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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Neil Gaiman at an event in 2024. Jamie McCarthy / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA All three US lawsuits accusing author Neil Gaiman of sexually assaulting his children’s nanny in Auckland four years ago have now been dismissed. Scarlett Pavlovich filed lawsuits against Gaiman and his wife Amanda Palmer in the US ... <a title="Third US lawsuit against author Neil Gaiman dismissed by judge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/third-us-lawsuit-against-author-neil-gaiman-dismissed-by-judge/" aria-label="Read more about Third US lawsuit against author Neil Gaiman dismissed by judge">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The body was recovered from the Waioweka River in Ōpōtiki on Tuesday morning. Police say they recovered a body from the Waioweka River on Tuesday morning after a search for a man who was swept downstream after falling from a boat in the Bay of Plenty town of Ōpōtiki last month. ... <a title="Body recovered from Bay of Plenty river" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/body-recovered-from-bay-of-plenty-river/" aria-label="Read more about Body recovered from Bay of Plenty river">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Five fire trucks and two water tankers are at a blaze in Eskdale. RNZ/Marika Khabazi Multiple fire crews are battling a blaze that’s engulfed a workshop in Eskdale, north of Napier. Emergency services were called to the rural Seafield Road property about 1.20pm. Fire and Emergency says it has five fire ... <a title="Fire crews battle blaze at workshop in Hawke’s Bay" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/fire-crews-battle-blaze-at-workshop-in-hawkes-bay/" aria-label="Read more about Fire crews battle blaze at workshop in Hawke’s Bay">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied / St John Two Auckland students are in Starship Hospital after being struck by cars before school on Monday. Police said one intermediate-aged student was hit by a car at about 8.15am while crossing Whangaparāoa Road in Stanmore Bay. In a statement, Whangaparāoa College confirmed one of its students was ... <a title="Two students hit by cars before school on Monday morning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/two-students-hit-by-cars-before-school-on-monday-morning/" aria-label="Read more about Two students hit by cars before school on Monday morning">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on February 10, 2026.
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The change was introduced last year. File photo. Supplied / New Zealand Electrical Inspectors Association A rule change that electrical inspectors say elevates the risk of people being electrocuted is being reviewed. The change – made late last year – lifted a ban on inserting a switch, circuit or fuse into ... <a title="‘Very dangerous’ electrical rule change to be reviewed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/very-dangerous-electrical-rule-change-to-be-reviewed/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Very dangerous’ electrical rule change to be reviewed">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Judge Ema Aitken is accused of disrupting a NZ First function at Auckland’s Northern Club in 2024. RNZ Insight/Dan Cook The defence for a District Court Judge accused of disrupting an NZ First event has told a judicial conduct panel the affair has been blown “out of all proportion”. Judge Ema ... <a title="Judge accused of disrupting NZ First event won’t resign over ‘something she did not do’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/judge-accused-of-disrupting-nz-first-event-wont-resign-over-something-she-did-not-do/" aria-label="Read more about Judge accused of disrupting NZ First event won’t resign over ‘something she did not do’">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Getty Images New Zealand is undertaking the most significant rewrite of firearms law in over 40 years. Overall, it’s a welcome step, as the law was messy and times have changed. But that’s not to say the proposed law ... <a title="The 4 big changes to gun laws that would make NZ safer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/the-4-big-changes-to-gun-laws-that-would-make-nz-safer-275085/" aria-label="Read more about The 4 big changes to gun laws that would make NZ safer">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yee-Fui Ng, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Monash University Queensland is a step closer to lifting a ban on political donations from property developers – despite a corruption watchdog’s warning that doing so in a A$7 billion Olympics building boom could raise “risks of undue or improper ... <a title="Amid an Olympic boom, it’s risky timing to lift a ban on developers’ political donations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/amid-an-olympic-boom-its-risky-timing-to-lift-a-ban-on-developers-political-donations-274740/" aria-label="Read more about Amid an Olympic boom, it’s risky timing to lift a ban on developers’ political donations">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand March 2019 massacres happened at Christchurch’s Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre. RNZ / Nate McKinnon The Australian white supremacist who massacred 51 worshippers at two Christchurch mosques was pleased to be charged with committing terrorism, the Court of Appeal has heard. Convicted murderer and terrorist Brenton Tarrant made the ... <a title="Christchurch mosque shooter ‘wanted to be called a terrorist’, ex lawyer says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/christchurch-mosque-shooter-wanted-to-be-called-a-terrorist-ex-lawyer-says/" aria-label="Read more about Christchurch mosque shooter ‘wanted to be called a terrorist’, ex lawyer says">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Rico Simpson of Auckland during the 2025 NPC at Eden Park. Photosport Rico Simpson is no stranger to expectation. The schoolboy prodigy has been long tipped as the next star off the New Zealand rugby conveyor belt. Now in his first, full-time Super Rugby season, Simpson is looking to become a ... <a title="Rugby prodigy ready to prove the hype" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/rugby-prodigy-ready-to-prove-the-hype/" aria-label="Read more about Rugby prodigy ready to prove the hype">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand File image. Nick Monro The forestry sector is calling for a cap on rates increases after one forestry blocks rates bill went up 570 percent in a year. The 1100-hectare block near Wairoa managed by agri-advisory firm Lewis Tucker was originally farmland but was bought in 2019 and planted in pines ... <a title="Forestry sector calls for rates cap after bill increases 570 percent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/forestry-sector-calls-for-rates-cap-after-bill-increases-570-percent/" aria-label="Read more about Forestry sector calls for rates cap after bill increases 570 percent">Read more</a>
