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January 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Woolworths in Te Awamutu was briefly closed on Tuesday afternoon. Google maps Woolworths says its supermarket in Te Awamutu closed briefly on Tuesday afternoon after diesel fumes entered the rear storeroom while the sprinkler system and generator were being tested. A spokesperson said staff working in the affected area were assessed ... <a title="Woolworths Te Awamutu supermarket closed briefly due to diesel fumes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/27/woolworths-te-awamutu-supermarket-closed-briefly-due-to-diesel-fumes/" aria-label="Read more about Woolworths Te Awamutu supermarket closed briefly due to diesel fumes">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Outgoing Blues coach Vern Cotter revealed today that his deal with the Queensland Reds was too far advanced for him to consider the now vacant All Blacks head coaching role. Cotter will leave the Blues for Brisbane at the end of the 2026 Super Rugby Pacific season and said he was ... <a title="Blues coach Vern Cotter ‘blindsided’ by Scott Robertson’s All Blacks sacking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/27/blues-coach-vern-cotter-blindsided-by-scott-robertsons-all-blacks-sacking/" aria-label="Read more about Blues coach Vern Cotter ‘blindsided’ by Scott Robertson’s All Blacks sacking">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Farmers came from far and wide for the the Parapara-Makirikiri Sheep Dog Trial Club auction. supplied Organisers of a long-standing North Island working dog auction are in disbelief after $320,000 changed hands at their latest sale. With sheep farming riding a wave of record lamb prices and strong international demand, buyers ... <a title="Elite working dogs fetch more than $300,000 in auction frenzy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/27/elite-working-dogs-fetch-more-than-300000-in-auction-frenzy/" aria-label="Read more about Elite working dogs fetch more than $300,000 in auction frenzy">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ More than 10,000 more withdrawals were made from KiwiSaver for hardship reasons last year than in 2024, and providers say there’s no sign of the rate slowing. Inland Revenue data shows there were 58,460 withdrawals for hardship reasons in 2025, 10,000 more than were made for a first home. In ... <a title="KiwiSaver withdrawals surge in 2025" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/27/kiwisaver-withdrawals-surge-in-2025/" aria-label="Read more about KiwiSaver withdrawals surge in 2025">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Angus Dreaver A cordon is up and armed police are in the suburb of Awapuni in Palmerston North while armed officers search for person who fled police after their vehicle’s tyres were spiked. The police said they were told about a stolen vehicle on Main Street, Roslyn, at about ... <a title="‘Avoid the area’: Armed police search for driver who fled stolen vehicle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/27/avoid-the-area-armed-police-search-for-driver-who-fled-stolen-vehicle/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Avoid the area’: Armed police search for driver who fled stolen vehicle">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Ten-year-old kākāpō Marian incubating three eggs in her nest on Anchor Island. Kākāpō Recovery Programme DOC Conservation lovers glued to a black and white livestream from a remote island off the coast of New Zealand on Sunday can safely claim to be the only people to have seen a critically endangered ... <a title="Endangered kākāpō lays eggs in anticipated livestream" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/27/endangered-kakapo-lays-eggs-in-anticipated-livestream/" aria-label="Read more about Endangered kākāpō lays eggs in anticipated livestream">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Carolyn Cooper. Supplied The health watchdog has criticised inadequate staffing at Ōamaru Hospital’s emergency department after investigating the death of an elderly woman. The 93-year-old was given the wrong amount of saline as a result of a prescribing error in November 2023. Deputy Health and Disability ... <a title="Poor staffing criticised for death of elderly woman in Ōamaru" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/27/poor-staffing-criticised-for-death-of-elderly-woman-in-oamaru/" aria-label="Read more about Poor staffing criticised for death of elderly woman in Ōamaru">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand There has been a magnitude 4.5 earthquake which Geonet describes as light centred about 40 kilometres north-west of Levin. It says it was at a depth of 4.5 kilometres. Nearly 5000 people have reported feeling it. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero, a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered ... <a title="Magnitude 4.5 earthquake shakes lower North Island" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/27/magnitude-4-5-earthquake-shakes-lower-north-island/" aria-label="Read more about Magnitude 4.5 earthquake shakes lower North Island">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The woman was sent to the maternity ward at Waitākere Hospital in West Auckland. RNZ / Dan Cook A woman’s baby was stillborn after multiple errors were made and risk factors overlooked in a stretched Auckland health system. The Health and Disability Commission said the baby’s parents were failed by Health ... <a title="Baby stillborn after mother’s concerns not properly acted on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/27/baby-stillborn-after-mothers-concerns-not-properly-acted-on/" aria-label="Read more about Baby stillborn after mother’s concerns not properly acted on">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Christchurch hospital. RNZ / Nate McKinnon A woman who arrived at Christchurch Hospital’s emergency department in acute pain died the next day after staff missed signs she had sepsis. The 65-year-old patient died of urosepsis, a life-threatening complication of a urinary tract infection, in January 2022. In a report released on ... <a title="Woman dies after Christchurch ED staff missed signs of sepsis, HDC report says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/27/woman-dies-after-christchurch-ed-staff-missed-signs-of-sepsis-hdc-report-says/" aria-label="Read more about Woman dies after Christchurch ED staff missed signs of sepsis, HDC report says">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The man’s plea was made via his lawyer. A man, who turned himself into to police on Christmas Day in relation to an ongoing double homicide investigation in Ruatiti, has pleaded not guilty to two unrelated charges. The man, who’s identity is supressed for legal reasons, was not required to appear ... <a title="Heavy suppressions over case of man who handed himself over to police" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/27/heavy-suppressions-over-case-of-man-who-handed-himself-over-to-police/" aria-label="Read more about Heavy suppressions over case of man who handed himself over to police">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand American rapper and record producer Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, took out a full-page advertisement in the Wall Street Journal on Monday to apologise for antisemitic remarks that drew years of backlash. “I lost touch with reality,” Ye wrote in the ad, attributing his behaviour to an undiagnosed brain injury ... <a title="Kanye apologises for antisemitic remarks, says he was treated for bipolar disorder" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/27/kanye-apologises-for-antisemitic-remarks-says-he-was-treated-for-bipolar-disorder/" aria-label="Read more about Kanye apologises for antisemitic remarks, says he was treated for bipolar disorder">Read more</a>
