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March 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Larcombe, Associate Professor and Head of Respiratory Environmental Health, The Kids Research Institute Australia; Curtin University Humans evolved in an atmosphere containing roughly 200–300 parts per million (ppm) of carbon dioxide (CO₂). Today, that figure sits above 420 ppm, higher than at any point in the ... <a title="Rising CO₂ levels are reflected in human blood. Scientists don’t know what it means" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/12/rising-co-levels-are-reflected-in-human-blood-scientists-dont-know-what-it-means-277833/" aria-label="Read more about Rising CO₂ levels are reflected in human blood. Scientists don’t know what it means">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Raymond Walker, Research Fellow, Centre for Big Data Research in Health, UNSW Sydney Since fertility treatments such as in vitro fertilisation (IVF) began, there has been concern they could cause cancer. Concerns have included whether aspects of treatment – such as taking hormonal medications, or puncturing ... <a title="Is cancer more common in women after IVF?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/12/is-cancer-more-common-in-women-after-ivf-277972/" aria-label="Read more about Is cancer more common in women after IVF?">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jim Tognolini, Director, Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment, University of Sydney NAPLAN testing started with a technical glitch on Wednesday morning. Schools were advised to pause the first day of assessments while a “widespread issue affecting students being able to log on to the online platform” ... <a title="As NAPLAN suffers technical problems, why are major tests done online?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/12/as-naplan-suffers-technical-problems-why-are-major-tests-done-online-278082/" aria-label="Read more about As NAPLAN suffers technical problems, why are major tests done online?">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jason Harris, Professor of Corporate Law, University of Sydney It’s one of the most important corporate governance cases in the past 20 years, involving organised crime inside Australia’s second-biggest casino. The Federal Court ruled last week that Star Entertainment Group’s former chief executive and its general counsel ... <a title="What 2.5 million Australian company directors need to know about the scathing Star judgement" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/12/what-2-5-million-australian-company-directors-need-to-know-about-the-scathing-star-judgement-277626/" aria-label="Read more about What 2.5 million Australian company directors need to know about the scathing Star judgement">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. AFP Air New Zealand is set to cancel around 1100 flights affecting thousands of passengers through until early May. Air NZ chief executive Nikhil Ravishankar told Morning Report between now and the end of April, early May the airline will cancel around 1100 flights. That would amount to about ... <a title="44,000 passengers to be hit by Air NZ cancellations over fuel, CEO says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/12/44000-passengers-to-be-hit-by-air-nz-cancellations-over-fuel-ceo-says/" aria-label="Read more about 44,000 passengers to be hit by Air NZ cancellations over fuel, CEO says">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A police car seen behind a cordon as officers attend an incident. RNZ A man’s body has been pulled from the Tāmaki River in east Auckland. It’s after searches started this week for a man reported missing near Waipuna last Friday. A member of the public found the body just before ... <a title="Man’s body pulled from Auckland’s Tāmaki River" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/12/mans-body-pulled-from-aucklands-tamaki-river/" aria-label="Read more about Man’s body pulled from Auckland’s Tāmaki River">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Sarah Clark died on Wednesday. Windsor Park Baptist Church / supplied A woman who was killed after a car crashed into an Auckland cafe is being remembered for her faith, friendship and care she showed others. Shortly before 9am on Wednesday, Sarah Clark was killed and her daughter injured, after a ... <a title="Woman killed in Auckland cafe car crash mourned as member of Windsor Park Baptist Church" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/12/woman-killed-in-auckland-cafe-car-crash-mourned-as-member-of-windsor-park-baptist-church/" aria-label="Read more about Woman killed in Auckland cafe car crash mourned as member of Windsor Park Baptist Church">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The WOMAD Aotearoa festival is to return to New Plymouth in 2027 after taking a “purposeful rest” this year. Event director Suzanne Porter believes the time is right for it to make a comeback. “I think we have lost a number of festivals worldwide in the last three years. It’s been ... <a title="WOMAD music festival returns to New Plymouth after ‘purposeful rest’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/12/womad-music-festival-returns-to-new-plymouth-after-purposeful-rest/" aria-label="Read more about WOMAD music festival returns to New Plymouth after ‘purposeful rest’">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natasha Hamilton-Hart, Professor in Management and International Business, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau “Dress appropriately.” Soon after becoming General Motors’ vice president of global human resources in 2009, Mary Barra used those two words to replace a clunky employee dress code that had grown to ten ... <a title="Too many ‘stupid rules’, too little authority: how organisations create their own red tape" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/12/too-many-stupid-rules-too-little-authority-how-organisations-create-their-own-red-tape-277608/" aria-label="Read more about Too many ‘stupid rules’, too little authority: how organisations create their own red tape">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Defence says new AI-supercharged weapon systems will need to be “very, very carefully designed”. NZDF / Supplied New AI-supercharged weapon systems will need to be “very, very carefully designed” to comply with international and domestic laws, MPs have been told. And it would be the software behind the systems that would ... <a title="AI in warfare being tested in Iran, needs ‘much more’ careful thinking by NZ – Defence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/12/ai-in-warfare-being-tested-in-iran-needs-much-more-careful-thinking-by-nz-defence/" aria-label="Read more about AI in warfare being tested in Iran, needs ‘much more’ careful thinking by NZ – Defence">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Mark Papalii New Zealand will have to release about six days worth of fuel as part of a decision by the International Energy Agency. The IEA has agreed unanimously to release 400 million barrels of oil from its reserves. Senior ministers met last night to pore over the country’s ... <a title="NZ will release six days of fuel amid global concerns over supply" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/12/nz-will-release-six-days-of-fuel-amid-global-concerns-over-supply/" aria-label="Read more about NZ will release six days of fuel amid global concerns over supply">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand White Fern Sophie Devine. PHOTOSPORT White Fern Sophie Devine has picked up a $476,000 deal to play for the Welsh Fire in this year’s The Hundred in the UK. It is the highest price for a women’s player in the history of the competition. Devine, 36, who recently relinquished the New ... <a title="Cricket: Fomer White Ferns captain Sophie Devine goes for top-dollar in The Hundred auction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/12/cricket-fomer-white-ferns-captain-sophie-devine-goes-for-top-dollar-in-the-hundred-auction/" aria-label="Read more about Cricket: Fomer White Ferns captain Sophie Devine goes for top-dollar in The Hundred auction">Read more</a>
