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March 10, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Grant Duncan, Research Associate, Public Policy Institute, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau COVID-19 changed the course of New Zealand’s political history. Labour’s 50% of the vote in 2020 came from a huge electoral swing as a reward for the main coalition party’s effective evidence-based policies, and ... <a title="Second COVID inquiry: why being politically prepared for the next pandemic is crucial" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/10/second-covid-inquiry-why-being-politically-prepared-for-the-next-pandemic-is-crucial-277848/" aria-label="Read more about Second COVID inquiry: why being politically prepared for the next pandemic is crucial">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Shane Reti will retire at the election. RNZ / Mark Papalii Former National deputy leader Dr Shane Reti has announced he will retire at this year’s election. The Whangārei MP has been in Parliament since 2014. He lost the Whangārei in 2020, before regaining it in 2023. Reti is currently minister ... <a title="National’s Shane Reti to retire from politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/10/nationals-shane-reti-to-retire-from-politics/" aria-label="Read more about National’s Shane Reti to retire from politics">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Michael Scott Rodger is accused of murdering Richard Leman. RNZ / Nathan Mckinnon A High Court jury has retired to consider its verdict in the case of a man accused of murdering and dismembering Canterbury father-of-three Richard Leman. Michael Scott Rodger, 46, is accused of murdering Leman, 41, whose body was ... <a title="Jury retires in Leman murder trial" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/10/jury-retires-in-leman-murder-trial/" aria-label="Read more about Jury retires in Leman murder trial">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Albanese government has given humanitarian visas to five members of the Iranian women’s soccer team, including its captain, to enable them to remain in Australia, and is offering protection to any more of the women who want to defect. ... <a title="5 members of Iranian women’s soccer team defect, Australia deploys RAAF plane and missiles to Gulf" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/10/5-members-of-iranian-womens-soccer-team-defect-australia-deploys-raaf-plane-and-missiles-to-gulf-277244/" aria-label="Read more about 5 members of Iranian women’s soccer team defect, Australia deploys RAAF plane and missiles to Gulf">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Convicted double-murderer Scott Watson has been granted leave to appeal to the Supreme Court. File picture. Pool / John Kirk-Anderson Convicted double-murderer Scott Watson has been granted leave to appeal to the Supreme Court. Watson was sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering Ben Smart and Olivia Hope in the Marlborough Sounds ... <a title="Convicted double-murderer Scott Watson granted leave to appeal to Supreme Court" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/10/convicted-double-murderer-scott-watson-granted-leave-to-appeal-to-supreme-court/" aria-label="Read more about Convicted double-murderer Scott Watson granted leave to appeal to Supreme Court">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2026
Zahra Sultana has mocked US and Israeli pretensions, saying in a BBC interview on Sunday — International Women’s Day — that the girls in the Minab school were slaughtered “apparently to liberate women”. SPECIAL REPORT: By Brett Wilkins of Common Dreams US and Israeli airstrikes have killed nearly 300 Iranian and Lebanese children over the ... <a title="’10 classrooms full of children’ – US-Israeli war kills hundreds of Iranian, Lebanese kids" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/10/10-classrooms-full-of-children-us-israeli-war-kills-hundreds-of-iranian-lebanese-kids/" aria-label="Read more about ’10 classrooms full of children’ – US-Israeli war kills hundreds of Iranian, Lebanese kids">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Keith Andrew Wicks-Cairns was sentenced at the High Court in Dunedin on 10 March 2026. RNZ / Tess Brunton – This story discusses details of sexual violation. A Dunedin sex offender who raped a student after breaking into her Cosy Dell flat has been sentenced to preventive detention, with a period ... <a title="Dunedin sex offender Keith Andrew Wicks-Cairns sentenced to preventive detention" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/10/dunedin-sex-offender-keith-andrew-wicks-cairns-sentenced-to-preventive-detention/" aria-label="Read more about Dunedin sex offender Keith Andrew Wicks-Cairns sentenced to preventive detention">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Murdoch, Distinguished Professor, University of Otago A second Royal Commission of Inquiry into New Zealand’s experience and handling of the COVID pandemic released its substantial report today, running to several volumes and hundreds of pages. The coalition government commissioned the inquiry to specifically examine key decisions ... <a title="COVID inquiry phase two: 4 main lessons to improve NZ’s future pandemic resilience" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/10/covid-inquiry-phase-two-4-main-lessons-to-improve-nzs-future-pandemic-resilience-277847/" aria-label="Read more about COVID inquiry phase two: 4 main lessons to improve NZ’s future pandemic resilience">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Tim Jago. RNZ / Nick Monro Convicted sex offender Timothy Jago has been stripped of his Surf Life Saving honours, awards and life membership. The disgraced former ACT Party president was found guilty in 2024 of sexually abusing two teenagers in the 1990s. He was sentenced to two years and six ... <a title="Surf Life Saving strips convicted sex offender Tim Jago of honours, awards and life membership" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/10/surf-life-saving-strips-convicted-sex-offender-tim-jago-of-honours-awards-and-life-membership/" aria-label="Read more about Surf Life Saving strips convicted sex offender Tim Jago of honours, awards and life membership">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Central Auckland on 25 August 2021 on day eight of a Covid-19 lockdown. RNZ / John Edens The second phase of the Covid-19 response inquiry has found the government’s response was effective but late and not communicated well enough to people. The country’s transition from its early elimination strategy to suppression ... <a title="Covid-19 response inquiry finds government’s response effective but late, poorly communicated" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/10/covid-19-response-inquiry-finds-governments-response-effective-but-late-poorly-communicated/" aria-label="Read more about Covid-19 response inquiry finds government’s response effective but late, poorly communicated">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. Air New Zealand suspended its earnings guidance over ‘unprecedented’ volatility in fuel prices. RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King Nelson’s mayor says smaller centres are rattled by a warning from Air New Zealand it may have make changes to where it flies and how often. The national carrier has suspended the ... <a title="Air NZ suspends earning guidance amid global jet fuel markets volatility" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/10/air-nz-suspends-earning-guidance-amid-global-jet-fuel-markets-volatility/" aria-label="Read more about Air NZ suspends earning guidance amid global jet fuel markets volatility">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Follow all the latest news with RNZ’s live blog above. MPs are back at Parliament today for caucus meetings and the House back in session, after a weekend of speculation about Christopher Luxon’s leadership and economic uncertainty over the Iran war. Follow all the latest news with RNZ’s live blog at ... <a title="Politics live: Shane Reti announces retirement from politics, Stanford says National had ‘a bad week’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/10/politics-live-shane-reti-announces-retirement-from-politics-stanford-says-national-had-a-bad-week/" aria-label="Read more about Politics live: Shane Reti announces retirement from politics, Stanford says National had ‘a bad week’">Read more</a>
