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February 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Super Rugby Pacific is back after a real return to form last year, with the competition kicking off in Dunedin on 13 February. As usual, each team has gone through an eventful off season, so today we’re checking in on the defending champion Crusaders. Read: Highlanders preview Read: Moana Pasifika preview ... <a title="Super Rugby Pacific preview: The Crusaders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/12/super-rugby-pacific-preview-the-crusaders/" aria-label="Read more about Super Rugby Pacific preview: The Crusaders">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Workplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The government is tweaking its legislation removing the right for contractors to challenge their employment status to make clear that it will not be applied retrospectively. The Employment Relations Amendment Bill was being considered at Committee Stage on Wednesday night, where ... <a title="Government tweaks law so contractors can’t challenge employment status retrospectively" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/12/government-tweaks-law-so-contractors-cant-challenge-employment-status-retrospectively/" aria-label="Read more about Government tweaks law so contractors can’t challenge employment status retrospectively">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Tilly Cambie is remembered as a typically adventurous three-year-old who loved climbing and adored her big sister Lainey. Supplied The mother of a child who died after becoming caught in a window blind cord is asking how many other children have to die before mandatory safety regulations are introduced. Courtney Cambie ... <a title="How many children have to die for safety regulations for corded window blinds, mother asks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/12/how-many-children-have-to-die-for-safety-regulations-for-corded-window-blinds-mother-asks/" aria-label="Read more about How many children have to die for safety regulations for corded window blinds, mother asks">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A new survey has found half of small business owners have thought about throwing in the towel. Supplied There is a certain sort of freedom which comes with being your own boss. But a lack of work-life balance alongside carrying the finances can get heavy quickly – especially when times are ... <a title="Is owning a small business really worth it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/12/is-owning-a-small-business-really-worth-it/" aria-label="Read more about Is owning a small business really worth it?">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The economic outlook is looking increasingly positive with rising confidence, solid exports and low short-term interest rates. RNZ The economic outlook is looking increasingly positive with rising confidence, solid exports and low short-term interest rates positioning 2026 for growth, according to Westpac’s first quarter economic overview. “After a rocky few years, ... <a title="NZ looks to be on firmer footing in 2026, Westpac economist says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/12/nz-looks-to-be-on-firmer-footing-in-2026-westpac-economist-says/" aria-label="Read more about NZ looks to be on firmer footing in 2026, Westpac economist says">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Air New Zealand cabin crews will strike on Thursday and Friday. RNZ/ Mark Papalii Air New Zealand says staff are working “around the clock” to minimise disruption as cabin crews go on strike Thursday and Friday. Flight attendants working on board the airline’s wide-body long range aircraft will stop work over ... <a title="Air NZ strike a ‘last resort’ as cabin crew struggle to pay rent, union says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/12/air-nz-strike-a-last-resort-as-cabin-crew-struggle-to-pay-rent-union-says/" aria-label="Read more about Air NZ strike a ‘last resort’ as cabin crew struggle to pay rent, union says">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Angus Taylor has all the on-paper qualifications to be opposition leader. But there are big questions over how well he could do the job, when a miracle worker is needed to lift the struggling Liberal Party from its existential crisis. ... <a title="Who is Angus Taylor and could he cut it as opposition leader?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/12/who-is-angus-taylor-and-could-he-cut-it-as-opposition-leader-275400/" aria-label="Read more about Who is Angus Taylor and could he cut it as opposition leader?">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Charlton, Leader of Australian Right Whale Research Program, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University Ivan Stecko/Pexels, CC BY-SA For decades, southern right whales have been celebrated as one of conservation’s success stories. Once driven to the brink of extinction by commercial whaling, southern right whales ... <a title="Southern right whales are having babies less often, but why?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/12/southern-right-whales-are-having-babies-less-often-but-why-275442/" aria-label="Read more about Southern right whales are having babies less often, but why?">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Leadership aspirant Angus Taylor resigned from the shadow cabinet on Wednesday night, but when the Liberal Party will vote on the leadership remained up in the air. After a day of high tension in the party, Taylor went to Ley’s ... <a title="View from The Hill: Angus Taylor quits frontbench, declaring Sussan Ley can’t lead Liberal Party ‘as it needs to be led’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/11/view-from-the-hill-angus-taylor-quits-frontbench-declaring-sussan-ley-cant-lead-liberal-party-as-it-needs-to-be-led-275398/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Angus Taylor quits frontbench, declaring Sussan Ley can’t lead Liberal Party ‘as it needs to be led’">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2026
By Pip Hinman in Gadigal Country/Sydney NSW Premier Chris Minns is sounding even more defensive after videos of NSW police violence towards peaceful protesters in Australia went viral — including attacks on Muslims praying in Sydney’s Town Hall Square after the rally on Monday. His “primary concern”, he told ABC TV, was to prevent the ... <a title="NSW Premier Minns’ police attack Muslims in prayer, peaceful Gaza protesters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/11/nsw-premier-minns-police-attack-muslims-in-prayer-peaceful-gaza-protesters/" aria-label="Read more about NSW Premier Minns’ police attack Muslims in prayer, peaceful Gaza protesters">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon A dead possum in the Roxburgh reservoir has triggered a boil water notice for the area. The Central Otago District Council (CODC) said the possum was found during an unrelated inspection on Wednesday, and it’s not known how long it’s been in the water. It has since ... <a title="Dead possum found in Roxburgh reservoir triggers boil water notice for area" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/11/dead-possum-found-in-roxburgh-reservoir-triggers-boil-water-notice-for-area/" aria-label="Read more about Dead possum found in Roxburgh reservoir triggers boil water notice for area">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2026
RNZ Pacific The United States has designated two high-profile public office holders from Palau and the Marshall Islands for “significant corruption”, the US Department of State says. Palau’s Senate president Hokkons Baules has been designated “for his involvement in significant corruption on behalf of China-based actors,” while the former mayor of the Kili/Bikini/Ejit community in ... <a title="US designates two Micronesian leaders over corruption allegations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/11/us-designates-two-micronesian-leaders-over-corruption-allegations/" aria-label="Read more about US designates two Micronesian leaders over corruption allegations">Read more</a>
