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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The slip at Mauao, Mount Maunganui as seen from the air. Screengrab / Amy Till Retired Supreme Court judge Sir Mark O’Regan will lead the government’s inquiry into the Tauranga landslides which killed eight people. The terms of reference, released on Tuesday, task him with investigating how the landslides occurred and ... <a title="Retired Supreme Court judge to lead government inquiry into Tauranga landslides" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/retired-supreme-court-judge-to-lead-government-inquiry-into-tauranga-landslides/" aria-label="Read more about Retired Supreme Court judge to lead government inquiry into Tauranga landslides">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jack Wilson, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney The number of Australians using medicinal cannabis has surged over the past five years. Around 700,000 Australians have used cannabis for their health in the past year. ... <a title="Does medicinal cannabis work for depression, anxiety or PTSD? Our study says there’s no evidence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/does-medicinal-cannabis-work-for-depression-anxiety-or-ptsd-our-study-says-theres-no-evidence-278303/" aria-label="Read more about Does medicinal cannabis work for depression, anxiety or PTSD? Our study says there’s no evidence">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand My Food Bag is forecasting its full-year net profit will be between $6.4 million and $6.8 million Strong sales in the second half of the year have helped put My Food Bag on track to deliver year-on-year profit growth. The NZX-listed company is forecasting its full-year net profit will be between ... <a title="My Food Bag on track for profit growth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/my-food-bag-on-track-for-profit-growth/" aria-label="Read more about My Food Bag on track for profit growth">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Education Review Office is introducing a colour-coded, four-point scale for rating schools’ performance. It said the new system would apply to ERO review reports for schools visited from term two and would be easier for families to understand. The new-look reports would rate schools’ as excelling, doing well, working towards ... <a title="New rating system for schools unveiled as ERO reports overhauled" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/new-rating-system-for-schools-unveiled-as-ero-reports-overhauled/" aria-label="Read more about New rating system for schools unveiled as ERO reports overhauled">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Simon Kneebone has been appointed a Black Ferns assistant coach, focusing on set pieces. SUPPLIED The Black Ferns have a new assistant coach who will focus on their set piece. Simon Kneebone completes the coaching group, joining head coach Whitney Hansen, and assistants Tony Christie (attack) and Riki Flutey (defence). Christie ... <a title="Simon Kneebone joins Black Ferns coaching team" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/simon-kneebone-joins-black-ferns-coaching-team/" aria-label="Read more about Simon Kneebone joins Black Ferns coaching team">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Rebecca Wadey can’t imagine ever cutting her hair. The Auckland-based writer and former editor of online magazine Ensemble will turn 50 this year. Her hair, which she describes as “big, curly and coarse”, reaches well below her shoulders “to my elbows if I straighten it”. When she surfs, it blinds her; ... <a title="Have women quit cutting their hair short when they get older?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/have-women-quit-cutting-their-hair-short-when-they-get-older/" aria-label="Read more about Have women quit cutting their hair short when they get older?">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Oscars red carpet is typically viewed as the apex of awards season dressing. What the stars wear to the Dolby Theater is the culmination of months of business negotiations between talent agencies, stylists and fashion houses, generating millions of views for brands and, when successful, can cement an actor’s relevancy ... <a title="At the Oscars after-party, the fashion was sexy, strange and sensual" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/at-the-oscars-after-party-the-fashion-was-sexy-strange-and-sensual/" aria-label="Read more about At the Oscars after-party, the fashion was sexy, strange and sensual">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The average price of a kilogram of beef mince was now $4.60 more than the same time in 2025. RNZ / Vinay Ranchhod Food prices were up 4.5 percent in the year to February, and mince has recorded the biggest annual increase since data began. Meat, poultry and fish led the ... <a title="Mince records biggest annual increase since data began" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/mince-records-biggest-annual-increase-since-data-began/" aria-label="Read more about Mince records biggest annual increase since data began">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Education Review Office says it is introducing new, simpler reports about schools next month. It says from term two ERO reports will include a summary that gives families an at-a-glance understanding of the performance of their children’s school. The office says the new reports will have more focus on children’s ... <a title="Overhaul of ERO school reports announced" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/overhaul-of-ero-school-reports-announced/" aria-label="Read more about Overhaul of ERO school reports announced">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Wattie’s factory in Christchurch. Nathan McKinnon / RNZ Wattie’s New Zealand’s proposal to stop producing frozen vegetables is expected to impact the country’s already-hurting vegetable growers and seed producers. The seed industry was taking stock of what last week’s announcement by one of the country’s largest food producers, would mean ... <a title="Wattie’s NZ’s proposed cuts ‘a really big blow’ to seed, arable growers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/watties-nzs-proposed-cuts-a-really-big-blow-to-seed-arable-growers/" aria-label="Read more about Wattie’s NZ’s proposed cuts ‘a really big blow’ to seed, arable growers">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand and Samoa have vowed to do more to combat the flow of drugs through the Pacific, which prime minister Christopher Luxon says has become a “super highway”. Luxon and his Samoan counterpart La’aulialemalietoa Polataivao Leuatea Fosi Schmidt have signed memorandums of understanding for Police and Customs to work together ... <a title="NZ, Samoa vow to combat flow of drugs through Pacific ‘super highway’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/nz-samoa-vow-to-combat-flow-of-drugs-through-pacific-super-highway/" aria-label="Read more about NZ, Samoa vow to combat flow of drugs through Pacific ‘super highway’">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Police say they’re continuing to make enquiries. RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly A Tauranga school was put into lockdown this morning after reports of someone with a weapon. Police were called to Cameron Road at about 8.50am. “A nearby school was advised to be placed into a lockdown, however this has since ... <a title="Tauranga School went in lockdown after reports of an armed person" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/tauranga-school-went-in-lockdown-after-reports-of-an-armed-person/" aria-label="Read more about Tauranga School went in lockdown after reports of an armed person">Read more</a>
