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March 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A ring net fishing boat in Northland. Seafood NZ National has announced that, if re-elected, it would ban ring-net fishing in some areas of the Hauraki Gulf, but the policy they’ve promised to reverse was their own The battle has been long – fish versus fishing. Now, the fight over the ... <a title="The Detail: Net fishing is in, then out again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/02/the-detail-net-fishing-is-in-then-out-again/" aria-label="Read more about The Detail: Net fishing is in, then out again">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon RNZ / Marika Khabazi Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has told Morning Report the Iranian regime is an evil one and has been a destabilising force in the Middle East. But he would not be drawn on whether the government supports the strikes by the United States and ... <a title="Christopher Luxon won’t say if NZ supports US strikes on Iran" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/02/christopher-luxon-wont-say-if-nz-supports-us-strikes-on-iran/" aria-label="Read more about Christopher Luxon won’t say if NZ supports US strikes on Iran">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Labour is seen as most capable on three of the top five issues, and equal with National on a fourth. File photo. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Labour remains ahead on most of the key issues in the latest Ipsos Issues Monitor, but National has improved its ratings on the economy and ... <a title="Labour still ahead on cost of living, neck and neck with National on economy – Ipsos survey" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/02/labour-still-ahead-on-cost-of-living-neck-and-neck-with-national-on-economy-ipsos-survey/" aria-label="Read more about Labour still ahead on cost of living, neck and neck with National on economy – Ipsos survey">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2026
Asia Pacific Report New Zealand’s weak response to the unprovoked and illegal United States and Israel attacks on Iran at the weekend has stirred strong criticism from many quarters. A former New Zealand prime minister, Helen Clark, who also held a top United Nations position for eight years, labelled the government’s response “a disgrace”. “In ... <a title="Critics say weak NZ response over US-Israel attacks on Iran a ‘disgrace’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/01/critics-say-weak-nz-response-over-us-israel-attacks-on-iran-a-disgrace/" aria-label="Read more about Critics say weak NZ response over US-Israel attacks on Iran a ‘disgrace’">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2026
REVIEW: Jubi Media Yasinta Moiwend was startled when, on a quiet morning, a massive ship docked at her village pier in West Papua. The vessel carried hundreds of excavators and was escorted by military forces. It was the first convoy of 2000 heavy machines to arrive in Papua under a National Strategic Project for food ... <a title="Pesta Babi – ‘Pig Feast’ . . . a vivid new film exposing Papua’s political ecology" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/01/pesta-babi-pig-feast-a-vivid-new-film-exposing-papuas-political-ecology/" aria-label="Read more about Pesta Babi – ‘Pig Feast’ . . . a vivid new film exposing Papua’s political ecology">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Foreign Affairs minister says New Zealand was not given any advance notice of the attack on Iran, and has again urged New Zealanders to leave if it is safe to do so. The United States and Israel launched a major attack on Iran, with US President Donald Trump claiming the ... <a title="Watch: Foreign Minister Winston Peters on Iran strikes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/01/watch-foreign-minister-winston-peters-on-iran-strikes/" aria-label="Read more about Watch: Foreign Minister Winston Peters on Iran strikes">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Marilyn Garson Look around this morning. America and Israel, nuclear-armed states have attacked Iran. Israel, which has never declared its nuclear stockpiles nor its borders, has spent 2.5 years committing genocide against Gaza, a trapped community with no significant defensive weapons. Israel has bombed six countries which are not at war with it. ... <a title="Marilyn Garson: Waking up to terror in this new world of impunity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/01/marilyn-garson-waking-up-to-terror-in-this-new-world-of-impunity/" aria-label="Read more about Marilyn Garson: Waking up to terror in this new world of impunity">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters spoke to media about the unfolding conflict in Iran. Peters was at Auckland’s Whenuapai Airbase on Sunday morning. It comes after a US-Israeli attack on Iran which US President Donald Trump had indicated was aimed at overturning Tehran’s government. The attack had killed more than 200 people, ... <a title="Watch live: Foreign Minister Winston Peters to speak to media on Iran strikes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/01/watch-live-foreign-minister-winston-peters-to-speak-to-media-on-iran-strikes/" aria-label="Read more about Watch live: Foreign Minister Winston Peters to speak to media on Iran strikes">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2026
Asia Pacific Report Speakers at a pro-Palestine rally in central Auckland Tamaki Makaurau today were highly critical of the erosion of New Zealand’s once proud nuclear-free and independent foreign policy. They also warned against being tied into a United States that is pivoting a hostile policy towards China, New Zealand’s major trading partner. Ironically, just ... <a title="NZ rally slams Five Eyes intelligence ties hours before US-Israel attack on Iran" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/01/nz-rally-slams-five-eyes-intelligence-ties-hours-before-us-israel-attack-on-iran/" aria-label="Read more about NZ rally slams Five Eyes intelligence ties hours before US-Israel attack on Iran">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2026
OBITUARY: By Joel Paredes Having known the Filipino photojournalist Alex Baluyut, who died yesterday aged 69, for nearly half a century, I feel that looking at his photos — how he documented the events that unfurled during his lifetime — reveals his own lifelong search for himself. By documenting the rawest parts of human existence, ... <a title="Filipino photojournalist Alex Baluyut: An extraordinary sense of truth in an ailing society" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/filipino-photojournalist-alex-baluyut-an-extraordinary-sense-of-truth-in-an-ailing-society/" aria-label="Read more about Filipino photojournalist Alex Baluyut: An extraordinary sense of truth in an ailing society">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2026
Asia Pacific Report A West Papuan leader has accused the Indonesian government of lying over its operations and “masking” the military role of some civilian aircraft. Disputing an Indonesian government statement about reported that TPNPB fired upon an aircraft in Boven Digoel, killing both the pilot and copilot, United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) ... <a title="Papuan activist leader Wenda accuses Jakarta of ‘lying’ over shot down plane" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/papuan-activist-leader-wenda-accuses-jakarta-of-lying-over-shot-down-plane/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan activist leader Wenda accuses Jakarta of ‘lying’ over shot down plane">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2026
Asia Pacific Report “We warned you,” says Iran’s national security commission head after Israel-US missiles attacks on the capital Tehran and other cities. Al Jazeera reports comments from Ebrahim Azizi, the head of the national security commission of the Iranian Parliament. “We warned you!” he wrote on social media. “Now you have started down a ... <a title="‘We warned you,’ says Iran’s national security chief after Israel-US attacks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/28/we-warned-you-says-irans-national-security-chief-after-israel-us-attacks/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We warned you,’ says Iran’s national security chief after Israel-US attacks">Read more</a>
