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March 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand’s long-tailed bat (pekapeka-tou-roa) is on the edge of extinction. Department of Conservation It’s a conservation story unlike any other. How did a high-profile crime that had the nation’s farmers up in arms and a visit to an out-of-the-way rubbish dump lead to the discovery of critically endangered native bats ... <a title="Strange chain of events leads to important ecological discovery of native bats" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/23/strange-chain-of-events-leads-to-important-ecological-discovery-of-native-bats/" aria-label="Read more about Strange chain of events leads to important ecological discovery of native bats">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Thanks to the widespread accessibility of the internet, many of us have front-row seats to suffering and death across the globe for the first time in history, even when we are not directly affected. We’re living in what scholars describe as a “polycrisis” — a set of interconnected crises that compound ... <a title="Social media uses negativity to steal our attention – how to reclaim it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/23/social-media-uses-negativity-to-steal-our-attention-how-to-reclaim-it/" aria-label="Read more about Social media uses negativity to steal our attention – how to reclaim it">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Outgoing chief executive Miles Hurrell said the changes to the forecast Farmgate Milk Price and earnings reflected improvement in global commodity prices and the co-op’s strong underlying margins and cost control. Supplied/LikeMinds Fonterra delivered a strong first half result, beating market expectations, while lifting its full year earnings outlook and forecast ... <a title="Fonterra delivers strong half-year profit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/23/fonterra-delivers-strong-half-year-profit/" aria-label="Read more about Fonterra delivers strong half-year profit">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Half of respondents think NZ is headed in the wrong direction under this coalition government, while just 32.3 think it’s headed the right way. File photo. RNZ Analysis: Christopher Luxon’s personal performance and that of his party is worse, and more people think the country is headed in the wrong direction ... <a title="RNZ-Reid Research poll: Bleak numbers for Luxon, but no obvious successors" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/23/rnz-reid-research-poll-bleak-numbers-for-luxon-but-no-obvious-successors/" aria-label="Read more about RNZ-Reid Research poll: Bleak numbers for Luxon, but no obvious successors">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendon Hyndman, Associate Professor of Education, Charles Sturt University School camps have long been a rite of passage for many Australian students in both primary and high school. Typically, camps begin in primary school and continue into the secondary years, ranging from a single overnight stay to ... <a title="Some schools have stopped running camps as costs rise. What can we do instead?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/23/some-schools-have-stopped-running-camps-as-costs-rise-what-can-we-do-instead-278798/" aria-label="Read more about Some schools have stopped running camps as costs rise. What can we do instead?">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nikhil Datta, Assistant Professor, Economics, University of Warwick The US-Israel strikes on Iran in late February caused an immediate spike in oil prices, and volatility has only increased since then. It quickly led to fears among motorists of “price-gouging” – petrol retailers raising their prices to take ... <a title="Do petrol retailers really ‘price-gouge’ during oil price spikes?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/23/do-petrol-retailers-really-price-gouge-during-oil-price-spikes-278843/" aria-label="Read more about Do petrol retailers really ‘price-gouge’ during oil price spikes?">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Monica Duffy Toft, Professor of International Politics and Director of the Center for Strategic Studies, The Fletcher School, Tufts University Wars are rarely lost first on the battlefield. They are lost in leaders’ minds − when leaders misread what they and their adversaries can do, when their ... <a title="Overconfidence is how wars are lost − lessons from Vietnam, Afghanistan and Ukraine for the war in Iran were ignored" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/23/overconfidence-is-how-wars-are-lost-lessons-from-vietnam-afghanistan-and-ukraine-for-the-war-in-iran-were-ignored-278604/" aria-label="Read more about Overconfidence is how wars are lost − lessons from Vietnam, Afghanistan and Ukraine for the war in Iran were ignored">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Renee Goreham, Associate Professor, Physics, University of Newcastle I remember sitting very close to the television as a child and seeing the image was made up of tiny coloured dots, each of which broke down into miniature vertical strips of red, green and blue when I looked ... <a title="TVs keep getting more pixels – but we are approaching the limits of what our eyes can actually see" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/23/tvs-keep-getting-more-pixels-but-we-are-approaching-the-limits-of-what-our-eyes-can-actually-see-277836/" aria-label="Read more about TVs keep getting more pixels – but we are approaching the limits of what our eyes can actually see">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sergey Alexeev, Senior research fellow, University of Sydney; UNSW Sydney It’s a Friday evening and you pour a glass of wine while your teenager sits at the kitchen bench scrolling their phone. They barely look up. But they notice more than you think. My new study found ... <a title="Is it OK to drink in front of your kids? New research shows the age they’re most influenced" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/23/is-it-ok-to-drink-in-front-of-your-kids-new-research-shows-the-age-theyre-most-influenced-278667/" aria-label="Read more about Is it OK to drink in front of your kids? New research shows the age they’re most influenced">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand US President Donald Trump has vowed to ‘obliterate’ Iran energy facilities if it doesn’t’ open the Strait of Hormuz. The threat has added to worries in global markets. Meanwhile, Finance Minister Nicola Willis said on Sunday New Zealand’s fuels stocks remain at seven weeks’ worth, including stockpiles. Fuel price app Gaspy ... <a title="Live: Fuel price fears grow as Trump and Iran trade threats" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/23/live-fuel-price-fears-grow-as-trump-and-iran-trade-threats/" aria-label="Read more about Live: Fuel price fears grow as Trump and Iran trade threats">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angel Zhong, Professor of Finance, RMIT University Every few months, someone in the superannuation industry declares that Australians now “need” around A$1 million to retire comfortably. It’s a big, scary number. But consumer advocates say most people can retire with far less. Independent estimates suggest something closer ... <a title="How much do you really need to retire? It’s probably a lot less than $1 million" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/23/how-much-do-you-really-need-to-retire-its-probably-a-lot-less-than-1-million-276375/" aria-label="Read more about How much do you really need to retire? It’s probably a lot less than $1 million">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paula Lorgelly, Professor of Health Economics, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau This time six years ago, as officials prepared to move New Zealand into lockdown, the public was suddenly introduced to the complex and somewhat bewildering world of pandemic modelling. These highly mathematical models mapped out ... <a title="In the next pandemic, NZ doesn’t need to choose between health and the economy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/23/in-the-next-pandemic-nz-doesnt-need-to-choose-between-health-and-the-economy-277951/" aria-label="Read more about In the next pandemic, NZ doesn’t need to choose between health and the economy">Read more</a>
