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January 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Breakers coach Petteri Koponen Blake Armstrong/Photosport The New Zealand Breakers have not won any silverware in more than a decade but that could change next month. This week the Breakers cemented their place in the final of the Ignite Cup, thanks to other results going their way, and they will face ... <a title="Basketball: Breakers one win away from Ignite Cup pay day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/basketball-breakers-one-win-away-from-ignite-cup-pay-day/" aria-label="Read more about Basketball: Breakers one win away from Ignite Cup pay day">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A community vigil is being held in Tauranga on Thursday evening to honour those missing and the lives lost following the landslide at Mount Maunganui. Hosted by the Tauranga City Council, the vigil is a time for the community to “come together in aroha – to support one another”, as well ... <a title="Watch live: Community vigil for Mount Maunganui landslide victims" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/watch-live-community-vigil-for-mount-maunganui-landslide-victims/" aria-label="Read more about Watch live: Community vigil for Mount Maunganui landslide victims">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A community vigil is being held in Tauranga on Thursday evening to honour those missing and the lives lost following the landslide at Mount Maunganui. Hosted by the Tauranga City Council, the vigil is a time for the community to “come together in aroha – to support one another”, as well ... <a title="Watch live: Mount Maunganui landslide community vigil" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/watch-live-mount-maunganui-landslide-community-vigil/" aria-label="Read more about Watch live: Mount Maunganui landslide community vigil">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER A man has been charged with murder following the death of a woman in Pukehina in the Bay of Plenty. The woman’s body was discovered on New Year’s day in a house in the rural area. A 50-year-old man who was initially charged with assaulting a person ... <a title="Man charged with murder after woman’s death on New Year’s Day in Pukehina" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/man-charged-with-murder-after-womans-death-on-new-years-day-in-pukehina/" aria-label="Read more about Man charged with murder after woman’s death on New Year’s Day in Pukehina">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Kim Baker Wilson Another victim of the fatal Mount Maunganui landslide has been formally identified as Måns Loke Bernhardsson, from Sweden. Six people died in the Mauao slip last Thursday. At an identification hearing at Tauranga District Court this evening, coroner Louella Dunn formally identified the 20 year old ... <a title="Second Mount Maunganui landslide victim formally identified as Swedish tourist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/second-mount-maunganui-landslide-victim-formally-identified-as-swedish-tourist/" aria-label="Read more about Second Mount Maunganui landslide victim formally identified as Swedish tourist">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Wellington Water says crews are working to fix a burst water pipe on Oriental Parade in Wellington. Supplied / Wellington Water A burst water pipe has sent silt and discoloured water into Wellington’s Oriental Bay on Thursday afternoon. At 2.30pm crews responded to a burst drinking water pipe on Oriental Parade. ... <a title="Burst water pipe sends silt into Wellington’s Oriental Bay" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/burst-water-pipe-sends-silt-into-wellingtons-oriental-bay/" aria-label="Read more about Burst water pipe sends silt into Wellington’s Oriental Bay">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Getting immunised with two doses of the Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine (after the age of 12 months) is the best form of protection against measles. Sherry Yates/123RF There is a new measles case in Tauranga which is likely linked to overseas travel. Heath NZ says the patient is believed ... <a title="New measles case in Tauranga" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/new-measles-case-in-tauranga/" aria-label="Read more about New measles case in Tauranga">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Flooding in the Helena Bay – Ōakura area of Northland on 18 January 2026. Screengrab from video – supplied The Whangārei District Council has announced an emergency recovery fund for residents affected by last week’s severe weather. Mayor Ken Couper said flood-affected residents would be supported with small grants of $1000 ... <a title="Whangārei District Council announces emergency recovery fund for flood-hit residents" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/whangarei-district-council-announces-emergency-recovery-fund-for-flood-hit-residents/" aria-label="Read more about Whangārei District Council announces emergency recovery fund for flood-hit residents">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The bus driver was taken to hospital in a moderate condition. 123RF A 14-year-old has been arrested after a bus driver was assaulted in West Auckland. Police were called to reports a person had been injured on a bus on Colwill Road in the suburb of Massey at about 7pm. Detective ... <a title="Teenager arrested after Auckland bus driver assaulted" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/teenager-arrested-after-auckland-bus-driver-assaulted/" aria-label="Read more about Teenager arrested after Auckland bus driver assaulted">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF About 200 pensioners have had the amount they receive in NZ Super affected this week because of a problem with the Ministry of Social Development’s IT system. One man who contacted RNZ said he had been receiving NZ Super for more than 10 years, as well as a small proportion ... <a title="Hundreds of pensions affected by IT error" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/hundreds-of-pensions-affected-by-it-error/" aria-label="Read more about Hundreds of pensions affected by IT error">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand People watch on as work at the slip site is halted. RNZ / Kim Baker Wilson Rescue efforts at Mount Maunganui following a deadly slip have resumed after being paused for a second time. Work resumed at 2pm, several hours after it was suspended, following confirmation that the area was safe ... <a title="Recovery at Mount Maunganui slip resumes after safety concerns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/recovery-at-mount-maunganui-slip-resumes-after-safety-concerns/" aria-label="Read more about Recovery at Mount Maunganui slip resumes after safety concerns">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Facebook / Tairāwhiti Civil Defence Tairāwhiti Civil Defence says more than 25 military troops are expected to be on the ground in flood-damaged East Coast communities – Te Araroa and Wharekahika / Hicks Bay. Several slips on State Highway 35 during last week’s storm has separated the townships from one another, ... <a title="Tairāwhiti Civil Defence troops touch down in flood-damaged East Coast communities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/tairawhiti-civil-defence-troops-touch-down-in-flood-damaged-east-coast-communities/" aria-label="Read more about Tairāwhiti Civil Defence troops touch down in flood-damaged East Coast communities">Read more</a>
