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January 25, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Firefighters are at the scene of a scrub fire in the Auckland suburb of Mt Wellington, where large smoke clouds have been seen rising. It broke out shortly after 4pm on Sunday afternoon. Crews called to the scene include Mt Wellington, Remuera, St Heliers, Ōtāhuhu and Ōtara. A helicopter has also ... <a title="Smoke rises over Mount Wellington, firefighters responding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/25/smoke-rises-over-mount-wellington-firefighters-responding/" aria-label="Read more about Smoke rises over Mount Wellington, firefighters responding">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Hives in Te Urewera. Supplied/Bioeconomy Science Institute A collaboration between apicultural scientists and a Māori land trust in Te Urewera is shedding light on the potential health benefits of propolis, or “bee glue”. Working in partnership with Manawa Honey NZ – a business founded and run by Tuawhenua Trust – scientists ... <a title="How ‘bee glue’ might improve our health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/25/how-bee-glue-might-improve-our-health/" aria-label="Read more about How ‘bee glue’ might improve our health">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Go ahead, eat chocolate cake every day. One healthy cookbook author gives us permission – and a recipe that’s protein-packed. Rachel Riggs’ signature unfussy cake asks for just one bowl, a single whisk and 10 minutes to get the oven ready. The result is a chocolate dessert that contains 18 grams ... <a title="A recipe for chocolate cake you can have every day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/25/a-recipe-for-chocolate-cake-you-can-have-every-day/" aria-label="Read more about A recipe for chocolate cake you can have every day">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Despite a distinguished 40 year career Stephen Lovatt never had a “fire’ to be an actor when he first auditioned at the NZ Drama School, he says. At the recent New Zealand Screen Awards Lovatt was awarded best actor in a series for his role as the abrasive Dr Emmett Whitman ... <a title="‘An 800-seater audience bursting into laughter at the same moment is a kind of sacred experience’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/25/an-800-seater-audience-bursting-into-laughter-at-the-same-moment-is-a-kind-of-sacred-experience/" aria-label="Read more about ‘An 800-seater audience bursting into laughter at the same moment is a kind of sacred experience’">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand As the 25 January celebrations wind down on Sunday, the community at Rātana Pā, south of Whanganui, is preparing for renovations to Manuao, one of its most important buildings. The large building complex at the centre of the community is used as a dining hall and accommodation among many other uses. ... <a title="Renovations begin for one of Rātana’s most important buildings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/25/renovations-begin-for-one-of-ratanas-most-important-buildings/" aria-label="Read more about Renovations begin for one of Rātana’s most important buildings">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Mark Papalii Jacob Davies’ dream was to be in Guinness World Records one day as the longest-living person with Prader-Willi Syndrome. Sadly, he died in May 2023 aged just 20, following months of poor supervision at a NZCL facility in Levin. An investigation by the Health and Disability Commission ... <a title="Death of disabled man who had dream to break record was ‘avoidable’ – Health and Disability Commission" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/25/death-of-disabled-man-who-had-dream-to-break-record-was-avoidable-health-and-disability-commission/" aria-label="Read more about Death of disabled man who had dream to break record was ‘avoidable’ – Health and Disability Commission">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Max Furse-Kee, 15, is one of the unaccounted for victims of the Mt Maunganui landslide. SUPPLIED The mother of a 15-year-old boy killed in the Mount Maunganui landslide says he was an “incredible, kind and beautiful human being”. Max Furse-Kee, 15, and his girlfriend Sharon Maccanico, also 15, are among the ... <a title="Max Furse-Kee, teen killed in Mount Maunganui landslide, remembered as ‘wonderful son, a devoted big brother’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/25/max-furse-kee-teen-killed-in-mount-maunganui-landslide-remembered-as-wonderful-son-a-devoted-big-brother/" aria-label="Read more about Max Furse-Kee, teen killed in Mount Maunganui landslide, remembered as ‘wonderful son, a devoted big brother’">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand With an origin story that includes being “bullied” onto the microphone by his 95bFM colleague Wallace Chapman and invited to tell weird tales by his Facebook friend David Farrier, Tony Stamp has been part of the RNZ Music team for close to two decades. Starting out as a sound engineer, the ... <a title="Tony Stamp: ‘Once I started just making beats my music fell into place’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/25/tony-stamp-once-i-started-just-making-beats-my-music-fell-into-place/" aria-label="Read more about Tony Stamp: ‘Once I started just making beats my music fell into place’">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Usually when we talk about someone being “due”, it’s off the back of an incredible career, spanning decades, that’s littered with movies that absolutely could and perhaps should have nabbed one. Glenn Close is the undisputed queen of the Academy Awards’ always-the-bridesmaid gang. She scored her first nomination in 1983, a ... <a title="Chalamet getting fresh for an Oscar, or is his campaign a bit (ping) pongy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/25/chalamet-getting-fresh-for-an-oscar-or-is-his-campaign-a-bit-ping-pongy/" aria-label="Read more about Chalamet getting fresh for an Oscar, or is his campaign a bit (ping) pongy?">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Whakatāne Hospital has been recruiting for more obstetrician-gynaecologists. (File photo) Screenshot / Google A senior obstetrician who was recruited from overseas as part of the effort to restart services at Whakatāne Hospital has quit during his orientation period. Hundreds of women from Eastern Bay of Plenty have had to travel to ... <a title="Doctor recruited for Whakatāne Hospital quits before he starts role" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/25/doctor-recruited-for-whakatane-hospital-quits-before-he-starts-role/" aria-label="Read more about Doctor recruited for Whakatāne Hospital quits before he starts role">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Popular Wellington café, Chocolate Fish, is set to close on Sunday. Café owners John and Penny Pennington like to think of the Chocolate Fish Café, as somewhat of a Mirimar institution. Operating since 1997, it had been at its current site since 2009. Located at Shelly Bay, John said part of ... <a title="Wellington’s popular Chocolate Fish Café, forced to shut by filmmaker Sir Peter Jackson’s property company, opens for the last time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/25/wellingtons-popular-chocolate-fish-cafe-forced-to-shut-by-filmmaker-sir-peter-jacksons-property-company-opens-for-the-last-time/" aria-label="Read more about Wellington’s popular Chocolate Fish Café, forced to shut by filmmaker Sir Peter Jackson’s property company, opens for the last time">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A floral tribute left for Susan Knowles at the Mt Maunganui landslide cordon. CHARLOTTE COOK / RNZ A friend of a woman killed in the Mt Maunganui landslide said her friend was on her annual summer camping trip with her long-time camping buddy. Susan Knowles, 71, was one of the six ... <a title="Mt Maunganui landslide victims: Long-time friends spent every summer at campsite" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/25/mt-maunganui-landslide-victims-long-time-friends-spent-every-summer-at-campsite/" aria-label="Read more about Mt Maunganui landslide victims: Long-time friends spent every summer at campsite">Read more</a>
