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ER Report: A Roundup of Significant Articles on EveningReport.nz for January 19, 2026
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on January 19, 2026.
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Watch: ‘Management speak mumbo jumbo’: Hipkins responds to Luxon’s State of the Nation address
Source: Radio New Zealand Labour leader Chris Hipkins has called the Prime Minister’s State of the Nation address a “whole lot of management speak mumbo jumbo”. Christopher Luxon has delivered his first speech of the year, to the Auckland Business Chamber. Luxon launched a defence of his government’s progress and reform programme, and promised there ... <a title="Watch: ‘Management speak mumbo jumbo’: Hipkins responds to Luxon’s State of the Nation address" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/19/watch-management-speak-mumbo-jumbo-hipkins-responds-to-luxons-state-of-the-nation-address/" aria-label="Read more about Watch: ‘Management speak mumbo jumbo’: Hipkins responds to Luxon’s State of the Nation address">Read more</a>
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Watch live: Labour’s Chris Hipkins responds to Luxon’s State of the Nation address
Source: Radio New Zealand Labour leader Chris Hipkins is responding to the Prime Minister’s State of the Nation address. Christopher Luxon has delivered his first speech of the year, to the Auckland Business Chamber. Luxon launched a defence of his government’s progress and reform programme, and promised there would be no deviation from its plan ... <a title="Watch live: Labour’s Chris Hipkins responds to Luxon’s State of the Nation address" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/19/watch-live-labours-chris-hipkins-responds-to-luxons-state-of-the-nation-address/" aria-label="Read more about Watch live: Labour’s Chris Hipkins responds to Luxon’s State of the Nation address">Read more</a>
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ANZ’s new floating interest rate means an extra $12m in profit – expert
Source: Radio New Zealand By lifting it’s floating mortgage interest rate 10 basis points ANZ will make an extra $12 million in profit, one expert says. AFP The head of one of New Zealand’s biggest mortgage broking firms has taken aim at the country’s biggest bank for its latest interest rate increase. ANZ last week ... <a title="ANZ’s new floating interest rate means an extra $12m in profit – expert" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/19/anzs-new-floating-interest-rate-means-an-extra-12m-in-profit-expert/" aria-label="Read more about ANZ’s new floating interest rate means an extra $12m in profit – expert">Read more</a>
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Weather: Another week of rain as second weather system looms
Source: Radio New Zealand A band of rain moves across the country on Thursday. Earth Science NZ New Zealand is in for another week of rain as a new weather system is forecast to move across the country. The top of the North Island has been hit by heavy rain, causing flooding and slips. But ... <a title="Weather: Another week of rain as second weather system looms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/19/weather-another-week-of-rain-as-second-weather-system-looms/" aria-label="Read more about Weather: Another week of rain as second weather system looms">Read more</a>
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Tararua district caught between anniversary days
Source: Radio New Zealand The Tararua District is located between three regions, Manawatū-Whanganui, Hawke’s Bay and Wellington. Google Maps Tararua’s mayor says many in his district observe anniversary days celebrating areas north and south of it, but they don’t get an extra stat day. The area includes the town of Dannevirke and borders Wairarapa and ... <a title="Tararua district caught between anniversary days" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/19/tararua-district-caught-between-anniversary-days/" aria-label="Read more about Tararua district caught between anniversary days">Read more</a>
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Pro-France MPs confront Macron over New Caledonia at future talks
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk Talks on New Caledonia’s political future have been underway in Paris after French President Emmanuel Macron launched a fresh roundtable on Friday, despite the absence of one of the French territory’s largest pro-independence group, the Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS). During a first meeting ... <a title="Pro-France MPs confront Macron over New Caledonia at future talks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/19/pro-france-mps-confront-macron-over-new-caledonia-at-future-talks/" aria-label="Read more about Pro-France MPs confront Macron over New Caledonia at future talks">Read more</a>
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New Zealand firefighters sent to help fight Australia’s bush fires
Source: Radio New Zealand A bushfire burning near the town of Longwood, northern Victoria. AFP / CFA Wandong Fire Brigade / Kylie Shingles Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) has sent 22 firefighters to Victoria, Australia to help fight the catastrophic bushfires. They departed on Monday morning and will return to New Zealand on 2 ... <a title="New Zealand firefighters sent to help fight Australia’s bush fires" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/19/new-zealand-firefighters-sent-to-help-fight-australias-bush-fires/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand firefighters sent to help fight Australia’s bush fires">Read more</a>
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Sheep die after truck crash in Wairoa
Source: Radio New Zealand Police attended the single vehicle crash where several sheep died. RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly Sheer have died after a truck with a number of livestock on board overturned. The incident has closed State Highway 2, between Cricklewood Road and Kiwi Valley Road, in Wairoa. Police were called to the single-vehicle crash ... <a title="Sheep die after truck crash in Wairoa" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/19/sheep-die-after-truck-crash-in-wairoa/" aria-label="Read more about Sheep die after truck crash in Wairoa">Read more</a>
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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon delivers State of the Nation speech
Source: Radio New Zealand The prime minister says there will be no “extravagant” election promises from National, and confirms his government will continue to run a tight budget, in his first speech of the election year. In a State of the Nation address at Auckland’s new International Convention Centre, Christopher Luxon launched a defence of ... <a title="Prime Minister Christopher Luxon delivers State of the Nation speech" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/19/prime-minister-christopher-luxon-delivers-state-of-the-nation-speech/" aria-label="Read more about Prime Minister Christopher Luxon delivers State of the Nation speech">Read more</a>
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Tracing the long history of Aboriginal-Chinese people in Australia, through archives and art
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Burchmore, Senior Lecturer, Art History and Curatorial Studies, Australian National University Coming to Australia, 2012, Lloyd Gawura Hornsby, acrylic on canvas, 76 x 102 cm. Photo courtesy of the artist. Metaphors of cooking and eating are a firm favourite among writers on multiculturalism. No comment on ... <a title="Tracing the long history of Aboriginal-Chinese people in Australia, through archives and art" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/19/tracing-the-long-history-of-aboriginal-chinese-people-in-australia-through-archives-and-art-273467/" aria-label="Read more about Tracing the long history of Aboriginal-Chinese people in Australia, through archives and art">Read more</a>
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‘Huge amount of luck’ led to discover of tramper missing since last year
Source: Radio New Zealand Graham Garnett. Supplied / NZ Police Two people who stumbled upon a tramper missing for almost three weeks in the upper South Island were in the right place at the right time. Graham Garnett, 66, was found by sheltering in a hut in Kahurangi National Park by a helicopter pilot and ... <a title="‘Huge amount of luck’ led to discover of tramper missing since last year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/19/huge-amount-of-luck-led-to-discover-of-tramper-missing-since-last-year/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Huge amount of luck’ led to discover of tramper missing since last year">Read more</a>