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April 29, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Trevor Brown, Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, School of Science and Technology, University of New England Australians are installing home batteries at a record rate. Since July 2025, more than 260,000 households, businesses and organisations have installed home batteries under the federal government’s Cheaper Home Batteries Program. The ... <a title="Racing to buy a home battery? Read this first" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/racing-to-buy-a-home-battery-read-this-first-281022/" aria-label="Read more about Racing to buy a home battery? Read this first">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yuting Zhang, Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne During a cost-of-living crisis, many Australians may be wondering if their private health insurance policy actually delivers. Rising premiums, the high costs of specialists’ fees, large out-of-pocket costs and bill shock are some common concerns. So it ... <a title="‘No gap’ private health insurance can save you money. But there’s a catch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/no-gap-private-health-insurance-can-save-you-money-but-theres-a-catch-281630/" aria-label="Read more about ‘No gap’ private health insurance can save you money. But there’s a catch">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2026
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on April 29, 2026.
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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: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By William Simon, Casual Lecturer, Education and English Departments, University of Tasmania The Devil Wears Prada’s Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep) has become a mythic cinematic character. The magazine editor is icy, commanding, manipulative, cruel, oddly sympathetic and endlessly imitated. Streep’s portrayal was surprisingly inspired by the quiet authority ... <a title="Why we still love The Devil Wears Prada, 20 years on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/why-we-still-love-the-devil-wears-prada-20-years-on-280276/" aria-label="Read more about Why we still love The Devil Wears Prada, 20 years on">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne US President Donald Trump’s net approval is near a record low after a further dip, despite a surging US stock market. In Australia, there are federal Essential ... <a title="Trump’s US ratings are near a record low after dropping further last week" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/trumps-us-ratings-are-near-a-record-low-after-dropping-further-last-week-281243/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s US ratings are near a record low after dropping further last week">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: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hamish Lewis, Lecturer in Climate Change, University of Waikato We tend to think of climate change impacts as dramatic and destructive. Storms and floods that bring down landslides and swamp streets, or raging wildfires that tear through forests and farmland. Heatwaves, by contrast, often pass for many ... <a title="Cities are getting hotter – and bigger. New research reveals the scale of the challenge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/cities-are-getting-hotter-and-bigger-new-research-reveals-the-scale-of-the-challenge-281236/" aria-label="Read more about Cities are getting hotter – and bigger. New research reveals the scale of the challenge">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>
