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February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied Wellington Water has announced a new board chairperson after Nick Leggett stepped down amid the Moa Point plant failure. Bill Bayfield was appointed into the leadership role after having served on the water company’s board since September 2023. Leggett stepped down from the job following the sewage plant failure which ... <a title="Wellington Water appoints Bill Bayfield as new chairperson" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/wellington-water-appoints-bill-bayfield-as-new-chairperson/" aria-label="Read more about Wellington Water appoints Bill Bayfield as new chairperson">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Salvage crew survey the wreckage of Black Foils’ Amokura boat at New Zealand SailGP. James Gourley for SailGP The Black Foils are drawing heavily on the strength of injured grinder Louis Sinclair as they come to grips with the horror crash that all but destroyed their F50 boat during New Zealand ... <a title="Black Foils begin physical, emotional repairs after horror SailGP crash with France" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/black-foils-begin-physical-emotional-repairs-after-horror-sailgp-crash-with-france/" aria-label="Read more about Black Foils begin physical, emotional repairs after horror SailGP crash with France">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Dual citizens face having to get both passports and keep them up to date – and to get a UK passport soon if they want to travel from the end of February. Gill Bonnett The British government is now allowing dual nationals to have a lifelong digital stamp in their New ... <a title="British dual nationals with NZ passports no longer need new UK passport" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/british-dual-nationals-with-nz-passports-no-longer-need-new-uk-passport/" aria-label="Read more about British dual nationals with NZ passports no longer need new UK passport">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand More than 98 percent of the co-op’s 8000 shareholders voted in favour of the capital return scheme resulting from the divestment of Mainland Group. 123rf / Supplied images The multi-billion-dollar sale of dairy co-operative Fonterra’s consumer brands business is one step closer, as shareholders overwhelmingly approve another regulatory hurdle to the ... <a title="Majority of Fonterra shareholders vote in favour of Mainland payout scheme" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/majority-of-fonterra-shareholders-vote-in-favour-of-mainland-payout-scheme/" aria-label="Read more about Majority of Fonterra shareholders vote in favour of Mainland payout scheme">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand You aren’t in much danger of walking out of No Other Choice wondering what it was about. But director Park Chan-wook’s idiosyncratic, dark-comedy thriller is a masterclass in how hilarious, anxiety-inducing and chilling being on-the-nose can be. When protagonist and former “Pulp Man of the Year’” Yoo Man-su loses his paper factory ... <a title="Review: No Other Choice is impossible to predict" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/review-no-other-choice-is-impossible-to-predict/" aria-label="Read more about Review: No Other Choice is impossible to predict">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The bridge over Hurupi Stream on Cape Palliser Road. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone It’s not “panic, panic” yet, but Ngawi crayfishers are keeping their fingers crossed that a failed bridge reopens soon on Wairarapa’s south coast. While the bridge at the Turanganui River on Lake Ferry Road reopened on Wednesday, the ... <a title="Crayfishers in cut-off Wairarapa hope bridge reopens soon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/crayfishers-in-cut-off-wairarapa-hope-bridge-reopens-soon/" aria-label="Read more about Crayfishers in cut-off Wairarapa hope bridge reopens soon">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ A man found dead in a Tauranga park, sparking a homicide investigation, has been named as Dax Rodney Holland. He was 54. Detective Senior Sergeant Natalie Flowerdew-Brown said police were called to the Wharepai Domain on Saturday around 2pm following Holland’s body being found. A homicide investigation was launched following ... <a title="Dax Rodney Holland named as man found dead in Tauranga park" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/dax-rodney-holland-named-as-man-found-dead-in-tauranga-park/" aria-label="Read more about Dax Rodney Holland named as man found dead in Tauranga park">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Reserve Bank kept the Official Cash Rate (OCR) at 2.25 percent. RNZ Wholesale interest rates have softened a little since the Reserve Bank’s Wednesday update, but there is unlikely to be any relief for home loan borrowers. The Reserve Bank kept the Official Cash Rate (OCR) at 2.25 percent but ... <a title="OCR: Why no move was probably good news for home loans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/ocr-why-no-move-was-probably-good-news-for-home-loans/" aria-label="Read more about OCR: Why no move was probably good news for home loans">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Under a drizzly Auckland sky, clusters of people gather on hilltops across the city, eyes fixed on a narrow band of horizon on Wednesday night. They are waiting for a break in the cloud — a fleeting silver curve that will mark the start of Ramadan for Muslims across Aotearoa. The ... <a title="How do you know when Ramadan begins? A night with the NZ moon sighters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/how-do-you-know-when-ramadan-begins-a-night-with-the-nz-moon-sighters/" aria-label="Read more about How do you know when Ramadan begins? A night with the NZ moon sighters">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Cabinet has agreed to lower the maximum number of houses in Auckland from 2 million to at least 1.6 million. Housing Minister Chris Bishop announced the new figure to Auckland leaders at the International Convention Centre this afternoon. Auckland Council had been progressing a new plan to accommodate up to 2 ... <a title="Government weakens housing intensification rules for Auckland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/government-weakens-housing-intensification-rules-for-auckland/" aria-label="Read more about Government weakens housing intensification rules for Auckland">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand SH1 was closed between Kaiwaka Mangawhai Road and Mangawhai Road for a time. RNZ / Tim Brown One person has been transported to hospital in a serious condition following a crash on State Highway 1, Kaiwaka. The single vehicle crash was reported to the police at 7.35am on Thursday. SH1 was ... <a title="Person seriously hurt in Northland crash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/person-seriously-hurt-in-northland-crash/" aria-label="Read more about Person seriously hurt in Northland crash">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Pirongia. Phillip Capper / Flickr / Creative Commons Residents in the Waikato town of Pirongia will have to conserve water until Sunday. The Western Waikato Emergency Centre said work was underway to install infrastructure to boost resilience in the network. It said Pirongia’s water was being supplied from a bore-fed reservoir ... <a title="Pirongia residents asked to conserve water a bit longer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/pirongia-residents-asked-to-conserve-water-a-bit-longer/" aria-label="Read more about Pirongia residents asked to conserve water a bit longer">Read more</a>
