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February 5, 2026
Sweeping cuts by one of most iconic investigative newspapers in the United States, The Washington Post, now owned by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, apply to about one-third of the newsroom, with sport and international coverage largely gutted. Another major blow to media freedom in the US that came after the following CPJ editorial was published. ... <a title="Committee to Protect Journalists: The First Amendment is in peril" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/committee-to-protect-journalists-the-first-amendment-is-in-peril/" aria-label="Read more about Committee to Protect Journalists: The First Amendment is in peril">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Taranaki seabed mining protest in 2025. RNZ / Emma Andrews The fast track approvals panel has declined plans to mine the Taranaki seabed in a draft decision. Trans-Tasman Resources (TTR) has wanted to mine 50 million tonnes of sea bed a year for 30 years in the South Taranaki Bight. In ... <a title="Fast track panel declines Taranaki seabed mining over risk to marine life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/fast-track-panel-declines-taranaki-seabed-mining-over-risk-to-marine-life/" aria-label="Read more about Fast track panel declines Taranaki seabed mining over risk to marine life">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon speaks at Waitangi on Thursday. RNZ / Mark Papalii Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has faced sustained heckling and had to fend off questions about a revived Treaty Principles Bill as he returned to Waitangi this year. ACT leader David Seymour predictably attracted his own jeers, and NZ ... <a title="Waitangi wrap: Speeches, celebrations and heckling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/waitangi-wrap-speeches-celebrations-and-heckling/" aria-label="Read more about Waitangi wrap: Speeches, celebrations and heckling">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand-born film maker Taratoa Stappard didn’t set out to make a horror film. But as he took a dive into the history of colonisation in Aotearoa, it became clear he was writing a ‘Māori gothic’. “It became apparent to me very quickly as I was writing it and developing it ... <a title="New ‘Māori gothic’ film Mārama draws on horror of colonialisation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/new-maori-gothic-film-marama-draws-on-horror-of-colonialisation/" aria-label="Read more about New ‘Māori gothic’ film Mārama draws on horror of colonialisation">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Untreated water is leaking onto the capital’s south coast beaches due to the Moa Point Treatment Plant flooding. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Sewer robots are being used to patrol pipes elsewhere in the world to keep them from blocking, but what about in New Zealand? Wellington Water has suggested the main ... <a title="Could sewer robots be used to prevent repeat of Moa Pt sewage spill?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/could-sewer-robots-be-used-to-prevent-repeat-of-moa-pt-sewage-spill/" aria-label="Read more about Could sewer robots be used to prevent repeat of Moa Pt sewage spill?">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Organiser Nicky Smith with her kids Joshua and Harper. RNZ/Bella Craig A Wellington charity supplying school stationery to families who can’t afford it may be forced to turn people away because demand is so high. Te Awakairangi School Stationery Drive supplies children in the Hutt Valley with essentials such as exercise ... <a title="Wellington stationery drive in high demand, exhausts all funding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/wellington-stationery-drive-in-high-demand-exhausts-all-funding/" aria-label="Read more about Wellington stationery drive in high demand, exhausts all funding">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Screenshots taken from the internal investigation done by Haeata Community Campus into mouldy lunches being distributed to students on 1 December. Haeata Community Campus The Christchurch school where mouldy lunches were served to students says an internal investigation has found no evidence to support the Ministry for Primary Industries’ claims that ... <a title="Haeata Community Campus disputes MPI’s mouldy school lunch claim" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/haeata-community-campus-disputes-mpis-mouldy-school-lunch-claim/" aria-label="Read more about Haeata Community Campus disputes MPI’s mouldy school lunch claim">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand He saved the family from the water in Kai Iwi Lakes in Northland. RNZ / Peter de Graaf The man who rescued a family from the water in Kai Iwi Lakes in Northland says he’s not a hero and he would do it for anyone. Haruru man Aaron Stott was walking ... <a title="Man saves family from drowning in Kai Iwi Lakes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/man-saves-family-from-drowning-in-kai-iwi-lakes/" aria-label="Read more about Man saves family from drowning in Kai Iwi Lakes">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Despite being unapproved by Medsafe, synthetic peptides can be bought online “for research purposes”. THOM LEACH / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRA / TLE / Science Photo Library via AFP Shredded muscles, chiselled jawlines, tanned and clear skin – idealised human bodies bombard people’s daily lives on billboards, televisions and phones. Now, social ... <a title="Far too many risks come with synthetic peptide use, expert says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/far-too-many-risks-come-with-synthetic-peptide-use-expert-says/" aria-label="Read more about Far too many risks come with synthetic peptide use, expert says">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Levi West, Research Fellow, Research School of Social Science, Australian National University Tim Clifford/Instagram Nine days after it happened, police have declared an alleged attempted bombing at an Invasion Day rally in Perth an act of terrorism. A 31-year-old man is accused of throwing a homemade fragment ... <a title="Why did it take 9 days to declare the Perth bombing attempt a terrorist attack?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/why-did-it-take-9-days-to-declare-the-perth-bombing-attempt-a-terrorist-attack-275223/" aria-label="Read more about Why did it take 9 days to declare the Perth bombing attempt a terrorist attack?">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand “Cremate and bury it”. That’s the word from Minister for Māori Crown Relations Tama Potaka, who sat down with MATA host Mihingarangi Forbes in Waitangi for a wide-ranging interview on issues affecting Māori. Asked what it was like as a Māori to watch his own party support the controversial Treaty Principles ... <a title="‘Cremate and bury it’: National’s Tama Potaka on Treaty Principles Bill" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/cremate-and-bury-it-nationals-tama-potaka-on-treaty-principles-bill/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Cremate and bury it’: National’s Tama Potaka on Treaty Principles Bill">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand One of the major talking points around the start of Super Rugby Pacific next weekend are tweaks to the laws, designed to make for a better viewing experience. While it does seemingly push the competition just that much farther away from the rigours of test rugby, the changes are being warmly ... <a title="Super Rugby Pacific law changes: Players give their verdict" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/super-rugby-pacific-law-changes-players-give-their-verdict/" aria-label="Read more about Super Rugby Pacific law changes: Players give their verdict">Read more</a>
