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March 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Treasury figures show the government’s finances are in better shape than expected. RNZ The government’s finances are in better than expected shape as spending has fallen while the tax take is steady. Treasury figures, which exclude ACC finances, show a deficit of $6 billion for the seven months ended January, about ... <a title="Treasury figures show $6 billion deficit for seven months ended January" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/treasury-figures-show-6-billion-deficit-for-seven-months-ended-january/" aria-label="Read more about Treasury figures show $6 billion deficit for seven months ended January">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Black Caps opener Finn Allen plays a shot during their T20 Cricket World Cup semifinal against South Africa, in Kolkata on March 4, 2026. AFP Black Caps hero Finn Allen has developed a calmness about his role as an opener that is paying dividends at the T20 World Cup, the team’s ... <a title="The calmness factor: Finn Allen’s attitude change pays off for Black Caps" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/the-calmness-factor-finn-allens-attitude-change-pays-off-for-black-caps/" aria-label="Read more about The calmness factor: Finn Allen’s attitude change pays off for Black Caps">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The scene of the fire this morning. RNZ / FELIX WALTON Police are at the scene of a fatal fire in Ōtāhuhu. A scene guard is outside the house and officers are going door-to-door. A Fire and Emergency investigator is also at the scene. RNZ understands a person died in a ... <a title="Person killed in fire at Auckland home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/person-killed-in-fire-at-auckland-home/" aria-label="Read more about Person killed in fire at Auckland home">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Tāiko Critical Minerals debuts on the NZX on Thursday. RNZ / Angus Dreaver Australian controlled mining company Tāiko Critical Minerals to list on NZ stock exchange (NZX) Company planning heavy minerals mining venture near Greymouth, production in 2028 NZX listing aimed at widening investor base Selected wholesale NZ investors offered shares ... <a title="Tāiko Critical Minerals debuts on NZX" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/taiko-critical-minerals-debuts-on-nzx/" aria-label="Read more about Tāiko Critical Minerals debuts on NZX">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand AFP / Thom Leach / Science Photo Library Pharmac says shortages in some ADHD drugs are expected to last throughout 2026. Its Chief Medical Officer, Dr David Hughes, in a statement to told Nine to Noon, rising demand and manufacturing constraints meant supply remains unpredictable. The drug option most affected is ... <a title="Pharmac warns unpredictable supply means ADHD drug shortage expected all year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/pharmac-warns-unpredictable-supply-means-adhd-drug-shortage-expected-all-year/" aria-label="Read more about Pharmac warns unpredictable supply means ADHD drug shortage expected all year">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Strangio, Emeritus Professor of Politics, Monash University The recent elevation of Angus Taylor to leader of the Liberal Party generated an expected avalanche of commentary. The reactions ranged over most points of the compass. In some, Taylor was depicted as a final leadership throw of the ... <a title="The Liberal Party’s current woes are many. Sidelining Victoria is one of them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/the-liberal-partys-current-woes-are-many-sidelining-victoria-is-one-of-them-262431/" aria-label="Read more about The Liberal Party’s current woes are many. Sidelining Victoria is one of them">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Bisley, Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of International Relations at La Trobe University., La Trobe University Australia faces a more complex and dangerous world than at any time since the threat of Japanese invasion during the second world war. The global economy is ... <a title="Australia can no longer be complacent about Trump’s America. It’s time to chart a new course" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/australia-can-no-longer-be-complacent-about-trumps-america-its-time-to-chart-a-new-course-276530/" aria-label="Read more about Australia can no longer be complacent about Trump’s America. It’s time to chart a new course">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Grant Russell, Professor of Primary Care Research, Monash University Since 2023, 137 Urgent Care Clinics have opened across Australia, in all states and territories. They’re usually located within or partnered with a general practice, an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation or a community health centre. Last week, ... <a title="Australia now has 137 urgent care clinics. Are they working?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/australia-now-has-137-urgent-care-clinics-are-they-working-276880/" aria-label="Read more about Australia now has 137 urgent care clinics. Are they working?">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Two NZDF planes are on standby to head to the Middle East for evacuation operations. NZDF/Jalesa Normani The government is getting ready to send consular staff and two NZ Defence Force (NZDF) planes to the Middle East in preparation for evacuation operations. Foreign Minister Winston Peters says New Zealanders in the ... <a title="NZ Defence Force planes on standby for Middle East evacuations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/nz-defence-force-planes-on-standby-for-middle-east-evacuations/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Defence Force planes on standby for Middle East evacuations">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF The government is considering scrapping the clean car standard altogether, months after slashing the fees importers pay to bring dirty vehicles into the country. An EV advocate said if the proposal goes ahead, New Zealanders will be sold “the high-emitting leftovers” that manufacturers can no longer sell in Australia. The ... <a title="Government considering scrapping entire clean car standard" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/government-considering-scrapping-entire-clean-car-standard/" aria-label="Read more about Government considering scrapping entire clean car standard">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brian Choo, Postdoctoral Fellow in Vertebrate Palaeontology, Flinders University Roughly 425 million years ago, in the warm seas over what is now southern China, there lived a metre-long bony fish with jaws full of clusters of spiky teeth. Long extinct, this predatory fish (Megamastax amblyodus) was an ... <a title="New fossil reveals the weird ‘tooth cushions’ of an apex predator from 425 million years ago" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/new-fossil-reveals-the-weird-tooth-cushions-of-an-apex-predator-from-425-million-years-ago-274122/" aria-label="Read more about New fossil reveals the weird ‘tooth cushions’ of an apex predator from 425 million years ago">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shae McCrystal, Professor of Labour Law, University of Sydney Do your holidays always feel too short? Or are you a parent struggling to juggle the demands of school holidays with the leave you’re allowed to take? On Wednesday, the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) launched a ... <a title="Even if Australians won an extra week of leave, we’d need to make sure they could take it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/even-if-australians-won-an-extra-week-of-leave-wed-need-to-make-sure-they-could-take-it-277480/" aria-label="Read more about Even if Australians won an extra week of leave, we’d need to make sure they could take it">Read more</a>
