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March 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ headlines the broadcasting minister’s response in the House. RNZ Mediawatch “There’s a power imbalance and it’s also off-the-record in an ‘under the desk’-style and I just find that dangerous,” former broadcasting minister Marian Hobbs told RNZ politics show The Whip last Wednesday. She was reacting to current broadcasting minister Paul ... <a title="Mediawatch: Fears of interference and influence in news" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/08/mediawatch-fears-of-interference-and-influence-in-news/" aria-label="Read more about Mediawatch: Fears of interference and influence in news">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Psychopaths might account for only about 1 percent of the general population, but they account for a disproportionate share of violent crime. Distinct from other conditions like sociopathy and antisocial personality disorder, psychopaths tend to show traits such as an absence of remorse or guilt, a lack of empathy and a ... <a title="Can psychopaths change?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/08/can-psychopaths-change/" aria-label="Read more about Can psychopaths change?">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Shore plover fledgling banded on Pitt Island. Supplied / Department of Conservation The Shore Plover Recovery Group has confirmed the first fledgling of the bird from Pitt Island in 150 years. Pitt Island is the second largest of the Chatham Islands, which the shore plover – also known as the tūturuatu ... <a title="First shore plover fledgling born on Pitt Island in 150 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/08/first-shore-plover-fledgling-born-on-pitt-island-in-150-years/" aria-label="Read more about First shore plover fledgling born on Pitt Island in 150 years">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Got questions? RNZ has launched a new podcast, [ https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/no-stupid-questions No Stupid Questions’], with Susan Edmunds. We’d love to hear more of your questions about money and the economy. You can send through written questions, like these ones, but even better, you can drop us a voice memo to our email ... <a title="Why do high earners get the pension? – Ask Susan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/08/why-do-high-earners-get-the-pension-ask-susan/" aria-label="Read more about Why do high earners get the pension? – Ask Susan">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Corey Peters was the defending champion from the Beijing Games four years ago. PHOTOSPORT Four-time Paralympic medalist Corey Peters has finished out of the medals in the men’s downhill sitting in his first Winter Paralympic Games event at Milano Cortina. The 42-year-old Kiwi was unable to defend the title he won ... <a title="New Zealand’s Corey Peters 5th in men’s downhill sitting at Paralympic Winter Games" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/08/new-zealands-corey-peters-5th-in-mens-downhill-sitting-at-paralympic-winter-games/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s Corey Peters 5th in men’s downhill sitting at Paralympic Winter Games">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand In his latest book, Determined, Robert Sapolsky argues that we are not, in fact, masters of our own destiny. Everything we think and do is beyond our control and caused by a combination of biology and environment. The Stanford University professor was just 14 when one “very revelatory night”, he realised ... <a title="World-leading neurobiologist: Science means it’s not okay for me to hate Donald Trump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/08/world-leading-neurobiologist-science-means-its-not-okay-for-me-to-hate-donald-trump/" aria-label="Read more about World-leading neurobiologist: Science means it’s not okay for me to hate Donald Trump">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A portuguese millipede. RNZ/Mary Argue A reinfestation of invasive millipedes, crawling out of the soil and into homes, is sending residents of Wellington’s south coast to arm themselves against the bugs. The alarm was sounded about the portuguese millipede almost a year ago, with stories of people finding hundreds of the ... <a title="Plan to release parasitic worm on invasive millipede horde" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/08/plan-to-release-parasitic-worm-on-invasive-millipede-horde/" aria-label="Read more about Plan to release parasitic worm on invasive millipede horde">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Rhonda Hira in action for the White Sox against Japan in 2000. PHOTOSPORT Rhonda Hira (Waikato Tainui, Ngāti Tipa) has long secured her place in New Zealand softball history. A five-time world championship representative, Olympian and New Zealand player of the decade from 1997-2006, Hira is widely regarded as one of ... <a title="White Sox great and Olympian Rhonda Hira calls for greater recognition of softball" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/08/white-sox-great-and-olympian-rhonda-hira-calls-for-greater-recognition-of-softball/" aria-label="Read more about White Sox great and Olympian Rhonda Hira calls for greater recognition of softball">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand All Black Will Jordan was rested for the Crusaders’ clash against the Blues. Martin Hunter/ActionPress World class one week, woeful the next. The Crusaders barely fired a shot against the Blues at Eden Park, a sloppy and disjointed performance seeing them succumb 29-13 to their old rivals. Most worryingly, their clunky ... <a title="Super Rugby Pacific: Crusaders attack exposed in Will Jordan’s absence against Blues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/07/super-rugby-pacific-crusaders-attack-exposed-in-will-jordans-absence-against-blues/" aria-label="Read more about Super Rugby Pacific: Crusaders attack exposed in Will Jordan’s absence against Blues">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Taranaki Regional Council boss Steve Ruru has also been named interim chief executive at New Plymouth District Council. Supplied / New Plymouth District Council The appointment of the current Taranaki Regional Council chief executive as interim New Plymouth District Council (NPDC) chief executive – a role that he will hold alongside ... <a title="Chief executive appointment ‘strong’ signal Taranaki councils headed for amalgamation – mayor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/07/chief-executive-appointment-strong-signal-taranaki-councils-headed-for-amalgamation-mayor/" aria-label="Read more about Chief executive appointment ‘strong’ signal Taranaki councils headed for amalgamation – mayor">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A candidate in the Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board elections in Auckland wants postal voting scrapped. RNZ / Eveline Harvey A candidate in the Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board elections in Auckland wants postal voting scrapped, after their 2025 election result was voided. This week, a High Court judge in Auckland upheld a district court ... <a title="Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board candidate Chris Latham wants postal voting scrapped" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/07/otara-papatoetoe-local-board-candidate-chris-latham-wants-postal-voting-scrapped/" aria-label="Read more about Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board candidate Chris Latham wants postal voting scrapped">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A water quality monitor moored midstream south of Melling Bridge in Hutt River Te Awa Kairangi. Phil Pennington / RNZ Lower Hutt’s roads may be blocked up by the Riverlink highway project, but the river itself has so far kept flowing pretty clear. Bulldozers have been busy in the riverbed and ... <a title="Riverlink project affecting Hutt River water quality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/07/riverlink-project-affecting-hutt-river-water-quality/" aria-label="Read more about Riverlink project affecting Hutt River water quality">Read more</a>
