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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Prime Ministers Christopher Luxon’s speech has been heckled at throughout his 10 minute speech at the Treaty Grounds. During his speech, Luxon spoke of the recent weather events, the effected communities and the country’s sense of identity, among other things. The hecklers interrupted his speech multiple times throughout, with some interruptions ... <a title="Prime Minister Christopher Luxon heckled during speech at Treaty Grounds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/prime-minister-christopher-luxon-heckled-during-speech-at-treaty-grounds/" aria-label="Read more about Prime Minister Christopher Luxon heckled during speech at Treaty Grounds">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Accommodation and food services saw the largest increase in jobs over the last year, up just over 25,000, with around 17,000 more full-time and 8000 more part-time roles. 123rf Unemployment has hit its highest level in a decade, but beneath the headline numbers some sectors are faring much better than others. ... <a title="The sector with 17,000 more full-time jobs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/the-sector-with-17000-more-full-time-jobs/" aria-label="Read more about The sector with 17,000 more full-time jobs">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Unsplash Consumers were a shade more willing to spend at the start of the year, although stormy weather put a dampener on things in some parts of the country, according to payments firm Worldline. Spending at core retail merchants rose by 0.6 percent in January compared with a year ago, with ... <a title="Weather puts dampener on slight retail spending recovery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/weather-puts-dampener-on-slight-retail-spending-recovery/" aria-label="Read more about Weather puts dampener on slight retail spending recovery">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A tourist boat that ran aground in Banks Peninsula’s Akaroa Harbour is now wrecked on shore after swells dislodged it from rocks near the heads. New photos show the Black Cat Cruises boat wrecked on the shore in Banks Peninsula’s Akaroa Harbour after swells dislodged the catamaran from rocks near the ... <a title="Swells dislodge wrecked catamaran from rocks in Akaroa Harbour" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/swells-dislodge-wrecked-catamaran-from-rocks-in-akaroa-harbour/" aria-label="Read more about Swells dislodge wrecked catamaran from rocks in Akaroa Harbour">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Prime Minister and other parliamentarians have been welcomed to the lower Treaty Grounds at Waitangi. A pōwhiri was held at 11am, before they gathered for speeches. Christopher Luxon, who was absent from the Treaty Grounds last year, had promised to bring a message of unity. After meeting with Māori leaders ... <a title="Waitangi live: Politicians including Hipkins, Seymour, Peters speak following welcome to Treaty Grounds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/waitangi-live-politicians-including-hipkins-seymour-peters-speak-following-welcome-to-treaty-grounds/" aria-label="Read more about Waitangi live: Politicians including Hipkins, Seymour, Peters speak following welcome to Treaty Grounds">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Pia Vlok scored a triple on the weekend. PHOTOSPORT Pia Vlok was sitting in the changing rooms still on a high after becoming the first Phoenix women’s player to score an A-League hat-trick on Sunday, when she received a phone call from the Football Ferns coach. National women’s coach Michael Mayne ... <a title="‘Best week ever’ for Phoenix teen and newly named Football Fern Pia Vlok" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/best-week-ever-for-phoenix-teen-and-newly-named-football-fern-pia-vlok/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Best week ever’ for Phoenix teen and newly named Football Fern Pia Vlok">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Wellington’s City to Sea bridge. Paul McCredie A popular footbridge connecting Wellington’s waterfront to the central city has been saved from demolition – but its seismic risk won’t be addressed. There’s been a years-long fight over the City to Sea bridge – and the former Capital E building underneath – with ... <a title="Wellington’s City to Sea bridge saved but most seismic work off the table" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/wellingtons-city-to-sea-bridge-saved-but-most-seismic-work-off-the-table/" aria-label="Read more about Wellington’s City to Sea bridge saved but most seismic work off the table">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The people of Ngāpuhi deliver a powerful haka, welcoming parliamentarians onto the upper Waitangi Treaty Grounds. Layla Bailey-McDowell / RNZ The prime minister and other MPs were welcomed back onto the Waitangi Treaty Grounds on Thursday morning as the long weekend gets underway. RNZ photographers and journalists were on the ground ... <a title="Waitangi 2026: Thursday in pictures" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/waitangi-2026-thursday-in-pictures/" aria-label="Read more about Waitangi 2026: Thursday in pictures">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Wellington Water chief executive Pat Dougherty says he had never seen damage like this before. Samuel Rillstone Wellington Water’s chief executive says the Moa Point wastewater treatment plant is not in good shape, with 70 percent of it flooded and 80 percent of its equipment damaged. An equipment failure flooded the ... <a title="Damage to Moa Point wastewater plant ‘as bad as we feared’ – Wellington Water" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/damage-to-moa-point-wastewater-plant-as-bad-as-we-feared-wellington-water/" aria-label="Read more about Damage to Moa Point wastewater plant ‘as bad as we feared’ – Wellington Water">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Wellington’s City to Sea bridge. Paul McCredie A popular footbridge connecting Wellington’s waterfront to the central city has been saved from demolition – but its seismic risk won’t be addressed. There’s been a years-long fight over the City to Sea bridge – and the former Capital E building underneath – with ... <a title="Wellington’s City to Sea bridge saved but $85m in seismic work off the table" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/wellingtons-city-to-sea-bridge-saved-but-85m-in-seismic-work-off-the-table/" aria-label="Read more about Wellington’s City to Sea bridge saved but $85m in seismic work off the table">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Taiātea Symposium at Waitangi 2026 – all photo credits to WAI 262 – Kia Whakapūmau / wai262.nz / projects@wai262.nz WAI 262 – Kia Whakapūmau / wai262.nz / projects@wai262.nz As Waitangi Day commemorations continue drawing people from across Aotearoa and around the world to the Bay of Islands, Te Tii Marae has ... <a title="‘We are all connected’: Indigenous, Pacific leaders unite at Waitangi" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/we-are-all-connected-indigenous-pacific-leaders-unite-at-waitangi/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We are all connected’: Indigenous, Pacific leaders unite at Waitangi">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Prime Minister and other parliamentarians have been welcomed to the lower Treaty Grounds at Waitangi. A pōwhiri was held at 11am, before they gathered for speeches. Christopher Luxon, who was absent from the Treaty Grounds last year, had promised to bring a message of unity. After meeting with Māori leaders ... <a title="Live: ‘Sort yourself out’, politicians told as they are welcomed to Waitangi" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/live-sort-yourself-out-politicians-told-as-they-are-welcomed-to-waitangi/" aria-label="Read more about Live: ‘Sort yourself out’, politicians told as they are welcomed to Waitangi">Read more</a>
