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May 18, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frederik von Briel, Associate Professor in Strategy and Entrepreneurship, The University of Queensland This month’s federal budget made a familiar promise: artificial intelligence (AI) will help lift Australia’s productivity. But for many Australian firms, especially small and medium-sized businesses, “using AI” still means experimenting with a generic ... <a title="Businesses need more than generic chatbots to benefit from AI. Will this budget help?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/18/businesses-need-more-than-generic-chatbots-to-benefit-from-ai-will-this-budget-help-282962/" aria-label="Read more about Businesses need more than generic chatbots to benefit from AI. Will this budget help?">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2026
Middle East Monitor Israel is now perceived more negatively than any other country in the world, according to new global polling published by Nira Data as part of its 2026 democracy and country perception research. The five most positively perceived countries were Switzerland, Canada, Japan, Sweden and Italy. The findings place Israel at the bottom ... <a title="Israel becomes world’s most disliked country, global survey finds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/18/israel-becomes-worlds-most-disliked-country-global-survey-finds/" aria-label="Read more about Israel becomes world’s most disliked country, global survey finds">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Kathrine Ross What a blast at the Auckland Writers Festival today, I had tickets for Marika and I to attend Palestinian writer Tareq Baconi’s talk and decided to dress up and wear my Palestine-flag-dress. Little did I know the stir it would cause — the Aotea Centre security literally chased me through the ... <a title="Palestine on patrol – how a flag-dress caused a writers’ stir for justice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/18/palestine-on-patrol-how-a-flag-dress-caused-a-writers-stir-for-justice/" aria-label="Read more about Palestine on patrol – how a flag-dress caused a writers’ stir for justice">Read more</a>
From MIL OSIPost
May 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. RNZ/ Marika Khabazi One person has died and two others are injured after a three-vehicle crash on the Waikato Expressway. Police said the crash happened at Pōkeno shortly before 7pm. One person died at the scene. Two other people were injured in the crash – one with critical injuries…
From MIL OSIPost
May 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and education minister Erica Stanford are set to make an education announcement in Lower Hutt this afternoon. They’re speaking to media at Boulcott School. This is a pre-budget announcement ahead of Budget Day on 28 May. The livestream is due to begin around 2.30pm. – Published by…
From MIL OSIPost
May 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Hayden Tasker during the trial. The Press / Iain McGregor The man who drove into police officers in Nelson and killed Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming has been found guilty of murder. Fleming and Senior Sergeant Adam Ramsay were on foot patrol in Buxton Square in the early hours of New Year’s…
From MIL OSIPost
May 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 123rf Last year’s weak economic conditions coincided with a 35 percent drop in the value of capital investments, along with a 10 percent drop in the number of transactions the year earlier. NZ Private Capital Monitor indicates there were 276 transactions last year, with $2.5 billion in combined investments and divestments…
From MIL OSIPost
May 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Dunedin councillor Benedict Ong. RNZ / Tess Brunton A Dunedin councillor has been suspended from all committees and subcommittees for nine months because of concerns about his behaviour. Benedict Ong faced a code of conduct complaint after revealing details about a potential hotel development at Forsyth Barr Stadium to reporters in…
From MIL OSIPost
May 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand GenPro, the association for general practice owners, has called for all political parties to consider investing more in primary healthcare. 123rf GPs are calling for more funding and more accurate ways of allocating it, to ensure practices aren’t losing money. The government has recently announced a new method of determining the…
From MIL OSIPost
May 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ executive editor Jeremy Rees managing to remain remarkably upbeat while publicly identifying as a Dragons supporter. Supplied First person: The year before the Warriors launched into the then Australian Rugby League, my wife was sitting exams. Coincidentally, in preparation for the Warriors’ launch, there was a lot of league on…
From MIL OSIPost
May 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Some of the Feral No More rescue cats are in temporary cages, ahead of their move to Eketāhuna. RNZ / Jimmy Ellingham A cat rescuer who tames, desexes and rehomes stray felines is worried a bureaucratic battle could put his operation on pause. Tony Hitchcock has run Feral No More from…
From MIL OSIPost
May 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Auckland FC fans, aka The Port. Andrew Cornaga / www.photosport.nz Auckland FC will host the A-League grand final in New Zealand for the first time on Saturday and the club says tickets are “selling like hotcakes”. Just after 4pm on Monday, the first day that tickets went on sale, chief executive…
