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February 25, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A university researcher who tracks the amount of ultra-processed products and ingredients coming into New Zealand is calling for stronger regulations around marketing, especially to children. Ultra-processed foods are not just junk food, but anything full of chemical based preservatives, emulsifiers, sweeteners like high fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated fats, and artificial ... <a title="Ultra-processed food marketing needs tougher regulations – researcher" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/ultra-processed-food-marketing-needs-tougher-regulations-researcher/" aria-label="Read more about Ultra-processed food marketing needs tougher regulations – researcher">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A sudden increase in wind speed caused the Black Foils to lose control of their boat moments before their high-speed crash with Team France in this month’s SailGP regatta in Auckland, an investigation has found. The horrifying crash, which unfolded just 15 seconds after the start of the third race on ... <a title="How a wind gust triggered high-speed Auckland SailGP crash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/how-a-wind-gust-triggered-high-speed-auckland-sailgp-crash/" aria-label="Read more about How a wind gust triggered high-speed Auckland SailGP crash">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The vehicle of interest in the Sharlene Smith investigation. Supplied / NZ Police Police investigating the death of a grandmother whose body was found at a Hawke’s Bay worksite earlier this month have identified a likely route taken by a vehicle of interest. Police have issued a fresh appeal for help ... <a title="Sharlene Smith homicide: Vehicle of interest identified" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/sharlene-smith-homicide-vehicle-of-interest-identified/" aria-label="Read more about Sharlene Smith homicide: Vehicle of interest identified">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Meridian Energy CEO Mike Roan. Meridian Energy Meridian Energy says households could face power bill increases of up to seven percent this year, mostly due to lines and transmission charges. The country’s biggest power generator returned to profitability in the half-year ended December, posting a bottom-line profit of $227 million, compared ... <a title="Meridian warns households could face power bill increases up to seven percent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/meridian-warns-households-could-face-power-bill-increases-up-to-seven-percent/" aria-label="Read more about Meridian warns households could face power bill increases up to seven percent">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A police officer found the body near Parkers Creek. Google Maps Police are investigating after a person was found dead near a vehicle in Whataroa, north of Franz Josef. Detective Senior Sergeant Brent Lyford said a police officer found the body near Parkers Creek. “At this time, the death is being ... <a title="Investigation underway after body found near vehicle in Westland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/investigation-underway-after-body-found-near-vehicle-in-westland/" aria-label="Read more about Investigation underway after body found near vehicle in Westland">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. RNZ / REECE BAKER Multiple people have been injured after a bus crash in the Auckland suburb of Grafton this afternoon. Hato Hone St John said three ambulances and one rapid response unit were sent to the scene on Carlton Gore Road / Park Road, shortly after 2.30pm “Four ... <a title="Multiple injuries after bus crash in Auckland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/multiple-injuries-after-bus-crash-in-auckland/" aria-label="Read more about Multiple injuries after bus crash in Auckland">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand NZ First’s Shane Jones and National’s Tama Potaka. RNZ New Zealand First has hit out at National after its coalition partner promised to campaign on stronger fishing protections in the Hauraki Gulf. National’s conservation spokesperson Tama Potaka laid out the position his party would take to the election campaign over the ... <a title="National and New Zealand First go head to head over Hauraki Gulf" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/national-and-new-zealand-first-go-head-to-head-over-hauraki-gulf/" aria-label="Read more about National and New Zealand First go head to head over Hauraki Gulf">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon previously said the plans helped create momentum and drive focus. RNZ / Nathan McKinnon The government appears to have scrapped its quarterly action plans, after not releasing one so far this quarter. At the start of the term, the Prime Minister released the things the government planned ... <a title="Government scraps its quarterly action plans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/government-scraps-its-quarterly-action-plans/" aria-label="Read more about Government scraps its quarterly action plans">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ/Calvin Samuel MediMap, the hacked health portal, is heading to court to try to block people accessing and using the data that has been breached. It was breached on Sunday, and the company has now taken the platform offline while it investigates. It’s used for prescribing and giving medication in places ... <a title="MediMap urgently seeks court injunction to protect stolen data after cyber hack" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/medimap-urgently-seeks-court-injunction-to-protect-stolen-data-after-cyber-hack/" aria-label="Read more about MediMap urgently seeks court injunction to protect stolen data after cyber hack">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Spark said it will be proactively blocking mobile phones unable to make emergency 111 calls once its 3G network shuts down on 31 March. 123RF Spark says it will be blocking phones unable to call emergency services on 111 after its 3G shutdown. All three main mobile operators – Spark, 2degrees ... <a title="3G shutdown: Spark to block phones unable to call emergency 111" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/3g-shutdown-spark-to-block-phones-unable-to-call-emergency-111/" aria-label="Read more about 3G shutdown: Spark to block phones unable to call emergency 111">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Candidates contesting a local body election in Papatoetoe want ethnicity left out of the race as they vie for one of the four seats that are up for grabs. A Manukau District Court judge in December voided the outcome of the 2025 vote for the Papatoetoe subdivision that forms part of ... <a title="Auckland local body election rivals unite against racism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/auckland-local-body-election-rivals-unite-against-racism/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland local body election rivals unite against racism">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand “It was a normal day up until it wasn’t,” Whakaari White Island guide and survivor Kelsey Waghorn says. Waghorn, then 26, wasn’t even rostered on to work on 9 December 2019 when the volcano erupted killing 22 people and injuring 25 others. She had been called up to work that morning. ... <a title="Whakaari White Island survivor Kelsey Waghorn’s long road to recovery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/whakaari-white-island-survivor-kelsey-waghorns-long-road-to-recovery/" aria-label="Read more about Whakaari White Island survivor Kelsey Waghorn’s long road to recovery">Read more</a>
