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February 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Shops, restaurants, cafes and other hospitality and retail venues will be open as usual on Waitangi Day, but they can choose to close if they wish. 123rf Every year on 6 February, the country recognises Waitangi Day, New Zealand’s national day to mark the first signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi ... <a title="Waitangi Day 2026: What’s open, what’s not, and when you have to pay a surcharge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/waitangi-day-2026-whats-open-whats-not-and-when-you-have-to-pay-a-surcharge/" aria-label="Read more about Waitangi Day 2026: What’s open, what’s not, and when you have to pay a surcharge">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Scott Simpson. VNP / Phil Smith A number of concerns have been raised about proposed changes to the Commerce Act which could disadvantage consumers, deter investors and increase the cost of doing business. Law firm Chapman Tripp said some of the changes to the Commerce ... <a title="Concerns raised about possible changes to Commerce Act" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/concerns-raised-about-possible-changes-to-commerce-act/" aria-label="Read more about Concerns raised about possible changes to Commerce Act">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Flooding in Auckland in 2023. RNZ / Finn Blackwell Auckland Council is looking at ways to make houses more resistant to floods. It has put out a tender to get research done into ways that would specifically work in New Zealand. “The scope of the research is focused on residential properties,” ... <a title="Auckland Council starts flood research project" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/auckland-council-starts-flood-research-project/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland Council starts flood research project">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 123rf.com KiwiSaver members are withdrawing from their funds in record numbers, but one financial services complaints resolution service is warning that some people don’t realise how difficult it can be. RNZ reported last week that more than 10,000 more withdrawals were made from KiwiSaver for hardship reasons last year than in ... <a title="KiwiSavers struggle to get their money amid record hardship withdrawals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/kiwisavers-struggle-to-get-their-money-amid-record-hardship-withdrawals/" aria-label="Read more about KiwiSavers struggle to get their money amid record hardship withdrawals">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Meridian’s Manapouri Power Station. 123rf A wet spring season filling hydro storage lakes looks set to deliver bumper half-year earnings to the country’s big four generator-retailers. A preview by investment firm Forsyth Barr suggests the four major companies – Contact, Genesis, Meridian and Mercury – will make combined operating earnings, before ... <a title="Profits up for gentailers, but prices and dividends expected to stay flat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/profits-up-for-gentailers-but-prices-and-dividends-expected-to-stay-flat/" aria-label="Read more about Profits up for gentailers, but prices and dividends expected to stay flat">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabrielle Appleby, Professor of Law, UNSW Law School, UNSW Sydney More than two years on, you’d be forgiven for thinking the story of the failure of the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice has been neatly folded away and filed as a story of ... <a title="Why the Voice referendum failed – and what the government hasn’t learned from it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/why-the-voice-referendum-failed-and-what-the-government-hasnt-learned-from-it-255969/" aria-label="Read more about Why the Voice referendum failed – and what the government hasn’t learned from it">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tilman Ruff, Honorary Principal Fellow, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne The New START treaty, the last remaining agreement constraining Russian and US nuclear weapons, is due to lapse on February 4. There are no negotiations to extend the terms of the treaty, ... <a title="The only remaining US-Russia nuclear treaty expires this week. Could a new arms race soon accelerate?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/the-only-remaining-us-russia-nuclear-treaty-expires-this-week-could-a-new-arms-race-soon-accelerate-269508/" aria-label="Read more about The only remaining US-Russia nuclear treaty expires this week. Could a new arms race soon accelerate?">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John White, Associate Professor in Wildlife and Conservation Biology, Deakin University John Smith , CC BY-ND The Australian authority that regulates pesticides has finally released its long-delayed review of the rodenticide poisons used by millions of Australians to combat rat and mice infestations. As researchers who study ... <a title="Household rat poisons found to be ‘unacceptable risk’ to native animals. So why aren’t they banned?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/household-rat-poisons-found-to-be-unacceptable-risk-to-native-animals-so-why-arent-they-banned-272346/" aria-label="Read more about Household rat poisons found to be ‘unacceptable risk’ to native animals. So why aren’t they banned?">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A home destroyed in tribal fighting in PNG’s Highlands region. BTT Newscast A New Zealand aid project in Papua New Guinea has been halted due to security concerns, and appears unlikely to be completed. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) confirmed work on the Enga Electrification Project in PNG’s ... <a title="NZ pulls plug on $6.7m power project in Papua New Guinea amid tribal violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/nz-pulls-plug-on-6-7m-power-project-in-papua-new-guinea-amid-tribal-violence/" aria-label="Read more about NZ pulls plug on $6.7m power project in Papua New Guinea amid tribal violence">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Howard, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney As summer has well and truly set in, we hope you’re able to while away some hours in the comfort of air-conditioning. And what better way to spend that time than with some new treats ... <a title="Gay ice-hockey players, lesbian space princesses, and cute dogs: what to watch in February" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/gay-ice-hockey-players-lesbian-space-princesses-and-cute-dogs-what-to-watch-in-february-273799/" aria-label="Read more about Gay ice-hockey players, lesbian space princesses, and cute dogs: what to watch in February">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A coroner has found the death of Liam Booth, who was sent home from hospital in a taxi after threatening to take his own life, could not have been prevented. Liam Booth was sent home from hospital after threatening to take his own life. (File photo) RNZ / Dan Cook Warning: ... <a title="Coroner finds young man’s death weeks after hospital discharge couldn’t have been prevented" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/coroner-finds-young-mans-death-weeks-after-hospital-discharge-couldnt-have-been-prevented/" aria-label="Read more about Coroner finds young man’s death weeks after hospital discharge couldn’t have been prevented">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Make sure your goals are clear and achievable. Unsplash If 2026 is the year you get your money life sorted, you may be wondering where to begin. Our money correspondent Susan Edmunds has 5 areas to focus on. Set a budget It is often helpful to start thinking about what you ... <a title="Hoping to get your finances in shape in 2026? These tips will help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/hoping-to-get-your-finances-in-shape-in-2026-these-tips-will-help/" aria-label="Read more about Hoping to get your finances in shape in 2026? These tips will help">Read more</a>
