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February 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Lucas Casey and Ethan Blackadder. Graphic: Liam K. Swiggs Photosport Highlanders v Crusaders Kick-off: 7:05pm Friday 13 February Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin Live blog updates on RNZ And we’re back. Super Rugby Pacific returns with a southern derby between the Highlanders and the Crusaders, two teams coming in with very contrasting ... <a title="Highlanders v Crusaders: What you need to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/13/highlanders-v-crusaders-what-you-need-to-know/" aria-label="Read more about Highlanders v Crusaders: What you need to know">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Pat Gray (right) and Ange Jones (left) are “proud Tangata Tiriti” and belong to Network Waitangi Whangārei – an organisation that provides information, education and support to implement Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Layla Bailey-McDowell / RNZ More Pākehā are enrolling in Treaty education workshops and seeking out information about Te Tiriti ... <a title="Growing numbers of Pākehā seeking to understand Te Tiriti o Waitangi" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/13/growing-numbers-of-pakeha-seeking-to-understand-te-tiriti-o-waitangi/" aria-label="Read more about Growing numbers of Pākehā seeking to understand Te Tiriti o Waitangi">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Paul Davison KC has been named to help Tauranga City Council’s external review. RNZ Hundreds of thousands of files have been identified by Tauranga City Council that it thinks could be relevant to a review of what it knew and how fast it acted before the deadly landslip at Mount Maunganui ... <a title="‘Hundreds of thousands’ of files to be reviewed in council-led Mt Maunganui inquiry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/13/hundreds-of-thousands-of-files-to-be-reviewed-in-council-led-mt-maunganui-inquiry/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Hundreds of thousands’ of files to be reviewed in council-led Mt Maunganui inquiry">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Regulations mean only specialised vape retailers are allowed to sell the full range of vape products and flavours. Unsplash Vape stores within stores like dairies and petrol stations are allowing retailers to get around flavour restrictions, and a new study has found they’re far more common in low socio-economic areas. The ... <a title="Vape stores within stores allowing retailers to get around flavour restrictions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/13/vape-stores-within-stores-allowing-retailers-to-get-around-flavour-restrictions/" aria-label="Read more about Vape stores within stores allowing retailers to get around flavour restrictions">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand’s Alice Robinson competes in the Women’s Super G event of the FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup 2025-2026, in St. Moritz. FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP Alpine skiier Alice Robinson’s hopes of securing a medal at the Super Giant Slalom finals have been dashed after a great start to the season. ... <a title="Olympic medal eludes Alice Robinson at Super Giant Slalom final" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/13/olympic-medal-eludes-alice-robinson-at-super-giant-slalom-final/" aria-label="Read more about Olympic medal eludes Alice Robinson at Super Giant Slalom final">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Saige England Citizen journalists bring to our attention the truths that we need to know. Being a witness to such truths is different to doom scrolling. It is about awareness. This is about knowing the truths that the people who run this deteriorating world, want to hide. Victims everywhere are begging to be ... <a title="Saige England: Bearing witness – we are seeing a rise of totalitarian predator injustice from Gaza to NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/13/saige-england-bearing-witness-we-are-seeing-a-rise-of-totalitarian-predator-injustice-from-gaza-to-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Saige England: Bearing witness – we are seeing a rise of totalitarian predator injustice from Gaza to NZ">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2026
Asia Pacific Report Amnesty International Australia has condemned the “unnecessary and disproportionate” and “shocking” use of force by the NSW police against peaceful protesters demonstrating against the visit of Israeli President Isaac Herzog to Australia. In a statement, it said the human rights organisation strongly opposed the unnecessary and excessive force used by police, and ... <a title="Amnesty calls for independent probe of ‘shocking’ Australian police violence against peaceful protesters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/12/amnesty-calls-for-independent-probe-of-shocking-australian-police-violence-against-peaceful-protesters/" aria-label="Read more about Amnesty calls for independent probe of ‘shocking’ Australian police violence against peaceful protesters">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Sussan Ley always seemed set to be only an interim Liberal leader. If, as is likely, Angus Taylor wins the ballot on Friday morning, he could suffer the same fate. Taylor as leader would be under intense heat in coming ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: How did the Liberals’ first female leader find herself on the mat in under a year?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/12/grattan-on-friday-how-did-the-liberals-first-female-leader-find-herself-on-the-mat-in-under-a-year-275402/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: How did the Liberals’ first female leader find herself on the mat in under a year?">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra A bevy of Liberal frontbenchers supporting Angus Taylor’s leadership challenge resigned their positions on Thursday, ahead of Friday’s 9am party vote. With momentum moving towards Taylor, his backers and those of Sussan Ley were working on the relatively small number ... <a title="Flood of frontbench resignations as Liberals prepare for Friday leadership showdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/12/flood-of-frontbench-resignations-as-liberals-prepare-for-friday-leadership-showdown-275403/" aria-label="Read more about Flood of frontbench resignations as Liberals prepare for Friday leadership showdown">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The jetboat sank on the Waiau River. File picture. 123RF An investigation is underway into the sinking of a Fiordland Jet commercial jetboat on the Waiau River, Maritime New Zealand says. It happened on Tuesday afternoon, and Maritime New Zealand staff are talking to people, examining the vessel and the scene ... <a title="Maritime NZ investigates sinking of Fiordland Jet commercial jetboat on Waiau River" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/12/maritime-nz-investigates-sinking-of-fiordland-jet-commercial-jetboat-on-waiau-river/" aria-label="Read more about Maritime NZ investigates sinking of Fiordland Jet commercial jetboat on Waiau River">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Sky TV says it conducted a full investigation into the issue. Supplied / Richard Parsonson Sky TV is apologising for what it says is a processing error that meant some Sky Sport Now annual pass customers were not given enough information about their contracts rolling over. RNZ reported last year that ... <a title="Sky customers get $50 refund after ‘process error’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/12/sky-customers-get-50-refund-after-process-error/" aria-label="Read more about Sky customers get $50 refund after ‘process error’">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A beloved early 2000s heart-throb, Dawson’s Creek actor James Van Der Beek never shook off the character that shot him to fame. But how he leaned into it, playing himself in Don’t Trust the B in Apartment 3 and numerous other cameos, enshrined his legacy as one of TV’s most sensitive ... <a title="James Van Der Beek was synonymous with Dawson. This is why he embraced it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/12/james-van-der-beek-was-synonymous-with-dawson-this-is-why-he-embraced-it/" aria-label="Read more about James Van Der Beek was synonymous with Dawson. This is why he embraced it">Read more</a>
