the Raglan leg of the WSL World Tour next month. The two surfers won their respective divisions ... <a title="Kiwi 15-year-old to take on world’s best surfers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/20/kiwi-15-year-old-to-take-on-worlds-best-surfers/" aria-label="Read more about Kiwi 15-year-old to take on world’s best surfers">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Bula FC’s Roy Krishna scores and celebrates his goal. OFC Pro League 2026, Bula FC v Auckland FC, 4R Electrical Govind Park, Ba, Saturday 18 April 2026. Shane Wenzlick / www.phototek.nz Shane Wenzlick / Phototek.nz Fiji’s Bula FC upset OFC Pro League leaders Auckland FC 2-1 in Ba and made it ... <a title="Bula FC stun Auckland FC to make OFC Pro League top four" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/20/bula-fc-stun-auckland-fc-to-make-ofc-pro-league-top-four/" aria-label="Read more about Bula FC stun Auckland FC to make OFC Pro League top four">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The survey showed businesses wanted to invest more and at a faster rate, but energy worries were holding them back. RNZ / Nate McKinnon More than one in three firms have delayed expansion plans or lost contracts due to energy costs and supply issues in the past year. The findings are ... <a title="Energy challenges hold back Kiwi firms’ expansion plans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/20/energy-challenges-hold-back-kiwi-firms-expansion-plans/" aria-label="Read more about Energy challenges hold back Kiwi firms’ expansion plans">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Tāwhaki is an ancestor, a demigod, and a tōhunga, famed for his search for divine knowledge. There’s a poutokomanawa of him that’s about five feet tall, carved from dark wood, with an oval head and close crop of hair. His limbs are angled and rigid, while his torso sweeps in a ... <a title="‘Our tīpuna have a funny way of making us remember’: missing taonga found in Germany" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/20/our-tipuna-have-a-funny-way-of-making-us-remember-missing-taonga-found-in-germany/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Our tīpuna have a funny way of making us remember’: missing taonga found in Germany">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Fiji’s Douglas Daveta (R) scores a try against Australia’s Aden Ekanayake (L) during their 5th place play-off match. PETER PARKS It wasn’t the results Fiji would have wanted in the first of three rounds of the Sevens World Championship held in Hong Kong. The Fiji men’s team finished fifth, and the ... <a title="Fiji fifth and seventh in first Sevens World Championship round" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/20/fiji-fifth-and-seventh-in-first-sevens-world-championship-round/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji fifth and seventh in first Sevens World Championship round">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A telehealth service says AI will help reassure people while they wait to speak to a counsellor. 123rf.com A telehealth service is bringing in an artificial intelligence screening tool for some of its chat responses, to help deal with an increasing volume and severity of mental health calls. The new tool, ... <a title="New AI screening tool for telehealth to help deal with rise in calls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/20/new-ai-screening-tool-for-telehealth-to-help-deal-with-rise-in-calls/" aria-label="Read more about New AI screening tool for telehealth to help deal with rise in calls">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Lynne Douglas is unhappy that while a handful of plants have survived they’ve by and large been neglected. Robin Martin/RNZ Whanganui residents are on a mission to find a solution for the caged ‘ghost’ trees of Castlecliff. In the early 2000s council planted dozens of griselinia in galvanised steel cages as ... <a title="Solution sought for ‘ghost’ trees of Castlecliff" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/20/solution-sought-for-ghost-trees-of-castlecliff/" aria-label="Read more about Solution sought for ‘ghost’ trees of Castlecliff">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand MPI officers removing a yellow-legged hornets nest from a property in Glenfield. Supplied / Niki Sherriff A massive eradication effort to get rid of what could have been a disastrous insect invasion is showing encouraging signs Six months ago, fear flew through the bee industry with the discovery of a yellow-legged ... <a title="No queens – we may have won the yellow-legged hornet battle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/20/no-queens-we-may-have-won-the-yellow-legged-hornet-battle/" aria-label="Read more about No queens – we may have won the yellow-legged hornet battle">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A new poll showing National sitting on just 30 percent, and the coalition unable to govern, has set the stage for a crucial week in Christopher Luxon’s primeministership. This result is National’s worst in the 1News-Verian poll since Luxon became leader in November 2021. Labour is up five points on 37 ... <a title="Live: Politicians react as latest poll shows National unable to govern if election held today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/20/live-politicians-react-as-latest-poll-shows-national-unable-to-govern-if-election-held-today/" aria-label="Read more about Live: Politicians react as latest poll shows National unable to govern if election held today">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Takeaway coffee one of the biggest contributors to the annual increase. 123rf An increase in the price of takeaway coffee in March helped pull food prices up 3.4 percent higher than a year earlier. It follows a 4.5 percent rise in the 12 months to February. Stats NZ said higher prices ... <a title="Rising takeaway coffee prices pull food costs higher" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/20/rising-takeaway-coffee-prices-pull-food-costs-higher/" aria-label="Read more about Rising takeaway coffee prices pull food costs higher">Read more</a>
