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March 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Health NZ said on Friday that everyone had been paid overnight but one worker said some people still had problems with their pay. RNZ / Peter de Graaf There is another snag for some of the thousands of health workers who weren’t paid this week. Now some have been underpaid after ... <a title="Waikato Health New Zealand staff frustrated after pay comes in late and incorrect" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/waikato-health-new-zealand-staff-frustrated-after-pay-comes-in-late-and-incorrect/" aria-label="Read more about Waikato Health New Zealand staff frustrated after pay comes in late and incorrect">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A poll result puts National on 28.4 percent. RNZ / Marika Khabazi The Prime Minister has told Newstalk ZB he is ‘absolutely not’ considering standing down after a poll result putting National in the 20s. “The only thing I am considering is the future of our children and grandchildren.” And said ... <a title="Prime Minister Christopher Luxon ‘absolutely not’ considering standing down" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/prime-minister-christopher-luxon-absolutely-not-considering-standing-down/" aria-label="Read more about Prime Minister Christopher Luxon ‘absolutely not’ considering standing down">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand April Marie Nordstrom had a sexual relationship with a student at Whangārei Girls’ High School. Social media A former teacher barred from the job for sexual misconduct had worked at an organisation for vulnerable youth for roughly five months before a ruling detailing her offending was made public. The Teaching Council’s ... <a title="Banned teacher worked with vulnerable youth before offending exposed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/banned-teacher-worked-with-vulnerable-youth-before-offending-exposed/" aria-label="Read more about Banned teacher worked with vulnerable youth before offending exposed">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand One of Luxon’s weaknesses in the top job is his inability to take feedback. RNZ / Mark Papalii Analysis – If anyone is going to convince Christopher Luxon it’s time to step aside from the prime ministership, it’s his forerunner and friend Sir John Key. The pair are close, and throughout ... <a title="Analysis: What would it take for Christopher Luxon to quit as prime minister?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/analysis-what-would-it-take-for-christopher-luxon-to-quit-as-prime-minister/" aria-label="Read more about Analysis: What would it take for Christopher Luxon to quit as prime minister?">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2026
ANALYSIS: By Stephen Howes and Rubayat Chowdhury There is no doubt that the war Israel and the United States have launched against Iran will have global economic consequences. While it is difficult to know what those consequences will be, it is hard to see them as positive, and they could be very, very negative. Already ... <a title="US-Israel’s war on Iran – mostly negative scenarios for the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/us-israels-war-on-iran-mostly-negative-scenarios-for-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about US-Israel’s war on Iran – mostly negative scenarios for the Pacific">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Samuel Rillstone A St John’s paramedic and a LPG delivery driver have been seriously injured in a crash on State Highway 1, north of Levin. St John’s area operations manager Gareth Collings said a rapid response unit was caught up in the crash which happened at 10.40 am near ... <a title="Two seriously injured near Levin after ambulance, gas truck collide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/two-seriously-injured-near-levin-after-ambulance-gas-truck-collide/" aria-label="Read more about Two seriously injured near Levin after ambulance, gas truck collide">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The new Dunedin Hospital build site. RNZ/Tess Brunton The approved budget for the new Dunedin Hospital (NDH) is just over $2 billion, though the government continues to use a figure $174 million less than that. The newly revealed budget is $2.05b, while the government as recently as Wednesday said it was ... <a title="New Dunedin Hospital’s ‘approved budget’ higher than government claimed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/new-dunedin-hospitals-approved-budget-higher-than-government-claimed/" aria-label="Read more about New Dunedin Hospital’s ‘approved budget’ higher than government claimed">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand Oscar-winning filmmaker Sir Peter Jackson will be awarded the Palm d’Or at the opening of this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Best known for creating the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Jackson said the honour was “one of the greatest privileges of my career”. The French film festival organisers said ... <a title="Sir Peter Jackson to receive an honorary award at Cannes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/sir-peter-jackson-to-receive-an-honorary-award-at-cannes/" aria-label="Read more about Sir Peter Jackson to receive an honorary award at Cannes">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The government announced plans to give police the power to direct people to leave a public space for up to 24 hours. Nick Monro Māori advocates and health leaders say the government’s move-on orders push homelessness out of view rather than addressing the conditions driving it. The government announced in February ... <a title="Move-on orders ‘shift the problem’ as advocates warn of harm to those already struggling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/move-on-orders-shift-the-problem-as-advocates-warn-of-harm-to-those-already-struggling/" aria-label="Read more about Move-on orders ‘shift the problem’ as advocates warn of harm to those already struggling">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Hamish Kerr accepts the Halberg Supreme Award. Andrew Cornaga/Photosport World, Olympic and Commonwealth Games high jump champion Hamish Kerr stood in a room filled with New Zealand’s biggest sports stars and verbalised what everyone else was thinking. “I want to apologise to any non-athletics fans out there, it’s been a good ... <a title="NZ athletics to showcase diverse collection of world-class performers at ‘Track Stars’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/nz-athletics-to-showcase-diverse-collection-of-world-class-performers-at-track-stars/" aria-label="Read more about NZ athletics to showcase diverse collection of world-class performers at ‘Track Stars’">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Charlotte Cook New Zealand is world famous for its sheep, and it seems as though those sheep might be the secret to its shearing success. The Golden Shears and the World Shearing Championships are running in parallel in Masterton this week with more than 400 competitors from 24 countries ... <a title="The secret to NZ’s sheep shearing success on show at world championships" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/the-secret-to-nzs-sheep-shearing-success-on-show-at-world-championships/" aria-label="Read more about The secret to NZ’s sheep shearing success on show at world championships">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The old police headquarters in central Auckland. Finn Blackwell / RNZ The former police base in Auckland’s central city is still on the market after it was vacated seven years ago. Staff left the station on the corner of Vincent Street and Cook Street for their current base on College Hill ... <a title="Former police base in Auckland CBD still on market 7 years after it was cleared out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/former-police-base-in-auckland-cbd-still-on-market-7-years-after-it-was-cleared-out/" aria-label="Read more about Former police base in Auckland CBD still on market 7 years after it was cleared out">Read more</a>
