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March 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Blues and Fijian Drua will play for the inaugural Joeli Vidiri Trophy this weekend. Photosport The final piece of the All Black’s puzzle now awaits. With Dave Rennie’s coaching squad assembled, the new crew will now turn their attention to the players they will task with resurrecting the national side. ... <a title="Super Rugby preview: Vidiri legacy honoured, Carter to centre for Chiefs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/27/super-rugby-preview-vidiri-legacy-honoured-carter-to-centre-for-chiefs/" aria-label="Read more about Super Rugby preview: Vidiri legacy honoured, Carter to centre for Chiefs">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Flooding in Kāeo township NZTA/Supplied Civil Defence teams are heading out in Northland to assess how much damage the latest storm has caused. A red heavy rain warning expired at 4am Friday and the Far North and Whangārei remain under a state of emergency for another six days. Kaitaia is cut ... <a title="Civil Defence teams to assess damage caused by latest storm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/27/civil-defence-teams-to-assess-damage-caused-by-latest-storm/" aria-label="Read more about Civil Defence teams to assess damage caused by latest storm">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming. RNZ / Mark Papalii Disgraced former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming has not replied to a request to pay back up to 10 taxpayer-funded stays at hotels during his affair, three weeks on. Police Commissioner Richard Chambers wrote to McSkimming on 4 March asking him ... <a title="‘No response’: Jevon McSkimming yet to pay back taxpayer funded hotel stays during affair" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/27/no-response-jevon-mcskimming-yet-to-pay-back-taxpayer-funded-hotel-stays-during-affair/" aria-label="Read more about ‘No response’: Jevon McSkimming yet to pay back taxpayer funded hotel stays during affair">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand In a finger-like branch of Lake Ohakuri the water is as green as the grassy paddocks surrounding it. It’s thick with algae. The microscopic plant-like organisms lack leaves or roots, but possess a prodigious ability to feast on nutrients and with the help of sunlight, multiply exponentially, turning clear water into ... <a title="These Waikato hydro lakes are supposed to be safe to swim in, but a toxic algae problem is getting worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/27/these-waikato-hydro-lakes-are-supposed-to-be-safe-to-swim-in-but-a-toxic-algae-problem-is-getting-worse/" aria-label="Read more about These Waikato hydro lakes are supposed to be safe to swim in, but a toxic algae problem is getting worse">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Heavy rain and winds continue as a deep sub-tropical low continues to make its way across the country, particularly from Northland to Bay of Plenty. A period of large northeast waves is also expected with strong to gale-force winds. Northland east of Kaikohe from Doubtless Bay to Whangārei remains under a ... <a title="Live weather: More rain, gales for upper North Island, parts of South" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/27/live-weather-more-rain-gales-for-upper-north-island-parts-of-south/" aria-label="Read more about Live weather: More rain, gales for upper North Island, parts of South">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand States of Emergency have been declared in Whangārei and the Far North The Whangārei District Mayor Ken Couper said with communities isolated and more heavy rain forecast, declaring an emergency means Civil Defence had access to emergency powers to protect life and property. He said that includes ordering evacuations, closing roads ... <a title="As it happened: Floods close highways as heavy rain hits North Island" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/27/as-it-happened-floods-close-highways-as-heavy-rain-hits-north-island/" aria-label="Read more about As it happened: Floods close highways as heavy rain hits North Island">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Flooding in Kiripaka, Northland. Supplied / Stella Matthews MetService says there’s a strong likelihood of several regions being upgraded to red heavy rain warnings as a damaging storm sweeps across the country. Northland and Whangārei are currently in a state of emergency, which will last for seven days. Although rainfall is ... <a title="The regions that could be in the flood firing line next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/the-regions-that-could-be-in-the-flood-firing-line-next/" aria-label="Read more about The regions that could be in the flood firing line next">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Loran, her husband and two sons, aged one and three. Supplied A young mum facing life-threatening delays for cancer treatment may be forced to raise more than $1 million for a stem cell transplant overseas. At only 29-years-old, Loran Geddes was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia in November last year. Her ... <a title="Young mum facing life-threatening stem cell transplant delays for cancer treatment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/young-mum-facing-life-threatening-stem-cell-transplant-delays-for-cancer-treatment/" aria-label="Read more about Young mum facing life-threatening stem cell transplant delays for cancer treatment">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Rebecca Lower from Iowa is hoping to visit Hobbiton Tongariro National Park and Weta Workshop as well as the filming locations around Queenstown. RNZ / Katie Todd Thousands of fans are still making the pilgrimage to Middle Earth nearly a quarter century after The Lord of the Rings first hit the ... <a title="25 years since Lord of the Rings debuted in cinemas, why are fans still flocking to Middle Earth?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/25-years-since-lord-of-the-rings-debuted-in-cinemas-why-are-fans-still-flocking-to-middle-earth/" aria-label="Read more about 25 years since Lord of the Rings debuted in cinemas, why are fans still flocking to Middle Earth?">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF Warning: This story contains reference to suicide. Residential eating disorder facility says without funding from Health NZ, only those who can afford the cost can access care. Two former patients and their families share their eating disorder stories, and how Recovered Living NZ helped them. Labour calls on government to ... <a title="‘Lifesaving’ North Canterbury eating disorder facility can’t attract government funding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/lifesaving-north-canterbury-eating-disorder-facility-cant-attract-government-funding/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Lifesaving’ North Canterbury eating disorder facility can’t attract government funding">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Immigration Minister Erica Stanford. RNZ / Mark Papalii Government documents show changes aimed at strengthening deportation levers could disproportionately affect Pacific Island nationals, but the Immigration Minister says that won’t happen. Erica Stanford said it was “not about racial profiling, it never has been”, but the Greens are concerned the “MAGA-loving ... <a title="Proposed deportation changes could disproportionately affect Pacific Island nationals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/proposed-deportation-changes-could-disproportionately-affect-pacific-island-nationals/" aria-label="Read more about Proposed deportation changes could disproportionately affect Pacific Island nationals">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Flooding in Kiripaka, Northland. Supplied A woman and two young children have been rescued from a car trapped by rising floodwaters in Northland. Fire and Emergency said the rescue unfolded on Pigs Head Road, Whananaki, when the woman’s car became trapped between two impassable bodies of water. Hikurangi fire chief Trevor ... <a title="Woman, two young children rescued from car trapped in rising flood water" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/woman-two-young-children-rescued-from-car-trapped-in-rising-flood-water/" aria-label="Read more about Woman, two young children rescued from car trapped in rising flood water">Read more</a>
