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April 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Tom Kitchin One person has died following a crash on Moa Flat Road, Ettrick, in Central Otago. Police were alerted to the single vehicle crash around 11.20am on Thursday. A car had veered off the road and gone down the bank. One person was found deceased at the scene. ... <a title="One dies after car veers off road in Central Otago" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/03/one-dies-after-car-veers-off-road-in-central-otago/" aria-label="Read more about One dies after car veers off road in Central Otago">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Cameron Suafoa, while playing for the Blues against the Hurricanes in May 2023. photosport Blues forward Cameron Suafoa has shared heartbreaking news. In a video released overnight by the Blues, Suafoa, who’s just 27, has announced he won’t play again after receiving the worst possible update on his ongoing battle with ... <a title="Blues forward Cameron Suafoa told his cancer is terminal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/03/blues-forward-cameron-suafoa-told-his-cancer-is-terminal/" aria-label="Read more about Blues forward Cameron Suafoa told his cancer is terminal">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand As a struggling solo parent for most of the last 16 years, I know from experience that the best way to keep stomachs full and energy levels high has been to grow as much of my own food as possible. When I was living in a dark, south-facing Wellington flat for ... <a title="How to start growing your own food (even if you have no space or spare cash)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/03/how-to-start-growing-your-own-food-even-if-you-have-no-space-or-spare-cash/" aria-label="Read more about How to start growing your own food (even if you have no space or spare cash)">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A couple of weeks ago, feeling like she’d “slid back to rock bottom” after Nigel Latta‘s death, his wife Natalie Flynn asked a psychiatrist/Buddhist monk friend for life hacks on grieving. “Grief is like the stock market. You think you’re on an upswing, then it drops, but look at the overall ... <a title="‘I’m having fewer grief attacks’ – Nigel Latta’s widow is finding her way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/03/im-having-fewer-grief-attacks-nigel-lattas-widow-is-finding-her-way/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I’m having fewer grief attacks’ – Nigel Latta’s widow is finding her way">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The marae mattress room is the creative inspiration behind the latest work of Tūwharetoa artist Tyrone Te Waa. Te Waa said the mattress room on his marae is where many of his best childhood memories were formed — and that space now anchors his work on show in Dreaming from Afar, ... <a title="From marae mattress room to gallery walls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/03/from-marae-mattress-room-to-gallery-walls/" aria-label="Read more about From marae mattress room to gallery walls">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand All Whites, from left, playing for their club sides Ben Waine, Finn Surman, Jesse Randall and Ryan Thomas. AFP/Photosport The All Whites played their final home games before the Football World Cup this week and the players now part ways to return to their club sides where some are chasing championships, ... <a title="All Whites return to clubs to await World Cup news" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/03/all-whites-return-to-clubs-to-await-world-cup-news/" aria-label="Read more about All Whites return to clubs to await World Cup news">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Apollo Projects Stadium will host Super Rugby for the final time this weekend. Photosport / John Davidson A bittersweet farewell awaits the Crusaders. The stadium built to be their temporary home, where the side built a dynasty, will host Super Rugby for the final time this weekend. Addington was not a ... <a title="Super Rugby: Crusaders farewell Addington, Lomax debuts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/03/super-rugby-crusaders-farewell-addington-lomax-debuts/" aria-label="Read more about Super Rugby: Crusaders farewell Addington, Lomax debuts">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The fuel crisis has left a feeling of anxiety among Māori communities who do not know how much fuel is in their rohe, Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer says. Ngarewa-Packer, the party’s energy spokesperson, sat down for a wide-ranging interview with Mata host Mihingarangi Forbes and said while tikanga-led covid-19 ... <a title="Debbie Ngarewa-Packer says the fuel crisis is causing anxiety among Māori communities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/03/debbie-ngarewa-packer-says-the-fuel-crisis-is-causing-anxiety-among-maori-communities/" aria-label="Read more about Debbie Ngarewa-Packer says the fuel crisis is causing anxiety among Māori communities">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Dame Julie Christie is producing a Tom Phillips documentary. RNZ / Mark Papalii Inside nearly 300 pages of documents released by police lies a series of messages between Police’s director of media and strategic communications Juli Clausen and the CEO of a documentary crew Dame Julie Christie. National Crime Correspondent Sam ... <a title="Inside the messages between Police’s media communications director and documentary boss" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/03/inside-the-messages-between-polices-media-communications-director-and-documentary-boss/" aria-label="Read more about Inside the messages between Police’s media communications director and documentary boss">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Two people were found dead in Hamilton East. (File photo) RNZ / Richard Tindiller Two people have been found dead at a property in Hamilton East. Detective Inspector Stephen Ambler said the deaths were under police investigation and at this stage being treated as “unexplained”. Ambler said police were notified about ... <a title="Two found dead at Hamilton property, police investigation underway" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/02/two-found-dead-at-hamilton-property-police-investigation-underway/" aria-label="Read more about Two found dead at Hamilton property, police investigation underway">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The man is due to appear in court again in June. RNZ / Richard Tindiller A Wellington businessman who had pleaded not guilty to posting harmful digital communications has had his name suppression continued. The 57-year-old man appeared in Wellington District Court last month charged with making a Facebook post that ... <a title="Wellington businessman charged with posting harmful digital communications keeps name suppression" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/02/wellington-businessman-charged-with-posting-harmful-digital-communications-keeps-name-suppression/" aria-label="Read more about Wellington businessman charged with posting harmful digital communications keeps name suppression">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Diggers working at the burnt-out Bromley wastewater treatment plant. Christchurch City Council supplied pictures and video of work to remove rot from inside its filters on 10 June 2022. Christchurch City Council Christchurch city councillors has voted to add more air to sewage ponds at its troubled Bromley treatment plant to ... <a title="Christchurch councillors vote to add more air to Bromley sewage ponds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/02/christchurch-councillors-vote-to-add-more-air-to-bromley-sewage-ponds/" aria-label="Read more about Christchurch councillors vote to add more air to Bromley sewage ponds">Read more</a>
