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February 11, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Byers, PhD Candidate & Research Assistant, Faculty of Engineering & IT, The University of Melbourne Grandfailure/Getty Images As with all creative industries, generative artificial intelligence (AI) has been infiltrating video games. Non-generative AI has been in the industry long before things like ChatGPT became household names. ... <a title="Are video game developers using AI? Players want to know, but the rules are patchy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/11/are-video-game-developers-using-ai-players-want-to-know-but-the-rules-are-patchy-274850/" aria-label="Read more about Are video game developers using AI? Players want to know, but the rules are patchy">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jen Purdie, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Sustainability, University of Otago Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images The government’s announcement this week that it would move ahead with plans for a new facility to import liquefied natural gas (LNG), potentially as early as next year, was framed as a way ... <a title="Importing gas locks NZ into fossil fuels for longer – just as clean energy surges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/11/importing-gas-locks-nz-into-fossil-fuels-for-longer-just-as-clean-energy-surges-275548/" aria-label="Read more about Importing gas locks NZ into fossil fuels for longer – just as clean energy surges">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Students cut off from their high schools by a monster slip northeast of Whangārei are instead taking lessons at a temporary ‘education hub’ set up at a local primary school. Supplied / Ngātiwai Trust Board Northland secondary students cut off from their schools by a massive slip are taking lessons at ... <a title="‘Education hub’ for students cut off from schools by Helena Bay Hill slip" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/11/education-hub-for-students-cut-off-from-schools-by-helena-bay-hill-slip/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Education hub’ for students cut off from schools by Helena Bay Hill slip">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand When Kirsten O’Connor’s daughter Kahlia died by suicide in April last year, she started to keep records about her creative and complex daughter. It was a way of processing her grief, she told RNZ’s Afternoons. “Sometimes when you’re going through grieving, the brain isn’t working quite right. You forget memories. And ... <a title="A year of coping with the grief of losing a daughter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/11/a-year-of-coping-with-the-grief-of-losing-a-daughter/" aria-label="Read more about A year of coping with the grief of losing a daughter">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Experts say it is safe to swim at beaches in the capital’s harbour, but Wellingtonians are taking a cautious approach. Nearly a week ago, the Moa Point Treatment Plant started pumping raw sewage into the ocean off the south coast after it completely failed early Wednesday morning. The following Thursday evening, ... <a title="Watch: Where Wellington’s sewage is drifting in the harbour" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/11/watch-where-wellingtons-sewage-is-drifting-in-the-harbour/" aria-label="Read more about Watch: Where Wellington’s sewage is drifting in the harbour">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Damaged property from the landslide at Welcome Bay on 23 January. RNZ / Calvin Samuel All four homes red-stickered in Tauranga’s Welcome Bay after a deadly landslide last month have had their safety restrictions eased. The large slip hit neighbouring homes on Welcome Bay Road killing two people during the storm ... <a title="Safety restrictions eased on four Tauranga homes after landslide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/11/safety-restrictions-eased-on-four-tauranga-homes-after-landslide/" aria-label="Read more about Safety restrictions eased on four Tauranga homes after landslide">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Small- and medium-sized businesses SMEs are handling more work than usual. 123RF Small- and medium-sized businesses SMEs are handling more work than usual, with nearly 40 percent reporting an increase in levels normally expected in the first quarter, according to a recent survey of more than 500 businesses. The first quarter ... <a title="More work rolls in for small- and medium-sized businesses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/11/more-work-rolls-in-for-small-and-medium-sized-businesses/" aria-label="Read more about More work rolls in for small- and medium-sized businesses">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Flowers at the scene where Maxwel-Dee Repia was killed. (File photo) Lucy Xia / RNZ A teenager who murdered another after months of feuding will spend at least eight years behind bars. Maxwel-Dee Repia, 18, was killed on Turangi Rd in Grey Lynn in September, 2024. Three others he was with ... <a title="Grey Lynn shooting: Kayden Stanaway to spend at least eight years in prison for murder" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/11/grey-lynn-shooting-kayden-stanaway-to-spend-at-least-eight-years-in-prison-for-murder/" aria-label="Read more about Grey Lynn shooting: Kayden Stanaway to spend at least eight years in prison for murder">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Commanding Officer Bronwyn Heslop. RNZ / Lucy Xia A senior navy officer facing court martial over allegations of encouraging a junior to kiss her on the cheeks at a bar during an overseas operation in 2023 has been found not guilty of doing an act to prejudice service discipline She can ... <a title="Senior navy officer found not guilty of encouraging junior to kiss her" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/11/senior-navy-officer-found-not-guilty-of-encouraging-junior-to-kiss-her/" aria-label="Read more about Senior navy officer found not guilty of encouraging junior to kiss her">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Voter fraud allegations and a lack of transparency around political lobbying and funding were some of the top concerns. (File photo) Pixabay/shafin_protic New Zealand’s reputation for low levels of corruption has taken a hit for the fourth year in a row. In global organisation Transparency International’s latest Corruption Perception Index – ... <a title="New Zealand’s corruption-free reputation takes hit for fourth-year in a row – survey" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/11/new-zealands-corruption-free-reputation-takes-hit-for-fourth-year-in-a-row-survey/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s corruption-free reputation takes hit for fourth-year in a row – survey">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kirsty Forsdike, Principal Research Fellow and Associate Professor, La Trobe Rural Health School, La Trobe University Davide Aracri/Unsplash Research shows gender-based violence in sport is widespread: between a quarter and three-quarters of women within sport report experiencing some form of psychological, physical or sexual violence during their ... <a title="Australian sport still has a gender-based violence problem. Our new guide might help tackle it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/11/australian-sport-still-has-a-gender-based-violence-problem-our-new-guide-might-help-tackle-it-273214/" aria-label="Read more about Australian sport still has a gender-based violence problem. Our new guide might help tackle it">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Devonport Naval Base. RNZ / Kim Baker Wilson A senior navy officer facing court martial over allegations of encouraging a junior to kiss them on the cheeks at a bar during an overseas operation in 2023 has been found not guilty of doing an act to prejudice service discipline. The charge ... <a title="Senior navy officer found not guilty of encouraging junior to kiss them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/11/senior-navy-officer-found-not-guilty-of-encouraging-junior-to-kiss-them/" aria-label="Read more about Senior navy officer found not guilty of encouraging junior to kiss them">Read more</a>
