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February 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand First-home buyers were still a strong force in the market, but dropped to 26.2 percent of transactions compared to 28.3 percent at the end of 2025. Unsplash/ Jakub Żerdzicki Homeowners becoming willing to brave the housing market and shift to a new property could be a positive thing for the economy, ... <a title="Homeowners shifting properties could be good news for the economy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/18/homeowners-shifting-properties-could-be-good-news-for-the-economy/" aria-label="Read more about Homeowners shifting properties could be good news for the economy">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Oppo managing director Morgan Halim said more people applied for the entry level roles, than the ones with more specialist requirements. RNZ Oppo managing director Morgan Halim would usually consider 500 a high number of applicants for a job ad. So when a current advertisement ticked over 2500 applications – and ... <a title="Company boss shocked as 2500 apply for one job" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/18/company-boss-shocked-as-2500-apply-for-one-job/" aria-label="Read more about Company boss shocked as 2500 apply for one job">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The scene of a fatal dog attack in Kaihu, Northland. RNZ The small Northland settlement where a woman was mauled to death by a pack of dogs is devastated, a councillor and kaumātua for the region says. Emergency crews rushed to Kaihu north of Dargaville on Monday and Police remained at ... <a title="Kaihu community in mourning after woman mauled to death by a pack of dogs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/18/kaihu-community-in-mourning-after-woman-mauled-to-death-by-a-pack-of-dogs/" aria-label="Read more about Kaihu community in mourning after woman mauled to death by a pack of dogs">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Co-chief scientist Molly Patterson with a core sample all packaged up for transportation back from the Crary Ice Rise campsite. Supplied / Ana Tovey (SWAIS2C) An Antarctic sediment sample dating back millions of years shows evidence that a major ice sheet partially or totally collapsed during a previous warm period. The ... <a title="Antarctic expedition collects evidence that ice sheet melted during previous warm period" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/18/antarctic-expedition-collects-evidence-that-ice-sheet-melted-during-previous-warm-period/" aria-label="Read more about Antarctic expedition collects evidence that ice sheet melted during previous warm period">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Fr Brian Cummings was rector at St Bede’s College between 1990-2001. Supplied A second priest who worked at St Bede’s College was accused of sexual abuse by three complainants over three decades, it can be revealed. The priest, who “strenuously denied” the allegations, was rector at the school for more than ... <a title="Second priest at St Bede’s College was accused of sexual abuse by three complainants" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/18/second-priest-at-st-bedes-college-was-accused-of-sexual-abuse-by-three-complainants/" aria-label="Read more about Second priest at St Bede’s College was accused of sexual abuse by three complainants">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Flooding around Akaroa, Banks Peninsula on Tuesday. RNZ / Nathan McKinnon Banks Peninsula has been hammered by nearly 10 times the average monthly rainfall in just 48 hours, MetService says. The deluge has left the peninsula cut off, with slips and flooding blocking State Highway 75, the main road between Christchurch ... <a title="Banks Peninsula sees 10 times monthly rainfall in 48hrs, MetService says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/18/banks-peninsula-sees-10-times-monthly-rainfall-in-48hrs-metservice-says/" aria-label="Read more about Banks Peninsula sees 10 times monthly rainfall in 48hrs, MetService says">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Vocational Education Minister Penny Simmonds. RNZ / Angus Dreaver The 10 newly-independent polytechnics have been kick-started with more than $325-million from their former owner, super-institute Te Pūkenga. Vocational Education Minister Penny Simmonds said the organisations were recapitalised with sufficient funds to cover three months’ spending plus any ring-fenced funds they took ... <a title="Newly-independent polytechnics given $325m from former owner" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/18/newly-independent-polytechnics-given-325m-from-former-owner/" aria-label="Read more about Newly-independent polytechnics given $325m from former owner">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A father shouted to his children to get clear of a large slip as it fell away from the base of his home – rendering it uninhabitable. People in the lower North Island were confronting the damage to their neighbourhoods after heavy rain and high winds felled trees, flooded homes and ... <a title="Watch: Father and kids flee large slip under their home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/17/watch-father-and-kids-flee-large-slip-under-their-home/" aria-label="Read more about Watch: Father and kids flee large slip under their home">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Glenn Philips in action for the Black Caps against Canada in their ICC Men’s T20 World Cup clash. www.photosport.nz The Black Caps have comfortably chased down Canada’s total in their T20 World Cup clash. Canada scored a respectable 173 in the match at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, with batsman Yuvraj ... <a title="T20 World Cup: Black Caps beat Canada by eight wickets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/17/t20-world-cup-black-caps-beat-canada-by-eight-wickets/" aria-label="Read more about T20 World Cup: Black Caps beat Canada by eight wickets">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Te Maire Martin will miss about three months with his fractured fibula. Andrew Cornaga/www.photosport.nz NRL pre-season: Warriors v Dolphins Kickoff: 8pm Friday, 20 February Leichhardt Oval, Sydney Live blog updates on RNZ NZ Warriors have suffered their first significant injury of the 2026 NRL campaign, with the loss of utility Te ... <a title="Broken leg sidelines NZ Warriors veteran Te Maire Martin for start of NRL" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/17/broken-leg-sidelines-nz-warriors-veteran-te-maire-martin-for-start-of-nrl/" aria-label="Read more about Broken leg sidelines NZ Warriors veteran Te Maire Martin for start of NRL">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The chairperson had served on the Netball NZ Board for more than eight years. File photo SANKA VIDANAGAMA Multiple Netball NZ board members – including chairperson Matt Whineray – are stepping down from their roles. In a statement released this evening, Netball NZ said Whineray and board members Pavan Vyas, Stephen ... <a title="Multiple Netball NZ board members step down from roles after ‘challenging’ year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/17/multiple-netball-nz-board-members-step-down-from-roles-after-challenging-year/" aria-label="Read more about Multiple Netball NZ board members step down from roles after ‘challenging’ year">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Minister moved a motion of urgency to introduce the bill. VNP / Phil Smith The government has introduced legislation so the welfare system can legally claw back payments when someone has been backpaid for an ACC claim. Social Development and Employment Minister Louise Upston moved a motion of urgency to ... <a title="Incoming law change so MSD can claw back welfare payments off ACC clients" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/17/incoming-law-change-so-msd-can-claw-back-welfare-payments-off-acc-clients/" aria-label="Read more about Incoming law change so MSD can claw back welfare payments off ACC clients">Read more</a>
