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April 24, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Iuliana Hartescu, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Loughborough University Insomnia may have been torturing humanity since ancient times, but over the last 20 years scientists have made progress in their understanding of chronic sleep deprivation. Today, sleep deprivation is one of the most widespread reported psychological problems in ... <a title="How scientists changed their view of insomnia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/24/how-scientists-changed-their-view-of-insomnia-279585/" aria-label="Read more about How scientists changed their view of insomnia">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bamo Nouri, Honorary Research Fellow, Department of International Politics, City St George’s, University of London Let’s begin with a simple question that rarely gets a straight answer: what would victory over Iran actually look like? In Washington and Jerusalem, the answers tend to sound definitive: eliminate Iran’s ... <a title="Middle East conflict looks increasingly like a war nobody can win" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/24/middle-east-conflict-looks-increasingly-like-a-war-nobody-can-win-281253/" aria-label="Read more about Middle East conflict looks increasingly like a war nobody can win">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brigid Rooney, Associate Professor (Affiliate), Australian Literature, University of Sydney David George Joseph Malouf AO, one of Australia’s most accomplished, internationally renowned and beloved writers, has died aged 92. Malouf’s novels are cherished by readers – from Johnno (1975), An Imaginary Life (1978), Child’s Play (1981) and ... <a title="David Malouf was a writer of wisdom, grace and generosity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/24/david-malouf-was-a-writer-of-wisdom-grace-and-generosity-223011/" aria-label="Read more about David Malouf was a writer of wisdom, grace and generosity">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Cantrell, Senior Lecturer in Humanities, University of Southern Queensland Some historical events are so catastrophic they resist comprehension. And yet they compel us to try to understand them, again and again. Chernobyl is one of them. On April 26, 1986, at 1:23am, Reactor No. 4 at ... <a title="Chernobyl at 40: the lies, the loss and why we can’t let go" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/24/chernobyl-at-40-the-lies-the-loss-and-why-we-cant-let-go-280369/" aria-label="Read more about Chernobyl at 40: the lies, the loss and why we can’t let go">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jesse Kearse, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington The magnitude of an earthquake depends on how far a rupture travels along a fault line before it stops. For the first time, we have now directly observed how a large earthquake comes to ... <a title="Seismic ‘whiplash’ – new research shows what happens when earthquakes stop suddenly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/24/seismic-whiplash-new-research-shows-what-happens-when-earthquakes-stop-suddenly-280846/" aria-label="Read more about Seismic ‘whiplash’ – new research shows what happens when earthquakes stop suddenly">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF One person has died following a serious crash in Wellsford north of Auckland on Thursday night. Emergency services responded to the single vehicle crash on Waiteitei Road at about 10.20pm. The sole occupant died at the scene, a police spokesperson said. The Serious Crash Unit has completed a scene examination ... <a title="Person dead after single-vehicle crash in Wellsford" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/24/person-dead-after-single-vehicle-crash-in-wellsford/" aria-label="Read more about Person dead after single-vehicle crash in Wellsford">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand District nurse Mary Roberts asks a question at the Health NZ meeting in Darfield. RNZ / Keiller MacDuff Darfield residents came out in their droves on Thursday night hoping to get answers about their hospital and the future of healthcare in the swiftly growing town. The 10-bed hospital suspended admissions late ... <a title="Darfield residents seek answers a year after town’s 10-bed hospital halted admissions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/24/darfield-residents-seek-answers-a-year-after-towns-10-bed-hospital-halted-admissions/" aria-label="Read more about Darfield residents seek answers a year after town’s 10-bed hospital halted admissions">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Kiwi Michelle Montague fights Luana Carolina of Brazil during UFC Fight Night at RAC Arena on 28 September 2025. Paul Kane The ‘Wild One’ is back and plans a short but violent encore inside the cage. Kiwi UFC fighter Michelle Montague is back for her second bout in the world’s biggest ... <a title="Kiwi UFC fighter Michelle Montague’s ‘beautiful responsibility’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/24/kiwi-ufc-fighter-michelle-montagues-beautiful-responsibility/" aria-label="Read more about Kiwi UFC fighter Michelle Montague’s ‘beautiful responsibility’">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Porirua midwives Tess Willis (L) and Sarah Dow. Supplied / HNZ Midwives say a rule-change allowing them to vaccinate parents, babies and their whanau means more people are getting immunised sooner. After a rule change in February, midwives are able to give a wider range of funded immunisations – including flu ... <a title="Rule-change sees more people getting immunised sooner, midwives say" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/24/rule-change-sees-more-people-getting-immunised-sooner-midwives-say/" aria-label="Read more about Rule-change sees more people getting immunised sooner, midwives say">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Fire and Emergency said it got multiple calls to the blaze in Te Atatu at 5.50am. Marika Khabazi / RNZ Firefighters in Auckland are battling a house fire. Fire and Emergency said it got multiple calls to the blaze in Te Atatu at 5.50am. It says the fire at the two-storey ... <a title="Firecrews battle blaze at home in Auckland’s Te Atatu" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/24/firecrews-battle-blaze-at-home-in-aucklands-te-atatu/" aria-label="Read more about Firecrews battle blaze at home in Auckland’s Te Atatu">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand John Hansford doesn’t want to leave the garden and home where he’s lived for 50 years. RNZ / Erin Johnson Uncertainty hangs over residents on the route of Auckland’s next rapid transit project. A brick and tile house on Puhinui Road, Papatoetoe, has been John Hansford’s home for more than 50 ... <a title="Papatoetoe residents fear losing homes to Auckland rapid transit route" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/24/papatoetoe-residents-fear-losing-homes-to-auckland-rapid-transit-route/" aria-label="Read more about Papatoetoe residents fear losing homes to Auckland rapid transit route">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand New Defence Minister Chris Penk. RNZ / Nathan McKinnon The new Defence Minister says he has not seen anything in the Iran war that would lead him to reconsider New Zealand’s defence relationship with the United States. Chris Penk also said the country was not going too slowly on acquiring military ... <a title="No rethink on US, drones on right path for now, says new Defence Minister" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/24/no-rethink-on-us-drones-on-right-path-for-now-says-new-defence-minister/" aria-label="Read more about No rethink on US, drones on right path for now, says new Defence Minister">Read more</a>
