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February 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon A child is in hospital after being hit by a bus while bike riding in Auckland. Emergency services were called to the crash on Te Atatu Road around 6.30pm on Wednesday. Police said officers responded to reports of a vehicle versus a cyclist on Te Atatu Peninsula, ... <a title="Child hospitalised after being hit by bus while riding a bike in Auckland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/11/child-hospitalised-after-being-hit-by-bus-while-riding-a-bike-in-auckland/" aria-label="Read more about Child hospitalised after being hit by bus while riding a bike in Auckland">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A new satellite map has revealed the scale of devastation across the East Cape following a January storm. Supplied / Dragonfly Data Science Recent severe storms have triggered more than 11,000 slips on the East Cape, according to satellite imagery. Heavy rainfall caused widespread damage and flooding in parts of the ... <a title="New satellite imagery shows recent storms triggered more than 11,000 slips on East Cape" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/11/new-satellite-imagery-shows-recent-storms-triggered-more-than-11000-slips-on-east-cape/" aria-label="Read more about New satellite imagery shows recent storms triggered more than 11,000 slips on East Cape">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Maitai Bay, on the Karikari Peninsula, is a popular Far North holiday spot. RNZ / Peter de Graaf Life is returning to a Far North bay once compared to an underwater desert, eight years after local hapū declared a fishing ban that makes up for its lack of legal clout with ... <a title="Sea life returns to Maitai Bay, eight years after local hapū declares unofficial fishing ban" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/11/sea-life-returns-to-maitai-bay-eight-years-after-local-hapu-declares-unofficial-fishing-ban/" aria-label="Read more about Sea life returns to Maitai Bay, eight years after local hapū declares unofficial fishing ban">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Wairoa mayor Craig Little believes the people in the car were all from the same family. Nick Monro A deadly crash involving a car and a school bus has devastated the town of Wairoa, says the local mayor. The crash – at about 3pm on Tuesday – closed the intersection of ... <a title="‘Everyone is grieving’ – fatal Wairoa crash devastates community" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/11/everyone-is-grieving-fatal-wairoa-crash-devastates-community/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Everyone is grieving’ – fatal Wairoa crash devastates community">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand One of the treatment areas in Nelson Hospital’s upgraded emergency department. Samantha Gee / RNZ The Office of the Auditor-General has found no issue with the wait list numbers for first specialist appointments at Nelson Hospital. It comes after two unions raised concerns about placeholder clinics being booked for patients, who ... <a title="Audit finds no evidence of some wait lists being misrepresented at Nelson Hospital" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/11/audit-finds-no-evidence-of-some-wait-lists-being-misrepresented-at-nelson-hospital/" aria-label="Read more about Audit finds no evidence of some wait lists being misrepresented at Nelson Hospital">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Warwick Jordan outside the new shop at 4 Glenside Crescent. RNZ / Evie Richardson A much-loved and long-running Auckland secondhand bookshop will live to write another chapter, having saved itself from closure. Hard to Find Books was struggling to find a new location for its hundreds of thousands of titles after ... <a title="Auckland secondhand bookshop owner saves store from closure finding new location" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/11/auckland-secondhand-bookshop-owner-saves-store-from-closure-finding-new-location/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland secondhand bookshop owner saves store from closure finding new location">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A panel investigating the behaviour of a judge accused of disrupting an NZ First event has heard from its first witnesses today, members of the NZ First party. District Court Judge Ema Aitken is before a Judicial Conduct panel over allegations she yelled at party leader Winston Peters, calling him a ... <a title="Video of Michael Reed KC being asked to leave NZ First event played at probe into Judge Ema Aitken" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/11/video-of-michael-reed-kc-being-asked-to-leave-nz-first-event-played-at-probe-into-judge-ema-aitken/" aria-label="Read more about Video of Michael Reed KC being asked to leave NZ First event played at probe into Judge Ema Aitken">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Malachi Subecz was subjected to months of horrific abuse. Supplied Children’s Minister Karen Chhour is yet to front questions on a scathing coroner’s report into the death of Malachi Subecz. Coroner Janet Anderson report found everything possible went wrong for the 5-year-old in the last six months of his life. Senior ... <a title="Children’s Minister too busy to front on Malachi Subecz report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/11/childrens-minister-too-busy-to-front-on-malachi-subecz-report/" aria-label="Read more about Children’s Minister too busy to front on Malachi Subecz report">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The brown trout statue was unveiled by Sir Bob Jones in February 1989, but has been unnamed ever since. RNZ / Nate McKinnon Gore’s famous giant brown trout statue is angling for an official name. The sculpture – designed by local artist Erroll Allison and built by a local engineering firm ... <a title="Finn Diesel, Trixie or Trevor? – name sought for Gore’s iconic giant trout" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/11/finn-diesel-trixie-or-trevor-name-sought-for-gores-iconic-giant-trout/" aria-label="Read more about Finn Diesel, Trixie or Trevor? – name sought for Gore’s iconic giant trout">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The review said the council should use its rich data about teachers to identify patterns and help tackle negative trends and risks. RNZ / Richard Tindiller The Teaching Council needs to focus more on children’s safety and less on being liked by teachers, according to an independent review. The review of ... <a title="Teaching Council too focused on ‘being liked by the profession’ – review" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/11/teaching-council-too-focused-on-being-liked-by-the-profession-review/" aria-label="Read more about Teaching Council too focused on ‘being liked by the profession’ – review">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Otago University vice-chancellor Grant Robertson is warning students to stay off roofs after a young man was critically injured falling from a building at the Dunedin campus. Tess Brunton/RNZ Otago University is urging students to “stay off roofs” after a young man was critically injured falling from a building at the ... <a title="Otago University urges students to ‘stay off roofs’ after campus accident" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/11/otago-university-urges-students-to-stay-off-roofs-after-campus-accident/" aria-label="Read more about Otago University urges students to ‘stay off roofs’ after campus accident">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Wellington Mayor Andrew Little. RNZ / Mark Papalii Some mayors in the Wellington region have weighed in on the Moa Point sewage plant failure and who should pay for it. The facility started pumping raw sewage into the ocean off the south coast after it completely failed early Wednesday morning last ... <a title="Moa Point: Regional mayors have their say on what happens next and who will pay" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/11/moa-point-regional-mayors-have-their-say-on-what-happens-next-and-who-will-pay/" aria-label="Read more about Moa Point: Regional mayors have their say on what happens next and who will pay">Read more</a>
