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April 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The mother of a detained New Zealander is calling for the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT), Winston Peters to help her daughter. Everlee Wihongi was entering her third week in US detention after being detained in an ICE processing centre in California. The Wihongi family, who had lived in ... <a title="Locked up for 22 hours a day: What life is like for New Zealander Everlee Wihongi detained in ICE facility" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/28/locked-up-for-22-hours-a-day-what-life-is-like-for-new-zealander-everlee-wihongi-detained-in-ice-facility/" aria-label="Read more about Locked up for 22 hours a day: What life is like for New Zealander Everlee Wihongi detained in ICE facility">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Waitangi Tribunal panel in an urgent inquiry into the government’s decision to remove school boards’ legal obligation to give effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and overhaul the national curriculum which began on April 15. NZEI Te Riu Roa / Naomi Madeiros Proposed legislation reducing decision-makers obligations to no more ... <a title="Legislation weakening Treaty obligations won’t be introduced before early August" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/28/legislation-weakening-treaty-obligations-wont-be-introduced-before-early-august/" aria-label="Read more about Legislation weakening Treaty obligations won’t be introduced before early August">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Dr Akuhata Bailey-Winiata. Supplied/The University of Waikato New research is looking to examples from the past to inform how marae might relocate and rebuild in the face of sea level rise and other natural hazards brought on by climate change. University of Waikato PhD graduate Dr Akuhata Bailey-Winiata (Tūhourangi, Ngāti Whakaue, ... <a title="Looking to history to protect marae from climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/26/looking-to-history-to-protect-marae-from-climate-change/" aria-label="Read more about Looking to history to protect marae from climate change">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Morgan Gorge. Neil Silverwood Conservation and outdoor recreation groups say the fight to save a pristine back country river is not over as they consider legal action and warn of seismic risk. The controversial Waitaha hydro scheme received Fast Track Approval on Friday, becoming the 18th fast track project to ... <a title="Opponents say fight to stop fast-tracked Waitaha hydro scheme not over despite approval" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/opponents-say-fight-to-stop-fast-tracked-waitaha-hydro-scheme-not-over-despite-approval/" aria-label="Read more about Opponents say fight to stop fast-tracked Waitaha hydro scheme not over despite approval">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand When director Tearepa Kahi went with a small crew on a reconnaissance mission to Tunisa for the film Sgt. Haane, a remarkable chance encounter occurred. “I’m shaking in terms of my memory of this, because it’s almost a year to the day,” he told RNZ’s Nine to Noon. They were visiting ... <a title="Director of new Māori Battalion movie didn’t feel worthy of his hero’s story" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/director-of-new-maori-battalion-movie-didnt-feel-worthy-of-his-heros-story/" aria-label="Read more about Director of new Māori Battalion movie didn’t feel worthy of his hero’s story">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Tātau Tātau o Te Wairoa is yet to hear back from Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, left, over Minister of Treaty Negotiations Paul Goldsmith’s role. RNZ / Kim Baker Wilson A Hawke’s Bay post-settlement iwi trust has written to the Prime Minister calling for the removal of Paul Goldsmith as the Minister ... <a title="Wairoa iwi seeks removal of Goldsmith as Treaty Negotiations Minister" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/wairoa-iwi-seeks-removal-of-goldsmith-as-treaty-negotiations-minister/" aria-label="Read more about Wairoa iwi seeks removal of Goldsmith as Treaty Negotiations Minister">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Tāwhaki is an ancestor, a demigod, and a tōhunga, famed for his search for divine knowledge. There’s a poutokomanawa of him that’s about five feet tall, carved from dark wood, with an oval head and close crop of hair. His limbs are angled and rigid, while his torso sweeps in a ... <a title="‘Our tīpuna have a funny way of making us remember’: missing taonga found in Germany" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/20/our-tipuna-have-a-funny-way-of-making-us-remember-missing-taonga-found-in-germany/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Our tīpuna have a funny way of making us remember’: missing taonga found in Germany">Read more</a>
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April 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Kingi Kiriona at the opening of the Te Ahu a Turanga Highway in June 2025. RNZ/Pokere Paewai Te reo and haka exponent Kingi Kiriona says government “divestment away from kaupapa Māori” initiatives is behind his decision to step into politics and contest the Hauraki-Waikato electorate for Labour. Kiriona (Ngāti Ruanui, Ngā ... <a title="Labour selects Kingi Kiriona to contest Hauraki-Waikato" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/18/labour-selects-kingi-kiriona-to-contest-hauraki-waikato/" aria-label="Read more about Labour selects Kingi Kiriona to contest Hauraki-Waikato">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand By Taroi Black, Tuia News Activist Sharon Hawke being farewelled at Ōrākei marae. Supplied/Tuia News Family and friends have gathered at Ōrākei Marae to farewell activist Sharon Hawke who passed in Samoa last week. Sharon was just 52 when she passed, and is the daughter of renowned Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei leaders, ... <a title="Activist Sharon Hawke farewelled at Ōrākei marae" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/17/activist-sharon-hawke-farewelled-at-orakei-marae/" aria-label="Read more about Activist Sharon Hawke farewelled at Ōrākei marae">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Ōtāhuhu resident Shirley Waru at the Court of Appeal on Wednesday. Supplied By Erin Johnson The Tūpuna Maunga Authority and an Ōtāhuhu resident were back in court on Wednesday in a long-running fight over consent to remove hundreds of trees. Ōtāhuhu resident Shirley Waru previously challenged Auckland Council’s 2021 decision to ... <a title="Court of Appeal hears challenge over Ōtāhuhu maunga tree felling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/15/court-of-appeal-hears-challenge-over-otahuhu-maunga-tree-felling/" aria-label="Read more about Court of Appeal hears challenge over Ōtāhuhu maunga tree felling">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Phoenix Manukau, Tiaho Wihongi-Minhinnick, Ngarui Manukau at He Kura Nā Rāta, He Kura Pūkaha Engineering NZ event September 2025 Supplied Māori sisters are combining engineering and tikanga in a landmark project to ensure the mana of traditional pou is upheld. Ngāpuhi and Waikato sisters Ngarui Manukau and Tiaho Wihongi-Minhinnick have been ... <a title="Māori sisters lead engineering project to protect mana of pou" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/maori-sisters-lead-engineering-project-to-protect-mana-of-pou/" aria-label="Read more about Māori sisters lead engineering project to protect mana of pou">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Thousands celebrate 50 years of Te Wiki o te reo Māori in Wellington, in September 2025. RNZ / Mark Papalii Researchers have identified “te reo trauma” as a barrier to the revitalisation of the Māori language. Dr Raukura Roa (Waikato, Maniapoto, Ngāti Hauā, Ngāti Korokī Kahukura, Ngāti Raukawa) told RNZ the ... <a title="Is ‘reo trauma’ holding back the revitalisation of te reo?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/11/is-reo-trauma-holding-back-the-revitalisation-of-te-reo/" aria-label="Read more about Is ‘reo trauma’ holding back the revitalisation of te reo?">Read more</a>
