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February 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand David Seymour eating a school lunch. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone A free school lunches programme rebrand has dropped the reo Māori name Ka Ora Ka Ako, in a move Associate Minister of Education David Seymour says is “delivering real value”. The change comes alongside a new purpose statement and a review ... <a title="Opposition finds change to school lunch scheme’s name hard to swallow" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/13/opposition-finds-change-to-school-lunch-schemes-name-hard-to-swallow/" aria-label="Read more about Opposition finds change to school lunch scheme’s name hard to swallow">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Judith Collins will remain an MP and continue to hold her portfolios until she moves to her new position as Law Commission president in the middle of the year. Nick Monro Judith Collins was the only person considered for the role of Law Commission president – with no recruitment process, no ... <a title="‘Nakedly political’: No rivals considered for Judith Collins’ new job" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/13/nakedly-political-no-rivals-considered-for-judith-collins-new-job/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Nakedly political’: No rivals considered for Judith Collins’ new job">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Saige England Citizen journalists bring to our attention the truths that we need to know. Being a witness to such truths is different to doom scrolling. It is about awareness. This is about knowing the truths that the people who run this deteriorating world, want to hide. Victims everywhere are begging to be ... <a title="Saige England: Bearing witness – we are seeing a rise of totalitarian predator injustice from Gaza to NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/13/saige-england-bearing-witness-we-are-seeing-a-rise-of-totalitarian-predator-injustice-from-gaza-to-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Saige England: Bearing witness – we are seeing a rise of totalitarian predator injustice from Gaza to NZ">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2026
Asia Pacific Report Amnesty International Australia has condemned the “unnecessary and disproportionate” and “shocking” use of force by the NSW police against peaceful protesters demonstrating against the visit of Israeli President Isaac Herzog to Australia. In a statement, it said the human rights organisation strongly opposed the unnecessary and excessive force used by police, and ... <a title="Amnesty calls for independent probe of ‘shocking’ Australian police violence against peaceful protesters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/12/amnesty-calls-for-independent-probe-of-shocking-australian-police-violence-against-peaceful-protesters/" aria-label="Read more about Amnesty calls for independent probe of ‘shocking’ Australian police violence against peaceful protesters">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The independent review will look at the Reserve Bank’s response to the pandemic. RNZ / Alexander Robertson A review into the Reserve Bank’s monetary policy decisions during the Covid-19 pandemic was originally intended to be completed by March. The Finance Minister says the delay was due to how long it took ... <a title="Reserve Bank review set for completion in September, originally due to be done by March" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/12/reserve-bank-review-set-for-completion-in-september-originally-due-to-be-done-by-march/" aria-label="Read more about Reserve Bank review set for completion in September, originally due to be done by March">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand First leader Winston Peters speaking at Waitangi Treaty Grounds last week. (File photo) RNZ / Mark Papalii New Zealand First will campaign on a referendum on the Māori seats this year, with the party saying the time had come for a decision on their future. Te Pāti Māori said ... <a title="New Zealand First to campaign on Māori seats referendum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/12/new-zealand-first-to-campaign-on-maori-seats-referendum/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand First to campaign on Māori seats referendum">Read more</a>
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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>
