ER Report: A Roundup of Significant Articles on EveningReport.nz for March 8, 2026
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on March 8, 2026.
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ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on March 8, 2026.
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on March 7, 2026.

Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – Asia Pacific Report A new documentary film on the devastating “ecocide” happening in West Papua will be screened as a world premiere at a weekend solidarity forum in Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau this weekend. The 90min feature film, Pesta Babi (“Pig Feast”) — Colonialism In Our Time, ... <a title="Devastating new ‘ecocide’ film to premiere at West Papua solidarity forum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/devastating-new-ecocide-film-to-premiere-at-west-papua-solidarity-forum/" aria-label="Read more about Devastating new ‘ecocide’ film to premiere at West Papua solidarity forum">Read more</a>

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Duffy, Research Fellow, Genetic Epidemiology Lab, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute About one in two Australians will be diagnosed with skin cancer by age 70. The most dangerous kind is melanoma, which develops in skin cells called melanocytes that have been overexposed to the sun. Common ... <a title="Australian children now have half as many moles as kids in 1992. That’s good news for melanoma risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/australian-children-now-have-half-as-many-moles-as-kids-in-1992-thats-good-news-for-melanoma-risk-277620/" aria-label="Read more about Australian children now have half as many moles as kids in 1992. That’s good news for melanoma risk">Read more</a>

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Hepburn, Professor of Law, Deakin University As many Australians prepare for the Labour Day long weekend, you might be watching the price at the fuel bowser with more trepidation than usual. The crisis in the Middle East has caused global disruptions to energy and liquid fuel ... <a title="The Iran war has triggered a fuel price rise. What does this mean for Australian consumers?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/the-iran-war-has-triggered-a-fuel-price-rise-what-does-this-mean-for-australian-consumers-277605/" aria-label="Read more about The Iran war has triggered a fuel price rise. What does this mean for Australian consumers?">Read more</a>

Pacific Media Watch Journalists in Iran have been working amid hostile air strikes for almost a week since the start of the US-Israeli offensive while also facing repression from the Iranian regime. Internet access in the country remains limited and information is scarce. As war spreads across the region, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has expressed ... <a title="War in Iran – journalism in crisis as reporters work amid bombs, says RSF" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/war-in-iran-journalism-in-crisis-as-reporters-work-amid-bombs-says-rsf/" aria-label="Read more about War in Iran – journalism in crisis as reporters work amid bombs, says RSF">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Fioritti, Lecturer in Politics, School of Social Sciences, Monash University The 2025 Australian federal election was defined by its many shock results, from the Labor Party’s thumping victory to the Liberals’ considerable losses. Another defining feature of this election were the setbacks experienced by the Greens, ... <a title="The Greens’ election review flew under the radar. Here’s what it said" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/the-greens-election-review-flew-under-the-radar-heres-what-it-said-277514/" aria-label="Read more about The Greens’ election review flew under the radar. Here’s what it said">Read more</a>

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Parker, Adjunct Professor, Defence and Security Institute, The University of Western Australia; UNSW Sydney News that a United States submarine had torpedoed and sunk the Iranian warship IRIS Dena about 40 nautical miles off Sri Lanka this week took many observers by surprise. An attack like ... <a title="The US sank an Iranian warship and didn’t rescue the survivors. Is this legal in war?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/the-us-sank-an-iranian-warship-and-didnt-rescue-the-survivors-is-this-legal-in-war-277606/" aria-label="Read more about The US sank an Iranian warship and didn’t rescue the survivors. Is this legal in war?">Read more</a>

ANALYSIS: By Stephen Howes and Rubayat Chowdhury There is no doubt that the war Israel and the United States have launched against Iran will have global economic consequences. While it is difficult to know what those consequences will be, it is hard to see them as positive, and they could be very, very negative. Already ... <a title="US-Israel’s war on Iran – mostly negative scenarios for the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/us-israels-war-on-iran-mostly-negative-scenarios-for-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about US-Israel’s war on Iran – mostly negative scenarios for the Pacific">Read more</a>
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on March 6, 2026.
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Oliver Alfred Guidetti, Post Doctoral Researcher, Cybersecurity and Psychology, University of Wollongong A large release of important documents once meant teams of journalists staying back, working through piles of records late into the night. Today, it triggers something closer to a public audit. The January 30 publication ... <a title="Epstein files reveal the power – and peril – of online sleuths doing the government’s work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/epstein-files-reveal-the-power-and-peril-of-online-sleuths-doing-the-governments-work-276752/" aria-label="Read more about Epstein files reveal the power – and peril – of online sleuths doing the government’s work">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amin Naeni, PhD Candidate in International Relations, Deakin University; Dublin City University On February 28, hours after the United States and Israel launched attacks on Iran, the Iranian regime imposed a nationwide internet shutdown. Roughly one week into the conflict, it is estimated only around 1% of ... <a title="Iran’s regime has shut down the internet in the middle of war – placing civilians in the crosshairs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/irans-regime-has-shut-down-the-internet-in-the-middle-of-war-placing-civilians-in-the-crosshairs-277619/" aria-label="Read more about Iran’s regime has shut down the internet in the middle of war – placing civilians in the crosshairs">Read more</a>