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February 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A fire in November burnt through almost 3000 hectares of the Tongariro National Park Kristina Montgomerie / @kristinamonts Waimarino business owners work through tough summer after November fire Many hope for decent winter snow dump to boost coffers DOC says burned area rejuvenating. In early November, a wall of smoke loomed ... <a title="Businesses face hard times in months following Tongariro fire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/13/businesses-face-hard-times-in-months-following-tongariro-fire/" aria-label="Read more about Businesses face hard times in months following Tongariro fire">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Senior feline attendant Michaela Foggin’s job involves caring, feeding, cleaning, medicating and giving love and attention to the cats during the day. RNZ / Amy Williams Saturday is Caturday at a south Auckland animal shelter, where a bumper crop of kittens are in desperate need of forever homes. The SPCA has ... <a title="More than 30 kittens available for adoption at south Auckland animal shelter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/13/more-than-30-kittens-available-for-adoption-at-south-auckland-animal-shelter/" aria-label="Read more about More than 30 kittens available for adoption at south Auckland animal shelter">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Denmark in action at Australian SailGP in Sydney 2025. Felix Diemer for SailGP SailGP’s fastest may just have found even more speed. Rockwool Denmark have never won the professional sailing league, but have the distinction of clocking the fastest-ever speed in the F50 boat, when they reached 103.93km/h at Sassnitz, Germany, ... <a title="American Magic team with Denmark SailGP, as fastest get faster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/13/american-magic-team-with-denmark-sailgp-as-fastest-get-faster/" aria-label="Read more about American Magic team with Denmark SailGP, as fastest get faster">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Cody Vai was signed straight out of school to travel the World Sevens circuit as an 18-year-old. PhotoSport NZ Blues v Chiefs Kick-off: 7:05pm Saturday 14 February Eden Park, Auckland Live blog updates on RNZ Cody Vai doesn’t take the slow road. The Auckland flyer was signed straight out of school ... <a title="Super Rugby Pacific: Cody Vai set to fly for the Blues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/13/super-rugby-pacific-cody-vai-set-to-fly-for-the-blues/" aria-label="Read more about Super Rugby Pacific: Cody Vai set to fly for the Blues">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Has your social media feed been populated by amusing caricatures of your friends and whānau this week? As fun as these images may seem, their creation has raised questions around privacy and what is being done with personal information shared with AI software. What is this trend? People upload an image ... <a title="What’s with the AI caricatures taking over social media feeds?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/13/whats-with-the-ai-caricatures-taking-over-social-media-feeds/" aria-label="Read more about What’s with the AI caricatures taking over social media feeds?">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Fifty-one people were killed in two attacks on mosques in Christchurch in 2019. RNZ / Nathan Mckinnon The Christchurch terrorist made almost 700 complaints about life behind bars but his claims of torturous prison conditions are exaggerated, a court has heard. Australian white supremacist Brenton Tarrant made the 686 complaints from ... <a title="Christchurch terrorist made almost 700 complaints about life in prison" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/13/christchurch-terrorist-made-almost-700-complaints-about-life-in-prison/" aria-label="Read more about Christchurch terrorist made almost 700 complaints about life in prison">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand District Court Judge Ema Aitken (centre) at the Judicial Conduct Panel on Monday. Finn Blackwell / RNZ A district court judge described as one of the best on the bench, has had her behaviour scrutinised by a Judicial Conduct Panel this week. Judge Ema Aitken is before the panel accused of ... <a title="District court judges give evidence at conduct hearing for fellow judge Ema Aitken" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/13/district-court-judges-give-evidence-at-conduct-hearing-for-fellow-judge-ema-aitken/" aria-label="Read more about District court judges give evidence at conduct hearing for fellow judge Ema Aitken">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Beaches on the south coast are still off limits after the sewage spill. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Wellington Water says it is monitoring wet weather forecast for the capital this weekend as its Moa Point plant continues to leak raw sewage. The sewage plant melted down last week, flooding the building ... <a title="Wet weather may force use of outfall pipe near Wellington beaches" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/13/wet-weather-may-force-use-of-outfall-pipe-near-wellington-beaches/" aria-label="Read more about Wet weather may force use of outfall pipe near Wellington beaches">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand SailGP 4pm Saturday, 14 February & Sunday, 15 February Wynyard Point, Auckland Live updates on RNZ Black Foils driver Peter Burling has found himself on the wrong side of history, after the incident that sidelined his SailGP boat at Perth last month. Early in the opening race of the ... <a title="Black Foils boss Peter Burling first to earn SailGP demerit points for Perth scrape with Swiss" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/13/black-foils-boss-peter-burling-first-to-earn-sailgp-demerit-points-for-perth-scrape-with-swiss/" aria-label="Read more about Black Foils boss Peter Burling first to earn SailGP demerit points for Perth scrape with Swiss">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand “Lolita will never cease to shock”, wrote Brian Boyd in the introduction to his two-volume biography about Russian writer Vladimir Nabokov. Fourteen years ago, when he spoke to Jeffrey Epstein about funding to write a book about the novel, the billionaire financier’s child sex abuse conviction “was not well known at ... <a title="‘It’s appalling’ – the Auckland academic who appears in the Epstein files" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/13/its-appalling-the-auckland-academic-who-appears-in-the-epstein-files/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It’s appalling’ – the Auckland academic who appears in the Epstein files">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Immigration Minister Erica Stanford has given an update on the government’s so-called ‘golden visa’, which aims to attract investors with at least $5 million to spend. Changes to the Active Investor Plus visa took effect in April last year, bringing in two categories – riskier ‘growth’ investments of $5m-plus over three ... <a title="‘Golden visa’ update announced by Immigration Minister" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/13/golden-visa-update-announced-by-immigration-minister/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Golden visa’ update announced by Immigration Minister">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Two trucks arrived 30 minutes after the report of smoke coming from Auckland’s ferry terminal. File picture. RNZ / Richard Tindiller It took firefighters 30 minutes to respond to a callout in downtown Auckland on Friday afternoon, amid strike action. The New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union walked off the job for ... <a title="Firefighters take 30 minutes to respond to callout amid strike action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/13/firefighters-take-30-minutes-to-respond-to-callout-amid-strike-action/" aria-label="Read more about Firefighters take 30 minutes to respond to callout amid strike action">Read more</a>
