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May 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand White Ferns bowler Rosemary Mair. Photosport The White Ferns let victory slip through their grasp in a tense one-wicket loss to England in Durham to kick-start their three-match ODI series. The hosts crawled to 211 for nine in the 49th over, surviving a key dropped chance late in the chase and ... <a title="White Ferns lose tense ODI opener to England by one wicket" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/11/white-ferns-lose-tense-odi-opener-to-england-by-one-wicket/" aria-label="Read more about White Ferns lose tense ODI opener to England by one wicket">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Phoenix celebrate. Marty Melville / www.photosport.nz The Wellington Phoenix women made history on Sunday when they won a place in the club’s first A-league grand-final; they also won the hearts and minds of a legion of new fans. In front of record home crowd, the Phoenix women won the second ... <a title="Wellington Phoenix women win hearts and minds while achieving club first" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/11/wellington-phoenix-women-win-hearts-and-minds-while-achieving-club-first/" aria-label="Read more about Wellington Phoenix women win hearts and minds while achieving club first">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Emails seen by RNZ showed FENZ turned down the US State Department in March. RNZ/Marika Khabazi Fire and Emergency has turned down a request to help one of the United States’ top two urban search and rescue teams. The USA-02 team in Los Angeles county wanted a specific expert to mentor ... <a title="FENZ turns down request to help US urban search and rescue teams" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/11/fenz-turns-down-request-to-help-us-urban-search-and-rescue-teams/" aria-label="Read more about FENZ turns down request to help US urban search and rescue teams">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand When Rebecca Fitzgerald’s twin boys were born three months premature she endured a heart-breaking separation from her tiny babies. Her son Louie needed treatment at Christchurch Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) but there was no room for Ollie, who had to be treated in Dunedin, where they were born. Fitzgerald ... <a title="Christchurch Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to be expanded" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/11/christchurch-hospital-neonatal-intensive-care-unit-to-be-expanded/" aria-label="Read more about Christchurch Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to be expanded">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Children’s Commissioner says it’s not right what happened to the student. Duoya Lu The Children’s Commissioner says it is unacceptable a young student was denied boarding buses to school after she mistakenly left her wallet at home. The schoolgirl’s plight was highlighted last week by the girl’s grandmother who said ... <a title="Buses refusing to take child not acceptable, Children’s Commissioner says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/11/buses-refusing-to-take-child-not-acceptable-childrens-commissioner-says/" aria-label="Read more about Buses refusing to take child not acceptable, Children’s Commissioner says">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER A 25-year-old earning an average income could end up about $90,000 better off over the course of their working life if reforms suggested by the OECD for the retirement savings system were implemented. But not everyone is convinced it’s the right way forward. The OECD’s latest economic ... <a title="How OECD’s tax change could give you more money in KiwiSaver" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/11/how-oecds-tax-change-could-give-you-more-money-in-kiwisaver/" aria-label="Read more about How OECD’s tax change could give you more money in KiwiSaver">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. The stone skimming competition will take place at Lake Hāwea. Harrison Fitts / Pexels New Zealand’s best stone skimmers will have the chance to show off their talents on the shores of Wānaka’s Lake Hāwea on Saturday. Organiser of the Aotearoa Stone Skimming Championship, Richie Laming, told First Up ... <a title="First-ever stone skimming national championship to take place this month" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/11/first-ever-stone-skimming-national-championship-to-take-place-this-month/" aria-label="Read more about First-ever stone skimming national championship to take place this month">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand When the owner of a Mākara lifestyle block just 30 minutes from Wellington’s CBD, moved there in 2009, everyone doubted he could live off the land. “When we arrived to the place, people told me ‘you cannot grow vegetables in Wellington and fruits’,” owner Eran Benn says. But Benn made something ... <a title="Ten hours of mahi a week – can you handle off-grid life?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/11/ten-hours-of-mahi-a-week-can-you-handle-off-grid-life/" aria-label="Read more about Ten hours of mahi a week – can you handle off-grid life?">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Former Police Commissioner Andrew Coster. RNZ / REECE BAKER Former Police Commissioner Andrew Coster told the chair of the police watchdog that a woman who was accusing Jevon McSkimming of sexual offending had “effectively acknowledged her desire to ruin his career”. In the letter, obtained by RNZ, Coster said the disgraced ... <a title="Letter reveals ex-Police Commissioner’s concerns over investigation into McSkimming" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/11/letter-reveals-ex-police-commissioners-concerns-over-investigation-into-mcskimming/" aria-label="Read more about Letter reveals ex-Police Commissioner’s concerns over investigation into McSkimming">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Mohaka River in Hawke’s Bay. 123RF Volunteer fire-fighter Alex Scarrow died days before Christmas rafting the Mohaka River with friends A Coroner says it was misadventure and has put forward recommendations for a new safety code for recreational rafting They were told the rafting trip turned fatal because a knife ... <a title="Friend tried to save rafting companion trapped in water" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/11/friend-tried-to-save-rafting-companion-trapped-in-water/" aria-label="Read more about Friend tried to save rafting companion trapped in water">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Aerial view of Whirinaki after the flood receded. Bridget Wallace’s home is in the foreground at centre. Supplied / Whirinaki Trust A small Far North settlement could be the first place in New Zealand where an entire community relocates to higher ground to escape repeated floods. The idea of shifting homes, ... <a title="Far North settlement could be first place in NZ to entirely relocate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/11/far-north-settlement-could-be-first-place-in-nz-to-entirely-relocate/" aria-label="Read more about Far North settlement could be first place in NZ to entirely relocate">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Asking for more money can feel daunting — two in three workers told recruitment website SEEK they don’t feel confident doing it. Yet fewer than half of New Zealanders are happy with their current salary, and more than 45 percent say they’ve never asked for a raise, according to SEEK’s survey ... <a title="How to ask for a pay rise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/11/how-to-ask-for-a-pay-rise/" aria-label="Read more about How to ask for a pay rise">Read more</a>
