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April 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Everlee Wihongi has been in US detention since the start of April. Supplied A New Zealand woman who is being held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the US will spend another six weeks in a detention facility awaiting her next hearing with a judge. Everlee Wihongi was taken into ICE ... <a title="Kiwi being held in ICE detention faces another 6 weeks in facility before new hearing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/kiwi-being-held-in-ice-detention-faces-another-6-weeks-in-facility-before-new-hearing/" aria-label="Read more about Kiwi being held in ICE detention faces another 6 weeks in facility before new hearing">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman. Aotearoa Media Collective Mike Hosking says TVNZ threatened legal action against NZME if it was to publish a story about its political editor allegedly using a homophobic slur. On Tuesday, Finance Minister Nicola Willis said she shut down an event in her office last year after ... <a title="Mike Hosking says TVNZ ‘threatened to sue us’ over Maiki Sherman story" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/mike-hosking-says-tvnz-threatened-to-sue-us-over-maiki-sherman-story/" aria-label="Read more about Mike Hosking says TVNZ ‘threatened to sue us’ over Maiki Sherman story">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Dr Ben Bell and Rumi Lourie. Supplied / Department of Conservation A 12-year-old in Lower Hutt has made a discovery so unexpected it got the attention of the Department of Conservation (DOC). Rumi Lourie, who wants to study to become an entomologist, was exploring around a creek near his home when ... <a title="Lower Hutt boy finds rare native Hochstetter’s frog exploring creek near his home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/lower-hutt-boy-finds-rare-native-hochstetters-frog-exploring-creek-near-his-home/" aria-label="Read more about Lower Hutt boy finds rare native Hochstetter’s frog exploring creek near his home">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Dilworth School in Auckland. RNZ / Dan Cook A man in his 60s has pleaded not guilty to historical sexual offending at Dilworth School. A number of former staff at the Auckland school have been imprisoned after students were found to have been abused between 1950 and 2005. His arrest marked ... <a title="Dilworth abuse inquiry: Man pleads not guilty to sexual offending" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/dilworth-abuse-inquiry-man-pleads-not-guilty-to-sexual-offending/" aria-label="Read more about Dilworth abuse inquiry: Man pleads not guilty to sexual offending">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand STONZ president Jordan Tewhaiti-Smith Supplied / STONZ Junior doctors in the Specialty Trainees union have secured a pay increase totalling nearly six percent over the next two years, without the need to take industrial action. Specialty Trainees of New Zealand, or STONZ, represents graduated doctors who have not yet specialised – ... <a title="6% pay rise agreed for junior doctors" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/6-pay-rise-agreed-for-junior-doctors/" aria-label="Read more about 6% pay rise agreed for junior doctors">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The peace statue was gifted to New Zealand by the Korean Council for Justice and Remembrance. Supplied / Auckland Council Plans to commemorate the thousands of women and girls forced into sexual slavery by Japanese armed forces have been turned down. About 200,000 victims, who became known as ‘comfort women’, were ... <a title="Disappointment as plans to commemorate victims of historic sexual slavery rejected" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/disappointment-as-plans-to-commemorate-victims-of-historic-sexual-slavery-rejected/" aria-label="Read more about Disappointment as plans to commemorate victims of historic sexual slavery rejected">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Canisters of nitrous oxide left in a South Auckland car park (file image). RNZ / Rose Garratt Large nitrous oxide canisters will automatically be classed as psychoactive substances if they do not have a lawful use, with the government introducing measures to crack down on their misuse. The gas has common ... <a title="Government cracking down on large nitrous oxide canisters as misuse continues to grow" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/government-cracking-down-on-large-nitrous-oxide-canisters-as-misuse-continues-to-grow/" aria-label="Read more about Government cracking down on large nitrous oxide canisters as misuse continues to grow">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand An ADNOC Gas facility, a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company. The UAE has been an OPEC member through the emirate of Abu Dhabi since 1967. AFP / Ryan Lim The United Arab Emirates’ decision to quit the OPEC and OPEC+ groups of major oil-producing countries is a “radical ... <a title="UAE’s departure from OPEC ‘radical move’ – energy expert" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/uaes-departure-from-opec-radical-move-energy-expert/" aria-label="Read more about UAE’s departure from OPEC ‘radical move’ – energy expert">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ A deep-tech talent shortage is among the emerging risks to New Zealand’s productivity as AI-powered business systems reshape how skills develop on the job. The Technology Users Association’s (TUANZ) 2026 Digital Priorities Report, developed in collaboration with One NZ, highlights how technological advances are at risk of being undermined by ... <a title="TUANZ seeks ‘bold leadership’ from government over AI worker training, national framework" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/tuanz-seeks-bold-leadership-from-government-over-ai-worker-training-national-framework/" aria-label="Read more about TUANZ seeks ‘bold leadership’ from government over AI worker training, national framework">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Workplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Part-time and shift workers have told MPs they’ll lose money under proposed leave entitlement changes – but the minister in charge says that’s unavoidable. On Wednesday morning, the Education and Workforce Select Committee heard submissions on the Employment Leave Bill, which ... <a title="Proposed leave bill will make workers’ lives ‘materially worse’, select committee hears" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/proposed-leave-bill-will-make-workers-lives-materially-worse-select-committee-hears/" aria-label="Read more about Proposed leave bill will make workers’ lives ‘materially worse’, select committee hears">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand You might have heard people talking about their nervous system being “overloaded” or “dysregulated” when they’re going through periods of heightened stress. Or perhaps you’ve been offered ways to “heal” or “reset” your nervous system on social media or at expensive wellness retreats. What does the nervous system do? The autonomic ... <a title="Can your nervous system really be overloaded? Can it reset?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/can-your-nervous-system-really-be-overloaded-can-it-reset/" aria-label="Read more about Can your nervous system really be overloaded? Can it reset?">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand In the microbudget horror comedy The Weed Eaters, a group of bumbling townies get high on someone else’s supply with grisly and ridiculous consequences. Jules (Alice May Connolly) gives up partying with her friends for New Year’s Eve, and instead goes away with her boyfriend Brian (Finnius Teppett) and two of ... <a title="The Weed Eaters asks: why bury a body when you can just eat it, maybe with some tomato sauce?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/the-weed-eaters-asks-why-bury-a-body-when-you-can-just-eat-it-maybe-with-some-tomato-sauce/" aria-label="Read more about The Weed Eaters asks: why bury a body when you can just eat it, maybe with some tomato sauce?">Read more</a>
