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May 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Environment Select Committee has recommended by majority that the bill be passed, despite strong opposition from Labour and Green Party members. RNZ / Angus Dreaver The Environment Select Committee has recommended disestablishing the Ministry for the Environment, despite overwhelming public opposition. In its report, the committee said the creation of ... <a title="Committee recommends disestablishing Environment Ministry despite public opposition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/10/committee-recommends-disestablishing-environment-ministry-despite-public-opposition/" aria-label="Read more about Committee recommends disestablishing Environment Ministry despite public opposition">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand National’s Chris Penk, sitting at the conference table in his Beehive office. VNP/Phil Smith When there is a Cabinet reshuffle, I tend to feel a little sorry for fresh ministers who get elevated up the rankings and landed with a big new job, or three. A new ministry to run may ... <a title="The House: Learning on the (ministerial) job" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/10/the-house-learning-on-the-ministerial-job/" aria-label="Read more about The House: Learning on the (ministerial) job">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The cruise ship MV Hondius is due to dock in the Canary Islands after a hantavirus outbreak. AFP Anyone returning to New Zealand from the cruise with the deadly hantavirus outbreak, could be put into quarantine. It’s believed only one New Zealander is on board the MV Hondius, which is docking ... <a title="NZers on cruise with hantavirus outbreak could face quarantine on return" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/10/nzers-on-cruise-with-hantavirus-outbreak-could-face-quarantine-on-return/" aria-label="Read more about NZers on cruise with hantavirus outbreak could face quarantine on return">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Rotuma is an island about 650km north of Fiji and is a dependency of Fiji. RNZ / Anric Margraff Sitanilei A community leader from a tiny island nation says preserving her native tongue is more important than ever, as schools on the island itself have stopped teaching it. Rotuma is an ... <a title="Call for Rotuman people to speak language or it could be ‘lost forever’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/10/call-for-rotuman-people-to-speak-language-or-it-could-be-lost-forever/" aria-label="Read more about Call for Rotuman people to speak language or it could be ‘lost forever’">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Four hundred years ago, German astronomer Johannes Kepler pondered the perfect structure of the snowflake. He asked a simple question – why do snowflakes have six corners? That is the starting point of Professor Brian Cox’s latest show Emergence, which he brings to New Zealand next month. Professor Brian Cox 2017 ... <a title="From snowflakes to black holes, Professor Brian Cox examines intricacies of the universe in new show" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/10/from-snowflakes-to-black-holes-professor-brian-cox-examines-intricacies-of-the-universe-in-new-show/" aria-label="Read more about From snowflakes to black holes, Professor Brian Cox examines intricacies of the universe in new show">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF An Auckland mother says changes to ministry-funded school transport for disabled students are putting vulnerable children at risk. The Ministry of Education is overhauling the Specialised School Transport Assistance (SESTA) scheme. For Auckland’s North Shore, specialist transport provider R&R Total Mobility has been replaced by Ritchies Transport. One mother, who ... <a title="Mother fears disabled son’s new transport provider isn’t up to the job" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/10/mother-fears-disabled-sons-new-transport-provider-isnt-up-to-the-job/" aria-label="Read more about Mother fears disabled son’s new transport provider isn’t up to the job">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand An “action group” of Customs, police and health officials has been announced, with improved planning and joint operations to fight the illegal tobacco trade. NZ Customs Service An Australian criminology professor says a group to crack down on New Zealand’s black market tobacco trade could make a difference. An “action group” ... <a title="Illegal tobacco crackdown group could make difference, criminology professor says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/10/illegal-tobacco-crackdown-group-could-make-difference-criminology-professor-says/" aria-label="Read more about Illegal tobacco crackdown group could make difference, criminology professor says">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Cape Verde contested the four-team FIFA series in Auckland in March. Photosport Police are investigating a complaint of a sex attack in an Auckland hotel linked to a visiting international footballer in March. The NZ Herald reports the case involved a player from the Cape Verde football team during a four-team ... <a title="Investigation into sex attack complaint involving international footballer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/10/investigation-into-sex-attack-complaint-involving-international-footballer/" aria-label="Read more about Investigation into sex attack complaint involving international footballer">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon A toddler has died after an incident involving a vehicle in Canterbury. Emergency services were called to a property near Lake Ellesmere-Te Waihora about 8.30am Saturday. Senior Sergeant Craig Ellison earlier said one person had died following an incident involving a vehicle and a pedestrian at the ... <a title="Toddler dies after vehicle incident at Canterbury property" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/10/toddler-dies-after-vehicle-incident-at-canterbury-property/" aria-label="Read more about Toddler dies after vehicle incident at Canterbury property">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Follow all the A-League action, as Wellington Phoenix take on Brisbane Roar at Porirua Park for the second leg of their women’s semifinal. The Phoenix will need to overcome a one-goal deficit, if they hope to progress to the final. They return home to Porirua for Saturday’s return leg, [https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/594111/wellington-phoenix-women-fall-behind-brisbane-roar-in-home-and-away-a-league-semis trailing ... <a title="Live: Wellington Phoenix v Brisbane Roar A-League women’s semi-final" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/10/live-wellington-phoenix-v-brisbane-roar-a-league-womens-semi-final/" aria-label="Read more about Live: Wellington Phoenix v Brisbane Roar A-League women’s semi-final">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Broadcasting Standards Authority may soon be abolished or changed with pending media regulation reforms. RNZ / Nik Dirga “This will be a free-for-all, will it?” RNZ host Guyon Espiner – with tongue in cheek – asked Media and Communications Minister Paul Goldsmith on Midday Report last Wednesday. “We’ve got no ... <a title="Mediawatch: Putting down the watchdog?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/10/mediawatch-putting-down-the-watchdog/" aria-label="Read more about Mediawatch: Putting down the watchdog?">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A rugby player, teacher and mother of three, TeRauoriwa Gapper reflects the challenge faced by many Aupiki players. John Cowpland / www.photosport.nz While Super Rugby Aupiki has evolved significantly from its early three-round amateur format, many players are still balancing the demands of professional rugby with work and family commitments. With ... <a title="The reality of life in Super Rugby Aupiki" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/10/the-reality-of-life-in-super-rugby-aupiki/" aria-label="Read more about The reality of life in Super Rugby Aupiki">Read more</a>
