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February 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Damage from the storm to electricity networks was extensive. Wellington City Council Residents across the lower North Islandare getting increasingly frustrated with power providers and the lines company, with one 92-year-old forced to cart buckets of water to flush the toilet. Schools closed and power was cut to thousands when wild ... <a title="Confusion over who is meant to deal with ongoing power cuts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/20/confusion-over-who-is-meant-to-deal-with-ongoing-power-cuts/" aria-label="Read more about Confusion over who is meant to deal with ongoing power cuts">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Reserve Bank governor Anna Breman. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The Reserve Bank governor has warned businesses against trying to pass higher prices on to households. Anna Breman said inflation expectations have been rising among economic forecasters and businesses – something she is not happy about. Speaking at Business Canterbury in Christchurch ... <a title="Reserve Bank governor warns businesses against passing on higher costs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/20/reserve-bank-governor-warns-businesses-against-passing-on-higher-costs/" aria-label="Read more about Reserve Bank governor warns businesses against passing on higher costs">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2026
Asia Pacific Report A West Papuan leader has accused the Indonesian government of lying over its operations and “masking” the military role of some civilian aircraft. Disputing an Indonesian government statement about reported that TPNPB fired upon an aircraft in Boven Digoel, killing both the pilot and copilot, United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) ... <a title="Papuan activist Wenda accuses Jakarta of ‘lying’ over shot down plane" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/20/papuan-activist-wenda-accuses-jakarta-of-lying-over-shot-down-plane/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan activist Wenda accuses Jakarta of ‘lying’ over shot down plane">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Reserve Bank indicated it expected to raise interest rates a little faster and earlier than previously forecast. fantasista/123RF Westpac says it is cutting its three-, four- and five-year home loan rates. It is the first bank to move after the latest official cash rate (OCR) announcement. The Reserve Bank indicated ... <a title="Major bank cuts home loan rates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/20/major-bank-cuts-home-loan-rates/" aria-label="Read more about Major bank cuts home loan rates">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Parts of Auckland’s Northcote College have been destroyed in a fire which broke out during a firefighters strike. Fire and Emergency NZ said they were called to the school about 12.15pm on Friday. Smoke could be seen from the Harbour Bridge, billowing from the school’s sports pavillion, a large wooden hall ... <a title="Watch: Fire tears through pavilion at Auckland’s Northcote College during firefighters strike" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/20/watch-fire-tears-through-pavilion-at-aucklands-northcote-college-during-firefighters-strike/" aria-label="Read more about Watch: Fire tears through pavilion at Auckland’s Northcote College during firefighters strike">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jo Coghlan, Associate Professor, Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, University of New England When a royal faces scrutiny, it can feel like a rupture with tradition. Yet across the ages, British royals have repeatedly fallen under suspicion. What makes the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor so striking is ... <a title="Could Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest bring down the British monarchy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/20/could-andrew-mountbatten-windsors-arrest-bring-down-the-british-monarchy-276508/" aria-label="Read more about Could Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest bring down the British monarchy?">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin D. Muir, Casual Academic, School of Humanities and Communication Arts, Western Sydney University Emily Brontë died of tuberculosis 177 years ago, yet this adaptation is still the worst thing that has ever happened to her. This is how one Letterbox’d user described writer-director Emerald Fennell’s film ... <a title="Wuthering Heights looks lush – but it’s a bad film and a worse adaptation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/20/wuthering-heights-looks-lush-but-its-a-bad-film-and-a-worse-adaptation-276179/" aria-label="Read more about Wuthering Heights looks lush – but it’s a bad film and a worse adaptation">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Swain, Associate Lecturer in Theatre, The University of Melbourne This story oscillates and swells around a glass outdoor table, on the porch of a family home on Larrakia land. A table almost identical to the one on my porch back home. I point this out to ... <a title="A love letter to Country: grief, motherhood and loss in Jada Alberts’ Black Light" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/20/a-love-letter-to-country-grief-motherhood-and-loss-in-jada-alberts-black-light-275802/" aria-label="Read more about A love letter to Country: grief, motherhood and loss in Jada Alberts’ Black Light">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The photo, taken by Reuters photographer Phil Noble, went viral when it was published. Screenshot / BBC Slumped in the back seat of his Range Rover, a visibly shaken man once referred to as the “Playboy Prince” stares ahead of him as the car leaves Aylsham police station in Norfolk, England. ... <a title="How Reuters captured the photo of former prince Andrew leaving custody" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/20/how-reuters-captured-the-photo-of-former-prince-andrew-leaving-custody/" aria-label="Read more about How Reuters captured the photo of former prince Andrew leaving custody">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand PSA National Secretary Fleur Fitzsimons. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone A union has hit back at claims by New Zealand First it could have changed the law removing the right for contractors to challenge their employment status. “How dare Winston Peters claim unions were too slow when they contacted his party last ... <a title="Union hits back at NZ First over Employment Relations Amendment Bill" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/20/union-hits-back-at-nz-first-over-employment-relations-amendment-bill/" aria-label="Read more about Union hits back at NZ First over Employment Relations Amendment Bill">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. RNZ / Richard Tindiller Police say they have tested more than 300 people and issued seven infringements since roadside drug testing was introduced in the Wellington region two months ago. On 18 December last year, police began screening drivers in and around the capital for cannabis, methamphetamine, MDMA and ... <a title="Seven drugged drivers fined since roadside testing began" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/20/seven-drugged-drivers-fined-since-roadside-testing-began/" aria-label="Read more about Seven drugged drivers fined since roadside testing began">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. RNZ / Marika Khabazi A 24-year-old has been charged with murder after a body was found at a park in the Western Bay of Plenty nearly a week ago. Dax Holland, 54, was found dead at Warepai Domain last Saturday. Detective Senior Sergeant Natalie Flowerdew-Brown said police still wanted ... <a title="Man charged over death of Dax Holland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/20/man-charged-over-death-of-dax-holland/" aria-label="Read more about Man charged over death of Dax Holland">Read more</a>
