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January 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ/Marika Khabazi Firefighters will return this morning to the scene of a scrub fire that scorched a hill in Wellington overnight. Crews were sent to Upper Hutt’s Wallaceville from eight different stations, some as far as Wellington City and Porirua, shortly after 11pm on Thursday. A Fire and Emergency spokesperson said ... <a title="Hotspots being checked after overnight scrub fire in Wellington" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/09/hotspots-being-checked-after-overnight-scrub-fire-in-wellington/" aria-label="Read more about Hotspots being checked after overnight scrub fire in Wellington">Read more</a>
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January 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand For more than a decade, Kiwi couple Thomas and Sheena Southam have been chasing the world’s best food — not through fine-dining lists, but by following the locals. Through their YouTube channel Chasing a Plate, the pair have built a following by immersing themselves in food cultures across the world. The ... <a title="Chasing delicious (and unusual) food around the world as a job" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/09/chasing-delicious-and-unusual-food-around-the-world-as-a-job/" aria-label="Read more about Chasing delicious (and unusual) food around the world as a job">Read more</a>
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January 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The critically endangered forget-me-not Myosotis petiolata is endemic to Hawke’s Bay. Supplied A critically endangered forget-me-not is being saved from the brink of extinction by a group of conservationists in Hawke’s Bay. Myosotis petiolata is one of the most endangered plants in the country. In 2019 just one of the beautiful ... <a title="Hawke’s Bay conservationists work to save critically endangered forget-me-not" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/09/hawkes-bay-conservationists-work-to-save-critically-endangered-forget-me-not/" aria-label="Read more about Hawke’s Bay conservationists work to save critically endangered forget-me-not">Read more</a>
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January 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand cyclist Aaron Gate of XDS Astana Team, 2025. YANG GUANYU / AFP New Zealand cyclist Aaron Gate won’t defend his four Commonwealth Games titles this year, but the 35-year-old is hoping to tick off a first in 2026. Four years ago, Gate made history by becoming the first New ... <a title="Aaron Gate passes up further Commonwealth Games glory for a shot at the big show" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/09/aaron-gate-passes-up-further-commonwealth-games-glory-for-a-shot-at-the-big-show/" aria-label="Read more about Aaron Gate passes up further Commonwealth Games glory for a shot at the big show">Read more</a>
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January 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Paddlers in the 2024 Waka Ama Long Distance Nationals. supplied A crew of almost 5000 paddlers are set to paddle Waikato waters this weekend in the biggest Waka Ama nationals in history. Lake Karāpiro will play host to the 2026 Waka Ama Sprint Nationals, with 800 more paddlers than last year, ... <a title="Biggest Waka Ama Nationals in history set to begin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/09/biggest-waka-ama-nationals-in-history-set-to-begin/" aria-label="Read more about Biggest Waka Ama Nationals in history set to begin">Read more</a>
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January 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Stella and Paul Richards live on the road. They’ve travelled the length and breadth of New Zealand in the last three years – and their cat, Maggie, is along for the ride. The loss of two people close to them in quick succession prompted their decision to embrace life on the road, Stella told RNZ’s ... <a title="‘We’d be bored just sitting in a house all day’: The couple caravanning around NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/09/wed-be-bored-just-sitting-in-a-house-all-day-the-couple-caravanning-around-nz/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We’d be bored just sitting in a house all day’: The couple caravanning around NZ">Read more</a>
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January 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Gold Rush: Who’s cashing in on Queenstown? An RNZ series examining the money flowing into Queenstown – and who’s missing out. In Queenstown, a hotel with rooms priced up to $50,000 a night is attracting visitors willing to book not just a suite, but sometimes the whole hotel. ROKI Collection is ... <a title="Heli-golf, Aston Martin tours: How Queenstown is courting ultra-wealthy visitors" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/09/heli-golf-aston-martin-tours-how-queenstown-is-courting-ultra-wealthy-visitors/" aria-label="Read more about Heli-golf, Aston Martin tours: How Queenstown is courting ultra-wealthy visitors">Read more</a>
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January 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Poo anxiety, bashful bowels, shy bowel syndrome: they’re all terms for what’s medically known as parcopresis or difficulty pooping when you’re not at home. The Germans have given a name to this condition: Heimscheißer (pronounced “heimscheisser”), which means “home shitter”. Sufferers experience distress and anxiety at the mere thought of having ... <a title="Can you only poo at home? You may be a ‘heimscheisser’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/09/can-you-only-poo-at-home-you-may-be-a-heimscheisser/" aria-label="Read more about Can you only poo at home? You may be a ‘heimscheisser’">Read more</a>
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January 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Remember summers spent leafing through cracked, yellow pages of a dusty novel on the beach? Or staying up late speeding through the a thriller you were given for Christmas? Recent studies have linked the rise of smartphones and screen-time to increasingly short attention spans, and suggested it’s broken our reading habits. ... <a title="How to get yourself out of a reading rut" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/09/how-to-get-yourself-out-of-a-reading-rut/" aria-label="Read more about How to get yourself out of a reading rut">Read more</a>
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January 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Finn Blackwell New ransom deadline arrives Deceased patients among those to have data breached Manage My Health response labelled “shambolic, frustrating and slow” Patient told she is caught up in breach after being earlier told she wasn’t A new ransom deadline is thought to have arrived as criticism mounts ... <a title="Criticism of Manage My Health cyber attack response mounts as another deadline passes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/09/criticism-of-manage-my-health-cyber-attack-response-mounts-as-another-deadline-passes/" aria-label="Read more about Criticism of Manage My Health cyber attack response mounts as another deadline passes">Read more</a>
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January 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Temperatures are forecast to top 30 degrees in many places around the country. RNZ / Richard Tindiller Hastings is in for a scorcher on Friday with MetService predicting it’ll be the hottest spot in the country. Temperatures are forecast to top 30 degrees in many places, and heat alerts have been ... <a title="Hastings tipped to be hottest spot as temperatures rise around the country" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/09/hastings-tipped-to-be-hottest-spot-as-temperatures-rise-around-the-country/" aria-label="Read more about Hastings tipped to be hottest spot as temperatures rise around the country">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2026
New Zealand former Invercargill and Waitematā mayor Sir Tim Shadbolt died today. He was 78. Sir Tim, who was awarded the Knight Companion of New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2019 New Year’s Honours List, served eight terms as Invercargill Mayor between 1993 and 1995, and again between 1998-2022, and two terms as Waitematā ... <a title="‘An extraordinary, charismatic man’: Sir Tim Shadbolt dies at 78" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/08/an-extraordinary-charismatic-man-sir-tim-shadbolt-dies-at-78/" aria-label="Read more about ‘An extraordinary, charismatic man’: Sir Tim Shadbolt dies at 78">Read more</a>
