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January 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Finance Minister Nicola Willis speak to media following Luxon’s State of the Nation address in Auckland. RNZ / Calvin Samuel The Prime Minister says he isn’t worried about being offside with National MPs who have supported more housing intensification in Auckland, as he responds to questions ... <a title="Luxon on potential rethink of Auckland intensification after State of the Nation speech" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/19/luxon-on-potential-rethink-of-auckland-intensification-after-state-of-the-nation-speech/" aria-label="Read more about Luxon on potential rethink of Auckland intensification after State of the Nation speech">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Labour leader Chris Hipkins has called the Prime Minister’s State of the Nation address a “whole lot of management speak mumbo jumbo”. Christopher Luxon has delivered his first speech of the year, to the Auckland Business Chamber. Luxon launched a defence of his government’s progress and reform programme, and promised there ... <a title="Watch: ‘Management speak mumbo jumbo’: Hipkins responds to Luxon’s State of the Nation address" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/19/watch-management-speak-mumbo-jumbo-hipkins-responds-to-luxons-state-of-the-nation-address/" aria-label="Read more about Watch: ‘Management speak mumbo jumbo’: Hipkins responds to Luxon’s State of the Nation address">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Labour leader Chris Hipkins is responding to the Prime Minister’s State of the Nation address. Christopher Luxon has delivered his first speech of the year, to the Auckland Business Chamber. Luxon launched a defence of his government’s progress and reform programme, and promised there would be no deviation from its plan ... <a title="Watch live: Labour’s Chris Hipkins responds to Luxon’s State of the Nation address" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/19/watch-live-labours-chris-hipkins-responds-to-luxons-state-of-the-nation-address/" aria-label="Read more about Watch live: Labour’s Chris Hipkins responds to Luxon’s State of the Nation address">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2026
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk Talks on New Caledonia’s political future have been underway in Paris after French President Emmanuel Macron launched a fresh roundtable on Friday, despite the absence of one of the French territory’s largest pro-independence group, the Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS). During a first meeting ... <a title="Pro-France MPs confront Macron over New Caledonia at future talks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/19/pro-france-mps-confront-macron-over-new-caledonia-at-future-talks/" aria-label="Read more about Pro-France MPs confront Macron over New Caledonia at future talks">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon will also take the opportunity to outline some of the government’s progress in areas such as law and order, education, and cutting red tape. RNZ / Mark Papalii The prime minister will outline his plan for the year ahead and New Zealand’s future in a State of ... <a title="Prime Minister Christopher Luxon to deliver State of the Nation speech" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/19/prime-minister-christopher-luxon-to-deliver-state-of-the-nation-speech/" aria-label="Read more about Prime Minister Christopher Luxon to deliver State of the Nation speech">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A group of people at the Army Bay rock pools. MARK LENTON / SUPPLIED The government is making moves to stop people stripping rock pools of sealife in north Auckland. On Saturday, more than 100 Whangaparāoa residents protested against what they say are busloads of people plucking out everything from crabs ... <a title="Government considering ban on rock pool harvesting in Auckland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/19/government-considering-ban-on-rock-pool-harvesting-in-auckland/" aria-label="Read more about Government considering ban on rock pool harvesting in Auckland">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Trade Minister Todd McLay announce the conclusion of free trade negotiations with India in December. RNZ / Mark Papalii Explainer – Trade Minister Todd McClay and his Indian counterpart, Piyush Goyal, announced the recommencement of free trade negotiations as part of Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s trip ... <a title="What exactly will New Zealand’s free trade deal with India mean?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/19/what-exactly-will-new-zealands-free-trade-deal-with-india-mean/" aria-label="Read more about What exactly will New Zealand’s free trade deal with India mean?">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2026
Asia Pacific Report A pro-Palestian campaigner today accused the Israeli military forces of “once again trying to sanitise its” image in Aotearoa New Zealand, condemning a “shameful” visa programme enabling soldiers to holiday in this country. Leeann Wahanui-Peters branded the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) “more accurately as the Israeli Offence Force (IOF) because it is ... <a title="Israel accused over ‘shameful whitewashing’ bid to sanitise soldier holidays in NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/18/israel-accused-over-shameful-whitewashing-bid-to-sanitise-soldier-holidays-in-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Israel accused over ‘shameful whitewashing’ bid to sanitise soldier holidays in NZ">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2026
By Kaya Selby, RNZ Pacific journalist From heavy visa bonds to suspended applications to straight-up travel bans, the United States has implemented or announced sweeping restrictions on Pacific travel in just the first two weeks of 2026. Confirmed on Thursday, Fiji is among a list of 75 countries for which the US will suspend the ... <a title="Bonds, blockings and bans – a massive new-year US shakeup for Pacific travel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/17/bonds-blockings-and-bans-a-massive-new-year-us-shakeup-for-pacific-travel/" aria-label="Read more about Bonds, blockings and bans – a massive new-year US shakeup for Pacific travel">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2026
Team Zeteo The cost of telling the truth from inside a society that has become “completely genocidal” is very high, says Yuli Novak, executive director of the human rights watchdog B’Tselem. Novak, one of the most uncompromising dissident voices within Israel, speaks frankly in this latest episode of Zeteo’s Beyond Israelism with Simone Zimmerman in ... <a title="Israeli society has ‘become completely genocidal’, says B’Tselem head" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/17/israeli-society-has-become-completely-genocidal-says-btselem-head/" aria-label="Read more about Israeli society has ‘become completely genocidal’, says B’Tselem head">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle If you want to understand what’s going on in Iran, abandon what the Persians invented centuries ago: Manichaeism. We use the term today to denote political framing which is simplistic, black-and-white, two-dimensional — a world of Angels (us) and Demons (them). This article recognises multiple perspectives, including those of an activist ... <a title="Eugene Doyle: Iran in the vortex – what’s really going on and the ‘invisible hand’ of Israel?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/16/eugene-doyle-iran-in-the-vortex-whats-really-going-on-and-the-invisible-hand-of-israel/" aria-label="Read more about Eugene Doyle: Iran in the vortex – what’s really going on and the ‘invisible hand’ of Israel?">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2026
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk New Caledonia’s pro-independence Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) has put in a late request to join talks on the territory’s future remotely. The meeting, convened by French President Emmanuel Macron, is calling all politicians from the French Pacific territory back to the negotiating table. ... <a title="FLNKS sends in late request to join Paris talks on New Caledonia remotely" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/16/flnks-sends-in-late-request-to-join-paris-talks-on-new-caledonia-remotely/" aria-label="Read more about FLNKS sends in late request to join Paris talks on New Caledonia remotely">Read more</a>
