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January 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Arthur Anae (right) with Samoa’s Prime Minister Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Schmidt who says he backs the petition. Facebook / Anae Arthur Anae More than 45,000 people have signed a petition demanding equal treatment of visitors from New Zealand’s Pacific neighbours. At the moment they must apply for a visitor visa, provide ... <a title="45,000 sign petition demanding equal treatment of visitors from Pacific nations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/45000-sign-petition-demanding-equal-treatment-of-visitors-from-pacific-nations/" aria-label="Read more about 45,000 sign petition demanding equal treatment of visitors from Pacific nations">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand During the last week the clinic did over 100 extractions, on top of check-ups and cleaning, Dr Isha Woodhams says. A pop-up clinic offering free dental care in Wairoa has been overwhelmed with demand in an area that has not had a full-time dentist for half a decade. The clinic is ... <a title="Huge demand for Wairoa pop-up dental clinic offering free care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/huge-demand-for-wairoa-pop-up-dental-clinic-offering-free-care/" aria-label="Read more about Huge demand for Wairoa pop-up dental clinic offering free care">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Diggers working at the burnt-out Bromley wastewater treatment plant on 10 June 2022. Christchurch City Council A putrid stench lingering in Christchurch’s eastern suburbs from the city’s wastewater treatment plant is expected to persist for at least another week. Locals have complained of nausea and headaches and say the odour from ... <a title="Christchurch’s Bromley plant stench expected to continue for at least a week" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/christchurchs-bromley-plant-stench-expected-to-continue-for-at-least-a-week/" aria-label="Read more about Christchurch’s Bromley plant stench expected to continue for at least a week">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Breakers coach Petteri Koponen Blake Armstrong/Photosport The New Zealand Breakers have not won any silverware in more than a decade but that could change next month. This week the Breakers cemented their place in the final of the Ignite Cup, thanks to other results going their way, and they will face ... <a title="Basketball: Breakers one win away from Ignite Cup pay day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/basketball-breakers-one-win-away-from-ignite-cup-pay-day/" aria-label="Read more about Basketball: Breakers one win away from Ignite Cup pay day">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A community vigil is being held in Tauranga on Thursday evening to honour those missing and the lives lost following the landslide at Mount Maunganui. Hosted by the Tauranga City Council, the vigil is a time for the community to “come together in aroha – to support one another”, as well ... <a title="Watch live: Community vigil for Mount Maunganui landslide victims" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/watch-live-community-vigil-for-mount-maunganui-landslide-victims/" aria-label="Read more about Watch live: Community vigil for Mount Maunganui landslide victims">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Ro Naulu Mataitini An invitation from a distant warzone landed in Suva earlier this month. The United States, with Israel’s endorsement, has asked Fiji to send troops to join a proposed International Stabilisation Force in Gaza. For a nation proud of its United Nations peacekeeping legacy, this whispers of global recognition. Yet, it ... <a title="Pacific at risky crossroads – Gaza vs the urgent drug crisis at our door" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/pacific-at-risky-crossroads-gaza-vs-the-urgent-drug-crisis-at-our-door/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific at risky crossroads – Gaza vs the urgent drug crisis at our door">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER A man has been charged with murder following the death of a woman in Pukehina in the Bay of Plenty. The woman’s body was discovered on New Year’s day in a house in the rural area. A 50-year-old man who was initially charged with assaulting a person ... <a title="Man charged with murder after woman’s death on New Year’s Day in Pukehina" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/man-charged-with-murder-after-womans-death-on-new-years-day-in-pukehina/" aria-label="Read more about Man charged with murder after woman’s death on New Year’s Day in Pukehina">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A community vigil is being held in Tauranga on Thursday evening to honour those missing and the lives lost following the landslide at Mount Maunganui. Hosted by the Tauranga City Council, the vigil is a time for the community to “come together in aroha – to support one another”, as well ... <a title="Watch live: Mount Maunganui landslide community vigil" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/watch-live-mount-maunganui-landslide-community-vigil/" aria-label="Read more about Watch live: Mount Maunganui landslide community vigil">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amin Saikal, Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Australian National University; The University of Western Australia; Victoria University The United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran are once again on the brink of a major confrontation. This would have terrible ramifications for both countries, the region ... <a title="With Iran weakened, Trump’s end goal may now be regime change. It’s an incredibly risky gamble" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/with-iran-weakened-trumps-end-goal-may-now-be-regime-change-its-an-incredibly-risky-gamble-274626/" aria-label="Read more about With Iran weakened, Trump’s end goal may now be regime change. It’s an incredibly risky gamble">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Megan Prictor, Associate Professor in Health Technology Law, The University of Melbourne On Wednesday, the federal government announced plans to reform how medications are dispensed and tracked, aiming to reduce unsafe use, stockpiling and “doctor shopping”. This will include two stages. First, the government will require all ... <a title="The government wants to track your medicines – here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/the-government-wants-to-track-your-medicines-heres-why-274532/" aria-label="Read more about The government wants to track your medicines – here’s why">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Wellington Water says crews are working to fix a burst water pipe on Oriental Parade in Wellington. Supplied / Wellington Water A burst water pipe has sent silt and discoloured water into Wellington’s Oriental Bay on Thursday afternoon. At 2.30pm crews responded to a burst drinking water pipe on Oriental Parade. ... <a title="Burst water pipe sends silt into Wellington’s Oriental Bay" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/burst-water-pipe-sends-silt-into-wellingtons-oriental-bay/" aria-label="Read more about Burst water pipe sends silt into Wellington’s Oriental Bay">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Kim Baker Wilson Another victim of the fatal Mount Maunganui landslide has been formally identified as Måns Loke Bernhardsson, from Sweden. Six people died in the Mauao slip last Thursday. At an identification hearing at Tauranga District Court this evening, coroner Louella Dunn formally identified the 20 year old ... <a title="Second Mount Maunganui landslide victim formally identified as Swedish tourist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/second-mount-maunganui-landslide-victim-formally-identified-as-swedish-tourist/" aria-label="Read more about Second Mount Maunganui landslide victim formally identified as Swedish tourist">Read more</a>
