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February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Former Gloriavale overseeing shepherd Howard Temple. The Press/Kai Schwoerer The lawyer for convicted sex offender and former Gloriavale leader Howard Temple claims jailing the 85-year-old was excessive. Temple was sentenced to 26 months’ jail in December for indecencies on multiple girls and young women. He immediately appealed and has been on ... <a title="Gloriavale leader Howard Temple appeals ‘excessive’ jail sentence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/gloriavale-leader-howard-temple-appeals-excessive-jail-sentence/" aria-label="Read more about Gloriavale leader Howard Temple appeals ‘excessive’ jail sentence">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Thames Coromandel District Council is urgently asking people not to swim, fish or collect shellfish in the area around where the stream discharges until further notice. Supplied / Thames Coromandel District Council Thames Coromandel District Council says a sinkhole has formed near the Onemana Wastewater Treatment Plant. In a post online ... <a title="Wastewater may be flowing to a Coromandel beach after sinkhole forms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/wastewater-may-be-flowing-to-a-coromandel-beach-after-sinkhole-forms/" aria-label="Read more about Wastewater may be flowing to a Coromandel beach after sinkhole forms">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Labour MP Kieran McAnulty. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Labour MP Kieran McAnulty was ordered to leave the House during a tense session that included many challenges on the Speaker’s rulings. Question Time began with Gerry Brownlee indirectly rebuking New Zealand First leader Winston Peters for his remarks towards Green MP Teanau ... <a title="Labour MP Kieran McAnulty ordered to leave the House after challenging Speaker" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/labour-mp-kieran-mcanulty-ordered-to-leave-the-house-after-challenging-speaker/" aria-label="Read more about Labour MP Kieran McAnulty ordered to leave the House after challenging Speaker">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Te Huia was launched in April 2021 for a five-year trial which was due to end in June 2026, but has now been extended by a year. RNZ / Gill Bonnett The Hamilton-to-Auckland train, Te Huia, has been given an extra year to prove itself. The train provides an interregional passenger ... <a title="Hamilton-to-Auckland train Te Huia trial extended to June 2027" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/hamilton-to-auckland-train-te-huia-trial-extended-to-june-2027/" aria-label="Read more about Hamilton-to-Auckland train Te Huia trial extended to June 2027">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Diego Opatowski Courts will have to grapple more and more with AI fakes and it might take law changes to keep them out of trials, the government’s chief legal advisers say. Crown Law’s long-term insights briefing to a parliamentary select committee on Thursday morning turned quickly to questions around ... <a title="AI and deep fakes becoming problematic for courts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/ai-and-deep-fakes-becoming-problematic-for-courts/" aria-label="Read more about AI and deep fakes becoming problematic for courts">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Labour deputy leader and spokesperson for Auckland Carmel Sepuloni. RNZ / Angus Dreaver Labour says the Housing Minister has been undermined by his leader and colleagues following the announcement to lower the maximum number of houses in Auckland from 2 million to at least 1.6 million. Meanwhile, ACT leader David Seymour ... <a title="Opposition parties react to Auckland housing U-turn" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/opposition-parties-react-to-auckland-housing-u-turn/" aria-label="Read more about Opposition parties react to Auckland housing U-turn">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Sky TV is increasing the price of its Sky Sport and Sky Sport Now packages. AFP/SUPPLIED Sky TV is increasing the price of its Sky Sport and Sky Sport Now packages again. The Sky Sport price will lift from $47 to $52 a month, a roughly 10 percent increase. Last March, ... <a title="Sky to lift prices of Sky Sport and Sky Sport Now by about 10 percent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/sky-to-lift-prices-of-sky-sport-and-sky-sport-now-by-about-10-percent/" aria-label="Read more about Sky to lift prices of Sky Sport and Sky Sport Now by about 10 percent">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop has told Auckland leaders the government’s not “shagging spiders” as it progresses work on a second Auckland harbour crossing. Public discourse about another Waitematā Harbour crossing was reignited this week after the Infrastructure Commission suggested a toll as high as $9 per trip to help pay for ... <a title="‘We’re not shagging spiders’: Minister on second Auckland harbour crossing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/were-not-shagging-spiders-minister-on-second-auckland-harbour-crossing/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We’re not shagging spiders’: Minister on second Auckland harbour crossing">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The person was pulled from the water at St Clair beach but could not be revived. File picture. RNZ / Tim Brown A person has died after being pulled out of the water at St Clair Beach in Dunedin. Police say they were called to the beach at the south of ... <a title="Person dies after being pulled from water at Dunedin beach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/person-dies-after-being-pulled-from-water-at-dunedin-beach/" aria-label="Read more about Person dies after being pulled from water at Dunedin beach">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand An artist’s impression of the seven-storey apartment building, Mayfair, that is proposed for Wellington’s Mt Victoria. Supplied / One to One Hundred Ltd A controversial high-rise development has been approved in Mt Victoria in Wellington, despite strong opposition from neighbours. The proposal for the seven-storey, 32-unit Mayfair apartment block was first ... <a title="Controversial high-rise development approved in Wellington" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/controversial-high-rise-development-approved-in-wellington/" aria-label="Read more about Controversial high-rise development approved in Wellington">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Tiaki Wai board chair Will Peet. Supplied / Tiaki Wai The chair of Wellington’s new water entity will not promise the Moa Point wastewater treatment plant will be fully fixed by July, when it takes over. Tiaki Wai board chair Will Peet also will not give “absolute confidence” that people will ... <a title="No guarantee Moa Point will be fixed soon – water chair" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/no-guarantee-moa-point-will-be-fixed-soon-water-chair/" aria-label="Read more about No guarantee Moa Point will be fixed soon – water chair">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Libby Kirkby-McLeod Parking changes in Hamilton city have come with a hefty price tag for drivers, with infringements more than doubling. The total value of tickets in the central business district was also nearly five times higher the year after the changes were introduced. But the council said Hamilton ... <a title="Parking fines more than double in Hamilton after changes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/parking-fines-more-than-double-in-hamilton-after-changes/" aria-label="Read more about Parking fines more than double in Hamilton after changes">Read more</a>
