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May 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Gull and NPD’s combined 240 sites will maintain their brands. RNZ / Dan Cook The Commerce Commission has greenlit the merger of fuel companies Gull and NPD. The competition regulator said it was satisfied the proposed merger was not likely to substantially lessen competition in the market. Under the merger proposal, ... <a title="Commerce Commission greenlights Gull NPD merger" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/08/commerce-commission-greenlights-gull-npd-merger/" aria-label="Read more about Commerce Commission greenlights Gull NPD merger">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand petervick167/123RF Police have recovered a body from where a tractor went into the Otututu/Rough River near Ikamatua on the West Coast. The tractor was found upside down in the river at 10.45am on Friday morning. The person was found a short time later and is believed to be the only person ... <a title="Body found in West Coast river near upside down tractor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/08/body-found-in-west-coast-river-near-upside-down-tractor/" aria-label="Read more about Body found in West Coast river near upside down tractor">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The University of Auckland’s clock tower. (File photo) RNZ / Ziming Li University students across New Zealand cannot submit assignments or communicate with tutors after their online learning system was hit by a global data hack. Names, email addresses, student ID numbers and messages between users could all be affected by ... <a title="New Zealand students’ details caught up in massive global university hack" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/08/new-zealand-students-details-caught-up-in-massive-global-university-hack/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand students’ details caught up in massive global university hack">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Ten-year-old male hunting dog, Marley, was euthanised after being impounded for not being registered. LDR / supplied A homeless woman’s dog impounded during a police and council operation has been put down despite public offers to pay for his registration. Tauranga City Council acknowledged there were offers but claimed the dog’s ... <a title="Council defends putting down homeless woman’s dog despite public offers to help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/08/council-defends-putting-down-homeless-womans-dog-despite-public-offers-to-help/" aria-label="Read more about Council defends putting down homeless woman’s dog despite public offers to help">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand AFP / JIM WATSON New Zealand-founded company Rocket Lab is well placed to benefit from the Trump administration’s planned “Golden Dome” space missile shield, according to its chief executive Sir Peter Beck. It comes after it posted record revenue of US$200 million (NZ$336 million) in the first quarter, as demand for ... <a title="Rocket Lab hits record revenue for quarter, looks to cash in on Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/08/rocket-lab-hits-record-revenue-for-quarter-looks-to-cash-in-on-trumps-golden-dome/" aria-label="Read more about Rocket Lab hits record revenue for quarter, looks to cash in on Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Francis de Vries Andrew Cornaga/www.photosport.nz Auckland FC v Adelaide United Semi-final first leg Mt Smart Stadium, 6pm Saturday 9 May Live updates on RNZ.co.nz Defender Francis de Vries was one of the first names on the Auckland FC team sheet for nearly two seasons until an injury on international duty in ... <a title="Francis de Vries ready to answer Auckland FC’s A-League finals call" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/08/francis-de-vries-ready-to-answer-auckland-fcs-a-league-finals-call/" aria-label="Read more about Francis de Vries ready to answer Auckland FC’s A-League finals call">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied Two years after a single huia feather sold at auction for a world record $46,521 an entire specimen of the extinct bird is going under the hammer. Despite the record-breaking feather Leah Morris, head of decorative arts at Webb’s Auction House, said they had priced the full bird “conservatively” at ... <a title="Extinct huia speciman expected to sell for less than a single feather" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/08/extinct-huia-speciman-expected-to-sell-for-less-than-a-single-feather/" aria-label="Read more about Extinct huia speciman expected to sell for less than a single feather">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand canoe sprint paddlers Aimee Fisher and Dame Lisa Carrington. PHOTOSPORT Dame Lisa Carrington won’t compete in the opening Canoe Sprint World Cup regatta in Hungary this weekend. Dame Lisa was initially named in the K4 500m starting line-up alongside Olivia Brett, Greer Morley and Lucy Matehaere. However on medical ... <a title="Dame Lisa Carrington skips World Cup regatta on medical advice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/08/dame-lisa-carrington-skips-world-cup-regatta-on-medical-advice/" aria-label="Read more about Dame Lisa Carrington skips World Cup regatta on medical advice">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The University of Auckland’s clock tower. (File photo) RNZ / Ziming Li An online learning system used by the University of Auckland and the Auckland University of Auckland (AUT), has been hit by a global data hacking incident. Names, email addresses, student ID numbers and messages between users could all be ... <a title="Auckland students’ details caught up in massive global university hack" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/08/auckland-students-details-caught-up-in-massive-global-university-hack/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland students’ details caught up in massive global university hack">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Jason Death, playing for the Warriors against the Broncos in March 2001. www.photosport.nz A GoFundMe page has been launched for former Warriors NRL player Jason Death, following reports he’s suffered a serious fall. According to a post on the website, Death has a long recovery ahead of him, after he fractured ... <a title="Former Warriors player Jason Death in hospital in Sydney after bad fall" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/08/former-warriors-player-jason-death-in-hospital-in-sydney-after-bad-fall/" aria-label="Read more about Former Warriors player Jason Death in hospital in Sydney after bad fall">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Neville Sandiford first picked up a mallet in 2002, at age 79, when he and his late wife, Joan, came back from a holiday and decided they needed something new to keep them busy. “She happened to be looking in the paper and saw an advertisement for… ten free croquet lessons… ... <a title="102-year-old Kiwi named world’s oldest competitive croquet player" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/08/102-year-old-kiwi-named-worlds-oldest-competitive-croquet-player/" aria-label="Read more about 102-year-old Kiwi named world’s oldest competitive croquet player">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The University of Auckland’s clock tower. (File photo) RNZ / Ziming Li An online learning system used by the University of Auckland and the Auckland University of Auckland (AUT), has been hit by a global data hacking incident. Names, email addresses, student ID numbers and messages between users could all be ... <a title="University of Auckland and AUT’s online learning system hit by hackers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/08/university-of-auckland-and-auts-online-learning-system-hit-by-hackers/" aria-label="Read more about University of Auckland and AUT’s online learning system hit by hackers">Read more</a>
