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January 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Angus Dreaver Police have arrested a 27-year-old man after a coward-punch assault in Arrowtown last month. The assault happened outside the Fork and Tap bar on 21 December. The victim was knocked unconscious, and needed hospital treatment for facial injuries. At the time, police appealed to the public to ... <a title="Man arrested after coward-punch assault outside bar in Arrowtown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/20/man-arrested-after-coward-punch-assault-outside-bar-in-arrowtown/" aria-label="Read more about Man arrested after coward-punch assault outside bar in Arrowtown">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Mather, ARC Early Career Industry Fellow, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne Our planet has experienced dramatic climate shifts throughout its history, oscillating between freezing “icehouse” periods and warm “greenhouse” states. Scientists have long linked these climate changes to fluctuations in ... <a title="The way Earth’s surface moves has a bigger impact on shifting the climate than we knew" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/20/the-way-earths-surface-moves-has-a-bigger-impact-on-shifting-the-climate-than-we-knew-272352/" aria-label="Read more about The way Earth’s surface moves has a bigger impact on shifting the climate than we knew">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Ellis works in Treaty law and hopes her journey shows other rangatahi Māori- particularly those from small towns – that they belong in both academic and creative spaces. Supplied From a town of less than 4000 people, Siadin Ellis (Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāi Tūhoe) is carving out space for rangatahi ... <a title="Meet the rangatahi Māori breaking ground in both law and fashion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/20/meet-the-rangatahi-maori-breaking-ground-in-both-law-and-fashion/" aria-label="Read more about Meet the rangatahi Māori breaking ground in both law and fashion">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Aurora lights up the sky in Mercer, Auckland on 11 May, 2024. Supplied / Laura Acket A solar storm is being monitored by the National Emergency Management Agency and national power grid owners Transpower, but so far, it isn’t expected to cause disruption. These events, also known as space weather, do ... <a title="NZ agencies have eye on ‘largest solar radiation storm in over 20 years’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/20/nz-agencies-have-eye-on-largest-solar-radiation-storm-in-over-20-years/" aria-label="Read more about NZ agencies have eye on ‘largest solar radiation storm in over 20 years’">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Fletcher Building headquarters in Auckland. Fletcher Building Fletcher Construction to be sold for $315.6m, potentially rising to $334.1m Sale includes Higgins, Brian Perry Civil and Fletcher Construction Major Projects The deal is subject to regulatory approvals. Fletcher Building has reached a binding agreement to sell its construction division to major international ... <a title="Fletcher Building to sell construction arm to Vinci" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/20/fletcher-building-to-sell-construction-arm-to-vinci/" aria-label="Read more about Fletcher Building to sell construction arm to Vinci">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jason Ralph, Professor of International Relations, University of Leeds The Labour government came into office promising to “use realist means to pursue progressive ends”. US president Donald Trump’s recent actions over Venezuela and Greenland have tested Keir Starmer’s ability to deliver on that promise. When the prime ... <a title="Why Keir Starmer had to speak out against Trump over Greenland after staying quiet on Venezuela" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/20/why-keir-starmer-had-to-speak-out-against-trump-over-greenland-after-staying-quiet-on-venezuela-273836/" aria-label="Read more about Why Keir Starmer had to speak out against Trump over Greenland after staying quiet on Venezuela">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emrah Atasoy, Associate Fellow of English and Comparative Literary Studies & Honorary Research Fellow of IAS, the University of Warwick and Upcoming IASH Postdoctoral Research Fellow, the University of Edinburgh, University of Warwick Orwell’s dystopian masterpiece envisaged a world dominated by three rival blocs that are constantly ... <a title="How George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four predicted the global power shifts happening now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/20/how-george-orwells-nineteen-eighty-four-predicted-the-global-power-shifts-happening-now-273122/" aria-label="Read more about How George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four predicted the global power shifts happening now">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Tony Brown. photosport Former South Africa captain Jean de Villiers says he will not hold a grudge should Tony Brown decide to exit the Springboks and return to New Zealand ahead of the 2027 Rugby World Cup. Following Scott Robertson’s shock departure as All Blacks head coach last week, New Zealand ... <a title="Springboks legend won’t hold grudge if Tony Brown chooses All Blacks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/20/springboks-legend-wont-hold-grudge-if-tony-brown-chooses-all-blacks/" aria-label="Read more about Springboks legend won’t hold grudge if Tony Brown chooses All Blacks">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Italian fashion legend Valentino Garavani, whose elegant evening gowns were favoured for decades by some of the world’s most glamorous women, has died at 93, according to his foundation. Born in the northern town of Voghera, Italy, in 1932, Valentino – who was popularly known by his first name – learned ... <a title="Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani dies at 93" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/20/italian-fashion-designer-valentino-garavani-dies-at-93/" aria-label="Read more about Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani dies at 93">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is expected to announce when this year’s election will be held tomorrow. The first National Party caucus of the year gets underway on Tuesday afternoon in Christchurch, where Luxon is expected to announce the date of the election at ... <a title="Prime Minister Christopher Luxon confirms h’es about to announce 2026 election date" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/20/prime-minister-christopher-luxon-confirms-hes-about-to-announce-2026-election-date/" aria-label="Read more about Prime Minister Christopher Luxon confirms h’es about to announce 2026 election date">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is expected to announce the 2026 Election Day soon. RNZ / Marika Khabazi / Photo illustration / 123rf Explainer – Only one person can decide when Election Day 2026 is. How is it picked, and when is it likely to be? Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is set ... <a title="When will Election Day be, and how is it decided?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/20/when-will-election-day-be-and-how-is-it-decided/" aria-label="Read more about When will Election Day be, and how is it decided?">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Methamphetamine seized at the border in March 2025. Supplied / Customs The price of methamphetamine is the lowest it has ever been in New Zealand according to new research. The average price of a point, or 100 milligrams – a standard dose, is now $74. The price of a gram halved ... <a title="Price of meth at new low, cocaine demand growing according to Drug Trends Survey" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/20/price-of-meth-at-new-low-cocaine-demand-growing-according-to-drug-trends-survey/" aria-label="Read more about Price of meth at new low, cocaine demand growing according to Drug Trends Survey">Read more</a>
