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January 6, 2026
ANALYSIS: By Dr Satyendra Prasad Internationally, we are marking the 2025 Human Rights Day at a time of extraordinary retreat from human rights protection across the World. Every human right, every breach of human right and every advance in the protection of human rights must matter equally to us. The frameworks for human rights protection ... <a title="Climate change and human rights demands telling our Pacific stories with clarity and impact" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/06/climate-change-and-human-rights-demands-telling-our-pacific-stories-with-clarity-and-impact/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change and human rights demands telling our Pacific stories with clarity and impact">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey. RNZ / Mark Papalii Four organisations are set to receive more funding through the government’s Mental Health Innovation Fund, to scale up the support they offer. For the second round of the fund, the government lowered the $250,000 matched funding threshold to $100,000. The initiative was ... <a title="Government boosts mental health funding to support prevention, early intervention" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/06/government-boosts-mental-health-funding-to-support-prevention-early-intervention/" aria-label="Read more about Government boosts mental health funding to support prevention, early intervention">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The hackers, calling themselves ‘Kazu’, posted on Sunday morning that unless the company paid a ransom within 48 hours, they would leak more than 400,000 files in their possession. Supplied Patients are anxious to know whether they’re affected by the Manage My Health hack – and there’s a pressing need for ... <a title="Manage My Health breach: ‘A lot of queries’ from patients as anxiety about stolen data grows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/06/manage-my-health-breach-a-lot-of-queries-from-patients-as-anxiety-about-stolen-data-grows/" aria-label="Read more about Manage My Health breach: ‘A lot of queries’ from patients as anxiety about stolen data grows">Read more</a>
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January 5, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Sameer Barghouthi The road from Beijing to Taiwan no longer seems impossible. Nothing appears to prevent Moscow — should it decide — from abducting the Ukrainian president from the heart of Kyiv. There is no longer any real immunity protecting political leadership anywhere, including Iranian leaders. The reason is not international chaos. The ... <a title="With the Gaza genocide, the world changed – sovereignty died and thuggery became a system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/05/with-the-gaza-genocide-the-world-changed-sovereignty-died-and-thuggery-became-a-system/" aria-label="Read more about With the Gaza genocide, the world changed – sovereignty died and thuggery became a system">Read more</a>
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January 5, 2026
Asia Pacific Report The Israeli government has offered to train senior Australian police officers in Israel as part of efforts to combat terrorism and antisemitism, reports OnePath Network. In a letter to Australia’s Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke, Israel’s Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli said his government was “ready and willing to assist” following the ... <a title="Tel Aviv offers to train Australian police officers in Israel after Bondi" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/05/tel-aviv-offers-to-train-australian-police-officers-in-israel-after-bondi/" aria-label="Read more about Tel Aviv offers to train Australian police officers in Israel after Bondi">Read more</a>
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January 5, 2026
RNZ News There is no doubt that Donald Trump’s attack on Venezuela was illegal, former prime minister and UN leader Helen Clark says. Over the weekend, the US attacked the Venezuelan capital Caracas and captured the South American nation’s president and his wife, citing alleged drug offences. Nicolás Maduro is now being held in a ... <a title="US attack on Venezuela ‘clearly illegal’ under UN charter, says former NZ prime minister Helen Clark" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/05/us-attack-on-venezuela-clearly-illegal-under-un-charter-says-former-nz-prime-minister-helen-clark/" aria-label="Read more about US attack on Venezuela ‘clearly illegal’ under UN charter, says former NZ prime minister Helen Clark">Read more</a>
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January 5, 2026
Kidnap, murder, torture, brutality, subversion, treachery, and barbarism, writes Adrian Blackburn reflecting on US President Donald Trump’s New Year present to the world. COMMENTARY: By Adrian Blackburn Blatantly, boastfully, bullyingly, shamelessly, Trump overnight threw open to the world’s eyes the cruel reality of US foreign policy. He has brought out from the shadows the ugly ... <a title="Trump’s gift-wrapped Maduro package has done the world a favour – revealing what a lie US foreign policy really is" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/05/trumps-gift-wrapped-maduro-package-has-done-the-world-a-favour-revealing-what-a-lie-us-foreign-policy-really-is/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s gift-wrapped Maduro package has done the world a favour – revealing what a lie US foreign policy really is">Read more</a>
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January 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Winston Peters. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Foreign Minister Winston Peters has made the government’s first statement following the US military action against Venezuela, saying New Zealand is “concerned”. On Saturday, the US attacked the Venezuelan capital Caracas and captured the South American nation’s president and his wife, citing alleged drug offences. ... <a title="Venezuela attack: New Zealand ‘concerned’, expects everyone to follow international law – Winston Peters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/04/venezuela-attack-new-zealand-concerned-expects-everyone-to-follow-international-law-winston-peters/" aria-label="Read more about Venezuela attack: New Zealand ‘concerned’, expects everyone to follow international law – Winston Peters">Read more</a>
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January 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Immigration lawyers Pooja Sundar and Stewart Dalley. Supplied Lawyers say an in-house immigration complaints process is a toothless tiger for visa applicants. Immigration New Zealand (INZ) received more than 6500 complaints in the last year, down from 9500 in 2019. Immigration lawyers Pooja Sundar and Stewart Dalley say people who are ... <a title="Call for accountability on ‘flawed’ immigration visa decisions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/03/call-for-accountability-on-flawed-immigration-visa-decisions/" aria-label="Read more about Call for accountability on ‘flawed’ immigration visa decisions">Read more</a>
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December 31, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand An Auckland judge had upheld a petition in the Manukau District Court calling for a judicial inquiry following allegations of fraud in an Auckland local body election RNZ / Liu Chen Nominations are open for a new election in an Auckland local body after previous results have been voided by a ... <a title="Nominations open for new election in Papatoetoe subdivision" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/31/nominations-open-for-new-election-in-papatoetoe-subdivision/" aria-label="Read more about Nominations open for new election in Papatoetoe subdivision">Read more</a>
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December 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Labour MP Duncan Webb and his son Albert Webb on top of Avalanche Peak. Supplied There’s simply nothing better than ditching the workwear for an outdoor get-up and heading into the bush. Thousands will head into the great outdoors this summer, including MPs from across the political spectrum. RNZ interviewed a ... <a title="Where do MPs go, when they go bush?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/28/where-do-mps-go-when-they-go-bush/" aria-label="Read more about Where do MPs go, when they go bush?">Read more</a>
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December 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Andrew Bayly went to Antarctica in 2012. Supplied Andrew Bayly still remembers the “visual assault” of Antarctica, the piercing blue clarity and scale-bending brightness. The National MP tells how he once convinced his companions to join him on what he thought would be a short trip to climb a nearby peak. ... <a title="Andrew Bayly and the fight for Antarctica" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/26/andrew-bayly-and-the-fight-for-antarctica/" aria-label="Read more about Andrew Bayly and the fight for Antarctica">Read more</a>
