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May 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Moana Pasifika is set to disband at the end of the 2026 Super Rugby Pacific season. Photosport / RNZ Moana Pasifika is not the only club facing closure since the Super Rugby Pacific competition kicked off in 2022. The Melbourne Rebels suffered a similar fate at the end of the 2024 ... <a title="The tug of war for Moana Pasifika: Who will blink first to save the club?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/the-tug-of-war-for-moana-pasifika-who-will-blink-first-to-save-the-club/" aria-label="Read more about The tug of war for Moana Pasifika: Who will blink first to save the club?">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and New Zealand’s Trade Minister Todd McClay sign the free-trade agreement. Supplied Indian negotiators threatened to walk out of trade talks with New Zealand over its persistent efforts to include dairy, New Zealand’s chief trade official says. Vangelis Vitalis revealed the detail to MPs ... <a title="India’s negotiators threatened to walk out of trade talks with New Zealand, official reveals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/indias-negotiators-threatened-to-walk-out-of-trade-talks-with-new-zealand-official-reveals/" aria-label="Read more about India’s negotiators threatened to walk out of trade talks with New Zealand, official reveals">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Xero said the deal weighed on statutory profit as the company moved from a net cash to a net debt position. RNZ Xero has reported record full‑year revenue, even as net profit fell due to acquisition costs. Key numbers for the year ended March compared with a year ago: Net profit ... <a title="Xero reports record full‑year revenue, despite fall of net profit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/xero-reports-record-full-year-revenue-despite-fall-of-net-profit/" aria-label="Read more about Xero reports record full‑year revenue, despite fall of net profit">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Labour leader Chris Hipkins RNZ / Marika Khabazi Labour’s leader says the Prime Minister is embracing the “anti-migrant rhetoric” of his coalition partners. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon told business leaders on Wednesday that immigration was an emerging political issue, and the party would put social cohesion ahead of business profits. Speaking ... <a title="Christopher Luxon embracing ‘anti-migrant rhetoric’ of coalition partners – Hipkins" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/christopher-luxon-embracing-anti-migrant-rhetoric-of-coalition-partners-hipkins/" aria-label="Read more about Christopher Luxon embracing ‘anti-migrant rhetoric’ of coalition partners – Hipkins">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied / NZ Police A strong smell of cannabis alerted has police to a group who were driving through an Auckland suburb, towing a trailer full of the harvest-ready plants this week. Waitematā West Area Prevention Manager, Acting Inspector Nick Salter, said on Tuesday police picked up the scent before stopping ... <a title="Strong cannabis scent tips police off to trailer full of harvest-ready plants in Auckland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/strong-cannabis-scent-tips-police-off-to-trailer-full-of-harvest-ready-plants-in-auckland/" aria-label="Read more about Strong cannabis scent tips police off to trailer full of harvest-ready plants in Auckland">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Jo Galer won the seat. (File photo) Supplied The Dunedin City Council by-election has been won by less than 100 votes. Councillor and former mayor Jules Radich died earlier this year, leaving a seat vacant. Jo Galer has been elected with 10,201 votes. Her closest rival, former mayor Aaron Hawkins received ... <a title="Dunedin by-election won Jo Galer by less than 100 votes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/dunedin-by-election-won-jo-galer-by-less-than-100-votes/" aria-label="Read more about Dunedin by-election won Jo Galer by less than 100 votes">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Kael Leona during his appearance in the High Court in Auckland on Wednesday. RNZ/FlinnBlackwell Correction: The headline on this article has been updated. The man who murdered a woman on an Auckland bus will spend at least 12 years behind bars. Kael Leona, 38, pleaded guilty to the murder of Bernice ... <a title="Bernice Marychurch murder: Kael Leona sentenced to life with minimum 12 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/bernice-marychurch-murder-kael-leona-sentenced-to-life-with-minimum-12-years/" aria-label="Read more about Bernice Marychurch murder: Kael Leona sentenced to life with minimum 12 years">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Soul Mathew Turany was 16 weeks old, when he suffered a fatal assault. Supplied / Facebook The mother of a Canterbury baby who died of catastrophic head injuries has broken down in tears as she claimed she struggled to recall the morning her son was injured. Soul Turany was less than ... <a title="Mother of killed baby in tears recalling day son was injured" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/mother-of-killed-baby-in-tears-recalling-day-son-was-injured/" aria-label="Read more about Mother of killed baby in tears recalling day son was injured">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Oamaru Airport. (File photo) ODT / Hamish MacLean Oamaru Airport will lose its flight school after the business opted not to renew its lease, the Waitaki District Council says. The New Zealand Airline Academy opened at the airport in 2018 with student numbers exceeding 200 in the past year. It sought ... <a title="Oamaru Airport to lose its flight school" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/oamaru-airport-to-lose-its-flight-school/" aria-label="Read more about Oamaru Airport to lose its flight school">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF New Zealand continues to see a small recovery in its net migration numbers. Statistics New Zealand said New Zealand had a net gain of 24,200 migrants in the year to March, up from 14,000 in the same period last year. That is still well down on the recent peak, which ... <a title="Small recovery for New Zealand’s net migration numbers in year to March" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/small-recovery-for-new-zealands-net-migration-numbers-in-year-to-march/" aria-label="Read more about Small recovery for New Zealand’s net migration numbers in year to March">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Associate Justice Minister Nicole McKee. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Nearly $12 million seized from criminals will be used to help combat methamphetamine and gang-related harm, the government has announced. Associate Justice Minister Nicole McKee and Associate Police Minister Casey Costello said $11.9 million would be funnelled from the Proceeds of Crime ... <a title="Nearly $12m seized from criminals to help combat methamphetamine and gang-related harm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/nearly-12m-seized-from-criminals-to-help-combat-methamphetamine-and-gang-related-harm/" aria-label="Read more about Nearly $12m seized from criminals to help combat methamphetamine and gang-related harm">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Billy Macfarlane. RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly The founder of a prisoner reintegration service has been charged with assaulting a woman who was on bail. Billy Macfarlane says the allegations are “a whole lot of lies”, and that he “never assaulted anybody”. RNZ earlier revealed Macfarlane, the Tikanga Aroro Charitable Trust general ... <a title="Billy Macfarlane founder of rehabilitation service charged with assaulting woman" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/billy-macfarlane-founder-of-rehabilitation-service-charged-with-assaulting-woman/" aria-label="Read more about Billy Macfarlane founder of rehabilitation service charged with assaulting woman">Read more</a>
