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February 28, 2026
Essay by Keith Rankin, 25 February 2026. Over the last few days, there has been plenty of media chatter in relation to the government’s proposal to pass a law enabling police to forcibly shift street dwellers from Auckland’s CBD. (Refer ‘Move On’ orders penalise those with the least, Scoop 22 Feb 2026.) While Labour likes ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Vagrants and a Very Basic Universal Income" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/keith-rankin-essay-vagrants-and-a-very-basic-universal-income/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Vagrants and a Very Basic Universal Income">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2026
Essay by Keith Rankin, 20 February 2026. Imagine if the Olympic Games were currently being held in Wuhan, China. There would be widespread mentionings of it having been the starting place of the Covid19 pandemic, in December 2019. But pandemics (not ‘global pandemics’; pandemics are global by definition, as are world wars) have two places ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Milano-Cortina, Pandemic Central" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/keith-rankin-essay-milano-cortina-pandemic-central/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Milano-Cortina, Pandemic Central">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Police recovered a knife at the scene and a 65-year-old man was arrested by responding staff. RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly A man has been arrested after a serious assault in Auckland’s CBD on Friday night that left two people with serious injuries. Detective Senior Sergeant Ash Matthews said emergency crews were ... <a title="Man arrested after Central Auckland assault leaves two seriously hurt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/man-arrested-after-central-auckland-assault-leaves-two-seriously-hurt/" aria-label="Read more about Man arrested after Central Auckland assault leaves two seriously hurt">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 123rf A case in which an Australian house buyer lost more than A$100,000 because he was two days’ late with his deposit payment could happen in New Zealand, too, a banking expert says. The Queensland Supreme Court ruled this week that Stephen Gary Evans had to forfeit his entire $98,500 deposit ... <a title="Australian buyer loses $100k deposit due to banking rules – could the same happen here?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/australian-buyer-loses-100k-deposit-due-to-banking-rules-could-the-same-happen-here/" aria-label="Read more about Australian buyer loses $100k deposit due to banking rules – could the same happen here?">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Blade shearers at work preparing for the Golden Shears in Masterton. RNZ/Sally Round At Rewa Rewa Station’s woolshed in Tīnui shearers are at work, but it’s not as noisy as usual. Over the clatter of sheep hooves on the floorboards, you can make out the snip-snip-snip of blade shears instead of ... <a title="Country Life: International blade shearers on edge for the Golden Shears" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/country-life-international-blade-shearers-on-edge-for-the-golden-shears/" aria-label="Read more about Country Life: International blade shearers on edge for the Golden Shears">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Sir Charles Godfray from Oxford University is a population biologist and director of its Future of Food programme. Rebecca McMillan / Supplied It is time for the food sector to have difficult conversations about its emissions, particularly beef and dairy. That was the message from a top UK scientist at the ... <a title="Country Life: An Oxford professor on the future of food and food production" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/country-life-an-oxford-professor-on-the-future-of-food-and-food-production/" aria-label="Read more about Country Life: An Oxford professor on the future of food and food production">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The closure is from Broken Hutt Road and Old Faithful Road. RNZ / Marika Khabazi The Lindis Pass/State Highway 8 has been closed and one person is seriously injured after a single-car crash. The closure is from Broken Hutt Road and Old Faithful Road Police said one person sustained serious injuries ... <a title="Lindis Pass closed, one seriously hurt after crash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/lindis-pass-closed-one-seriously-hurt-after-crash/" aria-label="Read more about Lindis Pass closed, one seriously hurt after crash">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ Country Life’s Mark Leishman interviewing Colin Martin at Nicol’s Blacksmith Shop Duntroon Karan Lawrence A visit to Duntroon’s original Victorian-era blacksmith shop is a visit back in time. Nicol’s Blacksmith Shop has been around for 125 years and, while these days it is a tourist attraction, it is still a ... <a title="Country Life: Duntroon, a small town with a big sense of history" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/country-life-duntroon-a-small-town-with-a-big-sense-of-history/" aria-label="Read more about Country Life: Duntroon, a small town with a big sense of history">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand As climate change threatens cacao plantations, chocolate manufacturers are investigating “cacao-free pathways” to meet global demand. Currently, the best options are chocolatey products either grown in labs or produced from fermented plants, according to new research by New Zealand’s Rabobank. But connoisseurs won’t find their taste an exact match, warns research ... <a title="Cacao-free chocolate is in the pipeline, but it won’t taste the same" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/cacao-free-chocolate-is-in-the-pipeline-but-it-wont-taste-the-same/" aria-label="Read more about Cacao-free chocolate is in the pipeline, but it won’t taste the same">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Bryan Johnson, the billionaire biohacker, stands next to his son. He has reportedly infused blood plasma from his then-17-year-old son in an effort to live longer. Bryan Johnson We’re all getting older – but we’re not all happy to admit it. The longevity trend has taken off, with some people paying ... <a title="Live long and prosper – then live longer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/live-long-and-prosper-then-live-longer/" aria-label="Read more about Live long and prosper – then live longer">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand It was just a “weekend wānanga” but an artists hui in Te Kaha in 1973 ushered in Ngā Puna Waihanga, the Maori artists and writers collective and drove a revolution that shaped the renaissance of Māori culture. It makes a fitting starting point for new RNZ podcast Pūtātara: Revolutions in Māori ... <a title="How a ‘weekend wānanga’ kickstarted the Māori art revolution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/how-a-weekend-wananga-kickstarted-the-maori-art-revolution/" aria-label="Read more about How a ‘weekend wānanga’ kickstarted the Māori art revolution">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand An Oriental fruit fly on a piece of fruit. Supplied / Biosecurity NZ No more fruit flies have been spotted in Papatoetoe after a single male was found in a surveillance trap in the South Auckland suburb on Wednesday. The new find comes as Biosecurity just wrapped up a six-week operation ... <a title="No further fruit flies spotted in Papatoetoe in Auckland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/no-further-fruit-flies-spotted-in-papatoetoe-in-auckland/" aria-label="Read more about No further fruit flies spotted in Papatoetoe in Auckland">Read more</a>
