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February 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Simeon Brown has announced that every emergency department in the country now has access to the tool. RNZ / Mark Papalii The health minister says a doctor using an artificial intelligence scribe tool is able to see, on average, one additional patient per shift. Simeon Brown has announced every emergency department ... <a title="AI scribe tool being used in emergency departments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/ai-scribe-tool-being-used-in-emergency-departments/" aria-label="Read more about AI scribe tool being used in emergency departments">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Khawat, a sisterhood for ethnic women, hosting a run club. SUPPLIED From watching homelands burn on social media to being stuck between cultures, there is one migrant community facing some of the worst mental health. Middle Eastern, Latin American and African (MELAA) young people are an ethnic minority reporting unique challenges. ... <a title="The migrant communities reporting some of the worst mental health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/the-migrant-communities-reporting-some-of-the-worst-mental-health/" aria-label="Read more about The migrant communities reporting some of the worst mental health">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2026
Analysis by Keith Rankin, 27 February 2026. I heard this on RNZ News 11am 12 Feb 2026: “The government’s finances are in better shape than expected due to lower [government] spending and a higher tax take. Treasury figures … show a deficit of $5.2b for the six months ended December, almost $1.6b below the half-year ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – New Zealand’s Fiscal Crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/keith-rankin-analysis-new-zealands-fiscal-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – New Zealand’s Fiscal Crisis">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2026
Essay by Keith Rankin, 25 February 2026. Over the last few days, there has been plenty of media chatter in relation to the government’s proposal to pass a law enabling police to forcibly shift street dwellers from Auckland’s CBD. (Refer ‘Move On’ orders penalise those with the least, Scoop 22 Feb 2026.) While Labour likes ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Vagrants and a Very Basic Universal Income" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/keith-rankin-essay-vagrants-and-a-very-basic-universal-income/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Vagrants and a Very Basic Universal Income">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2026
Essay by Keith Rankin, 20 February 2026. Imagine if the Olympic Games were currently being held in Wuhan, China. There would be widespread mentionings of it having been the starting place of the Covid19 pandemic, in December 2019. But pandemics (not ‘global pandemics’; pandemics are global by definition, as are world wars) have two places ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Milano-Cortina, Pandemic Central" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/keith-rankin-essay-milano-cortina-pandemic-central/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Milano-Cortina, Pandemic Central">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2026
Analysis by Keith Rankin, 19 February 2026 The RNZ news bulletin of 10pm on 18 February stated: “New Zealand and Australia are outliers in having three-year parliamentary terms, with four or five year terms far more common … politicians have over the years expressed frustration at how much can be achieved in a three-year cycle.” ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Parliamentary Term Length; is New Zealand really an Outlier?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/keith-rankin-analysis-parliamentary-term-length-is-new-zealand-really-an-outlier/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Parliamentary Term Length; is New Zealand really an Outlier?">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Police recovered a knife at the scene and a 65-year-old man was arrested by responding staff. RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly A man has been arrested after a serious assault in Auckland’s CBD on Friday night that left two people with serious injuries. Detective Senior Sergeant Ash Matthews said emergency crews were ... <a title="Man arrested after Central Auckland assault leaves two seriously hurt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/man-arrested-after-central-auckland-assault-leaves-two-seriously-hurt/" aria-label="Read more about Man arrested after Central Auckland assault leaves two seriously hurt">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Blade shearers at work preparing for the Golden Shears in Masterton. RNZ/Sally Round At Rewa Rewa Station’s woolshed in Tīnui shearers are at work, but it’s not as noisy as usual. Over the clatter of sheep hooves on the floorboards, you can make out the snip-snip-snip of blade shears instead of ... <a title="Country Life: International blade shearers on edge for the Golden Shears" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/country-life-international-blade-shearers-on-edge-for-the-golden-shears/" aria-label="Read more about Country Life: International blade shearers on edge for the Golden Shears">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 123rf A case in which an Australian house buyer lost more than A$100,000 because he was two days’ late with his deposit payment could happen in New Zealand, too, a banking expert says. The Queensland Supreme Court ruled this week that Stephen Gary Evans had to forfeit his entire $98,500 deposit ... <a title="Australian buyer loses $100k deposit due to banking rules – could the same happen here?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/australian-buyer-loses-100k-deposit-due-to-banking-rules-could-the-same-happen-here/" aria-label="Read more about Australian buyer loses $100k deposit due to banking rules – could the same happen here?">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Sir Charles Godfray from Oxford University is a population biologist and director of its Future of Food programme. Rebecca McMillan / Supplied It is time for the food sector to have difficult conversations about its emissions, particularly beef and dairy. That was the message from a top UK scientist at the ... <a title="Country Life: An Oxford professor on the future of food and food production" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/country-life-an-oxford-professor-on-the-future-of-food-and-food-production/" aria-label="Read more about Country Life: An Oxford professor on the future of food and food production">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The closure is from Broken Hutt Road and Old Faithful Road. RNZ / Marika Khabazi The Lindis Pass/State Highway 8 has been closed and one person is seriously injured after a single-car crash. The closure is from Broken Hutt Road and Old Faithful Road Police said one person sustained serious injuries ... <a title="Lindis Pass closed, one seriously hurt after crash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/lindis-pass-closed-one-seriously-hurt-after-crash/" aria-label="Read more about Lindis Pass closed, one seriously hurt after crash">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ Country Life’s Mark Leishman interviewing Colin Martin at Nicol’s Blacksmith Shop Duntroon Karan Lawrence A visit to Duntroon’s original Victorian-era blacksmith shop is a visit back in time. Nicol’s Blacksmith Shop has been around for 125 years and, while these days it is a tourist attraction, it is still a ... <a title="Country Life: Duntroon, a small town with a big sense of history" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/country-life-duntroon-a-small-town-with-a-big-sense-of-history/" aria-label="Read more about Country Life: Duntroon, a small town with a big sense of history">Read more</a>
