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February 15, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Follow all the action as the Māori WahineToa take on the Australian Indigenous women at FMG Stadium, Waikato. Six Warriors have been named for the Māori women: Payton Takimoana, Gayle Broughton, Shakira Baker, Harata Butler, Mya Hill-Moana and Matekino Gray. Kick-off is at 3.30pm. Team lists: Māori All Stars: Shakira Baker, ... <a title="Live NRL: NZ Māori Wahine Toa v Australian Indigenous Women’s All Stars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/15/live-nrl-nz-maori-wahine-toa-v-australian-indigenous-womens-all-stars/" aria-label="Read more about Live NRL: NZ Māori Wahine Toa v Australian Indigenous Women’s All Stars">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand SailGP organisers have decided to split the fleet for day two of racing off Wynyard Point, after the huge high-speed crash between New Zealand and France on Saturday. One sailor from each team was taken to hospital, with Kiwi grinder Louis Sinclair reported in stable condition with compound fractures to both ... <a title="As it happened: Fleet split for day two after big NZ-France crash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/15/as-it-happened-fleet-split-for-day-two-after-big-nz-france-crash/" aria-label="Read more about As it happened: Fleet split for day two after big NZ-France crash">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Police say the incident happened at around 9pm on Saturday night. RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly A Hamilton woman has been seriously assaulted in her own home after confronting two men trying to get inside. Police said the assault happened on Clarkin Road in Fairfield at about 9pm on Saturday. The woman ... <a title="Hamilton woman assaulted in her home after confronting intruders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/15/hamilton-woman-assaulted-in-her-home-after-confronting-intruders/" aria-label="Read more about Hamilton woman assaulted in her home after confronting intruders">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The ACT leader has distinguished his party from its coalition partners in a state of the nation speech, giving a blunt assessment of how tough things are at the moment, especially for young people. ACT leader and Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour took a swipe at “bureaucratic” governments that aren’t balancing ... <a title="ACT leader David Seymour delivers ‘State of the Nation’ speech" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/15/act-leader-david-seymour-delivers-state-of-the-nation-speech/" aria-label="Read more about ACT leader David Seymour delivers ‘State of the Nation’ speech">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 110 Symonds Street RNZ / Marika Khabazi The chairman of a controversial ministerial advisory group that will disband months earlier than planned rejected advice from officials about which office it should rent, preferring a more expensive option for privacy reasons. The Ministerial Advisory Group for Victims of Retail Crime is renting ... <a title="Retail crime group rented expensive Symonds Street space against advice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/15/retail-crime-group-rented-expensive-symonds-street-space-against-advice/" aria-label="Read more about Retail crime group rented expensive Symonds Street space against advice">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Minister Shane Jones. RNZ/Samantha Gee After a public outcry, the government is imposing a two-year ban on taking shellfish from rockpools north of Auckland. The ban is for all of the Whangaparāoa Peninsula, and further north at Kawau Bay and Ōmaha Bay. Locals have said more people are taking sea life ... <a title="Two-year ban on taking shellfish and seaweed from rockpools north of Auckland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/15/two-year-ban-on-taking-shellfish-and-seaweed-from-rockpools-north-of-auckland/" aria-label="Read more about Two-year ban on taking shellfish and seaweed from rockpools north of Auckland">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand SailGP organisers have decided to split the fleet for day two of racing off Wynyard Point, after the huge high-speed crash between New Zealand and France on Saturday. One sailor from each team was taken to hospital, with Kiwi grinder Louis Sinclair reported in stable condition with compound fractures to both ... <a title="SailGP live updates: Fleet split for day two after big NZ-France crash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/15/sailgp-live-updates-fleet-split-for-day-two-after-big-nz-france-crash/" aria-label="Read more about SailGP live updates: Fleet split for day two after big NZ-France crash">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister and ACT leader David Seymour will deliver his latest ‘State of the Nation’ speech in Christchurch on Sunday morning. Last year, Seymour said the country was at a tipping point between “two invisible tribes” and what the country did in the next few years would decide “which way ... <a title="Live: David Seymour delivers ‘State of the Nation’ speech" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/15/live-david-seymour-delivers-state-of-the-nation-speech/" aria-label="Read more about Live: David Seymour delivers ‘State of the Nation’ speech">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Adolescence writer Jack Thorne hopes the UK will follow Australia in introducing a social media ban for children under 16. “I think it’s amazing that Australia is ahead of the world in terms of the social media ban,” Thorne says. “It’s hopefully going to spread like wildfire through the world, because ... <a title="Adolescence writer Jack Thorne on his new TV adaptation of castaway novel Lord of the Flies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/15/adolescence-writer-jack-thorne-on-his-new-tv-adaptation-of-castaway-novel-lord-of-the-flies/" aria-label="Read more about Adolescence writer Jack Thorne on his new TV adaptation of castaway novel Lord of the Flies">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Emerald Fennell’s film of Wuthering Heights, starring Australian actors Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff and Margot Robbie as Catherine, bills itself as the “greatest love story of all time”. A poll of British readers agreed. But what would Heathcliff think? Heathcliff, if you’ve not read the book, seen one of the many ... <a title="Is Wuthering Heights actually romantic? Heathcliff would say no" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/15/is-wuthering-heights-actually-romantic-heathcliff-would-say-no/" aria-label="Read more about Is Wuthering Heights actually romantic? Heathcliff would say no">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Samuel Rillstone “With the wastewater catastrophe ongoing, the Moa Point treatment plant continues to be cleaned. But what was raw sewage pouring into the water is now screened wastewater,” Newstalk ZB’s Wellington newsreader Max Towle told listeners last Monday. Better news? Only a little. “Mayor Andrew Little said there’ll ... <a title="Mediawatch: Solids, liquids and gas – infrastructure ills back in the frame" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/15/mediawatch-solids-liquids-and-gas-infrastructure-ills-back-in-the-frame/" aria-label="Read more about Mediawatch: Solids, liquids and gas – infrastructure ills back in the frame">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand St John One person has died after being thrown from a vehicle in a late-night crash west of Whangārei. Emergency services were called to a single-vehicle crash on Knight Road in Ruatangata West about 10.50pm on Saturday. Police said one person was ejected from the vehicle and died at the scene. ... <a title="Person dies after being thrown from vehicle in Northland crash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/15/person-dies-after-being-thrown-from-vehicle-in-northland-crash/" aria-label="Read more about Person dies after being thrown from vehicle in Northland crash">Read more</a>
