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January 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand St John Just a day after performing a crude act in a social worker’s office, Everest Oketopa repeatedly groped a paramedic in the back of an ambulance. He was so insistent that the healthcare professional had to move to the front of the vehicle to avoid him. Recently, the Waikato man ... <a title="Waikato man Everest Oketopa sentenced after crude act, and indecent assault on paramedic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/26/waikato-man-everest-oketopa-sentenced-after-crude-act-and-indecent-assault-on-paramedic/" aria-label="Read more about Waikato man Everest Oketopa sentenced after crude act, and indecent assault on paramedic">Read more</a>
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January 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Work resumes at the Mount Maunganui landslide site on January 26. RNZ/Nick Monro Regions across the North Island are recovering from last week’s deadly storms. Homes were evacuated, floods covered districts, and slips blocked roads and took lives in the worst hit areas. RNZ breaks down just how devastating last week’s ... <a title="Evacuations, floods and slips: The damage caused by last week’s deadly storms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/26/evacuations-floods-and-slips-the-damage-caused-by-last-weeks-deadly-storms/" aria-label="Read more about Evacuations, floods and slips: The damage caused by last week’s deadly storms">Read more</a>
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January 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A search operation had taken place at Mahurangi River in Warkworth after reports of a man and his car were washed away in floodwaters earlier this week. RNZ / Finn Blackwell Police have named the man who was found dead in the Mahurangi River near Warkworth as Tekanimaeu Arobati, 47, from ... <a title="Police name Tekanimaeu Arobati as man found dead in Mahurangi River" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/26/police-name-tekanimaeu-arobati-as-man-found-dead-in-mahurangi-river/" aria-label="Read more about Police name Tekanimaeu Arobati as man found dead in Mahurangi River">Read more</a>
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January 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Kim Baker Wilson Two people have been taken to Auckland’s Middlemore Hospital after a reported dog attack. Emergency services were called to Caspar Road in the suburb of Papatoetoe at about 7:45pm Monday. Police told RNZ it was believed the people were injured by a dog. – Published by ... <a title="Two taken to hospital after reported dog attack" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/26/two-taken-to-hospital-after-reported-dog-attack/" aria-label="Read more about Two taken to hospital after reported dog attack">Read more</a>
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January 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand One of the mourners on Auckland’s domain as many gathered to remember missing teen, Sharon Maccanico. Finn Blackwell/RNZ Tearful mourners have gathered on Auckland’s domain this evening to remember one of the teens missing after a landslide at Mt Maunganui. Sharon Maccanico, 15, is one of six people missing after the ... <a title="Mount Maunganui missing teen Sharon Maccanico remembered at Auckland’s Domain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/26/mount-maunganui-missing-teen-sharon-maccanico-remembered-at-aucklands-domain/" aria-label="Read more about Mount Maunganui missing teen Sharon Maccanico remembered at Auckland’s Domain">Read more</a>
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January 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Follow the latest in RNZ’s live blog above Work has resumed to recover six missing people after the landslide at Mount Maunganui. The victims have been named as Lisa Anne Maclennan, 50, Måns Loke Bernhardsson, 20, Jacqualine Suzanne Wheeler, 71, Susan Doreen Knowles, 71, Sharon Maccanico, 15 and Max Furse-Kee, 15. ... <a title="As it happened: Mount Maunganui landslide recovery continues, mourners gather" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/26/as-it-happened-mount-maunganui-landslide-recovery-continues-mourners-gather/" aria-label="Read more about As it happened: Mount Maunganui landslide recovery continues, mourners gather">Read more</a>
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January 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The man that died was 75 years old. RNZ / Marika Khabazi Police are investigating the death of a man at a Tākaka property. They said they were notified at about 3am that the 75-year-old had died. Police are treating the death as unexplained. A scene examination has been completed at ... <a title="Police investigating ‘unexplained’ death in Tākaka" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/26/police-investigating-unexplained-death-in-takaka/" aria-label="Read more about Police investigating ‘unexplained’ death in Tākaka">Read more</a>
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January 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Nurse Alex Pretti, 37, was shot and killed by federal immigration agents on 24 January 2026. US Department of Veteran Affairs A union representing Kiwi nurses has expressed “disgust” at the death of a fellow medical professional in the United States at the hands of government agents. Alex Pretti, 37, was ... <a title="Alex Pretti death: New Zealand Nurses Organisation ‘appalled’ at US government’s killing of ICU worker" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/26/alex-pretti-death-new-zealand-nurses-organisation-appalled-at-us-governments-killing-of-icu-worker/" aria-label="Read more about Alex Pretti death: New Zealand Nurses Organisation ‘appalled’ at US government’s killing of ICU worker">Read more</a>
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January 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Finley Melville Ives FIS Just two weeks out from the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, New Zealand has had its best Winter X Games ever, with Finley Melville Ives bagging another gold for the team. Melville Ives delivered across three jaw-dropping runs to dominate the competition in the men’s ski superpipe ... <a title="Finley Melville Ives gold gives NZ best haul at Winter X Games" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/26/finley-melville-ives-gold-gives-nz-best-haul-at-winter-x-games/" aria-label="Read more about Finley Melville Ives gold gives NZ best haul at Winter X Games">Read more</a>
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January 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Retail New Zealand Chief executive Carolyn Young. Supplied Three of the five members of the Ministerial Advisory Group for Victims of Retail Crime have resigned in the past month. One of the three, Retail NZ chief executive, has cited the group’s “very unpleasant environment”. The group’s chairman says resignations reflect normal ... <a title="Over half of government retail crime advisory group resigns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/26/over-half-of-government-retail-crime-advisory-group-resigns/" aria-label="Read more about Over half of government retail crime advisory group resigns">Read more</a>
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January 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Repairing storm damage on the East Coast’s SH35, at Taurangakoau Bridge, 25 January 2026. Supplied/ NZTA The government is standing up its Temporary Accommodation Service to help people displaced by last week’s storms. The Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment will accept registrations from people in Northland, Coromandel, Bay of Plenty, ... <a title="Government to offer temporary accommodation to storm victims" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/26/government-to-offer-temporary-accommodation-to-storm-victims/" aria-label="Read more about Government to offer temporary accommodation to storm victims">Read more</a>
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January 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A slip blocking a road near Te Araroa. Te Araroa Civil Defence / supplied Four days on from a devastating storm, pockets of whānau remain cut off from one another on the East Coast. The communities were still isolated following widespread flooding and slips, with helicopters delivering supplies. Te Araroa – ... <a title="Te Araroa residents band together to get through the storm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/26/te-araroa-residents-band-together-to-get-through-the-storm/" aria-label="Read more about Te Araroa residents band together to get through the storm">Read more</a>
