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March 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Winston Peters will make his State of the Nation address in Tauranga on Sunday. It comes off the back of heavy questioning by the New Zealand First leader about the previous government’s decisions during the Covid-19 pandemic, following the release of the second phase of the royal commission of inquiry. NZ ... <a title="Watch: Winston Peters delivers State of the Nation speech" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/watch-winston-peters-delivers-state-of-the-nation-speech/" aria-label="Read more about Watch: Winston Peters delivers State of the Nation speech">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Finance Minister Nicola Willis on Sunday afternoon will be visiting Channel Infrastructure’s Marsden Point Energy Precinct. The visit comes amid fears of an energy crisis, with the global price of oil skyrocketing in the wake of the US and Israel’s attack on Iran. Iran’s response has included threatening ships passing through ... <a title="Watch: Nicola Willis visits fuel import terminal at Marsden Point" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/watch-nicola-willis-visits-fuel-import-terminal-at-marsden-point/" aria-label="Read more about Watch: Nicola Willis visits fuel import terminal at Marsden Point">Read more</a>
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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 Two people have died and others injured in crashes in Waikato, Auckland and Southland. Waikato police said on Sunday morning a person died following a single-vehicle crash on Howden Road, to ... <a title="Multiple crashes block lanes, two dead, others hurt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/multiple-crashes-block-lanes-two-dead-others-hurt/" aria-label="Read more about Multiple crashes block lanes, two dead, others hurt">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Mahurangi Oysters owner Jim Aitken. Nick Monro A group of North Auckland oyster farmers are calling for more transparency on how Watercare came to its final calculation on compensation over a sewage spill into the Mahurangi River last year, that contaminated tens of thousands of oysters during the businesses’ peak season. ... <a title="Mahurangi oyster farmers call for more transparency on Watercare’s compensation calculations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/mahurangi-oyster-farmers-call-for-more-transparency-on-watercares-compensation-calculations/" aria-label="Read more about Mahurangi oyster farmers call for more transparency on Watercare’s compensation calculations">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fiona Crawford, Adjunct Lecturer at the Centre for Justice, Queensland University of Technology There was a lot of talk about winning trophies in the lead-up to the 2026 Women’s Asian Cup final, in which the Matildas were narrowly defeated by Japan 1–0 in Saturday night’s final. It ... <a title="The Women’s Asian Cup was a major success for Australian soccer, despite the Matildas’ heartbreaker" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/the-womens-asian-cup-was-a-major-success-for-australian-soccer-despite-the-matildas-heartbreaker-278661/" aria-label="Read more about The Women’s Asian Cup was a major success for Australian soccer, despite the Matildas’ heartbreaker">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Fuel price increases will be felt soon: Diesel is the main source of electricity for the remote Chatham Islands. Vk2cz / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0) Chatham Islands diesel will remain at pre-war prices until mid-April, but pump-prices will soon rise, residents are being warned. In most parts of New Zealand, diesel has ... <a title="Fuel price increases held off for Chatham Islands, for now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/fuel-price-increases-held-off-for-chatham-islands-for-now/" aria-label="Read more about Fuel price increases held off for Chatham Islands, for now">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand An artist’s impression of a short-tailed New Zealand bat, similar to the new Mystacina nymphe species newly discovered in Otago. Gavin Mouldey / supplied A palaeontologist studying fossil fragments in Central Otago has identified a previously unknown, but now extinct, bat. University of New South Wales professor Suzanne Hand has been ... <a title="Tiny extinct bat found in NZ fossil record" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/tiny-extinct-bat-found-in-nz-fossil-record/" aria-label="Read more about Tiny extinct bat found in NZ fossil record">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand By Madleine CarrWhite, Massey Journalism Student File photo. Supplied / Greater Wellington Regional Council Toxic algae warnings have been issued for Hutt and Wairarapa rivers. Red alerts are in place for Hutt River at Silverstream, Waipoua River at Colombo Road, and Ruamahanga River at Double Bridges and Te Ore Ore. Greater ... <a title="Toxic algae warnings issued for Hutt and Wairarapa rivers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/toxic-algae-warnings-issued-for-hutt-and-wairarapa-rivers/" aria-label="Read more about Toxic algae warnings issued for Hutt and Wairarapa rivers">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Traffic was blocked in northbound lanes on the South-Western Motorway, SH20, at Onehunga, on Sunday morning. Supplied/ NZTA traffic camera One person has died following a crash in Waikato. The single-vehicle crash was on Howden Road in Temple View around 8.30pm on Saturday. Meanwhile, a crash has blocked lanes on Auckland’s ... <a title="Multiple crashes block lanes, one dead, several hurt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/multiple-crashes-block-lanes-one-dead-several-hurt/" aria-label="Read more about Multiple crashes block lanes, one dead, several hurt">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Traffic was blocked in northbound lanes on the South-Western Motorway, SH20, at Onehunga, on Sunday morning. Supplied/ NZTA traffic camera A crash has blocked lanes on Auckland’s Southwestern Motorway at Onehunga, and northbound drivers are being warned to take another route. Two vehicles were involved in the crash on State Highway ... <a title="Multiple crashes block lanes, people injured" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/multiple-crashes-block-lanes-people-injured/" aria-label="Read more about Multiple crashes block lanes, people injured">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Government Communications Security Bureau director-general Andrew Clark. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) spy agency has taken six times longer than it should have to address questions about lax cyber security identified in a Treasury report. The report last year mentioned that government data was “being managed ... <a title="Government data being held by ‘unvetted third parties’ – Treasury report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/government-data-being-held-by-unvetted-third-parties-treasury-report/" aria-label="Read more about Government data being held by ‘unvetted third parties’ – Treasury report">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Traffic was blocked in northbound lanes on the South-Western Motorway, SH20, at Onehunga, on Sunday morning. Supplied/ NZTA traffic camera A crash has blocked lanes on Auckland’s Southwestern Motorway at Onehunga, and northbound drivers are being warned to take another route. Two vehicles were involved in the crash on State Highway ... <a title="Crash blocks lanes on Auckland’s Southwestern Motorway" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/crash-blocks-lanes-on-aucklands-southwestern-motorway/" aria-label="Read more about Crash blocks lanes on Auckland’s Southwestern Motorway">Read more</a>
