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January 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Consents are no longer needed for a granny flat. (File photo) 123rf Consents are no longer needed to build a granny flat – but how much does it add to a property’s value? The rule change took effect last week, updating the Building Act and adding a new national direction under ... <a title="How much value could a granny flat add to your property?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/19/how-much-value-could-a-granny-flat-add-to-your-property/" aria-label="Read more about How much value could a granny flat add to your property?">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A2’s share price fell 12 percent, after Chinese data showed new births dipping below 8 million for the year. Getty Images A2 Milk has placed itself in a trading halt on the Australian stock market, with its share price falling 12 percent, following the release of Chinese data indicating a larger ... <a title="Drop in births halts A2 Milk trading on Australian stock market" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/19/drop-in-births-halts-a2-milk-trading-on-australian-stock-market/" aria-label="Read more about Drop in births halts A2 Milk trading on Australian stock market">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Missing tramper Graham Garnett was found sheltering in a hut in Kahurangi National Park yesterday afternoon Supplied / NZ Police The family of missing tramper Graham Garnett say they did not know if they would see him alive again, after he took a wrong turn and spent three weeks lost in ... <a title="Family of missing tramper Graham Garnett express joy and gratitude he was found alive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/19/family-of-missing-tramper-graham-garnett-express-joy-and-gratitude-he-was-found-alive/" aria-label="Read more about Family of missing tramper Graham Garnett express joy and gratitude he was found alive">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The outside of a home in Northland’s Ōakura on Monday. Kim Baker Wilson / RNZ Northlanders already battered by the weekend’s heavy rain are bracing for another bout of rain. Conditions were becoming increasingly wet and windy at Ōakura, one of the small communities particularly hard hit and now left caked ... <a title="Northlanders battered by weekend flooding brace for second hit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/19/northlanders-battered-by-weekend-flooding-brace-for-second-hit/" aria-label="Read more about Northlanders battered by weekend flooding brace for second hit">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Dallas Gurney was pushed off the deck of his Whananaki Store from behind. DALLAS GURNEY / SUPPLIED A man charged with the alleged assault of Whananāki store owner and former media executive Dallas Gurney has appeared in court. On January 11, CCTV captured Gurney allegedly being pushed off the balcony outside ... <a title="Whangārei man charged with alleged assault of Dallas Gurney granted interim name suppression" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/19/whangarei-man-charged-with-alleged-assault-of-dallas-gurney-granted-interim-name-suppression/" aria-label="Read more about Whangārei man charged with alleged assault of Dallas Gurney granted interim name suppression">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6387923407112 The Reserve Bank governor Anna Breman shouldn’t have signed a letter of support for US counterpart Jerome Powell without first consulting the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Finance Minister says. Nicola Willis made the comment to media after Prime Minister Christopher Luxon was asked about Foreign Minister Winston Peter’s stinging ... <a title="RBNZ governor should have sought advice before signing letter of support for US Fed boss Jerome Powell" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/19/rbnz-governor-should-have-sought-advice-before-signing-letter-of-support-for-us-fed-boss-jerome-powell/" aria-label="Read more about RBNZ governor should have sought advice before signing letter of support for US Fed boss Jerome Powell">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Labour leader Chris Hipkins has called the Prime Minister’s State of the Nation address a “whole lot of management speak mumbo jumbo”. Christopher Luxon has delivered his first speech of the year, to the Auckland Business Chamber. Luxon launched a defence of his government’s progress and reform programme, and promised there ... <a title="Watch: ‘Management speak mumbo jumbo’: Hipkins responds to Luxon’s State of the Nation address" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/19/watch-management-speak-mumbo-jumbo-hipkins-responds-to-luxons-state-of-the-nation-address/" aria-label="Read more about Watch: ‘Management speak mumbo jumbo’: Hipkins responds to Luxon’s State of the Nation address">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Labour leader Chris Hipkins is responding to the Prime Minister’s State of the Nation address. Christopher Luxon has delivered his first speech of the year, to the Auckland Business Chamber. Luxon launched a defence of his government’s progress and reform programme, and promised there would be no deviation from its plan ... <a title="Watch live: Labour’s Chris Hipkins responds to Luxon’s State of the Nation address" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/19/watch-live-labours-chris-hipkins-responds-to-luxons-state-of-the-nation-address/" aria-label="Read more about Watch live: Labour’s Chris Hipkins responds to Luxon’s State of the Nation address">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand By lifting it’s floating mortgage interest rate 10 basis points ANZ will make an extra $12 million in profit, one expert says. AFP The head of one of New Zealand’s biggest mortgage broking firms has taken aim at the country’s biggest bank for its latest interest rate increase. ANZ last week ... <a title="ANZ’s new floating interest rate means an extra $12m in profit – expert" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/19/anzs-new-floating-interest-rate-means-an-extra-12m-in-profit-expert/" aria-label="Read more about ANZ’s new floating interest rate means an extra $12m in profit – expert">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A band of rain moves across the country on Thursday. Earth Science NZ New Zealand is in for another week of rain as a new weather system is forecast to move across the country. The top of the North Island has been hit by heavy rain, causing flooding and slips. But ... <a title="Weather: Another week of rain as second weather system looms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/19/weather-another-week-of-rain-as-second-weather-system-looms/" aria-label="Read more about Weather: Another week of rain as second weather system looms">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Tararua District is located between three regions, Manawatū-Whanganui, Hawke’s Bay and Wellington. Google Maps Tararua’s mayor says many in his district observe anniversary days celebrating areas north and south of it, but they don’t get an extra stat day. The area includes the town of Dannevirke and borders Wairarapa and ... <a title="Tararua district caught between anniversary days" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/19/tararua-district-caught-between-anniversary-days/" aria-label="Read more about Tararua district caught between anniversary days">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Police attended the single vehicle crash where several sheep died. RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly Sheer have died after a truck with a number of livestock on board overturned. The incident has closed State Highway 2, between Cricklewood Road and Kiwi Valley Road, in Wairoa. Police were called to the single-vehicle crash ... <a title="Sheep die after truck crash in Wairoa" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/19/sheep-die-after-truck-crash-in-wairoa/" aria-label="Read more about Sheep die after truck crash in Wairoa">Read more</a>
