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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Nicola O’Connor Supplied / NZ police Police hold serious concerns for a Pāpāmoa woman who has gone missing while travelling around the central North Island in a house bus. Nicola O’Connor’s grey-coloured Nissan house bus was found on Rapurapu Track in the Kaimai Ranges on Tuesday. Area Manager Investigations Waikato East ... <a title="Police hold serious concerns for missing woman Nicola O’Connor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/police-hold-serious-concerns-for-missing-woman-nicola-oconnor/" aria-label="Read more about Police hold serious concerns for missing woman Nicola O’Connor">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ There is likely to be another six months of little house price movement, property data firm Cotality says. It has released its latest data, which shows property values fell 0.1 percent in January. The median value was $802,617, 1 percent lower than a year earlier and 17.5 percent below the ... <a title="Message to house buyers: You’ve got time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/message-to-house-buyers-youve-got-time/" aria-label="Read more about Message to house buyers: You’ve got time">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF Families waiting for news on British passports fear planned holidays to the United Kingdom will be upended by processing times and delivery delays. Sue Sands (back) has not been to the UK in 67 years and has never owned a British passport. She is pictured with her half-sister Rhiannon, who ... <a title="Nervous wait for British passports as deadline looms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/nervous-wait-for-british-passports-as-deadline-looms/" aria-label="Read more about Nervous wait for British passports as deadline looms">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A pōwhiri is being held this morning as the Prime Minister and other parliamentarians arrive at the lower Treaty Grounds. The past few years at Waitangi have delivered political fireworks and MPs bracing for, if not necessarily expecting, a reprise when politicians are welcomed with a pōwhiri about 11am. Prime Minister ... <a title="Live: PM and other politicians to be welcomed onto Waitangi Treaty Grounds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/live-pm-and-other-politicians-to-be-welcomed-onto-waitangi-treaty-grounds/" aria-label="Read more about Live: PM and other politicians to be welcomed onto Waitangi Treaty Grounds">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 123rf Police say one person has died following a crash in Lower Motuere on Wednesday night. The single vehicle crash at the intersection of Waiwhero and Edwards Roads was reported at around 8.25pm. The sole occupant of the vehicle died at the scene. The road was closed for some time after ... <a title="One dead after single-vehicle crash in Tasman District" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/one-dead-after-single-vehicle-crash-in-tasman-district/" aria-label="Read more about One dead after single-vehicle crash in Tasman District">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. Pretoria Gordon / RNZ Fire and Emergency says it responded to a significant house fire in Lower Hutt overnight. A spokesperson said four fire trucks were dispatched to a house on Wainuiomata Road after reports of a house fire shortly after midnight. They say the house was well aflame ... <a title="Lower Hutt house fire extinguished" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/lower-hutt-house-fire-extinguished/" aria-label="Read more about Lower Hutt house fire extinguished">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Clinicians are warning ADHD diagnoses might have unexpected side effects for children. AFP / Thom Leach / Science Photo Library Clinicians are warning ADHD diagnoses might have unexpected side effects for children, after two independent studies have linked it to poor performance and unhappiness at school. The studies involving hundreds of ... <a title="Two studies link child ADHD diagnoses to poor performance and unhappiness at school" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/two-studies-link-child-adhd-diagnoses-to-poor-performance-and-unhappiness-at-school/" aria-label="Read more about Two studies link child ADHD diagnoses to poor performance and unhappiness at school">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand American skier Lindsey Vonn announced she would still race in the Winter Olympics’ despite a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament, but an expert warns this is not something he advises. The 41-year-old was injured in a downhill crash in Crans-Montana, in Switzerland less than a week ago but plans to fight it ... <a title="Is pushing on with a ruptured ACL a good idea?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/is-pushing-on-with-a-ruptured-acl-a-good-idea/" aria-label="Read more about Is pushing on with a ruptured ACL a good idea?">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ Property flippers are back, at a rate not seen since before the global financial crisis. A recent case in which an Auckland re-seller was ordered to pay $1 million to a couple he left out of pocket highlighted the perils of the practice. Robert and Margaret Smallridge took their case ... <a title="The return of the property flipper" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/the-return-of-the-property-flipper/" aria-label="Read more about The return of the property flipper">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand An Auckland grandmother looking after two of her mokopuna says she went into debt with their school to pay for uniforms and fees. Fiona Marks recently moved to secure a bigger state house, which also meant a new school and new uniforms to buy for grandchildren under her long-term care. Then ... <a title="‘Everyday living is just so hard’: Families going into debt to pay for school uniforms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/everyday-living-is-just-so-hard-families-going-into-debt-to-pay-for-school-uniforms/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Everyday living is just so hard’: Families going into debt to pay for school uniforms">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Fish and chips are an essential feature of any Kiwi summer. That first bite – flaky terakihi, gurnard, hoki or snapper encased in crisp batter with a huge handful of golden chips is practically a seasonal rite of passage. But while we argue passionately about batter styles, chip colour and the ... <a title="What are the best fish and chip shop sides?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/what-are-the-best-fish-and-chip-shop-sides/" aria-label="Read more about What are the best fish and chip shop sides?">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Zoi Sadowski-Synnott of New Zealand competes in the Women’s Snowboard Big Air on day two of the X Games Aspen 2026. Michael Reaves/ Getty Images via AFP This year, the most contested “ice” at the Winter Olympics isn’t on the rink – it’s US Immigration and Customs Enforcement For Kiwis, the ... <a title="Snow, speed, and surveillance at the Winter Olympics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/snow-speed-and-surveillance-at-the-winter-olympics/" aria-label="Read more about Snow, speed, and surveillance at the Winter Olympics">Read more</a>
