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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>
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March 16, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand John Austin. RNZ / Evie Richardson Farmers say the skyrocketing price of fuel couldn’t have come at a worst possible time. The end of summer marks the beginning of harvest season for arable farmers, a time when they can burn more than double the amount of fuel than any other time ... <a title="Farmers face uncertain future as fuel prices skyrocket" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/16/farmers-face-uncertain-future-as-fuel-prices-skyrocket/" aria-label="Read more about Farmers face uncertain future as fuel prices skyrocket">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand In March 2024, Customs carried out search warrants in Gisborne, locating a significant amount of cash in a bedroom and in a vehicle parked outside the restaurant, as well as over a kilogram of loose tobacco and 11,000 cigarettes inside the restaurant. Supplied / New Zealand Customs New Zealand Customs has ... <a title="Fears NZ’s tobacco black market will get as bad as Australia’s" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/16/fears-nzs-tobacco-black-market-will-get-as-bad-as-australias/" aria-label="Read more about Fears NZ’s tobacco black market will get as bad as Australia’s">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Farrer by-election on May 9 will be a major test for new Liberal leader Angus Taylor and new Nationals leader Matt Canavan, as well as a real-time measure of One Nation’s surging poll numbers. One Nation’s David Farley and ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: why Farrer is a key test for One Nation vs the Coalition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/16/politics-with-michelle-grattan-why-farrer-is-a-key-test-for-one-nation-vs-the-coalition-278393/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: why Farrer is a key test for One Nation vs the Coalition">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Former Nationals’ leader Michael McCormack has been brought back onto the frontbench as the opposition unveiled yet another reshuffle, this one triggered by the elevation of Matt Canavan to become Nationals leader. McCormack will be shadow minister for water and ... <a title="Canavan brings back McCormack in Nationals frontbench shake up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/16/canavan-brings-back-mccormack-in-nationals-frontbench-shake-up-278189/" aria-label="Read more about Canavan brings back McCormack in Nationals frontbench shake up">Read more</a>
