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February 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Les O’Connell, Shane O’Brien, Conrad Robertson, Keith Trask- Mens Coxless 4 win gold at the 1984 Summer Olympic games. Photosport Police are asking the thief of former rower Les O’Connell’s Olympic gold medal, which was taken in home burglary, to anonymously return it to any police station. Les O’Connell’s home was ... <a title="Police plea for thief to anonymously return Les O’Connell’s Olympic gold medal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/police-plea-for-thief-to-anonymously-return-les-oconnells-olympic-gold-medal/" aria-label="Read more about Police plea for thief to anonymously return Les O’Connell’s Olympic gold medal">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Insurance Council chief executive Kris Faafoi The Insurance Council says although one insurer has stopped offering home policies in some South Island towns, it’s not an industry-wide issue. RNZ has revealed that the company had halted new home, business and landlord insurance policies in the West Coast town of Westport, due ... <a title="Insurer’s block on new policies not ‘a tipping point’ for NZ customers – Insurance Council" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/insurers-block-on-new-policies-not-a-tipping-point-for-nz-customers-insurance-council/" aria-label="Read more about Insurer’s block on new policies not ‘a tipping point’ for NZ customers – Insurance Council">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Dan Cook The small beachside community of Mangawhai is traditionally associated with surfing and a legendary pub, but in the last few months of 2025, it became New Zealand’s petrol price hot-spot. The Northland town has never been a cheap place to visit, let alone live, but residents and ... <a title="Tiny Northland town becomes centre of ‘impressive’ low petrol prices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/tiny-northland-town-becomes-centre-of-impressive-low-petrol-prices/" aria-label="Read more about Tiny Northland town becomes centre of ‘impressive’ low petrol prices">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A 21-year-old man has appeared before Napier District Court on a charge of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King A homicide investigation has been launched in Napier after a man assaulted outside a nightclub last week died. Andy Winitana, 46 from Hastings, died in hospital ... <a title="Homicide probe launched after man assaulted outside Napier nightclub dies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/homicide-probe-launched-after-man-assaulted-outside-napier-nightclub-dies/" aria-label="Read more about Homicide probe launched after man assaulted outside Napier nightclub dies">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Shane Jones at Waitangi in 2025. RNZ/Samuel Rillstone Regional Development Minister Shane Jones is hailing the completion of upgrades to the road to the Treaty Grounds in time for Waitangi Day this year. Haruru Falls Road has been paved with added guardrails, drainage and earthworks thanks to $1.57 million from the ... <a title="Minister Shane Jones hails roading upgrades to Treaty Grounds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/minister-shane-jones-hails-roading-upgrades-to-treaty-grounds/" aria-label="Read more about Minister Shane Jones hails roading upgrades to Treaty Grounds">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Social services say they’re seeing alarming numbers of rough sleepers in the capital. RNZ / Richard Tindiller Social services say they are seeing alarming numbers of rough sleepers in the capital, with a constant stream of new people trying to get help. It comes as an announcement by the government about ... <a title="‘People we’ve never seen before’: Homelessness in Wellington not letting up, agencies say" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/people-weve-never-seen-before-homelessness-in-wellington-not-letting-up-agencies-say/" aria-label="Read more about ‘People we’ve never seen before’: Homelessness in Wellington not letting up, agencies say">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand MPI officers removing a yellow-legged hornets nest from a property in Glenfield. Supplied / Niki Sherriff An Auckland North Shore resident who was stung by a yellow-legged hornet while gardening is calling on her community to stay vigilant and report sightings to help eradicate the outbreak. The number of yellow-legged hornet ... <a title="North Shore resident stung by yellow-legged hornet wants neighbours to stay vigilant" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/north-shore-resident-stung-by-yellow-legged-hornet-wants-neighbours-to-stay-vigilant/" aria-label="Read more about North Shore resident stung by yellow-legged hornet wants neighbours to stay vigilant">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Erosion visible from the Hampden Closed Landfill. Supplied/Waitaki District Council Plans to fix coastal erosion caused by increasingly big and powerful waves pounding the Waitaki coast could cost $70 million before 2050, with another $80 million needed to protect the entire Ōamaru sewage system by 2125. In a report commissioned by ... <a title="$70m cost to fix Waitaki erosion by 2050, $80m needed for Ōamaru sewage by 2125" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/70m-cost-to-fix-waitaki-erosion-by-2050-80m-needed-for-oamaru-sewage-by-2125/" aria-label="Read more about $70m cost to fix Waitaki erosion by 2050, $80m needed for Ōamaru sewage by 2125">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Tani Atkins-Waitoa and her crew deliver lunches to the workers around Te Araroa. Sharon Brettkelly Sharon Brettkelly visits Ōpōtiki and Te Araroa to see how the towns are faring after the devastating January floods The ancestral mountain of Te Araroa on the East Cape is still moving nearly two weeks after ... <a title="‘A warning shot’ on the east coast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/a-warning-shot-on-the-east-coast/" aria-label="Read more about ‘A warning shot’ on the east coast">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Some KiwiSaver members are having difficulty withdrawing their contributions, despite being terminally ill (File photo). RNZ / REECE BAKER A cancer sufferer says he’s been so discouraged by what he’s discovered about early KiwiSaver withdrawals that he hasn’t even tried to get much-needed money out of his account – and wants ... <a title="‘Dying is hard to do’: Cancer sufferer says KiwiSaver withdrawal bar too high" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/dying-is-hard-to-do-cancer-sufferer-says-kiwisaver-withdrawal-bar-too-high/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Dying is hard to do’: Cancer sufferer says KiwiSaver withdrawal bar too high">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Australian accountants are still getting paid more than New Zealanders. 123RF Australian accountants are still getting paid more than New Zealanders – but the local sector had a bigger pay bump in the past year. That’s according to the Chartered Accountants Australia New Zealand (CAANZ) remuneration survey released on Wednesday. It ... <a title="How much do accountants actually earn?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/how-much-do-accountants-actually-earn/" aria-label="Read more about How much do accountants actually earn?">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Leanne and Gareth Hall. RNZ / Kim Baker-Wilson Warning: This story discusses youth mental health and suicide. Youth mental health services and wait times have improved in the years since Tauranga teenager Maddie Hall took her own life, Health New Zealand says. The 16-year-old died in March 2023, almost three years ... <a title="Youth mental health services improved since Tauranga teen Maddie Hall’s death – Health NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/youth-mental-health-services-improved-since-tauranga-teen-maddie-halls-death-health-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Youth mental health services improved since Tauranga teen Maddie Hall’s death – Health NZ">Read more</a>
