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February 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF The live animal export industry is still hopeful the practice will resume – despite not getting any material updates from the government since the middle of last year. New Zealand used to export live cattle to China via sea to help it build its own dairy herd – but Labour ... <a title="Live animal export industry remain hopeful practice will resume after ban" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/live-animal-export-industry-remain-hopeful-practice-will-resume-after-ban/" aria-label="Read more about Live animal export industry remain hopeful practice will resume after ban">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Paige Hareb competed at the Women’s Championship Tour when it was hosted in New Plymouth. (File photo) Katrina Clarke Taranaki’s surfing community, -the only region in New Zealand to have previously hosted the globe’s elite surf competition, is stoked for its Raglan cousins who will hold a combined men’s and women’s ... <a title="Taranaki surfers thrilled over return of world’s surfng elite to NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/taranaki-surfers-thrilled-over-return-of-worlds-surfng-elite-to-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Taranaki surfers thrilled over return of world’s surfng elite to NZ">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Paddlers arrive on the beach during the waka parade at Waitangi Day 2025. RNZ / Layla Bailey-McDowell The chair of the Waitangi National Trust has extended the invitation to all New Zealanders to attend this year’s festivities at Waitangi. Tania Te Rangingangana Simpson told RNZ the festivities at Waitangi continue to ... <a title="‘For all New Zealanders’: Celebrations getting underway at Waitangi" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/for-all-new-zealanders-celebrations-getting-underway-at-waitangi/" aria-label="Read more about ‘For all New Zealanders’: Celebrations getting underway at Waitangi">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand British singer Lily Allen will perform in Auckland as part of the biggest tour of her career. In support of her 2025 album, West End Girl, the singer-songwriter will perform concerts throughout October and November, starting in Auckland, before moving through Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. Allen will play her latest, ... <a title="Singer Lily Allen is coming to New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/singer-lily-allen-is-coming-to-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about Singer Lily Allen is coming to New Zealand">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Marika Khabazi / Photo illustration / 123rf Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is facing questions over a clash in the government coalition over a recently signed free trade deal with India. NZ First leader Winston Peters has claimed it could mean “tens of thousands of people” arriving onshore and taking ... <a title="Morning Report live: PM faces questions about coalition clash over India trade deal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/morning-report-live-pm-faces-questions-about-coalition-clash-over-india-trade-deal/" aria-label="Read more about Morning Report live: PM faces questions about coalition clash over India trade deal">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Last year’s NCEA achievement rate for year 12 and 13 was the lowest in five years (file photo). Supplied/ Unsplash – Meredith Spencer Principals fear many of the 15,000 senior secondary students who failed to reach the critical NCEA reading, writing and maths benchmark last year will give up on school ... <a title="NCEA hurdle trips up 15,000 students" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/ncea-hurdle-trips-up-15000-students/" aria-label="Read more about NCEA hurdle trips up 15,000 students">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Akaroa Harbour. (File photo) SUPPLIED / NGAI TAHU Witnesses are being sought in relation to the grounding of a catamaran at Akaroa on Banks Peninsula. The Black Cat Cruises catamaran was beached at Nīkau Palm Valley Bay, after it got into trouble on Saturday afternoon – requiring more than 40 ... <a title="Appeal for witnesses as recovery of tourist boat grounded in Akaroa begins" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/appeal-for-witnesses-as-recovery-of-tourist-boat-grounded-in-akaroa-begins/" aria-label="Read more about Appeal for witnesses as recovery of tourist boat grounded in Akaroa begins">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand athlete Sam Ruthe. Kerry Marshall / www.photosport.nz The Glasgow Commonwealth Games is now on the radar for New Zealand running sensation Sam Ruthe. The athletics world is coming to terms with the 16-year-old who on Sunday became the youngest athlete to ever run a mile quicker than 3 minutes ... <a title="Sam Ruthe’s next goal after setting record for mile" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/sam-ruthes-next-goal-after-setting-record-for-mile/" aria-label="Read more about Sam Ruthe’s next goal after setting record for mile">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The battle for ownership of Warner Bros. is a rare case of Goliath vs. Goliath. In one corner, there’s the behemoth streaming service Netflix. In the other, Hollywood’s legacy powerhouse, Paramount. The prize is a treasure trove of iconic franchises that stretches back over a century, to include the DC Comics ... <a title="Clash of the TV titans: How it will shape what we watch and what we pay" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/clash-of-the-tv-titans-how-it-will-shape-what-we-watch-and-what-we-pay/" aria-label="Read more about Clash of the TV titans: How it will shape what we watch and what we pay">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand In one of Wagner Moura’s favourite scenes in The Secret Agent, his character Armando Solimões suddenly realises he’s being hunted by contract killers – then opens a door and steps out into a Brazilian carnival. To the 49-year-old actor, the scene represents not only an “amazing” celebratory aspect of his culture ... <a title="The Brazilian Best Actor contender on sharing his beautifully ‘complex’ country" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/the-brazilian-best-actor-contender-on-sharing-his-beautifully-complex-country/" aria-label="Read more about The Brazilian Best Actor contender on sharing his beautifully ‘complex’ country">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Te Rākau Hua o Te Wao Tapu (Te Rākau) is now the longest-running Māori community theatre company in Aotearoa. Stephen A’Court For more than three decades, Aotearoa’s longest surviving independent Māori theatre company has used storytelling to open kōrero about trauma, healing and hope in communities across the motu. Te Rākau ... <a title="Longest-standing Māori theatre company brings whānau voices of trauma and hope to the stage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/longest-standing-maori-theatre-company-brings-whanau-voices-of-trauma-and-hope-to-the-stage/" aria-label="Read more about Longest-standing Māori theatre company brings whānau voices of trauma and hope to the stage">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Last year’s NCEA achievement rate for year 12 and 13 was the lowest in five years (file photo). Supplied/ Unsplash – Meredith Spencer Principals fear many of the 15,000 senior secondary students who failed to reach the critical NCEA reading, writing and maths benchmark last year will give up on school ... <a title="Lowest NCEA achievement rate for past 5 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/lowest-ncea-achievement-rate-for-past-5-years/" aria-label="Read more about Lowest NCEA achievement rate for past 5 years">Read more</a>
