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March 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Plank, Professor in Applied Mathematics, University of Canterbury Six years after COVID-19 first reached New Zealand, the country is experiencing its ninth wave of infections. But the virus we are living with today behaves very differently from the one that caused the global emergency in 2020–22. ... <a title="NZ’s 9th COVID-19 wave: why infections are rising – and how booster shots still help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/nzs-9th-covid-19-wave-why-infections-are-rising-and-how-booster-shots-still-help-278075/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s 9th COVID-19 wave: why infections are rising – and how booster shots still help">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Residents of Blockhouse Bay in southwestern Auckland were dismayed to learn early last year that their local Woolworths supermarket was earmarked to close. While the Donovan Street store wasn’t the largest supermarket in the area, many living nearby treated it as an extension of their household refrigerators, popping down to the ... <a title="What one changing suburb tells us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/what-one-changing-suburb-tells-us/" aria-label="Read more about What one changing suburb tells us">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Film star Sean Penn stepped out of a train carriage in central Kyiv on Monday, thousands of miles away from the glitz of Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre where he had failed to turn up to receive his third acting Oscar hours earlier. Penn, 65, won the Oscar for best supporting actor for ... <a title="Why Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn skipped the ceremony" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/why-oscar-winning-actor-sean-penn-skipped-the-ceremony/" aria-label="Read more about Why Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn skipped the ceremony">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Two people are being taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Supplied / St John Emergency services are at the scene of a four-vehicle crash in Palmerston North this morning. The crash was reported at about 8.25am at the intersection of Rangitikei Line and Flygers Line in Cloverlea, police said. Two ... <a title="Two people hospitalised after four-vehicle crash in Palmerston North" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/two-people-hospitalised-after-four-vehicle-crash-in-palmerston-north/" aria-label="Read more about Two people hospitalised after four-vehicle crash in Palmerston North">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luis Freijo, Research Associate in Film Studies, King’s College London The 2026 Academy Awards revealed a striking contradiction. Many of the winning films grapple with urgent contemporary issues, or difficult questions of historical memory. Yet their makers avoided following up on that political character in their acceptance ... <a title="What the 2026 Oscars revealed about the current political mood in Hollywood" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/what-the-2026-oscars-revealed-about-the-current-political-mood-in-hollywood-278495/" aria-label="Read more about What the 2026 Oscars revealed about the current political mood in Hollywood">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Doyle, Lecturer in Ancient and Medieval History, University of Galway Celebrated every year with swathes of green and pints of Guinness, Saint Patrick is the most famous of Ireland’s trio of patron saints (the others are Brigid and Colm Cille, aka Columba). Saint Patrick’s story is ... <a title="Saint Patrick’s Day and the mystery of the second Patrick" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/saint-patricks-day-and-the-mystery-of-the-second-patrick-277404/" aria-label="Read more about Saint Patrick’s Day and the mystery of the second Patrick">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Webb, Clinical Associate Professor, School of Medical Science & Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute; Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney A number of cases of the flesh-eating Buruli ulcer have now been detected on the New South Wales south coast. There is growing evidence mosquitoes are at ... <a title="Flesh-eating bacteria spread from possums and mozzies. But Buruli ulcers are preventable and treatable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/flesh-eating-bacteria-spread-from-possums-and-mozzies-but-buruli-ulcers-are-preventable-and-treatable-278094/" aria-label="Read more about Flesh-eating bacteria spread from possums and mozzies. But Buruli ulcers are preventable and treatable">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jason M. Lodge, Director of the Learning, Instruction & Technology Lab and Professor of Educational Psychology, School of Education, The University of Queensland In Australia, artificial intelligence is becoming a near-universal feature of education. As of 2025, nearly 80% of university students reported using AI in their ... <a title="Almost 80% of Australian uni students now use AI. This is creating an ‘illusion of competence’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/almost-80-of-australian-uni-students-now-use-ai-this-is-creating-an-illusion-of-competence-278413/" aria-label="Read more about Almost 80% of Australian uni students now use AI. This is creating an ‘illusion of competence’">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Karangahape Road will be one of three new underground stations on the City Rail Link. Supplied: CRL A specialist police force will be needed to patrol deep below Auckland’s streets on the new City Rail Link, says a city councillor. Transport officers and Māori wardens currently patrol public transport, but do ... <a title="Are specialist police needed to patrol the CRL underground?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/are-specialist-police-needed-to-patrol-the-crl-underground/" aria-label="Read more about Are specialist police needed to patrol the CRL underground?">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendon Dunphy, Associate Professor in Marine Biology, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Some seabirds breeding in New Zealand’s largest marine park struggled to raise chicks this summer, most likely because climate change is forcing them to travel too far in search of food. The Hauraki Gulf ... <a title="Seabirds struggled to raise chicks in the Hauraki Gulf this summer. What happened?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/seabirds-struggled-to-raise-chicks-in-the-hauraki-gulf-this-summer-what-happened-278086/" aria-label="Read more about Seabirds struggled to raise chicks in the Hauraki Gulf this summer. What happened?">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Allan Elton, Doctoral researcher, Australian National University Without fanfare, the Australian government has published the latest snapshot on its progress toward halting and reversing the loss of Australia’s biodiversity – our unique wildlife, plants and nature – by 2030. This report on Australia’s progress under the ... <a title="Australia claims it is ‘on track’ to save nature. We disagree" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/australia-claims-it-is-on-track-to-save-nature-we-disagree-278081/" aria-label="Read more about Australia claims it is ‘on track’ to save nature. We disagree">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan F. Gholipour, Associate Professor of Property, Western Sydney University Once a small fishing and pearling village, Dubai has grown to become a major financial, commercial and tourism hub in the Middle East. It is the second-largest (behind Abu Dhabi) of the seven emirates that make up ... <a title="Real estate powered Dubai’s rise as a magnet for expats. Can its brand survive this war?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/real-estate-powered-dubais-rise-as-a-magnet-for-expats-can-its-brand-survive-this-war-278090/" aria-label="Read more about Real estate powered Dubai’s rise as a magnet for expats. Can its brand survive this war?">Read more</a>
