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February 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Six people died after a section of the maunga collapsed into a campground. Nick Monro The head of a Mount Maunganui business association says local shops are trying to return to normal after the fatal Mauao landslide. Six people died after a section of the maunga collapsed into a campground. Mount ... <a title="‘Significant financial implications’ for Mount businesses after deadly landslide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/significant-financial-implications-for-mount-businesses-after-deadly-landslide/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Significant financial implications’ for Mount businesses after deadly landslide">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Last year more than 38,000 hardship payments were granted to help parents with school expenses. Unsplash / Curated Lifestyle The School Boards Association says school boards should try to lower the cost of uniforms, if it is what parents want. Last year, more than 38,000 hardship payments were granted to help ... <a title="School Boards Association says school boards should lower uniform costs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/school-boards-association-says-school-boards-should-lower-uniform-costs/" aria-label="Read more about School Boards Association says school boards should lower uniform costs">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand will outsource more functions in a measure aimed at reducing its cost base. SUPPLIED Around 270 jobs head office jobs will go from the Warehouse, and more functions will be outsourced, in a measure aimed at reducing its cost base. Chief Executive Mark Stirton said the company’s cost base was unsustainable ... <a title="270 head office jobs to go as The Warehouse restructures" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/270-head-office-jobs-to-go-as-the-warehouse-restructures/" aria-label="Read more about 270 head office jobs to go as The Warehouse restructures">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Black Caps bowler Lockie Ferguson. Andrew Cornaga / www.photosport.nz / Photosport Ltd 2025 The Black Caps are set to have a full contingent to choose from as they wrap up final preparations for the T20 World Cup in India. Batter Finn Allen has joined the squad following his stint in the ... <a title="Black Caps have full squad to pick from as T20 World Cup approaches" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/black-caps-have-full-squad-to-pick-from-as-t20-world-cup-approaches/" aria-label="Read more about Black Caps have full squad to pick from as T20 World Cup approaches">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Les O’Connell, Shane O’Brien, Conrad Robertson, Keith Trask- Mens Coxless 4 win gold at the 1984 Summer Olympic games. Photosport Police are asking the thief of former rower Les O’Connell’s Olympic gold medal, which was taken in home burglary, to anonymously return it to any police station. Les O’Connell’s home was ... <a title="Police plea for thief to anonymously return Les O’Connell’s Olympic gold medal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/police-plea-for-thief-to-anonymously-return-les-oconnells-olympic-gold-medal/" aria-label="Read more about Police plea for thief to anonymously return Les O’Connell’s Olympic gold medal">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Insurance Council chief executive Kris Faafoi The Insurance Council says although one insurer has stopped offering home policies in some South Island towns, it’s not an industry-wide issue. RNZ has revealed that the company had halted new home, business and landlord insurance policies in the West Coast town of Westport, due ... <a title="Insurer’s block on new policies not ‘a tipping point’ for NZ customers – Insurance Council" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/insurers-block-on-new-policies-not-a-tipping-point-for-nz-customers-insurance-council/" aria-label="Read more about Insurer’s block on new policies not ‘a tipping point’ for NZ customers – Insurance Council">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Dan Cook The small beachside community of Mangawhai is traditionally associated with surfing and a legendary pub, but in the last few months of 2025, it became New Zealand’s petrol price hot-spot. The Northland town has never been a cheap place to visit, let alone live, but residents and ... <a title="Tiny Northland town becomes centre of ‘impressive’ low petrol prices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/tiny-northland-town-becomes-centre-of-impressive-low-petrol-prices/" aria-label="Read more about Tiny Northland town becomes centre of ‘impressive’ low petrol prices">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A 21-year-old man has appeared before Napier District Court on a charge of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King A homicide investigation has been launched in Napier after a man assaulted outside a nightclub last week died. Andy Winitana, 46 from Hastings, died in hospital ... <a title="Homicide probe launched after man assaulted outside Napier nightclub dies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/homicide-probe-launched-after-man-assaulted-outside-napier-nightclub-dies/" aria-label="Read more about Homicide probe launched after man assaulted outside Napier nightclub dies">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Shane Jones at Waitangi in 2025. RNZ/Samuel Rillstone Regional Development Minister Shane Jones is hailing the completion of upgrades to the road to the Treaty Grounds in time for Waitangi Day this year. Haruru Falls Road has been paved with added guardrails, drainage and earthworks thanks to $1.57 million from the ... <a title="Minister Shane Jones hails roading upgrades to Treaty Grounds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/minister-shane-jones-hails-roading-upgrades-to-treaty-grounds/" aria-label="Read more about Minister Shane Jones hails roading upgrades to Treaty Grounds">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Social services say they’re seeing alarming numbers of rough sleepers in the capital. RNZ / Richard Tindiller Social services say they are seeing alarming numbers of rough sleepers in the capital, with a constant stream of new people trying to get help. It comes as an announcement by the government about ... <a title="‘People we’ve never seen before’: Homelessness in Wellington not letting up, agencies say" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/people-weve-never-seen-before-homelessness-in-wellington-not-letting-up-agencies-say/" aria-label="Read more about ‘People we’ve never seen before’: Homelessness in Wellington not letting up, agencies say">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand MPI officers removing a yellow-legged hornets nest from a property in Glenfield. Supplied / Niki Sherriff An Auckland North Shore resident who was stung by a yellow-legged hornet while gardening is calling on her community to stay vigilant and report sightings to help eradicate the outbreak. The number of yellow-legged hornet ... <a title="North Shore resident stung by yellow-legged hornet wants neighbours to stay vigilant" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/north-shore-resident-stung-by-yellow-legged-hornet-wants-neighbours-to-stay-vigilant/" aria-label="Read more about North Shore resident stung by yellow-legged hornet wants neighbours to stay vigilant">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Erosion visible from the Hampden Closed Landfill. Supplied/Waitaki District Council Plans to fix coastal erosion caused by increasingly big and powerful waves pounding the Waitaki coast could cost $70 million before 2050, with another $80 million needed to protect the entire Ōamaru sewage system by 2125. In a report commissioned by ... <a title="$70m cost to fix Waitaki erosion by 2050, $80m needed for Ōamaru sewage by 2125" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/70m-cost-to-fix-waitaki-erosion-by-2050-80m-needed-for-oamaru-sewage-by-2125/" aria-label="Read more about $70m cost to fix Waitaki erosion by 2050, $80m needed for Ōamaru sewage by 2125">Read more</a>
