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March 22, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Sarah Leah Whitson In recent days, Israel and the United States have expressed outrage over the deliberate and indiscriminate targeting of civilians and civilian residences and infrastructure in Israel and the Gulf by Iranian forces. They have cited the illegality of such attacks, urged global condemnation, and demanded that human rights organisations speak ... <a title="No bigger hypocrisy in the world than Israel complaining about Iran’s ‘lawbreaking’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/no-bigger-hypocrisy-in-the-world-than-israel-complaining-about-irans-lawbreaking/" aria-label="Read more about No bigger hypocrisy in the world than Israel complaining about Iran’s ‘lawbreaking’">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand During his state of nation speech, New Zealand First leader Winston Peters addressed his party’s new proposal to split up energy gentailers, the state of the economy, Covid and his party’s aspirations at this year’s election. He also spent time taking shots at his political rivals, with sections of his speech ... <a title="Winston Peters announces proposal to overhaul energy sector in State of the Nation speech" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/winston-peters-announces-proposal-to-overhaul-energy-sector-in-state-of-the-nation-speech/" aria-label="Read more about Winston Peters announces proposal to overhaul energy sector in State of the Nation speech">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2026
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on March 22, 2026.
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March 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Manwaring, Associate Professor, Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University The tectonic plates of South Australian politics have fundamentally shifted. Peter Malinauskas’s Labor government has won a second term with a landslide win. The final count should see Labor win around 33 seats in the 47 seat ... <a title="One Nation’s surge and Liberal Party’s collapse in SA election reveal tectonic shifts in Australian politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/one-nations-surge-and-liberal-partys-collapse-in-sa-election-reveal-tectonic-shifts-in-australian-politics-278317/" aria-label="Read more about One Nation’s surge and Liberal Party’s collapse in SA election reveal tectonic shifts in Australian politics">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Steven George of Whangarei won the 2026 edition of the New Zealand National Excavator Operator Competition. Supplied A Northland contractor has retained his national digger operator crown by successfully slicing a pizza with his excavator. Whangarei’s Steven George also used the excavator to pour a cup of tea and play a ... <a title="Slicing pizza using a digger: How to win the national digger operator title" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/slicing-pizza-using-a-digger-how-to-win-the-national-digger-operator-title/" aria-label="Read more about Slicing pizza using a digger: How to win the national digger operator title">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The finance minister says New Zealand’s fuel stocks remain at seven weeks worth, including stockpiles. But Nicola Willis concedes that keeping that buffer was still “dependent on ships like this continuing to turn up”. Speaking on Sunday afternoon at Channel Infrastructure’s Marsden Point Energy Precinct, Willis said she wanted to provide ... <a title="Watch: Seven weeks worth of fuel stocks in NZ – Finance Minister Nicola Willis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/watch-seven-weeks-worth-of-fuel-stocks-in-nz-finance-minister-nicola-willis/" aria-label="Read more about Watch: Seven weeks worth of fuel stocks in NZ – Finance Minister Nicola Willis">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Winston Peters will make his State of the Nation address in Tauranga on Sunday. It comes off the back of heavy questioning by the New Zealand First leader about the previous government’s decisions during the Covid-19 pandemic, following the release of the second phase of the royal commission of inquiry. NZ ... <a title="Watch: Winston Peters delivers State of the Nation speech" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/watch-winston-peters-delivers-state-of-the-nation-speech/" aria-label="Read more about Watch: Winston Peters delivers State of the Nation speech">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Finance Minister Nicola Willis on Sunday afternoon will be visiting Channel Infrastructure’s Marsden Point Energy Precinct. The visit comes amid fears of an energy crisis, with the global price of oil skyrocketing in the wake of the US and Israel’s attack on Iran. Iran’s response has included threatening ships passing through ... <a title="Watch: Nicola Willis visits fuel import terminal at Marsden Point" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/watch-nicola-willis-visits-fuel-import-terminal-at-marsden-point/" aria-label="Read more about Watch: Nicola Willis visits fuel import terminal at Marsden Point">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand In Auckland, northbound lanes were blocked on the South-Western Motorway, SH20, at Onehunga, on Sunday morning. Supplied/ NZTA traffic camera Two people have died and others injured in crashes in Waikato, Auckland and Southland. Waikato police said on Sunday morning a person died following a single-vehicle crash on Howden Road, to ... <a title="Multiple crashes block lanes, two dead, others hurt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/multiple-crashes-block-lanes-two-dead-others-hurt/" aria-label="Read more about Multiple crashes block lanes, two dead, others hurt">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Mahurangi Oysters owner Jim Aitken. Nick Monro A group of North Auckland oyster farmers are calling for more transparency on how Watercare came to its final calculation on compensation over a sewage spill into the Mahurangi River last year, that contaminated tens of thousands of oysters during the businesses’ peak season. ... <a title="Mahurangi oyster farmers call for more transparency on Watercare’s compensation calculations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/mahurangi-oyster-farmers-call-for-more-transparency-on-watercares-compensation-calculations/" aria-label="Read more about Mahurangi oyster farmers call for more transparency on Watercare’s compensation calculations">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fiona Crawford, Adjunct Lecturer at the Centre for Justice, Queensland University of Technology There was a lot of talk about winning trophies in the lead-up to the 2026 Women’s Asian Cup final, in which the Matildas were narrowly defeated by Japan 1–0 in Saturday night’s final. It ... <a title="The Women’s Asian Cup was a major success for Australian soccer, despite the Matildas’ heartbreaker" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/the-womens-asian-cup-was-a-major-success-for-australian-soccer-despite-the-matildas-heartbreaker-278661/" aria-label="Read more about The Women’s Asian Cup was a major success for Australian soccer, despite the Matildas’ heartbreaker">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Fuel price increases will be felt soon: Diesel is the main source of electricity for the remote Chatham Islands. Vk2cz / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0) Chatham Islands diesel will remain at pre-war prices until mid-April, but pump-prices will soon rise, residents are being warned. In most parts of New Zealand, diesel has ... <a title="Fuel price increases held off for Chatham Islands, for now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/fuel-price-increases-held-off-for-chatham-islands-for-now/" aria-label="Read more about Fuel price increases held off for Chatham Islands, for now">Read more</a>
