ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on November 13, 2026.
What’s missing from election promises in Victoria’s rural health debate? A long-term vision
Despite promising more hospital beds, faster surgery and extra health workers, major parties are missing the chance to tackle deeper problems in rural health care.
GPs are now ‘prescribing’ time in nature. Is it likely to improve your health?
The advice might be to spend 20 minutes a day noticing the natural world – whether that’s walking through a park, listening to birds or wildlife gardening.
Microsoft has suffered a global outage. A tech expert explains what went wrong
This outage shows why we must urgently prepare for digital outages in a similar way we do for natural disasters.
Professor Prasad to be sworn back into Fiji Cabinet after no case ruling
By Nacanieli Tuilevuka in Suva Fiji’s former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Professor Biman Prasad will be sworn back into Cabinet tomorrow, Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has confirmed. Speaking to The Fiji Times in Savusavu, Rabuka said Dr Prasad would return to Cabinet, although his ministerial portfolio had yet to be finalised. “Tomorrow,
‘A clear call for climate action’: Bowen defends Albanese at COP31
Climate and Energy Minister Chris Bowen spoke to The Conversation at COP31 in Turkey – as the conference hits the halfway mark.
A quarter of the world’s reptiles use rocky habitats. So why aren’t we protecting them?
Many reptiles rely on rocky areas to find food, escape predators and reproduce.
Voters in areas with large Pacific populations clear on who should lead New Zealand
By Justin Latif, RNZ Pacific news editor While the general election result might be too close to call, Labour has again drawn strong support from communities with a large Pacific voter base. National and Labour finished in a near dead heat for the party vote — with Labour on 29.4 percent percent and National on
Being Heumaan is no ‘inspirational cripple’ tale. It’s a story of ordinary people taking on impossible odds
Judy Heumann and her crip comrades changed the world in 1977. Siân Heder’s film is a beautiful ode to that effort.
Why Canada has a moral imperative to address homelessness
The call to end homelessness requires an ethical argument.
Friday essay: to tackle the dreadful rise in antisemitism, we must speak the truth about Israel’s war crimes
Robert Manne calls for thinkers like Simon Schama, publishers, and leaders of the Israel and Jewish lobbies like Jillian Segal, to speak the truth about Israel’s war.
Pacific fuel crisis cost region nearly $1 billion in six months, NZ briefings reveal
By Kaya Selby of RNZ Pacific Officials say the fuel crisis triggered in late February due to the war United States war on Iran has cost the Pacific region nearly a billion dollars in its first six months. Briefings to New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters ahead of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) leaders’ summit
From ancient Asia to the AI age: Has China’s ‘beauty stratagem’ found a new victim in Nvidia’s Jensen Huang?
‘Honey traps’ have long been used to gain an advantage over a rival. In China, it is a tactic documented in stories that go back 2 millennia.
RNZ’s budget crisis threatens its core purpose. But there’s an obvious solution
A small proportion of anticipated land sale revenue in the next financial year would help RNZ avoid drastic cuts – but will Treasury and a new government permit it?
Far from farms and cities, dry climates are boosting river nitrate pollution
A new study found nitrate hot spots in some unexpected places, including the Rocky Mountains and the Sahara Desert.
Women suffer more from climate change. Policymakers must recognise this
For the first time, Australia’s climate change data will distinguish between men and women. This is long overdue.
Concrete and steel – or mangroves and forests? When it comes to climate adaptation, nature is much cheaper
Nature can protect coastlines, watersheds and waterways for a fraction of the cost of traditional infrastructure. Why isn’t it mainstream?
Amid rising job cuts, these are your legal rights if you’re made redundant
If you work for a small business or a big company like David Jones, your rights to redundancy payouts can vary. Here’s what you need to know.
Most new parents have intrusive thoughts about their baby being harmed. It’s OK to talk about it
Intrusive thoughts are sudden, unwanted and often negative. And they can be very distressing for new parents.
Discoveries from a 125,000-year-old lakeshore reveal life in a greener Arabia
Tools, plants and animal remains found in the desert reveal a lush landscape where people once thrived.
There’s a formula for writing a hit song. So why isn’t every song a hit?
A hit song is ultimately more than the sum of its parts. It depends on a rare alignment of three factors.