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March 26, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kimberley Reis, Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering and Built Environment, Griffith University, Griffith University Most of our food travels many thousands of kilometres across Australia to reach our kitchens. We are highly dependent on a vast web of long-haul trucks to move food between growers, massive food ... <a title="Time to buy local: war fuel price shocks reveal the folly of a long food supply chain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/time-to-buy-local-war-fuel-price-shocks-reveal-the-folly-of-a-long-food-supply-chain-278786/" aria-label="Read more about Time to buy local: war fuel price shocks reveal the folly of a long food supply chain">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Baidawi, Associate professor, Monash University Across Australia, there is growing concern about young people not offending independently but allegedly being recruited, coerced and manipulated by adults into committing crime. Recent examples include: In Australia, data on child criminal exploitation remains absent. However, it’s a problem governments ... <a title="What can Australia do about reports of child criminal exploitation?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/what-can-australia-do-about-reports-of-child-criminal-exploitation-277093/" aria-label="Read more about What can Australia do about reports of child criminal exploitation?">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda George, Assistant Professor (Psychology), University of Canberra Deaths on Australian roads have increased every year since 2020. This is despite the Australian government’s commitment to Vision Zero – having zero deaths or serious injuries on our roads by 2050. Unfortunately, 1,317 road deaths were recorded in ... <a title="More people are dying on Australian roads. This program could make drivers safer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/more-people-are-dying-on-australian-roads-this-program-could-make-drivers-safer-276970/" aria-label="Read more about More people are dying on Australian roads. This program could make drivers safer">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Nicholls, Senior Research Associate in Media and Communications, University of Sydney Social media platforms Instagram and YouTube have a design defect which means they are addictive, a jury in the United States has ruled. The Los Angeles jury took nearly nine days to reach its verdict ... <a title="Meta and Google just lost a landmark social media addiction case. A tech law expert explains the fallout" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/meta-and-google-just-lost-a-landmark-social-media-addiction-case-a-tech-law-expert-explains-the-fallout-278409/" aria-label="Read more about Meta and Google just lost a landmark social media addiction case. A tech law expert explains the fallout">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Scott Simpson introduced legislation last year to ban in-store card surcharges. 123RF Consumer NZ says it is disappointed by news the government may not progress its plan to ban credit card surcharges. The ACT Party and Retail NZ have both said the proposed ban on surcharges ... <a title="Consumer NZ upset at possible end of surcharge ban" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/consumer-nz-upset-at-possible-end-of-surcharge-ban/" aria-label="Read more about Consumer NZ upset at possible end of surcharge ban">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A file photo of a British Airways plane being refuelled. AFP / NurPhoto / Mateusz Wlodarczyk There are concerns some Asian countries are beginning to hoard jet fuel as the Iran conflict drags on. News outlet Bloomberg has reported the South Korean government is discussing whether to redirect export-bound jet fuel ... <a title="Concerns countries in Asia are hoarding jet fuel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/concerns-countries-in-asia-are-hoarding-jet-fuel/" aria-label="Read more about Concerns countries in Asia are hoarding jet fuel">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Quin Tauetau ANZ says it now expects house prices to fall this year as conflict in the Middle East means lower household confidence and upwards pressure on interest rates. The bank’s economists said in their latest Property Focus update that, before the war broke out, consumer confidence had lifted ... <a title="ANZ says Middle East conflict will mean house prices fall" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/anz-says-middle-east-conflict-will-mean-house-prices-fall/" aria-label="Read more about ANZ says Middle East conflict will mean house prices fall">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Hurricanes player Brad Shields. Kerry Marshall / www.photosport.nz Experienced loose forward Brad Shields has extended his stay with the Hurricanes for another year. The one-year contract extension means Shields will return to the Hurricanes for an 11th season in his second stint with the club, a decade-and-a-half after his debut in ... <a title="Rugby: Veteran loosie Brad Shields extends stay with Hurricanes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/rugby-veteran-loosie-brad-shields-extends-stay-with-hurricanes/" aria-label="Read more about Rugby: Veteran loosie Brad Shields extends stay with Hurricanes">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Tuakau College in Waikato. Tuakau College A teacher has been injured and a student is in custody fter an incident at a Waikato school. Tuakau College went into a lockdown during the incident on Thursday morning. Emergency services were called to the Buckland Road school about 10am, with reports of a ... <a title="Person arrested, another in hospital after Waikato high school put in lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/person-arrested-another-in-hospital-after-waikato-high-school-put-in-lockdown/" aria-label="Read more about Person arrested, another in hospital after Waikato high school put in lockdown">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Kellie Tranter The actions of the Trump administration and its AIPAC-Israeli donors have reached new levels of immorality, illegality and unprecedented venality. It is almost universally accepted that the US-Israel attack on Iran had no justification under international law: it was simply a war of aggression and thus the commission of perhaps the ... <a title="Epstein cabal play games with human lives in Iran while grasping for unearned riches" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/epstein-cabal-play-games-with-human-lives-in-iran-while-grasping-for-unearned-riches/" aria-label="Read more about Epstein cabal play games with human lives in Iran while grasping for unearned riches">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand It’s hot cross bun season and on social media, the Easter treat is being promoted as an ideal pre-workout snack. Sports dietitians Emilie Burgess and Dannielle Hibberd have worked with elite teams and athletes in Tasmania and New South Wales. They share whether hot cross buns are a good choice, plus ... <a title="Are hot cross buns a good pre-workout snack?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/are-hot-cross-buns-a-good-pre-workout-snack/" aria-label="Read more about Are hot cross buns a good pre-workout snack?">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A file photo of a damaged water pipe in the capital. RNZ / REECE BAKER Parts of three Wellington suburbs are without water as crews work to repair a burst drinking water pipe. Wellington Water crews responded to the burst pipe on Washington Avenue in Brooklyn at 7am on Thursday. The ... <a title="Burst pipe cuts water to three Wellington suburbs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/burst-pipe-cuts-water-to-three-wellington-suburbs/" aria-label="Read more about Burst pipe cuts water to three Wellington suburbs">Read more</a>
