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April 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand [brightcove]https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6386626163112 If you’re walking around Avalon in Lower Hutt, you might not realise you are walking past trees planted in the 1800s. Today’s suburban streets such as Avalon Crescent and Tennyson Avenue once upon a time ago were part of the famous five-hectare Mason’s Garden. What remains of Mason’s Garden today? ... <a title="Avalon in Lower Hutt was once part of the famous five-hectare Mason’s Garden" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/04/avalon-in-lower-hutt-was-once-part-of-the-famous-five-hectare-masons-garden/" aria-label="Read more about Avalon in Lower Hutt was once part of the famous five-hectare Mason’s Garden">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Small grocery shops are one of the few stores that can be exempt to shop shutdowns over Easter (file image). MARK PAPALII / RNZ A business association says Easter Sunday trading rules are confusing and need an overhaul. Restrictions on alcohol sales have just been eased, so that venues that could ... <a title="Easter Sunday trading rules ‘confusing’, need overhaul, EMA says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/04/easter-sunday-trading-rules-confusing-need-overhaul-ema-says/" aria-label="Read more about Easter Sunday trading rules ‘confusing’, need overhaul, EMA says">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand manda Searle Comedy legend Eddie Izzard is known for revolutionising the art of the stand-up monologue. Hers is a career that spans over four decades – comedy, yes – but it also includes acting, political campaigning and running marathons. She is drawing on it all for her standup tour ‘The Remix: ... <a title="Eddie Izzard on her long-awaited return to New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/04/eddie-izzard-on-her-long-awaited-return-to-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about Eddie Izzard on her long-awaited return to New Zealand">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A new packing machine is spitting out pasta as fast as it can be made at Monty and Sons, artisan pasta-makers based on the outskirts of Masterton. The “Sons” part of the brand is developing – the two young boys are at daycare while parents, Monty and Jess Petrie, turn a ... <a title="Country Life: Four farmers, one forgotten grain and the pasta-maker bringing it to the plate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/04/country-life-four-farmers-one-forgotten-grain-and-the-pasta-maker-bringing-it-to-the-plate/" aria-label="Read more about Country Life: Four farmers, one forgotten grain and the pasta-maker bringing it to the plate">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Bennik’s Eggs is also home to a hatchery. Supplied More than 30 years after moving away from caged egg farming, the Bennik family is proud of the legacy it has paved over three generations. From one of the country’s first commercial poultry farms started by parents Harry Sr and Wilhelmina in ... <a title="Country Life: Bennik’s Eggs pioneers in poultry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/04/country-life-benniks-eggs-pioneers-in-poultry/" aria-label="Read more about Country Life: Bennik’s Eggs pioneers in poultry">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand By AFP teams in Tehran, Jerusalem, Washington, Beirut, Dubai and Sanaa This video grab taken on April 3, 2026, from undated UGC images shared on social media on April 1, 2026, shows thick plumes of smoke rising following airstrikes in Baharestan, in Iran’s central Isfahan province. AFP Iran launched a hunt ... <a title="Iran searches for downed US jet crew, US media reports one rescued" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/04/iran-searches-for-downed-us-jet-crew-us-media-reports-one-rescued/" aria-label="Read more about Iran searches for downed US jet crew, US media reports one rescued">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand By Holmes Lybrand, Evan Perez, Katelyn Polantz, Kara Scannell, CNN Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks during the 2026 Conservative Political Action Conference in Grapevine, Texas, on March 26, 2026. Daniel Cole/Reuters via CNN Newsource Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who President Donald Trump tapped to serve as the interim head ... <a title="Todd Blanche takes over US Justice Department, where there’s no escaping the Epstein files shadow" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/04/todd-blanche-takes-over-us-justice-department-where-theres-no-escaping-the-epstein-files-shadow/" aria-label="Read more about Todd Blanche takes over US Justice Department, where there’s no escaping the Epstein files shadow">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Auckland FC Luis Felipe Gallegos and Guillermo May celebrate Kerry Marshall / www.photosport.nz Auckland FC have grabbed a valuable point in Adelaide to keep the heat on Newcastle at the top of the A-League. Ethan Alagich opened the scoring for Adelaide United in the 25th minute before Felipe Gallegos grabbed the ... <a title="Football: Auckland FC grab a point in Adelaide to stay in the hunt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/04/football-auckland-fc-grab-a-point-in-adelaide-to-stay-in-the-hunt/" aria-label="Read more about Football: Auckland FC grab a point in Adelaide to stay in the hunt">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand When frost sparkles in the morning and our breath is visible as we venture outside, thoughts turn to winter warming treats like mulled wine – a drink full of ingredients that have become synonymous with Christmas. Mulled wine is made by adding spices such as cinnamon, cloves, ginger, mace and nutmeg ... <a title="A brief history of mulled wine – from health tonic to festive treat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/04/a-brief-history-of-mulled-wine-from-health-tonic-to-festive-treat/" aria-label="Read more about A brief history of mulled wine – from health tonic to festive treat">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand By AFP teams in Tehran, Jerusalem, Washington, Beirut, Dubai and Sanaa This video grab taken on April 3, 2026, from undated UGC images shared on social media on April 1, 2026, shows thick plumes of smoke rising following airstrikes in Baharestan, in Iran’s central Isfahan province. AFP Iran deployed troops and ... <a title="Iranian media says US jet shot down, bounty offered for pilot" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/04/iranian-media-says-us-jet-shot-down-bounty-offered-for-pilot/" aria-label="Read more about Iranian media says US jet shot down, bounty offered for pilot">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Silver Ferns’ defensive line of Kelly Jackson, Karin Burger and Kate Heffernen are lining up in the Australian competition this season. Marty Melville/Photosport Analysis – An exodus of some of the country’s top netballers across the ditch in the off-season has left some ANZ Premiership teams almost unrecognisable and the ... <a title="From a familiar force to the unrecognisable – 2026 ANZ Premiership contenders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/04/from-a-familiar-force-to-the-unrecognisable-2026-anz-premiership-contenders/" aria-label="Read more about From a familiar force to the unrecognisable – 2026 ANZ Premiership contenders">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand By Madleine CarrWhite, Massey Journalism Student Eco Reef at Turners Bay, Cape Palliser Road. Supplied / South Wairarapa District Council The approval for the extension of world-first anti-erosion technology for southern Wairarapa has been labelled a “magic bullet” to maintain crucial road connection on the isolated coast. The newly approved resource ... <a title="Wairarapa council hopes new anti-erosion tech will be ‘magic bullet’ to protect crucial road" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/04/wairarapa-council-hopes-new-anti-erosion-tech-will-be-magic-bullet-to-protect-crucial-road/" aria-label="Read more about Wairarapa council hopes new anti-erosion tech will be ‘magic bullet’ to protect crucial road">Read more</a>
