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January 21, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Across borders and industries, New Zealanders are carving out space, building influence and exporting creativity. In this series, RNZ speaks to Kiwis making their mark abroad, those coming home, and those living somewhere in between. When Wellington lawyer Natalie Olson pulled on the Thai national women’s football jersey for the first ... <a title="Kiwis smashing it abroad: Lawyer swaps robes for national colours on field" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/21/kiwis-smashing-it-abroad-lawyer-swaps-robes-for-national-colours-on-field/" aria-label="Read more about Kiwis smashing it abroad: Lawyer swaps robes for national colours on field">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Sharesies logo. Supplied Last year was a record-breaking year for the do-it-yourself (DIY) Sharesies investment platform, with investors well-positioned for further investments in 2026. Investor confidence jumped to a three-year high in the last three months of 2025, with the index peaking at 62 in October, before market volatility dampened enthusiasm ... <a title="Record-breaking year sets Sharesies investors up for 2026 investments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/21/record-breaking-year-sets-sharesies-investors-up-for-2026-investments/" aria-label="Read more about Record-breaking year sets Sharesies investors up for 2026 investments">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Bevon Jacobs has been the form batter of the domestic Super Smash competition. Photosport Bevon Jacobs’ scorching Super Smash form has not gone unnoticed, even if it’s not quite enough to secure a spot at next month’s T20 World Cup. The Auckland Aces batter was an unlucky omission from the Black ... <a title="Black Caps batter Bevon Jacobs takes sensational Super Smash form into India T20 series" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/21/black-caps-batter-bevon-jacobs-takes-sensational-super-smash-form-into-india-t20-series/" aria-label="Read more about Black Caps batter Bevon Jacobs takes sensational Super Smash form into India T20 series">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Follow the RNZ liveblog at the top of the page for the latest updates. Bands of heavy rain are expected to spread south across the motu on Wednesday, as orange heavy rain warnings continue for Northland, Coromandel, Rotorua and Gisborne. It comes after days of downpours flooded areas of the north, ... <a title="Weather live: Storm bringing gales, heavy rain with ‘high chance’ of red warnings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/21/weather-live-storm-bringing-gales-heavy-rain-with-high-chance-of-red-warnings/" aria-label="Read more about Weather live: Storm bringing gales, heavy rain with ‘high chance’ of red warnings">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Many people find the Christmas holidays strain their family relationships, but few go to the extent of issuing lengthy statements on social media about them. If you’re the first-born son of a mega-famous and wealthy power couple, however, it’s the easiest way to stoke a gossip fire that’s been smoking for ... <a title="What is going on with the Beckham family feud?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/21/what-is-going-on-with-the-beckham-family-feud/" aria-label="Read more about What is going on with the Beckham family feud?">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand PM Christopher Luxon giving his State of the Nation speech on Monday. RNZ / Calvin Samuel Prime Minister Christopher Luxon will announce this year’s general election date, as National MPs gather for their first caucus meetings of the year away from Parliament. National MPs will meet in Christchurch, while Labour MPs ... <a title="Election date announcement due as MPs gather for caucus retreats" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/21/election-date-announcement-due-as-mps-gather-for-caucus-retreats/" aria-label="Read more about Election date announcement due as MPs gather for caucus retreats">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Whangārei Mayor Ken Couper visits the damages areas around Ōakura. Supplied / Whangārei District Council Whangārei Mayor Ken Couper says the storm damage he witnessed on Tuesday was as severe as any he’s seen in Northland. A precautionary state of emergency is already declared for the Whangārei District as large areas ... <a title="Whangārei Mayor Ken Couper says some storm damage ‘as bad as you see in north’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/21/whangarei-mayor-ken-couper-says-some-storm-damage-as-bad-as-you-see-in-north/" aria-label="Read more about Whangārei Mayor Ken Couper says some storm damage ‘as bad as you see in north’">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Reserve Bank data shows the average two-year special rate has dropped from about 7 percent at the peak to just over 4.5 percent at the end of last year. RNZ The big interest rate question this year will likely be when interest rates start to rise materially again – but borrowers ... <a title="When should you fix your home loan?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/21/when-should-you-fix-your-home-loan/" aria-label="Read more about When should you fix your home loan?">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Nationals have defied shadow cabinet solidarity, voting in the Senate against the government’s hate crime legislation, which passed late Tuesday night with the support of the Liberals. The Nationals’ action puts new strain on Coalition relations, and is destabilising ... <a title="View from The Hill: defiant Nationals break with Liberals over hate bill, putting strain on Coalition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/21/view-from-the-hill-defiant-nationals-break-with-liberals-over-hate-bill-putting-strain-on-coalition-272437/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: defiant Nationals break with Liberals over hate bill, putting strain on Coalition">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Donald Trump is a classic example of why you don’t let bullies prosper. “Trump is cutting the last threads of the tattered cloth of ‘the rules-based international order’ — the self-serving system that touted international law as long as it didn’t apply to the US and its allies. The Canadians, the ... <a title="Eugene Doyle: Look where appeasing a bully has led the West – Greenland, and then?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/21/eugene-doyle-look-where-appeasing-a-bully-has-led-the-west-greenland-and-then/" aria-label="Read more about Eugene Doyle: Look where appeasing a bully has led the West – Greenland, and then?">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2026
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone I can’t get over the fact that people were casting bets on whether the US would bomb Iran the other day. It just says such dark things about the type of civilization we are living in. In this dystopia, Americans are never ... <a title="Caitlin Johnstone: In this dystopia you can’t vote against wars. But you can gamble on when they’ll start" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/20/caitlin-johnstone-in-this-dystopia-you-cant-vote-against-wars-but-you-can-gamble-on-when-theyll-start/" aria-label="Read more about Caitlin Johnstone: In this dystopia you can’t vote against wars. But you can gamble on when they’ll start">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The woman was mistakenly given the antidepressant sertraline instead of the Siterone branded cyproterone she was perscribed for her endometriosis. AFP/ Science Photo Library A young woman was left seriously ill after she was mistakenly given an antidepressant by a pharmacy instead of the prescribed pain relief for endometriosis. The woman, ... <a title="Pharmacy error found by HDC: Endometriosis patient given antidepressant, left seriously ill" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/20/pharmacy-error-found-by-hdc-endometriosis-patient-given-antidepressant-left-seriously-ill/" aria-label="Read more about Pharmacy error found by HDC: Endometriosis patient given antidepressant, left seriously ill">Read more</a>
