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January 15, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. 123rf.com A 32-year-old man has been arrested after a bus driver was allegedly sprayed with a fire extinguisher in Auckland earlier this week. Police said a passenger travelling on the 27H bus along MT Eden Road became verbally aggressive with the driver about 6pm on Tuesday. They claim he ... <a title="Man arrested after allegedly spraying bus driver with fire extinguisher in Auckland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/15/man-arrested-after-allegedly-spraying-bus-driver-with-fire-extinguisher-in-auckland/" aria-label="Read more about Man arrested after allegedly spraying bus driver with fire extinguisher in Auckland">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Fitzroy Beach is New Plymouth’s most popular swimming beach. RNZ / Robin Martin New Plymouth has been crowned the sunniest spot in New Zealand. With 2743 sunshine hours in 2025, Earth Sciences NZ found the Taranaki region basked in sunshine for 2743 hours in 2025, putting it ahead of Nelson (2672 ... <a title="New Plymouth: The sunniest spot in New Zealand?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/15/new-plymouth-the-sunniest-spot-in-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about New Plymouth: The sunniest spot in New Zealand?">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Housing, Building and Associate Finance Ministers are speaking to media ahead of the government’s rules allowing small dwellings taking effect. The new rules allow a small dwelling with a simple design of up to 70 square metres to be built without a resource consent, and are in effect from today. ... <a title="Watch Live: Ministers mark start of new granny flats rules" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/15/watch-live-ministers-mark-start-of-new-granny-flats-rules/" aria-label="Read more about Watch Live: Ministers mark start of new granny flats rules">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand File pic RNZ / Krystal Gibbens Wellington rail commuters can expect delays on Thursday morning after one service collided with a large rock. A KiwiRail spokesperson says the collision was reported about 6.30am. It involved a passenger train travelling north from Wellington on the Kāpiti Line. The spokesperson said there were ... <a title="Train hits large rock disrupting Wellington’s peak-time services" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/15/train-hits-large-rock-disrupting-wellingtons-peak-time-services/" aria-label="Read more about Train hits large rock disrupting Wellington’s peak-time services">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The children Yuna Jo (left) and Minu Jo (right). Supplied A failure by the Ministry of Education to report the extended absence of two children from school meant their disappearances went unnoticed for years and only ended when their bodies were found in suitcases. Ministry documents released to RNZ under the ... <a title="Education ministry failure meant murdered children’s disappearance went unnoticed for years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/15/education-ministry-failure-meant-murdered-childrens-disappearance-went-unnoticed-for-years/" aria-label="Read more about Education ministry failure meant murdered children’s disappearance went unnoticed for years">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Police are not looking for anyone else in relation to the shooting. RNZ/Mark Papalii Police seized a dismantled a gun, parts and ammo from a Waitārere Beach property a few hours before returning to find a man dead and three others with gunshot wounds. The survivors – a 46-year-old woman and ... <a title="Police seized gun from family’s home hours before fatal Waitārere Beach shooting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/15/police-seized-gun-from-familys-home-hours-before-fatal-waitarere-beach-shooting/" aria-label="Read more about Police seized gun from family’s home hours before fatal Waitārere Beach shooting">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Neal Coulson, Professor of Zoology and Joint Head of Department of Biology, University of Oxford Woolly rhinos once roamed the Earth far and wide. Daniel Eskridge/Shutterstock The woolly rhino, Coelodonta antiquitatis, would have been an impressive sight to the ancient people who painted images of them ... <a title="DNA from wolf pup’s last meal reveals new facts about woolly rhino’s extinction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/15/dna-from-wolf-pups-last-meal-reveals-new-facts-about-woolly-rhinos-extinction-273278/" aria-label="Read more about DNA from wolf pup’s last meal reveals new facts about woolly rhino’s extinction">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Konstantin Zhukov, Assistant Professor of Economics, Indiana University; Institute for Humane Studies Neither of these men — US President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin — likes being held accountable by the press. Contributor/Getty Images The FBI search of a Washington Post reporter’s home on ... <a title="Searching reporters’ homes, suing journalists and repressing citizen dissent are well-known steps toward autocracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/15/searching-reporters-homes-suing-journalists-and-repressing-citizen-dissent-are-well-known-steps-toward-autocracy-268747/" aria-label="Read more about Searching reporters’ homes, suing journalists and repressing citizen dissent are well-known steps toward autocracy">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Schneier, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School AI advertising could be hard to resist – or even recognize. showcake/iStock via Getty Images Eighteen months ago, it was plausible that artificial intelligence might take a different path than social media. Back then, AI’s development hadn’t ... <a title="Could ChatGPT convince you to buy something? Threat of manipulation looms as AI companies gear up to sell ads" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/15/could-chatgpt-convince-you-to-buy-something-threat-of-manipulation-looms-as-ai-companies-gear-up-to-sell-ads-272859/" aria-label="Read more about Could ChatGPT convince you to buy something? Threat of manipulation looms as AI companies gear up to sell ads">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caroline Kennedy-Pipe, Professor of War Studies, Loughborough University Donald Trump is clearly in a hurry to dominate the political narrative in his second term of office. He began 2026 with strikes in Syria against Islamic State groups, the kidnapping of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, threats to intervene ... <a title="Whether or not US acquires Greenland, the island will be at the centre of a massive military build-up in the Arctic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/15/whether-or-not-us-acquires-greenland-the-island-will-be-at-the-centre-of-a-massive-military-build-up-in-the-arctic-273301/" aria-label="Read more about Whether or not US acquires Greenland, the island will be at the centre of a massive military build-up in the Arctic">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand You can imagine – or recall – the boasting in the school playground. “How many Weet-Bix can you eat?” one teenage boy asks his mates. “I ate six in one go yesterday.” “I ate eight the other day.” “Well, I ate 11 after rugby training.” “Yeah, right.” Actually, 11 Weet-Bix isn’t ... <a title="How much do teenage boys really need to eat?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/15/how-much-do-teenage-boys-really-need-to-eat/" aria-label="Read more about How much do teenage boys really need to eat?">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand MATTEO DELLA TORRE As vehicle dashboards rely more heavily on touchscreens, concerns are growing about driver distraction. The body that oversees safety of vehicles in Australia and New Zealand said it will now reward higher safety ratings to cars that reintroduce physical buttons for basic functions. ANCAP hoped it would encourage ... <a title="ANCAP push for buttons over touchscreens in cars over safety concerns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/15/ancap-push-for-buttons-over-touchscreens-in-cars-over-safety-concerns/" aria-label="Read more about ANCAP push for buttons over touchscreens in cars over safety concerns">Read more</a>
