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March 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Quin Tauetau ANZ says it now expects house prices to fall this year as conflict in the Middle East means lower household confidence and upwards pressure on interest rates. The bank’s economists said in their latest Property Focus update that, before the war broke out, consumer confidence had lifted ... <a title="ANZ says Middle East conflict will mean house prices fall" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/anz-says-middle-east-conflict-will-mean-house-prices-fall/" aria-label="Read more about ANZ says Middle East conflict will mean house prices fall">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Hurricanes player Brad Shields. Kerry Marshall / www.photosport.nz Experienced loose forward Brad Shields has extended his stay with the Hurricanes for another year. The one-year contract extension means Shields will return to the Hurricanes for an 11th season in his second stint with the club, a decade-and-a-half after his debut in ... <a title="Rugby: Veteran loosie Brad Shields extends stay with Hurricanes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/rugby-veteran-loosie-brad-shields-extends-stay-with-hurricanes/" aria-label="Read more about Rugby: Veteran loosie Brad Shields extends stay with Hurricanes">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Tuakau College in Waikato. Tuakau College A teacher has been injured and a student is in custody fter an incident at a Waikato school. Tuakau College went into a lockdown during the incident on Thursday morning. Emergency services were called to the Buckland Road school about 10am, with reports of a ... <a title="Person arrested, another in hospital after Waikato high school put in lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/person-arrested-another-in-hospital-after-waikato-high-school-put-in-lockdown/" aria-label="Read more about Person arrested, another in hospital after Waikato high school put in lockdown">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Kellie Tranter The actions of the Trump administration and its AIPAC-Israeli donors have reached new levels of immorality, illegality and unprecedented venality. It is almost universally accepted that the US-Israel attack on Iran had no justification under international law: it was simply a war of aggression and thus the commission of perhaps the ... <a title="Epstein cabal play games with human lives in Iran while grasping for unearned riches" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/epstein-cabal-play-games-with-human-lives-in-iran-while-grasping-for-unearned-riches/" aria-label="Read more about Epstein cabal play games with human lives in Iran while grasping for unearned riches">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand It’s hot cross bun season and on social media, the Easter treat is being promoted as an ideal pre-workout snack. Sports dietitians Emilie Burgess and Dannielle Hibberd have worked with elite teams and athletes in Tasmania and New South Wales. They share whether hot cross buns are a good choice, plus ... <a title="Are hot cross buns a good pre-workout snack?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/are-hot-cross-buns-a-good-pre-workout-snack/" aria-label="Read more about Are hot cross buns a good pre-workout snack?">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A file photo of a damaged water pipe in the capital. RNZ / REECE BAKER Parts of three Wellington suburbs are without water as crews work to repair a burst drinking water pipe. Wellington Water crews responded to the burst pipe on Washington Avenue in Brooklyn at 7am on Thursday. The ... <a title="Burst pipe cuts water to three Wellington suburbs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/burst-pipe-cuts-water-to-three-wellington-suburbs/" aria-label="Read more about Burst pipe cuts water to three Wellington suburbs">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand In a draft determination announced on Thursday, the regulator proposed to authorise the application. Armourguard / supplied The Commerce Commission has performed a U-turn on banks’ bid to collectively negotiate cash-in-transit services with Armourguard. The Commission initially declined an interim bid by the Banking Association to negotiate on behalf of banks ... <a title="Commerce Commission set to authorise banks’ cash-in-transit proposal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/commerce-commission-set-to-authorise-banks-cash-in-transit-proposal/" aria-label="Read more about Commerce Commission set to authorise banks’ cash-in-transit proposal">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Don Mackinnon has been a key figure in sport integrity over many years. Elias Rodriguez The front man for a proposed new Twenty20 league has stepped down as chairperson of the Sport Integrity Commission, as questions emerge over his dual roles in New Zealand sport during a pivotal moment for cricket’s ... <a title="Don Mackinnon steps down from integrity role as NZ20 plans advance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/don-mackinnon-steps-down-from-integrity-role-as-nz20-plans-advance/" aria-label="Read more about Don Mackinnon steps down from integrity role as NZ20 plans advance">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand As a culture, we are nosy. That’s why tabloid culture — both in its grocery store checkout aisle and online forms —thrives, especially when it involves celebrities behaving badly. But it’s one thing to read about an incident and another to see it. .31308411215″> An incident with Justin Timberlake already became ... <a title="Celebrities are seeing that you can’t outrun a video" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/celebrities-are-seeing-that-you-cant-outrun-a-video/" aria-label="Read more about Celebrities are seeing that you can’t outrun a video">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bamo Nouri, Honorary Research Fellow, Department of International Politics, City St George’s, University of London The language of power often reveals more than it intends. In a rare moment of candour on March 7, the US president, Donald Trump, described the confrontation with Iran as “a big ... <a title="Donald Trump’s ‘new’ 15-point plan is the biggest sign yet that Washington fears it is losing this war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/donald-trumps-new-15-point-plan-is-the-biggest-sign-yet-that-washington-fears-it-is-losing-this-war-279001/" aria-label="Read more about Donald Trump’s ‘new’ 15-point plan is the biggest sign yet that Washington fears it is losing this war">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Smith, Honorary Professor of Geography, University of Cambridge It is impossible to capture seven decades of formidable intellect, wrapped into some 14,000 books and articles, in less than a thousand words. Yet German philosopher Jürgen Habermas staked his career on the power of dialogue and deliberation, ... <a title="Jürgen Habermas: a philosopher whose hopes for a better future are more important than ever" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/jurgen-habermas-a-philosopher-whose-hopes-for-a-better-future-are-more-important-than-ever-279020/" aria-label="Read more about Jürgen Habermas: a philosopher whose hopes for a better future are more important than ever">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
RNZ Pacific Tributes are pouring in from across the region for “fearless” and “formidable” Vanuatu journalist Dan McGarry, who died on Wednesday. McGarry, 62, fell ill after a trip to Papua New Guinea earlier this month, from where he had to be evacuated to Brisbane to undergo a heart bypass. But he faced complications during ... <a title="‘He will never be replaced’ – tributes flow for ‘fearless’ Vanuatu journalist Dan McGarry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/he-will-never-be-replaced-tributes-flow-for-fearless-vanuatu-journalist-dan-mcgarry/" aria-label="Read more about ‘He will never be replaced’ – tributes flow for ‘fearless’ Vanuatu journalist Dan McGarry">Read more</a>
