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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Finance Minister Nicola Willis faces questions as economic outlook downgraded. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Treasury officials have this week decided to revisit their economic forecasts for this year’s Budget – just five weeks before its scheduled delivery. In a briefing at her Beehive office, Finance Minister Nicola Willis told reporters the ... <a title="Treasury officials revisit economic forecasts ahead of Budget delivery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/treasury-officials-revisit-economic-forecasts-ahead-of-budget-delivery/" aria-label="Read more about Treasury officials revisit economic forecasts ahead of Budget delivery">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon Air New Zealand’s Airpoints programme is gone, replaced by Koru. But many people have been left wondering after the Wednesday announcement – what’s actually changed? Here’s what we know. The name Airpoints is out. Koru is in. But Airpoints dollars remain the currency and status points are ... <a title="Airpoints gone – but what’s actually changing?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/airpoints-gone-but-whats-actually-changing/" aria-label="Read more about Airpoints gone – but what’s actually changing?">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand In 1916, in the middle of the Great War, 2nd Lieutenant Leonard (Len) James Shaw of the 2nd Auckland Battalion sent a pressed Flanders poppy in folded paper to his niece Jessie Osborne in Waikato. Shaw had picked the poppy at night from his trench on the Western Front. His sporadic ... <a title="How the poppy has endured as our symbol of war and remembrance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/how-the-poppy-has-endured-as-our-symbol-of-war-and-remembrance/" aria-label="Read more about How the poppy has endured as our symbol of war and remembrance">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ/LouisDunham Police are working to determine if items found in a search of Christchurch’s red zone are linked to missing woman Rowena Walker. Walker was last seen on 14 August when she was captured on CCTV in Bassett Street in Burwood with an associate. Her mother reported her missing on 22 ... <a title="Items found in Christchurch red zone search for missing woman Rowena Walker" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/items-found-in-christchurch-red-zone-search-for-missing-woman-rowena-walker/" aria-label="Read more about Items found in Christchurch red zone search for missing woman Rowena Walker">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand NZ Police/Supplied A body found in the aftermath of the Wellington floods earlier this week has been formally identified as Philip Sutton. Sutton went missing on Monday morning as bad weather hit the capital, torrential rain leading to flooding and a local state of emergency. A family member called emergency services ... <a title="Body found after floods confirmed as Philip Sutton" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/body-found-after-floods-confirmed-as-philip-sutton/" aria-label="Read more about Body found after floods confirmed as Philip Sutton">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A scathing review of police by the Public Service Commission has found an “integrity reset is urgently needed” with a perceived culture that holds seniors to a “lesser standard than juniors”. It also found a “wave of crime” arriving on New Zealand shores and says police are “struggling to keep up”. ... <a title="Review of police integrity finds reset ‘urgently needed’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/review-of-police-integrity-finds-reset-urgently-needed/" aria-label="Read more about Review of police integrity finds reset ‘urgently needed’">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Ngā Kaitiaki Mauri board member, Russell Smith. Supplied/Ngā Kaitiaki Mauri The first dedicated kaupapa Māori workforce capability framework for the mahi tūkino (sexual violence) sector has been launched. Advocates hope the framework will support the “under-resourced and stretched” Māori workforce supporting victims of physical and sexual violence. The framework, He Ara ... <a title="First kaupapa Māori workforce capability framework for sexual violence sector launched" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/first-kaupapa-maori-workforce-capability-framework-for-sexual-violence-sector-launched/" aria-label="Read more about First kaupapa Māori workforce capability framework for sexual violence sector launched">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Angus Dreaver The 18 pet goats killed on a north Waikato property last week were likely attacked and killed by dogs rather than shot as initially thought. The goats were found dead on a property on Ridge Road, Pōkeno, overnight on 13 April and their bodies left at the ... <a title="18 pet goats likely killed by dogs, not shot as first thought" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/18-pet-goats-likely-killed-by-dogs-not-shot-as-first-thought/" aria-label="Read more about 18 pet goats likely killed by dogs, not shot as first thought">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Central Otago’s Lammermoor Station. SUPPLIED/SUSAN ELLIOT Central Otago’s Lammermoor Station – the country’s largest organic farm and only certified organic fine wool producer – has woven a new deal with French fashion house Chanel. The iconic 5200 hectare sheep, beef and arable Lammermoor station is nestled among tussock high country in ... <a title="French fashion house Chanel and NZ high country station team up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/french-fashion-house-chanel-and-nz-high-country-station-team-up/" aria-label="Read more about French fashion house Chanel and NZ high country station team up">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Wellington Mayor Andrew Little says costs of damage to Wellington in the recent storm could be in the hundreds of millions of dollars He is calling for donations from locals who could afford to kick in cash or things like furniture, saying some families have lost everything. The calls came during ... <a title="Wellington storm damage could reach hundreds of millions of dollars, mayor says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/wellington-storm-damage-could-reach-hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars-mayor-says/" aria-label="Read more about Wellington storm damage could reach hundreds of millions of dollars, mayor says">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Shamubeel Eaqub, co-author of the latest Social Cohesion report Supplied Financial stress is putting pressure on New Zealand’s social cohesion, a new report says. The second Social Cohesion in New Zealand report by the Helen Clark Foundation said the country’s social fabric was “fraying on almost every measure”. The survey of ... <a title="Does hard work make you better off? More New Zealanders aren’t convinced" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/does-hard-work-make-you-better-off-more-new-zealanders-arent-convinced/" aria-label="Read more about Does hard work make you better off? More New Zealanders aren’t convinced">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Wellington Mayor Andrew Little says costs of damage to Wellington in the recent storm could be in the hundreds of millions of dollars He is calling for donations from locals who could afford to kick in cash or things like furniture, saying some families have lost everything. The calls came during ... <a title="Wellington storm damage could reach hundreds of million of dollars, Mayor says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/wellington-storm-damage-could-reach-hundreds-of-million-of-dollars-mayor-says/" aria-label="Read more about Wellington storm damage could reach hundreds of million of dollars, Mayor says">Read more</a>
