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February 2, 2026
ANALYSIS: By Andrew Brown Israel’s President, Isaac Herzog, is due to arrive in Australia next Sunday. Why is a foreign Head of State asked to help heal an Australian community after an Australian tragedy? Australia is being asked to accept something extraordinary as if it were normal. Who invited Isaac Herzog in the first place, ... <a title="What is Israel’s Herzog doing in Australia – who invited him, and why?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/what-is-israels-herzog-doing-in-australia-who-invited-him-and-why/" aria-label="Read more about What is Israel’s Herzog doing in Australia – who invited him, and why?">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Opposition parties are criticising the coalition for having “secret” talks with the United States about the supply of rare and critical minerals. New Zealand is in discussions with the US about the supply of rare and critical minerals, as Donald Trump seeks ... <a title="Opposition parties slam ‘secret’ critical minerals talks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/opposition-parties-slam-secret-critical-minerals-talks/" aria-label="Read more about Opposition parties slam ‘secret’ critical minerals talks">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Her voice defeated soul-eating monsters during the emotional finale of the blockbuster animated film KPop Demon Hunters. But for Korean American singer EJAE, the triumph gave her something beyond fame and fortune. Validation. Ejae accepted a Golden Globe for Golden, which she co-wrote and sang for KPop Demon Hunters, on 11 ... <a title="Her agency crushed her K-pop idol dreams. Her reinvention brought them back to life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/her-agency-crushed-her-k-pop-idol-dreams-her-reinvention-brought-them-back-to-life/" aria-label="Read more about Her agency crushed her K-pop idol dreams. Her reinvention brought them back to life">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Nationals Leader David Littleproud easily saw off a token move to spill the party leadership on Monday. But he is now under immense pressure to reach a deal with Liberal leader Sussan Ley to put the Coalition together again. With ... <a title="View from The Hill: Littleproud and Ley turn on the music for another attempt at the two step" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/view-from-the-hill-littleproud-and-ley-turn-on-the-music-for-another-attempt-at-the-two-step-274835/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Littleproud and Ley turn on the music for another attempt at the two step">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Black Cat Cruises catamaran had more than 40 people on board when it began to smoke, then take on water, according to witnesses. Everyone on board was rescued after other boaties came to their aid. Canterbury Regional Council Salvage efforts for a stranded catamaran on Canterbury’s Akaroa Harbour are being ... <a title="Efforts to salvage capsized Black Cat Cruises tour boat in Akaroa halted" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/efforts-to-salvage-capsized-black-cat-cruises-tour-boat-in-akaroa-halted/" aria-label="Read more about Efforts to salvage capsized Black Cat Cruises tour boat in Akaroa halted">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ/Samuel Rillstone The pilot and passenger killed in a helicopter crash near Paekākāriki Hill last week have been named. They were Cole Christopher Ritchie, 25, from Wharepapa South, and Joseph Mark Keeley, 54, from Tauhara. The pair were pest control contractors working on Transmission Gully. Kāpiti Mana Area Commander Inspector Renée ... <a title="Pilot, passenger killed in Paekākāriki Hill helicopter crash named" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/pilot-passenger-killed-in-paekakariki-hill-helicopter-crash-named/" aria-label="Read more about Pilot, passenger killed in Paekākāriki Hill helicopter crash named">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A Dunedin wildlife hospital suspects modern windows could be to blame for an increasing number of serious injuries in Aotearoa’s native wood pigeon/Kererū. Window strike is the most common reason for the Kererū ending up in its hospital, with hundreds over the past few years – but they’re not the only ... <a title="Modern windows suspected of being behind rise in serious Kererū injuries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/modern-windows-suspected-of-being-behind-rise-in-serious-kereru-injuries/" aria-label="Read more about Modern windows suspected of being behind rise in serious Kererū injuries">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vicki Lowik, Adjunct Research Fellow, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Sciences, CQUniversity Australia New South Wales is set to become the first jurisdiction in the country to end the use of good character references in the sentencing of convicted criminals. The government will introduce a bill ... <a title="NSW is ditching good character references in sentencing. Will the rest of the country follow?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/nsw-is-ditching-good-character-references-in-sentencing-will-the-rest-of-the-country-follow-274842/" aria-label="Read more about NSW is ditching good character references in sentencing. Will the rest of the country follow?">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Griffiths, Democracy Deputy Program Director, Grattan Institute The Conversation, CC BY-SA Australia’s political parties set new records in funds raised and spent in the lead-up to the 2025 federal election. Now, nine months later, Australians finally get a look at who funded the parties’ election campaigns. ... <a title="New data show where the parties got their money from in the lead-up to the 2025 election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/new-data-show-where-the-parties-got-their-money-from-in-the-lead-up-to-the-2025-election-274739/" aria-label="Read more about New data show where the parties got their money from in the lead-up to the 2025 election">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ Interest rates might have started to rise but what home loan borrowers pay in interest is likely to keep falling through this year. BNZ chief economist Mike Jones said while 2025 was the “year of the refix” – with 81 percent of fixed-rate mortgage borrowers refixing, the highest percentage in ... <a title="More interest rates relief coming for homeowners" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/more-interest-rates-relief-coming-for-homeowners/" aria-label="Read more about More interest rates relief coming for homeowners">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Collins, Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle Olga Pankova/Getty Images Coffee first entered human lives and veins over 600 years ago. Now we consume an average of almost two kilos per person each year – sometimes with very specific preferences about blends and ... <a title="Does coffee raise your blood pressure? Here’s how much it’s OK to drink" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/does-coffee-raise-your-blood-pressure-heres-how-much-its-ok-to-drink-270955/" aria-label="Read more about Does coffee raise your blood pressure? Here’s how much it’s OK to drink">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Farms at the top end of the East Coast have been “smashed” by recent storms, with stock isolated and extensive damage to land and infrastructure. A clearer picture of the level of damage is starting to emerge after huge downpours hit the region last month. Representatives from Beef and Lamb and ... <a title="Farms ‘smashed’ in East Coast storms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/farms-smashed-in-east-coast-storms/" aria-label="Read more about Farms ‘smashed’ in East Coast storms">Read more</a>
