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January 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Ally Wollaston (R) after winning stage one of the Tour Down Under. photosport Ally Wollaston will take a 14-second lead into the third and final stage of the Tour Down Under after dominating the first two days of the World Tour race in Adelaide. Wollaston powered to victory in each of ... <a title="Dominant Ally Wollaston in box seat to win Tour Down Under" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/19/dominant-ally-wollaston-in-box-seat-to-win-tour-down-under/" aria-label="Read more about Dominant Ally Wollaston in box seat to win Tour Down Under">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Flooding in Mimiwhangata near Whangārei, on Sunday morning. RNZ Some people are still isolated in Northland after heavy rain caused havoc in the region, the Whangārei mayor says. Up to 200 millimetres of rain lashed Northland on Sunday, causing flooding and landslides. Whangārei mayor Ken Couper told Morning Report a number ... <a title="People still isolated in Northland campsite, more heavy rain on the way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/19/people-still-isolated-in-northland-campsite-more-heavy-rain-on-the-way/" aria-label="Read more about People still isolated in Northland campsite, more heavy rain on the way">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Cooper Legal principal partner Sonja Cooper, whose firm had acted for hundreds of abuse survivors and victims, says she is not surprised by the statistic. RNZ WARNING: This story contains content that may be disturbing to some readers. Police have prosecuted fewer than one in ten of the cases referred from ... <a title="Abuse in Care: Police prosecuted fewer than 1 in 10 referred cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/19/abuse-in-care-police-prosecuted-fewer-than-1-in-10-referred-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Abuse in Care: Police prosecuted fewer than 1 in 10 referred cases">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ/Marika Khabazi Half a dozen fire trucks were called to a South Auckland egg carton factory overnight. A Fire and Emergency spokesperson said seven fire trucks were called to a commercial building on Bairds Road in Ōtara just after midnight Monday. He said the fire was contained to just machinery, but ... <a title="Fire crews respond to blaze at egg carton factory overnight in Auckland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/19/fire-crews-respond-to-blaze-at-egg-carton-factory-overnight-in-auckland/" aria-label="Read more about Fire crews respond to blaze at egg carton factory overnight in Auckland">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 2000: The proposed route showing shortened travel times by car to Christchurch Dominion Post It’s an idea that’s endured almost a century. Since at least 1931 moving the South Island inter-island ferry port from Picton to Clifford Bay has been periodically floated and rejected. The latest bid – dubbed the North ... <a title="An inter-island ferry route from Picton to Clifford Bay has been an idea for almost a century" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/19/an-inter-island-ferry-route-from-picton-to-clifford-bay-has-been-an-idea-for-almost-a-century/" aria-label="Read more about An inter-island ferry route from Picton to Clifford Bay has been an idea for almost a century">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Pattinson Wetere outside one of the cabins shunted by the raging water. Kim Baker Wilson/RNZ It was supposed to be a coming together, a celebration at a marae for a first birthday. But the water, and lots of it, came by stealth in the dead of night. Pattinson Wetere was in ... <a title="Family’s harrowing night escaping raging flood-waters in Northland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/19/familys-harrowing-night-escaping-raging-flood-waters-in-northland/" aria-label="Read more about Family’s harrowing night escaping raging flood-waters in Northland">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand’s Daryl Mitchell celebrates after scoring a century. INDRANIL MUKHERJEE Black Caps batters Daryl Mitchell and Glenn Phillips have scored centuries in a devastating partnership to lay the platform for a 41-run win over India in their third one-day international (ODI), which sealed a comeback 2-1 series victory. A target ... <a title="Mitchell stars again as Black Caps win decider to take ODI series over India" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/19/mitchell-stars-again-as-black-caps-win-decider-to-take-odi-series-over-india/" aria-label="Read more about Mitchell stars again as Black Caps win decider to take ODI series over India">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Fourteen-year-old Mahe Braaksma’s idea of fun over the summer school holidays looks a little different than your typical teen. He was pedalling the length of New Zealand — 3000km — on his own. The Fiordland College student completed the month-long solo ride from Cape Reinga to Bluff, raising thousands of dollars ... <a title="Teen’s epic solo 3000km cycling trip from Cape Reinga to Bluff" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/19/teens-epic-solo-3000km-cycling-trip-from-cape-reinga-to-bluff/" aria-label="Read more about Teen’s epic solo 3000km cycling trip from Cape Reinga to Bluff">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Education Ministry had forgotten to allow for the Matariki holiday in its 2027 term date calculations, almost cutting the year a day short. RNZ / Richard Tindiller An Education Ministry error nearly cut the 2027 school year short by a single day. An Education Ministry document supplied to RNZ under ... <a title="Education Ministry error almost cut 2027 school year short" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/19/education-ministry-error-almost-cut-2027-school-year-short/" aria-label="Read more about Education Ministry error almost cut 2027 school year short">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand If you think about what you – or your parents – were spending your money on 30 years ago, it might be quite different to how you spend it now. You’re not going down to the local Blockbuster at the weekend to pick up a VHS of a film, and you’re ... <a title="Saveloys out, spinach in: Here’s how our spending habits have changed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/19/saveloys-out-spinach-in-heres-how-our-spending-habits-have-changed/" aria-label="Read more about Saveloys out, spinach in: Here’s how our spending habits have changed">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has capitulated on the most controversial part of his omnibus post-Bondi bill to minimise political damage and maximise his chances of salvaging what he can at parliament’s special sitting on Tuesday. His Saturday announcement that he ... <a title="View from The Hill: Albanese retreats on post-Bondi bill, as he takes poll hit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/18/view-from-the-hill-albanese-retreats-on-post-bondi-bill-as-he-takes-poll-hit-272436/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Albanese retreats on post-Bondi bill, as he takes poll hit">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Emergency services responded around 5pm on Sunday. RNZ / Rob Dixon Half of Mercury’s Tararua wind farm in Palmerston North was taken offline for hours on Sunday evening after a wind turbine caught fire. A Mercury spokesperson said half of the wind farm was taken offline while the affected turbine was ... <a title="Mercury’s Tararua wind farm was offline for hours after a turbine catches fire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/18/mercurys-tararua-wind-farm-was-offline-for-hours-after-a-turbine-catches-fire/" aria-label="Read more about Mercury’s Tararua wind farm was offline for hours after a turbine catches fire">Read more</a>
