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March 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand All Whites players are replaced during their international match against Australia in Auckland. photosport The All Whites have confirmed they’ll take a fly-in, fly-out approach to their three group games at the FIFA World Cup after landing in San Diego as an official team base. Coach Darren Bazeley said they had ... <a title="All Whites adopt fly-in, fly-out approach to World Cup campaign" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/all-whites-adopt-fly-in-fly-out-approach-to-world-cup-campaign/" aria-label="Read more about All Whites adopt fly-in, fly-out approach to World Cup campaign">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. Jevon McSkimming RNZ / Mark Papalii Disgraced former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming breached police’s code of conduct by staying in hotels at police expense and inviting a woman he was having an affair with to join him up to 10 times, the police watchdog says. The revelation comes ... <a title="Former top cop Jevon McSkimming used police money to pay for hotels during affair" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/former-top-cop-jevon-mcskimming-used-police-money-to-pay-for-hotels-during-affair/" aria-label="Read more about Former top cop Jevon McSkimming used police money to pay for hotels during affair">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand hafakot/123RF An arsonist given a second chance when he appealed against deportation went on to set another fire at the hostel he was staying in, a tribunal has heard. British chef John Dodsworth was convicted of endangering life by wilfully setting fire to a couch at a boarding hostel less than ... <a title="Arsonist given second chance to be deported" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/arsonist-given-second-chance-to-be-deported/" aria-label="Read more about Arsonist given second chance to be deported">Read more</a>
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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 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 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 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>
