CoveragePost
March 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As he looks to his own coming wrestle with One Nation in the May 9 Farrer byelection, Angus Taylor can only take from Saturday’s South Australian result a sense of deep trepidation. One Nation drove a front-end loader through the ... <a title="View from The Hill: One Nation’s performance in SA will send shivers down Angus Taylor’s spine for Farrer campaign" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/view-from-the-hill-one-nations-performance-in-sa-will-send-shivers-down-angus-taylors-spine-for-farrer-campaign-278787/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: One Nation’s performance in SA will send shivers down Angus Taylor’s spine for Farrer campaign">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
March 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. RNZ / Mark Papalii Public transport is experiencing a boom, with commuters flooding onboard while fuel costs soar, and passenger numbers set to tumble. Last week 91 octane petrol had risen 55 cents a litre since the beginning of the Iran war, with diesel up 90 cents in the ... <a title="Fuel price strains send public transport numbers skyrocketing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/fuel-price-strains-send-public-transport-numbers-skyrocketing/" aria-label="Read more about Fuel price strains send public transport numbers skyrocketing">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
March 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand In Auckland, northbound lanes were blocked on the South-Western Motorway, SH20, at Onehunga, on Sunday morning. Supplied/ NZTA traffic camera Six people have died in 24 hours in crashes in Waikato, Taranaki, Auckland, Southland and Waiohau. Southland One person has died in Invercargill after fleeing police. Shortly before 3am, police signalled ... <a title="Six dead in 24 hours after multiple crashes around NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/six-dead-in-24-hours-after-multiple-crashes-around-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Six dead in 24 hours after multiple crashes around NZ">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
March 22, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle You can’t make this stuff up. The President of the United States, while sitting next to the Japanese Prime Minister in the Oval Office, just celebrated the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour. When asked by a Japanese reporter on Friday why the US didn’t consult with allies before launching the surprise ... <a title="Eugene Doyle: Trump celebrates Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/eugene-doyle-trump-celebrates-japanese-attack-on-pearl-harbour/" aria-label="Read more about Eugene Doyle: Trump celebrates Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
March 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand In Auckland, northbound lanes were blocked on the South-Western Motorway, SH20, at Onehunga, on Sunday morning. Supplied/ NZTA traffic camera Four people have died and others have been injured in crashes in Waikato, Taranaki, Auckland, Stratford, Waiohau and Southland Waikato police said on Sunday morning a person died following a single-vehicle ... <a title="Four dead in 24 hours after multiple crashes around NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/four-dead-in-24-hours-after-multiple-crashes-around-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Four dead in 24 hours after multiple crashes around NZ">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
March 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The incident happened at the Glenbrook Vintage Railway. File photo. Supplied / Glenbrook Vintage Railway One person has been seriously injured, after an explosion in the engine compartment of a steam train at Glenbrook Vintage Railway. Fire and Emergency sent four trucks to the vintage railway station between Glenbrook and Waiuku ... <a title="One seriously injured after explosion in steam engine train at Glenbrook Vintage Railway" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/one-seriously-injured-after-explosion-in-steam-engine-train-at-glenbrook-vintage-railway/" aria-label="Read more about One seriously injured after explosion in steam engine train at Glenbrook Vintage Railway">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
March 22, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Sarah Leah Whitson In recent days, Israel and the United States have expressed outrage over the deliberate and indiscriminate targeting of civilians and civilian residences and infrastructure in Israel and the Gulf by Iranian forces. They have cited the illegality of such attacks, urged global condemnation, and demanded that human rights organisations speak ... <a title="No bigger hypocrisy in the world than Israel complaining about Iran’s ‘lawbreaking’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/no-bigger-hypocrisy-in-the-world-than-israel-complaining-about-irans-lawbreaking/" aria-label="Read more about No bigger hypocrisy in the world than Israel complaining about Iran’s ‘lawbreaking’">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
March 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand During his state of nation speech, New Zealand First leader Winston Peters addressed his party’s new proposal to split up energy gentailers, the state of the economy, Covid and his party’s aspirations at this year’s election. He also spent time taking shots at his political rivals, with sections of his speech ... <a title="Winston Peters announces proposal to overhaul energy sector in State of the Nation speech" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/winston-peters-announces-proposal-to-overhaul-energy-sector-in-state-of-the-nation-speech/" aria-label="Read more about Winston Peters announces proposal to overhaul energy sector in State of the Nation speech">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
March 22, 2026
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on March 22, 2026.
CoveragePost
March 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Manwaring, Associate Professor, Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University The tectonic plates of South Australian politics have fundamentally shifted. Peter Malinauskas’s Labor government has won a second term with a landslide win. The final count should see Labor win around 33 seats in the 47 seat ... <a title="One Nation’s surge and Liberal Party’s collapse in SA election reveal tectonic shifts in Australian politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/one-nations-surge-and-liberal-partys-collapse-in-sa-election-reveal-tectonic-shifts-in-australian-politics-278317/" aria-label="Read more about One Nation’s surge and Liberal Party’s collapse in SA election reveal tectonic shifts in Australian politics">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
March 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Steven George of Whangarei won the 2026 edition of the New Zealand National Excavator Operator Competition. Supplied A Northland contractor has retained his national digger operator crown by successfully slicing a pizza with his excavator. Whangarei’s Steven George also used the excavator to pour a cup of tea and play a ... <a title="Slicing pizza using a digger: How to win the national digger operator title" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/slicing-pizza-using-a-digger-how-to-win-the-national-digger-operator-title/" aria-label="Read more about Slicing pizza using a digger: How to win the national digger operator title">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
March 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The finance minister says New Zealand’s fuel stocks remain at seven weeks worth, including stockpiles. But Nicola Willis concedes that keeping that buffer was still “dependent on ships like this continuing to turn up”. Speaking on Sunday afternoon at Channel Infrastructure’s Marsden Point Energy Precinct, Willis said she wanted to provide ... <a title="Watch: Seven weeks worth of fuel stocks in NZ – Finance Minister Nicola Willis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/watch-seven-weeks-worth-of-fuel-stocks-in-nz-finance-minister-nicola-willis/" aria-label="Read more about Watch: Seven weeks worth of fuel stocks in NZ – Finance Minister Nicola Willis">Read more</a>
