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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Fire and Emergency said it was called to the plant at about 11.50am on Monday. Pretoria Gordon / RNZ Two people have been taken to hospital after a chemical reaction at Dunedin Airport’s sewage treatment plant. Fire and Emergency said it was called to the plant at the rear of the ... <a title="Two in hospital after chemical reaction at Dunedin Airport’s sewage treatment plant" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/two-in-hospital-after-chemical-reaction-at-dunedin-airports-sewage-treatment-plant/" aria-label="Read more about Two in hospital after chemical reaction at Dunedin Airport’s sewage treatment plant">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The grandmother of five founded the charity Kaitāia Whānau in Need after she spotted a social media post from a young mum who’d just given birth to a premature baby. The March 26-27 flood wrecked Deirdre Ahu’s belongings and left her home in need of serious repair. Supplied During the past ... <a title="Founder of charity Kaitāia Whānau in Need left with a destroyed home after March floods" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/founder-of-charity-kaitaia-whanau-in-need-left-with-a-destroyed-home-after-march-floods/" aria-label="Read more about Founder of charity Kaitāia Whānau in Need left with a destroyed home after March floods">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The new water addressing system uses a distance-based method to assign a number, measured along the shoreline. Marlborough District Council / supplied About 1700 Marlborough Sounds properties are getting new addresses so they remain easily accessible to postal and emergency services. Marlborough District Council had previously relied on jetty numbers, but ... <a title="Marlborough Sounds gets new address system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/marlborough-sounds-gets-new-address-system/" aria-label="Read more about Marlborough Sounds gets new address system">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on April 13, 2026.
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April 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily Upton, PhD Candidate in Psychology, UNSW Sydney; Black Dog Institute Anxiety itself is not a mental illness. It’s a normal, adaptive emotion that helps us respond to perceived threats. Anxiety is the automatic reaction that makes you jump back when you think you’ve seen a snake ... <a title="Is it anxiety or OCD? 2 psychology experts explain the difference" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/is-it-anxiety-or-ocd-2-psychology-experts-explain-the-difference-277624/" aria-label="Read more about Is it anxiety or OCD? 2 psychology experts explain the difference">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The clutter persisted for two years under the new centralised agency, which began consolidating them in July 2024. RNZ / Peter de Graaf Health New Zealand (HNZ) is getting rid of hundreds of old websites and says it is saving millions by doing so. It inherited 344 websites about specific conditions ... <a title="Health NZ scrubs internet of old websites" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/health-nz-scrubs-internet-of-old-websites/" aria-label="Read more about Health NZ scrubs internet of old websites">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand An elderly man was sent home from Waikato Hospital’s ED after being misdiagnosed. RNZ / Simon Rogers An 82-year-old man died the day after being sent home from the emergency department (ED), where a junior doctor had misdiagnosed his abdominal aneurysm as a hip sprain. A report by Deputy Health and ... <a title="Wrong diagnosis ends in elderly man’s death" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/wrong-diagnosis-ends-in-elderly-mans-death/" aria-label="Read more about Wrong diagnosis ends in elderly man’s death">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Lee, Associate Professor of History, UNSW Sydney A new federal government advertising campaign is prompting Australians to reduce their fuel consumption during the current global oil crisis. It asks Australians to consider using their car less and offers tips to boost fuel efficiency, such as “driving ... <a title="A new ad campaign is pushing Australians to use less petrol. Has this happened before?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/a-new-ad-campaign-is-pushing-australians-to-use-less-petrol-has-this-happened-before-280038/" aria-label="Read more about A new ad campaign is pushing Australians to use less petrol. Has this happened before?">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
RNZ Pacific Cyclone Maila has been downgraded to a tropical low but has caused widespread damage in Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. Ten people were reported dead in the autonomous Papua New Guinea region of Bougainville, including eight people killed in a landslide. The incident happened at Asiko Village in Kongara constituency in Central ... <a title="Ten dead in Bougainville amid Cyclone Maila aftermath" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/ten-dead-in-bougainville-amid-cyclone-maila-aftermath/" aria-label="Read more about Ten dead in Bougainville amid Cyclone Maila aftermath">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Ley, Deputy Books + Ideas Editor, The Conversation Tumultuous times create heightened, often complex, emotions. It can be hard to voice or even identify our feelings when faced with war, illness, worry, or great changes of any kind. Poetry offers many gifts – among them, capturing, ... <a title="Poetry for an anxious world: 5 experts share poems of grief, hope and restoration" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/poetry-for-an-anxious-world-5-experts-share-poems-of-grief-hope-and-restoration-279859/" aria-label="Read more about Poetry for an anxious world: 5 experts share poems of grief, hope and restoration">Read more</a>
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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>
