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January 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Woolworths in Te Awamutu was briefly closed on Tuesday afternoon. Google maps Woolworths says its supermarket in Te Awamutu closed briefly on Tuesday afternoon after diesel fumes entered the rear storeroom while the sprinkler system and generator were being tested. A spokesperson said staff working in the affected area were assessed ... <a title="Woolworths Te Awamutu supermarket closed briefly due to diesel fumes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/27/woolworths-te-awamutu-supermarket-closed-briefly-due-to-diesel-fumes/" aria-label="Read more about Woolworths Te Awamutu supermarket closed briefly due to diesel fumes">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Christchurch hospital. RNZ / Nate McKinnon A woman who arrived at Christchurch Hospital’s emergency department in acute pain died the next day after staff missed signs she had sepsis. The 65-year-old patient died of urosepsis, a life-threatening complication of a urinary tract infection, in January 2022. In a report released on ... <a title="Woman dies after Christchurch Hospital staff missed signs of sepsis, HDC report says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/27/woman-dies-after-christchurch-hospital-staff-missed-signs-of-sepsis-hdc-report-says/" aria-label="Read more about Woman dies after Christchurch Hospital staff missed signs of sepsis, HDC report says">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Dyer, Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Monash University Joshua J. Cotten For flowering plants, reproduction is a question of the birds and the bees. Attracting the right pollinator can be a matter of survival – and new research shows how flowers do it is more intriguing ... <a title="Red flowers have a ‘magic trait’ to attract birds and keep bees away" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/27/red-flowers-have-a-magic-trait-to-attract-birds-and-keep-bees-away-274033/" aria-label="Read more about Red flowers have a ‘magic trait’ to attract birds and keep bees away">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Simpson, Senior Lecturer in International Studies in the School of Society and Culture, Adelaide University Five years ago, on February 1 2021, Myanmar’s top generals decapitated the elected government. Democratic leaders were arrested, pushed underground or forced into exile. Since then, the economy has spluttered and ... <a title="5 years on from the junta’s coup, Myanmar’s flawed elections can’t unite a country at risk of breaking apart" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/27/5-years-on-from-the-juntas-coup-myanmars-flawed-elections-cant-unite-a-country-at-risk-of-breaking-apart-272894/" aria-label="Read more about 5 years on from the junta’s coup, Myanmar’s flawed elections can’t unite a country at risk of breaking apart">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Outgoing Blues coach Vern Cotter revealed today that his deal with the Queensland Reds was too far advanced for him to consider the now vacant All Blacks head coaching role. Cotter will leave the Blues for Brisbane at the end of the 2026 Super Rugby Pacific season and said he was ... <a title="Blues coach Vern Cotter ‘blindsided’ by Scott Robertson’s All Blacks sacking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/27/blues-coach-vern-cotter-blindsided-by-scott-robertsons-all-blacks-sacking/" aria-label="Read more about Blues coach Vern Cotter ‘blindsided’ by Scott Robertson’s All Blacks sacking">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Farmers came from far and wide for the the Parapara-Makirikiri Sheep Dog Trial Club auction. supplied Organisers of a long-standing North Island working dog auction are in disbelief after $320,000 changed hands at their latest sale. With sheep farming riding a wave of record lamb prices and strong international demand, buyers ... <a title="Elite working dogs fetch more than $300,000 in auction frenzy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/27/elite-working-dogs-fetch-more-than-300000-in-auction-frenzy/" aria-label="Read more about Elite working dogs fetch more than $300,000 in auction frenzy">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2026
ANALYSIS: By Laurens Ikinia in Jakarta The logbook of presidential flights in Indonesia reveals an unusual pattern — from the Merdeka Palace to the Land of the Bird of Paradise. By 2023, then President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo had set foot in Papua at least 17 times — a record in the republic’s history, surpassing the ... <a title="Jakarta at crossroads – can President Prabowo connect with Papuan hearts?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/27/jakarta-at-crossroads-can-president-prabowo-connect-with-papuan-hearts/" aria-label="Read more about Jakarta at crossroads – can President Prabowo connect with Papuan hearts?">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Angus Dreaver A cordon is up and armed police are in the suburb of Awapuni in Palmerston North while armed officers search for person who fled police after their vehicle’s tyres were spiked. The police said they were told about a stolen vehicle on Main Street, Roslyn, at about ... <a title="‘Avoid the area’: Armed police search for driver who fled stolen vehicle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/27/avoid-the-area-armed-police-search-for-driver-who-fled-stolen-vehicle/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Avoid the area’: Armed police search for driver who fled stolen vehicle">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ More than 10,000 more withdrawals were made from KiwiSaver for hardship reasons last year than in 2024, and providers say there’s no sign of the rate slowing. Inland Revenue data shows there were 58,460 withdrawals for hardship reasons in 2025, 10,000 more than were made for a first home. In ... <a title="KiwiSaver withdrawals surge in 2025" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/27/kiwisaver-withdrawals-surge-in-2025/" aria-label="Read more about KiwiSaver withdrawals surge in 2025">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Carolyn Cooper. Supplied The health watchdog has criticised inadequate staffing at Ōamaru Hospital’s emergency department after investigating the death of an elderly woman. The 93-year-old was given the wrong amount of saline as a result of a prescribing error in November 2023. Deputy Health and Disability ... <a title="Poor staffing criticised for death of elderly woman in Ōamaru" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/27/poor-staffing-criticised-for-death-of-elderly-woman-in-oamaru/" aria-label="Read more about Poor staffing criticised for death of elderly woman in Ōamaru">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Ten-year-old kākāpō Marian incubating three eggs in her nest on Anchor Island. Kākāpō Recovery Programme DOC Conservation lovers glued to a black and white livestream from a remote island off the coast of New Zealand on Sunday can safely claim to be the only people to have seen a critically endangered ... <a title="Endangered kākāpō lays eggs in anticipated livestream" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/27/endangered-kakapo-lays-eggs-in-anticipated-livestream/" aria-label="Read more about Endangered kākāpō lays eggs in anticipated livestream">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2026
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on January 27, 2026.
