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January 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand During the last week the clinic did over 100 extractions, on top of check-ups and cleaning, Dr Isha Woodhams says. A pop-up clinic offering free dental care in Wairoa has been overwhelmed with demand in an area that has not had a full-time dentist for half a decade. The clinic is ... <a title="Huge demand for Wairoa pop-up dental clinic offering free care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/huge-demand-for-wairoa-pop-up-dental-clinic-offering-free-care/" aria-label="Read more about Huge demand for Wairoa pop-up dental clinic offering free care">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Arthur Anae (right) with Samoa’s Prime Minister Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Schmidt who says he backs the petition. Facebook / Anae Arthur Anae More than 45,000 people have signed a petition demanding equal treatment of visitors from New Zealand’s Pacific neighbours. At the moment they must apply for a visitor visa, provide ... <a title="45,000 sign petition demanding equal treatment of visitors from Pacific nations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/45000-sign-petition-demanding-equal-treatment-of-visitors-from-pacific-nations/" aria-label="Read more about 45,000 sign petition demanding equal treatment of visitors from Pacific nations">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER One person has died after a single vehicle crash in the Auckland suburb of Taupaki. Emergency services were alerted to the crash on Nelson Road at 5.20pm. The road is closed and diversions in place. The Serious Crash Unit is attending. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero, ... <a title="One dead after Auckland crash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/one-dead-after-auckland-crash/" aria-label="Read more about One dead after Auckland crash">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Breakers coach Petteri Koponen Blake Armstrong/Photosport The New Zealand Breakers have not won any silverware in more than a decade but that could change next month. This week the Breakers cemented their place in the final of the Ignite Cup, thanks to other results going their way, and they will face ... <a title="Basketball: Breakers one win away from Ignite Cup pay day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/basketball-breakers-one-win-away-from-ignite-cup-pay-day/" aria-label="Read more about Basketball: Breakers one win away from Ignite Cup pay day">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A community vigil is being held in Tauranga on Thursday evening to honour those missing and the lives lost following the landslide at Mount Maunganui. Hosted by the Tauranga City Council, the vigil is a time for the community to “come together in aroha – to support one another”, as well ... <a title="Watch live: Community vigil for Mount Maunganui landslide victims" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/watch-live-community-vigil-for-mount-maunganui-landslide-victims/" aria-label="Read more about Watch live: Community vigil for Mount Maunganui landslide victims">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Ro Naulu Mataitini An invitation from a distant warzone landed in Suva earlier this month. The United States, with Israel’s endorsement, has asked Fiji to send troops to join a proposed International Stabilisation Force in Gaza. For a nation proud of its United Nations peacekeeping legacy, this whispers of global recognition. Yet, it ... <a title="Pacific at risky crossroads – Gaza vs the urgent drug crisis at our door" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/pacific-at-risky-crossroads-gaza-vs-the-urgent-drug-crisis-at-our-door/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific at risky crossroads – Gaza vs the urgent drug crisis at our door">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A community vigil is being held in Tauranga on Thursday evening to honour those missing and the lives lost following the landslide at Mount Maunganui. Hosted by the Tauranga City Council, the vigil is a time for the community to “come together in aroha – to support one another”, as well ... <a title="Watch live: Mount Maunganui landslide community vigil" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/watch-live-mount-maunganui-landslide-community-vigil/" aria-label="Read more about Watch live: Mount Maunganui landslide community vigil">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER A man has been charged with murder following the death of a woman in Pukehina in the Bay of Plenty. The woman’s body was discovered on New Year’s day in a house in the rural area. A 50-year-old man who was initially charged with assaulting a person ... <a title="Man charged with murder after woman’s death on New Year’s Day in Pukehina" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/man-charged-with-murder-after-womans-death-on-new-years-day-in-pukehina/" aria-label="Read more about Man charged with murder after woman’s death on New Year’s Day in Pukehina">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Kim Baker Wilson Another victim of the fatal Mount Maunganui landslide has been formally identified as Måns Loke Bernhardsson, from Sweden. Six people died in the Mauao slip last Thursday. At an identification hearing at Tauranga District Court this evening, coroner Louella Dunn formally identified the 20 year old ... <a title="Second Mount Maunganui landslide victim formally identified as Swedish tourist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/second-mount-maunganui-landslide-victim-formally-identified-as-swedish-tourist/" aria-label="Read more about Second Mount Maunganui landslide victim formally identified as Swedish tourist">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Wellington Water says crews are working to fix a burst water pipe on Oriental Parade in Wellington. Supplied / Wellington Water A burst water pipe has sent silt and discoloured water into Wellington’s Oriental Bay on Thursday afternoon. At 2.30pm crews responded to a burst drinking water pipe on Oriental Parade. ... <a title="Burst water pipe sends silt into Wellington’s Oriental Bay" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/burst-water-pipe-sends-silt-into-wellingtons-oriental-bay/" aria-label="Read more about Burst water pipe sends silt into Wellington’s Oriental Bay">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Flooding in the Helena Bay – Ōakura area of Northland on 18 January 2026. Screengrab from video – supplied The Whangārei District Council has announced an emergency recovery fund for residents affected by last week’s severe weather. Mayor Ken Couper said flood-affected residents would be supported with small grants of $1000 ... <a title="Whangārei District Council announces emergency recovery fund for flood-hit residents" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/whangarei-district-council-announces-emergency-recovery-fund-for-flood-hit-residents/" aria-label="Read more about Whangārei District Council announces emergency recovery fund for flood-hit residents">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Getting immunised with two doses of the Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine (after the age of 12 months) is the best form of protection against measles. Sherry Yates/123RF There is a new measles case in Tauranga which is likely linked to overseas travel. Heath NZ says the patient is believed ... <a title="New measles case in Tauranga" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/29/new-measles-case-in-tauranga/" aria-label="Read more about New measles case in Tauranga">Read more</a>
