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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand An elderly man was sent home from Waikato Hospital’s ED after being misdiagnosed. RNZ / Simon Rogers An 82-year-old man died the day after being sent home from the emergency department (ED), where a junior doctor had misdiagnosed his abdominal aneurysm as a hip sprain. A report by Deputy Health and ... <a title="Wrong diagnosis ends in elderly man’s death" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/wrong-diagnosis-ends-in-elderly-mans-death/" aria-label="Read more about Wrong diagnosis ends in elderly man’s death">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Lee, Associate Professor of History, UNSW Sydney A new federal government advertising campaign is prompting Australians to reduce their fuel consumption during the current global oil crisis. It asks Australians to consider using their car less and offers tips to boost fuel efficiency, such as “driving ... <a title="A new ad campaign is pushing Australians to use less petrol. Has this happened before?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/a-new-ad-campaign-is-pushing-australians-to-use-less-petrol-has-this-happened-before-280038/" aria-label="Read more about A new ad campaign is pushing Australians to use less petrol. Has this happened before?">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
RNZ Pacific Cyclone Maila has been downgraded to a tropical low but has caused widespread damage in Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. Ten people were reported dead in the autonomous Papua New Guinea region of Bougainville, including eight people killed in a landslide. The incident happened at Asiko Village in Kongara constituency in Central ... <a title="Ten dead in Bougainville amid Cyclone Maila aftermath" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/ten-dead-in-bougainville-amid-cyclone-maila-aftermath/" aria-label="Read more about Ten dead in Bougainville amid Cyclone Maila aftermath">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Ley, Deputy Books + Ideas Editor, The Conversation Tumultuous times create heightened, often complex, emotions. It can be hard to voice or even identify our feelings when faced with war, illness, worry, or great changes of any kind. Poetry offers many gifts – among them, capturing, ... <a title="Poetry for an anxious world: 5 experts share poems of grief, hope and restoration" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/poetry-for-an-anxious-world-5-experts-share-poems-of-grief-hope-and-restoration-279859/" aria-label="Read more about Poetry for an anxious world: 5 experts share poems of grief, hope and restoration">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ronald Kramer, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau There is a seemingly endless flow of crime dramas on streaming platforms these days. Many are fictional, some dramatise real historical crimes and criminal figures. But have you noticed how many characters – hero or ... <a title="Special agents: the rise of the neurodivergent hero in TV crime drama" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/special-agents-the-rise-of-the-neurodivergent-hero-in-tv-crime-drama-279312/" aria-label="Read more about Special agents: the rise of the neurodivergent hero in TV crime drama">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
IRNA News Agency When news reports first indicated that US Vice-President JD Vance was going to lead the Americans in the negotiations with Iran, the country the US and Israel are waging a foolish war against, there was a sense that someone even as young him may have recognised the train wreck that Donald Trump ... <a title="Why Vance couldn’t stop the Trump train wreck – an Iranian perspective" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/why-vance-couldnt-stop-the-trump-train-wreck-an-iranian-perspective/" aria-label="Read more about Why Vance couldn’t stop the Trump train wreck – an Iranian perspective">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Senior public sector leader Brendan Boyle (file image). RNZ Senior public sector leader Brendan Boyle has been appointed as the Acting Secretary and chief executive for the Social Investment Agency. The appointment comes about five months after the resignation of former SIA chief executive Andrew Coster following the scathing Independent Police ... <a title="Brendan Boyle appointed Social Investment Agency chief executive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/brendan-boyle-appointed-social-investment-agency-chief-executive/" aria-label="Read more about Brendan Boyle appointed Social Investment Agency chief executive">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon Warning: This story discusses details of a sexual assault and may disturb some readers. Police want to hear from any other victims of a man jailed for sexually assaulting two women. Jeremy Frank Hobbs was sentenced in the Christchurch District Court last month to eight-and-a-half years’ imprisonment ... <a title="Police believe Jeremy Frank Hobbs, jailed over sexual assaults, may have had more victims" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/police-believe-jeremy-frank-hobbs-jailed-over-sexual-assaults-may-have-had-more-victims/" aria-label="Read more about Police believe Jeremy Frank Hobbs, jailed over sexual assaults, may have had more victims">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Stewart Islandiers were already paying more than twice what those on the mainland pay. RNZ / Mark Papalii Electricity prices have been hiked by almost 5 percent on Stewart Island/Rakiura due to the sharp rise of the price of fuel. The island’s power grid is generated entirely by diesel, though there ... <a title="Stewart Island’s already high price for electricity gets even higher" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/stewart-islands-already-high-price-for-electricity-gets-even-higher/" aria-label="Read more about Stewart Island’s already high price for electricity gets even higher">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand ANZ said it was not a given that hiking the OCR would prove to have been the right thing to do in the fullness of time. RNZ ANZ, New Zealand’s biggest bank, says it now expects three official cash rate (OCR) increases this year – in July, September and October. But ... <a title="ANZ now expects RBNZ to raise official cash rate in July" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/anz-now-expects-rbnz-to-raise-official-cash-rate-in-july/" aria-label="Read more about ANZ now expects RBNZ to raise official cash rate in July">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand If you have a strong attachment to some of your favourite bath towels, you might be avoiding the idea of replacing them. Maybe they’re the perfect size and softness, or they’ve been in rotation for years and are still super absorbent (despite thinning fabric). But what are the signs that it ... <a title="Do you ever need to throw out old bath towels?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/do-you-ever-need-to-throw-out-old-bath-towels/" aria-label="Read more about Do you ever need to throw out old bath towels?">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Brightcove link: https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6392786299112 Despite having just turned 14, Naia Talakai’s racking up the haircuts, working 6 days a week at Ōtara town centre. He does his homework on the train to school as he is in the barbershop for a couple of hours every evening from Monday to Friday. Saturday is ... <a title="Fadez by Naia: Ōtara’s talented teen barber" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/fadez-by-naia-otaras-talented-teen-barber/" aria-label="Read more about Fadez by Naia: Ōtara’s talented teen barber">Read more</a>
