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March 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Crusaders prop Tamaiti Williams. photosport Crusaders and All Blacks prop Tamaiti Williams will serve a three-week suspension after being found guilty of dangerous play during Saturday’s Super Rugby Pacific win over the Chiefs. The competition’s foul play review committee found the ruling after Williams was cited for his entry to a ... <a title="TamaIti Williams cops three-week ban for dangerous play" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/tamaiti-williams-cops-three-week-ban-for-dangerous-play/" aria-label="Read more about TamaIti Williams cops three-week ban for dangerous play">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Prime Minister admitted he “misspoke” when he said New Zealand supported “any actions” to prevent Iran having nuclear weapons. The Prime Minister has admitted he “misspoke” when he said New Zealand supported “any actions” to prevent Iran having nuclear weapons. Christopher Luxon also said New Zealand will not join the ... <a title="Opposition leader Chris Hipkins says US-Israel strikes illegal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/opposition-leader-chris-hipkins-says-us-israel-strikes-illegal/" aria-label="Read more about Opposition leader Chris Hipkins says US-Israel strikes illegal">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Georgia Moloney, Researcher, School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Adelaide University Wildlife trafficking is a global crisis impacting at least 4,000 species of plants and animals, including mammals, reptiles, birds, corals and rare plants. A shocking case from 2025 involved the seizure of 3.7 tonnes of pangolin ... <a title="Dogs can detect trafficked wildlife hidden in shipping containers from tiny air samples" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/dogs-can-detect-trafficked-wildlife-hidden-in-shipping-containers-from-tiny-air-samples-276986/" aria-label="Read more about Dogs can detect trafficked wildlife hidden in shipping containers from tiny air samples">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeremie M Bracka, Law Lecturer and Transitional Justice Academic, RMIT University As both the federal government and states across the country pass laws cracking down on hate speech, there’s been much debate about where to draw the line on what can and can’t be said. A Victorian ... <a title="A court has drawn a clear line on antisemitic hate speech. Here’s what it said" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/a-court-has-drawn-a-clear-line-on-antisemitic-hate-speech-heres-what-it-said-277095/" aria-label="Read more about A court has drawn a clear line on antisemitic hate speech. Here’s what it said">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Johan Lidberg, Associate Professor, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University Covering the courts can be a tough gig. The pace is fast, there are many legal considerations to be across, and media outlets are hungry for quality stories, quickly. Our study aimed to capture the ... <a title="Open justice no more: how Victoria’s courts are stopping journalists from doing their jobs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/open-justice-no-more-how-victorias-courts-are-stopping-journalists-from-doing-their-jobs-276040/" aria-label="Read more about Open justice no more: how Victoria’s courts are stopping journalists from doing their jobs">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Howard Temple The Press/Kai Schwoerer The lawyer for convicted sex offender and former Gloriavale leader Howard Temple says his client has won a High Court appeal against his sentence and will not be going to jail. Temple was sentenced to 26 months’ jail in December for indecently assaulting young women and ... <a title="Convicted sex offender and former Gloriavale leader Howard Temple will not be going to jail" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/convicted-sex-offender-and-former-gloriavale-leader-howard-temple-will-not-be-going-to-jail/" aria-label="Read more about Convicted sex offender and former Gloriavale leader Howard Temple will not be going to jail">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
RNZ News New Zealand’s opposition Labour leader Chris Hipkins says he does not support the United States and Israel’s strikes on Iran. He disagrees with Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s stance that it was not New Zealand’s place to comment on the legality of the strikes. Iran and Israel have continued to trade strikes since joint ... <a title="NZ’s opposition leader Chris Hipkins says US-Israel strikes illegal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/nzs-opposition-leader-chris-hipkins-says-us-israel-strikes-illegal/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s opposition leader Chris Hipkins says US-Israel strikes illegal">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
Analysis by Keith Rankin, 2 March 2026. We keep hearing that Iran is an “evil” regime run by “clerics”. This conflation of an unscientific and emotive concept (‘evil’) with a cultural occupation (‘cleric’) is made in the context of picking on an ethnic or religious group of people as inferior. In this context, ‘cleric’ applies ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – The Greater Evil" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/keith-rankin-analysis-the-greater-evil/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – The Greater Evil">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Based on the average advertised salary, some people received significant pay increases. 123rf.com A weak labour market has meant that many people have had small pay rises – or none at all – over the past year. Seventy percent of workers received a pay rise of less than the rate of ... <a title="Where have the pay rises been this year?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/where-have-the-pay-rises-been-this-year/" aria-label="Read more about Where have the pay rises been this year?">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
ANALYSIS: By Nury Vittachi The West is in turmoil over countries’ top legal minds declaring the US-Israel attack on Iran to be illegal, as China did. But Israel-friendly Western politicians, including Starmer, von der Leyen, Albanese, and others are desperately blocking their ears as they try to justify actual war crimes. Here’s what the specialists ... <a title="12 reasons why a huge split is opening up in the West over US-Israel’s ‘manifestly illegal’ war on Iran" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/12-reasons-why-a-huge-split-is-opening-up-in-the-west-over-us-israels-manifestly-illegal-war-on-iran/" aria-label="Read more about 12 reasons why a huge split is opening up in the West over US-Israel’s ‘manifestly illegal’ war on Iran">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Kōura Wealth managing director Rupert Carlyon said the government proposal aligns with the National Party’s efforts to make KiwiSaver withdrawals available to New Zealanders who want to invest or own a business. 123RF Government’s plans to change KiwiSaver regulations for farmers and others, opens the door for retirement funds to be ... <a title="KiwiSaver changes open doors for farming business investments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/kiwisaver-changes-open-doors-for-farming-business-investments/" aria-label="Read more about KiwiSaver changes open doors for farming business investments">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand All Blacks trainer Nic Gill. photosport Another leading name is leaving New Zealand Rugby, with long-time fitness guru Nic Gill taking up a post at the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens. It continues a period of enormous change for the organisation, which is still seeking a new chief executive along with a handful ... <a title="NZ Rugby overhaul continues with performance boss moving on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/nz-rugby-overhaul-continues-with-performance-boss-moving-on/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Rugby overhaul continues with performance boss moving on">Read more</a>
