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April 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand (L-R) Dame Lisa Carrington, Tara Vaughan, Olivia Brett and Alicia Hoskin win gold in the women’s K4 final at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Iain McGregor / www.photosport.nz Dame Lisa Carrington is competing but two other members of the Olympic champion four are missing from the New Zealand Canoe Sprint team named ... <a title="Dame Lisa Carrington in, but other key names missing from NZ Canoe Sprint squad" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/dame-lisa-carrington-in-but-other-key-names-missing-from-nz-canoe-sprint-squad/" aria-label="Read more about Dame Lisa Carrington in, but other key names missing from NZ Canoe Sprint squad">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Construction on the new Te Waihorotiu Station in Auckland CBD is still underway. RNZ / Jessica Hopkins Some central Auckland businesses fear they will go under before the long-awaited and long-delayed City Rail Link [CRL] opens. The $5.5 billion project connects Waitematā Station with a redeveloped Maungawhau Station and two new ... <a title="Despair in Auckland CBD over CRK slow crawl to finish line" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/despair-in-auckland-cbd-over-crk-slow-crawl-to-finish-line/" aria-label="Read more about Despair in Auckland CBD over CRK slow crawl to finish line">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Immigration minister Erica Stanford. RNZ / Nick Monro The government’s refreshed Active Investor Plus Visa has drawn in nearly $4 billion in funds already invested or committed, in its first year. Changes to the so-called ‘Golden Visa’, which gives wealthy foreigners residency if they directly invest in local companies, took effect ... <a title="Active Investor Plus Visa draws in nearly $4b of foreign funds in first year since refresh" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/active-investor-plus-visa-draws-in-nearly-4b-of-foreign-funds-in-first-year-since-refresh/" aria-label="Read more about Active Investor Plus Visa draws in nearly $4b of foreign funds in first year since refresh">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon *This article was originally published in March 2026. With the opening of One New Zealand Stadium in Christchurch just days away, the Crusaders are facing a significant shift – leaving behind a proven home fortress and adapting to life under a roof. Always intended as a temporary ... <a title="Home sweet dome: Will a roof put a lid on the Crusaders’ dominance?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/home-sweet-dome-will-a-roof-put-a-lid-on-the-crusaders-dominance/" aria-label="Read more about Home sweet dome: Will a roof put a lid on the Crusaders’ dominance?">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The family of a woman missing for eight months are “desperate to find her” and remain hopeful she is alive, police say. Rowena Walker was reported missing by her mother on 22 October last year. Walker’s last confirmed sighting was on 14 August, when she was captured on CCTV in Christchurch ... <a title="Watch: Police say family of missing Christchurch woman Rowena Walker ‘desperate to find her’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/watch-police-say-family-of-missing-christchurch-woman-rowena-walker-desperate-to-find-her/" aria-label="Read more about Watch: Police say family of missing Christchurch woman Rowena Walker ‘desperate to find her’">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Police search for missing Wellington man Philip Sutton. RNZ / Mark Papalii From the muddy waters of the Karori Stream on Wednesday morning, a police dog emerges, shakes, and begins to sniff along the far bank. Search teams, including the dive squad and a dog unit, continue to hunt for missing ... <a title="Specialist search teams look for Philip Sutton, missing since Wellington storm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/specialist-search-teams-look-for-philip-sutton-missing-since-wellington-storm/" aria-label="Read more about Specialist search teams look for Philip Sutton, missing since Wellington storm">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Tātau Tātau o Te Wairoa is yet to hear back from Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, left, over Minister of Treaty Negotiations Paul Goldsmith’s role. RNZ / Kim Baker Wilson A Hawke’s Bay post-settlement iwi trust has written to the Prime Minister calling for the removal of Paul Goldsmith as the Minister ... <a title="Wairoa iwi seeks removal of Goldsmith as Treaty Negotiations Minister" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/wairoa-iwi-seeks-removal-of-goldsmith-as-treaty-negotiations-minister/" aria-label="Read more about Wairoa iwi seeks removal of Goldsmith as Treaty Negotiations Minister">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A dead cow washed up on Island Bay Beach in Wellington. Caitlin Dalzell / supplied A dead cow has washed up on Island Bay Beach in Wellington, following the thunderstorm and heavy rain that hit the region in the early hours of Monday. Island Bay woman Caitlin Dalzell said she first ... <a title="Dead cow washes up on Island Bay beach after storm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/dead-cow-washes-up-on-island-bay-beach-after-storm/" aria-label="Read more about Dead cow washes up on Island Bay beach after storm">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Police are due to speak to media about the disappearance of Christchurch woman Rowena Walker. Detective Senior Sergeant Jo Carolan would speak to media at 11am. Walker was reported missing by her mother in October last year. Rowena Walker seen on CCTV. (File photo) Supplied On Monday police announced they were ... <a title="Watch live: Police reveal more details about search for missing Christchurch woman Rowena Walker" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/watch-live-police-reveal-more-details-about-search-for-missing-christchurch-woman-rowena-walker/" aria-label="Read more about Watch live: Police reveal more details about search for missing Christchurch woman Rowena Walker">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Some of the pounamu that was recovered by police across the West Coast. NZ POLICE / SUPPLIED Police have recovered about 1000 kilograms of pounamu and charged three people in an operation targeting alleged thefts of the precious stone across the West Coast. Detectives from Tasman and Central Otago executed search ... <a title="Police recover 1000 kilograms of pounamu in operation targeting alleged thefts across West Coast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/police-recover-1000-kilograms-of-pounamu-in-operation-targeting-alleged-thefts-across-west-coast/" aria-label="Read more about Police recover 1000 kilograms of pounamu in operation targeting alleged thefts across West Coast">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Auckland’s City Rail Link. (File photo) Supplied Auckland’s City Rail Link (CRL), is not enough to revitalise the CBD, an entrepreneur says. The $5.5 billion rail transport project was due to be completed later this year. Andrew Barnes, the founder of Perpetual Guardian and former chairperson of the now merged Regional ... <a title="City Rail link ‘not enough’ to revitalise downtown Auckland, entrepreneur says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/city-rail-link-not-enough-to-revitalise-downtown-auckland-entrepreneur-says/" aria-label="Read more about City Rail link ‘not enough’ to revitalise downtown Auckland, entrepreneur says">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Richard Tindiller A person waiting for a bus in Auckland has been stabbed multiple times. Police say they were called to Manurewa Railway Station about 1.20am on Wednesday. They said the victim was approached by someone they didn’t know, who stabbed them repeatedly and tried to take their backpack. ... <a title="Person waiting for bus in Auckland stabbed multiple times" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/person-waiting-for-bus-in-auckland-stabbed-multiple-times/" aria-label="Read more about Person waiting for bus in Auckland stabbed multiple times">Read more</a>
