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May 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Georgia Plimmer at the County Ground in Northampton where the ODI between the White Ferns and England was washed out, 14 May 2026. Photosport The White Ferns will attempt to level their ODI series against England on Saturday after the second match was washed out in Northampton. Showers arrived just as ... <a title="White Ferns’ second ODI v England washed out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/white-ferns-second-odi-v-england-washed-out/" aria-label="Read more about White Ferns’ second ODI v England washed out">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Wellington essayist Ingrid Horrocks has won the major prize at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for her fiction debut, All Her Lives. The collection, which follows nine different women across nine different life stages, has won the $65,000 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize, announced at a ceremony in Auckland on Wednesday ... <a title="Short story collection wins New Zealand’s biggest book prize" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/short-story-collection-wins-new-zealands-biggest-book-prize/" aria-label="Read more about Short story collection wins New Zealand’s biggest book prize">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A Portuguese millipede. RNZ/Mary Argue Hopes have been dashed that a parasitic worm will effectively kill hordes of invasive millipedes plaguing Wellingtonians. South coast residents sounded the alarm about infestations of the Portuguese millipede almost a year ago, with stories of finding hundreds of the scaly black creatures around their homes ... <a title="Hopes dashed after parasitic worm found to be ineffective at killing invasive millipedes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/hopes-dashed-after-parasitic-worm-found-to-be-ineffective-at-killing-invasive-millipedes/" aria-label="Read more about Hopes dashed after parasitic worm found to be ineffective at killing invasive millipedes">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A Corrections staffer quit while being investigated over allegations they were in a relationship with an inmate they had assessed for parole. The Christchurch Women’s Prison inmate had been granted parole when the allegations came to light, but had not yet been released from prison. Her parole was then revoked and ... <a title="Corrections staffer quit while being investigated for inappropriate relationship with inmate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/corrections-staffer-quit-while-being-investigated-for-inappropriate-relationship-with-inmate/" aria-label="Read more about Corrections staffer quit while being investigated for inappropriate relationship with inmate">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Sociologist Paul Spoonley RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly A demographer believes the prime minister is promising a solution to an immigration problem that does not exist. Christopher Luxon has told business leaders immigration was an emerging political issue and to expect “careful” immigration policy from National – and that the party would ... <a title="PM promising solution to immigration problem that doesn’t exist, demographer says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/pm-promising-solution-to-immigration-problem-that-doesnt-exist-demographer-says/" aria-label="Read more about PM promising solution to immigration problem that doesn’t exist, demographer says">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand After twenty years in the business, Katchafire have made many friends in the music industry. The New Zealand band have called on some of their contacts for their latest project, Revival: The Guest Edition. It’s the second time the band have revisited their platinum-selling debut released in 2003. Revival 2.0 was ... <a title="‘Everywhere the Pacific Ocean touches, they love them some Katchafire’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/everywhere-the-pacific-ocean-touches-they-love-them-some-katchafire/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Everywhere the Pacific Ocean touches, they love them some Katchafire’">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Grovers Hill walking track in Roxburgh. Supplied / Central Otago District Council One person has died after a truck rolled on a walking track in Central Otago this afternoon. Police said the crash on Grovers Hill walking track – off Teviot Street in Roxburgh – was reported at 3.15pm. The ... <a title="One dead after truck rolls on Central Otago walking track" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/one-dead-after-truck-rolls-on-central-otago-walking-track/" aria-label="Read more about One dead after truck rolls on Central Otago walking track">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A landslide on a Kingston street in Wellington, April 2026. RNZ / Mark Papalii The Natural Hazards Commission [NHC] is now receiving more claims for damage from landslides than for any other natural hazard. NHC received almost 13,000 claims for damage from landslides in the last five years, 10,000 more than ... <a title="Landslides result in more claims than any other natural hazard" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/landslides-result-in-more-claims-than-any-other-natural-hazard/" aria-label="Read more about Landslides result in more claims than any other natural hazard">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Annette Hall has been the voice of Far North Radio and Sea Rescue for the past 20 years. RNZ / Peter de Graaf For the past 20 years Annette Hall has been like a mother to the boaties of the Far North. She’s kept tabs on where they are with twice-daily ... <a title="How Annette Hall accidentally spent 20 years as ‘mum’ to Far North boaties" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/how-annette-hall-accidentally-spent-20-years-as-mum-to-far-north-boaties/" aria-label="Read more about How Annette Hall accidentally spent 20 years as ‘mum’ to Far North boaties">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand At age 14, Valiant Overcomer climbed into the back of a truck as it drove out of Gloriavale towards what he believed could be hell. The Christian community, on the West Coast of Te Wai Pounamu, was the only place he’d known. Gloriavale, he’d grown up to believe, was the only ... <a title="Growing up Māori in Gloriavale: loving and leaving the only community you know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/growing-up-maori-in-gloriavale-loving-and-leaving-the-only-community-you-know/" aria-label="Read more about Growing up Māori in Gloriavale: loving and leaving the only community you know">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Craspedia argentia seedlings in their new home at Mahaka Katia Scientific Reserve. RNZ / Katie Todd One of New Zealand’s rarest plant species is getting another shot at survival, after plummeting to just two known plants in the wild. About 250 Craspedia argentia seedlings are this week being planted at Mahaka ... <a title="Scientists bring one of New Zealand’s rarest plants back from the brink" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/scientists-bring-one-of-new-zealands-rarest-plants-back-from-the-brink/" aria-label="Read more about Scientists bring one of New Zealand’s rarest plants back from the brink">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Joao Luiz Bulcao / Hans Lucas via AFP Health NZ has confirmed one of the New Zealanders on board a cruise ship struck by hantavirus does not usually live in New Zealand. One New Zealand citizen left the ship before the hantavirus outbreak was revealed, while another disembarked on Monday and ... <a title="Kiwi onboard hantavirus-hit cruise ship doesn’t usually live in New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/kiwi-onboard-hantavirus-hit-cruise-ship-doesnt-usually-live-in-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about Kiwi onboard hantavirus-hit cruise ship doesn’t usually live in New Zealand">Read more</a>
