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March 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The AI boom is creating a shortage of key elements for phones, computers, even cars and dishwashers. 123RF New Zealand consumers are being warned laptops, smart phones and even fridges are going to cost more as the price of key components jump by 400 percent. Since the AI boom, manufacturers had ... <a title="AI boom creating shortage of key elements for consumer technology" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/18/ai-boom-creating-shortage-of-key-elements-for-consumer-technology/" aria-label="Read more about AI boom creating shortage of key elements for consumer technology">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ A man who threatened four drivers with a machete in Australia in a series of attempted carjackings will be deported back to New Zealand. John Suafai Semau held a 64-year-old man in a headlock while trying to flee an accident scene in Queensland in 2022 and steal his car, and ... <a title="Machete-wielding carjacker to be deported back to New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/18/machete-wielding-carjacker-to-be-deported-back-to-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about Machete-wielding carjacker to be deported back to New Zealand">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Ecologist Jess Scrimgeour doing fauna assessments in the burnt area. Supplied / Department of Conservation A Department of Conservation (DOC) ecological report reveals that native plants are making a comeback in the blackened fire-charred areas of Tongariro National Park, but warns that invasive weeds and animal pests pose a risk to ... <a title="Native speargrass survives Tongariro inferno virtually unscathed, report reveals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/18/native-speargrass-survives-tongariro-inferno-virtually-unscathed-report-reveals/" aria-label="Read more about Native speargrass survives Tongariro inferno virtually unscathed, report reveals">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Some teachers give children lollies and chocolates for good behaviour. RNZ / Diego Opatowski Should teachers give children lollies and chocolates for good behaviour? Some do even though Health Ministry guidelines say schools should not serve sweets or chocolate at all. A teacher RNZ agreed not to name said rewarding children ... <a title="Should teachers give children lollies and chocolates for good behaviour?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/18/should-teachers-give-children-lollies-and-chocolates-for-good-behaviour/" aria-label="Read more about Should teachers give children lollies and chocolates for good behaviour?">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Bad news is nothing new for Kiwi investors in the NZX but better days could be on the way. RNZ / Angus Dreaver The NZX is a small exchange, and it’s had a difficult stretch, but despite global events there may be hope on the horizon. Once again global events have ... <a title="The future of the NZX" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/18/the-future-of-the-nzx/" aria-label="Read more about The future of the NZX">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Anchor Food whipping cream Global Anchor Food Professionals Brand Team A growing middle class enjoying products like cakes and iced-teas in China is seeing demand for New Zealand cream surge. Fonterra is building a new UHT cream factory at its Southland Edendale site – which when complete later this year will ... <a title="Demand for New Zealand cream surges in China" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/18/demand-for-new-zealand-cream-surges-in-china/" aria-label="Read more about Demand for New Zealand cream surges in China">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand For most of 2025, the government talked tough on supermarkets, presenting itself as a consumer champion willing to use the toughest tools available to bring down food prices. If competition failed to improve, ministers said they were even prepared to consider the “nuclear option”- forcibly breaking up the companies that dominate ... <a title="Why the government backed away from breaking up supermarkets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/18/why-the-government-backed-away-from-breaking-up-supermarkets/" aria-label="Read more about Why the government backed away from breaking up supermarkets">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Out of work New Zealanders are having to rely on their partners as their welfare system. 123RF Out of work New Zealanders who say they have worked hard and paid taxes all their life are forced to rely on their partners as their welfare system. RNZ has been reporting on the ... <a title="‘Your partner is your welfare system’: Coupled up with not enough" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/18/your-partner-is-your-welfare-system-coupled-up-with-not-enough/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Your partner is your welfare system’: Coupled up with not enough">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied A woman who is trying to claim $12,000 from Inland Revenue’s unclaimed money list says she has been frustrated by continuous hurdles. IR has a database of amounts of at least $100 that have been left untouched in banks, finance companies, investment funds or with someone such as a solicitor ... <a title="Daughter’s battle with IRD for late dad’s unclaimed money" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/18/daughters-battle-with-ird-for-late-dads-unclaimed-money/" aria-label="Read more about Daughter’s battle with IRD for late dad’s unclaimed money">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Andrew Coster. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Former Social Investment Agency chief executive Andrew Coster is refusing to comment on the resignation of the deputy chief executive who quit while being investigated over allegations of bullying and harassment. Social Investment Agency (SIA) deputy chief executive Kylie Reiri left the job last month. ... <a title="Former Social Investment boss Andrew Coster won’t comment on deputy Kylie Reiri’s resignation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/18/former-social-investment-boss-andrew-coster-wont-comment-on-deputy-kylie-reiris-resignation/" aria-label="Read more about Former Social Investment boss Andrew Coster won’t comment on deputy Kylie Reiri’s resignation">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand New data estimates 185,000 New Zealanders experienced Long Covid symptoms in the 12 months ending July last year. FANATIC STUDIO / SCIENCE PHOTO L The government should be keeping tabs on the lingering and “deeply concerning” effects of Long Covid around the country, a health support group says. Newly released data ... <a title="Health support group calls for better government oversight of Long Covid effects" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/18/health-support-group-calls-for-better-government-oversight-of-long-covid-effects/" aria-label="Read more about Health support group calls for better government oversight of Long Covid effects">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A dentist provides dental care to a girl. AFP/ Thibaut Durand/ Hans Lucas A government-led cap on dental school admissions are contributing to workforce shortages for clinics around the country, an oral health expert says. The New Zealand Dental Association (NZDA) said clinics were going several months short-staffed after it surveyed ... <a title="Dental Association blames workforce shortages on government’s dental school admission limit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/18/dental-association-blames-workforce-shortages-on-governments-dental-school-admission-limit/" aria-label="Read more about Dental Association blames workforce shortages on government’s dental school admission limit">Read more</a>
