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January 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Want to pay off your home loan? Here are some changes you can make to get you closer to that goal. Unsplash/ Artful Homes Is organising your money life on your New Year’s resolution list in 2026? In this five-part series, money correspondent Susan Edmunds guides you through the basics. If ... <a title="Get your finances sorted in 2026: Manage your mortgage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/08/get-your-finances-sorted-in-2026-manage-your-mortgage/" aria-label="Read more about Get your finances sorted in 2026: Manage your mortgage">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand MFAT warns travellers may encounter greater scrutiny at the US border. Photo: RNZ The number of New Zealanders held in US detention or having immigration difficulties in America rose to a new high of 39 last year, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Latest available White House ... <a title="Record number of New Zealanders face visa troubles in United States" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/08/record-number-of-new-zealanders-face-visa-troubles-in-united-states-2/" aria-label="Read more about Record number of New Zealanders face visa troubles in United States">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Finn Blackwell Privacy lawyers are calling for a review into what punishments companies can face for breaching privacy in the wake of the massive Manage My Health cyber hack. The country’s largest online patient portal faces a new Friday deadline for a US$60,000 ransom after hundreds of thousands of ... <a title="Lawyers say privacy rules need more teeth, following Manage My Health hack" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/08/lawyers-say-privacy-rules-need-more-teeth-following-manage-my-health-hack/" aria-label="Read more about Lawyers say privacy rules need more teeth, following Manage My Health hack">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand There’s “something really wonderful going on” in the night skies above Aotearoa this summer, says astronomer Dr Ian Griffin, with more dazzling cosmic events to come this year. Griffin, who is head of Dunedin’s Tūhura Otago Museum, has been spending his summer holiday in Middlemarch, an hour from Dunedin, enjoying New Zealand’s crystal-clear ... <a title="Why 2026 is going to be a great year for star-gazers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/08/why-2026-is-going-to-be-a-great-year-for-star-gazers/" aria-label="Read more about Why 2026 is going to be a great year for star-gazers">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Surf lifeguards at Bethells Beach. Nick Monro Surf Lifesaving is preparing for a swarm of beachgoers with hot weather expected across the country this week. Many areas, including Tauranga, Masterton, and Christchurch, were predicted to be more than 4 degrees Celsius hotter than normal over the next few days. Temperatures in ... <a title="Surf Lifeguards expect hot weather to bring influx of beachgoers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/08/surf-lifeguards-expect-hot-weather-to-bring-influx-of-beachgoers/" aria-label="Read more about Surf Lifeguards expect hot weather to bring influx of beachgoers">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A bushfire in Ngunguru, Northland, last February. Supplied/Ann Austin Fire and Emergency says people are getting complacent and ignoring safety warnings this fire season. Hot weather is expected across the country in the coming days, with temperatures rising into the 30s. FENZ wildfire manager Tim Mitchell said humidity with forecast gusty ... <a title="FENZ says people ignoring fire season safety warnings, warns against complacency" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/08/fenz-says-people-ignoring-fire-season-safety-warnings-warns-against-complacency/" aria-label="Read more about FENZ says people ignoring fire season safety warnings, warns against complacency">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Seaview wastewater treatment plant has been notorious for causing a putrid smell. RNZ / Krystal Gibbens An awful stench that has long plagued residents in a Lower Hutt suburb is likely to return this weekend. Wellington Water has told Seaview locals it was carrying out some work at the wastewater ... <a title="Seaview wastewater treatment plant stench likely to return this weekend" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/08/seaview-wastewater-treatment-plant-stench-likely-to-return-this-weekend/" aria-label="Read more about Seaview wastewater treatment plant stench likely to return this weekend">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2026
ANALYSIS: By Bryce Edwards When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, New Zealand responded with unusual speed. Sanctions followed. Condemnations were issued. The language was unambiguous. We were told this was about defending the “rules-based international order” — a phrase our politicians have grown remarkably fond of. Winston Peters has deployed it frequently in his time ... <a title="Bryce Edwards: NZ’s craven stance on the US invasion of Venezuela" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/07/bryce-edwards-nzs-craven-stance-on-the-us-invasion-of-venezuela/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards: NZ’s craven stance on the US invasion of Venezuela">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Kim Baker Wilson Two people have been flown to hospital following a jetboat crash in Otago. Emergency services were called to Makarora, in the Queenstown-Lakes district, shortly before 3.30pm. The injured pair were flown to Dunedin Hospital in a moderate condition. St John said another person was treated at ... <a title="Two flown to hospital after jetboat crash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/07/two-flown-to-hospital-after-jetboat-crash/" aria-label="Read more about Two flown to hospital after jetboat crash">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Tim Brown State Highway 1 in Canterbury is closed following a single-car crash that has left a barrier at a train level crossing jammed. The crash happened about 7.30pm with SH1’s Main South Road shut north of Dunsandel. Police said a car crashed into a signal box along the ... <a title="SH1 closed in Canterbury after crash jams crossing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/07/sh1-closed-in-canterbury-after-crash-jams-crossing/" aria-label="Read more about SH1 closed in Canterbury after crash jams crossing">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Malcolm Evans What have we become if to survive in our so-called “free world” we must turn a blind eye to cold-blooded genocide, must arm ourselves to oppose our major trading partner, must support a contrived war to defeat an adversary that no longer exists, (lest its new form otherwise achieves its potential) ... <a title="Malcolm Evans: What have we become that we accept such brigandry?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/07/malcolm-evans-what-have-we-become-that-we-accept-such-brigandry/" aria-label="Read more about Malcolm Evans: What have we become that we accept such brigandry?">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Manage My Health said it would begin notifying affected patients within the next 24 hours. RNZ / Finn Blackwell Manage My Health will begin notifying patients affected by ransomware attack by 5pm Thursday – but some providers have already told their patients Patients asking whether GPs failed in their own “due ... <a title="Manage My Health: Patients start to be notified after massive leak" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/07/manage-my-health-patients-start-to-be-notified-after-massive-leak/" aria-label="Read more about Manage My Health: Patients start to be notified after massive leak">Read more</a>
