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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>
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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Abdulhassan Nabizadah. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Police are again appealing for anyone who knows anything about the death of Abdulhassan Nabizadah to come forward. It’s been a year since the 63-year-old was assaulted, robbed and left critically injured on Camperdown Road in the Wellington suburb of Miramar. The offenders, who stole ... <a title="Abdulhassan Nabizadah: Police reappeal for information one year after homicide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/abdulhassan-nabizadah-police-reappeal-for-information-one-year-after-homicide/" aria-label="Read more about Abdulhassan Nabizadah: Police reappeal for information one year after homicide">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ Families with disabled children are facing reductions in support under new rules that include income from boarders in assessments for accommodation supplements or income-related rent in public housing. Before 2 March, only income from three or more boarders was included. Minister for Social Development Louise Upston said, when the change ... <a title="Support cut as boarder income changes take effect" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/support-cut-as-boarder-income-changes-take-effect/" aria-label="Read more about Support cut as boarder income changes take effect">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand New facial recognition technology is being worked on that could detect if someone is driving drunk with just a three second video (file image). 123RF New facial recognition technology is being worked on that could detect if someone is driving drunk with just a three second video. Researchers in Australia have ... <a title="A camera to tell if drivers are drunk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/a-camera-to-tell-if-drivers-are-drunk/" aria-label="Read more about A camera to tell if drivers are drunk">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Health Minister Simeon Brown. RNZ / Marika Khabazi The government has announced that hospitals will get hundreds more staff and extra beds as the health system prepares for winter pressure. Health Minister Simeon Brown said Health New Zealand would invest an extra $25 million to boost hospital capacity and staffing across ... <a title="Government announces extra $25 million funding to boost hospital capacity and staff" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/government-announces-extra-25-million-funding-to-boost-hospital-capacity-and-staff/" aria-label="Read more about Government announces extra $25 million funding to boost hospital capacity and staff">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Health NZ faces the “extreme risk” of not having enough of the workers it needs to push through the government’s order to decentralise rapidly. Unsplash / RNZ Papers show that Health New Zealand faces the “extreme risk” of not having enough of the workers it needs to push through the government’s ... <a title="Papers show ‘extreme risk’ around Health NZ decentralisation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/papers-show-extreme-risk-around-health-nz-decentralisation/" aria-label="Read more about Papers show ‘extreme risk’ around Health NZ decentralisation">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand North Island brown kiwi are hatched and reared at the facility. National Kiwi Hatchery Aotearoa Follow Our Changing World on Apple, Spotify, iHeartRadio or wherever you listen to your podcasts A little bit of eggshell still clings to the slick feathers of the newly hatched brown kiwi chick. Only a few ... <a title="Our Changing World: How to grow a kiwi" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/our-changing-world-how-to-grow-a-kiwi/" aria-label="Read more about Our Changing World: How to grow a kiwi">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied / NZ Police Police are seeking help from the public after a woman went missing in Auckland. In a statement, police said 65-year-old Jane was last seen in Saint Johns on Monday afternoon. She had brown hair and was wearing a white patterned T-shirt and black leggings. “Police, and her ... <a title="Have you seen Jane? Concerns for missing Auckland woman" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/have-you-seen-jane-concerns-for-missing-auckland-woman/" aria-label="Read more about Have you seen Jane? Concerns for missing Auckland woman">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Artist’s impression of how the data centre is to look. Datagrid It’s being billed as the data centre that changes everything – but hopefully that doesn’t include the price of your power. It will be the country’s second biggest user of electricity after the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter. A $3 billion ... <a title="A new Southland datacentre would be the country’s second-largest drain on power" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/a-new-southland-datacentre-would-be-the-countrys-second-largest-drain-on-power/" aria-label="Read more about A new Southland datacentre would be the country’s second-largest drain on power">Read more</a>
