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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Rico Simpson of Auckland during the 2025 NPC at Eden Park. Photosport Rico Simpson is no stranger to expectation. The schoolboy prodigy has been long tipped as the next star off the New Zealand rugby conveyor belt. Now in his first, full-time Super Rugby season, Simpson is looking to become a ... <a title="Rugby prodigy ready to prove the hype" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/rugby-prodigy-ready-to-prove-the-hype/" aria-label="Read more about Rugby prodigy ready to prove the hype">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand File image. Nick Monro The forestry sector is calling for a cap on rates increases after one forestry blocks rates bill went up 570 percent in a year. The 1100-hectare block near Wairoa managed by agri-advisory firm Lewis Tucker was originally farmland but was bought in 2019 and planted in pines ... <a title="Forestry sector calls for rates cap after bill increases 570 percent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/forestry-sector-calls-for-rates-cap-after-bill-increases-570-percent/" aria-label="Read more about Forestry sector calls for rates cap after bill increases 570 percent">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Black Comet’s Laughton Kora isn’t afraid of a little disruption — even at Waitangi. In 2024, he quite literally shook the foundations, he says, providing the sound design as Māori artist and activist Tāme Iti was welcomed onto Te Whare Rūnanga. “That’s a big thing for me because I was able to ... <a title="Shaking the marae grounds at Waitangi" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/shaking-the-marae-grounds-at-waitangi/" aria-label="Read more about Shaking the marae grounds at Waitangi">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand BusinessNZ director of advocacy Catherine Beard. Supplied / Business NZ Standards New Zealand has been invited by Standards Australia to take a seat at the table following many years of being unable to pay the price to join. The change follows an agreement by the Australian and New Zealand governments to ... <a title="New Zealand gets a seat at Standards Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/new-zealand-gets-a-seat-at-standards-australia/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand gets a seat at Standards Australia">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Tongariro Mayor Weston Kirton wants the government to consider a proposal to return Chateau Tongariro to its former status as a hotel. Jimmy Ellingham / RNZ Tongariro’s mayor says the government should consider a proposal from an unnamed investor to return the Chateau Tongariro to its former status as a hotel. ... <a title="Investor proposal to return Chateau Tongariro to hotel status should be considered – mayor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/investor-proposal-to-return-chateau-tongariro-to-hotel-status-should-be-considered-mayor/" aria-label="Read more about Investor proposal to return Chateau Tongariro to hotel status should be considered – mayor">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Ever since whispers of casting choices began popping up on social media, Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights has been a lightning rod for controversy. Now days away from the movie’s highly anticipated premiere, fans and critics are still arguing. Fennell is not the first to attempt a screen adaptation of Emily Brontë’s ... <a title="Wuthering Heights is one of the year’s most controversial films" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/wuthering-heights-is-one-of-the-years-most-controversial-films/" aria-label="Read more about Wuthering Heights is one of the year’s most controversial films">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand NZ First deputy leader Shane Jones addressing Fast Track protesters last year. (File photo) RNZ / Peter de Graaf New Zealand First will campaign on reinstating sweeping ministerial powers in the fast track legislation this election. The law, set up as a ‘one stop shop’ process for consenting infrastructure, initially proposed ... <a title="NZ First to campaign on ministers getting final say in fast track projects" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/nz-first-to-campaign-on-ministers-getting-final-say-in-fast-track-projects/" aria-label="Read more about NZ First to campaign on ministers getting final say in fast track projects">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says Labour is talking “a load of rubbish” when it claims the government is implementing a new “gas tax” on New Zealanders. But Labour has fired back with one of National’s own attack lines – “if it looks like a tax and it quacks like a tax, ... <a title="Labour talking a ‘load of rubbish’ by labelling new liquefied natural gas terminal a tax – PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/labour-talking-a-load-of-rubbish-by-labelling-new-liquefied-natural-gas-terminal-a-tax-pm/" aria-label="Read more about Labour talking a ‘load of rubbish’ by labelling new liquefied natural gas terminal a tax – PM">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Mt Albert Aquatic Centre. Supplied / Community Leisure Management Worksafe will revist an Auckland aquatic centre after a boy smashed his front teeth while on a hydroslide – the second recent injury involving the same slide. A man was injured at the Mt Albert Aquatic Centre in late December, losing his ... <a title="WorkSafe to revisit Mt Albert Aquatic Centre after man’s finger torn off, boy’s teeth smashed on hydroslide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/worksafe-to-revisit-mt-albert-aquatic-centre-after-mans-finger-torn-off-boys-teeth-smashed-on-hydroslide/" aria-label="Read more about WorkSafe to revisit Mt Albert Aquatic Centre after man’s finger torn off, boy’s teeth smashed on hydroslide">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The scene of the stabbing. RNZ / Nathan McKinnon Police are examining a central Christchurch property where a man was critically injured in a stabbing. Emergency services were called to the two-storey block of flats in Fitzgerald Avenue at 12:20pm on Monday, where they arrested a person. A scene guard remained ... <a title="Police at scene of Christchurch stabbing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/police-at-scene-of-christchurch-stabbing/" aria-label="Read more about Police at scene of Christchurch stabbing">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Minister for Workplace Relations Brooke van Velden says she is looking to cut health and safety red tape for low-risk businesses. 123RF A work safety group says a new bill before Parliament is likely to increase harm to people and cause cost blowouts from accidents. The amendment bill is the first ... <a title="Work safety group says proposed law change likely to increase harm to people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/work-safety-group-says-proposed-law-change-likely-to-increase-harm-to-people/" aria-label="Read more about Work safety group says proposed law change likely to increase harm to people">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. Christchurch’s central city library Tūranga. RNZ / Nate McKinnon A person has been taken to hospital in a critical condition after a fall from Christchurch’s central Tūranga library. Emergency services were called to the building near Cathedral Square shortly before 11am on Tuesday. Three fire trucks worked to free ... <a title="Person falls from Christchurch’s Tūranga library" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/10/person-falls-from-christchurchs-turanga-library/" aria-label="Read more about Person falls from Christchurch’s Tūranga library">Read more</a>
