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January 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Fashion! A delight to the senses, a thing of beauty, a source of pleasure, pain and, in its determined ridiculousness, humor. But this year, fashion was more likely to inspire something else: pure, unadulterated rage. Sydney Sweeney’s great jeans ad — or were they great genes?! — became a cultural firestorm so ... <a title="Why did fashion make us so mad in 2025?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/01/why-did-fashion-make-us-so-mad-in-2025/" aria-label="Read more about Why did fashion make us so mad in 2025?">Read more</a>
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January 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A New Year’s reveller. RNZ / Kim Baker Wilson The near year has started with a bang across the country. In Auckland, more than half a tonne of fireworks launched high up the Sky Tower. Thousands poured into the central city after streets were closed to get a prime viewing spot ... <a title="Revellers ring in 2026 New Year with celebrations across the country" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/01/revellers-ring-in-2026-new-year-with-celebrations-across-the-country/" aria-label="Read more about Revellers ring in 2026 New Year with celebrations across the country">Read more</a>
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January 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand One of the cables at the historic Ōpiki bridge has fallen into the Manawatū River again. Supplied / Horizons Regional Council Horizons Regional Council has issued a warning to Manawatū River users at the historic Ōpiki Bridge. One of the two suspension cables remaining from the old toll bridge, adjacent to ... <a title="Historic Ōpiki Bridge cable falls into Manawatū River again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/01/historic-opiki-bridge-cable-falls-into-manawatu-river-again/" aria-label="Read more about Historic Ōpiki Bridge cable falls into Manawatū River again">Read more</a>
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January 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A cyber security breach at ManageMyHealth has been “contained”, according to the company. Supplied A cyber security breach at ManageMyHealth has been “contained”, according to the company – but GPs and patients are still waiting to hear if their health records have been compromised. The country’s largest patient information portal on ... <a title="GPs worried by lack of information on ManageMyHealth data breach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/01/gps-worried-by-lack-of-information-on-managemyhealth-data-breach/" aria-label="Read more about GPs worried by lack of information on ManageMyHealth data breach">Read more</a>
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January 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A New Zealander has been arrested for walking onto the tarmac at Perth Airport. 123rf.com A New Zealander has been arrested for breaking through security and walking onto the tarmac at Perth Airport. Australian Federal Police said the 25-year-old man had been denied entry to his flight on Tuesday because he ... <a title="New Zealander arrested for breaking through Perth Airport security, going onto tarmac" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/01/new-zealander-arrested-for-breaking-through-perth-airport-security-going-onto-tarmac/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealander arrested for breaking through Perth Airport security, going onto tarmac">Read more</a>
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January 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Fireworks at the Sky Tower in Auckland at midnight. RNZ / Kim Baker Wilson New Year’s celebrations are well underway – despite the dreary weather in many regions. Christchurch children have been the first to welcome the New Year, with a mock countdown with confetti cannons at 7pm at North Hagley ... <a title="Wild weather hasn’t dampened NZ’s New Year celebrations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/01/wild-weather-hasnt-dampened-nzs-new-year-celebrations/" aria-label="Read more about Wild weather hasn’t dampened NZ’s New Year celebrations">Read more</a>
