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January 1, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Naduni Madhavika, Doctoral Researcher, Social Sustainability in Tourism, University of Tasmania If they haven’t already, many Australians will soon head off for summer holidays. But behind every smooth check-in, cocktail or airport gate smile is one of more than an estimated 270 million tourism workers – about ... <a title="Worker exploitation can hide in plain sight. Here’s how to ensure an ethical summer holiday" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/01/worker-exploitation-can-hide-in-plain-sight-heres-how-to-ensure-an-ethical-summer-holiday-270077/" aria-label="Read more about Worker exploitation can hide in plain sight. Here’s how to ensure an ethical summer holiday">Read more</a>
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January 1, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Garritt C. Van Dyk, Senior Lecturer in History, University of Waikato Alison Pang/Unsplash We all scream for ice-cream, especially as temperatures soar in the summer. Ancient civilisations had the same desire for a cold, sweet treat to cope with heat waves. There are plenty of contenders claiming ... <a title="Inside scoop: the 2,500-year history of ice-cream" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/01/inside-scoop-the-2-500-year-history-of-ice-cream-270156/" aria-label="Read more about Inside scoop: the 2,500-year history of ice-cream">Read more</a>
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January 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A person has died following a crash in Waikato’s Hauraki District. Police were called to the intersection of State Highway 26 and Cadman Road in Tirohia at around 12.40am this morning. The sole occupant of the single vehicle crash died at the scene. The road was closed as a result of ... <a title="One dead following crash on State Highway 26 in Waikato" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/01/one-dead-following-crash-on-state-highway-26-in-waikato/" aria-label="Read more about One dead following crash on State Highway 26 in Waikato">Read more</a>
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January 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Marika Khabazi One person has been found dead on Kaipara Coast Highway, north of Auckland. Police had earlier asked motorists to avoid the village of Makarau after an “incident”. In a statement, police said officers were called to the scene about 5.20am this morning “where a person was found ... <a title="Person found dead on Kaipara Coast Highway, north of Auckland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/01/person-found-dead-on-kaipara-coast-highway-north-of-auckland/" aria-label="Read more about Person found dead on Kaipara Coast Highway, north of Auckland">Read more</a>
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January 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Marika Khabazi Motorists are being asked to avoid the village of Makarau, north of Auckland, after an incident. Police were called to Kaipara Coast Highway around 5.20am on Thursday. The road is closed in both directions. More to come… Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero, a daily newsletter curated ... <a title="Motorists asked to avoid Makarau after ‘incident’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/01/motorists-asked-to-avoid-makarau-after-incident/" aria-label="Read more about Motorists asked to avoid Makarau after ‘incident’">Read more</a>
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January 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Fashion! A delight to the senses, a thing of beauty, a source of pleasure, pain and, in its determined ridiculousness, humor. But this year, fashion was more likely to inspire something else: pure, unadulterated rage. Sydney Sweeney’s great jeans ad — or were they great genes?! — became a cultural firestorm so ... <a title="Why did fashion make us so mad in 2025?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/01/why-did-fashion-make-us-so-mad-in-2025/" aria-label="Read more about Why did fashion make us so mad in 2025?">Read more</a>
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January 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A New Year’s reveller. RNZ / Kim Baker Wilson The near year has started with a bang across the country. In Auckland, more than half a tonne of fireworks launched high up the Sky Tower. Thousands poured into the central city after streets were closed to get a prime viewing spot ... <a title="Revellers ring in 2026 New Year with celebrations across the country" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/01/revellers-ring-in-2026-new-year-with-celebrations-across-the-country/" aria-label="Read more about Revellers ring in 2026 New Year with celebrations across the country">Read more</a>
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January 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand One of the cables at the historic Ōpiki bridge has fallen into the Manawatū River again. Supplied / Horizons Regional Council Horizons Regional Council has issued a warning to Manawatū River users at the historic Ōpiki Bridge. One of the two suspension cables remaining from the old toll bridge, adjacent to ... <a title="Historic Ōpiki Bridge cable falls into Manawatū River again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/01/historic-opiki-bridge-cable-falls-into-manawatu-river-again/" aria-label="Read more about Historic Ōpiki Bridge cable falls into Manawatū River again">Read more</a>
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January 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A cyber security breach at ManageMyHealth has been “contained”, according to the company. Supplied A cyber security breach at ManageMyHealth has been “contained”, according to the company – but GPs and patients are still waiting to hear if their health records have been compromised. The country’s largest patient information portal on ... <a title="GPs worried by lack of information on ManageMyHealth data breach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/01/gps-worried-by-lack-of-information-on-managemyhealth-data-breach/" aria-label="Read more about GPs worried by lack of information on ManageMyHealth data breach">Read more</a>
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January 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A New Zealander has been arrested for walking onto the tarmac at Perth Airport. 123rf.com A New Zealander has been arrested for breaking through security and walking onto the tarmac at Perth Airport. Australian Federal Police said the 25-year-old man had been denied entry to his flight on Tuesday because he ... <a title="New Zealander arrested for breaking through Perth Airport security, going onto tarmac" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/01/new-zealander-arrested-for-breaking-through-perth-airport-security-going-onto-tarmac/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealander arrested for breaking through Perth Airport security, going onto tarmac">Read more</a>
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January 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Fireworks at the Sky Tower in Auckland at midnight. RNZ / Kim Baker Wilson New Year’s celebrations are well underway – despite the dreary weather in many regions. Christchurch children have been the first to welcome the New Year, with a mock countdown with confetti cannons at 7pm at North Hagley ... <a title="Wild weather hasn’t dampened NZ’s New Year celebrations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/01/wild-weather-hasnt-dampened-nzs-new-year-celebrations/" aria-label="Read more about Wild weather hasn’t dampened NZ’s New Year celebrations">Read more</a>
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December 31, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand NYE crowds in central Wellington. RNZ / Ruth Hill With less than two hours left of 2025, New Year’s celebrations are well underway – despite the dreary weather in many regions. Christchurch children have been the first to welcome the New Year, with a mock countdown with confetti cannons at 7pm ... <a title="Wild weather won’t dampen NZ’s New Year celebrations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/31/wild-weather-wont-dampen-nzs-new-year-celebrations/" aria-label="Read more about Wild weather won’t dampen NZ’s New Year celebrations">Read more</a>
