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February 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Flooding in Auckland in 2023. RNZ / Finn Blackwell Auckland Council is looking at ways to make houses more resistant to floods. It has put out a tender to get research done into ways that would specifically work in New Zealand. “The scope of the research is focused on residential properties,” ... <a title="Auckland Council starts flood research project" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/auckland-council-starts-flood-research-project/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland Council starts flood research project">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 123rf.com KiwiSaver members are withdrawing from their funds in record numbers, but one financial services complaints resolution service is warning that some people don’t realise how difficult it can be. RNZ reported last week that more than 10,000 more withdrawals were made from KiwiSaver for hardship reasons last year than in ... <a title="KiwiSavers struggle to get their money amid record hardship withdrawals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/kiwisavers-struggle-to-get-their-money-amid-record-hardship-withdrawals/" aria-label="Read more about KiwiSavers struggle to get their money amid record hardship withdrawals">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Meridian’s Manapouri Power Station. 123rf A wet spring season filling hydro storage lakes looks set to deliver bumper half-year earnings to the country’s big four generator-retailers. A preview by investment firm Forsyth Barr suggests the four major companies – Contact, Genesis, Meridian and Mercury – will make combined operating earnings, before ... <a title="Profits up for gentailers, but prices and dividends expected to stay flat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/profits-up-for-gentailers-but-prices-and-dividends-expected-to-stay-flat/" aria-label="Read more about Profits up for gentailers, but prices and dividends expected to stay flat">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A home destroyed in tribal fighting in PNG’s Highlands region. BTT Newscast A New Zealand aid project in Papua New Guinea has been halted due to security concerns, and appears unlikely to be completed. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) confirmed work on the Enga Electrification Project in PNG’s ... <a title="NZ pulls plug on $6.7m power project in Papua New Guinea amid tribal violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/nz-pulls-plug-on-6-7m-power-project-in-papua-new-guinea-amid-tribal-violence/" aria-label="Read more about NZ pulls plug on $6.7m power project in Papua New Guinea amid tribal violence">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A coroner has found the death of Liam Booth, who was sent home from hospital in a taxi after threatening to take his own life, could not have been prevented. Liam Booth was sent home from hospital after threatening to take his own life. (File photo) RNZ / Dan Cook Warning: ... <a title="Coroner finds young man’s death weeks after hospital discharge couldn’t have been prevented" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/coroner-finds-young-mans-death-weeks-after-hospital-discharge-couldnt-have-been-prevented/" aria-label="Read more about Coroner finds young man’s death weeks after hospital discharge couldn’t have been prevented">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Make sure your goals are clear and achievable. Unsplash If 2026 is the year you get your money life sorted, you may be wondering where to begin. Our money correspondent Susan Edmunds has 5 areas to focus on. Set a budget It is often helpful to start thinking about what you ... <a title="Hoping to get your finances in shape in 2026? These tips will help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/hoping-to-get-your-finances-in-shape-in-2026-these-tips-will-help/" aria-label="Read more about Hoping to get your finances in shape in 2026? These tips will help">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF The live animal export industry is still hopeful the practice will resume – despite not getting any material updates from the government since the middle of last year. New Zealand used to export live cattle to China via sea to help it build its own dairy herd – but Labour ... <a title="Live animal export industry remain hopeful practice will resume after ban" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/live-animal-export-industry-remain-hopeful-practice-will-resume-after-ban/" aria-label="Read more about Live animal export industry remain hopeful practice will resume after ban">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Paige Hareb competed at the Women’s Championship Tour when it was hosted in New Plymouth. (File photo) Katrina Clarke Taranaki’s surfing community, -the only region in New Zealand to have previously hosted the globe’s elite surf competition, is stoked for its Raglan cousins who will hold a combined men’s and women’s ... <a title="Taranaki surfers thrilled over return of world’s surfng elite to NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/taranaki-surfers-thrilled-over-return-of-worlds-surfng-elite-to-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Taranaki surfers thrilled over return of world’s surfng elite to NZ">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Marika Khabazi / Photo illustration / 123rf Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is facing questions over a clash in the government coalition over a recently signed free trade deal with India. NZ First leader Winston Peters has claimed it could mean “tens of thousands of people” arriving onshore and taking ... <a title="Morning Report live: PM faces questions about coalition clash over India trade deal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/morning-report-live-pm-faces-questions-about-coalition-clash-over-india-trade-deal/" aria-label="Read more about Morning Report live: PM faces questions about coalition clash over India trade deal">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand British singer Lily Allen will perform in Auckland as part of the biggest tour of her career. In support of her 2025 album, West End Girl, the singer-songwriter will perform concerts throughout October and November, starting in Auckland, before moving through Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. Allen will play her latest, ... <a title="Singer Lily Allen is coming to New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/singer-lily-allen-is-coming-to-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about Singer Lily Allen is coming to New Zealand">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Paddlers arrive on the beach during the waka parade at Waitangi Day 2025. RNZ / Layla Bailey-McDowell The chair of the Waitangi National Trust has extended the invitation to all New Zealanders to attend this year’s festivities at Waitangi. Tania Te Rangingangana Simpson told RNZ the festivities at Waitangi continue to ... <a title="‘For all New Zealanders’: Celebrations getting underway at Waitangi" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/for-all-new-zealanders-celebrations-getting-underway-at-waitangi/" aria-label="Read more about ‘For all New Zealanders’: Celebrations getting underway at Waitangi">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Last year’s NCEA achievement rate for year 12 and 13 was the lowest in five years (file photo). Supplied/ Unsplash – Meredith Spencer Principals fear many of the 15,000 senior secondary students who failed to reach the critical NCEA reading, writing and maths benchmark last year will give up on school ... <a title="NCEA hurdle trips up 15,000 students" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/ncea-hurdle-trips-up-15000-students/" aria-label="Read more about NCEA hurdle trips up 15,000 students">Read more</a>
