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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand His name is Khabane Lame, but he is known worldwide as Khaby Lame. Born in Dakar, Senegal, he is the most followed content creator on TikTok. He became famous for video clips in which he reacts to absurd “life hack” videos with a blank, slightly annoyed face, showing the hack wasn’t ... <a title="Who is Khaby Lame – the world’s most followed TikToker?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/who-is-khaby-lame-the-worlds-most-followed-tiktoker/" aria-label="Read more about Who is Khaby Lame – the world’s most followed TikToker?">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand As Project Hail Mary‘s amnesiac hero problem-solves his way around the spaceship he’s woken up on alone, he asks: “Am I smart?” It’s a bold question to put in the air at the start of a film that fuses a silly, human-alien buddy comedy and a deeply earnest tale about how science and ... <a title="Review: Project Hail Mary is a Ryan Gosling-powered hope rocket" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/review-project-hail-mary-is-a-ryan-gosling-powered-hope-rocket/" aria-label="Read more about Review: Project Hail Mary is a Ryan Gosling-powered hope rocket">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A Northland mudfish with a ruler for scale. DOC A deeply unglamorous and rarely seen creature that spends most of its life in mud has pulled off a last-minute upset by winning the title of Fish of the Year. The Northland mudfish was not even in the top ten at the ... <a title="Mudfish pulls off last-minute upset to claim Fish of the Year 2026" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/mudfish-pulls-off-last-minute-upset-to-claim-fish-of-the-year-2026/" aria-label="Read more about Mudfish pulls off last-minute upset to claim Fish of the Year 2026">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eylem Altuntas, Researcher, Speech & Language Development, The MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, Western Sydney University Anyone who has spent time with a baby knows how unpredictable the first year can feel. One week a baby suddenly seems to “get” something new. The next week, ... <a title="Babies learn a lot in their first year. But their behaviour doesn’t always tell the full story" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/babies-learn-a-lot-in-their-first-year-but-their-behaviour-doesnt-always-tell-the-full-story-274032/" aria-label="Read more about Babies learn a lot in their first year. But their behaviour doesn’t always tell the full story">Read more</a>
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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>
