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March 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Greg Peters said it has been an honour and privilege to lead NZRL. PHOTOSPORT New Zealand Rugby League (NZRL) chief executive Greg Peters is stepping down after eight years at the helm. Since his appointment in 2018, Peters has overseen a 30 percent increase in revenue, doubled player numbers from 22,000 ... <a title="New Zealand Rugby League chief executive Greg Peters steps down" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/new-zealand-rugby-league-chief-executive-greg-peters-steps-down/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand Rugby League chief executive Greg Peters steps down">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Project Jonah marine mammal medics and Department of Conservation staff respond to a Beaked whale stranded in St Heliers. Supplied / Project Jonah A whale has stranded on St Heliers Beach in Auckland. Project Jonah, alongside the Department of Conservation, responded after a Shepherd’s beaked whale was spotted late this morning. ... <a title="Deep-sea whale strands on central Auckland beach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/deep-sea-whale-strands-on-central-auckland-beach/" aria-label="Read more about Deep-sea whale strands on central Auckland beach">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Fertiliser prices will rise due to the conflict but by how much and for how long is not known. 123rf Ravensdown says it has enough fertiliser in the country or on the way to cover autumn – so any price impacts due to the war in the Middle East won’t be ... <a title="Enough fertiliser to cover autumn, Ravensdown says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/enough-fertiliser-to-cover-autumn-ravensdown-says/" aria-label="Read more about Enough fertiliser to cover autumn, Ravensdown says">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Starship Children’s Hospital. RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly A coronial inquiry into the death of 10-month-old Poseidyn Hemopo-Pickering has entered its second day. Poseidyn was rushed to Middlemore Hospital and then taken to Starship Children’s Hospital on the evening of 5 September, 2020, after being found unresponsive at his Manurewa home. He ... <a title="Baby Poseidyn’s injuries unlikely to be accidental, inquiry hears" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/baby-poseidyns-injuries-unlikely-to-be-accidental-inquiry-hears/" aria-label="Read more about Baby Poseidyn’s injuries unlikely to be accidental, inquiry hears">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER Part of State Highway 1 at Meremere, south of Auckland, is closed after a crash between a car and motorbike. It happened at 1.45pm and police say there are early reports of serious injuries. The road is closed for north-bound traffic from Hampton Downs Road. Police are ... <a title="Car and motorbike crash closes part of SH1 south of Auckland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/car-and-motorbike-crash-closes-part-of-sh1-south-of-auckland/" aria-label="Read more about Car and motorbike crash closes part of SH1 south of Auckland">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand All Black Sonny Bill Williams (R) shoulder charges Lions winger Anthony Watson. photosport British and Irish Lions back Anthony Watson says he found a way to circumvent concussion testing after Sonny Bill Williams was shown a red card in a pivotal moment during the 2017 series. Watson shone some light on ... <a title="Rugby: Lions back Anthony Watson admits to cheating concussion test against All Blacks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/rugby-lions-back-anthony-watson-admits-to-cheating-concussion-test-against-all-blacks/" aria-label="Read more about Rugby: Lions back Anthony Watson admits to cheating concussion test against All Blacks">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand An Oriental fruit fly on a piece of fruit. Supplied / Biosecurity NZ Biosecurity staff are out in South Auckland after finding more Oriental fruit flies in Papatoetoe on Monday. Biosecurity NZ widened its surveillance area after it found three more fruit flies on Monday, bringing the total to four. All ... <a title="Biosecurity NZ confident fruit fly will be eradicated, again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/biosecurity-nz-confident-fruit-fly-will-be-eradicated-again/" aria-label="Read more about Biosecurity NZ confident fruit fly will be eradicated, again">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Outside Wellington Hospital. (File photo) RNZ / REECE BAKER Healthcare staff in Wellington’s Emergency Department will have to wait until 2029 for a bigger space, with one nurse describing corridors crowded with patients waiting for beds. Renovations to add much-needed space to the ED were underway, as Health New Zealand worked ... <a title="Work under way to move cramped Wellington ED" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/work-under-way-to-move-cramped-wellington-ed/" aria-label="Read more about Work under way to move cramped Wellington ED">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
RNZ Pacific A Solomon Islands academic says the US and Israel illegal bombing of Iran is “deeply alarming” and the Pacific region does not need “more global instability” US President Donald Trump warned yesterday that Operation Epic Fury against Iran — “one of the largest, most complex, most overwhelming military offensives the world has ever ... <a title="Solomon Islands academic warns Pacific economies at risk from US-Israel-Iran conflict" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/solomon-islands-academic-warns-pacific-economies-at-risk-from-us-israel-iran-conflict/" aria-label="Read more about Solomon Islands academic warns Pacific economies at risk from US-Israel-Iran conflict">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A Southland livestock grazing company was fined close to $50,000 for allowing hundreds of cattle to graze in mud. Supplied / MPI Warning some of the images in this article may be distressing for some people. More than 31,000 New Zealanders want an independent “Commissioner for Animals” to improve animal welfare ... <a title="31k-strong petition for an independent Commissioner for Animals taken to Parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/31k-strong-petition-for-an-independent-commissioner-for-animals-taken-to-parliament/" aria-label="Read more about 31k-strong petition for an independent Commissioner for Animals taken to Parliament">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Bees excrement can create a waxy substance which is hard to clean off outdoor furniture. (File photo) Supplied/Bioeconomy Science Institute Tauranga City Council wants to make it easier to deal with complaints about bee poo. It investigated 38 complaints about urban hives in the past two years – 34 of them ... <a title="Local council dealt with 34 complaints about bee poo in last two years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/local-council-dealt-with-34-complaints-about-bee-poo-in-last-two-years/" aria-label="Read more about Local council dealt with 34 complaints about bee poo in last two years">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Outside Wellington Hospital. (File photo) RNZ / REECE BAKER Healthcare staff in Wellington’s Emergency Department will have to wait until 2029 for a bigger space, with one nurse describing corridors crowded with patients waiting for beds. Renovations to add much-needed space to the ED were underway, as Health New Zealand worked ... <a title="New Wellington Emergency Department won’t open until 2029" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/new-wellington-emergency-department-wont-open-until-2029/" aria-label="Read more about New Wellington Emergency Department won’t open until 2029">Read more</a>
