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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 despite the pressure on the world economy and the disruption to air travel, Christchurch Airport chief executive Justin Watson remained optimistic. 123rf.com The South Island benefited from a buoyant summer travel season with international visitor numbers soaring at Christchurch Airport. The airport said international visitor numbers over the November to March ... <a title="Strong summer travel season in South Island with Christchurch Airport seeing ‘exceptional’ growth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/strong-summer-travel-season-in-south-island-with-christchurch-airport-seeing-exceptional-growth/" aria-label="Read more about Strong summer travel season in South Island with Christchurch Airport seeing ‘exceptional’ growth">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
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: 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 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>
