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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>
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January 15, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A US military transport aircraft is pictured on the tarmac at the Al-Udeid air base southwest of Doha on 21 March 2024. AFP/GIUSEPPE CACACE Some personnel have been told to leave Qatar’s major US military base over “regional tensions”, Doha said, while Saudi Arabia’s US mission urged caution as Washington and ... <a title="Qatar says some personnel departing US base over ‘regional tensions’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/15/qatar-says-some-personnel-departing-us-base-over-regional-tensions/" aria-label="Read more about Qatar says some personnel departing US base over ‘regional tensions’">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The NZ Transport Agency said State Highway 30 is expected to remain closed for quite some time. NZTA Two people are dead after two cars collided on a Bay of Plenty highway. Road closures are in place after two cars collided on State Highway 30 in Tikitere, a suburb in Rotorua, ... <a title="Two killed as cars collide on Bay of Plenty highway" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/15/two-killed-as-cars-collide-on-bay-of-plenty-highway/" aria-label="Read more about Two killed as cars collide on Bay of Plenty highway">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Ball, Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland Last week, United States health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr released the government’s revamped dietary guidelines for 2025 to 2030. These recommendations on healthy eating are updated every five years and help shape food policy ... <a title="Prioritising protein? What the new US dietary guidelines get right – and wrong – according to 2 nutrition experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/15/prioritising-protein-what-the-new-us-dietary-guidelines-get-right-and-wrong-according-to-2-nutrition-experts-273112/" aria-label="Read more about Prioritising protein? What the new US dietary guidelines get right – and wrong – according to 2 nutrition experts">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fiannuala Morgan, Lecturer in communications, The University of Melbourne Australia has entered an era of climate instability, where communications during bushfires and extreme weather must perform under increasingly severe conditions. Digital services such as the VicEmergency app and mobile fire alerts have become central to how people ... <a title="No power, no phone, no radio: why comms dropped out during the central Victorian fires" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/15/no-power-no-phone-no-radio-why-comms-dropped-out-during-the-central-victorian-fires-273234/" aria-label="Read more about No power, no phone, no radio: why comms dropped out during the central Victorian fires">Read more</a>
