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February 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Celebrations getting underway for Waitangi Day, starting with a dawn service which we are livestreaming on this page. Plus, follow our live coverage of all the action through the day from Waitangi and around the rest of Aotearoa on our liveblog below. Follow our live coverage of all the action through ... <a title="Watch live: Dawn ceremony kicks off Waitangi Day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/06/watch-live-dawn-ceremony-kicks-off-waitangi-day/" aria-label="Read more about Watch live: Dawn ceremony kicks off Waitangi Day">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Tai tamariki from Te Wharekura o Tauranga Moana at Waitangi hold a paraikete (blanket) gifted to rangatahi MP Tamatha Paul, inscribed with ‘Ka hao te rangatahi’ – a message that the next generation will take up the work and responsibility. Layla Bailey-McDowell / RNZ Rangatahi at Waitangi say the decisions being ... <a title="‘For our mokopuna’: Rangatahi voices rise at Waitangi" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/06/for-our-mokopuna-rangatahi-voices-rise-at-waitangi/" aria-label="Read more about ‘For our mokopuna’: Rangatahi voices rise at Waitangi">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Kansas City Chiefs Wide Receiver Demarcus Robinson jumps on the confetti as he celebrates winning the NFL Super Bowl LIV game against the San Francisco 49ers in in 2020. Photosport Seattle Seahawks v New England Patriots Kick-off: 12:30pm, Monday 9 February Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, California Live blog updates on RNZ ... <a title="Super Bowl LX: Everything you need to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/06/super-bowl-lx-everything-you-need-to-know/" aria-label="Read more about Super Bowl LX: Everything you need to know">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2026
By Russell Palmer, RNZ News political reporter New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon faced sustained heckling and had to fend off questions about a revived Treaty Principles Bill as he returned to Waitangi this year. ACT leader David Seymour predictably attracted his own jeers, and NZ First’s Winston Peters focused on a return serve. The ... <a title="Speeches, celebrations and heckling – what happened at Waitangi" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/06/speeches-celebrations-and-heckling-what-happened-at-waitangi/" aria-label="Read more about Speeches, celebrations and heckling – what happened at Waitangi">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The next few months may be the most crucial Jim Chalmers has faced as treasurer, at least for judgements about his ability to drive change. They could tell us whether Chalmers really is as committed to serious economic reform as ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Jim Chalmers’ ticker is about to be tested as he tacks towards the May budget" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/grattan-on-friday-jim-chalmers-ticker-is-about-to-be-tested-as-he-tacks-towards-the-may-budget-274834/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Jim Chalmers’ ticker is about to be tested as he tacks towards the May budget">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hal Swerissen, Emeritus Professor of Public Health, La Trobe University David Sacks/Getty Images The Australian government has finalised a A$220 billion hospital funding deal with the states and territories. A key part of the negotiation was $2 billion designed to help hospitals move more than 3,000 patients ... <a title="With a shortage of aged-care beds, discharging patients stranded in hospital is harder than it sounds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/with-a-shortage-of-aged-care-beds-discharging-patients-stranded-in-hospital-is-harder-than-it-sounds-274949/" aria-label="Read more about With a shortage of aged-care beds, discharging patients stranded in hospital is harder than it sounds">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Sweeping cuts by one of most iconic investigative newspapers in the United States, The Washington Post, now owned by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, apply to about one-third of the newsroom, with sport and international coverage largely gutted. Another major blow to media freedom in the US that came after the following CPJ editorial was published. ... <a title="Committee to Protect Journalists: The First Amendment is in peril" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/committee-to-protect-journalists-the-first-amendment-is-in-peril/" aria-label="Read more about Committee to Protect Journalists: The First Amendment is in peril">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Taranaki seabed mining protest in 2025. RNZ / Emma Andrews The fast track approvals panel has declined plans to mine the Taranaki seabed in a draft decision. Trans-Tasman Resources (TTR) has wanted to mine 50 million tonnes of sea bed a year for 30 years in the South Taranaki Bight. In ... <a title="Fast track panel declines Taranaki seabed mining over risk to marine life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/fast-track-panel-declines-taranaki-seabed-mining-over-risk-to-marine-life/" aria-label="Read more about Fast track panel declines Taranaki seabed mining over risk to marine life">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon speaks at Waitangi on Thursday. RNZ / Mark Papalii Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has faced sustained heckling and had to fend off questions about a revived Treaty Principles Bill as he returned to Waitangi this year. ACT leader David Seymour predictably attracted his own jeers, and NZ ... <a title="Waitangi wrap: Speeches, celebrations and heckling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/waitangi-wrap-speeches-celebrations-and-heckling/" aria-label="Read more about Waitangi wrap: Speeches, celebrations and heckling">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand-born film maker Taratoa Stappard didn’t set out to make a horror film. But as he took a dive into the history of colonisation in Aotearoa, it became clear he was writing a ‘Māori gothic’. “It became apparent to me very quickly as I was writing it and developing it ... <a title="New ‘Māori gothic’ film Mārama draws on horror of colonialisation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/new-maori-gothic-film-marama-draws-on-horror-of-colonialisation/" aria-label="Read more about New ‘Māori gothic’ film Mārama draws on horror of colonialisation">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Untreated water is leaking onto the capital’s south coast beaches due to the Moa Point Treatment Plant flooding. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Sewer robots are being used to patrol pipes elsewhere in the world to keep them from blocking, but what about in New Zealand? Wellington Water has suggested the main ... <a title="Could sewer robots be used to prevent repeat of Moa Pt sewage spill?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/could-sewer-robots-be-used-to-prevent-repeat-of-moa-pt-sewage-spill/" aria-label="Read more about Could sewer robots be used to prevent repeat of Moa Pt sewage spill?">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Organiser Nicky Smith with her kids Joshua and Harper. RNZ/Bella Craig A Wellington charity supplying school stationery to families who can’t afford it may be forced to turn people away because demand is so high. Te Awakairangi School Stationery Drive supplies children in the Hutt Valley with essentials such as exercise ... <a title="Wellington stationery drive in high demand, exhausts all funding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/wellington-stationery-drive-in-high-demand-exhausts-all-funding/" aria-label="Read more about Wellington stationery drive in high demand, exhausts all funding">Read more</a>
