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May 6, 2026
RNZ Pacific A female journalist in Tonga has been threatened at gunpoint following the broadcast of a news story about an Australian criminal deportee serving a life sentence in Tonga for methamphetamine importation. The incident, in which an unknown individual threatened the journalist at the Kele’a Publications office in Nuku’alofa 12 days ago — 23 ... <a title="Tongan police investigate journalist threatened at gunpoint after gang-related report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/tongan-police-investigate-journalist-threatened-at-gunpoint-after-gang-related-report/" aria-label="Read more about Tongan police investigate journalist threatened at gunpoint after gang-related report">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra A national centre to detect and disrupt the threat of online violent extremism and terrorism is to be set up by the federal government, with next week’s budget providing $74 million over two years for it. The Counter Terrorism Online ... <a title="Budget provides for new counter-terrorism centre to fight online threat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/budget-provides-for-new-counter-terrorism-centre-to-fight-online-threat-282154/" aria-label="Read more about Budget provides for new counter-terrorism centre to fight online threat">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
By Khalia Strong of PMN News Fiji has shot up the world rankings for press freedom but the victory feels hollow as journalists across the Pacific face a wave of court battles, police raids, and vicious online abuse. The 2026 World Press Freedom Index, released last Thursday by Reporters Without Borders, shows Fiji climbing to ... <a title="Fiji’s media win in World Press Freedom Index overshadowed by threats and court summons" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/fijis-media-win-in-world-press-freedom-index-overshadowed-by-threats-and-court-summons/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s media win in World Press Freedom Index overshadowed by threats and court summons">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Changes to negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount on housing (and probably other assets) are now considered certain in Tuesday’s budget. We don’t know all the details but the driving idea is to tilt the balance away from ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Alan Kohler says Labor’s tax changes probably won’t lower house prices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/politics-with-michelle-grattan-alan-kohler-says-labors-tax-changes-probably-wont-lower-house-prices-282149/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Alan Kohler says Labor’s tax changes probably won’t lower house prices">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Changes to negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount on housing (and probably other assets) are now considered certain in Tuesday’s budget. We don’t know all the details but the driving idea is to tilt the balance away from ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Alan Kohler says Labor’s tax changes won’t lower house prices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/politics-with-michelle-grattan-alan-kohler-says-labors-tax-changes-wont-lower-house-prices-282149/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Alan Kohler says Labor’s tax changes won’t lower house prices">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jye Marshall, Lecturer, Fashion Design, School of Design and Architecture, Swinburne University of Technology The 2026 Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Gala has delivered, as per usual, the who’s who of Hollywood, decked out to the nines. This year’s dress code was “Fashion is Art”, linked ... <a title="Fashion is Art: 10 stars who met the brief at the Met Gala" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/fashion-is-art-10-stars-who-met-the-brief-at-the-met-gala-282138/" aria-label="Read more about Fashion is Art: 10 stars who met the brief at the Met Gala">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Hayward, Emeritus Professor of Public Policy, RMIT University About a year and a half ago, Jaclyn Symes replaced Tim Pallas as Victorian treasurer, ending Pallas’ record-breaking ten years in the role. A lot was expected of Symes in not much time. She needed to find cash ... <a title="The Victorian budget is cleverly structured for an election. But is it too late to make a difference?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/the-victorian-budget-is-cleverly-structured-for-an-election-but-is-it-too-late-to-make-a-difference-282064/" aria-label="Read more about The Victorian budget is cleverly structured for an election. But is it too late to make a difference?">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stella Huangfu, Associate Professor, School of Economics, University of Sydney The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has lifted the official cash rate by another 25 basis points, the third hike this year as it struggles to keep inflation under control. The increase takes the cash rate to ... <a title="With no easy options, RBA raises interest rates for the third time to quell inflation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/with-no-easy-options-rba-raises-interest-rates-for-the-third-time-to-quell-inflation-281979/" aria-label="Read more about With no easy options, RBA raises interest rates for the third time to quell inflation">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As high poll numbers are increasingly emboldening One Nation, Pauline Hanson now says she might seek to move to the House of Representatives. Her adviser James Ashby first floated the idea on Sky News on Monday, saying he would “throw ... <a title="View from The Hill: Would Pauline Hanson really risk a tilt at the lower house?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/view-from-the-hill-would-pauline-hanson-really-risk-a-tilt-at-the-lower-house-281635/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Would Pauline Hanson really risk a tilt at the lower house?">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on May 5, 2026.
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Asia Pacific Report - John Minto
Forough Amin in her opinion piece “The consequences of selective morality” (The Press, 28 April 2026) argues that the Palestine solidarity movement’s call for sanctions against Israel is “selective morality”. She says we should be calling out all human rights abuses everywhere — which in her case means Iran.
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May 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marten Risius, Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland Eighty-one years after Adolf Hitler died by his own hand in a Berlin bunker, a viral video on TikTok shows an AI-generated vision of the Nazi dictator standing in Antarctica, shoulders broad and face smiling, ... <a title="Hollow-Earth myths and Nazi UFOs on TikTok are bringing white supremacism into the mainstream" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/hollow-earth-myths-and-nazi-ufos-on-tiktok-are-bringing-white-supremacism-into-the-mainstream-281653/" aria-label="Read more about Hollow-Earth myths and Nazi UFOs on TikTok are bringing white supremacism into the mainstream">Read more</a>
