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March 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER Part of State Highway 1 at Meremere, south of Auckland, is closed after a crash between a car and motorbike. It happened at 1.45pm and police say there are early reports of serious injuries. The road is closed for north-bound traffic from Hampton Downs Road. Police are ... <a title="Car and motorbike crash closes part of SH1 south of Auckland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/car-and-motorbike-crash-closes-part-of-sh1-south-of-auckland/" aria-label="Read more about Car and motorbike crash closes part of SH1 south of Auckland">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Starship Children’s Hospital. RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly A coronial inquiry into the death of 10-month-old Poseidyn Hemopo-Pickering has entered its second day. Poseidyn was rushed to Middlemore Hospital and then taken to Starship Children’s Hospital on the evening of 5 September, 2020, after being found unresponsive at his Manurewa home. He ... <a title="Baby Poseidyn’s injuries unlikely to be accidental, inquiry hears" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/baby-poseidyns-injuries-unlikely-to-be-accidental-inquiry-hears/" aria-label="Read more about Baby Poseidyn’s injuries unlikely to be accidental, inquiry hears">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand All Black Sonny Bill Williams (R) shoulder charges Lions winger Anthony Watson. photosport British and Irish Lions back Anthony Watson says he found a way to circumvent concussion testing after Sonny Bill Williams was shown a red card in a pivotal moment during the 2017 series. Watson shone some light on ... <a title="Rugby: Lions back Anthony Watson admits to cheating concussion test against All Blacks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/rugby-lions-back-anthony-watson-admits-to-cheating-concussion-test-against-all-blacks/" aria-label="Read more about Rugby: Lions back Anthony Watson admits to cheating concussion test against All Blacks">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand An Oriental fruit fly on a piece of fruit. Supplied / Biosecurity NZ Biosecurity staff are out in South Auckland after finding more Oriental fruit flies in Papatoetoe on Monday. Biosecurity NZ widened its surveillance area after it found three more fruit flies on Monday, bringing the total to four. All ... <a title="Biosecurity NZ confident fruit fly will be eradicated, again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/biosecurity-nz-confident-fruit-fly-will-be-eradicated-again/" aria-label="Read more about Biosecurity NZ confident fruit fly will be eradicated, again">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Cornwall, Lecturer in Marine Biology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington A recent report on global tipping points warned that coral reefs face widespread dieback and have reached a point from which they cannot recover. But in our new research, we show this might ... <a title="The future remains bleak for corals – but not all reefs are doomed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/the-future-remains-bleak-for-corals-but-not-all-reefs-are-doomed-277077/" aria-label="Read more about The future remains bleak for corals – but not all reefs are doomed">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Outside Wellington Hospital. (File photo) RNZ / REECE BAKER Healthcare staff in Wellington’s Emergency Department will have to wait until 2029 for a bigger space, with one nurse describing corridors crowded with patients waiting for beds. Renovations to add much-needed space to the ED were underway, as Health New Zealand worked ... <a title="Work under way to move cramped Wellington ED" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/work-under-way-to-move-cramped-wellington-ed/" aria-label="Read more about Work under way to move cramped Wellington ED">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Evangeline Mantzioris, Program Director of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Accredited Practising Dietitian, Adelaide University Black sesame is the latest plant-based product to go viral, with its appealing colour and nutty taste. Social media is full of claims these dark sesame seeds are better for you than the ... <a title="What is black sesame? Is it really the new matcha? An expert explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/what-is-black-sesame-is-it-really-the-new-matcha-an-expert-explains-275074/" aria-label="Read more about What is black sesame? Is it really the new matcha? An expert explains">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Freyne, Senior Producer, Impact Studios UTS, University of Technology Sydney Jimpa is an emotionally nuanced family drama by acclaimed Australian filmmaker Sophie Hyde. “Jimpa” is the family nickname for flamboyant and provocative patriarch, Jim (John Lithgow). Born in the early 1950s, Jim came out as gay ... <a title="Jimpa lovingly follows in the tradition of artwork about fathers who came out of the closet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/jimpa-lovingly-follows-in-the-tradition-of-artwork-about-fathers-who-came-out-of-the-closet-276964/" aria-label="Read more about Jimpa lovingly follows in the tradition of artwork about fathers who came out of the closet">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
RNZ Pacific A Solomon Islands academic says the US and Israel illegal bombing of Iran is “deeply alarming” and the Pacific region does not need “more global instability” US President Donald Trump warned yesterday that Operation Epic Fury against Iran — “one of the largest, most complex, most overwhelming military offensives the world has ever ... <a title="Solomon Islands academic warns Pacific economies at risk from US-Israel-Iran conflict" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/solomon-islands-academic-warns-pacific-economies-at-risk-from-us-israel-iran-conflict/" aria-label="Read more about Solomon Islands academic warns Pacific economies at risk from US-Israel-Iran conflict">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A Southland livestock grazing company was fined close to $50,000 for allowing hundreds of cattle to graze in mud. Supplied / MPI Warning some of the images in this article may be distressing for some people. More than 31,000 New Zealanders want an independent “Commissioner for Animals” to improve animal welfare ... <a title="31k-strong petition for an independent Commissioner for Animals taken to Parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/31k-strong-petition-for-an-independent-commissioner-for-animals-taken-to-parliament/" aria-label="Read more about 31k-strong petition for an independent Commissioner for Animals taken to Parliament">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Bees excrement can create a waxy substance which is hard to clean off outdoor furniture. (File photo) Supplied/Bioeconomy Science Institute Tauranga City Council wants to make it easier to deal with complaints about bee poo. It investigated 38 complaints about urban hives in the past two years – 34 of them ... <a title="Local council dealt with 34 complaints about bee poo in last two years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/local-council-dealt-with-34-complaints-about-bee-poo-in-last-two-years/" aria-label="Read more about Local council dealt with 34 complaints about bee poo in last two years">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Outside Wellington Hospital. (File photo) RNZ / REECE BAKER Healthcare staff in Wellington’s Emergency Department will have to wait until 2029 for a bigger space, with one nurse describing corridors crowded with patients waiting for beds. Renovations to add much-needed space to the ED were underway, as Health New Zealand worked ... <a title="New Wellington Emergency Department won’t open until 2029" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/new-wellington-emergency-department-wont-open-until-2029/" aria-label="Read more about New Wellington Emergency Department won’t open until 2029">Read more</a>
