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February 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Dame Jacinda Ardern. RNZ Dame Jacinda Ardern is moving to Australia. The news comes after an Australia real estate website reported the former New Zealand prime minister had been house hunting for properties in Sydney’s northern beaches. According to RealEstate.com.au, Ardern and husband Clarke Gayford were seen looking at homes for ... <a title="Former Prime Minister Dame Jacinda Ardern moving to Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/26/former-prime-minister-dame-jacinda-ardern-moving-to-australia/" aria-label="Read more about Former Prime Minister Dame Jacinda Ardern moving to Australia">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Police said the pedestrian died at the scene. RNZ / Marika Khabazi A pedestrian hit by a truck in Whangārei this morning has died. Emergency crews were called to Kamo Road just after 9:35am on Thursday. Police said the pedestrian died at the scene after being struck. Kamo Road is still ... <a title="Pedestrian dies after being hit by truck in Whangārei" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/26/pedestrian-dies-after-being-hit-by-truck-in-whangarei/" aria-label="Read more about Pedestrian dies after being hit by truck in Whangārei">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealander Roma Forbes is Australia’s top university teacher. Ōpōtiki-born Forbes, who teaches physiotherapy at the University of Queensland, has been in Australia for 16 years, she told RNZ’s Afternoons. “I studied physiotherapy at AUT in New Zealand and then came over to the University of Queensland to be a clinical ... <a title="Kiwi teaching academic named top Australian lecturer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/26/kiwi-teaching-academic-named-top-australian-lecturer/" aria-label="Read more about Kiwi teaching academic named top Australian lecturer">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Andrew Barnes, Perpetual Guardian founder. Supplied Estate planning, trust and investment manager Perpetual Guardian Group is stepping back into the corporate supervision market with the purchase of Trustees Executors Limited for an undisclosed sum. The companies are the oldest trustee institutions in the New Zealand, with histories stretching back more than ... <a title="Perpetual Guardian purchases Trustees Executors for undisclosed sum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/26/perpetual-guardian-purchases-trustees-executors-for-undisclosed-sum/" aria-label="Read more about Perpetual Guardian purchases Trustees Executors for undisclosed sum">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Unsplash / Bence Boros The fizz has gone out of the beer industry. Stats New Zealand numbers out Tuesday show beer consumption fell 10 percent to 265 million litres in the year ended December 2025. It’s part of a sustained downward trend in overall alcohol consumption, happening in New Zealand and ... <a title="Fizz goes out of the beer industry as consumption keeps falling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/26/fizz-goes-out-of-the-beer-industry-as-consumption-keeps-falling/" aria-label="Read more about Fizz goes out of the beer industry as consumption keeps falling">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The government says its tough on crime approach has driven a significant drop in the number of victims of violent crime. It comes as the latest New Zealand Crime and Victims Survey reported 49,000 fewer victims of violent crime in the year to October 2025 than two years previously. Justice Minister ... <a title="Ministers say ‘tough on crime’ working as new figures unveiled" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/26/ministers-say-tough-on-crime-working-as-new-figures-unveiled/" aria-label="Read more about Ministers say ‘tough on crime’ working as new figures unveiled">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied The Defence Force is going to begin testing air, land and sea drones from a Mount Maunganui company. Syos Aerospace drones are used in Ukraine and it recently took another step towards helping develop ‘wingman drones’ for the UK’s Apache attack helicopters, including for strike and target acquisition The government ... <a title="Defence Force to test air, land, and sea drones from Mount Maunganui company" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/26/defence-force-to-test-air-land-and-sea-drones-from-mount-maunganui-company/" aria-label="Read more about Defence Force to test air, land, and sea drones from Mount Maunganui company">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is taking questions after the announcement of a new crime figures. It comes as the latest New Zealand Crime and Victims Survey reported 49,000 fewer victims of violent crime in the year to October 2025 than two years previously. Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith put this down to ... <a title="Watch live: Christopher Luxon talks law and order as latest crime stats unveiled" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/26/watch-live-christopher-luxon-talks-law-and-order-as-latest-crime-stats-unveiled/" aria-label="Read more about Watch live: Christopher Luxon talks law and order as latest crime stats unveiled">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Manawatū River. 123RF A large search operation is underway for a man missing in the Manawatū River in Palmerston North. Police were called to a report of personal items abandoned in a suspicious manner on Albert Street last Tuesday. Officers then went to the nearby riverbank, and spotting a man in ... <a title="Large search operation launched in hunt for man missing in Manawatū River" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/26/large-search-operation-launched-in-hunt-for-man-missing-in-manawatu-river/" aria-label="Read more about Large search operation launched in hunt for man missing in Manawatū River">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour criticised the airline, saying it should go back to the basics. RNZ / Mark Papalii Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour has renewed his call for the government to sell its 51 percent stake in Air New Zealand after it reported a significant half-year loss. The airline ... <a title="David Seymour renews call to sell government Air NZ’s shares after half-year loss" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/26/david-seymour-renews-call-to-sell-government-air-nzs-shares-after-half-year-loss/" aria-label="Read more about David Seymour renews call to sell government Air NZ’s shares after half-year loss">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour criticised the airline, saying it should go back to the basics. RNZ / Mark Papalii Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour has renewed his call for the government to sell its 51 percent stake in Air New Zealand after it reported a significant half-year loss. The airline ... <a title="David Seymour renews call to sell government’s Air NZ shares after half-year loss" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/26/david-seymour-renews-call-to-sell-governments-air-nz-shares-after-half-year-loss/" aria-label="Read more about David Seymour renews call to sell government’s Air NZ shares after half-year loss">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The man was found unresponsive in a cell on October 6, 2023. (File photo) RNZ / REECE BAKER Police officers did not provide proper checks on a man in custody before he was found unresponsive in his cell and later died, the Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA), has found. The man ... <a title="Police didn’t check properly on man who died in custody, watchdog finds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/26/police-didnt-check-properly-on-man-who-died-in-custody-watchdog-finds/" aria-label="Read more about Police didn’t check properly on man who died in custody, watchdog finds">Read more</a>
