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May 7, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Justin Evans, 24, disappeared from Papa Stronsay in Scotland. Supplied / Scotland Police A body had been found in the water near a remote Sottish island where a New Zealand monk disappeared last month. Justin Evans, 24, went missing from the Golgotha Monastery, on Papa Stronsay, shortly before midnight on April ... <a title="Body found close to Scottish island where Kiwi monk Justin Evans disappeared" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/07/body-found-close-to-scottish-island-where-kiwi-monk-justin-evans-disappeared/" aria-label="Read more about Body found close to Scottish island where Kiwi monk Justin Evans disappeared">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The continued expansion of the CPTPP is important for growing New Zealand’s preferential access to markets,” the Trade Minister Todd McClay said. RNZ / Mark Papalii Costa Rica has become the thirteenth member of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, with New Zealand exports to the Central American nation ... <a title="Costa Rica becomes 13th member of CPTPP" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/costa-rica-becomes-13th-member-of-cptpp/" aria-label="Read more about Costa Rica becomes 13th member of CPTPP">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The cruise ship MV Hondius stationary off the port of Praia, the capital of Cape Verde, on May 3. AFP Passengers on board a luxury cruise ship where three people have died from suspected hantavirus will need to isolate for close to two months, an infectious diseases expert says. A Dutch ... <a title="Passengers on cruise ship with deadly hantavirus will need to isolate for several weeks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/passengers-on-cruise-ship-with-deadly-hantavirus-will-need-to-isolate-for-several-weeks/" aria-label="Read more about Passengers on cruise ship with deadly hantavirus will need to isolate for several weeks">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Tonga Police is investigating the incident on 23 April. Facebook / Tonga Police A female journalist in Tonga has been threatened at gunpoint following the broadcast of a news story about an Australian criminal deportee serving a life sentence in Tonga for methamphetamine importation. The incident, in which an unknown individual ... <a title="‘Big concern’: Tongan journalist threatened at gunpoint after gang-related report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/big-concern-tongan-journalist-threatened-at-gunpoint-after-gang-related-report/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Big concern’: Tongan journalist threatened at gunpoint after gang-related report">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have settled a lawsuit brought by Lively over the filming of the 2024 romantic drama It Ends With Us, Baldoni’s production company say. The settlement has averted a civil trial scheduled for May where both actors were expected to testify about Lively’s allegations of sexual misconduct ... <a title="Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni settle lawsuit over It Ends With Us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/05/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-settle-lawsuit-over-it-ends-with-us/" aria-label="Read more about Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni settle lawsuit over It Ends With Us">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand US Supreme Court has reversed tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. 123RF NZ exporters may be in for a refund of up to $1 billion, following a US Supreme Court decision to reverse President Donald Trump’s Liberation Day tariffs on the basis they were unlawful. The Supreme Court’s ... <a title="NZ exporters scramble for US tariff refunds after US Supreme Court ruling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/04/nz-exporters-scramble-for-us-tariff-refunds-after-us-supreme-court-ruling/" aria-label="Read more about NZ exporters scramble for US tariff refunds after US Supreme Court ruling">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand NeeDoh is the latest squishy sensory toy to go viral. Social media is reporting how these blobs of gel are flying off the shelves, and are in short supply. But squishy sensory toys have been around much longer than this latest fad. You might remember putty, slime or stress balls. So ... <a title="Why does squishing NeeDoh, slime or putty feel so satisfying?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/03/why-does-squishing-needoh-slime-or-putty-feel-so-satisfying/" aria-label="Read more about Why does squishing NeeDoh, slime or putty feel so satisfying?">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand After several months out of the spotlight and rumours about her health, country music icon Dolly Parton recently appeared at a Dollywood event in Tennessee, looking “very much lively and engaged”, says biographer Martha Ackmann. The ‘9 to 5’ and ‘Jolene’ singer posted a video late last year reassuring fans she ... <a title="Saying ‘no’ to Elvis and other moments that shaped Dolly Parton’s life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/03/saying-no-to-elvis-and-other-moments-that-shaped-dolly-partons-life/" aria-label="Read more about Saying ‘no’ to Elvis and other moments that shaped Dolly Parton’s life">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Chuck Palahniuk’s first novel, Fight Club, is as relevant and controversial today as when it first hit shelves 30 years ago. The story follows a depressed, insomniac unnamed narrator, who unknowingly creates an alter ego – the charismatic and anarchic Tyler Durden. In between having an on-off relationship with punkish Marla, ... <a title="Fight Club at 30: toxic masculinity handbook or clever takedown of capitalism?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/03/fight-club-at-30-toxic-masculinity-handbook-or-clever-takedown-of-capitalism/" aria-label="Read more about Fight Club at 30: toxic masculinity handbook or clever takedown of capitalism?">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Was Karl Lagerfeld too problematic to serve as a 2023 theme? Was TikTok, which had just been deemed a national security threat by the US government, an appropriate sponsor for 2024’s gala? And just how small can designers make Kim Kardashian’s waist? (This one comes up almost yearly.) But the 2026 ... <a title="The Bezos of it all: The Met Gala’s billionaire moment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/03/the-bezos-of-it-all-the-met-galas-billionaire-moment/" aria-label="Read more about The Bezos of it all: The Met Gala’s billionaire moment">Read more</a>
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May 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand New rules include a requirement that only real, live human performers – not their AI avatars – are eligible for the film world’s biggest prizes, and screenplays must have been penned by a person, rather than a chatbot. “In the Acting category, only roles credited in the film’s legal billing and demonstrably performed ... <a title="AI actors and writers not eligible for Oscars: Academy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/03/ai-actors-and-writers-not-eligible-for-oscars-academy/" aria-label="Read more about AI actors and writers not eligible for Oscars: Academy">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Brian May became a local hero in Elstead, Surrey, when he donated thousands of daffodil bulbs to brighten up the green outside the church last year. But the musician’s proposal to extend his floral donations for next year has been met by local authorities with a ‘We will block you’. “We ... <a title="Queen guitarist Brian May barred from planting daffodils in his village on safety grounds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/02/queen-guitarist-brian-may-barred-from-planting-daffodils-in-his-village-on-safety-grounds/" aria-label="Read more about Queen guitarist Brian May barred from planting daffodils in his village on safety grounds">Read more</a>
