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January 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Damage on Welcome Bay Rd in Papamoa. RNZ / Jamie Troughton Two bodies have been recovered from a landslide at Welcome Bay Rd, police confirmed. Police earlier said two people were unaccounted for after a slip came down towards properties on the road overnight. Another person at the property had been ... <a title="Two bodies recovered from slip at house in Papamoa" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/22/two-bodies-recovered-from-slip-at-house-in-papamoa/" aria-label="Read more about Two bodies recovered from slip at house in Papamoa">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Wellington had the largest drop of the main centres, down 9.7 percent. (File photo) RNZ / REECE BAKER New Zealand’s average weekly rent has dropped for the first time in a decade – but one representative for renters says it’s not necessarily a sign they have it easy. Realestate.co.nz said, based ... <a title="Rent drops for first time in a decade, data shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/22/rent-drops-for-first-time-in-a-decade-data-shows/" aria-label="Read more about Rent drops for first time in a decade, data shows">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Auckland FC have had Jake Brimmer, Hiroki Sakai and Francis de Vries all take the captain’s armband this season. Photosport The captain’s armband has been on high rotation at Auckland FC this season. Hiroki Sakai, Jake Brimmer and Francis de Vries have been captain at kick-off in different A-League matches. The ... <a title="Auckland FC call on several captains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/22/auckland-fc-call-on-several-captains/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland FC call on several captains">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A police complaint has been laid about the alleged incident at Pt Erin Pools in Herne Bay. (File photo) Google Maps Two teenagers were allegedly indecently assaulted at a public pool in Auckland this week, sparking a police investigation. The pair were approached at the Pt Erin Pools in Herne Bay ... <a title="Teenagers allegedly indecently assaulted at public pool in Auckland, police investigating" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/22/teenagers-allegedly-indecently-assaulted-at-public-pool-in-auckland-police-investigating/" aria-label="Read more about Teenagers allegedly indecently assaulted at public pool in Auckland, police investigating">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Days of downpours have caused widespread damage to multiple areas of the North Island this week with Whangārei, Thames-Coromandel, Bay of Plenty, Hauraki and Tairāwhiti experiencing the brunt. Footage showing the level of devastation for communities has come in from Gisborne, Northland, Whitianga and Tauranga. Thousands have spent Thursday without power, ... <a title="Watch: Weather leaves trail of destruction with flooding and slips across the North Island" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/22/watch-weather-leaves-trail-of-destruction-with-flooding-and-slips-across-the-north-island/" aria-label="Read more about Watch: Weather leaves trail of destruction with flooding and slips across the North Island">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A Canadian tourist staying at the Beachside Holiday Park says it was only later that he realised how close his family came to danger after a landslide tore through the campground at the base of Mauao, Mount Maunganui, leaving several people unaccounted for, including children. Emergency services continue to search the ... <a title="Witness describes ‘real disaster’ as Mauao landslide strikes Mount Maunganui campground" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/22/witness-describes-real-disaster-as-mauao-landslide-strikes-mount-maunganui-campground/" aria-label="Read more about Witness describes ‘real disaster’ as Mauao landslide strikes Mount Maunganui campground">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Brannigan, Associate Professor, Theatre and Performance, UNSW Sydney Stephen Wilson Barker/Sydney Festival Of all the arts, dance has a special capacity to create worlds. Centred around the moving body, these worlds draw on other art forms – music, visual art, design, projection – to fill-out visions ... <a title="From grand harbour spectacular to intimate perfection: the varied dance at Sydney Festival 2026" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/22/from-grand-harbour-spectacular-to-intimate-perfection-the-varied-dance-at-sydney-festival-2026-273459/" aria-label="Read more about From grand harbour spectacular to intimate perfection: the varied dance at Sydney Festival 2026">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney gave a speech at Davos this week that signals there may still be a leader in the West worth following. “Middle powers must act together because if we’re not at the table, we’re on the menu,” he warned. The Canadian PM was brutally honest about Western ... <a title="Eugene Doyle: Mark Carney’s moment – a new non-aligned movement?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/22/eugene-doyle-mark-carneys-moment-a-new-non-aligned-movement/" aria-label="Read more about Eugene Doyle: Mark Carney’s moment – a new non-aligned movement?">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Linda Botterill, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University The short-lived split between the Nationals and the Liberal Party after last year’s election has been followed by another breakup less than nine months later. The Nationals are publicly stating they cannot work under Sussan ... <a title="Instead of a marriage, the Coalition should be an on-again, off-again affair" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/22/instead-of-a-marriage-the-coalition-should-be-an-on-again-off-again-affair-274105/" aria-label="Read more about Instead of a marriage, the Coalition should be an on-again, off-again affair">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Ian Powell On 14 December 2025, a father and son, reportedly linked to the ISIS clerical fascist organisation, committed a murderous attack on innocent participants at a Jewish celebration on Sydney’s famous Bondi Beach. Fifteen were killed and around 40 seriously injured. There is no way this horrific event can be minimised. It ... <a title="Ian Powell: Bondi Beach’s murderous terrorism aftermath – an Aotearoa perspective" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/22/ian-powell-bondi-beachs-murderous-terrorism-aftermath-an-aotearoa-perspective/" aria-label="Read more about Ian Powell: Bondi Beach’s murderous terrorism aftermath – an Aotearoa perspective">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2026
Pacific Media Watch The Paris-based global media freedom group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the guilty verdict against Filipino journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio whose case has been challenged since her arrest almost six years ago. Cumpio was found guilty today on a charge of “financing terrorism” in the Philippines, and now faces a sentence ... <a title="RSF condemns verdict in ‘fabricated’ case against Filipino journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/22/rsf-condemns-verdict-in-fabricated-case-against-filipino-journalist-frenchie-mae-cumpio/" aria-label="Read more about RSF condemns verdict in ‘fabricated’ case against Filipino journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Jack Oliver-Hood, 37, was pulled from the water at Hahei Beach shortly after 3pm on Monday but could not be resuscitated and died at the scene. Supplied Former colleagues are mourning the loss of a “bright” Auckland lawyer who died while swimming at a Coromandel beach. Jack Oliver-Hood, who was 37, ... <a title="Former colleagues mourn loss of Auckland lawyer who died at Coromandel beach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/22/former-colleagues-mourn-loss-of-auckland-lawyer-who-died-at-coromandel-beach/" aria-label="Read more about Former colleagues mourn loss of Auckland lawyer who died at Coromandel beach">Read more</a>
