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February 25, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ/Calvin Samuel Care facilities have switched back to a paper-based system to manage medication, and are dishing it out by hand, while prescription portal MediMap is offline following a hack. MediMap is used by some health providers in the aged care, disability and hospice sectors and the community to record medication ... <a title="Care facilities turn to paper after MediMap hack" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/care-facilities-turn-to-paper-after-medimap-hack/" aria-label="Read more about Care facilities turn to paper after MediMap hack">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon Steel manufacturer and distributor Steel and Tube has posted another bottom-line loss, but says it’s seeing signs of light at the end of the tunnel. Key numbers for the 6 months ended December compared with a year ago: Net loss $12.4m vs net loss $14.0m Revenue $211.9m ... <a title="Steel and Tube still in the red but outlook brightens" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/steel-and-tube-still-in-the-red-but-outlook-brightens/" aria-label="Read more about Steel and Tube still in the red but outlook brightens">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathryn Russell, Research Fellow, Urban Stream Geomorphology, The University of Melbourne A growing number of new housing developments feature a little known but powerful bit of tech: smart rainwater tanks. That’s where the rainwater tank next to each house is fitted with a little computer to open ... <a title="How ‘smart’ rainwater tanks can help keep platypus habitat healthy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/how-smart-rainwater-tanks-can-help-keep-platypus-habitat-healthy-269816/" aria-label="Read more about How ‘smart’ rainwater tanks can help keep platypus habitat healthy">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. Max Mumby/Indigo British police say they’ve finished searches of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s property in Berkshire following his arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office. The former British prince was released last Thursday, pending further investigation, after he was questioned at a Norfolk police station about his links to the ... <a title="UK police finish search of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s property in Berkshire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/uk-police-finish-search-of-andrew-mountbatten-windsors-property-in-berkshire/" aria-label="Read more about UK police finish search of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s property in Berkshire">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The crash on Mountain Road in Lepperton was reported at 8.45am on Wednesday. Google Maps Two people are critically injured after the car they were in collided with a freight train near New Plymouth on Wednesday. Emergency services responded to the crash off Mountain Road, State Highway 3A in Lepperton around ... <a title="Two people critically hurt as train and car collide in New Plymouth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/two-people-critically-hurt-as-train-and-car-collide-in-new-plymouth/" aria-label="Read more about Two people critically hurt as train and car collide in New Plymouth">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Services should include cash withdrawals, deposits and change, the RBNZ says. RNZ / Marika Khabazi The Reserve Bank says banks should provide basic cash services Services should be walkable distance in urban areas or driveable in rural areas Services should include cash withdrawals, deposits and change The RBNZ suggest banking hubs ... <a title="Banks must provide cash services to customers, Reserve Bank says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/banks-must-provide-cash-services-to-customers-reserve-bank-says/" aria-label="Read more about Banks must provide cash services to customers, Reserve Bank says">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Remediation NZ’s Uruti site. Supplied A controversial North Taranaki composting company has been fined more than $71,000 for discharging offensive odours described by neighbours as smelling like “faecal and pig effluent” from its site near Uruti. The company pleaded guilty at the New Plymouth District Court to discharging odorous compounds between ... <a title="Taranaki composting company fined $71k for stinking out its neighbours" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/taranaki-composting-company-fined-71k-for-stinking-out-its-neighbours/" aria-label="Read more about Taranaki composting company fined $71k for stinking out its neighbours">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Harvest of Posy apples is under at Mr Apple’s Meeanee orchard near Napier. SUPPLIED/Mr Apple Strong sales of premium apple varieties into Asia and the Middle East has led Scales Corporation to report a massive jump in profit. The company’s net profit for the 2025 financial year was $117.7 million – ... <a title="Scales corporation profits off the scale" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/scales-corporation-profits-off-the-scale/" aria-label="Read more about Scales corporation profits off the scale">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Finance Minister Nicola Willis. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Finance Minister Nicola Willis has dismissed claims the coalition’s pay equity changes amount to an abuse of power as “hyperbole”. An unofficial select committee run by 10 former MPs from across the political spectrum has condemned the changes, arguing the government had violated ... <a title="Pay equity backlash is ‘hyperbole’, Finance Minister says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/pay-equity-backlash-is-hyperbole-finance-minister-says/" aria-label="Read more about Pay equity backlash is ‘hyperbole’, Finance Minister says">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand’s Scott Base in Antarctica, in 2023. Antactica NZ/ Anthony Powell Antarctica New Zealand is on the hunt for 40 people willing to brave the sub-zero temperatures and work in one of the most remote places on Earth. The organisation is looking for everything from medics to chefs, electricians and ... <a title="Dozens of jobs on offer at coolest place on Earth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/dozens-of-jobs-on-offer-at-coolest-place-on-earth/" aria-label="Read more about Dozens of jobs on offer at coolest place on Earth">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Gawthorpe, Lecturer in History and International Studies, Leiden University As the US continues to assemble military assets in the Middle East and Europe ahead of a possible strike against Iran, Donald Trump is running up against two problems that have plagued American presidents before him. The ... <a title="Trump’s plan for strikes on Iran carries major risks – and the US military knows it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/trumps-plan-for-strikes-on-iran-carries-major-risks-and-the-us-military-knows-it-276775/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s plan for strikes on Iran carries major risks – and the US military knows it">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Swartwood House, Associate Professor of Art History, University of South Carolina When a 5-inch-by-4-inch red chalk drawing of a woman’s foot by Michelangelo sold at auction for US$27.2 million on Feb. 5, 2026, it blew past the $1.5 million to $2 million it was expected to ... <a title="Michelangelo hated painting the Sistine Chapel – and never aspired to be a painter to begin with" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/michelangelo-hated-painting-the-sistine-chapel-and-never-aspired-to-be-a-painter-to-begin-with-275788/" aria-label="Read more about Michelangelo hated painting the Sistine Chapel – and never aspired to be a painter to begin with">Read more</a>
