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April 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Mental health minister Matt Doocey. RNZ / Mark Papalii The South Island’s first crisis recovery café has opened in Christchurch. The government is providing funding to bring the total number of cafés around the country from six to eight. Opening the Christchurch site on Colombo Street, Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey ... <a title="South Island gets its first crisis recovery café" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/south-island-gets-its-first-crisis-recovery-cafe/" aria-label="Read more about South Island gets its first crisis recovery café">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Charlisse Leger-Walker of the UCLA Bruins makes a pass during the second half of their game against the Tennessee Lady Vols at UCLA Pauley Pavilion on 30 November 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Luiza Moraes / Getty Images North America / Getty Images via AFP Charlisse Leger-Walker has become just the ... <a title="Charlisse Leger-Walker becomes just second New Zealand woman to be drafted in WNBA" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/charlisse-leger-walker-becomes-just-second-new-zealand-woman-to-be-drafted-in-wnba/" aria-label="Read more about Charlisse Leger-Walker becomes just second New Zealand woman to be drafted in WNBA">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Black Ferns know they won’t get away with more ill-discipline shown in this weekend’s highly anticipated clash with Canada in Kansas. The two teams meet for the first time since last year’s World Cup semi-final in England, which Canada won to end New Zealand’s title defence. The Black Ferns, coming ... <a title="Rugby: Discipline the focus for Black Ferns as chance for revenge looms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/rugby-discipline-the-focus-for-black-ferns-as-chance-for-revenge-looms/" aria-label="Read more about Rugby: Discipline the focus for Black Ferns as chance for revenge looms">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. boscorelli Leadership churn has been occurring at the top of a $1.6 billion public safety project, with Tait Systems about to get its fourth chief executive this year. Tait Systems New Zealand (TSNZ) is building a nationwide mobile radio network as part of the Public Safety Network (PSN) to ... <a title="Firm building emergency network onto its fourth CEO this year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/firm-building-emergency-network-onto-its-fourth-ceo-this-year/" aria-label="Read more about Firm building emergency network onto its fourth CEO this year">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand As some residents were facing evacuations in the Bay of Plenty during Cyclone Vaianu, one man was racing towards it. Matthew Davison has been chasing storms for around 20 years. “For a number of years around New Zealand and across the world, when there is a big storm, a cyclone or ... <a title="Watch: Storm chaser captures Cyclone Vaianu’s ferocity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/watch-storm-chaser-captures-cyclone-vaianus-ferocity/" aria-label="Read more about Watch: Storm chaser captures Cyclone Vaianu’s ferocity">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Tayla Bruce of New Zealand. Elias Rodriguez / www.photosport.nz A lawn bowls team of 12 make up the first New Zealand athletes to be selected for this year’s Glasgow Commonwealth Games. The team is headlined by 2023 women’s world singles champion Tayla Bruce, while Shannon McIlroy will compete in his fifth ... <a title="World champion headlines NZ bowls team for Commonwealth Games" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/world-champion-headlines-nz-bowls-team-for-commonwealth-games/" aria-label="Read more about World champion headlines NZ bowls team for Commonwealth Games">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand America’s most internet-famous festival, Coachella, has wrapped the first of two massive weekends of live music in the Californian desert. This year skewed towards big pop headliners, namely Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber and Colombian star Karol G, but there were plenty of surprises beyond the top billing. With seven stages available ... <a title="Highlights of weekend one at the world’s most talked about festival" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/highlights-of-weekend-one-at-the-worlds-most-talked-about-festival/" aria-label="Read more about Highlights of weekend one at the world’s most talked about festival">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Crusaders horses during the Super Rugby Pacific match against the Fijian Drua at the last game at Apollo Projects Stadium. © Photosport Ltd 2026 www.photosport.nz Horses will no longer feature at the Crusaders’ home games. The defending Super Rugby champions have made the decision to bring an end to the ... <a title="Crusaders’ horses scratched from Te Kaha Stadium" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/crusaders-horses-scratched-from-te-kaha-stadium/" aria-label="Read more about Crusaders’ horses scratched from Te Kaha Stadium">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Health NZ has consolidated 110 websites so far. RNZ / Peter de Graaf Health New Zealand has managed to consolidate about a third of its almost 350 websites after over two years’ work, but said it was more difficult than just shifting the information over. The agency began in 2023-24 on ... <a title="Health New Zealand consolidates about a third of its 350 websites" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/health-new-zealand-consolidates-about-a-third-of-its-350-websites/" aria-label="Read more about Health New Zealand consolidates about a third of its 350 websites">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Justin Evans, 24, is missing from Papa Stronsay in Scotland. SCOTLAND POLICE / SUPPLIED An extensive search is underway on a remote Scottish island after a New Zealand monk disappeared from a monastery. Justin Evans, 24, was last seen within the Golgotha Monastery on Papa Stronsay, Orkney. Do you know more? ... <a title="New Zealand monk goes missing from remote Scottish island monastery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/new-zealand-monk-goes-missing-from-remote-scottish-island-monastery/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand monk goes missing from remote Scottish island monastery">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The measure allows the government broad powers to control supplies and services including transport, or the consumption of fuel and light. RNZ Pacific / Sally Round Tuvalu has declared a state of emergency on Funafuti Island for two weeks in light of risks to the fuel and electricity supply. In a ... <a title="Tuvalu declares state of emergency over fuel and power supply concerns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/tuvalu-declares-state-of-emergency-over-fuel-and-power-supply-concerns/" aria-label="Read more about Tuvalu declares state of emergency over fuel and power supply concerns">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Staff work at the PreSort at Auckland’s Material Recovery Facility in Onehunga, where things that shouldn’t be in recycling are pulled out by hand. It’s on two conveyor belts and moving fast. Supplied / Auckland Council Explainer – Too much of Auckland’s recycling is just going to waste – the landfill, ... <a title="What Auckland is doing wrong when it comes to recycling – and how it can change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/what-auckland-is-doing-wrong-when-it-comes-to-recycling-and-how-it-can-change/" aria-label="Read more about What Auckland is doing wrong when it comes to recycling – and how it can change">Read more</a>
