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February 28, 2026
Novara Media In a spectacular triumph, Britain’s Green Party has won the Gorton and Denton byelection in Greater Manchester. Local plumber Hannah Spencer has now become the party’s fifth MP — a historic victory for the ascendent Greens, who ran a campaign of national hope and international solidarity against Israel’s genocide in Gaza. The byelection ... <a title="Local plumber Hannah Spencer beats both Reform and Labour to win UK byelection" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/local-plumber-hannah-spencer-beats-both-reform-and-labour-to-win-uk-byelection/" aria-label="Read more about Local plumber Hannah Spencer beats both Reform and Labour to win UK byelection">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand’s Izzy Gaze bats during the White Ferns vs Zimbabwe Women, Twenty20 International cricket match at Seddon Park, Hamilton, New Zealand on Wednesday 25 February 2026. DJ Mills / Photosport DJ Mills The White Ferns were much more ruthless with the ball as they bowled Zimbabwe out for just 86 ... <a title="Cricket: White Ferns v Zimbabwe – second T20 International in Hamilton" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/27/cricket-white-ferns-v-zimbabwe-second-t20-international-in-hamilton/" aria-label="Read more about Cricket: White Ferns v Zimbabwe – second T20 International in Hamilton">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Yuki Miya of New Zealand Chris Symes / www.photosport.nz Christchurch amateur golfer Yuki Miya has the lead at NZ Open going into day three at Millbrook Resort on Saturday. The 20-year-old is 12-under-par after firing a second round of 4-under-par 67 to follow an opening 63 that he completed early on ... <a title="Amateur golfer among three leading Kiwis at NZ Open" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/27/amateur-golfer-among-three-leading-kiwis-at-nz-open/" aria-label="Read more about Amateur golfer among three leading Kiwis at NZ Open">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand [embedded content] Taranaki Police have laid charges against two people after encountering what they described as a “hostile” group of people at a car meet in Oaonui. Police attended a callout to a group of “antisocial road users” gathering at Kina Road at about 1am last Saturday. However, they soon retreated, ... <a title="Charges laid after Taranaki police forced to retreat from ‘hostile’ group at car meet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/27/charges-laid-after-taranaki-police-forced-to-retreat-from-hostile-group-at-car-meet/" aria-label="Read more about Charges laid after Taranaki police forced to retreat from ‘hostile’ group at car meet">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand (file photo) RNZ A woman’s attempt to nick a $74,500 necklace using a pole has been thwarted thanks to the quick thinking of workers at the jewellery store, police say. Police were called to the central Auckland Galway Street store just before 5pm on Friday, a police spokesperson said in a ... <a title="$74k necklace heist using pole thwarted, police say" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/27/74k-necklace-heist-using-pole-thwarted-police-say/" aria-label="Read more about $74k necklace heist using pole thwarted, police say">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Photosport The Highlanders head across the Tasman to Brisbane after their heartbreaking Super Rugby Pacific loss to the Chiefs in Dunedin. After an opening round bye, the Reds are coming off a heavy to loss to the NSW Waratahs. Kickoff is at 9.35pm. Highlanders: 1. Ethan de Groot. 2. Jack Taylor. ... <a title="Live: Reds v Highlanders at Suncorp Stadium – Super Rugby Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/27/live-reds-v-highlanders-at-suncorp-stadium-super-rugby-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Live: Reds v Highlanders at Suncorp Stadium – Super Rugby Pacific">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Moana Pasifika’s Solomon Alaimalo up against Western Force’s Darby Lancaster. Shane Wenzlick / www.photosport.nz The Western Force have finally got a win on the road in Super Rugby Pacific. For only the second time in 26 matches on New Zealand soil the Force have recorded a victory, with a 35-19 over ... <a title="Moana Pasifika v Western Force at Navigation Homes Stadium – Super Rugby Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/27/moana-pasifika-v-western-force-at-navigation-homes-stadium-super-rugby-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Moana Pasifika v Western Force at Navigation Homes Stadium – Super Rugby Pacific">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A bumper crowd brimming with colour and sparkles has descended on Hagley Park in Christchurch for the first day of the Electric Avenue music festival. Split Enz leads a star studded line-up for Australasia’s biggest music festival this weekend. Now in its 11th year, Electric Avenue has returned on an unprecedented ... <a title="‘I trashed a bedroom getting ready’: The shimmer and shine of Electric Avenue outfits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/27/i-trashed-a-bedroom-getting-ready-the-shimmer-and-shine-of-electric-avenue-outfits/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I trashed a bedroom getting ready’: The shimmer and shine of Electric Avenue outfits">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Nathan Cleary, Jarome Luai, Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, Stephen Crichton, Joseph Tapine, Mitch Moses and Harry Grant. RNZ/Photosport No matter who you support, off-season player movements will have your head spinning, as the 2026 NRL season approaches. Some crazy pre-season results will have some fans reaching for the panic button, but the real ... <a title="NRL season preview: How your team stacks up for 2026" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/27/nrl-season-preview-how-your-team-stacks-up-for-2026/" aria-label="Read more about NRL season preview: How your team stacks up for 2026">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The clubroom has no power, running water or bathroom, and not enough room for their roughly 50 members to shelter and socialise. RNZ / Tess Brunton A Dunedin croquet club has been roughing it for eight years after asbestos was found in their old clubroom. A shipping container for equipment, a ... <a title="Jumping through hoops: Dunedin croquet players on a mission to end primitive facilities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/27/jumping-through-hoops-dunedin-croquet-players-on-a-mission-to-end-primitive-facilities/" aria-label="Read more about Jumping through hoops: Dunedin croquet players on a mission to end primitive facilities">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2026
Amnesty International Amnesty International has condemned Israeli authorities over unleashing a series of unlawful measures deliberately designed to dispossess Palestinians in the occupied West Bank — including East Jerusalem — and to make the annexation of the territory an irreversible reality. These decisions since December 2025 represent an unprecedented escalation – in scale and speed ... <a title="Amnesty slams global impunity fueling Israel’s illegal West Bank annexation measures" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/27/amnesty-slams-global-impunity-fueling-israels-illegal-west-bank-annexation-measures/" aria-label="Read more about Amnesty slams global impunity fueling Israel’s illegal West Bank annexation measures">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Little River, about 30km south of Christchurch, was flooded in February and also in May 2025. RNZ/Nathan McKinnon The Christchurch City Council disagrees with Little River residents who say flooding in the Banks Peninsula town could have been mitigated by opening a nearby lake. Little River, about 30 kilometres south of ... <a title="Little River residents say opening lake would have eased flooding, council disagrees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/27/little-river-residents-say-opening-lake-would-have-eased-flooding-council-disagrees/" aria-label="Read more about Little River residents say opening lake would have eased flooding, council disagrees">Read more</a>
