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January 21, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Many people find the Christmas holidays strain their family relationships, but few go to the extent of issuing lengthy statements on social media about them. If you’re the first-born son of a mega-famous and wealthy power couple, however, it’s the easiest way to stoke a gossip fire that’s been smoking for ... <a title="What is going on with the Beckham family feud?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/21/what-is-going-on-with-the-beckham-family-feud/" aria-label="Read more about What is going on with the Beckham family feud?">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand PM Christopher Luxon giving his State of the Nation speech on Monday. RNZ / Calvin Samuel Prime Minister Christopher Luxon will announce this year’s general election date, as National MPs gather for their first caucus meetings of the year away from Parliament. National MPs will meet in Christchurch, while Labour MPs ... <a title="Election date announcement due as MPs gather for caucus retreats" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/21/election-date-announcement-due-as-mps-gather-for-caucus-retreats/" aria-label="Read more about Election date announcement due as MPs gather for caucus retreats">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Whangārei Mayor Ken Couper visits the damages areas around Ōakura. Supplied / Whangārei District Council Whangārei Mayor Ken Couper says the storm damage he witnessed on Tuesday was as severe as any he’s seen in Northland. A precautionary state of emergency is already declared for the Whangārei District as large areas ... <a title="Whangārei Mayor Ken Couper says some storm damage ‘as bad as you see in north’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/21/whangarei-mayor-ken-couper-says-some-storm-damage-as-bad-as-you-see-in-north/" aria-label="Read more about Whangārei Mayor Ken Couper says some storm damage ‘as bad as you see in north’">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Reserve Bank data shows the average two-year special rate has dropped from about 7 percent at the peak to just over 4.5 percent at the end of last year. RNZ The big interest rate question this year will likely be when interest rates start to rise materially again – but borrowers ... <a title="When should you fix your home loan?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/21/when-should-you-fix-your-home-loan/" aria-label="Read more about When should you fix your home loan?">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Nationals have defied shadow cabinet solidarity, voting in the Senate against the government’s hate crime legislation, which passed late Tuesday night with the support of the Liberals. The Nationals’ action puts new strain on Coalition relations, and is destabilising ... <a title="View from The Hill: defiant Nationals break with Liberals over hate bill, putting strain on Coalition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/21/view-from-the-hill-defiant-nationals-break-with-liberals-over-hate-bill-putting-strain-on-coalition-272437/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: defiant Nationals break with Liberals over hate bill, putting strain on Coalition">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Donald Trump is a classic example of why you don’t let bullies prosper. “Trump is cutting the last threads of the tattered cloth of ‘the rules-based international order’ — the self-serving system that touted international law as long as it didn’t apply to the US and its allies. The Canadians, the ... <a title="Eugene Doyle: Look where appeasing a bully has led the West – Greenland, and then?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/21/eugene-doyle-look-where-appeasing-a-bully-has-led-the-west-greenland-and-then/" aria-label="Read more about Eugene Doyle: Look where appeasing a bully has led the West – Greenland, and then?">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2026
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone I can’t get over the fact that people were casting bets on whether the US would bomb Iran the other day. It just says such dark things about the type of civilization we are living in. In this dystopia, Americans are never ... <a title="Caitlin Johnstone: In this dystopia you can’t vote against wars. But you can gamble on when they’ll start" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/20/caitlin-johnstone-in-this-dystopia-you-cant-vote-against-wars-but-you-can-gamble-on-when-theyll-start/" aria-label="Read more about Caitlin Johnstone: In this dystopia you can’t vote against wars. But you can gamble on when they’ll start">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The woman was mistakenly given the antidepressant sertraline instead of the Siterone branded cyproterone she was perscribed for her endometriosis. AFP/ Science Photo Library A young woman was left seriously ill after she was mistakenly given an antidepressant by a pharmacy instead of the prescribed pain relief for endometriosis. The woman, ... <a title="Pharmacy error found by HDC: Endometriosis patient given antidepressant, left seriously ill" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/20/pharmacy-error-found-by-hdc-endometriosis-patient-given-antidepressant-left-seriously-ill/" aria-label="Read more about Pharmacy error found by HDC: Endometriosis patient given antidepressant, left seriously ill">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand New Plymouth District Councillor and Te Maruata co-chair Dinnie Moeahu. Supplied / NPDC Te Maruata – the national committee of Māori elected members within LGNZ – is celebrating the largest ever cohort of Māori elected members in local government. But it is also looking towards the challenges ahead in the next ... <a title="Māori local councillors set direction for the next three years." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/20/maori-local-councillors-set-direction-for-the-next-three-years/" aria-label="Read more about Māori local councillors set direction for the next three years.">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jon Piccini, Senior Lecturer in History, Australian Catholic University US President Donald Trump’s invitation of selected world leaders, including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, to join a “Board of Peace” has sparked a predictable mix of deep concern and morbid humour. One particular point of contention is that ... <a title="It may not be perfect, but history shows Australia cannot turn its back on the UN" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/20/it-may-not-be-perfect-but-history-shows-australia-cannot-turn-its-back-on-the-un-273896/" aria-label="Read more about It may not be perfect, but history shows Australia cannot turn its back on the UN">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amin Saikal, Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Australian National University; The University of Western Australia; Victoria University US President Donald Trump has announced the formation of his “Board of Peace”, inaugurating the second phase of his 20-point peace plan for Gaza. The board has already caused ... <a title="Should Australia join Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’? Here are 5 key points to consider" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/20/should-australia-join-trumps-board-of-peace-here-are-5-key-points-to-consider-273794/" aria-label="Read more about Should Australia join Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’? Here are 5 key points to consider">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vic Camilieri-Asch, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology Four people have now been bitten by sharks in the last two days in New South Wales, including three in Sydney Harbour. Two people are in critical condition. The shark species responsible isn’t yet known. But some of ... <a title="Bull sharks are spending longer in Sydney Harbour and other summer grounds. Here’s how you can stay safe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/20/bull-sharks-are-spending-longer-in-sydney-harbour-and-other-summer-grounds-heres-how-you-can-stay-safe-273897/" aria-label="Read more about Bull sharks are spending longer in Sydney Harbour and other summer grounds. Here’s how you can stay safe">Read more</a>
