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March 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Central Auckland on 25 August 2021 on day eight of a Covid-19 lockdown. RNZ / John Edens The second phase of the Covid-19 response inquiry has found the government’s response was effective but late and not communicated well enough to people. The country’s transition from its early elimination strategy to suppression ... <a title="Covid-19 response inquiry finds government’s response effective but late, poorly communicated" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/10/covid-19-response-inquiry-finds-governments-response-effective-but-late-poorly-communicated/" aria-label="Read more about Covid-19 response inquiry finds government’s response effective but late, poorly communicated">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. Air New Zealand suspended its earnings guidance over ‘unprecedented’ volatility in fuel prices. RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King Nelson’s mayor says smaller centres are rattled by a warning from Air New Zealand it may have make changes to where it flies and how often. The national carrier has suspended the ... <a title="Air NZ suspends earning guidance amid global jet fuel markets volatility" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/10/air-nz-suspends-earning-guidance-amid-global-jet-fuel-markets-volatility/" aria-label="Read more about Air NZ suspends earning guidance amid global jet fuel markets volatility">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Follow all the latest news with RNZ’s live blog above. MPs are back at Parliament today for caucus meetings and the House back in session, after a weekend of speculation about Christopher Luxon’s leadership and economic uncertainty over the Iran war. Follow all the latest news with RNZ’s live blog at ... <a title="Politics live: Shane Reti announces retirement from politics, Stanford says National had ‘a bad week’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/10/politics-live-shane-reti-announces-retirement-from-politics-stanford-says-national-had-a-bad-week/" aria-label="Read more about Politics live: Shane Reti announces retirement from politics, Stanford says National had ‘a bad week’">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A previous muster takes place. EMMA GRANT / SUPPLIED Kaimanawa horse muster to go ahead this year after funding uncertainty Charity founder says horse numbers would explode if no muster takes place, and horses would be culled Homes needed for just under 150 horses expected to be rounded up this year ... <a title="Kaimanawa horse muster to go ahead after funding uncertainty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/10/kaimanawa-horse-muster-to-go-ahead-after-funding-uncertainty/" aria-label="Read more about Kaimanawa horse muster to go ahead after funding uncertainty">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Auckland mayor Wayne Brown. RNZ/Marika Khabazi Auckland mayor Wayne Brown says it is not his council’s responsibility to get people to vote in local elections. Less than a third of Aucklanders voted in the 2025 local elections. Just 29 percent or 345,004 registered electors voted, the lowest turnout of the past ... <a title="Auckland mayor Wayne Brown sees no issue with low voter turnout" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/10/auckland-mayor-wayne-brown-sees-no-issue-with-low-voter-turnout/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland mayor Wayne Brown sees no issue with low voter turnout">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand File image. 123RF Meat company ANZCO is working to get shipments of beef caught up in the Middle East conflict back to New Zealand to sell on the domestic market. General manager of sales and marketing Rick Walker said shipments of premium beef cuts that were on the way to Dubai ... <a title="ANZCO working to get shipment of beef destined for Middle East back to New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/10/anzco-working-to-get-shipment-of-beef-destined-for-middle-east-back-to-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about ANZCO working to get shipment of beef destined for Middle East back to New Zealand">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand People gather at dawn atop Maiki Hill, or Flagstaff Hill, for the 175th anniversary of the Battle of Kororāreka in 2020. Peter de Graaf A ceremony on a Bay of Islands hilltop at dawn on Wednesday aims to preserve the memory of a war that changed New Zealand history – and ... <a title="Battle of Kororāreka remembrance ceremony to mark key moment in history of Aotearoa" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/10/battle-of-kororareka-remembrance-ceremony-to-mark-key-moment-in-history-of-aotearoa/" aria-label="Read more about Battle of Kororāreka remembrance ceremony to mark key moment in history of Aotearoa">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Casey Ryan Kelly, Professor of Communication Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln When Secretary of Defense James Mattis addressed the intensification of U.S. combat operations against the Islamic State group in 2017, he assured the American public of his commitment to “get the strategy right” while maintaining “the rules ... <a title="I’ve studied MAGA rhetoric for a decade, and this is what I see in Hegseth’s boasts, action-movie one-liners and gloating over dominance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/10/ive-studied-maga-rhetoric-for-a-decade-and-this-is-what-i-see-in-hegseths-boasts-action-movie-one-liners-and-gloating-over-dominance-277731/" aria-label="Read more about I’ve studied MAGA rhetoric for a decade, and this is what I see in Hegseth’s boasts, action-movie one-liners and gloating over dominance">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand One person was injured. (File photo) St John A person has been seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash at Isla Bank, west of Invercargill. The road was closed at the intersection of Fairfax-Isla Bank and Isla Bank-Flints Bush Roads as a result of the crash shortly after 8.30am on Tuesday. The ... <a title="Serious injuries following crash at Isla Bank, west of Invercargill" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/10/serious-injuries-following-crash-at-isla-bank-west-of-invercargill/" aria-label="Read more about Serious injuries following crash at Isla Bank, west of Invercargill">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Medecins Sans Frontieres is determined to stay in Gaza despite requirements from Israel to supply extensive details of staff and funding. Medecins Sans Frontieres Aid organisations in Gaza, say they have been unable to get supplies or staff into the city since January. A court temporarily blocked a decision by Israel ... <a title="Aid organisations fighting to stay in Gaza, unable to get much-needed supplies into city" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/10/aid-organisations-fighting-to-stay-in-gaza-unable-to-get-much-needed-supplies-into-city/" aria-label="Read more about Aid organisations fighting to stay in Gaza, unable to get much-needed supplies into city">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Disgraced former deputy police commissioner Jevon McSkimming was sentenced to nine months home detention in December after pleading guilty to charges relating to possessing objectionable publications. RNZ / Mark Papalii A police staffer who was asked to not circulate emails containing allegations about disgraced former Deputy Commissioner Jevon McSkimming “assumed” then ... <a title="Documents reveal why staff didn’t tell minister about Jevon McSkimming allegations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/10/documents-reveal-why-staff-didnt-tell-minister-about-jevon-mcskimming-allegations/" aria-label="Read more about Documents reveal why staff didn’t tell minister about Jevon McSkimming allegations">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Follow all the latest news with RNZ’s live blog above. MPs are back at Parliament today for caucus meetings and the House back in session, after a weekend of speculation about Christopher Luxon’s leadership and economic uncertainty over the Iran war. Follow all the latest news with RNZ’s live blog at ... <a title="Politics live: Christopher Luxon faces colleagues as National’s caucus meets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/10/politics-live-christopher-luxon-faces-colleagues-as-nationals-caucus-meets/" aria-label="Read more about Politics live: Christopher Luxon faces colleagues as National’s caucus meets">Read more</a>
