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March 31, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Commerce Commission believes the electricity price increase is justified. RNZ The Commerce Commission is warning households that the price of power is set to increase about 5 percent. Retailers have started notifying customers – citing maintenance and upgrades, higher wholesale prices, gas supply decline, and inflation. In February, Consumer NZ ... <a title="Terrible timing but pending power price increase justified – Commerce Commission" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/31/terrible-timing-but-pending-power-price-increase-justified-commerce-commission/" aria-label="Read more about Terrible timing but pending power price increase justified – Commerce Commission">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Deputy Prime Minister is pointing to parts of the Covid-19 pandemic response the government will avoid in navigating potential fuel shortages, saying “our long-term future must not be eroded by short-term political theatrics”. David Seymour, who was highly critical of parts of the previous government’s pandemic response, spoke to the ... <a title="Deputy PM David Seymour outlines 5 lessons learned from Covid in addressing NZ’s fuel response" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/31/deputy-pm-david-seymour-outlines-5-lessons-learned-from-covid-in-addressing-nzs-fuel-response/" aria-label="Read more about Deputy PM David Seymour outlines 5 lessons learned from Covid in addressing NZ’s fuel response">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand At an average price of $3.42 a litre for 91, it would cost an average household buying 43 litres of fuel a week nearly $150. RNZ / Unsplash It now costs a typical household $40 more to fill up their car than it did last week – and people in some ... <a title="Fuel cost jumps $40 in a week: Who’s feeling it most?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/31/fuel-cost-jumps-40-in-a-week-whos-feeling-it-most/" aria-label="Read more about Fuel cost jumps $40 in a week: Who’s feeling it most?">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Kaiārahi ferry. File photo. Supplied / Regan Ingley A search is underway for a person that went overboard from an Interislander ferry on the Cook Strait overnight. A KiwiRail spokesperson said the incident happened from its Kaiārahi ferry. Police said they were alerted to the incident about 2.20am on Tuesday. They ... <a title="Search underway after person goes overboard from ferry in Cook Strait" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/31/search-underway-after-person-goes-overboard-from-ferry-in-cook-strait/" aria-label="Read more about Search underway after person goes overboard from ferry in Cook Strait">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leonidas Karagounis, Professor Research Translation & Enterprise, Australian Catholic University Peptides are widely marketed as a kind of “holy grail” for workout recovery and physical performance. You may have seen advertisements online claiming these supplements can significantly boost muscle growth, eliminate joint pain, and accelerate recovery times. ... <a title="Do peptides improve workout performance? A nutrition expert explains the science" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/31/do-peptides-improve-workout-performance-a-nutrition-expert-explains-the-science-276965/" aria-label="Read more about Do peptides improve workout performance? A nutrition expert explains the science">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gehan Gunasekara, Professor of Commercial Law, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Following a series of significant health data breaches, the government released a cyber security strategy and action plan to establish a national framework for responding to escalating cyber threats. The strategy covers New Zealand’s critical ... <a title="Public health providers have to obey strict cyber security rules – so should private contractors" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/31/public-health-providers-have-to-obey-strict-cyber-security-rules-so-should-private-contractors-279300/" aria-label="Read more about Public health providers have to obey strict cyber security rules – so should private contractors">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nina Van Dyke, Associate Professor and Associate Director, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University When most people think about “healthy eating”, they usually focus on what they eat. That might mean trying to eat more fruit and vegetables or less fast food, or counting calories. But there’s a lot ... <a title="Focusing on how and why you eat – not just what – may be the key to healthy eating" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/31/focusing-on-how-and-why-you-eat-not-just-what-may-be-the-key-to-healthy-eating-273019/" aria-label="Read more about Focusing on how and why you eat – not just what – may be the key to healthy eating">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bernard Stewart, Professor, Paediatrics and Child Health, UNSW Sydney As early as the 1880s, there was evidence that smoking tobacco damaged your lungs. But it took almost 100 years to definitively show that smoking causes lung cancer. So, what about vapes? Until now, most research that has ... <a title="Strongest evidence yet that vaping likely causes cancer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/31/strongest-evidence-yet-that-vaping-likely-causes-cancer-279550/" aria-label="Read more about Strongest evidence yet that vaping likely causes cancer">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zachary Aman, Professor of Chemical Engineering, The University of Western Australia Fuel has become a precious, and increasingly expensive, commodity. The ongoing Middle East conflict has effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, cutting off 20% of the world’s oil supplies. This, coupled with tit-for-tat attacks on key ... <a title="Is E10 fuel bad for my car? And could it save me money?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/31/is-e10-fuel-bad-for-my-car-and-could-it-save-me-money-279081/" aria-label="Read more about Is E10 fuel bad for my car? And could it save me money?">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sally Patfield, Lecturer, Teachers and Teaching Research Centre, School of Education, University of Newcastle Each year, about 30% of new undergraduates in Australia are the first in their families to go to university. This means their parents do not have a university-level qualification. Often, they also don’t ... <a title="‘Mum and Dad both finished school in Year 10’– how to help first-in-family students graduate from uni" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/31/mum-and-dad-both-finished-school-in-year-10-how-to-help-first-in-family-students-graduate-from-uni-279323/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Mum and Dad both finished school in Year 10’– how to help first-in-family students graduate from uni">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vinh Thai, Professor of Logistics and Supply Chain Management, School of Accounting, Information Systems and Supply Chain, RMIT University An Easter bunny for $10. A box of 20 hollow Easter eggs for $18. A 100g block of plain dark chocolate for $8.50. Even last year, such high ... <a title="Why does chocolate cost so much this Easter, when cocoa’s price is at a 3-year low?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/31/why-does-chocolate-cost-so-much-this-easter-when-cocoas-price-is-at-a-3-year-low-279209/" aria-label="Read more about Why does chocolate cost so much this Easter, when cocoa’s price is at a 3-year low?">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul S.C.Taçon, Chair in Rock Art Research and Director of the Place, Evolution and Rock Art Heritage Unit (PERAHU), Griffith University Extinct animals have long fascinated people around the world – from dinosaurs, to giant kangaroos, to enormous flightless birds and almost unimaginable sea creatures. But one ... <a title="NT rock art thousands of years old sheds new light on the mysterious Tasmanian tiger" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/31/nt-rock-art-thousands-of-years-old-sheds-new-light-on-the-mysterious-tasmanian-tiger-278670/" aria-label="Read more about NT rock art thousands of years old sheds new light on the mysterious Tasmanian tiger">Read more</a>
