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March 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Three more male Oriental fruit flies have been trapped in Papatoetoe. Supplied / Biosecurity NZ Biosecurity New Zealand is widening its trapping zone in South Auckland after finding three more male Oriental fruit flies. A single male fly was found in Papatoetoe last week – and on Monday, three more males ... <a title="Oriental fruit fly: Trapping zone widens in South Auckland as more flies found" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/02/oriental-fruit-fly-trapping-zone-widens-in-south-auckland-as-more-flies-found/" aria-label="Read more about Oriental fruit fly: Trapping zone widens in South Auckland as more flies found">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Just Zilch. RNZ / Jimmy Ellingham There are concerns that a former soldier sentenced to home detention for filming young people using a bathroom for six years is now volunteering at a Palmerston North food rescue charity. Adrien Bell, who also goes by the surname Bennett, has volunteered at Just Zilch ... <a title="Former soldier and sex offender Adrien Bell’s volunteer work sparks concern" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/02/former-soldier-and-sex-offender-adrien-bells-volunteer-work-sparks-concern/" aria-label="Read more about Former soldier and sex offender Adrien Bell’s volunteer work sparks concern">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand siwakorn / 123RF Bridge engineers say the NZ Transport Agency’s work to update how bridges are designed and assessed should at most have a “minor positive” impact. Two trucking groups have expressed worries that NZTA is missing an opportunity to make more highway bridges able to carry heavier trucks in future, ... <a title="Changes to bridge design need to at least have ‘minor positive’ impact – engineers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/02/changes-to-bridge-design-need-to-at-least-have-minor-positive-impact-engineers/" aria-label="Read more about Changes to bridge design need to at least have ‘minor positive’ impact – engineers">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Outside the central Auckland Library on Lorne Street. RNZ / Lucy Xia One of the victims of a stabbing in central Auckland has been discharged from hospital, police say. A 65-year-old man was facing two charges of causing grievous bodily harm after two people were allegedly stabbed outside the central library ... <a title="Victim of alleged stabbing discharged from hospital" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/02/victim-of-alleged-stabbing-discharged-from-hospital/" aria-label="Read more about Victim of alleged stabbing discharged from hospital">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Follow all the action as the Football Ferns take on hosts Solomon Islands at National Stadium in Honiara for their second World Cup qualifying match. Kick off is at 7pm. The Ferns come off the back of an 8-0 victory in their opening World Cup qualifier against Samoa on Friday. New ... <a title="Live: Football Ferns v Solomon Islands – FIFA Women’s World Cup qualifiers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/02/live-football-ferns-v-solomon-islands-fifa-womens-world-cup-qualifiers/" aria-label="Read more about Live: Football Ferns v Solomon Islands – FIFA Women’s World Cup qualifiers">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Bromley Wastewater Treatment Plant. The Christchurch City Council is investigating pumping millions of litres of screened and chlorinated sewage into the ocean each day in an effort to mitigate the putrid stench coming from Bromley’s damaged sewage treatment plant. The council was last week hit with an abatement notice after Canterbury ... <a title="Christchurch council investigating ways to mitigate stench from damaged wastewater plant" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/02/christchurch-council-investigating-ways-to-mitigate-stench-from-damaged-wastewater-plant/" aria-label="Read more about Christchurch council investigating ways to mitigate stench from damaged wastewater plant">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand File image. Supplied / Transpower The national grid operator says it will probably have to use a streamlined public works act a lot more in future to get land and access to expand the electricity transmission system. A select committee is hearing submissions on the Public Works Amendment Bill that aims ... <a title="Transpower needs ‘fit for purpose’ Public Works Act to expand electricity transmission system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/02/transpower-needs-fit-for-purpose-public-works-act-to-expand-electricity-transmission-system/" aria-label="Read more about Transpower needs ‘fit for purpose’ Public Works Act to expand electricity transmission system">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A rural Auckland community wants to see something done about dog attacks on their sheep. RNZ / Finn Blackwell A rural Auckland community is wanting to see something done about dog attacks on their sheep, raising concerns a person could be next. Residents in Paremoremo are sounding alarm bells saying the ... <a title="Community alarmed by dog-attacks on sheep, warns person could be next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/02/community-alarmed-by-dog-attacks-on-sheep-warns-person-could-be-next/" aria-label="Read more about Community alarmed by dog-attacks on sheep, warns person could be next">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand UAS footage of RNZN Divers surveying the area around HMNZS Manawanui on the Southern Coast of Upulo as part of Op Resolution. 25 October 2024 New Zealand Defence Force Charges have been laid in relation to the loss of Royal New Zealand Navy vessel HMNZS Manawanui, off the coast of Samoa ... <a title="Naval officers face charges over sinking of HMNZS Manawanui" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/02/naval-officers-face-charges-over-sinking-of-hmnzs-manawanui/" aria-label="Read more about Naval officers face charges over sinking of HMNZS Manawanui">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Tracy Neal The track to the country’s deepest natural sinkhole at the top of the South Island has been permanently closed because of safety concerns. Harwoods Hole, which is a nearly 180-metre deep vertical shaft, is part of a cave system in the Abel Tasman National Park. Department of ... <a title="Track to Harwoods Hole permanently closed over safety concerns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/02/track-to-harwoods-hole-permanently-closed-over-safety-concerns/" aria-label="Read more about Track to Harwoods Hole permanently closed over safety concerns">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Some patients with a rare disorder experience complications and have to rely on feeding tubes, intravenous fluids and strong pain killers. 123rf Health New Zealand has removed controversial recommendations that people suffering from a rare connective tissue disorder not be given certain treatments. It follows criticism from patients and advocacy groups. ... <a title="Health New Zealand removes new advice about Ehlers-Danlos syndromes and hypermobility spectrum disorder" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/02/health-new-zealand-removes-new-advice-about-ehlers-danlos-syndromes-and-hypermobility-spectrum-disorder/" aria-label="Read more about Health New Zealand removes new advice about Ehlers-Danlos syndromes and hypermobility spectrum disorder">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. Flickr / David Zoppo An inquest into the death of an Invercargill Prison inmate has heard guards did not take concerns about his mental health seriously. Nukuroa Strange, 30, died in August 2022. Coroner Amelia Steel was considering whether Strange received adequate mental health support while in the custody ... <a title="Prison death: Guards didn’t take inmate’s mental health seriously, inquest hears" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/02/prison-death-guards-didnt-take-inmates-mental-health-seriously-inquest-hears/" aria-label="Read more about Prison death: Guards didn’t take inmate’s mental health seriously, inquest hears">Read more</a>
