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May 14, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominik Koll, Honorary Lecturer, Nuclear Physics, Australian National University When you think of outer space, you’re likely picturing stars, planets and moons. But much of space is filled with clouds of gas, plasma and stardust – known as interstellar clouds. In the local parts of our galaxy ... <a title="Stardust trapped in Antarctic ice reveals tens of thousands of years of Solar System’s past" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/14/stardust-trapped-in-antarctic-ice-reveals-tens-of-thousands-of-years-of-solar-systems-past-279745/" aria-label="Read more about Stardust trapped in Antarctic ice reveals tens of thousands of years of Solar System’s past">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand After twenty years in the business, Katchafire have made many friends in the music industry. The New Zealand band have called on some of their contacts for their latest project, Revival: The Guest Edition. It’s the second time the band have revisited their platinum-selling debut released in 2003. Revival 2.0 was ... <a title="‘Everywhere the Pacific Ocean touches, they love them some Katchafire’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/everywhere-the-pacific-ocean-touches-they-love-them-some-katchafire/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Everywhere the Pacific Ocean touches, they love them some Katchafire’">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Grovers Hill walking track in Roxburgh. Supplied / Central Otago District Council One person has died after a truck rolled on a walking track in Central Otago this afternoon. Police said the crash on Grovers Hill walking track – off Teviot Street in Roxburgh – was reported at 3.15pm. The ... <a title="One dead after truck rolls on Central Otago walking track" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/one-dead-after-truck-rolls-on-central-otago-walking-track/" aria-label="Read more about One dead after truck rolls on Central Otago walking track">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A landslide on a Kingston street in Wellington, April 2026. RNZ / Mark Papalii The Natural Hazards Commission [NHC] is now receiving more claims for damage from landslides than for any other natural hazard. NHC received almost 13,000 claims for damage from landslides in the last five years, 10,000 more than ... <a title="Landslides result in more claims than any other natural hazard" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/landslides-result-in-more-claims-than-any-other-natural-hazard/" aria-label="Read more about Landslides result in more claims than any other natural hazard">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matt Hopcraft, Associate Professor in Professional Practice, Melbourne Dental School, The University of Melbourne This week’s federal budget was meant to help tackle the cost-of-living crisis. But Treasurer Jim Chalmers has done little to address a big out-of-pocket health cost millions of Australians face – dental care. ... <a title="Dental funding in this week’s budget is just tinkering around the edges. We need so much more" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/dental-funding-in-this-weeks-budget-is-just-tinkering-around-the-edges-we-need-so-much-more-282859/" aria-label="Read more about Dental funding in this week’s budget is just tinkering around the edges. We need so much more">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Annette Hall has been the voice of Far North Radio and Sea Rescue for the past 20 years. RNZ / Peter de Graaf For the past 20 years Annette Hall has been like a mother to the boaties of the Far North. She’s kept tabs on where they are with twice-daily ... <a title="How Annette Hall accidentally spent 20 years as ‘mum’ to Far North boaties" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/how-annette-hall-accidentally-spent-20-years-as-mum-to-far-north-boaties/" aria-label="Read more about How Annette Hall accidentally spent 20 years as ‘mum’ to Far North boaties">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Dwyer, Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania The US Government has released a new trove of documents on various cases of “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena” (UAPs) – many of which would have been described in the past as Unidentified Flying Objects or UFOs – including ... <a title="New UFO files offer no answers – but something is happening in the skies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/new-ufo-files-offer-no-answers-but-something-is-happening-in-the-skies-282608/" aria-label="Read more about New UFO files offer no answers – but something is happening in the skies">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Craspedia argentia seedlings in their new home at Mahaka Katia Scientific Reserve. RNZ / Katie Todd One of New Zealand’s rarest plant species is getting another shot at survival, after plummeting to just two known plants in the wild. About 250 Craspedia argentia seedlings are this week being planted at Mahaka ... <a title="Scientists bring one of New Zealand’s rarest plants back from the brink" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/scientists-bring-one-of-new-zealands-rarest-plants-back-from-the-brink/" aria-label="Read more about Scientists bring one of New Zealand’s rarest plants back from the brink">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand At age 14, Valiant Overcomer climbed into the back of a truck as it drove out of Gloriavale towards what he believed could be hell. The Christian community, on the West Coast of Te Wai Pounamu, was the only place he’d known. Gloriavale, he’d grown up to believe, was the only ... <a title="Growing up Māori in Gloriavale: loving and leaving the only community you know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/growing-up-maori-in-gloriavale-loving-and-leaving-the-only-community-you-know/" aria-label="Read more about Growing up Māori in Gloriavale: loving and leaving the only community you know">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hussein Dia, Professor of Transport Technology and Sustainability, Swinburne University of Technology Last night’s federal budget suggests an important step in Australia’s transition to cleaner energy and electric transport may be underway. Spiking prices and geopolitical uncertainty in global oil markets show transport policy is no longer ... <a title="Electric transport is no longer niche. This year’s budget shows it’s the future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/electric-transport-is-no-longer-niche-this-years-budget-shows-its-the-future-282846/" aria-label="Read more about Electric transport is no longer niche. This year’s budget shows it’s the future">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Joao Luiz Bulcao / Hans Lucas via AFP Health NZ has confirmed one of the New Zealanders on board a cruise ship struck by hantavirus does not usually live in New Zealand. One New Zealand citizen left the ship before the hantavirus outbreak was revealed, while another disembarked on Monday and ... <a title="Kiwi onboard hantavirus-hit cruise ship doesn’t usually live in New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/kiwi-onboard-hantavirus-hit-cruise-ship-doesnt-usually-live-in-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about Kiwi onboard hantavirus-hit cruise ship doesn’t usually live in New Zealand">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Awanui Labs is privately owned, but is contracted by Health NZ to provide medical laboratory and pathology services. Supplied An independent review into Invercargill’s Awanui Labs is needed after doctors twice missed signs a woman had cancer, Patient Voice Aotearoa says. The lab failed to detect the 74-year-old retired nurse had ... <a title="Awanui Labs review needed after fatal cancer missed – Patient Voice Aotearoa" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/awanui-labs-review-needed-after-fatal-cancer-missed-patient-voice-aotearoa/" aria-label="Read more about Awanui Labs review needed after fatal cancer missed – Patient Voice Aotearoa">Read more</a>
