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March 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Sir Rod Drury. RNZ / Diego Opatowski Technology entrepreneur Sir Rod Drury has been named 2026 New Zealander of the Year. The founder of cloud-based accounting software platform, Xero, was one of seven New Zealanders recognised for their achievements. Drury co-founded Xero in 2006 and helped develop it into a billion-dollar ... <a title="Technology entrepreneur Sir Rod Drury named 2026 New Zealander of the Year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/20/technology-entrepreneur-sir-rod-drury-named-2026-new-zealander-of-the-year/" aria-label="Read more about Technology entrepreneur Sir Rod Drury named 2026 New Zealander of the Year">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra When he talks about the May 12 budget, Treasurer Jim Chalmers always stresses that what’s done on things like the capital gains tax discount will be a matter for cabinet. It would be more accurate to say the fate of ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Chalmers is trying to make economic uncertainty a springboard for reform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/19/grattan-on-friday-chalmers-is-trying-to-make-economic-uncertainty-a-springboard-for-reform-278186/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Chalmers is trying to make economic uncertainty a springboard for reform">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ Tasman District ratepayers are facing a rates increase of almost 10 percent, as the council grapples with the costs of last years floods and three waters infrastructure, on top of its core business. Last week, the Tasman District Council elected members were split on moving forward with its draft annual ... <a title="Tasman ratepayers face rates increase of almost 10 percent as council grapples with costs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/19/tasman-ratepayers-face-rates-increase-of-almost-10-percent-as-council-grapples-with-costs/" aria-label="Read more about Tasman ratepayers face rates increase of almost 10 percent as council grapples with costs">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Niall Johnston, Conjoint Associate Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW Sydney If you’re planning an Easter holiday to Bali, Vietnam or Thailand, it’s a good time to check if you and your family are vaccinated against measles. These are among destinations in Southeast Asia with ongoing measles outbreaks, ... <a title="Heading to Bali, Vietnam or Thailand? Why a measles vaccine is more important than ever" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/19/heading-to-bali-vietnam-or-thailand-why-a-measles-vaccine-is-more-important-than-ever-278310/" aria-label="Read more about Heading to Bali, Vietnam or Thailand? Why a measles vaccine is more important than ever">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied / Farrel Music / Leo Baron There is more discord in the music industry over the government helping fund two Robbie Williams concerts. It has contributed an undisclosed amount from its $70 million Major Events and Tourism Package, $40 million of which is to secure large-scale international events that will ... <a title="Robbie Williams shows ‘touch and go’ without government funding, says Frontier Touring" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/19/robbie-williams-shows-touch-and-go-without-government-funding-says-frontier-touring/" aria-label="Read more about Robbie Williams shows ‘touch and go’ without government funding, says Frontier Touring">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied / Darren Markin One of New Zealand’s smallest birds remains in big trouble after a tough breeding season saw a third of the eggs or newly hatched chicks eaten by predators. There were 29 tara iti, or fairy tern, eggs laid across the country, but only 11 chicks survived. Despite ... <a title="Tough breeding season for tara iti – one of New Zealand’s smallest birds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/19/tough-breeding-season-for-tara-iti-one-of-new-zealands-smallest-birds/" aria-label="Read more about Tough breeding season for tara iti – one of New Zealand’s smallest birds">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Pioneering Māori journalist Moari Stafford. Moari Stafford Pioneering Māori broadcaster and journalist Moari Stafford, who cultivated opportunity and empowered generations of Māori journalists for more than 20 years, has died. He was 74. Hailing from Waikato, Hauraki, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Apakura and Ngāti Te Wehi, Stafford spent much of his life ... <a title="Pioneering Māori broadcaster and journalist Moari Stafford dies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/19/pioneering-maori-broadcaster-and-journalist-moari-stafford-dies/" aria-label="Read more about Pioneering Māori broadcaster and journalist Moari Stafford dies">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Wastewater poured into the Mahurangi River in October. Supplied Watercare has announced its final tranche of compensation payment for oyster farmers North of Auckland, after an estimated 1200 cubic metres of sewage flowed into the Mahurangi River last October. Watercare said a power surge at its Lucy Moore Memorial Park pump ... <a title="Oyster farmers get final payment over October Mahurangi River sewage spill" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/19/oyster-farmers-get-final-payment-over-october-mahurangi-river-sewage-spill/" aria-label="Read more about Oyster farmers get final payment over October Mahurangi River sewage spill">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon Queenstown Lakes District Council has voted to seek long-term approval to pump treated wastewater into the Kawarau River. Councillors agreed on Thursday to lodge a 35-year resource consent application for discharge from the Shotover Wastewater Treatment Plant, while staff keep looking for alternative solutions to the region’s ... <a title="Queenstown Lakes District Council seeks 35-year consent to pump wastewater into Kawarau River" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/19/queenstown-lakes-district-council-seeks-35-year-consent-to-pump-wastewater-into-kawarau-river/" aria-label="Read more about Queenstown Lakes District Council seeks 35-year consent to pump wastewater into Kawarau River">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Warwick Smith, Honorary Fellow, School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne Former Treasury Secretary and chair of the Henry Tax Review, Ken Henry, has described the intergenerational injustice built into Australia’s tax system as an intentional “act of bastardry”. Treasurer Jim Chalmers also seems ... <a title="Is the capital gains tax discount an act of intergenerational ‘bastardry’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/19/is-the-capital-gains-tax-discount-an-act-of-intergenerational-bastardry-278659/" aria-label="Read more about Is the capital gains tax discount an act of intergenerational ‘bastardry’?">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2026
By Joshua Carroll A global coalition of activists is preparing to launch the largest ever flotilla of aid ships aimed at breaking Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza. The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), made up of civil society and grassroots groups from South Africa, Spain, Ireland, Türkiye, Norway, Brazil, France — and Aotearoa New Zealand — ... <a title="Activists plan ‘largest flotilla yet’ to break Israel’s siege of Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/19/activists-plan-largest-flotilla-yet-to-break-israels-siege-of-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Activists plan ‘largest flotilla yet’ to break Israel’s siege of Gaza">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Wastewater poured into the Mahurangi River in October. Supplied Watercare has announced its final tranche of compensation payment for oyster farmers North of Auckland, after an estimated 1200 cubic metres of sewage flowed into the Mahurangi River last October. Watercare said a power surge at its Lucy Moore Memorial Park pump ... <a title="Oyster farmers to get another $2.75 million compensation over Mahurangi River sewage spill" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/19/oyster-farmers-to-get-another-2-75-million-compensation-over-mahurangi-river-sewage-spill/" aria-label="Read more about Oyster farmers to get another $2.75 million compensation over Mahurangi River sewage spill">Read more</a>
