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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Five fire trucks and two water tankers are at a blaze in Eskdale. RNZ/Marika Khabazi Multiple fire crews are battling a blaze that’s engulfed a workshop in Eskdale, north of Napier. Emergency services were called to the rural Seafield Road property about 1.20pm. Fire and Emergency says it has five fire ... <a title="Fire crews battle blaze at workshop in Hawke’s Bay" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/fire-crews-battle-blaze-at-workshop-in-hawkes-bay/" aria-label="Read more about Fire crews battle blaze at workshop in Hawke’s Bay">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The body was recovered from the Waioweka River in Ōpōtiki on Tuesday morning. Police say they recovered a body from the Waioweka River on Tuesday morning after a search for a man who was swept downstream after falling from a boat in the Bay of Plenty town of Ōpōtiki last month. ... <a title="Body recovered from Bay of Plenty river" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/body-recovered-from-bay-of-plenty-river/" aria-label="Read more about Body recovered from Bay of Plenty river">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Judge Ema Aitken is accused of disrupting a NZ First function at Auckland’s Northern Club in 2024. RNZ Insight/Dan Cook The defence for a District Court Judge accused of disrupting an NZ First event has told a judicial conduct panel the affair has been blown “out of all proportion”. Judge Ema ... <a title="Judge accused of disrupting NZ First event won’t resign over ‘something she did not do’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/judge-accused-of-disrupting-nz-first-event-wont-resign-over-something-she-did-not-do/" aria-label="Read more about Judge accused of disrupting NZ First event won’t resign over ‘something she did not do’">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The change was introduced last year. File photo. Supplied / New Zealand Electrical Inspectors Association A rule change that electrical inspectors say elevates the risk of people being electrocuted is being reviewed. The change – made late last year – lifted a ban on inserting a switch, circuit or fuse into ... <a title="‘Very dangerous’ electrical rule change to be reviewed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/very-dangerous-electrical-rule-change-to-be-reviewed/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Very dangerous’ electrical rule change to be reviewed">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand March 2019 massacres happened at Christchurch’s Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre. RNZ / Nate McKinnon The Australian white supremacist who massacred 51 worshippers at two Christchurch mosques was pleased to be charged with committing terrorism, the Court of Appeal has heard. Convicted murderer and terrorist Brenton Tarrant made the ... <a title="Christchurch mosque shooter ‘wanted to be called a terrorist’, ex lawyer says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/christchurch-mosque-shooter-wanted-to-be-called-a-terrorist-ex-lawyer-says/" aria-label="Read more about Christchurch mosque shooter ‘wanted to be called a terrorist’, ex lawyer says">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Rico Simpson of Auckland during the 2025 NPC at Eden Park. Photosport Rico Simpson is no stranger to expectation. The schoolboy prodigy has been long tipped as the next star off the New Zealand rugby conveyor belt. Now in his first, full-time Super Rugby season, Simpson is looking to become a ... <a title="Rugby prodigy ready to prove the hype" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/rugby-prodigy-ready-to-prove-the-hype/" aria-label="Read more about Rugby prodigy ready to prove the hype">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand File image. Nick Monro The forestry sector is calling for a cap on rates increases after one forestry blocks rates bill went up 570 percent in a year. The 1100-hectare block near Wairoa managed by agri-advisory firm Lewis Tucker was originally farmland but was bought in 2019 and planted in pines ... <a title="Forestry sector calls for rates cap after bill increases 570 percent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/forestry-sector-calls-for-rates-cap-after-bill-increases-570-percent/" aria-label="Read more about Forestry sector calls for rates cap after bill increases 570 percent">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Black Comet’s Laughton Kora isn’t afraid of a little disruption — even at Waitangi. In 2024, he quite literally shook the foundations, he says, providing the sound design as Māori artist and activist Tāme Iti was welcomed onto Te Whare Rūnanga. “That’s a big thing for me because I was able to ... <a title="Shaking the marae grounds at Waitangi" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/shaking-the-marae-grounds-at-waitangi/" aria-label="Read more about Shaking the marae grounds at Waitangi">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand BusinessNZ director of advocacy Catherine Beard. Supplied / Business NZ Standards New Zealand has been invited by Standards Australia to take a seat at the table following many years of being unable to pay the price to join. The change follows an agreement by the Australian and New Zealand governments to ... <a title="New Zealand gets a seat at Standards Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/new-zealand-gets-a-seat-at-standards-australia/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand gets a seat at Standards Australia">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Tongariro Mayor Weston Kirton wants the government to consider a proposal to return Chateau Tongariro to its former status as a hotel. Jimmy Ellingham / RNZ Tongariro’s mayor says the government should consider a proposal from an unnamed investor to return the Chateau Tongariro to its former status as a hotel. ... <a title="Investor proposal to return Chateau Tongariro to hotel status should be considered – mayor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/investor-proposal-to-return-chateau-tongariro-to-hotel-status-should-be-considered-mayor/" aria-label="Read more about Investor proposal to return Chateau Tongariro to hotel status should be considered – mayor">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Ever since whispers of casting choices began popping up on social media, Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights has been a lightning rod for controversy. Now days away from the movie’s highly anticipated premiere, fans and critics are still arguing. Fennell is not the first to attempt a screen adaptation of Emily Brontë’s ... <a title="Wuthering Heights is one of the year’s most controversial films" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/wuthering-heights-is-one-of-the-years-most-controversial-films/" aria-label="Read more about Wuthering Heights is one of the year’s most controversial films">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand NZ First deputy leader Shane Jones addressing Fast Track protesters last year. (File photo) RNZ / Peter de Graaf New Zealand First will campaign on reinstating sweeping ministerial powers in the fast track legislation this election. The law, set up as a ‘one stop shop’ process for consenting infrastructure, initially proposed ... <a title="NZ First to campaign on ministers getting final say in fast track projects" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/nz-first-to-campaign-on-ministers-getting-final-say-in-fast-track-projects/" aria-label="Read more about NZ First to campaign on ministers getting final say in fast track projects">Read more</a>
