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January 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The warning comes after the Commission analysed the range review processes of all major supermarkets. Samantha Gee/RNZ The Commerce Commission has warned Woolworths New Zealand for what it believes is a likely breach of the Grocery Industry Competition Act, following a review of the major supermarkets’ product delisting processes. The warning comes ... <a title="Woolworths warned it might be breaking the law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/22/woolworths-warned-it-might-be-breaking-the-law/" aria-label="Read more about Woolworths warned it might be breaking the law">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Justin Marshall. © Photosport Ltd 2019 www.photosport.nz Former All Black halfback Justin Marshall thinks that a number of All Blacks will have a point to prove during this year’s Super Rugby Pacific season. The Sky Sport commentator said that the dramatic axing of Scott Robertson should force a mindset change among ... <a title="‘Complacency in their systems’ : Marshall predicts pressure for incumbent All Blacks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/22/complacency-in-their-systems-marshall-predicts-pressure-for-incumbent-all-blacks/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Complacency in their systems’ : Marshall predicts pressure for incumbent All Blacks">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Storm damage in the Gisborne area. SUPPLIED Many New Zealanders’ summer holidays have ended with a washout as wild weather battered the North Island. Campers packed up tents, plans to travel to beach towns were abandoned and road trips turned around. But what are your rights if you have to abandon ... <a title="What are your rights if rain has ruined your holiday?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/22/what-are-your-rights-if-rain-has-ruined-your-holiday/" aria-label="Read more about What are your rights if rain has ruined your holiday?">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Brandon Smith says is sobriety is the “best investment in my life I have ever made”. Will Palmer / www.photosport.nz Kiwi rugby league player Brandon Smith says he has spent a month in rehab addressing his addictions to alcohol and gambling. Speaking on The Bye Round podcast on Thursday, Smith said ... <a title="My ‘party boy’ days are over, says Kiwi league star Brandon Smith" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/22/my-party-boy-days-are-over-says-kiwi-league-star-brandon-smith/" aria-label="Read more about My ‘party boy’ days are over, says Kiwi league star Brandon Smith">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Cystic Fibrosis NZ Cystic fibrosis drugs Trikafta and Alyftrek could become available for all children, regardless of age, with drug-buying agency Pharmac opening consultation on funding the two drugs. Currently only funded for children aged six and over, Pharmac is consulting on making Trikafta available for all children with an eligible ... <a title="Pharmac opens consultation over funding of cystic fibrosis drugs Trikafta and Alyftrek" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/22/pharmac-opens-consultation-over-funding-of-cystic-fibrosis-drugs-trikafta-and-alyftrek/" aria-label="Read more about Pharmac opens consultation over funding of cystic fibrosis drugs Trikafta and Alyftrek">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand First leader Winston Peters. RNZ / Mark Papalii New Zealand First has soared to nearly 12 percent in the latest Taxpayers’ Union-Curia Poll, its highest result since the survey launched in early 2021. The coalition parties have extended their lead over the left bloc, but Labour remains the highest ... <a title="Coalition parties extend lead over left bloc in latest Taxpayers’ Union-Curia Poll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/22/coalition-parties-extend-lead-over-left-bloc-in-latest-taxpayers-union-curia-poll/" aria-label="Read more about Coalition parties extend lead over left bloc in latest Taxpayers’ Union-Curia Poll">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2026
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk The signing of a new agreement on New Caledonia’s political and financial future has triggered a fresh wave of reactions from across the French territory’s political chessboard. The Elysée-Oudinot agreement was signed on Monday, January 19, in the presence of French President Emmanuel Macron as well ... <a title="Pro-independence FLNKS ‘unequivocally’ reject latest agreement for New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/22/pro-independence-flnks-unequivocally-reject-latest-agreement-for-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about Pro-independence FLNKS ‘unequivocally’ reject latest agreement for New Caledonia">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Ōakura Bay Reserves Board member Malcolm Devereux, left, and chairman Glenn Ferguson start the cleanup of the devastated Ōakura Hall. RNZ / Peter de Graaf Residents of Northland’s Ōakura Bay say they could be cut off for days after major slips obliterated the road to Whangārei. Glenn Ferguson, who heads the ... <a title="Ōakura Bay could be cut off for days after major Northland slips" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/22/oakura-bay-could-be-cut-off-for-days-after-major-northland-slips/" aria-label="Read more about Ōakura Bay could be cut off for days after major Northland slips">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied / Taranaki Regional Council Repeat vandalism and theft from flood and weather monitoring stations in Taranaki is putting lives at risk, according to the Taranaki Regional Council. The monitoring site on the Waiwhakaiho River near The Valley in New Plymouth has been vandalised three times since its installation in 2020, ... <a title="Vandalism of monitoring stations putting lives at risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/22/vandalism-of-monitoring-stations-putting-lives-at-risk/" aria-label="Read more about Vandalism of monitoring stations putting lives at risk">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Several people are unaccounted for following a slip near a campsite in Mount Maunganui. Shirley Thomas Several people are missing after a landslide came down on several structures at campground at the base of Mauao, Mount Maunganui. Emergency Management Minister Mark Mitchell has confirmed a young girl was among the missing, ... <a title="Mauao campground landslide: Children missing after slip in Mount Maunganui" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/22/mauao-campground-landslide-children-missing-after-slip-in-mount-maunganui/" aria-label="Read more about Mauao campground landslide: Children missing after slip in Mount Maunganui">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand PSA National Secretary Fleur Fitzsimons. RNZ Two unions are challenging the proposed restructure of Fire and Emergency at the Employment Relations Authority in Wellington. FENZ is proposing to cut scores of non-firefighting jobs and make changes to hundreds of other roles while saving millions of dollars. The Professional Firefighters’ Union and ... <a title="Unions to challenge FENZ restructure proposal at Employment Relations Authority" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/22/unions-to-challenge-fenz-restructure-proposal-at-employment-relations-authority/" aria-label="Read more about Unions to challenge FENZ restructure proposal at Employment Relations Authority">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Australia’s Labor government has successfully passed a “hate speech” bill that’s plainly aimed, at least in part, at suppressing pro-Palestine organizations as “hate groups”. Free speech advocates are sounding the alarm about the new laws, saying their extremely vague wording, lack of procedural fairness and low thresholds for implementation mean groups ... <a title="Australia’s frightening new ‘hate speech’ laws are clearly aimed at pro-Palestine groups" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/22/australias-frightening-new-hate-speech-laws-are-clearly-aimed-at-pro-palestine-groups/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s frightening new ‘hate speech’ laws are clearly aimed at pro-Palestine groups">Read more</a>
