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February 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Super Rugby Pacific is back after a real return to form last year, with the competition kicking off in Dunedin on 13 February. As usual, each team has gone through an eventful off season, so today we’re checking in on last year’s fairytale team, Moana Pasifika. Highlanders team preview Overview Moana ... <a title="Super Rugby Pacific preview: Moana Pasifika" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/06/super-rugby-pacific-preview-moana-pasifika/" aria-label="Read more about Super Rugby Pacific preview: Moana Pasifika">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Whole blue whale fluke credit Mark Carwardine A Green MP wants tohorā/whales to be recognised as legal persons. In New Zealand, laws have been passed to grant legal personhood to natural features, allowing them to be represented in court and have rights similar to those of individuals. Teanau Tuiono has lodged ... <a title="Green MP seeks recognition of tohorā/whales as legal persons" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/06/green-mp-seeks-recognition-of-tohora-whales-as-legal-persons/" aria-label="Read more about Green MP seeks recognition of tohorā/whales as legal persons">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Layla Bailey-McDowell Politicians, church leaders, local iwi and a crowd in the thousands attended the dawn service which kicked off Waitangi Day celebrations. The service included a rowdy reception for deputy prime minister David Seymour, who faced boos, and audience members heckling him during his speech. A pūtatara (conch ... <a title="Waitangi 2026: Dawn service in pictures" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/06/waitangi-2026-dawn-service-in-pictures/" aria-label="Read more about Waitangi 2026: Dawn service in pictures">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Petousis-Harris, Associate Professor in Vaccinology, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images When NZ First leader Winston Peters responded to the recent US withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) by questioning whether New Zealand should continue funding it, he employed a familiar narrative. ... <a title="WHO membership doesn’t threaten NZ’s sovereignty – walking away from it would" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/06/who-membership-doesnt-threaten-nzs-sovereignty-walking-away-from-it-would-274844/" aria-label="Read more about WHO membership doesn’t threaten NZ’s sovereignty – walking away from it would">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Farley, Assistant Lecturer, History, The University of Melbourne The Conversation, CC BY-NC-SA In early January, authorities from South Australia’s Department of Primary Industries took to the streets of Adelaide on the hunt for a suspicious individual. This individual had been spotted several times in the preceding ... <a title="Can a bird be an illegal immigrant? How the White Australia era influenced attitudes to the bulbul" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/06/can-a-bird-be-an-illegal-immigrant-how-the-white-australia-era-influenced-attitudes-to-the-bulbul-273347/" aria-label="Read more about Can a bird be an illegal immigrant? How the White Australia era influenced attitudes to the bulbul">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Bartos, Professor of Economics, University of Canberra There has been a spate of articles and commentary in recent days calling on the Australian government to reduce spending. Those calling for government cuts – mostly long-time advocates of smaller government – claim this would lower inflation, and ... <a title="Is federal government spending really to blame for higher inflation? It’s not clear cut" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/06/is-federal-government-spending-really-to-blame-for-higher-inflation-its-not-clear-cut-274961/" aria-label="Read more about Is federal government spending really to blame for higher inflation? It’s not clear cut">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Howard, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney IMDB Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver turns 50 this month. Nominated for four Oscars and winner of the Palme d’Or at the 1976 Cannes Festival, Scorsese’s searing, hallucinatory portrait of urban alienation is widely regarded as ... <a title="Taxi Driver at 50: Martin Scorsese’s film remains a troubling reflection of our times" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/06/taxi-driver-at-50-martin-scorseses-film-remains-a-troubling-reflection-of-our-times-261662/" aria-label="Read more about Taxi Driver at 50: Martin Scorsese’s film remains a troubling reflection of our times">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Matt Henry celebrates a wicket. photosport Seamer Matt Henry grabbed five wickets and came up clutch in the final over as the Black Caps saw off the United States by seven runs in a T20 World Cup warmup match in Mumbai. It capped a difficult day for New Zealand, who couldn’t ... <a title="Black Caps scramble to beat the US in World T20 warmup" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/06/black-caps-scramble-to-beat-the-us-in-world-t20-warmup/" aria-label="Read more about Black Caps scramble to beat the US in World T20 warmup">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand If you unwrapped an online ancestry DNA test for Christmas, you might be feeling curious – even excited – about discovering your cultural heritage and family tree. But did the accompanying card warn it could also blow up your life? Before you join the more than 26 million people globally who ... <a title="How an ancestry DNA test can potentially blow up your life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/06/how-an-ancestry-dna-test-can-potentially-blow-up-your-life/" aria-label="Read more about How an ancestry DNA test can potentially blow up your life">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Dive Wellington runs sessions in the Taputeranga Marine Reserve almost everyday. Supplied / Dave Drane Wellington divers are not only worried about the environmental cost, but the financial fallout of having raw sewage spewing onto the south coast. The beaches are off limits, after a “catastrophic failure” at the Moa Point ... <a title="Fears over financial impact of Wellington’s south coast sewage leak" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/06/fears-over-financial-impact-of-wellingtons-south-coast-sewage-leak/" aria-label="Read more about Fears over financial impact of Wellington’s south coast sewage leak">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand This is a story about two vintage wooden boat cultures, Māori and Pākehā, which come together every Waitangi weekend at the popular Lake Rotoiti Wooden and Classic Boat Parade. It’s a story inspired by the 1911 hand-coloured photograph above, which was taken at Lake Rotoiti in the central North island by ... <a title="A tale of two waka" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/06/a-tale-of-two-waka/" aria-label="Read more about A tale of two waka">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Water Safety New Zealand chief executive Glen Scanlon says ways to mitigate the risk of drowning include not doing water activities alone, wearing life jackets and to swim between the flags. Surf Lifesaving NZ The number of people that have drowned across the country this summer is tracking higher than last ... <a title="Summer drowning numbers tracking higher than last year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/06/summer-drowning-numbers-tracking-higher-than-last-year/" aria-label="Read more about Summer drowning numbers tracking higher than last year">Read more</a>
