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March 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Scott O’Donnell (file photo). Otago Daily Times / Laura Smith KiwiRail director Scott O’Donnell will step down from the KiwiRail board of directors on 24 March, cutting short an appointment more than two years ahead of schedule. Board chair Suzanne Tindal said a new venture will require him to spend more ... <a title="KiwiRail director Scott O’Donnell quits board two years early after only months in role" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/09/kiwirail-director-scott-odonnell-quits-board-two-years-early-after-only-months-in-role/" aria-label="Read more about KiwiRail director Scott O’Donnell quits board two years early after only months in role">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 123rf / Supplied images Dairy co-operative Fonterra says the $4.22 billion sale of its Mainland Group to Lactalis is unconditional, with the sale expected to be completed by the end of the month. Fonterra said all required regulatory approvals and sale conditions had been satisfied in order to separate from Mainland ... <a title="Fonterra’s $4.22 billion sale of its Mainland Group to Lactalis unconditional" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/09/fonterras-4-22-billion-sale-of-its-mainland-group-to-lactalis-unconditional/" aria-label="Read more about Fonterra’s $4.22 billion sale of its Mainland Group to Lactalis unconditional">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand It could be easier for people to work out whether it was worth buying insurance if vets were more transparent about their fees, says an insurance expert. File photo. ekarin/123RF Niki Bezzant says that when her cat was dying of cancer, she was relieved to have taken out pet insurance to ... <a title="Is pet insurance worth it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/09/is-pet-insurance-worth-it/" aria-label="Read more about Is pet insurance worth it?">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The bank’s cash fund returned 2.8 percent a year over the past 10 years, compared to 4.2 percent for its conservative fund. File photo. 123RF A woman who did not realise that her KiwiSaver was mistakenly in a cash fund for more than a decade is taking her complaint to the ... <a title="Decade mistakenly in a cash fund: ‘Why didn’t the bank contact me?’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/09/decade-mistakenly-in-a-cash-fund-why-didnt-the-bank-contact-me/" aria-label="Read more about Decade mistakenly in a cash fund: ‘Why didn’t the bank contact me?’">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Got questions? RNZ has launched a new podcast, [ https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/no-stupid-questions No Stupid Questions’], with Susan Edmunds. We’d love to hear more of your questions about money and the economy. You can send through written questions, like these ones, but even better, you can drop us a voice memo to our email ... <a title="Why do high earners get the pension? – Ask Susan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/08/why-do-high-earners-get-the-pension-ask-susan/" aria-label="Read more about Why do high earners get the pension? – Ask Susan">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Townhouses on Glengarry Road, Glen Eden. Supplied New Zealand’s love affair with property could be in the break-up stage, with no shortage of houses and investors turning to the share market. It’s been a national obsession for decades – buying property and creating wealth through soaring capital gains. But the days ... <a title="The Detail: The great property breakup" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/07/the-detail-the-great-property-breakup/" aria-label="Read more about The Detail: The great property breakup">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF There is concern that Artificial Intelligence could be used to get customers to pay more, with one expert calling for legislation to block the use of dynamic pricing in supermarkets. The government’s amendment to the Commerce Act, which is expected to pass in the middle of the year, includes giving ... <a title="Worries AI could be used by supermarkets to charge customers more" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/worries-ai-could-be-used-by-supermarkets-to-charge-customers-more/" aria-label="Read more about Worries AI could be used by supermarkets to charge customers more">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand TVNZ’s headquarters in Auckland. RNZ/Calvin Samuel TVNZ has posted a sharply lower half-year profit as revenue slumped in a tough advertising market, and on a one-off accounting write-down. The state-owned broadcaster’s profit for the six months ended December 2025 was $2.4 million, compared to $53m a year ago. Revenue fell 12 ... <a title="TVNZ sees sharp drop in half-year profit on back of revenue decline" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/tvnz-sees-sharp-drop-in-half-year-profit-on-back-of-revenue-decline/" aria-label="Read more about TVNZ sees sharp drop in half-year profit on back of revenue decline">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ Business failures are forecast to continue, even as the economy grinds to recovery. Centrix said this week that liquidation numbers were up 16 percent year-on-year. Simplicity chief economist Shamubeel Eaqub has compiled data from the NZ Gazette, which shows that in the year to February, 30 percent of businesses that ... <a title="The businesses failing most frequently and what can you do to avoid joining them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/the-businesses-failing-most-frequently-and-what-can-you-do-to-avoid-joining-them/" aria-label="Read more about The businesses failing most frequently and what can you do to avoid joining them">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon The increasing use of digital price tags could allow supermarkets to use AI algorithms and ‘dynamic pricing’ where prices change in real time, a competition researcher says. The government’s amendment to the Commerce Act, included increasing the Commerce Commission’s powers in combating predatory pricing , clarifying merger ... <a title="Why ‘digital price tags’ at the supermarket are causing concerns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/why-digital-price-tags-at-the-supermarket-are-causing-concerns/" aria-label="Read more about Why ‘digital price tags’ at the supermarket are causing concerns">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand This story was first published ahead of the 2025 Meatball Festival. From Friday to Sunday Hastings will host the second annual Meatball Festival. First Up spoke to the town’s chief meatball officer. Those unfamiliar with Hawke’s Bay’s humble meatball imagine Italian mince with red sauce. The actual description isn’t that mouth-watering, ... <a title="A rival to the cheese roll? The story of the Hawke’s Bay meatball" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/a-rival-to-the-cheese-roll-the-story-of-the-hawkes-bay-meatball/" aria-label="Read more about A rival to the cheese roll? The story of the Hawke’s Bay meatball">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ Travel agents are helping their New Zealand clients get out of the Middle East. It has been almost a week since the US and Israel began bombing Iran, which is carrying out retaliatory strikes on US bases and embassies. Most commercial flights are not operating, with much of the region’s ... <a title="NZ travel agents helping clients escape Middle East conflict" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/nz-travel-agents-helping-clients-escape-middle-east-conflict/" aria-label="Read more about NZ travel agents helping clients escape Middle East conflict">Read more</a>
