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January 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Stevens, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Adelaide University _Womerleymeria bicornis_, a springtail from Tasmania. Cyrille D’Haese In virtually every piece of land on Earth – from near the summit of Mount Everest to Antarctica to caves nearly 2,000 metres underground – live tiny critters ... <a title="Meet the springtails: little-known fantastic beasts that live everywhere on Earth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/meet-the-springtails-little-known-fantastic-beasts-that-live-everywhere-on-earth-270667/" aria-label="Read more about Meet the springtails: little-known fantastic beasts that live everywhere on Earth">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chaya Kasif, PhD Candidate; Assyriologist, Macquarie University An 8th century BCE gypsum relief from modern-day Iraq depicts a king and his chief ša rēši. Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago. OIM A7366. Daderot/Wikimedia Commons/Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago. OIM A7366 Today, trans people face politicisation of ... <a title="Not just ‘eunuchs’ or sex workers: in ancient Mesopotamia, gender-diverse people held positions of power" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/not-just-eunuchs-or-sex-workers-in-ancient-mesopotamia-gender-diverse-people-held-positions-of-power-270269/" aria-label="Read more about Not just ‘eunuchs’ or sex workers: in ancient Mesopotamia, gender-diverse people held positions of power">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
RNZ Pacific A proposal by Sāmoa’s Prime Minister to ban all non-Christian religions from the country is being met with mixed reactions. The Samoa Observer reported church ministers and members of the public voicing views both for and against the proposal. Prime Minister La’aulialemalietoa Polataivao Schmidt said he raised the issue with Samoa’s Council of ... <a title="Mixed reactions over Samoan PM’s proposal to ban non-Christian religions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/mixed-reactions-over-samoan-pms-proposal-to-ban-non-christian-religions/" aria-label="Read more about Mixed reactions over Samoan PM’s proposal to ban non-Christian religions">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The countdown is on for the 83rd Golden Globes, the first major film and TV awards show of the season, as stars hit the red carpet. Top nominees include Leonardo DiCaprio, Timothée Chalamet, Michael B. Jordan, Cynthia Erivo and Emma Stone, with leading TV contenders The Pitt, The White Lotus and ... <a title="All the looks from the Golden Globes red carpet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/all-the-looks-from-the-golden-globes-red-carpet/" aria-label="Read more about All the looks from the Golden Globes red carpet">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Lake Tikitapu/Blue Lake. Public Domain A body has been found after a man went missing while swimming near Rotorua last week. Police were called at about 10.30pm on Friday to reports a man had not returned from a swim in Lake Tikitapu/Blue Lake. His body was found shortly after 1am on ... <a title="Man who went missing in Lake Tikitapu found dead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/man-who-went-missing-in-lake-tikitapu-found-dead/" aria-label="Read more about Man who went missing in Lake Tikitapu found dead">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rod McNaughton, Professor of Entrepreneurship, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images For decades, we have heard a familiar story about why New Zealand’s firms choose to stay small. Business owners prefer comfort, control and lifestyle over ambition, summed up in the old notion of the ... <a title="NZ’s low productivity is often blamed on businesses staying small. That could be a strength in 2026" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/nzs-low-productivity-is-often-blamed-on-businesses-staying-small-that-could-be-a-strength-in-2026-271177/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s low productivity is often blamed on businesses staying small. That could be a strength in 2026">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Penny Bailey, Lecturer in Japanese Studies, The University of Queensland A thrown tea bowl made by Hamada Shōji. Wikimedia, CC BY-SA On January 10 1926, Yanagi Sōetsu and the potters Hamada Shōji and Kawai Kanjirō sat talking excitedly late into the night at a temple on Mt ... <a title="Beauty in ordinary things: why this Japanese folk craft movement still matters 100 years on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/beauty-in-ordinary-things-why-this-japanese-folk-craft-movement-still-matters-100-years-on-269802/" aria-label="Read more about Beauty in ordinary things: why this Japanese folk craft movement still matters 100 years on">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Dylan Pledger scores for Otago. ActionPress In a brutal pre-season blow, one of the country’s most promising young players has been ruled out of rugby for the entire year. Highlanders halfback Dylan Pledger will spend 12 months on the sideline after rupturing his ACL at training. It is a cruel setback ... <a title="All Black hopeful Dylan Pledger sidelined for 12 months" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/all-black-hopeful-dylan-pledger-sidelined-for-12-months/" aria-label="Read more about All Black hopeful Dylan Pledger sidelined for 12 months">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Queenstown’s historic Skippers Bridge. Google Maps Queenstown’s historic Skippers Bridge is closed after failures were found in support cables. On Monday, Queenstown Lakes District Council announced cars, cyclists and pedestrians were banned from crossing the bridge until further notice due to the risk. The crossing – New Zealand’s highest suspension bridge ... <a title="Queenstown’s historic Skippers Bridge closed due to safety risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/queenstowns-historic-skippers-bridge-closed-due-to-safety-risk/" aria-label="Read more about Queenstown’s historic Skippers Bridge closed due to safety risk">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The woman’s son put a hold on her accessing money from her bank account. (File photo) 123RF A woman whose son blocked her transaction on an account, resulting in a hold being put on her money, has been awarded $10,000 in compensation from her bank. The woman took her complaint to ... <a title="Mum awarded $10,000 after son blocks her access to money" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/mum-awarded-10000-after-son-blocks-her-access-to-money/" aria-label="Read more about Mum awarded $10,000 after son blocks her access to money">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand An ICE agent stands nearby while federal agents detain a protester near the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on 9 January 2026. CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP Explainer – America has been in an uproar the past week over the actions of ICE agents – Immigration and Customs Enforcement ... <a title="What exactly are American ICE agents and what can they do?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/what-exactly-are-american-ice-agents-and-what-can-they-do/" aria-label="Read more about What exactly are American ICE agents and what can they do?">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Coast to Coast Healthcare chair Dr Tim Malloy. RNZ / Adriana Weber Northland GPs are frustrated by what they say are mixed messages about the extent of the Manage My Health data breach. More than 80,000 of the 125,000 patients affected by the ransomware attack are based in Northland – the ... <a title="Manage My Health breach: Northland doctors frustrated by inconsistent messaging" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/manage-my-health-breach-northland-doctors-frustrated-by-inconsistent-messaging/" aria-label="Read more about Manage My Health breach: Northland doctors frustrated by inconsistent messaging">Read more</a>
