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March 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Buy Now Pay Later schemes including Afterpay are popular with consumers, with one million Kiwis using them. Screenshot Financial watchdogs want the rules about Buy Now Pay Later schemes strengthened, saying the last tweak didn’t work. It’s been described as both a lifeline, and a trap. Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) ... <a title="The real price of Buy Now Pay Later" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/10/the-real-price-of-buy-now-pay-later/" aria-label="Read more about The real price of Buy Now Pay Later">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Suzie Bates (R) and Sophie Devine (L) of New Zealand celebrate their win over Pakistan at the 2024 T20 World Cup in UAE. PHOTOSPORT Former captain Sophie Devine along with veteran batter Suzie Bates return to the White Ferns squad for this month’s T20 series against South Africa. Devine, Bates, Georgia ... <a title="Suzie Bates, Sophie Devine return for White Ferns series against South Africa" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/10/suzie-bates-sophie-devine-return-for-white-ferns-series-against-south-africa/" aria-label="Read more about Suzie Bates, Sophie Devine return for White Ferns series against South Africa">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A slip on State Highway 2 through the Waioweka Gorge in January. Supplied/NZTA The Transport Agency (NZTA) has picked a cheaper but less effective option to fix the highway through Waioweka Gorge north of Gisborne that leaves a greater likelihood of closures than a costlier “full” fix. A newly released business ... <a title="NZTA picks cheaper but less effective option to fix SH2 through Waioweka Gorge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/10/nzta-picks-cheaper-but-less-effective-option-to-fix-sh2-through-waioweka-gorge/" aria-label="Read more about NZTA picks cheaper but less effective option to fix SH2 through Waioweka Gorge">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King Months’ worth of social housing and benefit data haven’t been published because of a broken system, and there’s no fix in sight. The Ministry of Social Development (MSD) usually provides monthly updates, including information like the number of people in emergency and social housing, and how big ... <a title="Ministry of Social Development apologises for broken data system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/10/ministry-of-social-development-apologises-for-broken-data-system/" aria-label="Read more about Ministry of Social Development apologises for broken data system">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Mohi Korohina at Killarney Lakes. RNZ Follow Our Changing World on Apple, Spotify, iHeartRadio or wherever you listen to your podcasts. It was during the Covid-19 pandemic and Mohi Korohina was working in Australia when he got the call. It was his grandfather – ‘no good staying in Aussie’, he said, ... <a title="Our Changing World: Iwi-led conservation in the Kaimai Mamuku ranges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/10/our-changing-world-iwi-led-conservation-in-the-kaimai-mamuku-ranges/" aria-label="Read more about Our Changing World: Iwi-led conservation in the Kaimai Mamuku ranges">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand An advocacy group wants more action from the government in the face of global fuel shortages. RNZ A broad coalition dedicated to assessing and responding to risks arising from climate change and economic insecurity wants more action from the government in the face of what could be “massive economic disruption” caused ... <a title="Advocacy group calls for National Fuel Security Plan to be activated in face of global shortages" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/10/advocacy-group-calls-for-national-fuel-security-plan-to-be-activated-in-face-of-global-shortages/" aria-label="Read more about Advocacy group calls for National Fuel Security Plan to be activated in face of global shortages">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. CDC If you get a regular flu vaccine, you may be well aware that it protects against the most prevalent strains. But because influenza viruses evolve rapidly, the flu vaccine is updated annually to provide protection against new strains. A universal flu vaccine looks to change that, providing protection ... <a title="Human trials about to take place on universal flu vaccine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/10/human-trials-about-to-take-place-on-universal-flu-vaccine/" aria-label="Read more about Human trials about to take place on universal flu vaccine">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Across Aotearoa, our indoor shoe etiquette is shaped by culture, faith, upbringing and our own ideas about cleanliness. Guna Magesan, president of the Hindu Council, says that even if a host tells his whānau shoes are fine inside, they’ll usually remove them anyway. For him, it’s about respect, cultural values, discipline ... <a title="Shoes on or off inside? What are the rules?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/10/shoes-on-or-off-inside-what-are-the-rules/" aria-label="Read more about Shoes on or off inside? What are the rules?">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Corey Peters at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Paralympics. © Photosport 2026 Jeff Crowe / Photosport New Zealand paralympian Corey Peters has finished sixth in the men’s Super-G sitting at the Paralympic Winter Games in Italy. Competing in soft snow conditions, Peters produced a solid run to record 1:15.42, but ultimately ... <a title="Corey Peters sixth in Super-G at Winter Games" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/10/corey-peters-sixth-in-super-g-at-winter-games/" aria-label="Read more about Corey Peters sixth in Super-G at Winter Games">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Buy Now Pay Later schemes including Afterpay are popular with consumers, with one million Kiwis using them. Screenshot Financial watchdogs want the rules about Buy Now Pay Later schemes strengthened, saying the last tweak didn’t work. It’s been described as both a lifeline, and a trap. Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) ... <a title="The price of instant gratification" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/10/the-price-of-instant-gratification/" aria-label="Read more about The price of instant gratification">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Motorists drive past a plume of smoke rising from a reported Iranian strike in the industrial district of Doha, 1 March 2026. MAHMUD HAMS / AFP A worst of worlds scenario for consumers is how one economist is describing the dual effects of the Middle East conflict on both inflation and ... <a title="War on the wallet: Iran conflict a ‘worst of worlds’ scenario" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/10/war-on-the-wallet-iran-conflict-a-worst-of-worlds-scenario/" aria-label="Read more about War on the wallet: Iran conflict a ‘worst of worlds’ scenario">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Local government minister Simon Watts. RNZ / Mark Papalii The local government minister cannot guarantee a rates cap will not cause higher costs for tens of thousands of social housing tenants. Simon Watts said the final rates cap policy was still being designed, but did not anticipate it would cause higher ... <a title="Local government minister Simon Watts can’t guarantee rates cap won’t increase social housing rents" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/10/local-government-minister-simon-watts-cant-guarantee-rates-cap-wont-increase-social-housing-rents/" aria-label="Read more about Local government minister Simon Watts can’t guarantee rates cap won’t increase social housing rents">Read more</a>
