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March 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Labour leader Chris Hipkins speaks to media about social media posts made by his former partner. Marty Melville Explainer – It’s election year, and attacks are already starting to fly. What happens if comments about a politician cross the line? While politicians – deservedly or not – come in for equal-opportunity ... <a title="Politicians and defamation in an election year – How far can you go?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/politicians-and-defamation-in-an-election-year-how-far-can-you-go/" aria-label="Read more about Politicians and defamation in an election year – How far can you go?">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 123rf.com A person was critically injured during an assault in a kindergarten carpark in Lincoln, near Christchurch, overnight. Police said they responded to a report of multiple people fighting late Wednesday night, but that was not the case by the time officers arrived. Hato Hone St John was called to the ... <a title="Person critically hurt in kindergarten carpark fight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/person-critically-hurt-in-kindergarten-carpark-fight/" aria-label="Read more about Person critically hurt in kindergarten carpark fight">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Fire and Emergency is urging residents in storm-affected areas to be ready to evacuate if necessary, following a night of heavy rain. A red weather warning remains in place for Northland east of Kaikohe from Doubtless Bay to Whangārei, with the worst of the downpours expected to hit on Thursday afternoon. ... <a title="Live: Floods close highways as heavy rain hits North Island" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/live-floods-close-highways-as-heavy-rain-hits-north-island/" aria-label="Read more about Live: Floods close highways as heavy rain hits North Island">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The cost of fuel has risen sharply in the past month. 123RF Workers First Union has asked banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions to do more to help staff struggling with the cost of commuting. The cost of fuel has risen sharply in the past month, as war in the ... <a title="Union calls for banks to let staff work from home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/union-calls-for-banks-to-let-staff-work-from-home/" aria-label="Read more about Union calls for banks to let staff work from home">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Connemara RNZ/Anthony Phelps Bluebridge has cancelled a week’s worth of sailings on one of its Cook Strait ferries due to a technical fault, and there’s no word on when it’ll be fixed. The fault was found on the Connemara on Saturday morning. On Thursday, the company’s website said it had ... <a title="Bluebridge cancels Connemara sailings for a week" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/bluebridge-cancels-connemara-sailings-for-a-week/" aria-label="Read more about Bluebridge cancels Connemara sailings for a week">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sue Turnbull, Honorary Professor of Communication and Media Studies, University of Wollongong Dr Kay Scarpetta, chief medical examiner of the Commonwealth of Virginia, made her fictional debut in Patricia Cornwell’s first crime novel, Postmortem, published in 1990. Cornwell had been both a police reporter and a morgue ... <a title="Kay Scarpetta led the trend for serial killer hunters. I love crime heroines – but she leaves me cold" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/kay-scarpetta-led-the-trend-for-serial-killer-hunters-i-love-crime-heroines-but-she-leaves-me-cold-277377/" aria-label="Read more about Kay Scarpetta led the trend for serial killer hunters. I love crime heroines – but she leaves me cold">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand We’ll be livestreaming the announcement above. This story will be updated. The Education Minister is set to reveal details about the process to replace NCEA in secondary schools. The announcement is confirmation of a government proposal to abolish all levels of NCEA, as it looks to replace it with a new ... <a title="Minister announces details of process to replace NCEA" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/minister-announces-details-of-process-to-replace-ncea/" aria-label="Read more about Minister announces details of process to replace NCEA">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Kelsey, Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau With the global rules-based order collapsing, the United Nations faces an existential crisis as the United States leads other countries in defunding and withdrawing from key agencies such as the World Health Organization. The World ... <a title="A crucial meeting aims to remake the WTO to fit the new global order" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/a-crucial-meeting-aims-to-remake-the-wto-to-fit-the-new-global-order-278963/" aria-label="Read more about A crucial meeting aims to remake the WTO to fit the new global order">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Konstantine Panegyres, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia When I was a doctoral candidate at Oxford, I spent much of my time working in the papyrology rooms. Usually, my only company was the curator, a kind and learned Sardinian woman who is ... <a title="Ancient texts and marital breakdown: Yann Martel’s Son of Nobody descends into implausibility" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/ancient-texts-and-marital-breakdown-yann-martels-son-of-nobody-descends-into-implausibility-276857/" aria-label="Read more about Ancient texts and marital breakdown: Yann Martel’s Son of Nobody descends into implausibility">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rodney Tiffen, Emeritus Professor, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney This is the point of absurdity we have reached: on March 15, US President Donald Trump, in a Truth Social post, asserted that American news organisations were running AI-generated Iranian propaganda, and should be ... <a title="Trump is remaking the US media in his own image – and smashing accountability with it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/trump-is-remaking-the-us-media-in-his-own-image-and-smashing-accountability-with-it-279107/" aria-label="Read more about Trump is remaking the US media in his own image – and smashing accountability with it">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vidya Mani, Associate Professor of Business Administration, University of Virginia; Cornell University The disruptions from the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran spread quickly to commercial aircraft, shipping lanes and the world’s energy supply. Those repercussions have already hit fuel costs, including for motorists, truckers and fishermen, ... <a title="Soaring gas prices and disrupted supply chains will ripple out to increase costs in every store and sector of the economy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/soaring-gas-prices-and-disrupted-supply-chains-will-ripple-out-to-increase-costs-in-every-store-and-sector-of-the-economy-278349/" aria-label="Read more about Soaring gas prices and disrupted supply chains will ripple out to increase costs in every store and sector of the economy">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Barnett, Professor of Communications, University of Westminster The BBC has appointed former Google executive Matt Brittin as its new director general. Brittin will replace outgoing director general Tim Davie. He resigned last year in the wake of revelations about the editing of a Panorama documentary about ... <a title="Matt Brittin: BBC’s new director general appointed at an existential moment for the broadcaster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/matt-brittin-bbcs-new-director-general-appointed-at-an-existential-moment-for-the-broadcaster-278453/" aria-label="Read more about Matt Brittin: BBC’s new director general appointed at an existential moment for the broadcaster">Read more</a>
