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January 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Winners and presenters at this year’s Golden Globes — the first major awards show of the year and a key indicator of Oscar frontrunners — will be handed a gift bag worth nearly US$1 million (NZ$1.75m). Packed inside an Atlas-branded duffle are 35 luxury items and experiences, though not every recipient ... <a title="Million-dollar Golden Globes’ gift bag includes luxury New Zealand lodge stays" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/million-dollar-golden-globes-gift-bag-includes-luxury-new-zealand-lodge-stays/" aria-label="Read more about Million-dollar Golden Globes’ gift bag includes luxury New Zealand lodge stays">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand As a new year of cinema beckons, we look to the upcoming releases inspiring the most excitement. Sentimental Value Play videoPause video This video is hosted on Youtube. Norwegian writer/director Joachim Trier received rapturous plaudits for his wonderful, humanist comedy drama The Worst Person in the Worldthree years ago, and his ... <a title="Ten movies we can’t wait to see in 2026" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/ten-movies-we-cant-wait-to-see-in-2026/" aria-label="Read more about Ten movies we can’t wait to see in 2026">Read more</a>
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January 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied / Fire and Rescue NSW More than forty firefighters in New South Wales have been working to extinguish a number of yacht fires in a marina. Fire and Rescue NSW said the incident was reported just before 3.30am (local time) on Friday. It said four people were assessed by paramedics ... <a title="Fire destroys yachts at New South Wales marina" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/09/fire-destroys-yachts-at-new-south-wales-marina/" aria-label="Read more about Fire destroys yachts at New South Wales marina">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Cook Islands activists confront the EV Nautilus upon its return to Rarotonga, holding banners reading ‘Don’t Mine The Moana.’ Supplied / Greenpeace Research commissioned by Greenpeace, showing that deep sea mining in the Cook Islands is unlikely to make any money, is being rejected by the country’s government. The research, performed ... <a title="Cook Islands govt rejects research saying deep sea mining not profitable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/08/cook-islands-govt-rejects-research-saying-deep-sea-mining-not-profitable/" aria-label="Read more about Cook Islands govt rejects research saying deep sea mining not profitable">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Flowers are placed at the site where a woman was reportedly shot and killed by an ICE agent during federal law enforcement operations on January 07, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Stephen Maturen / Getty Images via AFP A vigil is being held in Minnesota after a woman was shot and killed ... <a title="Vigil held for woman shot and killed by US immigration officer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/08/vigil-held-for-woman-shot-and-killed-by-us-immigration-officer/" aria-label="Read more about Vigil held for woman shot and killed by US immigration officer">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Despite what your group text may believe, the return of Connor Storrie’s mustache is not the biggest storyline of the Actor Award nominations. The Heated Rivalry breakout star and Abbott Elementary’s Janelle James announced the nominees for the Actor Awards presented by SAG-AFTRA, which were formerly known as the SAG Awards ... <a title="Who big winners and snubs at the Screen Actors Guild awards" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/08/who-big-winners-and-snubs-at-the-screen-actors-guild-awards/" aria-label="Read more about Who big winners and snubs at the Screen Actors Guild awards">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Cook Islands Maritime Authority says the Bertha is deceptively continuing to use Cook Islands Identifiers despite being deregistered in November 2024. Marine Traffic/Jerry Liew The Cook Islands says a US sanctioned oil tanker is falsely using their country’s identifiers to evade capture. The Bertha, which flew under the Cooks flag for ... <a title="Sanctioned oil tanker falsely using Cook Islands flag, authority says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/07/sanctioned-oil-tanker-falsely-using-cook-islands-flag-authority-says/" aria-label="Read more about Sanctioned oil tanker falsely using Cook Islands flag, authority says">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand By Christine Rovi of PMN 123RF A major genetic study has revealed how Pacific people helped move pigs across the ocean for thousands of years, shaping island life, culture, and ecosystems from Southeast Asia to Polynesia. The study, published in the journal Science, looked at the DNA of more than 700 ... <a title="Ancient DNA shows how Pasifika carried pigs across the ocean" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/07/ancient-dna-shows-how-pasifika-carried-pigs-across-the-ocean/" aria-label="Read more about Ancient DNA shows how Pasifika carried pigs across the ocean">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Polymetallic nodules in the western Atlantic Ocean. This image was captured on a deep sea research mission in 2019. NOAA Ocean Exploration More than 3,000 people from U.S. territories have signed a petition opposing proposed deep seabed mining in waters near the Mariana Islands and American Samoa, warning of irreversible environmental ... <a title="Petition against deep sea mining near Mariana Trench gaining support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/06/petition-against-deep-sea-mining-near-mariana-trench-gaining-support/" aria-label="Read more about Petition against deep sea mining near Mariana Trench gaining support">Read more</a>
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January 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Lord Fakafanua receives appointment confirmation from King Tupou VI at the Royal Palace in Nuku’alofa, Tonga. 18 December 2025 Tonga Prime Minister’s Office The inner circle of Tonga’s legislative assembly has been confirmed, with new prime minister Lord Fakafanua announcing his selection of cabinet ministers on Monday afternoon. Fakafanua will take ... <a title="Tonga’s Cabinet line-up announced for new parliament term" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/05/tongas-cabinet-line-up-announced-for-new-parliament-term/" aria-label="Read more about Tonga’s Cabinet line-up announced for new parliament term">Read more</a>
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January 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand By Aaron Blake, CNN Fire at Fuerte Tiuna, Venezuela’s largest military complex, is seen from a distance after a series of explosions in Caracas on January 3, 2026. The United States military was behind a series of strikes against the Venezuelan capital Caracas on Saturday. CNN/SUPPLIED Analysis – On 2 November, ... <a title="Trump attacked Venezuela and arrested its president. Is that legal?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/05/trump-attacked-venezuela-and-arrested-its-president-is-that-legal/" aria-label="Read more about Trump attacked Venezuela and arrested its president. Is that legal?">Read more</a>
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January 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A person flutters a national flag in Caracas on January 3, 2026, after US forces captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. AFP / FEDERICO PARRA A Venezuelan woman living in New Zealand says her family and friends in Venezuela are happy – but anxious – about the move by the United States ... <a title="‘The mood is of happiness and hope’ – Venezuelans in NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/04/the-mood-is-of-happiness-and-hope-venezuelans-in-nz/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The mood is of happiness and hope’ – Venezuelans in NZ">Read more</a>
