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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>
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March 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Broadcasting Minister Paul Goldsmith confirmed on Thursday the board chair of TVNZ contacted him after the police minister expressed dissatisfaction with a 1News story about gang numbers. RNZ / Mark Papalii Broadcasting minister Paul Goldsmith says he “may have grunted” at TVNZ’s board chair after Andrew Barclay raised a crime story ... <a title="Broadcasting Minister Paul Goldsmith says he ‘may have grunted’ at TVNZ chair" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/broadcasting-minister-paul-goldsmith-says-he-may-have-grunted-at-tvnz-chair/" aria-label="Read more about Broadcasting Minister Paul Goldsmith says he ‘may have grunted’ at TVNZ chair">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By T.J. Thomson, Associate Professor of Visual Communication & Digital Media, RMIT University Why do you see the results you do when you search for information online? It’s a complex mix of what the source is, its relationships to other sources online, and your own past browsing history ... <a title="Are Google’s ‘preferred sources’ a good thing for online news?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/are-googles-preferred-sources-a-good-thing-for-online-news-277372/" aria-label="Read more about Are Google’s ‘preferred sources’ a good thing for online news?">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Asia Pacific Report A new documentary film on the devastating “ecocide” happening in West Papua will be screened at a weekend solidarity forum in Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau this weekend. The 90m feature film, Pesta Babi (“The Pig Feast”) — Colonialism In Our Time, produced by award-winning Papuan journalist Victor Mambor and directed by Dandhy Dwi ... <a title="Devastating new ‘ecocide’ film to premiere at West Papua solidarity forum weekend" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/devastating-new-ecocide-film-to-premiere-at-west-papua-solidarity-forum-weekend/" aria-label="Read more about Devastating new ‘ecocide’ film to premiere at West Papua solidarity forum weekend">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Ruapuke Island whānau at the High Court in April 2025. Supplied/Ruapuke whānau Whānau from Ruapuke Island near Bluff have, again, won customary marine title (CMT) over the waters surrounding Te Ara a Kiwa/Foveaux Strait – the first claimants to do so under stricter rules. In a judgement released on 26 February, ... <a title="High Court recognises Ruapuke Island Marine Title again after revised legal tests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/high-court-recognises-ruapuke-island-marine-title-again-after-revised-legal-tests/" aria-label="Read more about High Court recognises Ruapuke Island Marine Title again after revised legal tests">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Yellow smoke fills the air as an American flag is raised at the start of a Proud Boys rally at Delta Park in Portland, Oregon on September 26, 2020. AFP / Maranie R Staab New Zealand’s spy agency did not believe the US far-right group Proud Boys met the threshold to ... <a title="NZ spy agency put US far-right group Proud Boys on terrorist list despite not meeting threshold" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/nz-spy-agency-put-us-far-right-group-proud-boys-on-terrorist-list-despite-not-meeting-threshold/" aria-label="Read more about NZ spy agency put US far-right group Proud Boys on terrorist list despite not meeting threshold">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Gawthorpe, Lecturer in History and International Studies, Leiden University If Israel and the US hoped their attack on Iran would force the country to capitulate quickly, they were wrong. Despite the death of the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and many other senior figures, Iran has ... <a title="How prepared are the US and its allies for a protracted conflict in Iran?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/how-prepared-are-the-us-and-its-allies-for-a-protracted-conflict-in-iran-277454/" aria-label="Read more about How prepared are the US and its allies for a protracted conflict in Iran?">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gokcay Balci, Lecturer in Sustainable Freight Transport and Logistics, University of Leeds The Iranian regime has announced the closure of the strait of Hormuz and threatened to target ships attempting to transit the narrow waterway. Some have already been damaged. While this could seriously harm global energy ... <a title="Strait of Hormuz: Gulf states’ food security is at immediate risk but wider shortages could push up consumer prices globally" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/strait-of-hormuz-gulf-states-food-security-is-at-immediate-risk-but-wider-shortages-could-push-up-consumer-prices-globally-277214/" aria-label="Read more about Strait of Hormuz: Gulf states’ food security is at immediate risk but wider shortages could push up consumer prices globally">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Toye, Professor of Modern History, University of Exeter When Donald Trump criticised Keir Starmer for failing to sufficiently support American and Israeli operations against Iran, he did so with a historical flourish. “This is not Winston Churchill that we’re dealing with,” he complained. The implication was ... <a title="What would Winston Churchill make of war with Iran?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/what-would-winston-churchill-make-of-war-with-iran-277525/" aria-label="Read more about What would Winston Churchill make of war with Iran?">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hilary A Smith, Honorary Research Fellow (Linguistics), Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University Debates over language are back in the news in New Zealand, this time with proposed legislation that critics have dismissed as a political distraction. In practical terms, the English Language Bill now before ... <a title="The debate NZ should really be having about language policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/the-debate-nz-should-really-be-having-about-language-policy-277074/" aria-label="Read more about The debate NZ should really be having about language policy">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shalini Arunogiri, Addiction Psychiatrist, Associate Professor, Monash University A class of medications best known for treating diabetes and obesity may also reduce the risk of addiction – and help people who already have one, a new study shows. Semaglutide (also known as Ozempic), liraglutide and tirzepatide (Wegovy) ... <a title="GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic may lower the risk of addiction: new study" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/glp-1-drugs-like-ozempic-may-lower-the-risk-of-addiction-new-study-277367/" aria-label="Read more about GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic may lower the risk of addiction: new study">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Paralympian skier Adam Hall during practice at the Skicenter Rienz – Toblach, South Tyrol Italy on Friday 27 February 2026. Photosport / Jeff Crowe The Winter Paralympics kick off in Milano Cortina on Saturday (NZT) and all eyes will be on Kiwis Adam Hall and Corey Peters. Hall and Peters are ... <a title="Winter Paralympics 2026: When does it start, how to watch and who is competing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/winter-paralympics-2026-when-does-it-start-how-to-watch-and-who-is-competing/" aria-label="Read more about Winter Paralympics 2026: When does it start, how to watch and who is competing">Read more</a>
