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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Strating, Director, La Trobe Centre for Global Security, and Professor of International Relations, La Trobe University Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney made an impassioned pitch in the Australian parliament for middle powers like Canada and Australia to build new coalitions in the “ruptured” global order that ... <a title="In a ‘ruptured’ world order, here’s how Australia can forge new middle-power partnerships" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/in-a-ruptured-world-order-heres-how-australia-can-forge-new-middle-power-partnerships-276367/" aria-label="Read more about In a ‘ruptured’ world order, here’s how Australia can forge new middle-power partnerships">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Finance Minister Nicola Willis says the economic impact of the war in the Middle East still isn’t clear. Energy prices have spiked because of supply concerns, while financial markets have been spooked by the conflict. The shipping lane in the Strait of Hormuz, a vital channel for ... <a title="Finance Minister Nicola Willis says economic impact from Middle East war isn’t clear" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/finance-minister-nicola-willis-says-economic-impact-from-middle-east-war-isnt-clear/" aria-label="Read more about Finance Minister Nicola Willis says economic impact from Middle East war isn’t clear">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand American Samoa’s Aaliyah Tu’ua and New Zealand’s Hannah Blake. Joshua Devenie / Phototek.nz The Football Ferns overcame their biggest test, so far, of the Oceania World Cup qualifiers when they defeated American Samoa 3-0 in the Solomon Islands on Thursday. In a battle between the top two sides in Group A, ... <a title="Football Ferns v American Samoa – FIFA Women’s World Cup qualifiers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/football-ferns-v-american-samoa-fifa-womens-world-cup-qualifiers/" aria-label="Read more about Football Ferns v American Samoa – FIFA Women’s World Cup qualifiers">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Inland Revenue say digital platforms use sophisticated algorithms to push content to people based on their search history. 123rf Commissioner Peter Mersi was used as part of a scam inviting people to a webinar on crypto tax changes 123rf Even the Commissioner of Inland Revenue cannot avoid being a target for ... <a title="Commissioner of Inland Revenue latest scam target" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/commissioner-of-inland-revenue-latest-scam-target/" aria-label="Read more about Commissioner of Inland Revenue latest scam target">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand All five quakes were centred under Kerikeri Inlet at a depth of around 5km. Supplied / Hauraki Gulf Weather Experts say a series of tremors around Kerikeri this week are a reminder that nowhere in New Zealand – even the country’s most seismically stable region – is immune from earthquakes. Five ... <a title="Nowhere immune from earthquakes, not even Northland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/nowhere-immune-from-earthquakes-not-even-northland/" aria-label="Read more about Nowhere immune from earthquakes, not even Northland">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Worksafe said hazardous chemicals management was the most significant area of concern, followed by machinery safety issues and working in and around vehicles. 123rf WorkSafe is mostly content with the health and safety of hundreds of orchards it visited late last year, but warns some farmers are still making risky decisions ... <a title="Most orchards pass health and safety checks, but chemicals and machinery risks remain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/most-orchards-pass-health-and-safety-checks-but-chemicals-and-machinery-risks-remain/" aria-label="Read more about Most orchards pass health and safety checks, but chemicals and machinery risks remain">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand More than 2500 cases have been recalled. Supplied / MPI Alcohol Healthwatch’s Executive Director has said he was “horrified” after thousands of Steinlager beer bottles were mislabelled as alcohol free. Andrew Galloway said he would like to see a strong regulatory response after the incident. Food Safety New Zealand Deputy Director ... <a title="Alcohol Healthwatch ‘horrified’ after Steinlager beer mislabelled" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/alcohol-healthwatch-horrified-after-steinlager-beer-mislabelled/" aria-label="Read more about Alcohol Healthwatch ‘horrified’ after Steinlager beer mislabelled">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heather Bray, Senior Lecturer in Science Communication, The University of Western Australia Last month, the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court determined that plant-based drink maker Oatly could not trademark the phrase “Post Milk Generation” – effectively banning the use of the word “milk” on their cartons. The decision ... <a title="How Australia and NZ rules on plant milks differ from overseas, where cows make the only ‘milk’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/how-australia-and-nz-rules-on-plant-milks-differ-from-overseas-where-cows-make-the-only-milk-275923/" aria-label="Read more about How Australia and NZ rules on plant milks differ from overseas, where cows make the only ‘milk’">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Mark Carney has nominated key areas of cooperation between Canada and Australia as part of middle powers building a new international order. Addressing the federal parliament, with both houses sitting together, Carney once again pressed his now familiar argument for ... <a title="Mark Carney highlights areas of Australian-Canadian cooperation as middle powers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/mark-carney-highlights-areas-of-australian-canadian-cooperation-as-middle-powers-277240/" aria-label="Read more about Mark Carney highlights areas of Australian-Canadian cooperation as middle powers">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne The astonishingly successful Kyle and Jackie O radio show on KIIS FM is dead. Jackie “O” Henderson resigned and Kyle Sandilands has been suspended for 14 days after he attacked her on air, accusing ... <a title="For 27 years, the Kyle and Jackie O Show indulged Australia’s most vulgar, sexist impulses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/for-27-years-the-kyle-and-jackie-o-show-indulged-australias-most-vulgar-sexist-impulses-277510/" aria-label="Read more about For 27 years, the Kyle and Jackie O Show indulged Australia’s most vulgar, sexist impulses">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Trevor Mazzucchelli, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, Curtin University The ceramic bowl with an uneven glaze. The teacup mended with gold lacquer. The images are calming and attractive. They are said to reflect wabi-sabi – a Japanese aesthetic often summarised in the West as valuing imperfection, impermanence ... <a title="What is wabi-sabi? Will this Japanese philosophy make me happy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/what-is-wabi-sabi-will-this-japanese-philosophy-make-me-happy-275786/" aria-label="Read more about What is wabi-sabi? Will this Japanese philosophy make me happy?">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon Warning: Contains content about sexual offending against children. A Dunedin man has been jailed for distributing photos and videos showing the sexual exploitation of young children. Hamish Mitchell-Wood was sentenced to two years and nine months’ jail when he appeared in the Christchurch District Court on Thursday ... <a title="Hamish Mitchell-Wood jailed for distributing photos, videos showing sexual exploitation of children" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/hamish-mitchell-wood-jailed-for-distributing-photos-videos-showing-sexual-exploitation-of-children/" aria-label="Read more about Hamish Mitchell-Wood jailed for distributing photos, videos showing sexual exploitation of children">Read more</a>
