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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. Christchurch’s central city library Tūranga. RNZ / Nate McKinnon A person has been taken to hospital in a critical condition after a fall from Christchurch’s central Tūranga library. Emergency services were called to the building near Cathedral Square shortly before 11am on Tuesday. Three fire trucks worked to free ... <a title="Person falls from Christchurch’s Tūranga library" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/person-falls-from-christchurchs-turanga-library/" aria-label="Read more about Person falls from Christchurch’s Tūranga library">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Minister for Workplace Relations Brooke van Velden says she is looking to cut health and safety red tape for low-risk businesses. 123RF A work safety group says a new bill before Parliament is likely to increase harm to people and cause cost blowouts from accidents. The amendment bill is the first ... <a title="Work safety group says proposed law change likely to increase harm to people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/work-safety-group-says-proposed-law-change-likely-to-increase-harm-to-people/" aria-label="Read more about Work safety group says proposed law change likely to increase harm to people">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The scene of the stabbing. RNZ / Nathan McKinnon Police are examining a central Christchurch property where a man was critically injured in a stabbing. Emergency services were called to the two-storey block of flats in Fitzgerald Avenue at 12:20pm on Monday, where they arrested a person. A scene guard remained ... <a title="Police at scene of Christchurch stabbing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/police-at-scene-of-christchurch-stabbing/" aria-label="Read more about Police at scene of Christchurch stabbing">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Emmy-winning actress Catherine O’Hara, who starred in Schitt’s Creek and Home Alone, died from a blood clot in her lungs, her death certificate reveals. The Canadian-born performer was rushed to the hospital on 30 January after having difficulty breathing at her home in the ritzy Brentwood neighbourhood of Los Angeles. The ... <a title="Catherine O’Hara’s cause of death revealed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/catherine-oharas-cause-of-death-revealed/" aria-label="Read more about Catherine O’Hara’s cause of death revealed">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Rowena Walker Supplied / NZ Police Police have “grave concerns” for a woman who has not been seen for six months and are considering the possibility she may have been the victim of foul play. They say her children want their mother back and the family are desperate for answers. Rowena ... <a title="‘Grave concerns’ for missing woman not seen for six months" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/grave-concerns-for-missing-woman-not-seen-for-six-months/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Grave concerns’ for missing woman not seen for six months">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Quin Tauetau A former Education Ministry staff member says the government’s curriculum rewrite ignored the views of many subject experts and teachers. Waikato University academic Claire Coleman told Nine to Noon she worked on the curriculum until the middle of last year and said it was chaotic and politicised. ... <a title="Ex-ministry staffer accuses government of ignoring education experts, teachers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/ex-ministry-staffer-accuses-government-of-ignoring-education-experts-teachers/" aria-label="Read more about Ex-ministry staffer accuses government of ignoring education experts, teachers">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Olympic medallist Zoi Sadowski-Synnott was honoured by her team mates with a haka following her silver medal win in the Big Air event at the Winter Olympics in Italy. It was a record third medal in the event for Sadowski-Synott, who took silver in Beijing in 2022 and bronze in Pyeongchang ... <a title="Watch: ‘Really special’ – team mates perform haka following Zoi Sadowski-Synnott’s medal win" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/watch-really-special-team-mates-perform-haka-following-zoi-sadowski-synnotts-medal-win/" aria-label="Read more about Watch: ‘Really special’ – team mates perform haka following Zoi Sadowski-Synnott’s medal win">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Some people following their applications’ progress using online trackers noticed they were being held up at an Auckland mail centre before being sent to the UK. 123RF NZ Post says the volume of British passport applications is causing delays to them being sent to the UK. A new requirement for dual ... <a title="NZ Post says deluge of UK passport applications causing delays" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/nz-post-says-deluge-of-uk-passport-applications-causing-delays/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Post says deluge of UK passport applications causing delays">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Bremworth carpet wool. Bremworth Carpet maker Bremworth earnings hit by tough trading Company under takeover offer from owner of main rival Godfrey Hirst Cash return to shareholders likely to be less than first estimated Commerce Commission has concerns over proposed takeover Shareholders in carpet company Bremworth have been told they will ... <a title="Bremworth shareholders told to expect less cash in hand if takeover goes ahead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/bremworth-shareholders-told-to-expect-less-cash-in-hand-if-takeover-goes-ahead/" aria-label="Read more about Bremworth shareholders told to expect less cash in hand if takeover goes ahead">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Dame Noeline Taurua and her assistant Debbie Fuller (right). PHOTOSPORT Dame Noeline Taurua’s coaching bench will have a new look to it at the Commonwealth Games with long-time Silver Ferns assistant Deb Fuller to coach the Malawi Queens. Fuller has been appointed as the new High Performance Netball Consultant for the ... <a title="Former Silver Ferns’ assistant Deb Fuller to coach Malawi Queens" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/former-silver-ferns-assistant-deb-fuller-to-coach-malawi-queens/" aria-label="Read more about Former Silver Ferns’ assistant Deb Fuller to coach Malawi Queens">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwyn Cumbo, Lecturer, Transdisciplinary School, University of Technology Sydney The Conversation, CC BY-SA ➡️ Click here to read the full interactive Bronwyn Cumbo receives funding from the Australia Public Policy Challenge Grant for her research investigating possibilities and challenges to establishing New South Wales as a sustainable ... <a title="Can Australia build one of the world’s largest data centres?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/can-australia-build-one-of-the-worlds-largest-data-centres-273703/" aria-label="Read more about Can Australia build one of the world’s largest data centres?">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Angelakis, PhD Candidate in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Adelaide University Nathan Angelakis, CC BY-NC Most seals give birth to a pup around the same time each year, and wean them and send them on their way within 12 months in an annual cycle. Australian sea lions ... <a title="Sea lion camera reveals mother taking pup on educational foraging expedition in the wild" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/sea-lion-camera-reveals-mother-taking-pup-on-educational-foraging-expedition-in-the-wild-275407/" aria-label="Read more about Sea lion camera reveals mother taking pup on educational foraging expedition in the wild">Read more</a>
