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January 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Shoppers at Sylvia Park, Auckland, on Boxing Day 2025. Ke-Xin Li / RNZ It was a quiet end to December for many retailers. Data from Worldline shows that spending across its payment network through December was below the levels recorded a year earlier. Consumer spending processed through all core retail merchants ... <a title="Tough December for retailers, as Boxing Day sales slump 12.4 percent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/13/tough-december-for-retailers-as-boxing-day-sales-slump-12-4-percent/" aria-label="Read more about Tough December for retailers, as Boxing Day sales slump 12.4 percent">Read more</a>
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January 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ammar Maleki, Assistant Professor, Public Law and Governance, Tilburg University Protesters defied a savage regime crackdown to take to the streets to demand change. X Iranians have shown a willingness to pay a devastating price for political change, as protest has consistently been met by the Islamic ... <a title="Iran protests 2026: our surveys show Iranians agree more on regime change than what might come next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/13/iran-protests-2026-our-surveys-show-iranians-agree-more-on-regime-change-than-what-might-come-next-273198/" aria-label="Read more about Iran protests 2026: our surveys show Iranians agree more on regime change than what might come next">Read more</a>
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January 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Flaherty, Senior Lecturer (English and Drama), Australian National University Jessie Buckey as Agnes and Paul Mescal as Shakespeare in the film adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet. Universal Pictures Australia In her eighth novel Hamnet, Maggie O’Farrell imagines the short life and tragic death of Shakespeare’s only ... <a title="It takes many ghosts to make a story: how Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet takes from – and mistakes – Shakespeare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/13/it-takes-many-ghosts-to-make-a-story-how-maggie-ofarrells-hamnet-takes-from-and-mistakes-shakespeare-272077/" aria-label="Read more about It takes many ghosts to make a story: how Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet takes from – and mistakes – Shakespeare">Read more</a>
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January 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milad Haghani, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne Vladimir Srajber/Pexels In recent years, the way drivers interact with cars has fundamentally changed. Physical buttons have gradually disappeared from dashboards as more functions have been transferred to touchscreens. Touchscreens in ... <a title="Yes, those big touchscreens in cars are dangerous and buttons are coming back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/13/yes-those-big-touchscreens-in-cars-are-dangerous-and-buttons-are-coming-back-272704/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, those big touchscreens in cars are dangerous and buttons are coming back">Read more</a>
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January 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natasha Heap, Program Director for the Bachelor of Aviation, University of Southern Queensland mtreasure/Getty Images You arrive at the airport in plenty of time to check in. You reach the departure gate early. You board, walking down to your seat – and that’s when you discover the ... <a title="How do airlines set bag and weight limits? An ex-pilot explains new changes on the way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/13/how-do-airlines-set-bag-and-weight-limits-an-ex-pilot-explains-new-changes-on-the-way-267527/" aria-label="Read more about How do airlines set bag and weight limits? An ex-pilot explains new changes on the way">Read more</a>
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January 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Harcourt team-mates Oliver Pascoe (left) and Callum Wright during Sunday’s fixture RNZ / Adam Burns A Christchurch cricket club turned on the charm for their first game of the season, playing hosts to a globe-trotting outfit of social cricketers from offshore. The visitors, largely made up of amateur club players from ... <a title="Christchurch cricket club hosts visiting Australian and UK cricketers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/13/christchurch-cricket-club-hosts-visiting-australian-and-uk-cricketers/" aria-label="Read more about Christchurch cricket club hosts visiting Australian and UK cricketers">Read more</a>
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January 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Among Healey’s slew of records includes highest individual score in a World Cup final and most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in T20 Internationals. © Photosport Ltd 2022 One of the games greats is calling an end to her incomparable cricket career. Alyssa Healy has announced she will retire from all forms ... <a title="Alyssa Healy to retire from all forms of cricket" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/13/alyssa-healy-to-retire-from-all-forms-of-cricket/" aria-label="Read more about Alyssa Healy to retire from all forms of cricket">Read more</a>
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January 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 123rf A South Waikato official is calling for people to take responsibility for their actions to protect a nearly five-kilometre walkway at the Blue Spring near Putāruru. South Waikato Mayor Gary Petley said cars are reportedly parking dangerously along the route, coins are tossed into the water and rubbish is caught ... <a title="Leader warns tourism risks Blue Spring taonga" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/13/leader-warns-tourism-risks-blue-spring-taonga/" aria-label="Read more about Leader warns tourism risks Blue Spring taonga">Read more</a>
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January 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karin Hammarberg, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Global and Women’s Health, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University globalmoments/Getty Most women experience some nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy. Although this is called morning sickness, it can happen at any time of day. Up to 80% ... <a title="What causes ‘extreme morning sickness’? What we know, don’t know and suspect about hyperemesis gravidarum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/13/what-causes-extreme-morning-sickness-what-we-know-dont-know-and-suspect-about-hyperemesis-gravidarum-267746/" aria-label="Read more about What causes ‘extreme morning sickness’? What we know, don’t know and suspect about hyperemesis gravidarum">Read more</a>
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January 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Albert Van Dijk, Professor, Water and Landscape Dynamics, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University Floods, droughts and heatwaves continue to dominate headlines around the world and in Australia. In the past few days, hundreds of bushfires have ignited in south-east Australia during an extreme ... <a title="What is the global water cycle and how is it amplifying climate disasters?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/13/what-is-the-global-water-cycle-and-how-is-it-amplifying-climate-disasters-272806/" aria-label="Read more about What is the global water cycle and how is it amplifying climate disasters?">Read more</a>
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January 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kasey Symons, Lecturer of Communication, Sports Media, Deakin University HBO Heated Rivalry has taken the world by a storm. The series tells the story of rivals-to-lovers hockey players Japanese-Canadian Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Russian Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie), and their yearslong relationship navigating falling in love ... <a title="Could Heated Rivalry bring a whole new fanbase to ice hockey – and can the sport embrace them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/13/could-heated-rivalry-bring-a-whole-new-fanbase-to-ice-hockey-and-can-the-sport-embrace-them-272702/" aria-label="Read more about Could Heated Rivalry bring a whole new fanbase to ice hockey – and can the sport embrace them?">Read more</a>
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January 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand In a world full of mediocre Hollywood sequels, Nikki Glaser, returning to host the Golden Globes for a second year running, proved Sunday that reboots can sometimes work. As stars visibly braced themselves for their moment under her spotlight, Glaser’s 10-minute opening monologue was full of snappy, self-aware jokes that gently ... <a title="Nikki Glaser’s best jokes from the 2026 Golden Globes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/13/nikki-glasers-best-jokes-from-the-2026-golden-globes/" aria-label="Read more about Nikki Glaser’s best jokes from the 2026 Golden Globes">Read more</a>
