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January 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER A person has died after a crash on State Highway 2 in Dannevirke on Friday morning. Police said it happened near the intersection with Aerodrome Road in Dannevirke at 5.15am. One person, believed to have been riding a bicycle, was located unresponsive and was unable to be ... <a title="Crashes closes stretch of State Highway 2 in Dannevirke" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/23/crashes-closes-stretch-of-state-highway-2-in-dannevirke/" aria-label="Read more about Crashes closes stretch of State Highway 2 in Dannevirke">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The manuscript was written in 1787. Supplied / Dunedin Public Libraries A portion of a 239-year-old manuscript used by the celebrated Scottish poet Robert Burns has gone on display in Dunedin. The framed letter dated August 22, 1787 was believed to have been written by the poet in Edinburgh before he ... <a title="Celebrated Scottish poet’s 239-year-old manuscript on display in Dunedin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/23/celebrated-scottish-poets-239-year-old-manuscript-on-display-in-dunedin/" aria-label="Read more about Celebrated Scottish poet’s 239-year-old manuscript on display in Dunedin">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Noah Berkeley during a physio session at Burwood spinal unit in Christchurch. SUPPLIED Members of the lower North Island’s Riversdale community have come together in an outpouring of support for a teenager left paralysed after hitting a sand bank while swimming during the Summer holidays His father, Stu Berkeley said he ... <a title="Teenager paralysed after hitting sand bank while diving into a wave at Riversdale Beach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/23/teenager-paralysed-after-hitting-sand-bank-while-diving-into-a-wave-at-riversdale-beach/" aria-label="Read more about Teenager paralysed after hitting sand bank while diving into a wave at Riversdale Beach">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Locals in Te Araroa, north of Gisborne, fled for their lives as what’s proved to be a deadly storm ripped across the North Island. The Gisborne District Council said communities around Te Araroa, Onepoto, and Wharekahika have been the worst hit, with the intense deluge that began on Wednesday evening necessitating ... <a title="Gisborne coastal communities remain cut off after a deadly storm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/23/gisborne-coastal-communities-remain-cut-off-after-a-deadly-storm/" aria-label="Read more about Gisborne coastal communities remain cut off after a deadly storm">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Follow the RNZ liveblog above. Search teams are still trying to find several people who were believed buried by landslides in the Tauranga area following this week’s devastating storms. On Thursday morning at least two people – one of them a young girl – were missing after a landslide came down ... <a title="Live: Search continues for people buried in Mount Maunganui landslide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/23/live-search-continues-for-people-buried-in-mount-maunganui-landslide/" aria-label="Read more about Live: Search continues for people buried in Mount Maunganui landslide">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Comedy duo Garaghty & Thom will be performing as part of the annual event. HERMANN ERBER / SUPPLIED Acrobats, juggling and flying trapeze artists will fill Christchurch’s CBD for the next ten days as the World Buskers Festival returns to town. From circus acts to street theatre and comedy, performers from ... <a title="World Buskers Festival returns to Christchurch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/23/world-buskers-festival-returns-to-christchurch/" aria-label="Read more about World Buskers Festival returns to Christchurch">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Follow the RNZ liveblog above. Search teams are still trying to find several people who were believed buried by landslides in the Tauranga area following this week’s devastating storms. On Thursday morning at least two people – one of them a young girl – were missing after a landslide came down ... <a title="Weather live: Search continues for people buried in Mount Maunganui landslide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/23/weather-live-search-continues-for-people-buried-in-mount-maunganui-landslide/" aria-label="Read more about Weather live: Search continues for people buried in Mount Maunganui landslide">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Tom Phillips died following a shootout with police in September 2025. (File photo) RNZ / Supplied / Police A member of the police’s media team told a documentary crew about the incident that led to Tom Phillips death at least an hour before family were notified, RNZ can reveal. Police have ... <a title="‘Ill-advised’: Documentary crew told about Tom Phillips shootout by police before family" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/23/ill-advised-documentary-crew-told-about-tom-phillips-shootout-by-police-before-family/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Ill-advised’: Documentary crew told about Tom Phillips shootout by police before family">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied La Nina conditions and background climate change trends combined to create the intense rainfall that devastated North Island communities, climate experts say. Even before the most recent bout of heavy rain, monthly rainfall to date was sitting at between two to four times the usual amount in Northland, the Coromandel, ... <a title="Extreme rainfall events a ‘peek into the future’, climate experts say" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/23/extreme-rainfall-events-a-peek-into-the-future-climate-experts-say/" aria-label="Read more about Extreme rainfall events a ‘peek into the future’, climate experts say">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Welcome Bay Rd weather damage on Thursday RNZ / Jamie Troughton A rural Pāpāmoa resident says his family is worried about living in fear of another slip after his neighbour’s property was flattened by a landslide early yesterday morning. Two bodies have since been recovered from a house on Welcome Bay ... <a title="Pāpāmoa resident living in fear after fatal slip on Welcome Bay Road" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/23/papamoa-resident-living-in-fear-after-fatal-slip-on-welcome-bay-road/" aria-label="Read more about Pāpāmoa resident living in fear after fatal slip on Welcome Bay Road">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Manage My Health said it had notified most people affected by the data theft. RNZ / Finn Blackwell The hacked online patient portal Manage My Health says fraudsters could now be attempting to contact its customers. The organisation said in a statement it had notified most of the people affected by ... <a title="Manage My Health data breach: Fraudsters attempting to contact customers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/23/manage-my-health-data-breach-fraudsters-attempting-to-contact-customers/" aria-label="Read more about Manage My Health data breach: Fraudsters attempting to contact customers">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A general view shows a landslide while a search is underway by local emergency services for missing people at Mount Maunganui in Tauranga. (File photo) DJ Mills A disaster expert says the “awful events” involving landlsides this week show the importance of knowing how to tell when one is coming. Several ... <a title="How to spot a landslide before it happens – disaster expert" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/23/how-to-spot-a-landslide-before-it-happens-disaster-expert/" aria-label="Read more about How to spot a landslide before it happens – disaster expert">Read more</a>
