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March 30, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Tamaiti Williams celebrates during the All Blacks v Argentina. Blake Armstrong/ActionPress The Crusaders will be without All Blacks prop Tamaiti Williams for the rest of the Super Rugby Pacific season as he receives treatment for a serious infection. Williams is currently in hospital after being diagnosed with discitis – an infection ... <a title="All Blacks prop Tamaiti Williams out for Super Rugby season with serious back infection" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/30/all-blacks-prop-tamaiti-williams-out-for-super-rugby-season-with-serious-back-infection/" aria-label="Read more about All Blacks prop Tamaiti Williams out for Super Rugby season with serious back infection">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Tottenham Hotspur F.C. logo JAKUB PORZYCKI / AFP English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur will play in Auckland FC in a mid-year friendly. The London giants will take on the A-League side at Eden Park on 26 July. It is the first time a top-level English club has played in New ... <a title="Auckland FC to play Tottenham Hotspur at Eden Park" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/30/auckland-fc-to-play-tottenham-hotspur-at-eden-park/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland FC to play Tottenham Hotspur at Eden Park">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Christopher Luxon said he was leaving it to fuel importers and distributors to organise how to allocate fuel. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The Prime Minister says there will be “some form of disruption to fuel at some point in time”, but for now it’s “business as usual”. Speaking to Morning Report ... <a title="Fuel crisis: ‘Business as usual’, Luxon says but some industries are struggling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/30/fuel-crisis-business-as-usual-luxon-says-but-some-industries-are-struggling/" aria-label="Read more about Fuel crisis: ‘Business as usual’, Luxon says but some industries are struggling">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Kim Baker Wilson Police say they are making enquiries into reports that a fuel pipe outside a petrol station in South Auckland has been sabotaged. Fire and Emergency NZ and police were called to Great South Road before 7am this morning after reports a fuel pipe was leaking. Workers ... <a title="Emergency services respond to sabotaged fuel pipe at Auckland petrol station" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/30/emergency-services-respond-to-sabotaged-fuel-pipe-at-auckland-petrol-station/" aria-label="Read more about Emergency services respond to sabotaged fuel pipe at Auckland petrol station">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Kidson, Associate Professor in Educational Leadership, Australian Catholic University Almost half of surveyed Australia’s school principals face physical violence in their jobs. Almost 90% say they encounter offensive behaviour from students, parents and even colleagues, according to new survey results. The latest instalment in an annual ... <a title="We surveyed more than 8,000 principals – they face violence, threats and stress in their schools" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/30/we-surveyed-more-than-8-000-principals-they-face-violence-threats-and-stress-in-their-schools-279444/" aria-label="Read more about We surveyed more than 8,000 principals – they face violence, threats and stress in their schools">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Marika Khabazi A person has died after a crash in Belfast, Christchurch last week. Police were called to the two-vehicle crash on Main North Road just after 1.30pm on Thursday. Five people were transported to hospital by ambulance with injuries ranging from moderate to serious, police said. One person ... <a title="One person dead following crash in Christchurch’s Belfast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/30/one-person-dead-following-crash-in-christchurchs-belfast/" aria-label="Read more about One person dead following crash in Christchurch’s Belfast">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Behr, Reader in Music, Politics and Society, Newcastle University “Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated?” John Lydon’s closing words before stalking off stage at San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom in January 1978, concluding the Sex Pistols’ US tour, have echoed ever since. They’re a bitter bookend ... <a title="Sex Pistols at 50: how punk’s most notorious band became part of the mainstream" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/30/sex-pistols-at-50-how-punks-most-notorious-band-became-part-of-the-mainstream-279421/" aria-label="Read more about Sex Pistols at 50: how punk’s most notorious band became part of the mainstream">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris McMillan, Professional Teaching Fellow in Sociology, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau New Zealand Cricket’s decision to support “in principle” the development of a T20 franchise competition represents a major shift in governance and funding for the summer game. But it’s not clear whether the tensions ... <a title="Can NZ’s new T20 cricket franchise attract the dollars, players and fans it will need?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/30/can-nzs-new-t20-cricket-franchise-attract-the-dollars-players-and-fans-it-will-need-279221/" aria-label="Read more about Can NZ’s new T20 cricket franchise attract the dollars, players and fans it will need?">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Quilty, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Excellence for The Elimination of Violence Against Women, Monash University Gender-based violence is a global issue, but studies consistently show the Pacific has among the highest rates in the world. Up to 79% of women in the region experience some ... <a title="Women in the Pacific are increasingly subject to digital abuse: new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/30/women-in-the-pacific-are-increasingly-subject-to-digital-abuse-new-research-278990/" aria-label="Read more about Women in the Pacific are increasingly subject to digital abuse: new research">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Grant, his favourite stag and a roll of Kiwi Econet. Cosmo Kentish-Barnes A Southland farmer who invented edible bale netting has his eyes set on the international markets and the British royal family. Orepuki deer farmer, Grant Lightfoot is the creator of Kiwi-Econet, a non-polluting baleage netting that animals can eat, ... <a title="Southland farmer takes edible bale netting invention to Europe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/30/southland-farmer-takes-edible-bale-netting-invention-to-europe/" aria-label="Read more about Southland farmer takes edible bale netting invention to Europe">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand MSD confirmed it reversed the original decision, after RNZ brought the case to its attention. RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King A Porirua family is frustrated and angry that it took months of back and forth with Work and Income – and a call to the media – to get an unwell man ... <a title="Porirua man granted Supported Living Payment after ongoing battle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/30/porirua-man-granted-supported-living-payment-after-ongoing-battle/" aria-label="Read more about Porirua man granted Supported Living Payment after ongoing battle">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tom Arkell, NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow, School of Health Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology Your doctor has just prescribed medicinal cannabis. You think it’s helping. But you rely on your car to get to work and pick up the kids. Are you allowed to drive? And more ... <a title="Can I drive when taking medicinal cannabis? Is it safe?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/30/can-i-drive-when-taking-medicinal-cannabis-is-it-safe-271090/" aria-label="Read more about Can I drive when taking medicinal cannabis? Is it safe?">Read more</a>
