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March 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Images showing rot in beams and exposed wood and peeling paint on window frames. Branz/supplied About 90 percent of homes in New Zealand are in need of immediate maintenance, with the total cost of the work thought to be $27 billion, research has found. Centre for Research, Evaluation and Social Assessment ... <a title="90% of New Zealand homes in need of immedate maintenance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/11/90-of-new-zealand-homes-in-need-of-immedate-maintenance/" aria-label="Read more about 90% of New Zealand homes in need of immedate maintenance">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Crusaders halfback Noah Hotham in action against the Blues. Brett Phibbs The Crusaders concede they have not been good enough but are confident they can turn around their disappointing start to the Super Rugby season. The defending champions have won just one of their first four games with losses to the ... <a title="Crusaders back themselves to turn around slow start in Super Rugby" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/11/crusaders-back-themselves-to-turn-around-slow-start-in-super-rugby/" aria-label="Read more about Crusaders back themselves to turn around slow start in Super Rugby">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="Covid booster should be given alongside annual flu vaccine – experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/11/covid-booster-should-be-given-alongside-annual-flu-vaccine-experts/" aria-label="Read more about Covid booster should be given alongside annual flu vaccine – experts">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Some of literature’s biggest names – from Aotearoa and around the world – will hit the stage for this year’s Auckland Writers’ Festival in mid-May. The festival’s 2026 programme features more than 220 artists participating in more than 170 ticketed and free events. Audiences will be among the first in New ... <a title="Jacinda Ardern joins star-studded Auckland Writers Festival line-up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/11/jacinda-ardern-joins-star-studded-auckland-writers-festival-line-up/" aria-label="Read more about Jacinda Ardern joins star-studded Auckland Writers Festival line-up">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Caitlin Clark for USA and Emma Rogers for the Tall Ferns will both made their senior team debuts at the Basketball World Cup qualifiers this week. Photosport Three of the biggest stars of USA women’s basketball share something special with a trio of inexperienced New Zealanders. Jade Kirisome and cousins Emma ... <a title="Tall Ferns newcomers make international debut alongside USA’s biggest names" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/11/tall-ferns-newcomers-make-international-debut-alongside-usas-biggest-names/" aria-label="Read more about Tall Ferns newcomers make international debut alongside USA’s biggest names">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Skyline Track near Wānaka. Department of Conservation A person has died on a popular hiking track near Wānaka. Emergency services were called to the Skyline Track, which runs along the ridgeline between Roys Peak and the Cardrona Valley, just before 3pm on Tuesday. The body was recovered by a helicopter. Police ... <a title="Person dies on popular walking track near Wānaka" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/11/person-dies-on-popular-walking-track-near-wanaka/" aria-label="Read more about Person dies on popular walking track near Wānaka">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A fire ban has been declared for most of the Queenstown Lakes district. RNZ / Nate McKinnon A fire ban has been declared for most of the Queenstown Lakes district amid warnings of recent near misses. Firefighters and helicopters fought to control a vegetation fire near houses at Arthurs Point on ... <a title="Fire ban declared in Queenstown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/11/fire-ban-declared-in-queenstown/" aria-label="Read more about Fire ban declared in Queenstown">Read more</a>
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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 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>
