New Zealand · Evidence
New Zealand: what was counted on 25 September 2026
Every article that passed the risk gate for New Zealand on this day, by category — the outlet, its leaning where known, and the link. These counts are what the pressure table adds up.
Signals counted
45 articles
Regulation
- Man City found guilty of 114 charges is seismic ruling ↗ Otago Daily Timesindependent
- Manchester City found guilty of 114 charges, could be stripped of titles ↗ Stuff.co.nzindependent
- The professor whose company names are causing a stink ↗ Stuff.co.nzindependent
- US lawyer’s courtroom dress ban has a very Kiwi precedent ↗ Stuff.co.nzindependent
- Margot Robbie isn’t Margot Robbie any more, and that has the world in a spin ↗ Stuff.co.nzindependent
Disruption
- Diesel hikes hitting commercial fishing in the South ↗ Otago Daily Timesindependent
- South Island commercial fishing increasing value despite fuel hikes and lower catch rates ↗ Otago Daily Timesindependent
- We have crossed the average global 1.5˚C increase threshold. Now what? ↗ Otago Daily Timesindependent
- Rockfall closes popular Wānaka track ↗ Otago Daily Timesindependent
- Watch: Dramatic nosedive halts America’s Cup boat in Naples ↗ Stuff.co.nzindependent
- Iran proposes a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in a week – but there are some conditions ↗ Stuff.co.nzindependent
- Car rolls, blocks all northbound lanes of Waikato Expressway ↗ Stuff.co.nzindependent
- Second WOW performance cancelled after ‘beloved and valued’ crew member dies ↗ Stuff.co.nzindependent
- Makarora highway open to continuous traffic at weekend ↗ Otago Daily Timesindependent
- Food distributor supplying 700 NZ supermarkets collapses owing $5.9m ↗ Stuff.co.nzindependent
- Ford recalls selected 2026 Transit vans over transmission issue ↗ Stuff.co.nzindependent
- Region braces for risk of ‘catastrophic’ water shortages as El Niño looms ↗ Stuff.co.nzindependent
- School holidays start wet and windy, but there’s sunshine to be found ↗ Stuff.co.nzindependent
- Suspected cause revealed for fire with black smoke seen 40km away ↗ Stuff.co.nzindependent
- Auckland house fire breaks out during hour of strike action ↗ Stuff.co.nzindependent
Internal tension
- Explosion fells building in tourist area of Athens ↗ Otago Daily Timesindependent
- Six arrested as police target alleged new gang chapters in Ōpōtiki ↗ Stuff.co.nzindependent
Safety & health
- ‘Pirates in boats’ saga continues as DoC warns remote hut visitors over loud music it can’t stop ↗ Stuff.co.nzindependent
- Hurricane Nolo threatening Hawaii with heavy rain as Polo churns near Mexico ↗ Stuff.co.nzindependent
- One in three Kiwis think disaster will come with enough warning. The number is rising ↗ Stuff.co.nzindependent
Companies
- Employee allegedly stole $2.2m of items from major NZ company ↗ Stuff.co.nzindependent
Politics
- Festival rocking for democracy ↗ Otago Daily Timesindependent
- Cartoonist’s view: September 26 ↗ Otago Daily Timesindependent
- Review: Poetry to get the party started ↗ Otago Daily Timesindependent
- ODT quiz: September 26 ↗ Otago Daily Timesindependent
- 'Disrespectful', 'unprofessional': Principal and education minister at odds over speech ↗ Otago Daily Timesindependent
- Barrett brothers at All Blacks crossroads ahead of Wallabies tests ↗ Stuff.co.nzindependent
- You didn’t vote for these policies. The Government did them anyway ↗ Stuff.co.nzindependent
- The 'nasty surprise' waiting for Aussies buying NZ property ↗ Stuff.co.nzindependent
- Final results of Russia's election show the Kremlin party won a record number of parliament seats ↗ Stuff.co.nzindependent
- Xi is wrapping his visit to Washington with a peek at the Constitution and the Bill of Rights ↗ Stuff.co.nzindependent
- Controversial councillor Benedict Ong to have tilt at Parliament ↗ Otago Daily Timesindependent
- Ombudsman to investigate claims education officials tried to get around OIA ↗ Otago Daily Timesindependent
- Canterbury councillor stays tight-lipped about reasons for mana whenua non-vote ↗ Otago Daily Timesindependent
- Plan to hire 380 more health staff, ‘mostly nurses’ ↗ Otago Daily Timesindependent
- PM quiz: F1 driver Max Verstappen competes under the flag of which country? ↗ Stuff.co.nzindependent
- Where is the prime minister? Hipkins says he is missing in action ↗ Stuff.co.nzindependent
- Businessman jailed after using money for home renovations as $1.4m tax bill went unpaid ↗ Stuff.co.nzindependent
- Election 2026 interview: Christopher Luxon ↗ Otago Daily Timesindependent
- Controversial deputy mayor to stand for NZ First ↗ Stuff.co.nzindependent