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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>
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March 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Sam Tanner and Sam Ruthe, 800m, Potts Classic, Mitre 10 Park, Hastings. Kerry Marshall/Photosport Sam Ruthe has set the world alight with his speed but he’s far from the only Kiwi track and field athlete making waves right now When RNZ sports reporter Grant Chapman was a budding athlete in the ... <a title="Athletics comes out of hibernation in New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/11/athletics-comes-out-of-hibernation-in-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about Athletics comes out of hibernation in New Zealand">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The government is seeking advice about how rescue helicopters are being deployed. Samuel Rillstone The government is seeking advice from police about how rescue helicopters are being deployed. RNZ has reported on Fire and Emergency lines rescue teams who do cliff rescues, who are upset they must go through police to ... <a title="Government seeks information from police on rescue helicopter deployment after complaints" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/11/government-seeks-information-from-police-on-rescue-helicopter-deployment-after-complaints/" aria-label="Read more about Government seeks information from police on rescue helicopter deployment after complaints">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand An Air Chathams plane. RNZ / Robin Martin Regional airline Air Chathams has announced it is introducing a $20 fuel surcharge on all flights due to increased aviation fuel prices. The announcement came a few hours after Air New Zealand raised its fare prices on Tuesday, adding it could be forced ... <a title="Air Chathams announces $20 fuel surcharge on fares" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/11/air-chathams-announces-20-fuel-surcharge-on-fares/" aria-label="Read more about Air Chathams announces $20 fuel surcharge on fares">Read more</a>
