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May 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Allowing pet cats to roam has long been the norm in New Zealand. But growing awareness of the devastating impact cats have on native wildlife is slowly shifting the dial on what responsible cat ownership looks like. For Jessi Morgan, chief executive of Predator Free New Zealand Trust, the minimum standard ... <a title="Are you doing enough to protect local wildlife from your cat?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/are-you-doing-enough-to-protect-local-wildlife-from-your-cat/" aria-label="Read more about Are you doing enough to protect local wildlife from your cat?">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Customers are questioning why US butter is cheaper than New Zealand butter in some instances. Sorin Gheorghita for Unsplash How can food products that travel into New Zealand from other countries end up being cheaper than those produced locally? It’s a question some shoppers have been asking because US butter Burtfield’s ... <a title="How can foreign butter (and veges) be cheaper than New Zealand-made?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/how-can-foreign-butter-and-veges-be-cheaper-than-new-zealand-made/" aria-label="Read more about How can foreign butter (and veges) be cheaper than New Zealand-made?">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 1,958 people reported feeling the first quake across Auckland, Waikato, Coromandel and Bay of Plenty. GeoNet/Screenshot The eastern North Island has been jostled by a trio of earthquakes north of Bay of Plenty on Tuesday evening. GeoNet recorded the first quake at magnitude 5.6 at about 5km deep at 8pm, 135km ... <a title="Earthquake trio hits north of Bay of Plenty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/earthquake-trio-hits-north-of-bay-of-plenty/" aria-label="Read more about Earthquake trio hits north of Bay of Plenty">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Hayden Tasker has pleaded not guilty to murdering Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming in Nelson early on 1 January and intentionally causing grievous bodily harm to Senior Sergeant Adam Ramsay. The Press / Iain McGregor The police officer critically injured by the car that hit and killed his colleague Lyn Fleming, says ... <a title="Police officer killed by car worried about traffic management that night, court told" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/police-officer-killed-by-car-worried-about-traffic-management-that-night-court-told/" aria-label="Read more about Police officer killed by car worried about traffic management that night, court told">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A digger removes peat from the wetland area. RNZ / Jimmy Ellingham One of New Zealand’s most polluted waterways could be on the way to losing that title thanks to a milestone reached in a years-long clean-up. The first phase of a new wetland to help turnaround Punahau Lake Horowhenua’s water ... <a title="Clean-up of polluted Horowhenua lake will make it ‘perfect spot for a wetland’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/clean-up-of-polluted-horowhenua-lake-will-make-it-perfect-spot-for-a-wetland/" aria-label="Read more about Clean-up of polluted Horowhenua lake will make it ‘perfect spot for a wetland’">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand ANZ spending data showed a large drop in grocery spending and a spike in fuel spending. RNZ / Quin Tauetau The fuel crisis has brought with it a spike to many household expenses and one economist says we could be headed into “choppy waters”. Prime Minister Christoper Luxon recently said even ... <a title="Fuel costs, household expenses on the rise as economy heads into ‘choppy waters’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/fuel-costs-household-expenses-on-the-rise-as-economy-heads-into-choppy-waters/" aria-label="Read more about Fuel costs, household expenses on the rise as economy heads into ‘choppy waters’">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Tonga Police is investigating the incident on 23 April. Facebook / Tonga Police A female journalist in Tonga has been threatened at gunpoint following the broadcast of a news story about an Australian criminal deportee serving a life sentence in Tonga for methamphetamine importation. The incident, in which an unknown individual ... <a title="‘Big concern’: Tongan journalist threatened at gunpoint after gang-related report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/big-concern-tongan-journalist-threatened-at-gunpoint-after-gang-related-report/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Big concern’: Tongan journalist threatened at gunpoint after gang-related report">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Environment Southland chair Jeremy McPhail said the region had a limited window to determine its future. ODT/Supplied Southland’s regional council is calling for a united response after the government announced councils have three months to come up with plans to amalgamate or it will be done for them. The news comes ... <a title="Southland councils call for united response to govt’s amalgamation plans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/southland-councils-call-for-united-response-to-govts-amalgamation-plans/" aria-label="Read more about Southland councils call for united response to govt’s amalgamation plans">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 15-year-old Karnin Petera died during a Whangārei Boys’ High School trip to Abbey Caves in May 2023. SUPPLIED An instructor on a fatal Whangārei Boys’ High caving trip has described how the group faced a stark, life-or-death choice as a flash flood swept through the cave – stay put on top ... <a title="Abbey Caves inquest: Trip leader entered water without discussion, instructor says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/abbey-caves-inquest-trip-leader-entered-water-without-discussion-instructor-says/" aria-label="Read more about Abbey Caves inquest: Trip leader entered water without discussion, instructor says">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Major bank economists expect the unemployment rate to stay unchanged at 5.4 percent or nudge slightly higher for the three months ended March. 123rf Unemployment expected to remain steady at 5.4 pct – data due 6 May, 10.45am Middle East conflict likely to dampen previous tentative recovery signs Labour market recovery ... <a title="Unemployment set to stay at near-decade high, economists say" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/unemployment-set-to-stay-at-near-decade-high-economists-say/" aria-label="Read more about Unemployment set to stay at near-decade high, economists say">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Interislander is hiking its fuel surcharge to 54 percent on commercial vehicles and trucks crossing the Cook Strait. Wikimedia Commons Crossing the Cook Strait is about to get a whole lot more expensive for commercial operators and likely consumers. The Interislander is hiking its fuel surcharge to 54 percent on commercial ... <a title="Consumers tipped to see price increases due to fuel surcharges in about a month" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/consumers-tipped-to-see-price-increases-due-to-fuel-surcharges-in-about-a-month/" aria-label="Read more about Consumers tipped to see price increases due to fuel surcharges in about a month">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Vigilant Standtrue was the boys’ teacher and supervisor at the time of the assaults. Jean Edwards A Gloriavale man has been sentenced to 10 months’ home detention for assaulting four boys he was supposed to be supervising with weapons including pipes and sticks. Vigilant Standtrue, 43, was convicted of seven assault ... <a title="Gloriavale man Vigilant Standtrue sentenced to home detention on assault charges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/gloriavale-man-vigilant-standtrue-sentenced-to-home-detention-on-assault-charges/" aria-label="Read more about Gloriavale man Vigilant Standtrue sentenced to home detention on assault charges">Read more</a>
