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April 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Tom Phillips died following a shootout with police in September 2025. RNZ / Supplied / Police Detailed texts about Tom Phillips’ last hours from a top police comms manager to the head of a documentary crew have been revealed. Police director of media and strategic communications Juli Clausen messaged Dame Julie ... <a title="Tom Phillips doco crew received text as ‘heads up’ he had been shot and killed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/02/tom-phillips-doco-crew-received-text-as-heads-up-he-had-been-shot-and-killed/" aria-label="Read more about Tom Phillips doco crew received text as ‘heads up’ he had been shot and killed">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nick Monro Auckland Transport are warning commuters there could be disruptions to scheduled train services after a major outage on Thursday. All train services were suspended on Thursday morning but most were able to resume from about 10.15am. AT said while some train services are restored, it’s encouraging commuters ... <a title="Train services disrupted after major AT outage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/02/train-services-disrupted-after-major-at-outage/" aria-label="Read more about Train services disrupted after major AT outage">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi campus in Whakatāne. Supplied/Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi is moving some of their noho and on-campus classes online in response to concerns from tauira (students) that rising fuel prices would impact their ability to attend classes. Chief executive Professor Wiremu Doherty ... <a title="Wānanga moves some classes online amid fuel price concerns from students" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/02/wananga-moves-some-classes-online-amid-fuel-price-concerns-from-students/" aria-label="Read more about Wānanga moves some classes online amid fuel price concerns from students">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Police are advising the public to avoid the area near Wainuiomata Road. RNZ / Patrice Allen Police are investigating an unexplained death in Wainuiomata, in Lower Hutt. A body was discovered on Wainuiomata Road around 9am on Thursday morning. Emergency services remain at the scene, and cordons are in place along ... <a title="Body found in Lower Hutt being treated as unexplained death" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/02/body-found-in-lower-hutt-being-treated-as-unexplained-death/" aria-label="Read more about Body found in Lower Hutt being treated as unexplained death">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER Two people have been arrested following an incident that earlier prompted Auckland’s Glenfield Mall and surrounding schools into lockdown. Police said they were called to a reports of a single vehicle crash on Downing Street, around 11.20am. “Two people have fled the vehicle, and one was sighted ... <a title="Two arrested after possible sighting of a firearm in Glenfield, schools’ lockdown lifted" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/02/two-arrested-after-possible-sighting-of-a-firearm-in-glenfield-schools-lockdown-lifted/" aria-label="Read more about Two arrested after possible sighting of a firearm in Glenfield, schools’ lockdown lifted">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER Auckland’s Glenfield College and Wairau Valley Special school have gone into lockdown, with armed police seen running into the nearby Glenfield Mall. In a statement on social media, Glenfield College asked people to avoid the school. “Please do not come to the school or phone the scool ... <a title="Police incident unfolding in Glenfield, schools in lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/02/police-incident-unfolding-in-glenfield-schools-in-lockdown/" aria-label="Read more about Police incident unfolding in Glenfield, schools in lockdown">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Marsden Point. RNZ / Peter de Graaf The government will put more than $20 million towards additional diesel storage capacity at Marsden Point. The arrangement – funded through the Regional Infrastructure Fund – will support 90 million litres of storage at the import and storage terminal by recommissioning storage tanks that ... <a title="Marsden Point to get diesel storage capacity boost" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/02/marsden-point-to-get-diesel-storage-capacity-boost/" aria-label="Read more about Marsden Point to get diesel storage capacity boost">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul delivers a speech at the closing session of the Responsible AI in the Military Domain (REAIM) summit in Seoul on September 10, 2024. AFP / JUNG YEON-JE New Zealand has not joined in the latest international call for responsible use of AI by the military, ... <a title="NZ doesn’t join allies in call for responsible use of AI by the military" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/02/nz-doesnt-join-allies-in-call-for-responsible-use-of-ai-by-the-military/" aria-label="Read more about NZ doesn’t join allies in call for responsible use of AI by the military">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Chris Penk and Penny Simmonds have been promoted to Cabinet, as the prime minister reshuffles his ministerial lineup. The reshuffle also sees first-term MPs Cameron Brewer and Mike Butterick made ministers outside Cabinet. The changes were necessitated by the upcoming retirement of Judith Collins, as well as Dr Shane Reti’s decision ... <a title="Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announces election-year Cabinet reshuffle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/02/prime-minister-christopher-luxon-announces-election-year-cabinet-reshuffle/" aria-label="Read more about Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announces election-year Cabinet reshuffle">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) released a summary of a police investigation it oversaw on Thursday. RNZ / REECE BAKER A police employee misused a police vehicle by taking it to go camping with a friend, despite it being booked for a search and rescue exercise, the police watchdog has ... <a title="Employee takes police vehicle camping despite being booked for search and rescue exercise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/02/employee-takes-police-vehicle-camping-despite-being-booked-for-search-and-rescue-exercise/" aria-label="Read more about Employee takes police vehicle camping despite being booked for search and rescue exercise">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Health Minister Simeon Brown. RNZ / Adam Burns Home and community support workers will receive a temporary 30 percent increase to their mileage rates to help offset rising fuel costs. The 30 percent increase means mileage rates will go from 63.5 cents to 82.5 cents per kilometre. The changes work out ... <a title="Government announces increased mileage rates for home and community support workers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/02/government-announces-increased-mileage-rates-for-home-and-community-support-workers/" aria-label="Read more about Government announces increased mileage rates for home and community support workers">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A family begins the enormous task of shovelling silt off their Whirinaki property. Supplied / FNDC Parts of the Far North are still cleaning up and some whānau are unable to return to their homes one week after a major storm battered the district. The settlement of Whirinaki was worst hit ... <a title="Parts of the Far North still cleaning up after floods" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/02/parts-of-the-far-north-still-cleaning-up-after-floods/" aria-label="Read more about Parts of the Far North still cleaning up after floods">Read more</a>
