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January 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Hundreds of homes in Wairarapa and Manawatū are still without power following high winds over the weekend, PowerCo says. Gusts over 100km/h were recorded in Wellington on Sunday; however, winds have since eased. A total of 3313 homes on the power supplier’s network were cut off at the wind’s height on ... <a title="Hundreds in lower North Island remain without power following strong winds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/hundreds-in-lower-north-island-remain-without-power-following-strong-winds/" aria-label="Read more about Hundreds in lower North Island remain without power following strong winds">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand More than 50 whales became stranded on Thursday at Farewell Spit. Supplied / Project Jonah New Zealand Eleven whales have been euthanised five days on from a mass stranding in Golden Bay. More than 50 whales became stranded on Thursday at Farewell Spit, and over the weekend hundreds of volunteers worked ... <a title="Farewell Spit stranding: 11 euthanised, 42 returned to sea" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/farewell-spit-stranding-11-euthanised-42-returned-to-sea/" aria-label="Read more about Farewell Spit stranding: 11 euthanised, 42 returned to sea">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF A leading private provider doing breast cancer diagnosis and treatment took six months to notify some patients or the public of a major cyber attack on its systems. In an update on its website this week, Canopy Health – the largest private medical oncology provider in the country – said ... <a title="Second health provider, Canopy Health, hit in major cyber attack" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/second-health-provider-canopy-health-hit-in-major-cyber-attack/" aria-label="Read more about Second health provider, Canopy Health, hit in major cyber attack">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand File image. RNZ / Richard Tindiller A 36-year-old man is due to appear in court after allegedly running down and assaulting a pedestrian in Nelson. Inspector Simon Feltham said police received a report of a vehicle crashing into a person and a fence in Atawhai about 8pm on Sunday. He said ... <a title="Man charged after pedestrian run down, police car rammed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/man-charged-after-pedestrian-run-down-police-car-rammed/" aria-label="Read more about Man charged after pedestrian run down, police car rammed">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Stevens, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Adelaide University _Womerleymeria bicornis_, a springtail from Tasmania. Cyrille D’Haese In virtually every piece of land on Earth – from near the summit of Mount Everest to Antarctica to caves nearly 2,000 metres underground – live tiny critters ... <a title="Meet the springtails: little-known fantastic beasts that live everywhere on Earth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/meet-the-springtails-little-known-fantastic-beasts-that-live-everywhere-on-earth-270667/" aria-label="Read more about Meet the springtails: little-known fantastic beasts that live everywhere on Earth">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chaya Kasif, PhD Candidate; Assyriologist, Macquarie University An 8th century BCE gypsum relief from modern-day Iraq depicts a king and his chief ša rēši. Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago. OIM A7366. Daderot/Wikimedia Commons/Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago. OIM A7366 Today, trans people face politicisation of ... <a title="Not just ‘eunuchs’ or sex workers: in ancient Mesopotamia, gender-diverse people held positions of power" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/not-just-eunuchs-or-sex-workers-in-ancient-mesopotamia-gender-diverse-people-held-positions-of-power-270269/" aria-label="Read more about Not just ‘eunuchs’ or sex workers: in ancient Mesopotamia, gender-diverse people held positions of power">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
RNZ Pacific A proposal by Sāmoa’s Prime Minister to ban all non-Christian religions from the country is being met with mixed reactions. The Samoa Observer reported church ministers and members of the public voicing views both for and against the proposal. Prime Minister La’aulialemalietoa Polataivao Schmidt said he raised the issue with Samoa’s Council of ... <a title="Mixed reactions over Samoan PM’s proposal to ban non-Christian religions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/mixed-reactions-over-samoan-pms-proposal-to-ban-non-christian-religions/" aria-label="Read more about Mixed reactions over Samoan PM’s proposal to ban non-Christian religions">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The countdown is on for the 83rd Golden Globes, the first major film and TV awards show of the season, as stars hit the red carpet. Top nominees include Leonardo DiCaprio, Timothée Chalamet, Michael B. Jordan, Cynthia Erivo and Emma Stone, with leading TV contenders The Pitt, The White Lotus and ... <a title="All the looks from the Golden Globes red carpet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/all-the-looks-from-the-golden-globes-red-carpet/" aria-label="Read more about All the looks from the Golden Globes red carpet">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Lake Tikitapu/Blue Lake. Public Domain A body has been found after a man went missing while swimming near Rotorua last week. Police were called at about 10.30pm on Friday to reports a man had not returned from a swim in Lake Tikitapu/Blue Lake. His body was found shortly after 1am on ... <a title="Man who went missing in Lake Tikitapu found dead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/man-who-went-missing-in-lake-tikitapu-found-dead/" aria-label="Read more about Man who went missing in Lake Tikitapu found dead">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rod McNaughton, Professor of Entrepreneurship, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images For decades, we have heard a familiar story about why New Zealand’s firms choose to stay small. Business owners prefer comfort, control and lifestyle over ambition, summed up in the old notion of the ... <a title="NZ’s low productivity is often blamed on businesses staying small. That could be a strength in 2026" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/nzs-low-productivity-is-often-blamed-on-businesses-staying-small-that-could-be-a-strength-in-2026-271177/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s low productivity is often blamed on businesses staying small. That could be a strength in 2026">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Penny Bailey, Lecturer in Japanese Studies, The University of Queensland A thrown tea bowl made by Hamada Shōji. Wikimedia, CC BY-SA On January 10 1926, Yanagi Sōetsu and the potters Hamada Shōji and Kawai Kanjirō sat talking excitedly late into the night at a temple on Mt ... <a title="Beauty in ordinary things: why this Japanese folk craft movement still matters 100 years on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/beauty-in-ordinary-things-why-this-japanese-folk-craft-movement-still-matters-100-years-on-269802/" aria-label="Read more about Beauty in ordinary things: why this Japanese folk craft movement still matters 100 years on">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Dylan Pledger scores for Otago. ActionPress In a brutal pre-season blow, one of the country’s most promising young players has been ruled out of rugby for the entire year. Highlanders halfback Dylan Pledger will spend 12 months on the sideline after rupturing his ACL at training. It is a cruel setback ... <a title="All Black hopeful Dylan Pledger sidelined for 12 months" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/all-black-hopeful-dylan-pledger-sidelined-for-12-months/" aria-label="Read more about All Black hopeful Dylan Pledger sidelined for 12 months">Read more</a>
