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March 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Interislander ferries. RNZ/ Rachel Thomas Cook Strait ferry sailings are delayed today as rough seas and strong southerlies continue in the Cook Strait today. MetService was forecasting three-metre swells and winds of up to 74 km/h in the Strait, but the conditions were expected to ease later in the day. Tuesday ... <a title="Ferry delays due to rough seas, strong winds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/ferry-delays-due-to-rough-seas-strong-winds/" aria-label="Read more about Ferry delays due to rough seas, strong winds">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Follow the latest with our live blog above US President Donald Trump is warning what he is describing as ‘a big wave’ of strikes against Iran is yet to come. Speaking to CNN, Trump said the US hasn’t even begun to hit the Iranian regime hard yet. Missile strikes continued to ... <a title="Live: Trump says ‘big wave’ in Iran is yet to come as conflict widens, Qatar halts LNG production" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/live-trump-says-big-wave-in-iran-is-yet-to-come-as-conflict-widens-qatar-halts-lng-production/" aria-label="Read more about Live: Trump says ‘big wave’ in Iran is yet to come as conflict widens, Qatar halts LNG production">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Wellington Harbour is off limits for swimmers with strong southerlies, rain and rough seas forecast to ease heading into Wednesday. Supplied Wellington Water crews are responding to a wastewater leak on Marine Drive in Eastbourne. The leak is from the main outfall pipe, which transports fully treated wastewater over 18km from ... <a title="Another wastewater leak hits Wellington" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/another-wastewater-leak-hits-wellington/" aria-label="Read more about Another wastewater leak hits Wellington">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ While the rest of the world races to harness the power of the sun, New Zealand is languishing – as energy prices continue to climb. An RNZ investigation has found that ministers were presented with clear evidence that rooftop solar is now among the cheapest sources of electricity households can ... <a title="Government ‘kicked the tyres’ on solar subsidies but went with ‘minor’ tweaks instead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/government-kicked-the-tyres-on-solar-subsidies-but-went-with-minor-tweaks-instead/" aria-label="Read more about Government ‘kicked the tyres’ on solar subsidies but went with ‘minor’ tweaks instead">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied / MBIE The Ministry of Education has received 127 applications from schools for help with the cost of cleaning asbsestos-contaminated sand. Some schools spent thousands of dollars on decontamination after several brands of coloured sand were recalled last year. Applications for the one-off grants closed at the end of February. ... <a title="More than 100 schools apply for help covering cost of asbestos sand clean-up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/more-than-100-schools-apply-for-help-covering-cost-of-asbestos-sand-clean-up/" aria-label="Read more about More than 100 schools apply for help covering cost of asbestos sand clean-up">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Nick Monro There is growing alarm among youth advocates and law experts that at-risk children could be asked to leave a public area if they’re caught begging or sleeping. The government plans to give police the power to move on rough sleepers, beggars, or people displaying disorderly behaviour anywhere in public. ... <a title="Serious concerns at-risk youth will be caught up in government’s new move-on orders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/serious-concerns-at-risk-youth-will-be-caught-up-in-governments-new-move-on-orders/" aria-label="Read more about Serious concerns at-risk youth will be caught up in government’s new move-on orders">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ A Wellington business owner is accusing authorities of failing to do their jobs and allowing the owner of car parked illegally on Tory Street to do so on a semi-permanent basis. The businessman, who RNZ agreed not to identify, said he first noticed the car parked illegally in the time ... <a title="Authorities under fire for failure to deal with illegally parked car" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/authorities-under-fire-for-failure-to-deal-with-illegally-parked-car/" aria-label="Read more about Authorities under fire for failure to deal with illegally parked car">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand In 1993, Vivien Leonard decided Paeroa was the Antique Town of New Zealand. Ke-Xin Li/RNZ A train carriage turned house, racks of clown costumes, tools from decades past, plates and teacup-lined walls. These are the reminders of history you can find in Paeroa. With a population of 4600, the town markets ... <a title="Forget L&P – Paeroa is the ‘antique capital of New Zealand’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/forget-lp-paeroa-is-the-antique-capital-of-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about Forget L&P – Paeroa is the ‘antique capital of New Zealand’">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Bus driver Rajnish Trehan was attacked by a passenger on the number 18 bus in the Auckland suburb of Avondale on Saturday, 7 September, 2024. Supplied It has been one and a half years since Auckland bus driver Rajnish Trehan was told by a violent and angry passenger he was a ... <a title="South Asians most targeted by racial abuse, police hate crime data reveals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/south-asians-most-targeted-by-racial-abuse-police-hate-crime-data-reveals/" aria-label="Read more about South Asians most targeted by racial abuse, police hate crime data reveals">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand’s Milly Clegg (L) and Solomon Islands’ Teisika Rotoava contest possession. photosport The Football Ferns have notched another landslide win at the second round of World Cup Oceania qualifying in Honiara to ensure they’ll line up in the semi-finals on home soil. Striker Hannah Blake scored a hat-trick as New ... <a title="Goal-hungry Football Ferns coast into OFC qualifying semi-finals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/goal-hungry-football-ferns-coast-into-ofc-qualifying-semi-finals/" aria-label="Read more about Goal-hungry Football Ferns coast into OFC qualifying semi-finals">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Florence Waaka (Te Arawa, Ngāi Tahu) with John Aramakatu, who has spent the past few months sleeping in the boot of his car in Christchurch’s red zone. Layla Bailey-McDowell / RNZ At Bexley’s Wetlands Grove, three dogs in a caravan bark enthusiastically, shoving their heads through an open window, jostling to ... <a title="Community forms in remains of Christchurch red zone" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/community-forms-in-remains-of-christchurch-red-zone/" aria-label="Read more about Community forms in remains of Christchurch red zone">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Independent or private schools grew roughly five times faster than public schools between 2020 and 2025. File photo. Supplied Parents are not being put off by the tens of thousands it can cost to send their kids to private schools. Government data shows that private, or independent, schools are growing at ... <a title="The lure of private (and pricey) education" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/the-lure-of-private-and-pricey-education/" aria-label="Read more about The lure of private (and pricey) education">Read more</a>
