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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: Radio New Zealand An expansion of cancer infusion services will allow “thousands” more New Zealanders to access “life-saving cancer treatment closer to home”, says Health Minister Simeon Brown. Brown at Waitākere Hospital on Monday morning announced 14 new infusion centres and expansions at 14 existing sites, enabling “hundreds” more treatments every week. “Infusion services ... <a title="Expansion of cancer infusion services announced" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/expansion-of-cancer-infusion-services-announced/" aria-label="Read more about Expansion of cancer infusion services announced">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A brown river raging in flood, in a gorge, during a storm. RNZ/ Nick Monro Wild weather has once again brought flooding, damage and destruction to parts of the country, and uncertainty and stress over a far greater region – particularly those hit before. There have been four red weather warnings ... <a title="Talk of relocation after string of weather disasters, Christopher Luxon says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/talk-of-relocation-after-string-of-weather-disasters-christopher-luxon-says/" aria-label="Read more about Talk of relocation after string of weather disasters, Christopher Luxon says">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A fixed-wing aircraft is used to drop fertiliser on a field. New Zealand Agricultural Aviation Association Rural retailers are reporting the supply chain crunch due to impacts of war in the Middle East is flowing down to key agricultural goods. Farming customers at major rural retailers Farmlands and PGG Wrightson are ... <a title="Supply chain crunch raising price of agricultural goods, rural retailers says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/supply-chain-crunch-raising-price-of-agricultural-goods-rural-retailers-says/" aria-label="Read more about Supply chain crunch raising price of agricultural goods, rural retailers says">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Oscar award-winning documentary Mr. Nobody Against Putin is a classic story of “a very regular person finding his power and finding his voice”, director David Borenstein says. Pavel “Pasha” Talankin is the film’s main character – a videographer and events coordinator at Karabash Primary School near Russia’s Ural mountains. Talankin was uncomfortable ... <a title="‘Mr Nobody Against Putin’ warns of Russia’s slide into militarisation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/mr-nobody-against-putin-warns-of-russias-slide-into-militarisation/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Mr Nobody Against Putin’ warns of Russia’s slide into militarisation">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. Hungary’s veteran nationalist leader Viktor Orban conceded defeat. AFP Hungary’s veteran nationalist leader Viktor Orban conceded defeat after a landslide election victory by the upstart opposition Tisza party, in a setback for his allies in Russia and US President Donald Trump’s White House. Results based on 46 percent of ... <a title="Hungary’s Viktor Orban concedes landmark defeat to centre-right opposition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/hungarys-viktor-orban-concedes-landmark-defeat-to-centre-right-opposition/" aria-label="Read more about Hungary’s Viktor Orban concedes landmark defeat to centre-right opposition">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Sam Ruthe Photosport Teenage running phenomenon Sam Ruthe has cast doubt over his immediate racing future after suffering a stress fracture to his lower leg. Ruthe, who turned 17 on Sunday, posted that he’ll be “off the radar for a while”, although there was no indication whether time out will affect ... <a title="Athletics: Sam Ruthe ‘off radar’ after suffering leg fracture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/athletics-sam-ruthe-off-radar-after-suffering-leg-fracture/" aria-label="Read more about Athletics: Sam Ruthe ‘off radar’ after suffering leg fracture">Read more</a>
