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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Football Fern Jacqui Hand is now one of the more experienced players in the squad. Photosport Jacqui Hand is months into the biggest move of her football career and with a possible second Football World Cup on the horizon she is wanting to reach her potential at club level. Hand is ... <a title="Four clubs in 2 years, Football Fern Jacqui Hand finds ‘good fit’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/four-clubs-in-2-years-football-fern-jacqui-hand-finds-good-fit/" aria-label="Read more about Four clubs in 2 years, Football Fern Jacqui Hand finds ‘good fit’">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Art Cotterell, Postdoctoral Fellow, Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney The successful Artemis II trip around the Moon was a historic achievement – the first crewed lunar fly-by in more than 50 years, and the greatest distance yet travelled by humans from our “pale blue dot”. ... <a title="As Artemis II is celebrated, the world faces hard questions about US leadership in space" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/as-artemis-ii-is-celebrated-the-world-faces-hard-questions-about-us-leadership-in-space-280371/" aria-label="Read more about As Artemis II is celebrated, the world faces hard questions about US leadership in space">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Sussex, Associate Professor (Adj), Griffith Asia Institute; and Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University Hungary’s most consequential election in decades has just delivered an important victory for democracy and accountability. For Hungarians, opposition leader Péter Magyar’s emphatic defeat of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán ... <a title="What Viktor Orbán’s election loss means for Putin, Trump and the rise of right-wing populism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/what-viktor-orbans-election-loss-means-for-putin-trump-and-the-rise-of-right-wing-populism-280447/" aria-label="Read more about What Viktor Orbán’s election loss means for Putin, Trump and the rise of right-wing populism">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand ¡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 his cartoons due to concerns that his dress, accent and characters like his cousin, Slowpoke Rodriguez, were insensitive ... <a title="¡Ándale! ¡Arriba! Speedy Gonzales set to make his triumphant return" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/andale-arriba-speedy-gonzales-set-to-make-his-triumphant-return/" aria-label="Read more about ¡Ándale! ¡Arriba! Speedy Gonzales set to make his triumphant return">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A farmer who caused the death of 140 animals has been sentenced to nine months’ home detention 123rf.com A Rangitikei farmer who caused the death of more that 140 animals has been sentenced to more than nine months’ home detention and and indefinitely banned from owning animals. David William Newcombe, 50, ... <a title="Farmer caused death of 140 animals, banned from future ownership" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/farmer-caused-death-of-140-animals-banned-from-future-ownership/" aria-label="Read more about Farmer caused death of 140 animals, banned from future ownership">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Christopher Luxon says he’s happy to be labelled woke if it means New Zealanders are not losing their lives in the recent cyclone. The Prime Minister held a briefing with reporters in Auckland on Monday afternoon, after Cyclone Vaianu’s course shifted away from Hawke’s Bay late on Sunday. Hawke’s Bay Regional ... <a title="Christopher Luxon hits back at Wairoa mayor Craig Little over woke comment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/christopher-luxon-hits-back-at-wairoa-mayor-craig-little-over-woke-comment/" aria-label="Read more about Christopher Luxon hits back at Wairoa mayor Craig Little over woke comment">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Cuba-flagged LPG/chemical tanker Pastorita leaves Havana Harbour on February 26, 2026. YAMIL LAGE / AFP Cuba has been under US trade sanctions since 1962 and the past few months have further challenged the Caribbean nation, with tightened economic blockades by America. University of Canterbury lecturer Josephine Varghese and Ambassador Luis ... <a title="Cuba’s unending embargo" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/cubas-unending-embargo/" aria-label="Read more about Cuba’s unending embargo">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sophie Smit, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Sydney Have you ever tasted a word, or seen colours while listening to music? If you have, you may be among the 1% to 4% of people who have a fascinating trait known as synaesthesia. Synaesthesia is ... <a title="Do you taste words or hear colours? Here’s the neuroscience behind synaesthesia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/do-you-taste-words-or-hear-colours-heres-the-neuroscience-behind-synaesthesia-277960/" aria-label="Read more about Do you taste words or hear colours? Here’s the neuroscience behind synaesthesia">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Pukete Bridge remains closed and motorists are warned to expect delays. Pretoria Gordon / RNZ A car has collided with a truck on Wairere Drive in Hamilton, blocking the road. A police spokesperson said one person is critically injured while several others are in a serious condition. The crash happened at ... <a title="Car collides with truck in Hamilton, blocking road" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/car-collides-with-truck-in-hamilton-blocking-road/" aria-label="Read more about Car collides with truck in Hamilton, blocking road">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexa Scarlata, Lecturer, Digital Communication, RMIT University Australian kids’ TV shows are now few and far between. During the pandemic, the Australian government scrapped decades-old quotas for minimum hours of children’s content to try and bail out flailing commercial television networks. They were never reinstated. In 2023, ... <a title="ABC’s Caper Crew delivers heists and heart – a bright spot in a struggling kids’ TV sector" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/abcs-caper-crew-delivers-heists-and-heart-a-bright-spot-in-a-struggling-kids-tv-sector-279216/" aria-label="Read more about ABC’s Caper Crew delivers heists and heart – a bright spot in a struggling kids’ TV sector">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Australia will get its first female chief of army, with the appointment of Lieutenant General Susan Coyle to the post. Coyle, currently chief of joint capabilities, is the first woman to be appointed head of any of the services in ... <a title="Australia gets its first female army chief, Susan Coyle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/australia-gets-its-first-female-army-chief-susan-coyle-280435/" aria-label="Read more about Australia gets its first female army chief, Susan Coyle">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand BusinessNZ chief executive Katherine Rich said the services sector was clearly feeling the effects of the conflict in Iran. 123RF Services sector slump deepens All five sub-indices in retreat Negative comments leap higher BNZ says PSI “so poor, economy could soon be contracting” New Zealand’s services sector has retreated for the ... <a title="Services sector slumps again as PSI points to deeper contraction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/services-sector-slumps-again-as-psi-points-to-deeper-contraction/" aria-label="Read more about Services sector slumps again as PSI points to deeper contraction">Read more</a>
