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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The new flu variant Super-k spread across the US and Europe last year, and has already arrived in Australia CDC The health system is preparing for a potentially difficult winter flu season, as the H3N2 Subclade K (Super-k) influenza virus heads for New Zealand’s shores. The variant spread across the US ... <a title="What to know as flu strain ‘super-k’ nears New Zealand shores" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/what-to-know-as-flu-strain-super-k-nears-new-zealand-shores/" aria-label="Read more about What to know as flu strain ‘super-k’ nears New Zealand shores">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The company said it was experiencing temporary in-market product availability issues. Getty Images Infant milk formula (IMF) exporter a2 Milk says supply chain disruptions are making it difficult to meet Chinese demand, which is expected to see its full-year profit outlook fall short of expectations. In a market statement, the company ... <a title="a2 Milk drops profit forecast due to supply chain disruptions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/a2-milk-drops-profit-forecast-due-to-supply-chain-disruptions/" aria-label="Read more about a2 Milk drops profit forecast due to supply chain disruptions">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Marchant, Research Assistant & PhD Candidate in Mental Health, Swansea University Family courts step in at some of the hardest moments in a child’s life, when parents separate or when there are concerns about their safety. We already know that children involved in care proceedings are ... <a title="Children going through family courts face increased risk of self-harm, new research finds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/children-going-through-family-courts-face-increased-risk-of-self-harm-new-research-finds-278263/" aria-label="Read more about Children going through family courts face increased risk of self-harm, new research finds">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julien Benoit, Associate professor in Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of the Witwatersrand Between 280 and 200 million years ago, a group of animals evolved which would eventually give rise to mammals, including humans: the therapsids. They were first described more than 150 years ago, based on fossils from ... <a title="Embryo fossil found in South Africa is world’s oldest proof that mammal ancestors laid eggs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/embryo-fossil-found-in-south-africa-is-worlds-oldest-proof-that-mammal-ancestors-laid-eggs-277673/" aria-label="Read more about Embryo fossil found in South Africa is world’s oldest proof that mammal ancestors laid eggs">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Cordes, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona Spiders are among Earth’s most resourceful predators, nabbing prey by any means necessary. Orb weavers spin webs for capture. Wolf spiders ambush on the ground at night. Almost all spiders use venom when they hunt. But ... <a title="How does spider venom damage human cells? Researchers uncover the killer mechanism of recluse spider toxin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/how-does-spider-venom-damage-human-cells-researchers-uncover-the-killer-mechanism-of-recluse-spider-toxin-279903/" aria-label="Read more about How does spider venom damage human cells? Researchers uncover the killer mechanism of recluse spider toxin">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand An expansion of cancer infusion services will allow “thousands” more New Zealanders to access “life-saving cancer treatment closer to home”, says Health Minister Simeon Brown. Brown at Waitākere Hospital on Monday morning announced 14 new infusion centres and expansions at 14 existing sites, enabling “hundreds” more treatments every week. “Infusion services ... <a title="Expansion of cancer infusion services announced" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/expansion-of-cancer-infusion-services-announced/" aria-label="Read more about Expansion of cancer infusion services announced">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A brown river raging in flood, in a gorge, during a storm. RNZ/ Nick Monro Wild weather has once again brought flooding, damage and destruction to parts of the country, and uncertainty and stress over a far greater region – particularly those hit before. There have been four red weather warnings ... <a title="Talk of relocation after string of weather disasters, Christopher Luxon says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/talk-of-relocation-after-string-of-weather-disasters-christopher-luxon-says/" aria-label="Read more about Talk of relocation after string of weather disasters, Christopher Luxon says">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A fixed-wing aircraft is used to drop fertiliser on a field. New Zealand Agricultural Aviation Association Rural retailers are reporting the supply chain crunch due to impacts of war in the Middle East is flowing down to key agricultural goods. Farming customers at major rural retailers Farmlands and PGG Wrightson are ... <a title="Supply chain crunch raising price of agricultural goods, rural retailers says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/supply-chain-crunch-raising-price-of-agricultural-goods-rural-retailers-says/" aria-label="Read more about Supply chain crunch raising price of agricultural goods, rural retailers says">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Oscar award-winning documentary Mr. Nobody Against Putin is a classic story of “a very regular person finding his power and finding his voice”, director David Borenstein says. Pavel “Pasha” Talankin is the film’s main character – a videographer and events coordinator at Karabash Primary School near Russia’s Ural mountains. Talankin was uncomfortable ... <a title="‘Mr Nobody Against Putin’ warns of Russia’s slide into militarisation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/mr-nobody-against-putin-warns-of-russias-slide-into-militarisation/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Mr Nobody Against Putin’ warns of Russia’s slide into militarisation">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Griffiths, Democracy Deputy Program Director, Grattan Institute Around the world, democracy as a system of government is backsliding. After more than 50 years of liberal democracy in ascendancy, democratic progress plateaued around the turn of the century and is now going backwards. In 2025, there were ... <a title="To stop Australian democracy going the way of the US, here’s what we need to do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/to-stop-australian-democracy-going-the-way-of-the-us-heres-what-we-need-to-do-280353/" aria-label="Read more about To stop Australian democracy going the way of the US, here’s what we need to do">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. Hungary’s veteran nationalist leader Viktor Orban conceded defeat. AFP Hungary’s veteran nationalist leader Viktor Orban conceded defeat after a landslide election victory by the upstart opposition Tisza party, in a setback for his allies in Russia and US President Donald Trump’s White House. Results based on 46 percent of ... <a title="Hungary’s Viktor Orban concedes landmark defeat to centre-right opposition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/hungarys-viktor-orban-concedes-landmark-defeat-to-centre-right-opposition/" aria-label="Read more about Hungary’s Viktor Orban concedes landmark defeat to centre-right opposition">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Sam Ruthe Photosport Teenage running phenomenon Sam Ruthe has cast doubt over his immediate racing future after suffering a stress fracture to his lower leg. Ruthe, who turned 17 on Sunday, posted that he’ll be “off the radar for a while”, although there was no indication whether time out will affect ... <a title="Athletics: Sam Ruthe ‘off radar’ after suffering leg fracture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/athletics-sam-ruthe-off-radar-after-suffering-leg-fracture/" aria-label="Read more about Athletics: Sam Ruthe ‘off radar’ after suffering leg fracture">Read more</a>
