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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Selwyn Rabbits is calling for more transparency and action after a coroner delivered a clear message. Nick Monro After a years-long inquiry into the death of an Auckland construction worker, a coroner has delivered a clear message. Cardan shaft parking brakes, the braking system used by a piece of heavy machinery ... <a title="Calls for coroner recommendations to be enforced after braking system found to be unsafe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/calls-for-coroner-recommendations-to-be-enforced-after-braking-system-found-to-be-unsafe/" aria-label="Read more about Calls for coroner recommendations to be enforced after braking system found to be unsafe">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Environmental team lead at Ōamaru’s blue penguin colony Henry Elsom attribute the breeding success to decades of conservation efforts and the breeding season starting early. RNZ It’s been a bumper season for little blue penguins with nearly 1000 chicks fledged at Ōamaru’s blue penguin colony. That’s up from last year’s 600. ... <a title="Nearly 1000 chicks fledged at Ōamaru’s blue penguin colony" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/nearly-1000-chicks-fledged-at-oamarus-blue-penguin-colony/" aria-label="Read more about Nearly 1000 chicks fledged at Ōamaru’s blue penguin colony">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Mark Papalii The ACT Party leader David Seymour has floated dishing out $500 to every year 11 student for an investment account, to promote investing at a younger age. It was not an ACT policy “yet”, he said. Seymour said the idea could be funded by taking about five ... <a title="David Seymour floats giving year 11s $500 to invest, taking from annual KiwiSaver subsidy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/david-seymour-floats-giving-year-11s-500-to-invest-taking-from-annual-kiwisaver-subsidy/" aria-label="Read more about David Seymour floats giving year 11s $500 to invest, taking from annual KiwiSaver subsidy">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ Health New Zealand has sent nurses, midwives, and health care assistants their first offer since June last year. The New Zealand Nurses Organisation has been in bargaining with Te Whatu Ora since September 2024. The union’s chief executive, Paul Goulter, said its members had received a proposed terms of settlement. ... <a title="Health New Zealand tables first offer to New Zealand Nurses Organisation in almost a year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/health-new-zealand-tables-first-offer-to-new-zealand-nurses-organisation-in-almost-a-year/" aria-label="Read more about Health New Zealand tables first offer to New Zealand Nurses Organisation in almost a year">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Silt and water in Neal Jenkins and Tahni Daniels’ Berhampore home. RNZ / Mark Papalii Homes will have to be gutted and businesses could be closed for months in the wake of Wellington’s Monday flood. The damage is estimated to potentially run hundreds of millions of dollars across the city, where ... <a title="Homes gutted and businesses closed as Wellingtonians count the cost of floods" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/homes-gutted-and-businesses-closed-as-wellingtonians-count-the-cost-of-floods/" aria-label="Read more about Homes gutted and businesses closed as Wellingtonians count the cost of floods">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Follow all the action as the Black Caps take on Bangladesh at Bir Shrestha Shaheed Flight Lieutenant Motiur Rahman Cricket Stadium in Chattogram, for their third one-day international. The Black Caps won their opening game by 26 runs, scoring 247 for eight in their fifty overs and then bowling out the ... <a title="Live cricket: Black Caps v Bangladesh – third ODI" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/live-cricket-black-caps-v-bangladesh-third-odi/" aria-label="Read more about Live cricket: Black Caps v Bangladesh – third ODI">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Shane Jones. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Shane Jones has apologised after making a jab at the Finance Minister’s weight loss as the coalition ructions shift gears into personal attacks. The argy bargy between National and New Zealand First first kicked off on Wednesday morning when Winston Peters told RNZ’s Morning Report ... <a title="Shane Jones apologises for Nicola Willis weight loss comments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/shane-jones-apologises-for-nicola-willis-weight-loss-comments/" aria-label="Read more about Shane Jones apologises for Nicola Willis weight loss comments">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Dan Cook Petrol station owners admit they are profiling people at the pump before letting them fill up amid a surge in fuel drive-offs. As costs climb, those at the pump are getting desperate, with police reporting 100 extra fuel drive-offs a week since the start of March. America’s ... <a title="Petrol station owners profiling customers as fuel thefts surge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/petrol-station-owners-profiling-customers-as-fuel-thefts-surge/" aria-label="Read more about Petrol station owners profiling customers as fuel thefts surge">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand An officer rode to work at Christchurch Central Police Station on a horse named Kitty. Supplied A Christchurch police officer arrived at work on an unusual mode of transport this morning – a horse named Kitty. RNZ was tipped off on Thursday that an officer had hoofed it into work. It’s ... <a title="Giddy up: Police officer opts for horsepower to get to work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/giddy-up-police-officer-opts-for-horsepower-to-get-to-work/" aria-label="Read more about Giddy up: Police officer opts for horsepower to get to work">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Jim and Mary Barr, who are both retired art curators and writers, started collecting in the early 1970s buying works by young artists who were then relatively unknown, Mary Barr told RNZ’s Nine to Noon. “It was a very different environment. Artwork, relatively speaking, was actually quite cheap. And that made ... <a title="Couple donate over 400 artworks from private collection to Dunedin gallery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/couple-donate-over-400-artworks-from-private-collection-to-dunedin-gallery/" aria-label="Read more about Couple donate over 400 artworks from private collection to Dunedin gallery">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Police said Inna, 61, was located safe and well after being missing since last Friday. NZ Police / SUPPLIED A woman who was reported missing from Auckland’s Waiheke Island has been found safe, police have said. Inna, 61, went missing last Friday after last being seen boarding a bus to Matiatia ... <a title="Missing woman last seen boarding bus on Auckland’s Waiheke Island found safe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/missing-woman-last-seen-boarding-bus-on-aucklands-waiheke-island-found-safe/" aria-label="Read more about Missing woman last seen boarding bus on Auckland’s Waiheke Island found safe">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A couple of the breakthrough acts are up for multiple prizes at this year’s AMAs. Borderline is a finalist alongside Lorde and Benee for best pop artist and bilingual MĀ is up for album of the year, best Māori artist and best alternative artist. Shane Walker stood out at the Pacific ... <a title="New Zealand’s breakthrough artist of the year finalists revealed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/new-zealands-breakthrough-artist-of-the-year-finalists-revealed/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s breakthrough artist of the year finalists revealed">Read more</a>
