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January 30, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Manage My Health privacy breach is one of the biggest in New Zealand’s history. RNZ / Finn Blackwell A cybersecurity group says they’ve identified the person responsible for hacking into the Manage My Health portal, and now it wants justice served. The privacy breach is one of the biggest in ... <a title="Cybersecurity group identifies person behind Manage My Health hack" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/30/cybersecurity-group-identifies-person-behind-manage-my-health-hack/" aria-label="Read more about Cybersecurity group identifies person behind Manage My Health hack">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A police car seen behind a cordon as officers attend an incident. RNZ Residents in Taupō forced to evacuate their homes due to an earlier gas leak can now return home. Police said Harakeke Drive, Wharewaka Road and Lake Terrace residents were asked to leave their properties after a digger hit ... <a title="Residents return after gas leak forces evacuations in Taupō" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/30/residents-return-after-gas-leak-forces-evacuations-in-taupo/" aria-label="Read more about Residents return after gas leak forces evacuations in Taupō">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The 50-year-old man has interim name suppression. SunLive A Ni-Vanuatu migrant worker has pleaded not guilty to murdering a woman on a Kiwifruit orchard in the Bay of Plenty. The 50-year-old man, who has interim name suppression, is accused of murdering a female Ni-Vanuatu tourist with whom he was in a ... <a title="Ni-Vanuatu RSE worker pleads not guilty to Pukehina orchard murder" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/30/ni-vanuatu-rse-worker-pleads-not-guilty-to-pukehina-orchard-murder/" aria-label="Read more about Ni-Vanuatu RSE worker pleads not guilty to Pukehina orchard murder">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Christopher Luxon says he has a “tight disciplined team”. RNZ / Screenshot Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has confirmed he will return to Waitangi next week to meet with iwi, after opting to be elsewhere last year. Luxon, however, will not stay up north for the national holiday itself, instead spending Waitangi ... <a title="Prime Minister Christopher Luxon will return to Waitangi" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/30/prime-minister-christopher-luxon-will-return-to-waitangi/" aria-label="Read more about Prime Minister Christopher Luxon will return to Waitangi">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Manage My Health privacy breach is one of the biggest in New Zealand’s history. RNZ / Finn Blackwell A cybersecurity company says they’ve identified the person responsible for hacking into the Manage My Health portal, and now it wants justice served. The privacy breach is one of the biggest in ... <a title="Cybersecurity company identifies person behind Manage My Health hack" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/30/cybersecurity-company-identifies-person-behind-manage-my-health-hack/" aria-label="Read more about Cybersecurity company identifies person behind Manage My Health hack">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A police car seen behind a cordon as officers attend an incident. RNZ Emergency services are evacuating properties in Taupō after a digger hit a gas line. The rupture happened in the suburb of Wharewaka shortly after midday. A police spokesperson said residents in Harakeke Drive, Wharewaka Road and Lake Terrace ... <a title="Homes evacuated after gas leak in Taupō" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/30/homes-evacuated-after-gas-leak-in-taupo/" aria-label="Read more about Homes evacuated after gas leak in Taupō">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The previous South Mole blaze, photographed on 25 January 2026. Supplied/ Facebook Firefighters in Whanganui are working at the scene of a scrub fire which has flared up twice in a week. Crews battled the six-hectare fire at the Whanganui South Mole last Sunday and Monday. Fire and emergency shift manager ... <a title="Firefighters battle second Whanganui scrub blaze in a week" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/30/firefighters-battle-second-whanganui-scrub-blaze-in-a-week/" aria-label="Read more about Firefighters battle second Whanganui scrub blaze in a week">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Lisa Maclennan, 50, worked at Morrinsville Intermediate School. Supplied / Givealittle A third victim of the deadly Mt Maunganui landslide has been formally identified as Lisa Anne Maclennan, 50, who was hailed as a hero after giving warning to others at the campground. Her body was found on January 27, five ... <a title="Mt Maunganui landslide: Lisa Maclennan, who helped save the lives of others, formally identified" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/30/mt-maunganui-landslide-lisa-maclennan-who-helped-save-the-lives-of-others-formally-identified/" aria-label="Read more about Mt Maunganui landslide: Lisa Maclennan, who helped save the lives of others, formally identified">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Lisa Maclennan, 50, worked at Morrinsville Intermediate School. Supplied / Givealittle A third victim of the deadly Mt Maunganui landslide has been formally identified as Lisa Anne Maclennan, 50. Six people were killed in the campground slip last Thursday. At an identification hearing at Tauranga District Court on Friday, Coroner Maclennan ... <a title="Mt Maunganui landslide: Third body identified as Lisa Maclennan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/30/mt-maunganui-landslide-third-body-identified-as-lisa-maclennan/" aria-label="Read more about Mt Maunganui landslide: Third body identified as Lisa Maclennan">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Black Caps bowler Ben Sears. www.photosport.nz Wellington Firebirds pace-bowler Ben Sears will join the Black Caps as a travelling reserve for the ICC T20 World Cup in India, starting in a week. Sears will replace Kyle Jamieson, who was called into the main squad last week following the withdrawal of Adam ... <a title="Cricket: Ben Sears named travelling reserve for a second T20 World Cup" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/30/cricket-ben-sears-named-travelling-reserve-for-a-second-t20-world-cup/" aria-label="Read more about Cricket: Ben Sears named travelling reserve for a second T20 World Cup">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Cordons remain in place while recovery efforts continue. RNZ/Nick Monro A photographer was caught breaching cordons near the site of the deadly Mount Maunganui landslide. Cordons were erected near the scene of last week’s landslide at the Mt Maunganui campground where six people were killed. The cordons remain in place while ... <a title="Photographer caught breaching Mount Maunganui landslide cordon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/30/photographer-caught-breaching-mount-maunganui-landslide-cordon/" aria-label="Read more about Photographer caught breaching Mount Maunganui landslide cordon">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Jeff Wilson, Justin Marshall and Mils Muliaina. PHOTOSPORT While professional rugby is a relatively recent development, 30 years certainly feels like a long time ago for some of the players who ran out for the inaugural Super Rugby season. Known as Super 12 for the first 10 seasons, the competition revolutionised ... <a title="Super Rugby Pacific countdown: Legends reflect on competition’s history" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/30/super-rugby-pacific-countdown-legends-reflect-on-competitions-history/" aria-label="Read more about Super Rugby Pacific countdown: Legends reflect on competition’s history">Read more</a>
