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March 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Heavy rain and winds continue as a deep sub-tropical low continues to make its way across the country, particularly from Northland to Bay of Plenty. A period of large northeast waves is also expected with strong to gale-force winds. Northland east of Kaikohe from Doubtless Bay to Whangārei remains under a ... <a title="Live weather: More rain, gales for upper North Island, parts of South" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/27/live-weather-more-rain-gales-for-upper-north-island-parts-of-south/" aria-label="Read more about Live weather: More rain, gales for upper North Island, parts of South">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand States of Emergency have been declared in Whangārei and the Far North The Whangārei District Mayor Ken Couper said with communities isolated and more heavy rain forecast, declaring an emergency means Civil Defence had access to emergency powers to protect life and property. He said that includes ordering evacuations, closing roads ... <a title="As it happened: Floods close highways as heavy rain hits North Island" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/27/as-it-happened-floods-close-highways-as-heavy-rain-hits-north-island/" aria-label="Read more about As it happened: Floods close highways as heavy rain hits North Island">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – OBITUARY: By Aubrey Belford, Australia and South Pacific regional editor of OCCRP The Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) is deeply saddened to announce the passing of Dan McGarry, the organisation’s Pacific editor, who died yesterday in Brisbane, Australia, at the age of 62. A ... <a title="Corruption reporting project mourns the loss of Dan McGarry, pioneering Pacific editor and investigative journalist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/corruption-reporting-project-mourns-the-loss-of-dan-mcgarry-pioneering-pacific-editor-and-investigative-journalist/" aria-label="Read more about Corruption reporting project mourns the loss of Dan McGarry, pioneering Pacific editor and investigative journalist">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Crises “stress test” governments and countries. Memories remain vivid of COVID, which put immense pressures on the Australian economy, the federation and Commonwealth and state budgets. The domestic crisis triggered by the Middle East war is well short of – ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Albanese government struggles under the ‘stress test’ posed by Middle East war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/grattan-on-friday-albanese-government-struggles-under-the-stress-test-posed-by-middle-east-war-278792/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Albanese government struggles under the ‘stress test’ posed by Middle East war">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Vanuatu Daily Post The Vanuatu Daily Post is deeply saddened to learn of the sudden passing of Dan McGarry, our former media director. McGarry was a fearless investigative journalist, photographer, and software professional who made a lasting contribution to the development of the Daily Post. He managed media content across the company’s publications, website, and ... <a title="Former Vanuatu Daily Post media director Dan McGarry leaves legacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/former-vanuatu-daily-post-media-director-dan-mcgarry-leaves-legacy/" aria-label="Read more about Former Vanuatu Daily Post media director Dan McGarry leaves legacy">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Flooding in Kiripaka, Northland. Supplied / Stella Matthews MetService says there’s a strong likelihood of several regions being upgraded to red heavy rain warnings as a damaging storm sweeps across the country. Northland and Whangārei are currently in a state of emergency, which will last for seven days. Although rainfall is ... <a title="The regions that could be in the flood firing line next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/the-regions-that-could-be-in-the-flood-firing-line-next/" aria-label="Read more about The regions that could be in the flood firing line next">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Loran, her husband and two sons, aged one and three. Supplied A young mum facing life-threatening delays for cancer treatment may be forced to raise more than $1 million for a stem cell transplant overseas. At only 29-years-old, Loran Geddes was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia in November last year. Her ... <a title="Young mum facing life-threatening stem cell transplant delays for cancer treatment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/young-mum-facing-life-threatening-stem-cell-transplant-delays-for-cancer-treatment/" aria-label="Read more about Young mum facing life-threatening stem cell transplant delays for cancer treatment">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF Warning: This story contains reference to suicide. Residential eating disorder facility says without funding from Health NZ, only those who can afford the cost can access care. Two former patients and their families share their eating disorder stories, and how Recovered Living NZ helped them. Labour calls on government to ... <a title="‘Lifesaving’ North Canterbury eating disorder facility can’t attract government funding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/lifesaving-north-canterbury-eating-disorder-facility-cant-attract-government-funding/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Lifesaving’ North Canterbury eating disorder facility can’t attract government funding">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Rebecca Lower from Iowa is hoping to visit Hobbiton Tongariro National Park and Weta Workshop as well as the filming locations around Queenstown. RNZ / Katie Todd Thousands of fans are still making the pilgrimage to Middle Earth nearly a quarter century after The Lord of the Rings first hit the ... <a title="25 years since Lord of the Rings debuted in cinemas, why are fans still flocking to Middle Earth?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/25-years-since-lord-of-the-rings-debuted-in-cinemas-why-are-fans-still-flocking-to-middle-earth/" aria-label="Read more about 25 years since Lord of the Rings debuted in cinemas, why are fans still flocking to Middle Earth?">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Immigration Minister Erica Stanford. RNZ / Mark Papalii Government documents show changes aimed at strengthening deportation levers could disproportionately affect Pacific Island nationals, but the Immigration Minister says that won’t happen. Erica Stanford said it was “not about racial profiling, it never has been”, but the Greens are concerned the “MAGA-loving ... <a title="Proposed deportation changes could disproportionately affect Pacific Island nationals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/proposed-deportation-changes-could-disproportionately-affect-pacific-island-nationals/" aria-label="Read more about Proposed deportation changes could disproportionately affect Pacific Island nationals">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Radio 786 Anti-apartheid campaigner Terry Bell has died at the age of 84. A lifelong activist, journalist, and educator, Bell’s life was defined by his unwavering commitment to justice and democracy. His early journalism career spanned several South African newspapers, where he also helped found the non-racial South African Journalists’ Union. Bell was deeply involved ... <a title="Activist journalist Terry Bell – a life defined by unwavering commitment to justice and democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/activist-journalist-terry-bell-a-life-defined-by-unwavering-commitment-to-justice-and-democracy/" aria-label="Read more about Activist journalist Terry Bell – a life defined by unwavering commitment to justice and democracy">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Flooding in Kiripaka, Northland. Supplied A woman and two young children have been rescued from a car trapped by rising floodwaters in Northland. Fire and Emergency said the rescue unfolded on Pigs Head Road, Whananaki, when the woman’s car became trapped between two impassable bodies of water. Hikurangi fire chief Trevor ... <a title="Woman, two young children rescued from car trapped in rising flood water" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/woman-two-young-children-rescued-from-car-trapped-in-rising-flood-water/" aria-label="Read more about Woman, two young children rescued from car trapped in rising flood water">Read more</a>
