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March 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Lifeguards, Coastguard and police have been searching for a fisherman missing from rocks at Union Bay on Auckland’s west coast. Supplied/ Auckland Council A search is underway for a man swept off rocks south of Auckland’s Piha. The man was fishing at Karekare’s Union Bay when he was swept away, a ... <a title="Search on for fisherman swept away near Piha" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/01/search-on-for-fisherman-swept-away-near-piha/" aria-label="Read more about Search on for fisherman swept away near Piha">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Thomas, Lecturer in Middle East Studies, Deakin University Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader for 36 years, has been killed in US and Israeli airstrikes on his country, Iranian state media reported. As one of Iran’s longest-serving leaders, Khamenei was almost as ubiquitous in Iranian society ... <a title="Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ruled Iran with defiance and brutality for 36 years. For many Iranians, he will not be revered" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/01/ayatollah-ali-khamenei-ruled-iran-with-defiance-and-brutality-for-36-years-for-many-iranians-he-will-not-be-revered-259268/" aria-label="Read more about Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ruled Iran with defiance and brutality for 36 years. For many Iranians, he will not be revered">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Brett Cameron, while playing for the Hurricanes in 2024. Aaron Gillions / www.photosport.nz The Hurricanes have lost one of their lynchpins for the rest of the Super Rugby season. First-five Brett Cameron is due to undergo surgery after sustaining a significant knee injury during last week’s match against Moana Pasifika. “It’s ... <a title="Hurricanes lose first-five for rest of Super Rugby campaign" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/01/hurricanes-lose-first-five-for-rest-of-super-rugby-campaign/" aria-label="Read more about Hurricanes lose first-five for rest of Super Rugby campaign">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Back in 2015, wearing stubbies and a bush shirt, Jordan Watson (Tainui) made a joke video for a friend from work who was about to become a father. Two years later, he went full-time making social media videos as How To DAD. Keeping it real and ignoring the Instagram fashion for ... <a title="How To Dad’s Jordan Watson: ‘Cheap and cheerful is what’s worked for me’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/01/how-to-dads-jordan-watson-cheap-and-cheerful-is-whats-worked-for-me/" aria-label="Read more about How To Dad’s Jordan Watson: ‘Cheap and cheerful is what’s worked for me’">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Emergency services workers at the scene of a serious crash that blocked traffic on Auckland’s North Western Motorway on Sunday. RNZ Lanes on Auckland’s Northwestern Motorway have now reopened following a serious crash. An RNZ reporter said one car was wrecked in the Sunday morning crash, and by 11.30am traffic was ... <a title="Lanes cleared after serious crash blocked Auckland’s Northwestern Motorway" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/01/lanes-cleared-after-serious-crash-blocked-aucklands-northwestern-motorway/" aria-label="Read more about Lanes cleared after serious crash blocked Auckland’s Northwestern Motorway">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Javed Ali, Associate Professor of Practice of Public Policy, University of Michigan After U.S. and Israeli missiles struck Iran’s nuclear sites in June 2025, Tehran responded with a limited attack on the American airbase in Qatar. Five years before that, a U.S. drone strike against Qasem Soleimani, ... <a title="Iran will respond to US-Israeli strikes as existential threats to the regime – because they are" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/01/iran-will-respond-to-us-israeli-strikes-as-existential-threats-to-the-regime-because-they-are-277176/" aria-label="Read more about Iran will respond to US-Israeli strikes as existential threats to the regime – because they are">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Surf lifesavers, police and the Coastguard during the search for the kayaker, north of Auckland, on Sunday. RNZ/ Nick Monro The body of a kayaker missing near Auckland’s Waiwera has been found. The man was seen coming out of his kayak, but then did not surface, and emergency services were called ... <a title="Body of kayaker who went missing in Auckland’s Waiwera found" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/01/body-of-kayaker-who-went-missing-in-aucklands-waiwera-found/" aria-label="Read more about Body of kayaker who went missing in Auckland’s Waiwera found">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Thomas, Lecturer in Middle East Studies, Deakin University Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader for 36 years, has been killed in US and Israeli airstrikes on his country, according to US President Donald Trump. Iran did not immediately confirm his death. As one of Iran’s longest-serving ... <a title="Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has ruled Iran with defiance and brutality for 36 years. For many Iranians, he will not be revered" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/01/ayatollah-ali-khamenei-has-ruled-iran-with-defiance-and-brutality-for-36-years-for-many-iranians-he-will-not-be-revered-259268/" aria-label="Read more about Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has ruled Iran with defiance and brutality for 36 years. For many Iranians, he will not be revered">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Brett Cameron, while playing for the Hurricanes in 2024. Aaron Gillions / www.photosport.nz The Hurricanes have lost one of their lynchpins for the rest of the Super Rugby season. First-five Brett Cameron is due to undergo surgery after sustaining a significant knee injury during last week’s match against Moana Pasifika. “It’s ... <a title="Hurricanes lose one of first-five for rest of Super Rugby campaign" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/01/hurricanes-lose-one-of-first-five-for-rest-of-super-rugby-campaign/" aria-label="Read more about Hurricanes lose one of first-five for rest of Super Rugby campaign">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand skier Alice Robinson, in action at the recent Winter Olympics in Italy. www.photosport.nz New Zealand skier Alice Robinson has bounced back from missing out on a medal at the Winter Olympics, finishing second in the FIS World Cup Super-G round in Andorra. The 24-year-old put her foot down in ... <a title="Kiwi skier bounces back after Winter Olympics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/01/kiwi-skier-bounces-back-after-winter-olympics/" aria-label="Read more about Kiwi skier bounces back after Winter Olympics">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Police want to hear from anyone who recognises this car, or its occupants, shown in stills from footage taken on Saturday night in Matangi, Waikato. Supplied/ NZ Police Two people have been seriously injured in an assault after a car did burnouts in a rural road in the Waikato town of ... <a title="Two injured in serious assault after burnouts, police say" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/01/two-injured-in-serious-assault-after-burnouts-police-say/" aria-label="Read more about Two injured in serious assault after burnouts, police say">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The New Zealand Herald front page the morning after the government announcement. New Zealand Herald “Last week was not a particularly fun time for the government,” The Post’s deputy political editor Henry Cooke said in his weekly wrap of the week’s politics for Stuff. Cooke cited bad Post poll results, “coalition ... <a title="Mediawatch: Govt moves on rough sleeping – by moving it on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/01/mediawatch-govt-moves-on-rough-sleeping-by-moving-it-on/" aria-label="Read more about Mediawatch: Govt moves on rough sleeping – by moving it on">Read more</a>
