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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 The day of a deadline for a ransom demand in the massive Manage My Health data leak has arrived. It is ... <a title="Manage My Health data breach ransom deadline arrives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/06/manage-my-health-data-breach-ransom-deadline-arrives/" aria-label="Read more about Manage My Health data breach ransom deadline arrives">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand If you could choose anywhere in Aotearoa to have a swim, where would you pick? For Nicola McCloy, author of Jump In – An Insider’s Guide to New Zealand’s Best Beaches, Lakes, Rivers, Pools and Hot Springs, the answer is easy. Hands down her absolute favourite place to go for a ... <a title="Top spots to take a dip around Aotearoa" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/06/top-spots-to-take-a-dip-around-aotearoa/" aria-label="Read more about Top spots to take a dip around Aotearoa">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Based on a bestselling novel by Freida McFadden, The Housemaid is a dark, sexy and satisfying thriller with plenty of twists to enjoy along the way. Millie (Sydney Sweeney) applies for a job as a housemaid for the wealthy Winchester family. We first meet her as she pulls up to the ... <a title="The Housemaid is dark, sexy and seriously satisfying" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/06/the-housemaid-is-dark-sexy-and-seriously-satisfying/" aria-label="Read more about The Housemaid is dark, sexy and seriously satisfying">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Australia has recently imposed a social media ban for under-16 users. RNZ A coroner is calling for restrictions on the internet, after a teenager accidentally died, while imitating acts he saw online. An inquest by coroner Michael Robb found the Bay of Plenty teen had become interested in violent pornography and ... <a title="Coroner wants internet restrictions, after teen dies imitating online acts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/06/coroner-wants-internet-restrictions-after-teen-dies-imitating-online-acts/" aria-label="Read more about Coroner wants internet restrictions, after teen dies imitating online acts">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ Property values continued to dip last year, but lower mortgage interest rates and signs of an economic recovery point to a possible change of direction for 2026. Despite gains early in 2025, house values fell in seven of the past nine months, falling 1 percent nationwide according to property data ... <a title="2026 ‘the year of rebuilding confidence’ in housing market, economist predicts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/06/2026-the-year-of-rebuilding-confidence-in-housing-market-economist-predicts/" aria-label="Read more about 2026 ‘the year of rebuilding confidence’ in housing market, economist predicts">Read more</a>
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January 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A rain gauge measured 215mm of rain falling over a 12-hour period in the area during the weekend. Supplied A Tolaga Bay farmer is “back at square one” just months after completing repairs to damage to his property from storms that hit four years ago. A low pressure system brought heavy ... <a title="Tolaga Bay farmer back at square one after weekend storm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/05/tolaga-bay-farmer-back-at-square-one-after-weekend-storm/" aria-label="Read more about Tolaga Bay farmer back at square one after weekend storm">Read more</a>
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January 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The attack on ManageMyHealth is one of several recent cybersecurity hacks. Pixabay/shafin_protic A ransom hack on New Zealand’s largest health portal is being billed as one of the country’s biggest cybersecurity incidents, but how does it compare? The hackers have threatened to release more than 400,000 documents stolen from about 126,000 ... <a title="ManageMyHealth hack: New Zealand’s worst cybersecurity incidents" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/05/managemyhealth-hack-new-zealands-worst-cybersecurity-incidents/" aria-label="Read more about ManageMyHealth hack: New Zealand’s worst cybersecurity incidents">Read more</a>
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January 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Graham Garnett, 66, was meant to return on 30 December. Supplied / NZ Police Sections of Kahurangi National Park in the Upper South Island will be closed while rescue teams use radar technology to find a tramper who has gone missing in the area. Graham Garnett, 66, was expected to return ... <a title="Radar to be used in search for tramper missing for a week" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/05/radar-to-be-used-in-search-for-tramper-missing-for-a-week/" aria-label="Read more about Radar to be used in search for tramper missing for a week">Read more</a>
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January 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The men were equipped with lifejackets, two forms of communication and had not drunk any alcohol. 123RF The rescue of two men stranded on a boat in Fiordland has prompted warnings to other boaties about the need to be prepared. The pair were on a fishing and diving trip south of ... <a title="‘Well prepared’ boaties left stranded after breakdown off Fiordland coast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/05/well-prepared-boaties-left-stranded-after-breakdown-off-fiordland-coast/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Well prepared’ boaties left stranded after breakdown off Fiordland coast">Read more</a>
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January 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand With more than 15,000km of coastline, it’s no surprise that surfing is a hugely popular pastime in Aotearoa. One place where people come from all around the world to learn is at Auckland’s Muriwai Surf School located at the famous West Coast beach. . Manager and instructor Dylan Wallis, who first ... <a title="How to make this summer the one you learn to surf" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/05/how-to-make-this-summer-the-one-you-learn-to-surf/" aria-label="Read more about How to make this summer the one you learn to surf">Read more</a>
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January 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER Cordons have been removed from a Christchurch property where an item of concern was found this morning. Police were called to St Barnabas Street in Fendalton at about 9.15am on Monday. The Defence Force explosive bomb disposal team recovered the item, and it will be disposed of. ... <a title="Christchurch cordon lifted after bomb squad called in" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/05/christchurch-cordon-lifted-after-bomb-squad-called-in/" aria-label="Read more about Christchurch cordon lifted after bomb squad called in">Read more</a>
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January 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The woman had arrived at Auckland International Airport from Singapore. (File photo) RNZ / Samuel Rillstone A woman has been charged with bringing more than 20 kilograms of meth into the country in her checked luggage. The 33-year-old was arrested at Auckland International airport on Sunday. Court documents claim she arrived ... <a title="Woman charged with bringing 22kgs of meth into the country in her checked luggage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/05/woman-charged-with-bringing-22kgs-of-meth-into-the-country-in-her-checked-luggage/" aria-label="Read more about Woman charged with bringing 22kgs of meth into the country in her checked luggage">Read more</a>
