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February 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Most forecasts expect house prices to rise less than 5 percent this year. RNZ / REECE BAKER New Zealand’s economy is expected to continue to slowly recover this year. But unlike previous recoveries, this time, it’s not likely to be dragged up by rising house prices. Most forecasts are for prices ... <a title="Can New Zealand’s housing market recover if house prices don’t?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/can-new-zealands-housing-market-recover-if-house-prices-dont/" aria-label="Read more about Can New Zealand’s housing market recover if house prices don’t?">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Outside the central Auckland Library on Lorne Street. RNZ / Lucy Xia A 65-year-old man has appeared in court over a serious stabbing in Auckland’s CBD on Friday night. Police confirmed the incident occured in the area in front of the Auckland Central City Library, and a knife was recovered at ... <a title="Man appears in court after Auckland assault leaves two seriously hurt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/man-appears-in-court-after-auckland-assault-leaves-two-seriously-hurt/" aria-label="Read more about Man appears in court after Auckland assault leaves two seriously hurt">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand American musician Neil Sedaka, who had a string of chart-topping hits in the 1960s and 1970s with songs like ‘Laughter in the Rain’, has died at age 86, his family said Friday. Over a career spanning six decades, Sedaka scored three number-one hits in the United States and also wrote chart-topping ... <a title="Singer and songwriter Neil Sedaka dies at 86" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/singer-and-songwriter-neil-sedaka-dies-at-86/" aria-label="Read more about Singer and songwriter Neil Sedaka dies at 86">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Unsplash – Towfiqu Barbhuiya Got questions? RNZ has launched a new podcast, ‘No Stupid Questions’, with Susan Edmunds. We’d love to hear more of your questions about money and the economy. You can send through written questions, like these ones, but even better, you can drop us a voice memo to ... <a title="Why don’t we get a higher pension? – Ask Susan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/why-dont-we-get-a-higher-pension-ask-susan/" aria-label="Read more about Why don’t we get a higher pension? – Ask Susan">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Dave Letele in studio with Guyon Espiner. RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly A community leader in Auckland says he is tired of telling governments how to combat youth offending. Fewer 10- to 17-year-olds went through the youth justice system in the year to June 2025 compared to the previous year, a new ... <a title="Auckland community leader tired of telling governments how to combat youth offending" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/auckland-community-leader-tired-of-telling-governments-how-to-combat-youth-offending/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland community leader tired of telling governments how to combat youth offending">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The closure is from Broken Hutt Road and Old Faithful Road. RNZ / Marika Khabazi Lindis Pass / State Highway 8 has reopened after a single-vehicle crash resulted in a closure and left one seriously injured on Saturday morning. The closure was from Broken Hutt Road and Old Faithful Road after ... <a title="Lindis Pass reopened after crash leaves one seriously hurt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/lindis-pass-reopened-after-crash-leaves-one-seriously-hurt/" aria-label="Read more about Lindis Pass reopened after crash leaves one seriously hurt">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2026
INTERVIEW: By Eugene Doyle This is a moment of great peril for the small Caribbean nation of Cuba. Nothing less than its sovereignty is on the line as the US drives its knee into the neck of 10 million Cubans by means of a crushing air and sea blockade and a set of secondary sanctions ... <a title="Cuban ambassador denounces US aggression and violations of international law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/cuban-ambassador-denounces-us-aggression-and-violations-of-international-law/" aria-label="Read more about Cuban ambassador denounces US aggression and violations of international law">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Police were called to Great North Road around 10am. RNZ A person has been seriously injured in the Auckland suburb of Glen Eden. Police were called to Great North Road around 10am after a report of an incident involving people known to each other. They did not share any details about ... <a title="Person seriously injured, another arrested in Auckland’s Glen Eden" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/person-seriously-injured-another-arrested-in-aucklands-glen-eden/" aria-label="Read more about Person seriously injured, another arrested in Auckland’s Glen Eden">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Simeon Brown has announced that every emergency department in the country now has access to the tool. RNZ / Mark Papalii The health minister says a doctor using an artificial intelligence scribe tool is able to see, on average, one additional patient per shift. Simeon Brown has announced every emergency department ... <a title="AI scribe tool being used in emergency departments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/ai-scribe-tool-being-used-in-emergency-departments/" aria-label="Read more about AI scribe tool being used in emergency departments">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Khawat, a sisterhood for ethnic women, hosting a run club. SUPPLIED From watching homelands burn on social media to being stuck between cultures, there is one migrant community facing some of the worst mental health. Middle Eastern, Latin American and African (MELAA) young people are an ethnic minority reporting unique challenges. ... <a title="The migrant communities reporting some of the worst mental health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/the-migrant-communities-reporting-some-of-the-worst-mental-health/" aria-label="Read more about The migrant communities reporting some of the worst mental health">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2026
Analysis by Keith Rankin, 27 February 2026. I heard this on RNZ News 11am 12 Feb 2026: “The government’s finances are in better shape than expected due to lower [government] spending and a higher tax take. Treasury figures … show a deficit of $5.2b for the six months ended December, almost $1.6b below the half-year ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – New Zealand’s Fiscal Crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/keith-rankin-analysis-new-zealands-fiscal-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – New Zealand’s Fiscal Crisis">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2026
Essay by Keith Rankin, 25 February 2026. Over the last few days, there has been plenty of media chatter in relation to the government’s proposal to pass a law enabling police to forcibly shift street dwellers from Auckland’s CBD. (Refer ‘Move On’ orders penalise those with the least, Scoop 22 Feb 2026.) While Labour likes ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Vagrants and a Very Basic Universal Income" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/keith-rankin-essay-vagrants-and-a-very-basic-universal-income/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Vagrants and a Very Basic Universal Income">Read more</a>
