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March 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Google Maps A person has been critically injured and others also hurt after a car hit a cafe in Auckland. Emergency crews were called to William Souter Street in Forrest Hill on the North Shore around 8.55am on Wednesday. A person was taken to hospital in a critical condition. St John ... <a title="Three people hurt after car crashes into cafe on Auckland’s North Shore" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/11/three-people-hurt-after-car-crashes-into-cafe-on-aucklands-north-shore/" aria-label="Read more about Three people hurt after car crashes into cafe on Auckland’s North Shore">Read more</a>
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March 11, 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. New Zealand Defence Force Illegal diving and forced entry at the wreck of HMNZS Manawanui have prompted the Samoan government to increase surveillance of the navy vessel. The Royal ... <a title="Crackdown on illegal diving at Manawanui wreck" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/11/crackdown-on-illegal-diving-at-manawanui-wreck/" aria-label="Read more about Crackdown on illegal diving at Manawanui wreck">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Aotearoa has more than 900,000 hectares of irrigated agricultural land, mostly in the South Island. Sally Round Access to water, food production as a priority, and land use classifications are some of the issues primary sector groups are considering with the government’s proposed new resource management legislation. Public hearings into the ... <a title="What do rural sector groups think of the RMA?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/11/what-do-rural-sector-groups-think-of-the-rma/" aria-label="Read more about What do rural sector groups think of the RMA?">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Covid-19 booster vaccination rates are dropping. (File photo) AFP The latest wave of Covid-19 is being driven by low vaccination rates, a health expert says. Latest number show 50 hospitalisation and 19 deaths with the virus within the span of a week. University of Otago professor of public health Michael Baker ... <a title="Latest wave of Covid-19 driven by low vaccination rates, expert warns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/11/latest-wave-of-covid-19-driven-by-low-vaccination-rates-expert-warns/" aria-label="Read more about Latest wave of Covid-19 driven by low vaccination rates, expert warns">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Crusaders’ forward Kershawl Sykes-Martin is one of the players reported to have been involved in the dust-up in training. Joe Allison Clarification: An earlier version of this story reported punches were thrown. This was incorrect. Days after a significant loss to the Blues, tensions rose at Crusaders training on Tuesday with ... <a title="Rugby: Crusaders teammates in heated scuffle as tensions spill over at training" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/11/rugby-crusaders-teammates-in-heated-scuffle-as-tensions-spill-over-at-training/" aria-label="Read more about Rugby: Crusaders teammates in heated scuffle as tensions spill over at training">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Political donations made in an election year must be declared within 20 days if they are more than $20,000. RNZ Technology entrepreneur Brian Cartmell appears to have donated at least half a million dollars to the coalition parties – and to the Opportunity party. Cartmell moved to New Zealand in 2010 ... <a title="Queenstown-based tech entrepreneur Brian Cartmell donating hundreds of thousands to political parties" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/11/queenstown-based-tech-entrepreneur-brian-cartmell-donating-hundreds-of-thousands-to-political-parties/" aria-label="Read more about Queenstown-based tech entrepreneur Brian Cartmell donating hundreds of thousands to political parties">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The ceramic bowl with an uneven glaze. The teacup mended with gold lacquer. The images are calming and attractive. They are said to reflect wabi-sabi – a Japanese aesthetic often summarised in the West as valuing imperfection, impermanence and incompleteness. Wabi-sabi: things are flawed, things change, and things are never fully ... <a title="What is wabi‑sabi? Will this Japanese philosophy make me happy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/11/what-is-wabi-sabi-will-this-japanese-philosophy-make-me-happy/" aria-label="Read more about What is wabi‑sabi? Will this Japanese philosophy make me happy?">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Wayne Brown and councillors met on Tuesday after the government u-turned on 2 million homes for the city. File picture. RNZ/Marika Khabazi Auckland’s mayor says the city’s oldest suburb can expect intensification after a “long and painful” meeting to mull over how to grow the city. Councillors met on Tuesday after ... <a title="Auckland Mayor says inner-city suburbs are ripe for housing intensification" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/11/auckland-mayor-says-inner-city-suburbs-are-ripe-for-housing-intensification/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland Mayor says inner-city suburbs are ripe for housing intensification">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand ATTA KENARE / AFP What will the war in the Middle East mean for the average Kiwi’s finances? How far are fuel prices going to rise? What will happen to interest rates? And what does it all mean for the price of food – haven’t we had enough increases there, already? ... <a title="No Stupid Questions: What could the Iran war really mean for your bank balance?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/11/no-stupid-questions-what-could-the-iran-war-really-mean-for-your-bank-balance/" aria-label="Read more about No Stupid Questions: What could the Iran war really mean for your bank balance?">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The electric guitar Kurt Cobain played in Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ video is expected to sell for more than US$7 million at auction in New York later this month. The left-handed 1969 Fender Competition Mustang, which Cobain bought just before the release of the genre-defining album Nevermind, is among hundreds ... <a title="Kurt Cobain’s Smells Like Teen Spirit guitar goes up for sale" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/11/kurt-cobains-smells-like-teen-spirit-guitar-goes-up-for-sale/" aria-label="Read more about Kurt Cobain’s Smells Like Teen Spirit guitar goes up for sale">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Rough sleepers in New Plymouth, in Northland rough sleepers are typically waiting for more than 800 days for a home through Housing First. RNZ / Robin Martin In Northland, rough sleepers typically wait more than 800 days for a home through the Housing First. The nationwide programme helps chronically homeless people ... <a title="Northland rough sleepers face more than 800 day wait for home through Housing First" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/11/northland-rough-sleepers-face-more-than-800-day-wait-for-home-through-housing-first/" aria-label="Read more about Northland rough sleepers face more than 800 day wait for home through Housing First">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Rain forecast for 4pm Wednesday. MetService A weather alert has been issued as a tropical storm nears the north of the country. A tropical low is expected to lie north of New Zealand on Wednesday afternoon, bringing southeast gales and heavy rain to the north. MetService has issued a strong wind ... <a title="Weather: Strong winds, heavy rain loom as tropical low nears New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/11/weather-strong-winds-heavy-rain-loom-as-tropical-low-nears-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about Weather: Strong winds, heavy rain loom as tropical low nears New Zealand">Read more</a>
