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February 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Mitch Barnett celebrates a Warriors win with young forwards Demitric Vaimauga and Tanner Stowers-Smith. NRL Photos/Photosport Young NZ Warriors forward Jacob Laban recalls the day grizzled veteran Mitch Barnett drew a line in the sand for the Auckland club still chasing its first NRL crown. “I felt like Barney, from the ... <a title="NZ Warriors proteges hope to send Mitch Barnett out a winner in final NRL season with club" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/26/nz-warriors-proteges-hope-to-send-mitch-barnett-out-a-winner-in-final-nrl-season-with-club/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Warriors proteges hope to send Mitch Barnett out a winner in final NRL season with club">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Air New Zealand CEO Nikhil Ravishankar (left) says the airline was dealt ‘tough cards’ as Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour calls on the government to sell its stakes in the airline. RNZ/Supplied Air New Zealand chief executive says the airline has been dealt ‘tough cards’ and New Zealand First leader Winston ... <a title="Air New Zealand CEO says airline was dealt ‘tough cards’ as Seymour calls government to sell stakes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/26/air-new-zealand-ceo-says-airline-was-dealt-tough-cards-as-seymour-calls-government-to-sell-stakes/" aria-label="Read more about Air New Zealand CEO says airline was dealt ‘tough cards’ as Seymour calls government to sell stakes">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Evie Richardson All motorists know what it is like learning to drive – the endless attempts to parallel park, the grinding gears, the lurches and the stalls. Now one instructor believes he has found a way to confine those teeth-clenching experiences to the past, with a virtual reality programme ... <a title="Virtual reality helping people learn to drive before stepping foot in vehicle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/26/virtual-reality-helping-people-learn-to-drive-before-stepping-foot-in-vehicle/" aria-label="Read more about Virtual reality helping people learn to drive before stepping foot in vehicle">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Over two thousand new homes are planned in a new neighbourhood, named Te Awa Lakes. Supplied/Hamilton City Council Growth in Hamilton is leading the council to consider lowering the speed limit on part of a major city road. Up to 2,500 new homes are planned for the northern end of the ... <a title="Hamilton’s growth may lead to lower speed limits on part of Te Rapa Road" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/26/hamiltons-growth-may-lead-to-lower-speed-limits-on-part-of-te-rapa-road/" aria-label="Read more about Hamilton’s growth may lead to lower speed limits on part of Te Rapa Road">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Dom Thomas The Otago Regional Council is aiming to deliver an overall zero percent rates rise in the upcoming financial year. The council has been preparing a draft annual plan which will be put up for adoption in April. The Long Term Plan forecasted a close to nine percent increase for ... <a title="Otago Regional Council aims for zero percent rates rise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/26/otago-regional-council-aims-for-zero-percent-rates-rise/" aria-label="Read more about Otago Regional Council aims for zero percent rates rise">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 123rf Child poverty activists say families are having to make impossible decisions and go without life’s essentials following the release of new Stats New Zealand data. The statistics agency said one in seven kids are living in material hardship, according to research conducted between July 2024 and June last year. Child ... <a title="Families making impossible decision amid child poverty crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/26/families-making-impossible-decision-amid-child-poverty-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Families making impossible decision amid child poverty crisis">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Theobald, Research Fellow, University of Oxford; University of Notre Dame Australia As Iranian and US diplomats meet in Geneva for crucial negotiations to avoid a potential war, opposition groups in exile are sniffing an opportunity. The Islamic Republic faces its greatest political crisis since its inception. ... <a title="Iran’s exiled crown prince is touting himself as a future leader. Is this what’s best for the country?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/26/irans-exiled-crown-prince-is-touting-himself-as-a-future-leader-is-this-whats-best-for-the-country-276629/" aria-label="Read more about Iran’s exiled crown prince is touting himself as a future leader. Is this what’s best for the country?">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gofton, Senior Research Scientist, Health and Biosecurity, CSIRO An Australian teenager who died after eating beef sausages on a camping trip has been confirmed as the nation’s first death from a tick-induced meat allergy. New South Wales Deputy State Coroner Carmel Forbes today ruled Jeremy Webb ... <a title="How can a tick bite cause a deadly meat allergy? An expert explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/26/how-can-a-tick-bite-cause-a-deadly-meat-allergy-an-expert-explains-276955/" aria-label="Read more about How can a tick bite cause a deadly meat allergy? An expert explains">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2026
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific senior journalist A number of remand prisoners at Papua New Guinea’s Bomana Prison have been injured in a confrontation with Correctional Services officers. Port Moresby General Hospital has confirmed to local media that nine inmates were rushed to hospital, and that two are in a critical condition. Sources at the ... <a title="Inmates in critical condition after alleged attack by PNG corrections officers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/26/inmates-in-critical-condition-after-alleged-attack-by-png-corrections-officers/" aria-label="Read more about Inmates in critical condition after alleged attack by PNG corrections officers">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2026
By Christine Rovoi of PMN News The arrest and charging of British-Fijian publisher Charlie Charters has pushed Fiji’s anti-corruption watchdog into fresh controversy. Charters’ arrest by police last weekend has raised sharp questions about whistleblowers, due process, and political pressure in the Pacific island nation. The 57-year-old appeared in the Suva Magistrates’ Court on Monday ... <a title="Fiji critic’s whistleblower case escalates anti-corruption crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/26/fiji-critics-whistleblower-case-escalates-anti-corruption-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji critic’s whistleblower case escalates anti-corruption crisis">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Treaty Negotiations Minister Paul Goldsmith said the settlement included an agreed historical account and redress for historical breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi. RNZ / Mark Papalii Ngāti Ruapani mai Waikaremoana and the Crown have signed a Deed of Settlement for historical claims dating back to 1866. Representatives from the Crown, ... <a title="Ngāti Ruapani mai Waikaremoana and Crown sign Deed of Settlement for historical claims" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/26/ngati-ruapani-mai-waikaremoana-and-crown-sign-deed-of-settlement-for-historical-claims/" aria-label="Read more about Ngāti Ruapani mai Waikaremoana and Crown sign Deed of Settlement for historical claims">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Dave van Zwanenberg, left, and Craig Stevens. Supplied The wives of two firefighters killed in a landslide during Cyclone Gabrielle have recounted the moment they learned their husbands had died. Volunteer firefighters Dave van Zwanenberg and Craig Stevens were buried while responding to slips on Muriwai’s Motutara Road on 13 February ... <a title="Cyclone Gabrielle inquest: Wives of volunteer firefighters proud of their work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/26/cyclone-gabrielle-inquest-wives-of-volunteer-firefighters-proud-of-their-work/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Gabrielle inquest: Wives of volunteer firefighters proud of their work">Read more</a>
