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January 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Follow the RNZ liveblog above. Search teams are still trying to find several people who were believed buried by landslides in the Tauranga area following this week’s devastating storms. On Thursday morning at least two people – one of them a young girl – were missing after a landslide came down ... <a title="Weather live: Search continues for people buried in Mount Maunganui landslide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/23/weather-live-search-continues-for-people-buried-in-mount-maunganui-landslide/" aria-label="Read more about Weather live: Search continues for people buried in Mount Maunganui landslide">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Tom Phillips died following a shootout with police in September 2025. (File photo) RNZ / Supplied / Police A member of the police’s media team told a documentary crew about the incident that led to Tom Phillips death at least an hour before family were notified, RNZ can reveal. Police have ... <a title="‘Ill-advised’: Documentary crew told about Tom Phillips shootout by police before family" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/23/ill-advised-documentary-crew-told-about-tom-phillips-shootout-by-police-before-family/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Ill-advised’: Documentary crew told about Tom Phillips shootout by police before family">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A Tairua couple woke to screaming after a landslide narrowly missed their house in the dark of the night. The Coromandel Peninsula was just one of 5 regions put into a State of emergency after a severe red rain warning hammered the East Coast of the North Island on Wednesday. Tairua ... <a title="Tairua couple woke to screaming after landslide narrowly missed their home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/23/tairua-couple-woke-to-screaming-after-landslide-narrowly-missed-their-home/" aria-label="Read more about Tairua couple woke to screaming after landslide narrowly missed their home">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A general view shows a landslide while a search is underway by local emergency services for missing people at Mount Maunganui in Tauranga. (File photo) DJ Mills A disaster expert says the “awful events” involving landlsides this week show the importance of knowing how to tell when one is coming. Several ... <a title="How to spot a landslide before it happens – disaster expert" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/23/how-to-spot-a-landslide-before-it-happens-disaster-expert/" aria-label="Read more about How to spot a landslide before it happens – disaster expert">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Manage My Health said it had notified most people affected by the data theft. RNZ / Finn Blackwell The hacked online patient portal Manage My Health says fraudsters could now be attempting to contact its customers. The organisation said in a statement it had notified most of the people affected by ... <a title="Manage My Health data breach: Fraudsters attempting to contact customers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/23/manage-my-health-data-breach-fraudsters-attempting-to-contact-customers/" aria-label="Read more about Manage My Health data breach: Fraudsters attempting to contact customers">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Welcome Bay Rd weather damage on Thursday RNZ / Jamie Troughton A rural Pāpāmoa resident says his family is worried about living in fear of another slip after his neighbour’s property was flattened by a landslide early yesterday morning. Two bodies have since been recovered from a house on Welcome Bay ... <a title="Pāpāmoa resident living in fear after fatal slip on Welcome Bay Road" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/23/papamoa-resident-living-in-fear-after-fatal-slip-on-welcome-bay-road/" aria-label="Read more about Pāpāmoa resident living in fear after fatal slip on Welcome Bay Road">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied La Nina conditions and background climate change trends combined to create the intense rainfall that devastated North Island communities, climate experts say. Even before the most recent bout of heavy rain, monthly rainfall to date was sitting at between two to four times the usual amount in Northland, the Coromandel, ... <a title="Extreme rainfall events a ‘peek into the future’, climate experts say" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/23/extreme-rainfall-events-a-peek-into-the-future-climate-experts-say/" aria-label="Read more about Extreme rainfall events a ‘peek into the future’, climate experts say">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand In 2016, Drake and Justin Bieber topped our playlists. In New Zealand Broods and Six60 were turned up. It was the winter of Pokemon Go, faces were done up with matte makeup and Kylie lip kits. We copied Coachella outfits, wore flower crowns, used oversaturation on our selfies and played around ... <a title="Why do we all wish it was 2016?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/23/why-do-we-all-wish-it-was-2016/" aria-label="Read more about Why do we all wish it was 2016?">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand’s Scott Base in Antarctica. Antactica NZ/ Anthony Powell US threats to annex Greenland may also have ramifications for Antarctica, including New Zealand’s interests there, polar region experts say. Veteran New Zealand researcher Alan Hemmings says the idea the United States might eye up the southern continent for its natural ... <a title="The Arctic for Donald Trump now, Antarctica tomorrow?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/23/the-arctic-for-donald-trump-now-antarctica-tomorrow/" aria-label="Read more about The Arctic for Donald Trump now, Antarctica tomorrow?">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand M&T Bank Stadium during the AFC Championship Game between the Baltimore Ravens and the Kansas City Chiefs. Aaron M. Sprecher/Getty Images The All Blacks and Springboks will play the fourth test of this year’s Greatest Rivalry series in Baltimore, with the match to be held at the 70,000 seat M&T Bank ... <a title="Down to The Wire? New US test venue confirmed for All Blacks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/23/down-to-the-wire-new-us-test-venue-confirmed-for-all-blacks/" aria-label="Read more about Down to The Wire? New US test venue confirmed for All Blacks">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The future of the ANZ Premiership is uncertain from 2027. Photosport A big drop in broadcast rights revenue has inevitably led to player pay cuts for the domestic netball league and another year of uncertainty beckons for New Zealand’s top netballers. In July last year, Netball New Zealand finally secured a ... <a title="Pay cuts confirmed as ANZ Premiership players face another uneasy year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/23/pay-cuts-confirmed-as-anz-premiership-players-face-another-uneasy-year/" aria-label="Read more about Pay cuts confirmed as ANZ Premiership players face another uneasy year">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Follow the RNZ liveblog above. Search teams are still trying to find several people who were believed buried by landslides in the Tauranga area following this week’s devastating storms. On Thursday morning at least two people – one of them a young girl – were missing after a landslide came down ... <a title="Weather live: Search continues for people buried in Mount Maungaui landslide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/23/weather-live-search-continues-for-people-buried-in-mount-maungaui-landslide/" aria-label="Read more about Weather live: Search continues for people buried in Mount Maungaui landslide">Read more</a>
