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February 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand MPI officers removing a yellow-legged hornets nest from a property in Glenfield. Supplied / Niki Sherriff An Auckland North Shore resident who was stung by a yellow-legged hornet while gardening is calling on her community to stay vigilant and report sightings to help eradicate the outbreak. The number of yellow-legged hornet ... <a title="North Shore resident stung by yellow-legged hornet wants neighbours to stay vigilant" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/north-shore-resident-stung-by-yellow-legged-hornet-wants-neighbours-to-stay-vigilant/" aria-label="Read more about North Shore resident stung by yellow-legged hornet wants neighbours to stay vigilant">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Social services say they’re seeing alarming numbers of rough sleepers in the capital. RNZ / Richard Tindiller Social services say they are seeing alarming numbers of rough sleepers in the capital, with a constant stream of new people trying to get help. It comes as an announcement by the government about ... <a title="‘People we’ve never seen before’: Homelessness in Wellington not letting up, agencies say" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/people-weve-never-seen-before-homelessness-in-wellington-not-letting-up-agencies-say/" aria-label="Read more about ‘People we’ve never seen before’: Homelessness in Wellington not letting up, agencies say">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Tani Atkins-Waitoa and her crew deliver lunches to the workers around Te Araroa. Sharon Brettkelly Sharon Brettkelly visits Ōpōtiki and Te Araroa to see how the towns are faring after the devastating January floods The ancestral mountain of Te Araroa on the East Cape is still moving nearly two weeks after ... <a title="‘A warning shot’ on the east coast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/a-warning-shot-on-the-east-coast/" aria-label="Read more about ‘A warning shot’ on the east coast">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Erosion visible from the Hampden Closed Landfill. Supplied/Waitaki District Council Plans to fix coastal erosion caused by increasingly big and powerful waves pounding the Waitaki coast could cost $70 million before 2050, with another $80 million needed to protect the entire Ōamaru sewage system by 2125. In a report commissioned by ... <a title="$70m cost to fix Waitaki erosion by 2050, $80m needed for Ōamaru sewage by 2125" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/70m-cost-to-fix-waitaki-erosion-by-2050-80m-needed-for-oamaru-sewage-by-2125/" aria-label="Read more about $70m cost to fix Waitaki erosion by 2050, $80m needed for Ōamaru sewage by 2125">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lynne Chepulis, Associate Professor, Health Sciences, University of Waikato Getty Images For the tens of thousands of New Zealanders who live with type 2 diabetes, managing the chronic condition can start to feel like keeping score. A patient is given a list of numbers by their doctor. ... <a title="Diabetes care in NZ: thousands of patient records reveal who’s being left behind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/diabetes-care-in-nz-thousands-of-patient-records-reveal-whos-being-left-behind-274421/" aria-label="Read more about Diabetes care in NZ: thousands of patient records reveal who’s being left behind">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Some KiwiSaver members are having difficulty withdrawing their contributions, despite being terminally ill (File photo). RNZ / REECE BAKER A cancer sufferer says he’s been so discouraged by what he’s discovered about early KiwiSaver withdrawals that he hasn’t even tried to get much-needed money out of his account – and wants ... <a title="‘Dying is hard to do’: Cancer sufferer says KiwiSaver withdrawal bar too high" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/dying-is-hard-to-do-cancer-sufferer-says-kiwisaver-withdrawal-bar-too-high/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Dying is hard to do’: Cancer sufferer says KiwiSaver withdrawal bar too high">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Australian accountants are still getting paid more than New Zealanders. 123RF Australian accountants are still getting paid more than New Zealanders – but the local sector had a bigger pay bump in the past year. That’s according to the Chartered Accountants Australia New Zealand (CAANZ) remuneration survey released on Wednesday. It ... <a title="How much do accountants actually earn?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/how-much-do-accountants-actually-earn/" aria-label="Read more about How much do accountants actually earn?">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Leanne and Gareth Hall. RNZ / Kim Baker-Wilson Warning: This story discusses youth mental health and suicide. Youth mental health services and wait times have improved in the years since Tauranga teenager Maddie Hall took her own life, Health New Zealand says. The 16-year-old died in March 2023, almost three years ... <a title="Youth mental health services improved since Tauranga teen Maddie Hall’s death – Health NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/youth-mental-health-services-improved-since-tauranga-teen-maddie-halls-death-health-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Youth mental health services improved since Tauranga teen Maddie Hall’s death – Health NZ">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Wellington Water’s Moa Point treatment plant (file photo). Wellington Water After a night of heavy rain, Wellington Water has started discharging raw sewage off the city’s south coast, and issued two other wastewater discharge notices. Wellington Water said a mechanical failure at 3am on Wednesday caused it to start an unconsented ... <a title="Mechanical failure sees Wellington Water discharge untreated sewage at Moa Point" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/mechanical-failure-sees-wellington-water-discharge-untreated-sewage-at-moa-point/" aria-label="Read more about Mechanical failure sees Wellington Water discharge untreated sewage at Moa Point">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Home insurance premiums fell in the last year, even in areas prone to weather-related risks. RNZ Home insurance premiums fell across all regions of the country in the last year, even in areas prone to weather-related risks, new Treasury data shows. The availability of insurance from multiple underwriters also improved in ... <a title="Home insurance premiums fall despite ongoing weather risks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/home-insurance-premiums-fall-despite-ongoing-weather-risks/" aria-label="Read more about Home insurance premiums fall despite ongoing weather risks">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand When Kiwi costume designer Kate Hawley signed on for Frankenstein, her third collaboration with director Guillermo del Toro, she knew it would be special, she says. “I can really look back on it and be very thankful for the project, it was a wonderful project to be on, it was a ... <a title="The Kiwi costume designer getting global attention" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/the-kiwi-costume-designer-getting-global-attention/" aria-label="Read more about The Kiwi costume designer getting global attention">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael La Corte, Research Associate, Curation and Communication, University of Tübingen Restitution debates – the question of whether a cultural object should be returned from a museum or other collection to a person or community – often begin with a deceptively simple question: who owns an object? ... <a title="Not an artefact, but an ancestor: why a German university is returning a Māori taonga" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/not-an-artefact-but-an-ancestor-why-a-german-university-is-returning-a-maori-taonga-274071/" aria-label="Read more about Not an artefact, but an ancestor: why a German university is returning a Māori taonga">Read more</a>
