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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Nick Kelly. Andrew Cornaga The Black Caps have levelled their T20 series against South Africa with a dominant win in the second match in Hamilton on Tuesday. New Zealand won by 68 runs after bowling the Proteas out inside 16 overs. After being sent into bat, New Zealand posted 175/6 in ... <a title="Black Caps thump South Africa to level T20 series in Hamilton" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/black-caps-thump-south-africa-to-level-t20-series-in-hamilton/" aria-label="Read more about Black Caps thump South Africa to level T20 series in Hamilton">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Pacific Media Watch As the US and Israel battle to control the narrative of their war against Iran, their messaging gets harder to defend, reports Al Jazeera’s Listening Post. With the war entering its third week, the upper hand that the United States and Israel hold militarily is being countered asymmetrically by Iran which has ... <a title="War on Iran: Propaganda in overdrive as Trump’s war spirals out of control" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/war-on-iran-propaganda-in-overdrive-as-trumps-war-spirals-out-of-control/" aria-label="Read more about War on Iran: Propaganda in overdrive as Trump’s war spirals out of control">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra A Senate inquiry has provided Treasurer Jim Chalmers with ammunition for his plan to pare back the capital gains tax discount in the May 12 budget. The majority report of the inquiry into the operation of the capital gains tax ... <a title="Capital gains tax discount ‘skewed’ housing towards investors: Senate inquiry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/capital-gains-tax-discount-skewed-housing-towards-investors-senate-inquiry-278187/" aria-label="Read more about Capital gains tax discount ‘skewed’ housing towards investors: Senate inquiry">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Environment Canterbury says the Canterbury Regional Coastal Environment Plan covers the entire coastline from the Kaikōura district in the north to the Waitaki River in the south. The Kaikōura coast is pictured. David Hill / North Canterbury News Canterbury’s regional council says it is continuing to address coastal protection rules, but ... <a title="ECan says coastal protection a priority despite planning handbrake" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/ecan-says-coastal-protection-a-priority-despite-planning-handbrake/" aria-label="Read more about ECan says coastal protection a priority despite planning handbrake">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The defence lawyers say the staff were using legal restraint to keep themselves and the teens safe in a high risk situation. File photo. RNZ Seven Oranga Tamariki workers are accused of bashing two teens – or failing to stop them being bashed – in a tiny phone room at an ... <a title="Seven Oranga Tamariki workers on trial for assaulting two teens at youth justice facility" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/seven-oranga-tamariki-workers-on-trial-for-assaulting-two-teens-at-youth-justice-facility/" aria-label="Read more about Seven Oranga Tamariki workers on trial for assaulting two teens at youth justice facility">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Food prices have gone up 4.5 percent in the year to February. RNZ / Richard Tindiller A humble spag bol dinner may no longer be an option for people on a tight budget, with the price of mince rising to its highest level since records began. Food prices have gone up ... <a title="Shoppers struggle with rising costs of meat and veges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/shoppers-struggle-with-rising-costs-of-meat-and-veges/" aria-label="Read more about Shoppers struggle with rising costs of meat and veges">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Mitch Barnett has been named among the Warriors reserves against Newcastle. Brett Costello NRL: Newcastle Knights v NZ Warriors Kickoff 5pm, Saturday, 21 March MacDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle Live blog updates on RNZ website NZ Warriors co-captain Mitch Barnett moves a step closer to his NRL return, when his team visit ... <a title="NZ Warriors co-captain Mitch Barnett nears return from injury against Newcastle Knights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/nz-warriors-co-captain-mitch-barnett-nears-return-from-injury-against-newcastle-knights/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Warriors co-captain Mitch Barnett nears return from injury against Newcastle Knights">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Follow all the cricket action as the Black Caps take on South Africa for their second of five T20 matches. New Zealand lost by seven wickets to the visitors in the first T20 at Mt Maunganui on Sunday. The Black Caps were only able to post a total of 91 after ... <a title="Live: Black Caps v South Africa – second T20" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/live-black-caps-v-south-africa-second-t20/" aria-label="Read more about Live: Black Caps v South Africa – second T20">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF The Public Service Association is calling on the government to offer targeted financial support to home support workers. Many of country’s 23,000 home support workers are earning minimum wage and travel is reimbursed at only 63.5c per kilometre, the union for public servants said. Home support workers provide assistance to ... <a title="Union calls for government to offer targeted financial aid to home support workers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/union-calls-for-government-to-offer-targeted-financial-aid-to-home-support-workers/" aria-label="Read more about Union calls for government to offer targeted financial aid to home support workers">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The payment for those who have to drive for treatment is only 34 cents a kilometre and has strict criteria. File photo. RNZ / Quin Tauetau Cancer comes with a high price at the best of times, but it is getting more costly for hundreds of patients as fuel prices rise. ... <a title="Rising cost of getting to cancer treatment: ‘It’s already hard times and this is going to make it a lot harder’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/rising-cost-of-getting-to-cancer-treatment-its-already-hard-times-and-this-is-going-to-make-it-a-lot-harder/" aria-label="Read more about Rising cost of getting to cancer treatment: ‘It’s already hard times and this is going to make it a lot harder’">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Saige England Every week, health prevailing, I march with our Palestinian friends and their supporters in Aotearoa New Zealand. And my country is one which — under Britain — was colonised. Colonisation perpetrates injustices against indigenous people. This legacy is still felt by Indigenous people today. All around the world we must dismantle ... <a title="Saige England: Journalists must stand up and report with the moral courage of abolitionists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/saige-england-journalists-must-stand-up-and-report-with-the-moral-courage-of-abolitionists/" aria-label="Read more about Saige England: Journalists must stand up and report with the moral courage of abolitionists">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 123rf.com Parents feel the effect of Ministry of Education-funded school bus route reviews One mother’s petrol bill jumps from $120 a week to $300 a week now her son can’t catch a bus Ministry says reviews are routine, to make sure transport funding is fair and efficient Officials back down from ... <a title="Mother’s fuel bill triples after child no longer eligible for government-funded school bus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/mothers-fuel-bill-triples-after-child-no-longer-eligible-for-government-funded-school-bus/" aria-label="Read more about Mother’s fuel bill triples after child no longer eligible for government-funded school bus">Read more</a>
