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April 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Unsplash / Tom Rumble Investors aren’t giving up on the property market yet – despite reports of large numbers planning to sell. Cotality’s latest data shows that investors with mortgages were responsible for 24 percent of sales in the first quarter of the year, returning to a level that was in ... <a title="Reports of property investment dying may be overstated" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/reports-of-property-investment-dying-may-be-overstated/" aria-label="Read more about Reports of property investment dying may be overstated">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Diesel was selling for an average $3.89 a litre on Monday, according to Gaspy, while 91 was $3.48. RNZ / Quin Tauetau Anyone planning to boycott their road user charges (RUCs) as the cost of diesel rises may find their protest backfires. A number of online groups have raised the prospect ... <a title="Don’t boycott RUCs over diesel price, vehicle owners told" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/dont-boycott-rucs-over-diesel-price-vehicle-owners-told/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t boycott RUCs over diesel price, vehicle owners told">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ’s investigation found black market tobacco was sometimes being sold for less than half the price of the regulated product. 123RF Retail NZ wants an urgent government taskforce created to crack down on illicit tobacco before the problem reaches crisis levels like in Australia. An RNZ investigation last month found black ... <a title="Retail NZ wants ‘rigourous crackdown’ by government on illicit tobacco" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/retail-nz-wants-rigourous-crackdown-by-government-on-illicit-tobacco/" aria-label="Read more about Retail NZ wants ‘rigourous crackdown’ by government on illicit tobacco">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Venues Ōtautahi chief executive Caroline Harvie-Teare. RNZ / Nate McKinnon The boss of Christchurch’s new stadium is calling for greater transparency over how the Government is divvying up its $40 million events attraction package. Wellington’s Ultra Festival, rock band Linkin Park and pop star Robbie Williams are among those lured with ... <a title="Christchurch stadium boss calls for transparency over event funding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/christchurch-stadium-boss-calls-for-transparency-over-event-funding/" aria-label="Read more about Christchurch stadium boss calls for transparency over event funding">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand On the fuel application Gaspy, 91 fuel was an average of $3.48 a litre and diesel was averaging $3.89 per litre. RNZ / Quin Tauetau A well-known Wellington Cafe is considering introducing a fuel surcharge in response to its suppliers hiking up their prices. Smith the Grocer in The Old Bank ... <a title="Wellington cafe considers fuel surcharge as costs keep rising" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/wellington-cafe-considers-fuel-surcharge-as-costs-keep-rising/" aria-label="Read more about Wellington cafe considers fuel surcharge as costs keep rising">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand BusinessNZ chief executive Katherine Rich said the services sector was clearly feeling the effects of the conflict in Iran. 123RF Services sector slump deepens All five sub-indices in retreat Negative comments leap higher BNZ says PSI “so poor, economy could soon be contracting” New Zealand’s services sector has retreated for the ... <a title="Services sector slumps again as PSI points to deeper contraction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/services-sector-slumps-again-as-psi-points-to-deeper-contraction/" aria-label="Read more about Services sector slumps again as PSI points to deeper contraction">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon meets India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on 17 March 2025. Piyal Bhattacharya / The Times of India via AFP Some of New Zealand’s top exporters and business associations have signed an open letter calling on all political parties to back New Zealand’s free trade ... <a title="New Zealand’s top exporters call on parliament to back free trade agreement with India" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/new-zealands-top-exporters-call-on-parliament-to-back-free-trade-agreement-with-india/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s top exporters call on parliament to back free trade agreement with India">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Financial Markets Authority’s headquarters in Auckland. Google Maps The former head of failed insurer CBL has settled with the financial markets regulator over proceedings related to the company’s public share offer in 2015. Under the settlement with the Financial Markets Authority, Peter Harris agreed to make admissions of liability relating ... <a title="Former boss of failed insurer CBL goes for settlement with financial markets regulator" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/former-boss-of-failed-insurer-cbl-goes-for-settlement-with-financial-markets-regulator/" aria-label="Read more about Former boss of failed insurer CBL goes for settlement with financial markets regulator">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand ANZ said it was not a given that hiking the OCR would prove to have been the right thing to do in the fullness of time. RNZ ANZ, New Zealand’s biggest bank, says it now expects three official cash rate (OCR) increases this year – in July, September and October. But ... <a title="ANZ now expects RBNZ to raise official cash rate in July" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/anz-now-expects-rbnz-to-raise-official-cash-rate-in-july/" aria-label="Read more about ANZ now expects RBNZ to raise official cash rate in July">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Brightcove link: https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6392786299112 Despite having just turned 14, Naia Talakai’s racking up the haircuts, working 6 days a week at Ōtara town centre. He does his homework on the train to school as he is in the barbershop for a couple of hours every evening from Monday to Friday. Saturday is ... <a title="Fadez by Naia: Ōtara’s talented teen barber" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/fadez-by-naia-otaras-talented-teen-barber/" aria-label="Read more about Fadez by Naia: Ōtara’s talented teen barber">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The company said it was experiencing temporary in-market product availability issues. Getty Images Infant milk formula (IMF) exporter a2 Milk says supply chain disruptions are making it difficult to meet Chinese demand, which is expected to see its full-year profit outlook fall short of expectations. In a market statement, the company ... <a title="a2 Milk drops profit forecast due to supply chain disruptions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/a2-milk-drops-profit-forecast-due-to-supply-chain-disruptions/" aria-label="Read more about a2 Milk drops profit forecast due to supply chain disruptions">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A fixed-wing aircraft is used to drop fertiliser on a field. New Zealand Agricultural Aviation Association Rural retailers are reporting the supply chain crunch due to impacts of war in the Middle East is flowing down to key agricultural goods. Farming customers at major rural retailers Farmlands and PGG Wrightson are ... <a title="Supply chain crunch raising price of agricultural goods, rural retailers says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/supply-chain-crunch-raising-price-of-agricultural-goods-rural-retailers-says/" aria-label="Read more about Supply chain crunch raising price of agricultural goods, rural retailers says">Read more</a>
