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February 15, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied/ Dan Bailey Heavy rain and severe gales are forecast to batter the eastern and southern North Island, parts of Marlborough and North Canterbury, and the Chatham Islands. MetService issued multiple orange heavy rain and strong wind warnings on Sunday, warning of dangerous conditions from Sunday morning through to Monday evening. ... <a title="Weather: Heavy rain and damaging gales set to lash eastern and southern North Island" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/15/weather-heavy-rain-and-damaging-gales-set-to-lash-eastern-and-southern-north-island/" aria-label="Read more about Weather: Heavy rain and damaging gales set to lash eastern and southern North Island">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand One moment summed up the Blues’ night against the Chiefs, and it happened before the game had even kicked off. An honour guard of the original 1996 Super 12 winning side stood ready to clap the Blues onto Eden Park, but no one told the players and they ran out the ... <a title="Super Rugby Pacific wrap: Rusty Chiefs, hot Highlanders and Moana’s miracle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/15/super-rugby-pacific-wrap-rusty-chiefs-hot-highlanders-and-moanas-miracle/" aria-label="Read more about Super Rugby Pacific wrap: Rusty Chiefs, hot Highlanders and Moana’s miracle">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 123rf Christchurch City Council is looking at bringing in drinking water to parts of the city as supermarkets sell out, after a boil water notice for bacteria contamination was sent to tens of thousands of residents. A public health alert was issued on Saturday afternoon for around 14,000 households in New ... <a title="Christchurch supermarket shelves stripped of bottled water after boil water notice issued" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/15/christchurch-supermarket-shelves-stripped-of-bottled-water-after-boil-water-notice-issued/" aria-label="Read more about Christchurch supermarket shelves stripped of bottled water after boil water notice issued">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Water rushing over a blown out culvert on Corcoran Rd, Te Pahu, Waipā. Ryan Vickers A Waikato man says he had never seen damage like the scenes on his parent’s Waipā farm following Friday’s intense rain. The South Waikato was hit hard by severe weather that hammered the North Island, causing ... <a title="‘Never seen anything like’ weather that hit Waipā – local" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/15/never-seen-anything-like-weather-that-hit-waipa-local/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Never seen anything like’ weather that hit Waipā – local">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand and French boats crash during SailGP racing on Waitematā Harbour. Phil Walter New Zealand SailGP 11.30am Sunday, 15 February* Wynyard Point, Auckland Live updates on RNZ *Start time has been changed due to the weather Kiwi SailGP driver Phil Robertson hopes the high-speed crash between New Zealand and France ... <a title="SailGP: Kiwi driver Phil Robertson wants changes after Black Foils, France crash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/15/sailgp-kiwi-driver-phil-robertson-wants-changes-after-black-foils-france-crash/" aria-label="Read more about SailGP: Kiwi driver Phil Robertson wants changes after Black Foils, France crash">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2026
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – Asia Pacific Report New Zealand protesters have again spotlighted the country’s stake in US space militarisation today and speakers branded Rocket Lab as an alleged key link in the “IDF kill chain” as part of the Gaza genocide. “Rocket Lab is a celebrated New Zealand success ... <a title="NZ protesters condemn ‘IDF kill chain’ link to Gaza genocide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/15/nz-protesters-condemn-idf-kill-chain-link-to-gaza-genocide/" aria-label="Read more about NZ protesters condemn ‘IDF kill chain’ link to Gaza genocide">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2026
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese has dismissed recent accusations of anti-Semitism against her as “shameful and defamatory” in an interview on France 24. She has also warned that “the plan to fully destroy Gaza continues” and denounced Israeli measures in the ... <a title="Francesca Albanese: Why a revolutionary shift on global justice is underway" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/15/francesca-albanese-why-a-revolutionary-shift-on-global-justice-is-underway/" aria-label="Read more about Francesca Albanese: Why a revolutionary shift on global justice is underway">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand It seems there is little reprieve on the weather front for the North Island, with rain and high winds set to move southwards. The South Waikato region took a particular beating from thunderstorms overnight, with roads, homes and infrastructure damaged. Pictures and stories coming out of Ōtorohanga tell of the extent ... <a title="Rain, high winds to move south after floods hit Waikato" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/14/rain-high-winds-to-move-south-after-floods-hit-waikato/" aria-label="Read more about Rain, high winds to move south after floods hit Waikato">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2026
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – COMMENTARY: By Stuart Rees The violence surrounding protests against the visit of Israel’s president was not an accident of crowd control. It reflects a deeper political failure – where authority suppresses dissent rather than confronting uncomfortable truths about Gaza, protest rights and democratic responsibility. In official ... <a title="Stuart Rees: Cowardice over Gaza dressed up as state authority on Sydney’s streets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/14/stuart-rees-cowardice-over-gaza-dressed-up-as-state-authority-on-sydneys-streets/" aria-label="Read more about Stuart Rees: Cowardice over Gaza dressed up as state authority on Sydney’s streets">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Black Foils SailGP collide with the DS Automobiles SailGP Team France. Felix Diemer for SailGP Sailors from the New Zealand and France teams have been rushed to Auckland hospital, after a high-speed collision in race three of the New Zealand SailGP event off Wynyard Point. Racing was suspended, when the ... <a title="SailGP: Black Foils collide with France, two sailors including one Kiwi injured" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/14/sailgp-black-foils-collide-with-france-two-sailors-including-one-kiwi-injured/" aria-label="Read more about SailGP: Black Foils collide with France, two sailors including one Kiwi injured">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Josh Jacomb during the Blues v Chiefs, Super Rugby Pacific match, Eden Park. John Cowpland/Actionpress The Chiefs have emerged victors in a messy Super Rugby Pacific opener against the Blues at Eden Park. A try by All Black halfback Cortez Ratima was the key play in the 75th minute, after he ... <a title="Super Rugby Pacific: Blues v Chiefs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/14/super-rugby-pacific-blues-v-chiefs/" aria-label="Read more about Super Rugby Pacific: Blues v Chiefs">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Untreated water was leaking onto the capital’s south coast beaches due to the Moa Point Treatment Plant flooding and being turned off. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Wellington Water is concerned that the weather could increase the likelihood of raw sewage being pushed towards the shoreline. Progress is being made at the ... <a title="Concerns weather could push raw sewage towards Wellington’s shoreline" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/14/concerns-weather-could-push-raw-sewage-towards-wellingtons-shoreline/" aria-label="Read more about Concerns weather could push raw sewage towards Wellington’s shoreline">Read more</a>
