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February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The ministry said parts of Auckland were among the worst-affected by the teacher shortage. 123RF Secondary principals say the worsening shortage of teachers is forcing schools to cancel subjects and hire untrained teachers. Education Ministry figures showed schools this year faced a bigger shortfall of secondary teachers than previously expected. It ... <a title="Teacher shortage forcing subject cancellations, principals say" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/27/teacher-shortage-forcing-subject-cancellations-principals-say/" aria-label="Read more about Teacher shortage forcing subject cancellations, principals say">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Robin Martin Nelson City Council is putting $100,000 towards helping vulnerable and homeless women in the city. The grant to the Nelson Women’s Centre will support a new housing navigator role to help women into safe and stable housing so its social worker can respond to other urgent needs. ... <a title="Nelson City Council putting $100,000 towards helping homeless women" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/27/nelson-city-council-putting-100000-towards-helping-homeless-women/" aria-label="Read more about Nelson City Council putting $100,000 towards helping homeless women">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Awatea Mita UGP / Melody Thomas Māori women are disproportionately represented in the criminal justice system, getting worse the further they progress through the system, a new factsheet from the Ministry of Justice shows. The factsheet found while wāhine Māori made up 15 percent of people in New Zealand they made ... <a title="Māori wāhine over represented in criminal justice system and gets worse the further they go" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/27/maori-wahine-over-represented-in-criminal-justice-system-and-gets-worse-the-further-they-go/" aria-label="Read more about Māori wāhine over represented in criminal justice system and gets worse the further they go">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Police said they hope the arrest would reassure Sharlene’s family and the community. RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly Two Napier men have been charged in connection with the homicide of Sharlene Smith whose body was found on a worksite in Omahu. 64-year-old Smith was earlier identified by police as a ‘much-loved mother, ... <a title="Two Napier men charged in relation to Sharlene Smith homocide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/27/two-napier-men-charged-in-relation-to-sharlene-smith-homocide/" aria-label="Read more about Two Napier men charged in relation to Sharlene Smith homocide">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand St Joseph’s School in Ashburton. Google Maps Four people have been taken to hospital, St John ambulance says, after reports of unwell children at an Ashburton primary school where an unknown has been chemical detected. Initially St John said two people were taken to hospital from St Joseph’s School, on Friday ... <a title="Four people taken to hospital, chemical detected at primary school" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/27/four-people-taken-to-hospital-chemical-detected-at-primary-school/" aria-label="Read more about Four people taken to hospital, chemical detected at primary school">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Police had received reports that a person was assaulted at the intersection of Massey Street and Korimako Street. RNZ / Nate McKinnon A person is seriously injured after being assaulted following a road rage incident in Hamilton. Detective Alistair Hill from Hamilton City CIB said police were called at about 9am ... <a title="Road rage leads to assault and serious injury in Hamilton" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/27/road-rage-leads-to-assault-and-serious-injury-in-hamilton/" aria-label="Read more about Road rage leads to assault and serious injury in Hamilton">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Bromley’s damaged sewage treatment plant. Christchurch City Council claims it is committed to doing everything it can to reduce the effects of Bromley’s damaged sewage treatment plant on the community after being issued with an abatement notice for the putrid smell. The plant was damaged by fire in 2021 and has ... <a title="Stench from Canterbury sewage treatment plant council’s ‘top priority’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/27/stench-from-canterbury-sewage-treatment-plant-councils-top-priority/" aria-label="Read more about Stench from Canterbury sewage treatment plant council’s ‘top priority’">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Greenpeace Aotearoa says its activists “altered” the Rakaia salmon statue, turning it into a cartoon dead fish in protest of the dairy industry’s environmental destruction, but the council says it was vandalised. Supplied For the first time in 40 years, no fish will be weighed in at Mid Canterbury’s Rakaia Fishing ... <a title="Fishers ‘living the funeral’ of low salmon, fish stocks in Rakaia River" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/27/fishers-living-the-funeral-of-low-salmon-fish-stocks-in-rakaia-river/" aria-label="Read more about Fishers ‘living the funeral’ of low salmon, fish stocks in Rakaia River">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Wellington’s south coast beaches have been rated as unsuitable for swimming just two days after the city’s mayor went for a swim in Lyall Bay to show it was safe. The area had been off limits to beach goers since 4 February after the Moa Point sewage plant completely failed, sending ... <a title="Beach where Wellington mayor Andrew Little took dip now rated ‘unsuitable’ for swimming" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/27/beach-where-wellington-mayor-andrew-little-took-dip-now-rated-unsuitable-for-swimming/" aria-label="Read more about Beach where Wellington mayor Andrew Little took dip now rated ‘unsuitable’ for swimming">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand AFP / Science Photo Library A further measles case has been confirmed in Auckland, linked to overseas travel. It follows two cases reported on Tuesday. Health NZ said all three cases are being supported by the local public health service. A number of locations of interest have been reported in relation ... <a title="Third measles case confirmed this week, linked to overseas travel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/27/third-measles-case-confirmed-this-week-linked-to-overseas-travel/" aria-label="Read more about Third measles case confirmed this week, linked to overseas travel">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand In mid-18th Century Manchester, a devout Quaker named Ann Lee (Amanda Seyfried) – traumatised as a child by the sight of her parents having sex followed by the loss of her own four children before they turned one – finds herself in prison because of her faith. Mona Fastvold’s remarkable film ... <a title="Review: The Testament of Ann Lee is a hypnotic and stirring" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/27/review-the-testament-of-ann-lee-is-a-hypnotic-and-stirring/" aria-label="Read more about Review: The Testament of Ann Lee is a hypnotic and stirring">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Malcolm Rewa in court in 2019. POOL Warning: This story contains graphic details. Serial rapist and convicted killer Malcolm Rewa was linked to the rape of a 16-year-old from the 1980s after the victim went to police asking them to run DNA from her attack through their database. Rewa is serving ... <a title="How police linked Malcolm Rewa to a rape in the ’80s" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/27/how-police-linked-malcolm-rewa-to-a-rape-in-the-80s/" aria-label="Read more about How police linked Malcolm Rewa to a rape in the ’80s">Read more</a>
