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April 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ronald Kramer, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau There is a seemingly endless flow of crime dramas on streaming platforms these days. Many are fictional, some dramatise real historical crimes and criminal figures. But have you noticed how many characters – hero or ... <a title="Special agents: the rise of the neurodivergent hero in TV crime drama" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/special-agents-the-rise-of-the-neurodivergent-hero-in-tv-crime-drama-279312/" aria-label="Read more about Special agents: the rise of the neurodivergent hero in TV crime drama">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
IRNA News Agency When news reports first indicated that US Vice-President JD Vance was going to lead the Americans in the negotiations with Iran, the country the US and Israel are waging a foolish war against, there was a sense that someone even as young him may have recognised the train wreck that Donald Trump ... <a title="Why Vance couldn’t stop the Trump train wreck – an Iranian perspective" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/why-vance-couldnt-stop-the-trump-train-wreck-an-iranian-perspective/" aria-label="Read more about Why Vance couldn’t stop the Trump train wreck – an Iranian perspective">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Senior public sector leader Brendan Boyle (file image). RNZ Senior public sector leader Brendan Boyle has been appointed as the Acting Secretary and chief executive for the Social Investment Agency. The appointment comes about five months after the resignation of former SIA chief executive Andrew Coster following the scathing Independent Police ... <a title="Brendan Boyle appointed Social Investment Agency chief executive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/brendan-boyle-appointed-social-investment-agency-chief-executive/" aria-label="Read more about Brendan Boyle appointed Social Investment Agency chief executive">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon Warning: This story discusses details of a sexual assault and may disturb some readers. Police want to hear from any other victims of a man jailed for sexually assaulting two women. Jeremy Frank Hobbs was sentenced in the Christchurch District Court last month to eight-and-a-half years’ imprisonment ... <a title="Police believe Jeremy Frank Hobbs, jailed over sexual assaults, may have had more victims" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/police-believe-jeremy-frank-hobbs-jailed-over-sexual-assaults-may-have-had-more-victims/" aria-label="Read more about Police believe Jeremy Frank Hobbs, jailed over sexual assaults, may have had more victims">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Stewart Islandiers were already paying more than twice what those on the mainland pay. RNZ / Mark Papalii Electricity prices have been hiked by almost 5 percent on Stewart Island/Rakiura due to the sharp rise of the price of fuel. The island’s power grid is generated entirely by diesel, though there ... <a title="Stewart Island’s already high price for electricity gets even higher" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/stewart-islands-already-high-price-for-electricity-gets-even-higher/" aria-label="Read more about Stewart Island’s already high price for electricity gets even higher">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand ANZ said it was not a given that hiking the OCR would prove to have been the right thing to do in the fullness of time. RNZ ANZ, New Zealand’s biggest bank, says it now expects three official cash rate (OCR) increases this year – in July, September and October. But ... <a title="ANZ now expects RBNZ to raise official cash rate in July" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/anz-now-expects-rbnz-to-raise-official-cash-rate-in-july/" aria-label="Read more about ANZ now expects RBNZ to raise official cash rate in July">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand If you have a strong attachment to some of your favourite bath towels, you might be avoiding the idea of replacing them. Maybe they’re the perfect size and softness, or they’ve been in rotation for years and are still super absorbent (despite thinning fabric). But what are the signs that it ... <a title="Do you ever need to throw out old bath towels?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/do-you-ever-need-to-throw-out-old-bath-towels/" aria-label="Read more about Do you ever need to throw out old bath towels?">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Brightcove link: https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6392786299112 Despite having just turned 14, Naia Talakai’s racking up the haircuts, working 6 days a week at Ōtara town centre. He does his homework on the train to school as he is in the barbershop for a couple of hours every evening from Monday to Friday. Saturday is ... <a title="Fadez by Naia: Ōtara’s talented teen barber" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/fadez-by-naia-otaras-talented-teen-barber/" aria-label="Read more about Fadez by Naia: Ōtara’s talented teen barber">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The new flu variant Super-k spread across the US and Europe last year, and has already arrived in Australia CDC The health system is preparing for a potentially difficult winter flu season, as the H3N2 Subclade K (Super-k) influenza virus heads for New Zealand’s shores. The variant spread across the US ... <a title="What to know as flu strain ‘super-k’ nears New Zealand shores" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/what-to-know-as-flu-strain-super-k-nears-new-zealand-shores/" aria-label="Read more about What to know as flu strain ‘super-k’ nears New Zealand shores">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The company said it was experiencing temporary in-market product availability issues. Getty Images Infant milk formula (IMF) exporter a2 Milk says supply chain disruptions are making it difficult to meet Chinese demand, which is expected to see its full-year profit outlook fall short of expectations. In a market statement, the company ... <a title="a2 Milk drops profit forecast due to supply chain disruptions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/a2-milk-drops-profit-forecast-due-to-supply-chain-disruptions/" aria-label="Read more about a2 Milk drops profit forecast due to supply chain disruptions">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Marchant, Research Assistant & PhD Candidate in Mental Health, Swansea University Family courts step in at some of the hardest moments in a child’s life, when parents separate or when there are concerns about their safety. We already know that children involved in care proceedings are ... <a title="Children going through family courts face increased risk of self-harm, new research finds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/children-going-through-family-courts-face-increased-risk-of-self-harm-new-research-finds-278263/" aria-label="Read more about Children going through family courts face increased risk of self-harm, new research finds">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julien Benoit, Associate professor in Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of the Witwatersrand Between 280 and 200 million years ago, a group of animals evolved which would eventually give rise to mammals, including humans: the therapsids. They were first described more than 150 years ago, based on fossils from ... <a title="Embryo fossil found in South Africa is world’s oldest proof that mammal ancestors laid eggs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/embryo-fossil-found-in-south-africa-is-worlds-oldest-proof-that-mammal-ancestors-laid-eggs-277673/" aria-label="Read more about Embryo fossil found in South Africa is world’s oldest proof that mammal ancestors laid eggs">Read more</a>
