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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>
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May 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Renders of the proposed floating sauna on Lake Henry, looking north. Supplied / Southland District Council A proposal to run a floating sauna in a popular Te Anau reserve has gone up in steam in the face of public backlash. The plan was for people to sweat it out on a ... <a title="Locals win fight against proposed Te Anau floating sauna" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/locals-win-fight-against-proposed-te-anau-floating-sauna/" aria-label="Read more about Locals win fight against proposed Te Anau floating sauna">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Sturges Road train station in West Auckland. File photo. Google Maps There has been an increased security presence at a West Auckland train station, after anti-social behaviour involving teenagers yesterday. The incident occurred at the Sturges Road train station car park on Tuesday afternoon. Auckland Transport spokesperson Hayden Rawcliffe confirmed ... <a title="Increased security at Auckland train station after incident with teenagers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/increased-security-at-auckland-train-station-after-incident-with-teenagers/" aria-label="Read more about Increased security at Auckland train station after incident with teenagers">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ Young people who could have been helped into work are instead stuck “in a void” due to government policy changes, says the head of the Mayors’ Taskforce for Jobs. It comes as StatsNZ data points to rising youth unemployment, with 14.4 percent of 15 to 24-year-olds not in education, employment ... <a title="Focus on Jobseekers leaves youth falling through cracks and harder to place once 18 – Mayors’ Taskforce" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/focus-on-jobseekers-leaves-youth-falling-through-cracks-and-harder-to-place-once-18-mayors-taskforce/" aria-label="Read more about Focus on Jobseekers leaves youth falling through cracks and harder to place once 18 – Mayors’ Taskforce">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Matthew Ryan has admitted making and publishing intimate visual recordings. DCM / supplied A well-known Wellington landlord who owns numerous properties has pleaded guilty to multiple charges of making and publishing intimate recordings. Matthew Ryan appeared at the Wellington District Court on Wednesday, wearing a moon boot and using a walking ... <a title="Wellington landlord admits making and publishing intimate recordings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/wellington-landlord-admits-making-and-publishing-intimate-recordings/" aria-label="Read more about Wellington landlord admits making and publishing intimate recordings">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kai He, Professor of International Relations, Griffith University US President Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing this week may ease tensions at the margins of the US–China rivalry. But it will not change a central fact: neither side can escape the rivalry, and neither side can decisively win ... <a title="Trump-Xi summit: 3 ways the US and China can compete without going to war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/trump-xi-summit-3-ways-the-us-and-china-can-compete-without-going-to-war-281328/" aria-label="Read more about Trump-Xi summit: 3 ways the US and China can compete without going to war">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The federal government’s fifth budget contains major, controversial changes to the tax arrangements for housing. The government has argued that the changes will ensure young people will have better access to the housing market. But Shadow Treasurer Tim Wilson says ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tim Wilson on the budget’s hidden hits on young Australians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/politics-with-michelle-grattan-tim-wilson-on-the-budgets-hidden-hits-on-young-australians-282848/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tim Wilson on the budget’s hidden hits on young Australians">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
By Atereano Mateariki, RNZ Pacific journalist Previously it was reporting on governments or politics that brought trouble for Tonga’s journalists — now it’s reporting on drugs or gangs. Tongan journalists are coming to terms with new pressures on media freedom over reporting on the country’s drug crisis, and the role of gangs in it. This ... <a title="Tongan media faces new type of challenge, following threat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/tongan-media-faces-new-type-of-challenge-following-threat/" aria-label="Read more about Tongan media faces new type of challenge, following threat">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Inflation is expected to hit 3.41 percent in the year ahead, from 2.59 percent forecast in the previous survey. RNZ / Quin Tauetau RBNZ survey shows a more pessimistic view of the economy Weaker growth, higher inflation and unemployment, and a cash rate rise are expected in the near term Key ... <a title="Higher inflation, greater unemployment and weaker growth expected – RBNZ survey" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/higher-inflation-greater-unemployment-and-weaker-growth-expected-rbnz-survey/" aria-label="Read more about Higher inflation, greater unemployment and weaker growth expected – RBNZ survey">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand AA said increasingly powerful e-bikes and e-scooters were hitting the market and causing a headache for police. RNZ / Dom Thomas The AA wants stronger rules for high-powered electric bikes and scooters. Its principal policy adviser Terry Collins told Checkpoint the current rules were unfit for purpose. “These rules that exist ... <a title="AA calls for tighter rules on e-bikes and e-scooters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/aa-calls-for-tighter-rules-on-e-bikes-and-e-scooters/" aria-label="Read more about AA calls for tighter rules on e-bikes and e-scooters">Read more</a>
