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May 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Stephen James, nurse manager at Wellington’s high dependency unit. RNZ / Kate Green Staff at Wellington Hospital say they could do with a hundred more beds, but the year-old High Dependency Unit has gone some way to easing the bottleneck. The unit has 12 beds for people too sick for the ... <a title="High Dependency Unit at Wellington Hospital helps ease bottleneck" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/high-dependency-unit-at-wellington-hospital-helps-ease-bottleneck/" aria-label="Read more about High Dependency Unit at Wellington Hospital helps ease bottleneck">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand David Tamihere in 2017. RNZ David Tamihere will likely have to wait until July to find out whether he will be retried for the 1989 murder of two Swedish tourists. The Supreme Court quashed his convictions six weeks ago for the murder of Urban Höglin and Heidi Paakkonen, saying Crown prosecutors ... <a title="David Tamihere still waiting to find out if he will be retried" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/david-tamihere-still-waiting-to-find-out-if-he-will-be-retried/" aria-label="Read more about David Tamihere still waiting to find out if he will be retried">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Law Society says an immigration bill extending search powers and curtailing appeal rights should not proceed in its current form. RNZ Submissions on legislation highlight fears about compliance powers, appeal rights Law Society said its views were not properly represented in regulatory impact statements Lawyer questions how staff will identify ... <a title="Immigration NZ could ‘demand identification papers from everyone’ says civil liberties group" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/immigration-nz-could-demand-identification-papers-from-everyone-says-civil-liberties-group/" aria-label="Read more about Immigration NZ could ‘demand identification papers from everyone’ says civil liberties group">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The question sounds simple. The answer, once you examine the actual measurement science behind it, is more interesting than either “yes” or “no”. The houseplant-as-air-purifier idea can be traced to a 1989 US study, conducted for Nasa as part of research into closed-loop life support systems for space stations. In sealed, ... <a title="Can houseplants really purify the air in your home?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/can-houseplants-really-purify-the-air-in-your-home/" aria-label="Read more about Can houseplants really purify the air in your home?">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The crowds went through each home to bless them for their new owners. RNZ / Robin Martin Te Atiawa has opened a high-end townhouse development on an inner-city site in New Plymouth where colonial troops once assembled for inspection. Pukekura / The Parade features 36 two-storied two and three-bedroom homes, located ... <a title="Te Atiawa opens high-end development on former colonial parade ground" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/te-atiawa-opens-high-end-development-on-former-colonial-parade-ground/" aria-label="Read more about Te Atiawa opens high-end development on former colonial parade ground">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied/123rf First person – A little while ago, I wrote about my fairly dismal returns investing in Sharesies. I started on the platform in 2017 and to date, have a simple return of 28.14 percent. That’s well below what I could have achieved in a managed fund. Sharesies say it calculates ... <a title="I thought I was a bad investor, Sharesies didn’t agree" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/i-thought-i-was-a-bad-investor-sharesies-didnt-agree/" aria-label="Read more about I thought I was a bad investor, Sharesies didn’t agree">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The government wants to redirect some of the funding it has been using for the ‘fees-free’ university scheme into trades training. Supplied/ UCOL Does having a degree pay off? The government wants to redirect some of the funding it has been using for the ‘fees-free’ university scheme into trades training. Prime ... <a title="Trades or degrees for higher pay? Here’s the data that shows you" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/trades-or-degrees-for-higher-pay-heres-the-data-that-shows-you/" aria-label="Read more about Trades or degrees for higher pay? Here’s the data that shows you">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Georgia Plimmer at the County Ground in Northampton where the ODI between the White Ferns and England was washed out, 14 May 2026. Photosport The White Ferns will attempt to level their ODI series against England on Saturday after the second match was washed out in Northampton. Showers arrived just as ... <a title="White Ferns’ second ODI v England washed out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/white-ferns-second-odi-v-england-washed-out/" aria-label="Read more about White Ferns’ second ODI v England washed out">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Wellington essayist Ingrid Horrocks has won the major prize at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for her fiction debut, All Her Lives. The collection, which follows nine different women across nine different life stages, has won the $65,000 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize, announced at a ceremony in Auckland on Wednesday ... <a title="Short story collection wins New Zealand’s biggest book prize" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/short-story-collection-wins-new-zealands-biggest-book-prize/" aria-label="Read more about Short story collection wins New Zealand’s biggest book prize">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A Portuguese millipede. RNZ/Mary Argue Hopes have been dashed that a parasitic worm will effectively kill hordes of invasive millipedes plaguing Wellingtonians. South coast residents sounded the alarm about infestations of the Portuguese millipede almost a year ago, with stories of finding hundreds of the scaly black creatures around their homes ... <a title="Hopes dashed after parasitic worm found to be ineffective at killing invasive millipedes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/hopes-dashed-after-parasitic-worm-found-to-be-ineffective-at-killing-invasive-millipedes/" aria-label="Read more about Hopes dashed after parasitic worm found to be ineffective at killing invasive millipedes">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A Corrections staffer quit while being investigated over allegations they were in a relationship with an inmate they had assessed for parole. The Christchurch Women’s Prison inmate had been granted parole when the allegations came to light, but had not yet been released from prison. Her parole was then revoked and ... <a title="Corrections staffer quit while being investigated for inappropriate relationship with inmate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/corrections-staffer-quit-while-being-investigated-for-inappropriate-relationship-with-inmate/" aria-label="Read more about Corrections staffer quit while being investigated for inappropriate relationship with inmate">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Sociologist Paul Spoonley RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly A demographer believes the prime minister is promising a solution to an immigration problem that does not exist. Christopher Luxon has told business leaders immigration was an emerging political issue and to expect “careful” immigration policy from National – and that the party would ... <a title="PM promising solution to immigration problem that doesn’t exist, demographer says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/pm-promising-solution-to-immigration-problem-that-doesnt-exist-demographer-says/" aria-label="Read more about PM promising solution to immigration problem that doesn’t exist, demographer says">Read more</a>
