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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>
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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 A serious crash has blocked eastbound traffic on Auckland’s Northwestern Motorway – State Highway 16 into the city, with drivers called to avoid the area. An RNZ reporter said one ... <a title="Serious crash blocks Auckland’s Northwestern Motorway" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/01/serious-crash-blocks-aucklands-northwestern-motorway/" aria-label="Read more about Serious crash blocks Auckland’s Northwestern Motorway">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Foreign Affairs minister says New Zealand was not given any advance notice of the attack on Iran, and has again urged New Zealanders to leave if it is safe to do so. The United States and Israel launched a major attack on Iran, with US President Donald Trump claiming the ... <a title="Watch: Foreign Minister Winston Peters on Iran strikes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/01/watch-foreign-minister-winston-peters-on-iran-strikes/" aria-label="Read more about Watch: Foreign Minister Winston Peters on Iran strikes">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters spoke to media about the unfolding conflict in Iran. Peters was at Auckland’s Whenuapai Airbase on Sunday morning. It comes after a US-Israeli attack on Iran which US President Donald Trump had indicated was aimed at overturning Tehran’s government. The attack had killed more than 200 people, ... <a title="Watch live: Foreign Minister Winston Peters to speak to media on Iran strikes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/01/watch-live-foreign-minister-winston-peters-to-speak-to-media-on-iran-strikes/" aria-label="Read more about Watch live: Foreign Minister Winston Peters to speak to media on Iran strikes">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Finance Minister Nicola Willis announces changes to KiwiSaver for live-in service workers, on Sunday 1 March, alongside Rangitīkei MPs Suze Redmayne and Mike Butterick, at his Wairarapa farm. RNZ/ Anneke Smith The government is changing KiwiSaver laws so first-time farm buyers and other workers with ‘live in’ job residences can use ... <a title="KiwiSaver laws changing to help farmers buy first homes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/01/kiwisaver-laws-changing-to-help-farmers-buy-first-homes/" aria-label="Read more about KiwiSaver laws changing to help farmers buy first homes">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The pathology lab sector has been marred by strikes over low public versus private lab pay and quality control issues. 123rf Health New Zealand has started working on a national plan for the troubled pathology lab sector. Pathology labs are vital but a choke point in processing virtually all the samples ... <a title="Health NZ works on national plan for troubled pathology lab sector" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/01/health-nz-works-on-national-plan-for-troubled-pathology-lab-sector/" aria-label="Read more about Health NZ works on national plan for troubled pathology lab sector">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Chair Deon Swiggs, Councillor Joe Davies and corporate and public transport director Giles Southwell in front of the new bus. Supplied / Environment Canterbury The lightest fully electric double decker bus to hit the road in New Zealand will officially join Metro’s fleet in Christchurch next week. Developed by global automotive ... <a title="Country’s lightest electric double-decker bus to hit Christchurch’s roads next week" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/01/countrys-lightest-electric-double-decker-bus-to-hit-christchurchs-roads-next-week/" aria-label="Read more about Country’s lightest electric double-decker bus to hit Christchurch’s roads next week">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Asif Saeed Khan is the president of Pakistan Association of New Zealand. RNZ / Blessen Tom The Pakistan Association of New Zealand is fearing that the conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan will affect the relationship between Pakistani and Afghan New Zealanders. Pakistan bombed cities in Afghanistan, including the capital Kabul, on ... <a title="Worries war could affect relationship between Pakistani, Afghan New Zealanders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/01/worries-war-could-affect-relationship-between-pakistani-afghan-new-zealanders/" aria-label="Read more about Worries war could affect relationship between Pakistani, Afghan New Zealanders">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere In his disarmingly polite way, the acclaimed documentarian enters the toxic hellhole of the manosphere to expose the people pushing this misogynistic movement to men and teenage boys around the world. Talking to GQ, Theroux likened making this doco to facing “the final boss,” which, given ... <a title="Local addicts, Yellowstone expands and Louis Theroux mans up: March’s best TV" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/01/local-addicts-yellowstone-expands-and-louis-theroux-mans-up-marchs-best-tv/" aria-label="Read more about Local addicts, Yellowstone expands and Louis Theroux mans up: March’s best TV">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Heather Black has always sewed, starting age 12 on an old-style treadle sewing machine. It was a skill she taught herself out of necessity, she told RNZ’s Nine to Noon. “We didn’t have a lot of access to clothes. I was tired of wearing hand-me-downs, and so I just started making ... <a title="‘By the end of the year, they’re making their own clothes’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/01/by-the-end-of-the-year-theyre-making-their-own-clothes/" aria-label="Read more about ‘By the end of the year, they’re making their own clothes’">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The police had been called for three separate incidents at the property. 123RF A woman’s 14-year-old grandson was nearly mowed down by her neighbour’s car, while her son was threatened with a machete. Now an elderly Tongan woman has gone to the Tenancy Tribunal, after Kāinga Ora refused to terminate her ... <a title="Tenant wins $5000 payout after Kāinga Ora fails to act over machete threats" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/tenant-wins-5000-payout-after-kainga-ora-fails-to-act-over-machete-threats/" aria-label="Read more about Tenant wins $5000 payout after Kāinga Ora fails to act over machete threats">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A police car seen behind a cordon as officers attend an incident. RNZ Police are following “strong lines of enquiry”, after an Auckland shooting on Saturday left a man with moderate injuries. Officers were conducting patrols in the Clevedon Road area in the suburb of Papakura on Saturday morning, when they ... <a title="Police continue to investigate after Papakura shooting leaves man in moderate condition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/police-continue-to-investigate-after-papakura-shooting-leaves-man-in-moderate-condition/" aria-label="Read more about Police continue to investigate after Papakura shooting leaves man in moderate condition">Read more</a>
