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February 10, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yee-Fui Ng, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Monash University Queensland is a step closer to lifting a ban on political donations from property developers – despite a corruption watchdog’s warning that doing so in a A$7 billion Olympics building boom could raise “risks of undue or improper ... <a title="Amid an Olympic boom, it’s risky timing to lift a ban on developers’ political donations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/amid-an-olympic-boom-its-risky-timing-to-lift-a-ban-on-developers-political-donations-274740/" aria-label="Read more about Amid an Olympic boom, it’s risky timing to lift a ban on developers’ political donations">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand March 2019 massacres happened at Christchurch’s Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre. RNZ / Nate McKinnon The Australian white supremacist who massacred 51 worshippers at two Christchurch mosques was pleased to be charged with committing terrorism, the Court of Appeal has heard. Convicted murderer and terrorist Brenton Tarrant made the ... <a title="Christchurch mosque shooter ‘wanted to be called a terrorist’, ex lawyer says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/christchurch-mosque-shooter-wanted-to-be-called-a-terrorist-ex-lawyer-says/" aria-label="Read more about Christchurch mosque shooter ‘wanted to be called a terrorist’, ex lawyer says">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Rico Simpson of Auckland during the 2025 NPC at Eden Park. Photosport Rico Simpson is no stranger to expectation. The schoolboy prodigy has been long tipped as the next star off the New Zealand rugby conveyor belt. Now in his first, full-time Super Rugby season, Simpson is looking to become a ... <a title="Rugby prodigy ready to prove the hype" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/rugby-prodigy-ready-to-prove-the-hype/" aria-label="Read more about Rugby prodigy ready to prove the hype">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand File image. Nick Monro The forestry sector is calling for a cap on rates increases after one forestry blocks rates bill went up 570 percent in a year. The 1100-hectare block near Wairoa managed by agri-advisory firm Lewis Tucker was originally farmland but was bought in 2019 and planted in pines ... <a title="Forestry sector calls for rates cap after bill increases 570 percent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/forestry-sector-calls-for-rates-cap-after-bill-increases-570-percent/" aria-label="Read more about Forestry sector calls for rates cap after bill increases 570 percent">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Black Comet’s Laughton Kora isn’t afraid of a little disruption — even at Waitangi. In 2024, he quite literally shook the foundations, he says, providing the sound design as Māori artist and activist Tāme Iti was welcomed onto Te Whare Rūnanga. “That’s a big thing for me because I was able to ... <a title="Shaking the marae grounds at Waitangi" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/shaking-the-marae-grounds-at-waitangi/" aria-label="Read more about Shaking the marae grounds at Waitangi">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand BusinessNZ director of advocacy Catherine Beard. Supplied / Business NZ Standards New Zealand has been invited by Standards Australia to take a seat at the table following many years of being unable to pay the price to join. The change follows an agreement by the Australian and New Zealand governments to ... <a title="New Zealand gets a seat at Standards Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/new-zealand-gets-a-seat-at-standards-australia/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand gets a seat at Standards Australia">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Tongariro Mayor Weston Kirton wants the government to consider a proposal to return Chateau Tongariro to its former status as a hotel. Jimmy Ellingham / RNZ Tongariro’s mayor says the government should consider a proposal from an unnamed investor to return the Chateau Tongariro to its former status as a hotel. ... <a title="Investor proposal to return Chateau Tongariro to hotel status should be considered – mayor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/investor-proposal-to-return-chateau-tongariro-to-hotel-status-should-be-considered-mayor/" aria-label="Read more about Investor proposal to return Chateau Tongariro to hotel status should be considered – mayor">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Moro, Associate Professor of Science & Medicine, Bond University LarsZahnerPhotography/Getty Growing older often brings unexpected grooming challenges. This is particularly apparent when some areas that, when young, we could otherwise ignore start to develop hair. This includes our nose and ears, where hair grows thicker and ... <a title="Why do nose and ear hairs become longer and thicker as we age?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/why-do-nose-and-ear-hairs-become-longer-and-thicker-as-we-age-270677/" aria-label="Read more about Why do nose and ear hairs become longer and thicker as we age?">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Ever since whispers of casting choices began popping up on social media, Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights has been a lightning rod for controversy. Now days away from the movie’s highly anticipated premiere, fans and critics are still arguing. Fennell is not the first to attempt a screen adaptation of Emily Brontë’s ... <a title="Wuthering Heights is one of the year’s most controversial films" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/wuthering-heights-is-one-of-the-years-most-controversial-films/" aria-label="Read more about Wuthering Heights is one of the year’s most controversial films">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says Labour is talking “a load of rubbish” when it claims the government is implementing a new “gas tax” on New Zealanders. But Labour has fired back with one of National’s own attack lines – “if it looks like a tax and it quacks like a tax, ... <a title="Labour talking a ‘load of rubbish’ by labelling new liquefied natural gas terminal a tax – PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/labour-talking-a-load-of-rubbish-by-labelling-new-liquefied-natural-gas-terminal-a-tax-pm/" aria-label="Read more about Labour talking a ‘load of rubbish’ by labelling new liquefied natural gas terminal a tax – PM">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand NZ First deputy leader Shane Jones addressing Fast Track protesters last year. (File photo) RNZ / Peter de Graaf New Zealand First will campaign on reinstating sweeping ministerial powers in the fast track legislation this election. The law, set up as a ‘one stop shop’ process for consenting infrastructure, initially proposed ... <a title="NZ First to campaign on ministers getting final say in fast track projects" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/nz-first-to-campaign-on-ministers-getting-final-say-in-fast-track-projects/" aria-label="Read more about NZ First to campaign on ministers getting final say in fast track projects">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Mt Albert Aquatic Centre. Supplied / Community Leisure Management Worksafe will revist an Auckland aquatic centre after a boy smashed his front teeth while on a hydroslide – the second recent injury involving the same slide. A man was injured at the Mt Albert Aquatic Centre in late December, losing his ... <a title="WorkSafe to revisit Mt Albert Aquatic Centre after man’s finger torn off, boy’s teeth smashed on hydroslide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/worksafe-to-revisit-mt-albert-aquatic-centre-after-mans-finger-torn-off-boys-teeth-smashed-on-hydroslide/" aria-label="Read more about WorkSafe to revisit Mt Albert Aquatic Centre after man’s finger torn off, boy’s teeth smashed on hydroslide">Read more</a>
