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March 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand David McEwen. Screenshot / YouTube A former financial adviser has been convicted and fined $15,000 for breaching a banning order by the financial markets regulator, but investors remain out of pocket. David McEwen was convicted of four charges of breaching a 2023 Financial Markets Authority stop order at the Auckland District ... <a title="Former financial adviser fined $15,000, investors remain out of pocket" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/04/former-financial-adviser-fined-15000-investors-remain-out-of-pocket/" aria-label="Read more about Former financial adviser fined $15,000, investors remain out of pocket">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2026
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on March 4, 2026.
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March 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Queenstown. 123RF The University of Otago will offer two new qualifications in Queenstown as part of a long-term plan to build a campus in the resort town. The university will begin teaching an undergraduate degree in entrepreneurship and a postgraduate qualification in digital technology. Vice-Chancellor Grant Robertson said the university was ... <a title="University of Otago to offer new qualifications in Queenstown as part of campus plans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/04/university-of-otago-to-offer-new-qualifications-in-queenstown-as-part-of-campus-plans/" aria-label="Read more about University of Otago to offer new qualifications in Queenstown as part of campus plans">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 123rf.com Over-optimistic forecasting of visa numbers has contributed to a blow-out in Immigration New Zealand’s finances. Visa fees rose sharply in 2024, but the agency’s memorandum account – balancing costs and visa revenue – has sunk into a $152 million deficit. The education and workforce select committee heard that deficit is ... <a title="Immigration account $150 million in the red, visa numbers overestimated" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/04/immigration-account-150-million-in-the-red-visa-numbers-overestimated/" aria-label="Read more about Immigration account $150 million in the red, visa numbers overestimated">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jean Spinks, Associate Professor, Centre for the Business and Economics of Health, The University of Queensland Aunty Mary stands reluctantly back from the busy counter at her local community pharmacy, not quite sure how to get some help. She notices a colourful poster on the wall that ... <a title="‘She made us feel comfortable’: how trusting and safe pharmacy services improve First Nations health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/04/she-made-us-feel-comfortable-how-trusting-and-safe-pharmacy-services-improve-first-nations-health-256697/" aria-label="Read more about ‘She made us feel comfortable’: how trusting and safe pharmacy services improve First Nations health">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shelly Butcher, PhD candidate in Wildlife Disease, The University of Queensland When a coastal carpet python was brought into a wildlife hospital in South East Queensland in August 2024, vets were confronted with something they didn’t recognise. The python had damaged scales, crusted lesions across its body ... <a title="We discovered lethal new fungal diseases in wild Australian reptiles. It’s time to act fast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/04/we-discovered-lethal-new-fungal-diseases-in-wild-australian-reptiles-its-time-to-act-fast-275817/" aria-label="Read more about We discovered lethal new fungal diseases in wild Australian reptiles. It’s time to act fast">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claudia Young, PhD Candidate in Media and Communications, The University of Melbourne The current season of Married at First Sight is shaping up to be one of the most controversial yet, with the inclusion of Tyson Gordon demonstrating how the manosphere has breached containment. While the producers ... <a title="‘I want someone submissive’: Married At First Sight gives the manosphere a prime time slot" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/04/i-want-someone-submissive-married-at-first-sight-gives-the-manosphere-a-prime-time-slot-276974/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I want someone submissive’: Married At First Sight gives the manosphere a prime time slot">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand New All Blacks head coach Dave Rennie says he’s proud to be appointed to a role that he’s dreamed of and one that so few people get to do. Rennie was unveiled as the 28th All Blacks head coach just before midday, seeing off Jamie Joseph in the two-man race to ... <a title="New All Blacks head coach excited to ‘come back home and do the jersey justice’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/04/new-all-blacks-head-coach-excited-to-come-back-home-and-do-the-jersey-justice/" aria-label="Read more about New All Blacks head coach excited to ‘come back home and do the jersey justice’">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2026
By Kaya Selby, RNZ Pacific journalist Analysts are warning fuel prices are expected to jump in the Pacific following the Israeli and US attacks on Iran, and the retaliatory response by Iran. Iran borders the Strait of Hormuz, which carries 20 percent of the world’s oil and gas supply, and shipments have been suspended following ... <a title="‘A global energy crisis’ – Fuel price hike looms for Pacific amid Iran war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/04/a-global-energy-crisis-fuel-price-hike-looms-for-pacific-amid-iran-war/" aria-label="Read more about ‘A global energy crisis’ – Fuel price hike looms for Pacific amid Iran war">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kyllie Cripps, Director Monash Indigenous Studies Centre, CI ARC Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence against Women (CEVAW), School of Philosophical, Historical & International Studies (SOPHIS), School of Social Sciences (SOSS), Faculty of Arts, Monash University This article contains references to and the names of ... <a title="Too many Indigenous women are killed by domestic violence. They are more than just numbers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/04/too-many-indigenous-women-are-killed-by-domestic-violence-they-are-more-than-just-numbers-276264/" aria-label="Read more about Too many Indigenous women are killed by domestic violence. They are more than just numbers">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fiona Crawford, Adjunct Lecturer at the Centre for Justice, Queensland University of Technology The 2026 Women’s Asian Cup is the first major women’s soccer tournament Australia has hosted since the groundbreaking 2023 Women’s World Cup. The 12-team event, which will be held in Perth, Sydney and the ... <a title="Matildas effect 2.0? Why the Women’s Asian Cup is a huge moment for Australian soccer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/04/matildas-effect-2-0-why-the-womens-asian-cup-is-a-huge-moment-for-australian-soccer-275428/" aria-label="Read more about Matildas effect 2.0? Why the Women’s Asian Cup is a huge moment for Australian soccer">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carolyn Nickson, Principal Research Fellow, Cancer Elimination Collaboration, University of Sydney; The University of Melbourne At least 20,000 Australian women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year. And more than 3,300 die from the disease. To save women’s lives, we need to detect breast cancer early. Breast ... <a title="AI could help us more accurately screen for breast cancer – new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/04/ai-could-help-us-more-accurately-screen-for-breast-cancer-new-research-277079/" aria-label="Read more about AI could help us more accurately screen for breast cancer – new research">Read more</a>
