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January 30, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Facebook / NZTA State Highway 2 north of Wellington is down to one northbound lane after a multi-vehicle crash north of Ngauranga. Waka Kotahi said Hutt-bound drivers could expect delays while emergency services were on the scene. There was significant congestion on the urban motorway. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero, ... <a title="Multiple-vehicle crash on State Highway 2 north of Wellington" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/30/multiple-vehicle-crash-on-state-highway-2-north-of-wellington/" aria-label="Read more about Multiple-vehicle crash on State Highway 2 north of Wellington">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ/Kim Baker Wilson There’s been a moment’s silence at the pre-season clash between the Chiefs and Fijian Drua at Mount Maunganui. After stepping onto the field under a blistering sun, players stood opposite each other – Chiefs players with arms around each other – to mark the landslip tragedy. There was ... <a title="Moment silence at Chiefs vs Fijian Drua clash at Mt Maunganui" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/30/moment-silence-at-chiefs-vs-fijian-drua-clash-at-mt-maunganui/" aria-label="Read more about Moment silence at Chiefs vs Fijian Drua clash at Mt Maunganui">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ/Kim Baker Wilson There’s been a moment’s silence at the pre-season clash between the Chiefs and Fiji Drua at Mount Maunganui. After stepping onto the field under a blistering sun, players stood opposite each other – Chiefs players with arms around each other – to mark the landslip tragedy. There was ... <a title="Moment silence at Chiefs vs Fiji Drua clash at Mt Maunganui" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/30/moment-silence-at-chiefs-vs-fiji-drua-clash-at-mt-maunganui/" aria-label="Read more about Moment silence at Chiefs vs Fiji Drua clash at Mt Maunganui">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Ōakura Community Hall had been devastated by a slip that smashed through the rear wall and filled the hall with mud, trees and debris on Sunday 18 January, 2026. Muddy water was continuing to flow out the hall’s front doors hours after the slip begun. The hall was only reroofed and ... <a title="Storm-hit community clears up low-priority slips" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/30/storm-hit-community-clears-up-low-priority-slips/" aria-label="Read more about Storm-hit community clears up low-priority slips">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The building has sat empty, with blackened walls and damaged signage, since May 2023. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone A Wellington developer has bought Loafers Lodge, the burnt-out boarding house in which five people died more than two years ago. The building has sat empty, with blackened walls and damaged signage, since ... <a title="Wellington developer buys Loafers Lodge building where five died in fire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/30/wellington-developer-buys-loafers-lodge-building-where-five-died-in-fire/" aria-label="Read more about Wellington developer buys Loafers Lodge building where five died in fire">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Manage My Health privacy breach is one of the biggest in New Zealand’s history. RNZ / Finn Blackwell A cybersecurity group says they’ve identified the person responsible for hacking into the Manage My Health portal, and now it wants justice served. The privacy breach is one of the biggest in ... <a title="Cybersecurity group identifies person behind Manage My Health hack" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/30/cybersecurity-group-identifies-person-behind-manage-my-health-hack/" aria-label="Read more about Cybersecurity group identifies person behind Manage My Health hack">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A police car seen behind a cordon as officers attend an incident. RNZ Residents in Taupō forced to evacuate their homes due to an earlier gas leak can now return home. Police said Harakeke Drive, Wharewaka Road and Lake Terrace residents were asked to leave their properties after a digger hit ... <a title="Residents return after gas leak forces evacuations in Taupō" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/30/residents-return-after-gas-leak-forces-evacuations-in-taupo/" aria-label="Read more about Residents return after gas leak forces evacuations in Taupō">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The 50-year-old man has interim name suppression. SunLive A Ni-Vanuatu migrant worker has pleaded not guilty to murdering a woman on a Kiwifruit orchard in the Bay of Plenty. The 50-year-old man, who has interim name suppression, is accused of murdering a female Ni-Vanuatu tourist with whom he was in a ... <a title="Ni-Vanuatu RSE worker pleads not guilty to Pukehina orchard murder" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/30/ni-vanuatu-rse-worker-pleads-not-guilty-to-pukehina-orchard-murder/" aria-label="Read more about Ni-Vanuatu RSE worker pleads not guilty to Pukehina orchard murder">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Christopher Luxon says he has a “tight disciplined team”. RNZ / Screenshot Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has confirmed he will return to Waitangi next week to meet with iwi, after opting to be elsewhere last year. Luxon, however, will not stay up north for the national holiday itself, instead spending Waitangi ... <a title="Prime Minister Christopher Luxon will return to Waitangi" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/30/prime-minister-christopher-luxon-will-return-to-waitangi/" aria-label="Read more about Prime Minister Christopher Luxon will return to Waitangi">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Manage My Health privacy breach is one of the biggest in New Zealand’s history. RNZ / Finn Blackwell A cybersecurity company says they’ve identified the person responsible for hacking into the Manage My Health portal, and now it wants justice served. The privacy breach is one of the biggest in ... <a title="Cybersecurity company identifies person behind Manage My Health hack" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/30/cybersecurity-company-identifies-person-behind-manage-my-health-hack/" aria-label="Read more about Cybersecurity company identifies person behind Manage My Health hack">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A police car seen behind a cordon as officers attend an incident. RNZ Emergency services are evacuating properties in Taupō after a digger hit a gas line. The rupture happened in the suburb of Wharewaka shortly after midday. A police spokesperson said residents in Harakeke Drive, Wharewaka Road and Lake Terrace ... <a title="Homes evacuated after gas leak in Taupō" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/30/homes-evacuated-after-gas-leak-in-taupo/" aria-label="Read more about Homes evacuated after gas leak in Taupō">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The previous South Mole blaze, photographed on 25 January 2026. Supplied/ Facebook Firefighters in Whanganui are working at the scene of a scrub fire which has flared up twice in a week. Crews battled the six-hectare fire at the Whanganui South Mole last Sunday and Monday. Fire and emergency shift manager ... <a title="Firefighters battle second Whanganui scrub blaze in a week" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/30/firefighters-battle-second-whanganui-scrub-blaze-in-a-week/" aria-label="Read more about Firefighters battle second Whanganui scrub blaze in a week">Read more</a>
