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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="Southland – New Zealand’s power centre" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/southland-new-zealands-power-centre/" aria-label="Read more about Southland – New Zealand’s power centre">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kliti Grice, John Curtin Distinguished Professor of Organic and Isotope Geochemistry, Curtin University A new study reveals all five fundamental nucleobases – the molecular “letters” of life – have been detected in samples from the asteroid Ryugu. Asteroid particles offer a glimpse into the chemical ingredients that ... <a title="All 5 fundamental units of life’s genetic code were just discovered in an asteroid sample" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/all-5-fundamental-units-of-lifes-genetic-code-were-just-discovered-in-an-asteroid-sample-278099/" aria-label="Read more about All 5 fundamental units of life’s genetic code were just discovered in an asteroid sample">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Unsplash / Emil Kalibradov The war in the Middle East could see inflation in New Zealand hit 3.7 percent in a worst case scenario, Finance Minister Nicola Willis revealed on Tuesday. Willis said the government was focused on mitigating the impact of the war on critical supply chains and the New ... <a title="‘Emergency package’ could help low income families amid financial crisis, economist says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/emergency-package-could-help-low-income-families-amid-financial-crisis-economist-says/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Emergency package’ could help low income families amid financial crisis, economist says">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The PSA said its members working in policy, advisory, knowledge and services voted overhelmingly in favour of ratifying a new collective agreement. RNZ The Public Service Association (PSA) says a group of 2500 Te Whatu Ora staff it represents have ratified a new collective agreement. The PSA said its members working ... <a title="2500 Te Whatu Ora PAKS staff ratify new collective agreement, PSA says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/2500-te-whatu-ora-paks-staff-ratify-new-collective-agreement-psa-says/" aria-label="Read more about 2500 Te Whatu Ora PAKS staff ratify new collective agreement, PSA says">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="Leaked papers show ‘extreme risk’ around Health NZ decentralisation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/leaked-papers-show-extreme-risk-around-health-nz-decentralisation/" aria-label="Read more about Leaked papers show ‘extreme risk’ around Health NZ decentralisation">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Dan Cook It’s feasible that petrol prices could reach $4 a litre, economists say. Ongoing conflict in the Middle East has pushed up oil prices, taking petrol prices with them. Over March, the average price of 91 has risen about 50c a litre, according to price monitoring app Gaspy. ... <a title="Petrol price could hit $4, economists warn" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/petrol-price-could-hit-4-economists-warn/" aria-label="Read more about Petrol price could hit $4, economists warn">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Leslie Parr killed his partner Fiona Maulolo in 1997, then his mother in 2024. Supplied Leslie Parr was spiralling. It had been 27 years since he’d killed his ex-partner Fiona Maulolo, stabbing her repeatedly with a chisel before beheading her. Following his first killing he was made a special patient under ... <a title="One man, two brutal killings two decades apart: How the mental health system ‘failed everybody’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/one-man-two-brutal-killings-two-decades-apart-how-the-mental-health-system-failed-everybody/" aria-label="Read more about One man, two brutal killings two decades apart: How the mental health system ‘failed everybody’">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Asia Pacific Report The United States and Fiji have filed separate declarations of intervention in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), alleging the country is committing genocide in Gaza. While the US explicitly rejects the allegation that Israel is committing genocide, Fiji raises issues about how the 1948 ... <a title="US, Fiji intervene for Israel in South Africa’s Gaza genocide case at ICJ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/us-fiji-intervene-for-israel-in-south-africas-gaza-genocide-case-at-icj/" aria-label="Read more about US, Fiji intervene for Israel in South Africa’s Gaza genocide case at ICJ">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne If the ARN radio network’s KIISFM stations want to resurrect Kyle Sandilands or Jackie “O” Henderson, either together, singly or in partnership with someone else, they will face significant new conditions on their broadcasting ... <a title="Regulator slaps restrictions on Kyle and Jackie O if they ever return to radio. Will it make any difference?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/16/regulator-slaps-restrictions-on-kyle-and-jackie-o-if-they-ever-return-to-radio-will-it-make-any-difference-278415/" aria-label="Read more about Regulator slaps restrictions on Kyle and Jackie O if they ever return to radio. Will it make any difference?">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2026
The new world order is one where the weak are obliterated by the strong, the rule of law does not exist, genocide is an instrument of control and barbarism is triumphant. ANALYSIS: By Chris Hedges The war on Iran and the obliteration of Gaza is the beginning. Welcome to the new world order. The age ... <a title="Chris Hedges: The world according to Gaza – it’s only the start" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/16/chris-hedges-the-world-according-to-gaza-its-only-the-start/" aria-label="Read more about Chris Hedges: The world according to Gaza – it’s only the start">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The companies in the Major Electricity Users Group account for more than a quarter of New Zealand’s energy use. File photo. 123RF Energy prices around the world are being squeezed by the conflict in the Middle East, but there should not be any price shocks in local power bills this winter, ... <a title="Power price shocks unlikely this winter, says major electricity users group" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/16/power-price-shocks-unlikely-this-winter-says-major-electricity-users-group/" aria-label="Read more about Power price shocks unlikely this winter, says major electricity users group">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied An apartment block in central Wellington has been evacuated after a fire on Monday evening. Two people were in the apartment at the time of the fire. Police say one person was seriously hurt and taken to hospital. Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) was alerted to a small third-floor ... <a title="Apartment block evacuated after fire in central Wellington" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/16/apartment-block-evacuated-after-fire-in-central-wellington/" aria-label="Read more about Apartment block evacuated after fire in central Wellington">Read more</a>
