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February 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ The rise in home loan rates continues with ASB Bank the latest to increase medium-term fixed mortgages. It has marginally lowered its six-month rates, but loans for one year through to three years have been raised between 10 and 20 basis points. ASB Bank said the rises reflected the increase ... <a title="Major bank raises medium-term fixed term mortgage rates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/09/major-bank-raises-medium-term-fixed-term-mortgage-rates/" aria-label="Read more about Major bank raises medium-term fixed term mortgage rates">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand American actor Bradley Cooper’s latest turn in the director’s chair (after Maestro and A Star is Born) ambitiously tries to evoke the warm, low-key dramedies of a bygone era. But its well-intentioned and often well-crafted parts never fully come together enough to really pull the heartstrings. It’s all just kind of ... <a title="Review: Bradley Cooper’s ‘Is This Thing On?’ is a lukewarm bath" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/09/review-bradley-coopers-is-this-thing-on-is-a-lukewarm-bath/" aria-label="Read more about Review: Bradley Cooper’s ‘Is This Thing On?’ is a lukewarm bath">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand An AI-generated video claimed to show Prime Minister Christopher Luxon at Waitangi. Screenshot / Facebook Analysis – A flood of “fake NZ news” pages are swamping social media with misleading slop, including using AI to animate still photos of a Mount Maunganui landslide victim. Dodgy Facebook pages devoted to churning out ... <a title="How fake NZ news pages are swamping Facebook with AI slop" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/09/how-fake-nz-news-pages-are-swamping-facebook-with-ai-slop/" aria-label="Read more about How fake NZ news pages are swamping Facebook with AI slop">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Karg, Professor, Deakin University Australian sport fans have long shown interest in international leagues. Australian fans watch and stream the United States’ National Basketball Association (NBA) games at one of the highest rates outside of North America. When it comes to the US’ National Football League ... <a title="More Australians are international sports fans, especially the NFL. Are local leagues threatened?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/09/more-australians-are-international-sports-fans-especially-the-nfl-are-local-leagues-threatened-274619/" aria-label="Read more about More Australians are international sports fans, especially the NFL. Are local leagues threatened?">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Illegal Scilate apple trees have been destroyed in a Gansu province orchard. Supplied Illegal apple orchards in China have been torn down after the Supreme Court ruled in favour of New Zealand horticulture company T&G. T&G owns the IP rights to its Scilate apple variety, which is marketed as ENVY – ... <a title="Kiwi company T&G fights to get illegal orchards torn down in China" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/09/kiwi-company-tg-fights-to-get-illegal-orchards-torn-down-in-china/" aria-label="Read more about Kiwi company T&G fights to get illegal orchards torn down in China">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The New England Patriots take on the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl LX at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. Six-time Grammy winner Bad Bunny will headline the halftime show. Kick off for the Super Bowl is approximately 12.30pm NZT. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero, a daily newsletter curated by ... <a title="Super Bowl LX live: New England Patriots v Seattle Seahawks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/09/super-bowl-lx-live-new-england-patriots-v-seattle-seahawks/" aria-label="Read more about Super Bowl LX live: New England Patriots v Seattle Seahawks">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Herne Bay is usually the country’s most expensive area. Supplied/ CC BY 2.0 – GPS 56 Townhouses are giving buyers a cheaper way in to even some of the country’s priciest suburbs. There has been a boom in townhouse construction over recent years, particularly in Auckland and Christchurch. In the past ... <a title="How you can buy a house in Herne Bay for less than $940,000" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/09/how-you-can-buy-a-house-in-herne-bay-for-less-than-940000/" aria-label="Read more about How you can buy a house in Herne Bay for less than $940,000">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand With changes to the assessments students face, do schools need to include typing lessons to give them all a fair start? Unsplash / Thomas Park Should primary and intermediate schools teach children to type so they are ready for online exams at high school? A Qualifications Authority report shows the Minister ... <a title="Do teens need to learn to type for online exams?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/09/do-teens-need-to-learn-to-type-for-online-exams/" aria-label="Read more about Do teens need to learn to type for online exams?">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Keiran Hardy, Associate Professor, Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University With the alleged attempted bombing at Perth’s Invasion Day protest now declared a terrorist act, the release of coronial findings into the Bondi Westfield stabbing, and ever-growing fears around hate crime and extremism, there’s a difficult question to ... <a title="Is Australia’s terrorism definition still fit for purpose?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/09/is-australias-terrorism-definition-still-fit-for-purpose-275309/" aria-label="Read more about Is Australia’s terrorism definition still fit for purpose?">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jaithri Ananthapavan, Associate Professor in Health Economics, Deakin University Mariusz Zając/Pexels News the world’s first independent health promotion agency – Australia’s own VicHealth – is to be abolished has been called “incomprehensible” and “a disaster” that places democracy at risk. VicHealth is the agency that’s been behind ... <a title="Why scrapping a key health promotion agency makes little economic sense" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/09/why-scrapping-a-key-health-promotion-agency-makes-little-economic-sense-274978/" aria-label="Read more about Why scrapping a key health promotion agency makes little economic sense">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Coghlan, Senior Lecturer in Digital Ethics; Deputy Director, Centre for AI and Digital Ethics, The University of Melbourne Mikhail Nilov/Pexels Vets are regularly accused of various failures: overcharging clients, neglecting patient care, and rushing pets and owners through appointments. Criticism can also come from vets themselves. ... <a title="Big bills, ‘fur babies’ and administering a good death: reflecting on ethics in veterinary medicine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/09/big-bills-fur-babies-and-administering-a-good-death-reflecting-on-ethics-in-veterinary-medicine-270966/" aria-label="Read more about Big bills, ‘fur babies’ and administering a good death: reflecting on ethics in veterinary medicine">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lukasz Swiatek, Lecturer, School of Arts and Media, UNSW Sydney August De Richelieu/ Pexels The head of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva, has warned young people will suffer the most as an AI “tsunami” wipes out many entry-level roles in coming years. Tasks that are eliminated ... <a title="Worried AI means you won’t get a job when you graduate? Here’s what the research says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/09/worried-ai-means-you-wont-get-a-job-when-you-graduate-heres-what-the-research-says-274735/" aria-label="Read more about Worried AI means you won’t get a job when you graduate? Here’s what the research says">Read more</a>
