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March 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The pathology lab sector has been marred by strikes over low public versus private lab pay and quality control issues. 123rf Health New Zealand has started working on a national plan for the troubled pathology lab sector. Pathology labs are vital but a choke point in processing virtually all the samples ... <a title="Health NZ works on national plan for troubled pathology lab sector" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/01/health-nz-works-on-national-plan-for-troubled-pathology-lab-sector/" aria-label="Read more about Health NZ works on national plan for troubled pathology lab sector">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Chair Deon Swiggs, Councillor Joe Davies and corporate and public transport director Giles Southwell in front of the new bus. Supplied / Environment Canterbury The lightest fully electric double decker bus to hit the road in New Zealand will officially join Metro’s fleet in Christchurch next week. Developed by global automotive ... <a title="Country’s lightest electric double-decker bus to hit Christchurch’s roads next week" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/01/countrys-lightest-electric-double-decker-bus-to-hit-christchurchs-roads-next-week/" aria-label="Read more about Country’s lightest electric double-decker bus to hit Christchurch’s roads next week">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Asif Saeed Khan is the president of Pakistan Association of New Zealand. RNZ / Blessen Tom The Pakistan Association of New Zealand is fearing that the conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan will affect the relationship between Pakistani and Afghan New Zealanders. Pakistan bombed cities in Afghanistan, including the capital Kabul, on ... <a title="Worries war could affect relationship between Pakistani, Afghan New Zealanders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/01/worries-war-could-affect-relationship-between-pakistani-afghan-new-zealanders/" aria-label="Read more about Worries war could affect relationship between Pakistani, Afghan New Zealanders">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Heather Black has always sewed, starting age 12 on an old-style treadle sewing machine. It was a skill she taught herself out of necessity, she told RNZ’s Nine to Noon. “We didn’t have a lot of access to clothes. I was tired of wearing hand-me-downs, and so I just started making ... <a title="‘By the end of the year, they’re making their own clothes’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/01/by-the-end-of-the-year-theyre-making-their-own-clothes/" aria-label="Read more about ‘By the end of the year, they’re making their own clothes’">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere In his disarmingly polite way, the acclaimed documentarian enters the toxic hellhole of the manosphere to expose the people pushing this misogynistic movement to men and teenage boys around the world. Talking to GQ, Theroux likened making this doco to facing “the final boss,” which, given ... <a title="Local addicts, Yellowstone expands and Louis Theroux mans up: March’s best TV" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/01/local-addicts-yellowstone-expands-and-louis-theroux-mans-up-marchs-best-tv/" aria-label="Read more about Local addicts, Yellowstone expands and Louis Theroux mans up: March’s best TV">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2026
Asia Pacific Report Speakers at a pro-Palestine rally in central Auckland Tamaki Makaurau today were highly critical of the erosion of New Zealand’s once proud nuclear-free and independent foreign policy. They also warned against being tied into a United States that is pivoting a hostile policy towards China, New Zealand’s major trading partner. Ironically, just ... <a title="NZ rally slams Five Eyes intelligence ties hours before US-Israel attack on Iran" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/01/nz-rally-slams-five-eyes-intelligence-ties-hours-before-us-israel-attack-on-iran/" aria-label="Read more about NZ rally slams Five Eyes intelligence ties hours before US-Israel attack on Iran">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bamo Nouri, Honorary Research Fellow, Department of International Politics, City St George’s, University of London US and Iranian negotiators met in Geneva earlier this week in what mediators described as the most serious and constructive talks in years. Oman’s foreign minister, Badr Albusaidi, spoke publicly of “unprecedented ... <a title="Iran has been attacked by US and Israel when peace was within reach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/01/iran-has-been-attacked-by-us-and-israel-when-peace-was-within-reach-277175/" aria-label="Read more about Iran has been attacked by US and Israel when peace was within reach">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, Professor in Global Thought and Comparative Philosophies, Inaugural Co-Director of Centre for AI Futures, SOAS, University of London The US and Israel have launched extensive, coordinated attacks on numerous targets across Iran, prompting retaliatory strikes in the region. Donald Trump neither tried to obtain Congressional ... <a title="US-Israeli attack on Iran risks plunging the world into turmoil" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/01/us-israeli-attack-on-iran-risks-plunging-the-world-into-turmoil-276818/" aria-label="Read more about US-Israeli attack on Iran risks plunging the world into turmoil">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2026
OBITUARY: By Joel Paredes Having known the Filipino photojournalist Alex Baluyut, who died yesterday aged 69, for nearly half a century, I feel that looking at his photos — how he documented the events that unfurled during his lifetime — reveals his own lifelong search for himself. By documenting the rawest parts of human existence, ... <a title="Filipino photojournalist Alex Baluyut: An extraordinary sense of truth in an ailing society" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/filipino-photojournalist-alex-baluyut-an-extraordinary-sense-of-truth-in-an-ailing-society/" aria-label="Read more about Filipino photojournalist Alex Baluyut: An extraordinary sense of truth in an ailing society">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2026
Asia Pacific Report A West Papuan leader has accused the Indonesian government of lying over its operations and “masking” the military role of some civilian aircraft. Disputing an Indonesian government statement about reported that TPNPB fired upon an aircraft in Boven Digoel, killing both the pilot and copilot, United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) ... <a title="Papuan activist leader Wenda accuses Jakarta of ‘lying’ over shot down plane" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/papuan-activist-leader-wenda-accuses-jakarta-of-lying-over-shot-down-plane/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan activist leader Wenda accuses Jakarta of ‘lying’ over shot down plane">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The police had been called for three separate incidents at the property. 123RF A woman’s 14-year-old grandson was nearly mowed down by her neighbour’s car, while her son was threatened with a machete. Now an elderly Tongan woman has gone to the Tenancy Tribunal, after Kāinga Ora refused to terminate her ... <a title="Tenant wins $5000 payout after Kāinga Ora fails to act over machete threats" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/tenant-wins-5000-payout-after-kainga-ora-fails-to-act-over-machete-threats/" aria-label="Read more about Tenant wins $5000 payout after Kāinga Ora fails to act over machete threats">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A police car seen behind a cordon as officers attend an incident. RNZ Police are following “strong lines of enquiry”, after an Auckland shooting on Saturday left a man with moderate injuries. Officers were conducting patrols in the Clevedon Road area in the suburb of Papakura on Saturday morning, when they ... <a title="Police continue to investigate after Papakura shooting leaves man in moderate condition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/police-continue-to-investigate-after-papakura-shooting-leaves-man-in-moderate-condition/" aria-label="Read more about Police continue to investigate after Papakura shooting leaves man in moderate condition">Read more</a>
