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March 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike on the southern suburbs of Beirut on March 3, 2026. AFP KiwiSaver funds with exposure to oil and defence stocks might benefit from conflict in the Middle East in the short term, but providers are divided on whether to invest in them. ... <a title="War can be good for your KiwiSaver, but are you ok with that?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/04/war-can-be-good-for-your-kiwisaver-but-are-you-ok-with-that/" aria-label="Read more about War can be good for your KiwiSaver, but are you ok with that?">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Liam Lawson. AFP New Zealand driver Liam Lawson says he’s still coming to grips with a “sensitive” car in Melbourne as he targets a strong start to his second full season in Formula One. This weekend’s opening Australian Grand Prix provides uncertainty and apprehension for pundits, team management and drivers alike ... <a title="Liam Lawson ‘still learning’ as F1 opener looms in Melbourne" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/04/liam-lawson-still-learning-as-f1-opener-looms-in-melbourne/" aria-label="Read more about Liam Lawson ‘still learning’ as F1 opener looms in Melbourne">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand PUNIT PARANJPE / AFP The conflict in the Middle East is continuing to disrupt global air traffic with nearly 4000 flights a day being cancelled across the region. Limited flights out of Dubai and Doha were announced after airspace partially reopened on Wednesday morning. However, hundreds of thousands of passengers were ... <a title="How do airlines judge when and where it’s safe to fly near a conflict zone?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/04/how-do-airlines-judge-when-and-where-its-safe-to-fly-near-a-conflict-zone/" aria-label="Read more about How do airlines judge when and where it’s safe to fly near a conflict zone?">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A luxury house in Arrowtown. Supplied Latest house sales data indicates there is a shortage of ultra-luxury housing to meet the requirements of high-net-worth immigrants. Changes to the Active Investor Plus visa, which take effect next week, limit house-buying immigrants to homes priced over $5 million. Data collected by sales portal ... <a title="New Zealand faces shortage of ultra-luxury housing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/04/new-zealand-faces-shortage-of-ultra-luxury-housing/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand faces shortage of ultra-luxury housing">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julia J Rucklidge, Professor of Psychology, University of Canterbury Irritability is one of the most common and distressing problems teenagers and their families face. Its main symptom is an excessive reaction to negative emotional stimuli, resulting in temper outbursts and severe irritable mood. While current treatment options ... <a title="Severe irritability in teens can be reduced by daily doses of vitamins and minerals – new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/04/severe-irritability-in-teens-can-be-reduced-by-daily-doses-of-vitamins-and-minerals-new-research-276497/" aria-label="Read more about Severe irritability in teens can be reduced by daily doses of vitamins and minerals – new research">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF Supply pressure and buying interest saw dairy prices continue their climb at the latest Global Dairy Trade auction overnight. The average price rose 5.7 percent overnight to US$4301 (NZ$7299) a tonne. It was the fifth consecutive auction where prices have risen since the start of the year and followed a ... <a title="Global dairy prices continue to rise in wake of Middle East conflict" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/04/global-dairy-prices-continue-to-rise-in-wake-of-middle-east-conflict/" aria-label="Read more about Global dairy prices continue to rise in wake of Middle East conflict">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand It showed agencies such as in health, justice and education had faced a December deadline to make the case for their bids for this year’s Budget, but that had to be pushed back. RNZ The government has been facing too much demand to fund infrastructure projects from agencies left with too ... <a title="Government pushes back deadline for agencies’ project funding bids" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/04/government-pushes-back-deadline-for-agencies-project-funding-bids/" aria-label="Read more about Government pushes back deadline for agencies’ project funding bids">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The KiwiSaver gender gap narrowed from 17 percent in 2020 to 14 percent in 2025. File photo. RNZ / Hingyi Khong Women are being told to take more risk with their KiwiSaver to help close the gap between their average balance and those of men. Westpac said while the gender gap ... <a title="One decision that could cost women $200,000" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/04/one-decision-that-could-cost-women-200000/" aria-label="Read more about One decision that could cost women $200,000">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Marika Khabazi A person has been seriously injured after getting trapped between a rubbish truck and what RNZ understands to be a skip bin in Wellington. Emergency services were called to Maning Lane in the central city at 4.55am. FENZ shift manager Jill Webley said crews extracted a trapped ... <a title="Person seriously hurt after being trapped between truck and skip in Wellington" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/04/person-seriously-hurt-after-being-trapped-between-truck-and-skip-in-wellington/" aria-label="Read more about Person seriously hurt after being trapped between truck and skip in Wellington">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand ASamoan teenager was adopted by a New Zealand resident in a ‘coerced relocation’. Unsplash / RNZ composite A tribunal has been told a Samoan teenager was adopted by a New Zealand resident in a ‘coerced relocation’ which led to violence and her baby being taken into care. Immigration New Zealand (INZ) ... <a title="Samoan teenager adopted in ‘coerced’ migration, tribunal told" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/04/samoan-teenager-adopted-in-coerced-migration-tribunal-told/" aria-label="Read more about Samoan teenager adopted in ‘coerced’ migration, tribunal told">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Foriegn Affairs Minister Winston Peters RNZ / Mark Papalii Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters says there are thousands of New Zealanders whose plans have been disrupted by the current war between the US and Israel and Iran. All sorts of contingencies to help them were being looked at but it was ... <a title="Government ‘talking to everybody’ over Kiwis caught up in Middle East war – Peters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/04/government-talking-to-everybody-over-kiwis-caught-up-in-middle-east-war-peters/" aria-label="Read more about Government ‘talking to everybody’ over Kiwis caught up in Middle East war – Peters">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Former New Zealand Prime Minister Dame Jacinda Ardern’s book, A Different Kind of Power, has made the shortlist of the 2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Ardern’s memoir is one of four finalists announced on Wednesday in the awards’ general non-fiction category. The Ockham Awards shortlist includes writers across fiction, poetry, ... <a title="Ardern on list as Ockham Book Awards finalists revealed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/04/ardern-on-list-as-ockham-book-awards-finalists-revealed/" aria-label="Read more about Ardern on list as Ockham Book Awards finalists revealed">Read more</a>
