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May 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand University of Otago’s Professor Nick Wilson is part of the independent think tank Islands for the Future of Humanity. (File photo) SUPPLIED/University of Otago An independent think tank is warning a whole range of potential future international threats could impact New Zealand’s ability to feed itself. One of the members of ... <a title="Think tank warns future international threats could impact New Zealand’s food security" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/think-tank-warns-future-international-threats-could-impact-new-zealands-food-security/" aria-label="Read more about Think tank warns future international threats could impact New Zealand’s food security">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Karanga-a-Hape underground station will house the longest escalator in New Zealand, at 40 metres long Supplied: CRL The Auckland City Rail Link (CRL) is undertaking large-scale safety testing ahead of its opening later this year. Volunteers have been taking part in a range of real-life simulations to test evacuation procedures. ... <a title="Fires, unruly passengers and prams play part in lengthy CRL testing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/fires-unruly-passengers-and-prams-play-part-in-lengthy-crl-testing/" aria-label="Read more about Fires, unruly passengers and prams play part in lengthy CRL testing">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The New Zealand police do not use bodyworn cameras though they aim to by next year. NZ Police / Supplied Police say they do not have an issue with tasers and cameras revealing the location of officers. In Australia, the ABC has reported bluetooth on tasers and bodyworn cameras allowed detecting ... <a title="Police say risk of bluetooth on tasers and cameras does not apply to New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/police-say-risk-of-bluetooth-on-tasers-and-cameras-does-not-apply-to-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about Police say risk of bluetooth on tasers and cameras does not apply to New Zealand">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Cannes Film Festival officially started on Tuesday night with a more muted tone than in years past, with fewer A-list Hollywood celebrities on the red carpet and politics largely absent from the opening ceremony speeches. Others on the carpet included model Heidi Klum, legendary actor Joan Collins and Indian film ... <a title="Sir Peter Jackson honoured at Cannes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/sir-peter-jackson-honoured-at-cannes/" aria-label="Read more about Sir Peter Jackson honoured at Cannes">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A new Rotorua cafe will ask customers to speak only te reo Māori when they walk in the doors. Rumaki Cafe, on Fenton Street, has made the call to go full Māori immersion when they open at the end of July. Customers will be supported to give te reo a go ... <a title="New Rotorua cafe will operate fully in te reo Māori" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/new-rotorua-cafe-will-operate-fully-in-te-reo-maori/" aria-label="Read more about New Rotorua cafe will operate fully in te reo Māori">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Unsplash/ Ina Ramos Aged care provider Radius Residential Care has reported a strong full year result with net profit up 36 percent on the back of 14 percent revenue growth. The company, which operates 24 aged care homes, made a full year profit for the year ended March of just over ... <a title="Radius Residential Care lifts occupancy rates, net profit up 36%" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/radius-residential-care-lifts-occupancy-rates-net-profit-up-36/" aria-label="Read more about Radius Residential Care lifts occupancy rates, net profit up 36%">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand s] The cyclist has since been freed and taken to hospital with serious injuries. RNZ / REECE BAKER Glenmore Street in central Wellington is closed after a cyclist was trapped beneath a car this morning. Emergency services were called to the crash which happened between the the street’s intersections with Kilmister ... <a title="Wellington street closed after cyclist trapped under car" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/wellington-street-closed-after-cyclist-trapped-under-car/" aria-label="Read more about Wellington street closed after cyclist trapped under car">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janne Torkkola, PhD Student, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University If you travel around Australia, you will find an incredible diversity of lizards. The three-toed snake-tooth skink (Saiphos reticulatus), for example, is a peculiarly long and stumpy legged reptile that burrows in rainforest and is covered ... <a title="Why are there so many lizards in Australia? The ancient climate holds a clue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/why-are-there-so-many-lizards-in-australia-the-ancient-climate-holds-a-clue-282708/" aria-label="Read more about Why are there so many lizards in Australia? The ancient climate holds a clue">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maria Nawaz, Project Lead, Australian Climate Accountability Project at the UNSW Australian Human Rights Institute, UNSW Sydney Australia’s High Court will today hear its first ever climate case. It could have real implications for fossil fuel producers across the country. The nation’s highest court has been asked ... <a title="Should emissions from coal burned overseas be considered in Australian mine approvals? For the first time, the High Court will decide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/should-emissions-from-coal-burned-overseas-be-considered-in-australian-mine-approvals-for-the-first-time-the-high-court-will-decide-281343/" aria-label="Read more about Should emissions from coal burned overseas be considered in Australian mine approvals? For the first time, the High Court will decide">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simone Marino, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Education; Adjunct Research Fellow, Social Ageing (SAGE) Futures Lab, Edith Cowan University Every Friday morning in a community hall near Fremantle, something quietly extraordinary happens. Chairs are arranged in a rough semicircle. Someone has brought a tray of biscotti from ... <a title="‘This is where she comes alive’: for ageing migrants, community choirs are more than music" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/this-is-where-she-comes-alive-for-ageing-migrants-community-choirs-are-more-than-music-280467/" aria-label="Read more about ‘This is where she comes alive’: for ageing migrants, community choirs are more than music">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stuart Thompson, Senior Lecturer in Plant Biochemistry, University of Westminster Researchers at MIT have suggested that rice seeds can hear the sound of rain, according to a new study. MIT calls it “the first direct evidence that plant seeds and seedlings can sense sounds in nature”. Perhaps ... <a title="Can plants hear? Latest research offers new insights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/can-plants-hear-latest-research-offers-new-insights-282178/" aria-label="Read more about Can plants hear? Latest research offers new insights">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po, the Māori queen, with Prince William at Windsor Castle in London. Supplied Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po, the Māori queen, has met with Prince William at Windsor Castle in London. They discussed “a range of global topics”, a ... <a title="Māori Queen Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po meets Prince William at Windsor Castle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/13/maori-queen-te-arikinui-kuini-nga-wai-hono-i-te-po-meets-prince-william-at-windsor-castle/" aria-label="Read more about Māori Queen Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po meets Prince William at Windsor Castle">Read more</a>
