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April 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand People are often surprised when Renata Herrera Rojas, a fifth-year university student flatting in Dunedin, says she eats just as well as she did at her home – even though she uses some canned food. But many students struggle: a 2024 University of Auckland survey found 45 percent of 347 students, ... <a title="Is all canned food created equal?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/10/is-all-canned-food-created-equal/" aria-label="Read more about Is all canned food created equal?">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Flooding near Kerikeri in March 2026. RNZ/Tim Collins Northland farmers are still grappling with the fallout of last month’s flooding as they prepare for an incoming cyclone. Cyclone Vaianu is forecast by MetService to reach Northland late on Saturday night then spread across the rest of the island. Rural Support Te ... <a title="Weather: Northland farmers still not done cleaning up flood damage as Cyclone Vaianu arrives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/10/weather-northland-farmers-still-not-done-cleaning-up-flood-damage-as-cyclone-vaianu-arrives/" aria-label="Read more about Weather: Northland farmers still not done cleaning up flood damage as Cyclone Vaianu arrives">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A map of the Bell Block/The Links area water zone that has been under a precautionary boil water notice. New Plymouth District Council A boil water notice for Bell Block and The Links near New Plymouth has been lifted. The advisory was put in place on Thursday following a positive test ... <a title="Boil water notices in parts of New Plymouth lifted, others remain in place" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/10/boil-water-notices-in-parts-of-new-plymouth-lifted-others-remain-in-place/" aria-label="Read more about Boil water notices in parts of New Plymouth lifted, others remain in place">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. 123rf Manufacturing activity eases marginally to 53.2 from 54.8 in February – above 50 is expansion All five sub-indexes positive, growth slows in production, new order, and deliveries Firms may have moved to cushion Middle East conflict impact by stockpiling, building up inventory Sharp lift in negative comments about ... <a title="Manufacturing data yet to show signs of war’s impact" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/10/manufacturing-data-yet-to-show-signs-of-wars-impact/" aria-label="Read more about Manufacturing data yet to show signs of war’s impact">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Stevens, Professor in Ocean Physics, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau; Earth Sciences New Zealand “Same as it ever was” is a phrase that continues to resonate in 2026. The oil shocks of the 1970s, triggered by conflict in the Middle East, sent global energy prices ... <a title="NZ is surrounded by ocean energy. Just what would it take to tap it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/10/nz-is-surrounded-by-ocean-energy-just-what-would-it-take-to-tap-it-279842/" aria-label="Read more about NZ is surrounded by ocean energy. Just what would it take to tap it?">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Paul Burns, Associate Professor, School of Biotech & Biomolecular Science, UNSW Sydney On the shores of the west coast of Australia lies a window to our past: the stromatolites and microbial mats of Gathaagudu (Shark Bay). To the untrained eye they look like a collection of ... <a title="‘First contact’ that may have led to complex life on Earth finally witnessed by scientists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/10/first-contact-that-may-have-led-to-complex-life-on-earth-finally-witnessed-by-scientists-280173/" aria-label="Read more about ‘First contact’ that may have led to complex life on Earth finally witnessed by scientists">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Tanith Wirihana Te Waitohioterangi wearing his rei mako. Supplied / Tanith Wirihana Te Waitohioterangi A Māori researcher says being forced to remove his rei mako (traditional shark tooth earrings) at the New Zealand border felt like “a stripping of mana”. Tanith Wirihana Te Waitohioterangi (Rongowhakaata, Ngāi Tāmanuhiri, Te Whānau a Kai, ... <a title="‘Shamed and embarrassed’: Taonga taken at border sparks calls for awareness" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/10/shamed-and-embarrassed-taonga-taken-at-border-sparks-calls-for-awareness/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Shamed and embarrassed’: Taonga taken at border sparks calls for awareness">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The warrant targeted a Headhunters gang pad in West Auckland (file photo). RNZ / John Edens Stolen vehicles, drugs, ammunition and a rifle have been confiscated from gang pads in West Auckland, police said on Friday. A search warrant was carried out at the West Headhunters pad on View Road on ... <a title="Gang pad raid turns up stolen Cadillac, drugs, gun manufacturing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/10/gang-pad-raid-turns-up-stolen-cadillac-drugs-gun-manufacturing/" aria-label="Read more about Gang pad raid turns up stolen Cadillac, drugs, gun manufacturing">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gokcay Balci, Lecturer in Sustainable Freight Transport and Logistics, University of Leeds The war in Iran has led to a global energy crisis. Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a major energy chokepoint that handles roughly 20% of the world’s oil, has been largely blocked by ... <a title="Some countries in Asia are rationing energy – why they’ve been hit hardest by the crisis in the Gulf" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/10/some-countries-in-asia-are-rationing-energy-why-theyve-been-hit-hardest-by-the-crisis-in-the-gulf-279888/" aria-label="Read more about Some countries in Asia are rationing energy – why they’ve been hit hardest by the crisis in the Gulf">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucy E. Hyde, Lecturer, Anatomy, University of Bristol The human body is often described as a marvel of “perfect design”: elegant, efficient and finely tuned for its purpose. Yet, when we look closer, a rather different picture emerges. Far from being a flawless machine, the body reads ... <a title="The human body isn’t a masterpiece of design – it’s a patchwork of evolutionary compromise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/10/the-human-body-isnt-a-masterpiece-of-design-its-a-patchwork-of-evolutionary-compromise-279343/" aria-label="Read more about The human body isn’t a masterpiece of design – it’s a patchwork of evolutionary compromise">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hollis Karoly, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Amid a renaissance in the science of psychedelics, public interest in psilocybin – or magic mushrooms, as they’ve long been known – is surging. One study found that rates of psilocybin use increased 44% among ... <a title="Psilocybin mushrooms are going mainstream, but scientific research and regulation lag behind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/10/psilocybin-mushrooms-are-going-mainstream-but-scientific-research-and-regulation-lag-behind-277472/" aria-label="Read more about Psilocybin mushrooms are going mainstream, but scientific research and regulation lag behind">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jared Bahir Browsh, Assistant Teaching Professor of Critical Sports Studies, University of Colorado Boulder “¡Ándale! ¡Ándale! ¡Arriba! ¡Arriba!” Meaning “hurry up, let’s go,” the trademark slogan of Speedy Gonzales was, for generations of children, the first Spanish words they learned. But by the 1980s, ABC had pulled ... <a title="¡Ándale! ¡Arriba! Speedy Gonzales set to make his triumphant return to the silver screen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/10/andale-arriba-speedy-gonzales-set-to-make-his-triumphant-return-to-the-silver-screen-278753/" aria-label="Read more about ¡Ándale! ¡Arriba! Speedy Gonzales set to make his triumphant return to the silver screen">Read more</a>
