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March 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand From the punctuation in the title of The Bride! you might think you’re about to see something exhilarating. Director Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Frankenstein-inspired romance has all the parts for what should be a monster of a film: big-name lead actors who deliver, a retro creature-feature setup, a Bonnie and Clyde plot, gorgeous costumes ... <a title="Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! falls apart" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/review-maggie-gyllenhaals-the-bride-falls-apart/" aria-label="Read more about Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! falls apart">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By José-Miguel Bello y Villarino, Senior Research Fellow, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney Last week, one of Australia’s leading artificial intelligence (AI) researchers, Toby Walsh, warned Australia’s lack of guardrails for AI is putting young people at risk of being “sacrificed for the profits of big tech”. ... <a title="Australia’s official plan for AI safety isn’t much more than a single dot point. Will it be enough?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/australias-official-plan-for-ai-safety-isnt-much-more-than-a-single-dot-point-will-it-be-enough-276962/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s official plan for AI safety isn’t much more than a single dot point. Will it be enough?">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dan van den Hoek, Senior Lecturer, Clinical Exercise Physiology, University of the Sunshine Coast The Australian Grand Prix launches the 2026 Formula 1 (F1) season at Melbourne’s Albert Park on Sunday. While the US strikes on Iran forced many teams to change their travel plans, organisers are ... <a title="New rules and high expectations: can Oscar Piastri break Australia’s F1 drought?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/new-rules-and-high-expectations-can-oscar-piastri-break-australias-f1-drought-276624/" aria-label="Read more about New rules and high expectations: can Oscar Piastri break Australia’s F1 drought?">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Henrietta Byrne, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies, University of Sydney You would hope for your dying days to be full of calm and care. But our research with people who are dying shows this is far from the reality for many people. Instead, financial ... <a title="A ‘good death’ has a price – and a new study shows not everyone in palliative care can afford it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/a-good-death-has-a-price-and-a-new-study-shows-not-everyone-in-palliative-care-can-afford-it-274202/" aria-label="Read more about A ‘good death’ has a price – and a new study shows not everyone in palliative care can afford it">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Brent, Professor and Chair in Sustainable Energy Systems, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington The government’s plan to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) has raised questions about whether this is the best approach to strengthening New Zealand’s energy security, not least because the conflict ... <a title="New modelling shows renewable electricity can meet NZ’s future demand – without importing gas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/new-modelling-shows-renewable-electricity-can-meet-nzs-future-demand-without-importing-gas-277215/" aria-label="Read more about New modelling shows renewable electricity can meet NZ’s future demand – without importing gas">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Weeks, Associate Senior Research Scientist, The University of Melbourne If you follow media coverage of koalas, you could be forgiven for feeling confused. Recent stories describe a “koala paradox”: endangered in the north of Australia, abundant in the south; genetically diverse in some regions, genetically depleted ... <a title="We thought inbred koalas were at risk of extinction. But what we discovered upends genetic conventions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/we-thought-inbred-koalas-were-at-risk-of-extinction-but-what-we-discovered-upends-genetic-conventions-276981/" aria-label="Read more about We thought inbred koalas were at risk of extinction. But what we discovered upends genetic conventions">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erik Meijaard, Honorary Professor of Conservation, University of Kent Mammals are not especially diverse. Roughly 6,800 mammal species are known to exist, compared with about 8,800 species of amphibian, 11,000 species of bird and 12,500 of reptile. Yet when most people picture biodiversity, they often think of ... <a title="Meet ‘Tous’ — an entirely new genus of mammal we identified. Here’s why it’s so exciting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/meet-tous-an-entirely-new-genus-of-mammal-we-identified-heres-why-its-so-exciting-277235/" aria-label="Read more about Meet ‘Tous’ — an entirely new genus of mammal we identified. Here’s why it’s so exciting">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Ubilava, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Sydney Conflict between the United States, Israel and Iran has now led to the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping route through which a fifth of the world’s oil passes. But oil is not the ... <a title="Fertiliser costs are soaring amid war in the Middle East. Will your grocery bill follow?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/fertiliser-costs-are-soaring-amid-war-in-the-middle-east-will-your-grocery-bill-follow-277511/" aria-label="Read more about Fertiliser costs are soaring amid war in the Middle East. Will your grocery bill follow?">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily Brayshaw, Honorary Research Fellow, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney Amanda Seyfried wears a “prosthetic butthole” in her new movie, The Testament of Ann Lee. She told BBC Radio 2: This movie needed to be graphic, so I wore a prosthetic butthole. […] It was ... <a title="Amanda Seyfried’s ‘prosthetic butthole’ isn’t a joke – costuming nudity is important for actors" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/amanda-seyfrieds-prosthetic-butthole-isnt-a-joke-costuming-nudity-is-important-for-actors-277233/" aria-label="Read more about Amanda Seyfried’s ‘prosthetic butthole’ isn’t a joke – costuming nudity is important for actors">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Jackie Blue has also been the Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner. Supplied Former MP Jackie Blue has resigned her National Party membership and joined The Opportunity Party. Blue was a member of the cross-party People’s Select Committee on Pay Equity. She says the government’s handling of the Equal Pay Amendment Act 2025 ... <a title="Former MP Jackie Blue quits National to join Opportunity party" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/former-mp-jackie-blue-quits-national-to-join-opportunity-party/" aria-label="Read more about Former MP Jackie Blue quits National to join Opportunity party">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand This story was first published ahead of the 2025 Meatball Festival. From Friday to Sunday Hastings will host the second annual Meatball Festival. First Up spoke to the town’s chief meatball officer. Those unfamiliar with Hawke’s Bay’s humble meatball imagine Italian mince with red sauce. The actual description isn’t that mouth-watering, ... <a title="A rival to the cheese roll? The story of the Hawke’s Bay meatball" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/a-rival-to-the-cheese-roll-the-story-of-the-hawkes-bay-meatball/" aria-label="Read more about A rival to the cheese roll? The story of the Hawke’s Bay meatball">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Britney Spears was arrested Wednesday night (local time), according to information from Ventura County, California authorities. Booking information obtained by CNN shows that the pop superstar was stopped by the California Highway Patrol (CHP) around 9.30pm, was booked shortly after 3am, Thursday and later released. CHP public information officer Ryan Ayers ... <a title="Britney Spears arrested in California" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/britney-spears-arrested-in-california/" aria-label="Read more about Britney Spears arrested in California">Read more</a>
