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February 26, 2026
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific senior journalist A number of remand prisoners at Papua New Guinea’s Bomana Prison have been injured in a confrontation with Correctional Services officers. Port Moresby General Hospital has confirmed to local media that nine inmates were rushed to hospital, and that two are in a critical condition. Sources at the ... <a title="Inmates in critical condition after alleged attack by PNG corrections officers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/26/inmates-in-critical-condition-after-alleged-attack-by-png-corrections-officers/" aria-label="Read more about Inmates in critical condition after alleged attack by PNG corrections officers">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2026
By Christine Rovoi of PMN News The arrest and charging of British-Fijian publisher Charlie Charters has pushed Fiji’s anti-corruption watchdog into fresh controversy. Charters’ arrest by police last weekend has raised sharp questions about whistleblowers, due process, and political pressure in the Pacific island nation. The 57-year-old appeared in the Suva Magistrates’ Court on Monday ... <a title="Fiji critic’s whistleblower case escalates anti-corruption crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/26/fiji-critics-whistleblower-case-escalates-anti-corruption-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji critic’s whistleblower case escalates anti-corruption crisis">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Treaty Negotiations Minister Paul Goldsmith said the settlement included an agreed historical account and redress for historical breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi. RNZ / Mark Papalii Ngāti Ruapani mai Waikaremoana and the Crown have signed a Deed of Settlement for historical claims dating back to 1866. Representatives from the Crown, ... <a title="Ngāti Ruapani mai Waikaremoana and Crown sign Deed of Settlement for historical claims" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/26/ngati-ruapani-mai-waikaremoana-and-crown-sign-deed-of-settlement-for-historical-claims/" aria-label="Read more about Ngāti Ruapani mai Waikaremoana and Crown sign Deed of Settlement for historical claims">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Dave van Zwanenberg, left, and Craig Stevens. Supplied The wives of two firefighters killed in a landslide during Cyclone Gabrielle have recounted the moment they learned their husbands had died. Volunteer firefighters Dave van Zwanenberg and Craig Stevens were buried while responding to slips on Muriwai’s Motutara Road on 13 February ... <a title="Cyclone Gabrielle inquest: Wives of volunteer firefighters proud of their work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/26/cyclone-gabrielle-inquest-wives-of-volunteer-firefighters-proud-of-their-work/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Gabrielle inquest: Wives of volunteer firefighters proud of their work">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied There are serious injuries after an accident between two cars and bus in Auckland. It happened on Jervois Road in Ponsonby just before 4pm St John treated four people at the scene after sending three ambulances and two rapid response vehicles. Two have been taken to Auckland City Hospital in ... <a title="Two seriously injured after bus, cars crash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/26/two-seriously-injured-after-bus-cars-crash/" aria-label="Read more about Two seriously injured after bus, cars crash">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Marika Khabazi Another bank has adjusted down its long-term rates, but borrowers deciding whether to take a longer term will need to weigh up a few factors. BNZ said it was reducing its three-year rate by 10 basis points to 4.99 percent, its four-year rate by 36 basis points ... <a title="Another bank cuts rates, but should you take them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/26/another-bank-cuts-rates-but-should-you-take-them/" aria-label="Read more about Another bank cuts rates, but should you take them?">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied There are serious injuries after an accident between a car and bus in Auckland. It happened on Jervois Road in Ponsonby just before 4pm St John treated four people at the scene. Two have been taken to Auckland City Hospital in serious conditions, while another is in a moderate condition. ... <a title="Two seriously injured after bus, car crash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/26/two-seriously-injured-after-bus-car-crash/" aria-label="Read more about Two seriously injured after bus, car crash">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Fiordland Wapiti Foundation has a track record of two decades of deer management with volunteers within a zone known as the Wapiti Area. Supplied A community conservation effort is hoping to fund a new processing facility for wild deer in the deep south. Deer numbers have been exploding in Fiordland ... <a title="Fiordland hunters make big push for venison meat processing plant" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/26/fiordland-hunters-make-big-push-for-venison-meat-processing-plant/" aria-label="Read more about Fiordland hunters make big push for venison meat processing plant">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The owner of a business operating out of Lyall Bay says the partial lifting of the rāhui on Wellington’s South Coast has come as a “positive shock”. The rāhui was put in place on the stretch of southern coast from Ōwhiro Bay to Breaker Bay after the Moa Point wastewater plant ... <a title="Lifting of Wellington swimming ban ‘positive shock’ for businesses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/26/lifting-of-wellington-swimming-ban-positive-shock-for-businesses/" aria-label="Read more about Lifting of Wellington swimming ban ‘positive shock’ for businesses">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Samson Aruwa on the seat dedicated to Sophia Crestani in Dunedin. RNZ / Tess Brunton A man who carried Sophia Crestani away from a deadly stairwell pile-up and helped free at least 30 others at a Dunedin student party says the night is burned in his memory. Samson Aruwa carried the ... <a title="‘Burned in my memory’: Man who pulled Sophia Crestani out of deadly party pile-up honoured" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/26/burned-in-my-memory-man-who-pulled-sophia-crestani-out-of-deadly-party-pile-up-honoured/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Burned in my memory’: Man who pulled Sophia Crestani out of deadly party pile-up honoured">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne The Morgan and YouGov federal polls have the Coalition gaining from One Nation since Angus Taylor replaced Sussan Ley as Liberal leader. Unlike the DemosAU and Fox ... <a title="2 of 3 new federal polls have the Coalition gaining from One Nation, but Labor clearly ahead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/26/2-of-3-new-federal-polls-have-the-coalition-gaining-from-one-nation-but-labor-clearly-ahead-276759/" aria-label="Read more about 2 of 3 new federal polls have the Coalition gaining from One Nation, but Labor clearly ahead">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Josh Roose, Associate Professor of Politics, Deakin University An ABC investigation has unearthed horrifying vision of gay and bisexual teenagers being beaten unconscious in Sydney. The teenage boy perpetrators are reported to be supporters of Islamic State (IS). The ABC journalists consulted and interviewed me for the ... <a title="The horrific bashing of LGBTQ+ teens is a sign of a dangerous Islamic State resurgence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/26/the-horrific-bashing-of-lgbtq-teens-is-a-sign-of-a-dangerous-islamic-state-resurgence-276953/" aria-label="Read more about The horrific bashing of LGBTQ+ teens is a sign of a dangerous Islamic State resurgence">Read more</a>
