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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Cambridge Road near Racecourse Road heading towards State Highway 1 was closed. RNZ / Tim Brown Three people are injured after two vehicles collided in Cambridge, Waikato. Police said Cambridge Road near Racecourse Road heading towards State Highway 1 was closed after the crash, which was reported just after 2pm. Three ... <a title="Three people hurt after crash in Waikato" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/three-people-hurt-after-crash-in-waikato/" aria-label="Read more about Three people hurt after crash in Waikato">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Essay by Keith Rankin. A great academic campus? But note the roof of the Concentrix building. A Green Way? Or was it the 1990s’-built Languages Building? Whoops, there goes Concentrix! Hard Yakka. Auckland’s answer to the Christchurch Cathedral Two days before present The Martians have landed: One Day before present: going, going, … Unitec ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Carrington precinct, aka Unitec" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/keith-rankin-essay-carrington-precinct-aka-unitec/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Carrington precinct, aka Unitec">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Nelson’s Finn Fisher-Black. © SWpix.com (t/a Photography Hub Ltd) Finn Fisher-Black has defended his time trial title at the Elite Road National Championships in Cambridge, while Olympic triathlete Hayden Wilde showed he’s right up there with some of New Zealand’s best riders. Fisher-Black went back to back with a time of ... <a title="Fisher-Black defends time trial cycling title, Olympic triathlete Hayden Wilde fourth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/fisher-black-defends-time-trial-cycling-title-olympic-triathlete-hayden-wilde-fourth/" aria-label="Read more about Fisher-Black defends time trial cycling title, Olympic triathlete Hayden Wilde fourth">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Prime Ministers Christopher Luxon’s speech has been heckled at throughout his 10 minute speech at the Treaty Grounds. During his speech, Luxon spoke of the recent weather events, the effected communities and the country’s sense of identity, among other things. The hecklers interrupted his speech multiple times throughout, with some interruptions ... <a title="Prime Minister Christopher Luxon heckled during speech at Treaty Grounds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/prime-minister-christopher-luxon-heckled-during-speech-at-treaty-grounds/" aria-label="Read more about Prime Minister Christopher Luxon heckled during speech at Treaty Grounds">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Accommodation and food services saw the largest increase in jobs over the last year, up just over 25,000, with around 17,000 more full-time and 8000 more part-time roles. 123rf Unemployment has hit its highest level in a decade, but beneath the headline numbers some sectors are faring much better than others. ... <a title="The sector with 17,000 more full-time jobs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/the-sector-with-17000-more-full-time-jobs/" aria-label="Read more about The sector with 17,000 more full-time jobs">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Unsplash Consumers were a shade more willing to spend at the start of the year, although stormy weather put a dampener on things in some parts of the country, according to payments firm Worldline. Spending at core retail merchants rose by 0.6 percent in January compared with a year ago, with ... <a title="Weather puts dampener on slight retail spending recovery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/weather-puts-dampener-on-slight-retail-spending-recovery/" aria-label="Read more about Weather puts dampener on slight retail spending recovery">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A tourist boat that ran aground in Banks Peninsula’s Akaroa Harbour is now wrecked on shore after swells dislodged it from rocks near the heads. New photos show the Black Cat Cruises boat wrecked on the shore in Banks Peninsula’s Akaroa Harbour after swells dislodged the catamaran from rocks near the ... <a title="Swells dislodge wrecked catamaran from rocks in Akaroa Harbour" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/swells-dislodge-wrecked-catamaran-from-rocks-in-akaroa-harbour/" aria-label="Read more about Swells dislodge wrecked catamaran from rocks in Akaroa Harbour">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Prime Minister and other parliamentarians have been welcomed to the lower Treaty Grounds at Waitangi. A pōwhiri was held at 11am, before they gathered for speeches. Christopher Luxon, who was absent from the Treaty Grounds last year, had promised to bring a message of unity. After meeting with Māori leaders ... <a title="Waitangi live: Politicians including Hipkins, Seymour, Peters speak following welcome to Treaty Grounds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/waitangi-live-politicians-including-hipkins-seymour-peters-speak-following-welcome-to-treaty-grounds/" aria-label="Read more about Waitangi live: Politicians including Hipkins, Seymour, Peters speak following welcome to Treaty Grounds">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Pia Vlok scored a triple on the weekend. PHOTOSPORT Pia Vlok was sitting in the changing rooms still on a high after becoming the first Phoenix women’s player to score an A-League hat-trick on Sunday, when she received a phone call from the Football Ferns coach. National women’s coach Michael Mayne ... <a title="‘Best week ever’ for Phoenix teen and newly named Football Fern Pia Vlok" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/best-week-ever-for-phoenix-teen-and-newly-named-football-fern-pia-vlok/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Best week ever’ for Phoenix teen and newly named Football Fern Pia Vlok">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Wellington’s City to Sea bridge. Paul McCredie A popular footbridge connecting Wellington’s waterfront to the central city has been saved from demolition – but its seismic risk won’t be addressed. There’s been a years-long fight over the City to Sea bridge – and the former Capital E building underneath – with ... <a title="Wellington’s City to Sea bridge saved but most seismic work off the table" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/wellingtons-city-to-sea-bridge-saved-but-most-seismic-work-off-the-table/" aria-label="Read more about Wellington’s City to Sea bridge saved but most seismic work off the table">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
SPECIAL REPORT: By Jason Brown Fast-paced electronic music pumps in the background as a rapid montage of moving images flash across the screen. In a 20 second video, French sailors hunker down in an inflatable speeding over swells. Another sailor, in bright red shorts, is lowered from a helicopter onto the vessel’s back deck. Captured ... <a title="French shrug off cocaine case costs with new smugglers ‘strategy’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/french-shrug-off-cocaine-case-costs-with-new-smugglers-strategy/" aria-label="Read more about French shrug off cocaine case costs with new smugglers ‘strategy’">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The people of Ngāpuhi deliver a powerful haka, welcoming parliamentarians onto the upper Waitangi Treaty Grounds. Layla Bailey-McDowell / RNZ The prime minister and other MPs were welcomed back onto the Waitangi Treaty Grounds on Thursday morning as the long weekend gets underway. RNZ photographers and journalists were on the ground ... <a title="Waitangi 2026: Thursday in pictures" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/waitangi-2026-thursday-in-pictures/" aria-label="Read more about Waitangi 2026: Thursday in pictures">Read more</a>
