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February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 123rf Whangārei woman Brooke Gibson was left feeling burned when she tried to use a $200 gift card for a local restaurant. “We were given a gift voucher by a contractor that we used and I assumed it was 12 months and put it away for safe keeping … fast forward ... <a title="New gift card rules clarified" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/27/new-gift-card-rules-clarified/" aria-label="Read more about New gift card rules clarified">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand There has been fewer cases of police taking action against children and young people, latest data from the Ministry of Justice shows. Police have taken action against fewer children and young people, including fewer cases involving young people and serious offending, but more involving children and serious offending, new figures show. ... <a title="Youth justice: police take actions against fewer children, young people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/27/youth-justice-police-take-actions-against-fewer-children-young-people/" aria-label="Read more about Youth justice: police take actions against fewer children, young people">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Football Fern Kelli Brown. Photosport A first half hat-trick for Kelli Brown set the Football Ferns on the way to a 8-0 victory in their opening World Cup qualifier against Samoa. Brown scored 30 seconds into the game in Honiara, she doubled her tally 13 minutes later and added her third ... <a title="Football Ferns dominate Samoa in FIFA World Cup qualifier" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/27/football-ferns-dominate-samoa-in-fifa-world-cup-qualifier/" aria-label="Read more about Football Ferns dominate Samoa in FIFA World Cup qualifier">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Work continues to reopen the roads in the Waipā District. RNZ / Libby Kirkby-McLeod Waipā District is now in the recovery stage after extreme weather forced it into a state of emergency earlier this month. But with some residents still cut off and the town of Pirongia still rationing water, things ... <a title="Pirongia residents remain cut off following extreme weather" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/27/pirongia-residents-remain-cut-off-following-extreme-weather/" aria-label="Read more about Pirongia residents remain cut off following extreme weather">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Kim Baker Wilson One person has been injured after steel piles fell on a worker’s leg at a road construction site in Auckland. Emergency services were sent to the incident at the the intersection of Sunnyvale Road and Red Hills Road in the suburb of Massey shortly after 4pm. ... <a title="Steel piles fall on worker’s leg at Auckland construction site" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/27/steel-piles-fall-on-workers-leg-at-auckland-construction-site/" aria-label="Read more about Steel piles fall on worker’s leg at Auckland construction site">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The ministry said parts of Auckland were among the worst-affected by the teacher shortage. 123RF Secondary principals say the worsening shortage of teachers is forcing schools to cancel subjects and hire untrained teachers. Education Ministry figures showed schools this year faced a bigger shortfall of secondary teachers than previously expected. It ... <a title="Teacher shortage forcing subject cancellations, principals say" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/27/teacher-shortage-forcing-subject-cancellations-principals-say/" aria-label="Read more about Teacher shortage forcing subject cancellations, principals say">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Robin Martin Nelson City Council is putting $100,000 towards helping vulnerable and homeless women in the city. The grant to the Nelson Women’s Centre will support a new housing navigator role to help women into safe and stable housing so its social worker can respond to other urgent needs. ... <a title="Nelson City Council putting $100,000 towards helping homeless women" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/27/nelson-city-council-putting-100000-towards-helping-homeless-women/" aria-label="Read more about Nelson City Council putting $100,000 towards helping homeless women">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Awatea Mita UGP / Melody Thomas Māori women are disproportionately represented in the criminal justice system, getting worse the further they progress through the system, a new factsheet from the Ministry of Justice shows. The factsheet found while wāhine Māori made up 15 percent of people in New Zealand they made ... <a title="Māori wāhine over represented in criminal justice system and gets worse the further they go" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/27/maori-wahine-over-represented-in-criminal-justice-system-and-gets-worse-the-further-they-go/" aria-label="Read more about Māori wāhine over represented in criminal justice system and gets worse the further they go">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Police said they hope the arrest would reassure Sharlene’s family and the community. RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly Two Napier men have been charged in connection with the homicide of Sharlene Smith whose body was found on a worksite in Omahu. 64-year-old Smith was earlier identified by police as a ‘much-loved mother, ... <a title="Two Napier men charged in relation to Sharlene Smith homocide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/27/two-napier-men-charged-in-relation-to-sharlene-smith-homocide/" aria-label="Read more about Two Napier men charged in relation to Sharlene Smith homocide">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand St Joseph’s School in Ashburton. Google Maps Four people have been taken to hospital, St John ambulance says, after reports of unwell children at an Ashburton primary school where an unknown has been chemical detected. Initially St John said two people were taken to hospital from St Joseph’s School, on Friday ... <a title="Four people taken to hospital, chemical detected at primary school" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/27/four-people-taken-to-hospital-chemical-detected-at-primary-school/" aria-label="Read more about Four people taken to hospital, chemical detected at primary school">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Police had received reports that a person was assaulted at the intersection of Massey Street and Korimako Street. RNZ / Nate McKinnon A person is seriously injured after being assaulted following a road rage incident in Hamilton. Detective Alistair Hill from Hamilton City CIB said police were called at about 9am ... <a title="Road rage leads to assault and serious injury in Hamilton" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/27/road-rage-leads-to-assault-and-serious-injury-in-hamilton/" aria-label="Read more about Road rage leads to assault and serious injury in Hamilton">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Bromley’s damaged sewage treatment plant. Christchurch City Council claims it is committed to doing everything it can to reduce the effects of Bromley’s damaged sewage treatment plant on the community after being issued with an abatement notice for the putrid smell. The plant was damaged by fire in 2021 and has ... <a title="Stench from Canterbury sewage treatment plant council’s ‘top priority’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/27/stench-from-canterbury-sewage-treatment-plant-councils-top-priority/" aria-label="Read more about Stench from Canterbury sewage treatment plant council’s ‘top priority’">Read more</a>
