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February 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand US singer Britney Spears has become the latest musician to sell the rights to her catalogue that includes hits like ‘…Baby One More Time’ and ‘Oops!…I Did It Again’, US media is reporting. The deal is believed to be worth around $US200 million (NZ$330 million), according to sources cited by celebrity ... <a title="Britney Spears sells rights to music catalogue in reported $330m deal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/12/britney-spears-sells-rights-to-music-catalogue-in-reported-330m-deal/" aria-label="Read more about Britney Spears sells rights to music catalogue in reported $330m deal">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A Breaker Bay local with a long history of fighting for clean water in Wellington explains why the sewage dump is so catastrophic, for health, history, and the environment. Ray Ahipene-Mercer with his jar of 24-year-old water from Moa Point sewage treatment plant. Sharon Brettkelly Ray Ahipene-Mercer keeps a jar of ... <a title="Raw sewage still pouring into Wellington waters raises questions, and anger" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/12/raw-sewage-still-pouring-into-wellington-waters-raises-questions-and-anger/" aria-label="Read more about Raw sewage still pouring into Wellington waters raises questions, and anger">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Former Reserve Bank Governor Don Brash. RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly Former Reserve Bank Governor Don Brash is supportive of the government’s decision to review the Bank’s decisions during the Covid-19 pandemic, but concerns from the opposition over the review’s timing so close to the election are a “fair question”, he says. ... <a title="Former Reserve Bank Governor supports review into Bank’s decisions during pandemic, but questions timing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/12/former-reserve-bank-governor-supports-review-into-banks-decisions-during-pandemic-but-questions-timing/" aria-label="Read more about Former Reserve Bank Governor supports review into Bank’s decisions during pandemic, but questions timing">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Photosport One of two schools that illegally gave scholarships to foreign students who played in their top sports teams says it only happened because a sponsorship deal fell through. The other has not responded to RNZ’s questions. School sport leaders say they do not believe the cases are symptomatic of a ... <a title="Schools accused of giving illegal scholarships to foreign students" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/12/schools-accused-of-giving-illegal-scholarships-to-foreign-students/" aria-label="Read more about Schools accused of giving illegal scholarships to foreign students">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Wellington Water staff are now able to enter the failed Moa Point treatment plant. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Wellington Water staff are now able to enter the failed Moa Point treatment plant but they cannot provide details of the work being done or who is involved. Nearly 80 percent of the ... <a title="Wellington Water quiet on Moa Point plans, cites upcoming inquiry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/12/wellington-water-quiet-on-moa-point-plans-cites-upcoming-inquiry/" aria-label="Read more about Wellington Water quiet on Moa Point plans, cites upcoming inquiry">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A tobacco control advocate says getting the country back on track towards its smokefree targets will require a policy shift away from focussing on individuals. 123RF At the end of 2025 New Zealand missed its smokefree target and a tobacco control advocate says getting back on track will require a policy ... <a title="‘Stop the supply’: NZ needs to stop seeing smoking as an individual problem, expert says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/12/stop-the-supply-nz-needs-to-stop-seeing-smoking-as-an-individual-problem-expert-says/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Stop the supply’: NZ needs to stop seeing smoking as an individual problem, expert says">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A proposed liquefied natural gas terminal will bypass the fast-track process, documents show. RNZ A proposed liquefied natural gas terminal will bypass even the fast-track process in order to be built in time for winter next year, documents show. The government plans to rush through as many of the required approvals ... <a title="Government wants to bypass fast-track process for proposed liquefied natural gas terminal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/12/government-wants-to-bypass-fast-track-process-for-proposed-liquefied-natural-gas-terminal/" aria-label="Read more about Government wants to bypass fast-track process for proposed liquefied natural gas terminal">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Swan Lake was ripe for reinterpretation, says the leader of Australia’s premier circus company. Circa’s latest production Duck Pond blends the classic ballet and Ugly Duckling stories into a high-energy, acrobatic visual feast. “Somewhere in the back of my fetid imagination, it got melded into the story of The Ugly Duckling, both ... <a title="New ‘cheeky and playful’ take on Swan Lake" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/12/new-cheeky-and-playful-take-on-swan-lake/" aria-label="Read more about New ‘cheeky and playful’ take on Swan Lake">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A woman applies post-menopause hormone gel. COLLANGES / BSIP via AFP An endocrinologist says more than half the women she sees on testosterone for low libido are taking too high a dose, and she and her colleagues are calling on Pharmac to finally fund a female-specific product. Pharmac is set to ... <a title="Health experts call on Pharmac to fund female-specific testosterone" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/12/health-experts-call-on-pharmac-to-fund-female-specific-testosterone/" aria-label="Read more about Health experts call on Pharmac to fund female-specific testosterone">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Auckland pays just under 38 percent of the country’s personal tax, and has just over 33 percent of the population. RNZ How much of the country’s total personal tax bill is your region picking up? If you are in Auckland or Wellington, the answer may be more than you might think. ... <a title="How much of NZ’s tax is your region paying?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/12/how-much-of-nzs-tax-is-your-region-paying/" aria-label="Read more about How much of NZ’s tax is your region paying?">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Waste Management NZ thinks a recent landfill blaze could have been caused by a lithium battery. Waste Management A major waste company is calling on more retailers to take back used batteries as it investigates whether one is to blame for a landfill blaze that lasted several hours. Several fire crews ... <a title="Waste company wants retailers to take back fire-causing used lithium batteries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/12/waste-company-wants-retailers-to-take-back-fire-causing-used-lithium-batteries/" aria-label="Read more about Waste company wants retailers to take back fire-causing used lithium batteries">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ The shadow of 2021’s house price boom still hangs over sellers trying to shift their houses, even years later. New data from Cotality shows that 12 percent of people selling residential properties in the last quarter of last year did so for less than the amount they paid for them. ... <a title="Homeowners still paying the price for choice to buy in 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/12/homeowners-still-paying-the-price-for-choice-to-buy-in-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Homeowners still paying the price for choice to buy in 2021">Read more</a>
