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February 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Finance Minister Nicola Willis at the New Zealand Economic Forum. RNZ/Libby Kirkby-McLeod Finance Minister Nicola Willis is challenging Labour to commit to keeping her Investment Boost policy if elected. The centrepiece of last year’s Budget, the boost, allows businesses to deduct 20 percent of a new asset’s value from taxable income ... <a title="Finance Minister Nicola Willis challenges Labour to keep Investment Boost policy if elected" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/12/finance-minister-nicola-willis-challenges-labour-to-keep-investment-boost-policy-if-elected/" aria-label="Read more about Finance Minister Nicola Willis challenges Labour to keep Investment Boost policy if elected">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 Workplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The government is tweaking its legislation removing the right for contractors to challenge their employment status to make clear that it will not be applied retrospectively. The Employment Relations Amendment Bill was being considered at Committee Stage on Wednesday night, where ... <a title="Government tweaks law so contractors can’t challenge employment status retrospectively" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/12/government-tweaks-law-so-contractors-cant-challenge-employment-status-retrospectively/" aria-label="Read more about Government tweaks law so contractors can’t challenge employment status retrospectively">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2026
By Pip Hinman in Gadigal Country/Sydney NSW Premier Chris Minns is sounding even more defensive after videos of NSW police violence towards peaceful protesters in Australia went viral — including attacks on Muslims praying in Sydney’s Town Hall Square after the rally on Monday. His “primary concern”, he told ABC TV, was to prevent the ... <a title="NSW Premier Minns’ police attack Muslims in prayer, peaceful Gaza protesters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/11/nsw-premier-minns-police-attack-muslims-in-prayer-peaceful-gaza-protesters/" aria-label="Read more about NSW Premier Minns’ police attack Muslims in prayer, peaceful Gaza protesters">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2026
RNZ Pacific The United States has designated two high-profile public office holders from Palau and the Marshall Islands for “significant corruption”, the US Department of State says. Palau’s Senate president Hokkons Baules has been designated “for his involvement in significant corruption on behalf of China-based actors,” while the former mayor of the Kili/Bikini/Ejit community in ... <a title="US designates two Micronesian leaders over corruption allegations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/11/us-designates-two-micronesian-leaders-over-corruption-allegations/" aria-label="Read more about US designates two Micronesian leaders over corruption allegations">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2026
OPEN LETTER: By James Ricketson Dear Premier Chris Minns I was arrested outside the Sydney Town Hall on Monday evening charged with assaulting a police officer. During my violent arrest I sustained several bloody injuries. I can barely walk today and my right kidney hurts very badly as a result of its being punched. Or ... <a title="Sydney police brutality over Herzog – an open letter to Premier Minns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/11/sydney-police-brutality-over-herzog-an-open-letter-to-premier-minns/" aria-label="Read more about Sydney police brutality over Herzog – an open letter to Premier Minns">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Winston Peters says Israel’s decision is a ‘major setback for any chance at a two-state solution’. RNZ / Mark Papalii The foreign minister has denounced Israel for expanding control over settlements controlled by Palestinians in the West Bank. The measures passed by the Israeli security cabinet also pave the way for ... <a title="Winston Peters denounces Israel for expanding control over occupied West Bank" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/11/winston-peters-denounces-israel-for-expanding-control-over-occupied-west-bank/" aria-label="Read more about Winston Peters denounces Israel for expanding control over occupied West Bank">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand First leader Winston Peters addressing a Pacific crowd on the steps of Parliament on Tuesday after he received a petition calling for visas on arrival for Pacific nationals. RNZ Pacific / Moera Tuilaepa Political parties are largely sympathetic to a petition for easier access to New Zealand for Pacific ... <a title="Political parties generally sympathetic to easier access to NZ for Pacific Islanders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/11/political-parties-generally-sympathetic-to-easier-access-to-nz-for-pacific-islanders/" aria-label="Read more about Political parties generally sympathetic to easier access to NZ for Pacific Islanders">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The review into the Reserve Bank was to identify key lessons, the government said. (File photo) RNZ The government is launching an independent review of the Reserve Bank’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, due to be published just months out from the election. The review – to be released in September ... <a title="Government launches independent review into Reserve Bank’s Covid-19 response" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/11/government-launches-independent-review-into-reserve-banks-covid-19-response/" aria-label="Read more about Government launches independent review into Reserve Bank’s Covid-19 response">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Voter fraud allegations and a lack of transparency around political lobbying and funding were some of the top concerns. (File photo) Pixabay/shafin_protic New Zealand’s reputation for low levels of corruption has taken a hit for the fourth year in a row. In global organisation Transparency International’s latest Corruption Perception Index – ... <a title="New Zealand’s corruption-free reputation takes hit for fourth-year in a row – survey" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/11/new-zealands-corruption-free-reputation-takes-hit-for-fourth-year-in-a-row-survey/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s corruption-free reputation takes hit for fourth-year in a row – survey">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Finance Minister Nicola Willis. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Finance Minister Nicola Willis has committed to releasing all the calculations which she says show the government’s new gas plan will reduce New Zealanders’ power bills. The government is pushing ahead with plans to build a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) import facility ... <a title="Finance Minister promises to release data showing gas plan will lower power bills" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/11/finance-minister-promises-to-release-data-showing-gas-plan-will-lower-power-bills/" aria-label="Read more about Finance Minister promises to release data showing gas plan will lower power bills">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The Justice Minister says it’s uncharitable to say a government retail crime advisory group was a waste of time. Paul Goldsmith has confirmed the group will wind down four months early, after three of its five members walked away. Labour this week said ... <a title="Morning Report live: Paul Goldsmith defends pulling the plug on retail crime group" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/11/morning-report-live-paul-goldsmith-defends-pulling-the-plug-on-retail-crime-group/" aria-label="Read more about Morning Report live: Paul Goldsmith defends pulling the plug on retail crime group">Read more</a>
