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March 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Worksafe said hazardous chemicals management was the most significant area of concern, followed by machinery safety issues and working in and around vehicles. 123rf WorkSafe is mostly content with the health and safety of hundreds of orchards it visited late last year, but warns some farmers are still making risky decisions ... <a title="Most orchards pass health and safety checks, but chemicals and machinery risks remain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/most-orchards-pass-health-and-safety-checks-but-chemicals-and-machinery-risks-remain/" aria-label="Read more about Most orchards pass health and safety checks, but chemicals and machinery risks remain">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand More than 2500 cases have been recalled. Supplied / MPI Alcohol Healthwatch’s Executive Director has said he was “horrified” after thousands of Steinlager beer bottles were mislabelled as alcohol free. Andrew Galloway said he would like to see a strong regulatory response after the incident. Food Safety New Zealand Deputy Director ... <a title="Alcohol Healthwatch ‘horrified’ after Steinlager beer mislabelled" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/alcohol-healthwatch-horrified-after-steinlager-beer-mislabelled/" aria-label="Read more about Alcohol Healthwatch ‘horrified’ after Steinlager beer mislabelled">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heather Bray, Senior Lecturer in Science Communication, The University of Western Australia Last month, the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court determined that plant-based drink maker Oatly could not trademark the phrase “Post Milk Generation” – effectively banning the use of the word “milk” on their cartons. The decision ... <a title="How Australia and NZ rules on plant milks differ from overseas, where cows make the only ‘milk’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/how-australia-and-nz-rules-on-plant-milks-differ-from-overseas-where-cows-make-the-only-milk-275923/" aria-label="Read more about How Australia and NZ rules on plant milks differ from overseas, where cows make the only ‘milk’">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Mark Carney has nominated key areas of cooperation between Canada and Australia as part of middle powers building a new international order. Addressing the federal parliament, with both houses sitting together, Carney once again pressed his now familiar argument for ... <a title="Mark Carney highlights areas of Australian-Canadian cooperation as middle powers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/mark-carney-highlights-areas-of-australian-canadian-cooperation-as-middle-powers-277240/" aria-label="Read more about Mark Carney highlights areas of Australian-Canadian cooperation as middle powers">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne The astonishingly successful Kyle and Jackie O radio show on KIIS FM is dead. Jackie “O” Henderson resigned and Kyle Sandilands has been suspended for 14 days after he attacked her on air, accusing ... <a title="For 27 years, the Kyle and Jackie O Show indulged Australia’s most vulgar, sexist impulses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/for-27-years-the-kyle-and-jackie-o-show-indulged-australias-most-vulgar-sexist-impulses-277510/" aria-label="Read more about For 27 years, the Kyle and Jackie O Show indulged Australia’s most vulgar, sexist impulses">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Trevor Mazzucchelli, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, Curtin University The ceramic bowl with an uneven glaze. The teacup mended with gold lacquer. The images are calming and attractive. They are said to reflect wabi-sabi – a Japanese aesthetic often summarised in the West as valuing imperfection, impermanence ... <a title="What is wabi-sabi? Will this Japanese philosophy make me happy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/what-is-wabi-sabi-will-this-japanese-philosophy-make-me-happy-275786/" aria-label="Read more about What is wabi-sabi? Will this Japanese philosophy make me happy?">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon Warning: Contains content about sexual offending against children. A Dunedin man has been jailed for distributing photos and videos showing the sexual exploitation of young children. Hamish Mitchell-Wood was sentenced to two years and nine months’ jail when he appeared in the Christchurch District Court on Thursday ... <a title="Hamish Mitchell-Wood jailed for distributing photos, videos showing sexual exploitation of children" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/hamish-mitchell-wood-jailed-for-distributing-photos-videos-showing-sexual-exploitation-of-children/" aria-label="Read more about Hamish Mitchell-Wood jailed for distributing photos, videos showing sexual exploitation of children">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Broadcasting Minister Paul Goldsmith confirmed on Thursday the board chair of TVNZ contacted him after the police minister expressed dissatisfaction with a 1News story about gang numbers. RNZ / Mark Papalii Broadcasting minister Paul Goldsmith says he “may have grunted” at TVNZ’s board chair after Andrew Barclay raised a crime story ... <a title="Broadcasting Minister Paul Goldsmith says he ‘may have grunted’ at TVNZ chair" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/broadcasting-minister-paul-goldsmith-says-he-may-have-grunted-at-tvnz-chair/" aria-label="Read more about Broadcasting Minister Paul Goldsmith says he ‘may have grunted’ at TVNZ chair">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By T.J. Thomson, Associate Professor of Visual Communication & Digital Media, RMIT University Why do you see the results you do when you search for information online? It’s a complex mix of what the source is, its relationships to other sources online, and your own past browsing history ... <a title="Are Google’s ‘preferred sources’ a good thing for online news?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/are-googles-preferred-sources-a-good-thing-for-online-news-277372/" aria-label="Read more about Are Google’s ‘preferred sources’ a good thing for online news?">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Asia Pacific Report A new documentary film on the devastating “ecocide” happening in West Papua will be screened at a weekend solidarity forum in Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau this weekend. The 90m feature film, Pesta Babi (“The Pig Feast”) — Colonialism In Our Time, produced by award-winning Papuan journalist Victor Mambor and directed by Dandhy Dwi ... <a title="Devastating new ‘ecocide’ film to premiere at West Papua solidarity forum weekend" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/devastating-new-ecocide-film-to-premiere-at-west-papua-solidarity-forum-weekend/" aria-label="Read more about Devastating new ‘ecocide’ film to premiere at West Papua solidarity forum weekend">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Ruapuke Island whānau at the High Court in April 2025. Supplied/Ruapuke whānau Whānau from Ruapuke Island near Bluff have, again, won customary marine title (CMT) over the waters surrounding Te Ara a Kiwa/Foveaux Strait – the first claimants to do so under stricter rules. In a judgement released on 26 February, ... <a title="High Court recognises Ruapuke Island Marine Title again after revised legal tests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/high-court-recognises-ruapuke-island-marine-title-again-after-revised-legal-tests/" aria-label="Read more about High Court recognises Ruapuke Island Marine Title again after revised legal tests">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Yellow smoke fills the air as an American flag is raised at the start of a Proud Boys rally at Delta Park in Portland, Oregon on September 26, 2020. AFP / Maranie R Staab New Zealand’s spy agency did not believe the US far-right group Proud Boys met the threshold to ... <a title="NZ spy agency put US far-right group Proud Boys on terrorist list despite not meeting threshold" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/nz-spy-agency-put-us-far-right-group-proud-boys-on-terrorist-list-despite-not-meeting-threshold/" aria-label="Read more about NZ spy agency put US far-right group Proud Boys on terrorist list despite not meeting threshold">Read more</a>
