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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The people of Ngāpuhi deliver a powerful haka, welcoming parliamentarians onto the upper Waitangi Treaty Grounds. Layla Bailey-McDowell / RNZ The prime minister and other MPs were welcomed back onto the Waitangi Treaty Grounds on Thursday morning as the long weekend gets underway. RNZ photographers and journalists were on the ground ... <a title="Waitangi 2026: Thursday in pictures" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/waitangi-2026-thursday-in-pictures/" aria-label="Read more about Waitangi 2026: Thursday in pictures">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Wellington Water chief executive Pat Dougherty says he had never seen damage like this before. Samuel Rillstone Wellington Water’s chief executive says the Moa Point wastewater treatment plant is not in good shape, with 70 percent of it flooded and 80 percent of its equipment damaged. An equipment failure flooded the ... <a title="Damage to Moa Point wastewater plant ‘as bad as we feared’ – Wellington Water" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/damage-to-moa-point-wastewater-plant-as-bad-as-we-feared-wellington-water/" aria-label="Read more about Damage to Moa Point wastewater plant ‘as bad as we feared’ – Wellington Water">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Wellington’s City to Sea bridge. Paul McCredie A popular footbridge connecting Wellington’s waterfront to the central city has been saved from demolition – but its seismic risk won’t be addressed. There’s been a years-long fight over the City to Sea bridge – and the former Capital E building underneath – with ... <a title="Wellington’s City to Sea bridge saved but $85m in seismic work off the table" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/wellingtons-city-to-sea-bridge-saved-but-85m-in-seismic-work-off-the-table/" aria-label="Read more about Wellington’s City to Sea bridge saved but $85m in seismic work off the table">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Taiātea Symposium at Waitangi 2026 – all photo credits to WAI 262 – Kia Whakapūmau / wai262.nz / projects@wai262.nz WAI 262 – Kia Whakapūmau / wai262.nz / projects@wai262.nz As Waitangi Day commemorations continue drawing people from across Aotearoa and around the world to the Bay of Islands, Te Tii Marae has ... <a title="‘We are all connected’: Indigenous, Pacific leaders unite at Waitangi" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/we-are-all-connected-indigenous-pacific-leaders-unite-at-waitangi/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We are all connected’: Indigenous, Pacific leaders unite at Waitangi">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Prime Minister and other parliamentarians have been welcomed to the lower Treaty Grounds at Waitangi. A pōwhiri was held at 11am, before they gathered for speeches. Christopher Luxon, who was absent from the Treaty Grounds last year, had promised to bring a message of unity. After meeting with Māori leaders ... <a title="Live: ‘Sort yourself out’, politicians told as they are welcomed to Waitangi" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/live-sort-yourself-out-politicians-told-as-they-are-welcomed-to-waitangi/" aria-label="Read more about Live: ‘Sort yourself out’, politicians told as they are welcomed to Waitangi">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand People across the North Island are reporting possible sightings of a meteor. Social media users, including one in Kaitaia, have shared videos of or reported seeing a bright flash light up the sky in the early hours of Thursday morning. Te Whatu Stardome astronomer Josh Aoraki said he had received at ... <a title="People across North Island report second possible meteor sighting within a week" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/people-across-north-island-report-second-possible-meteor-sighting-within-a-week/" aria-label="Read more about People across North Island report second possible meteor sighting within a week">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Leeston Road, Canterbury. Nathan McKinnon / RNZ A rural Canterbury primary school is mourning the death of one of its students who was hit by a car. Police said the child was walking on Leeston Road near Springston when they were hit at about 3.30pm on Wednesday. They died at the ... <a title="Canterbury primary school mourning student hit and killed by car" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/canterbury-primary-school-mourning-student-hit-and-killed-by-car/" aria-label="Read more about Canterbury primary school mourning student hit and killed by car">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The cordon in late Janaury. RNZ/Lauren Crimp Tauranga City Council says it is aiming to lift part of the temporary road cordon around the Mt Maunganui landslide around lunchtime on Thursday. At that point, Adams Avenue between Maunganui Road and Marine Parade will be open to both vehicles and pedestrians. But ... <a title="Part of Mt Maunganui landslide road cordon set to be lifted" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/part-of-mt-maunganui-landslide-road-cordon-set-to-be-lifted/" aria-label="Read more about Part of Mt Maunganui landslide road cordon set to be lifted">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ Consumer NZ says New Zealand is facing a “really serious” situation with insurance becoming increasingly unaffordable and potentially inaccessible – and a new review needs to urgently tackle the problem. It was revealed this week that the Council of Financial Regulators has been asked to conduct a review of insurance ... <a title="‘Really serious’: Call for urgency as review of insurance commences" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/really-serious-call-for-urgency-as-review-of-insurance-commences/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Really serious’: Call for urgency as review of insurance commences">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Police staff escorting a seal pup that had made its way into New Plymouth CBD back to the foreshore. NZ Police An adventurous seal pup got a full police escort back to the New Plymouth foreshore last night after wandering into the CBD. Police posted a photograph of the errant seal ... <a title="Adventurous seal pup given police escort out of New Plymouth CDB" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/adventurous-seal-pup-given-police-escort-out-of-new-plymouth-cdb/" aria-label="Read more about Adventurous seal pup given police escort out of New Plymouth CDB">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand By Trevor Hunnicutt and Xiuhao Chen US President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping shake hands as they arrive for talks at the Gimhae Air Base on 30 October 2025. AFP / Andrew Caballero-Reynolds Soybean futures rally on potential deal announced by Trump Trump and Xi look to stabilize relations ... <a title="Donald Trump, Xi Jinping discuss Taiwan and soybeans in call aimed at easing China, US relations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/donald-trump-xi-jinping-discuss-taiwan-and-soybeans-in-call-aimed-at-easing-china-us-relations/" aria-label="Read more about Donald Trump, Xi Jinping discuss Taiwan and soybeans in call aimed at easing China, US relations">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter’s privileged teen nemesis in J.K. Rowling’s wildly successful book series, is popping up in festive displays in the country ahead of the Lunar New Year. The good fortune is in the name: “Malfoy” is transliterated as “Ma Er Fu” in Mandarin. The first word “Ma” means “horse” ... <a title="A Harry Potter villain is now an unlikely new-year mascot in China" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/a-harry-potter-villain-is-now-an-unlikely-new-year-mascot-in-china/" aria-label="Read more about A Harry Potter villain is now an unlikely new-year mascot in China">Read more</a>
