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March 9, 2026
By Mark Rabago, RNZ Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas correspondent The United States military has begun the formal environmental review process for the continuation of large-scale training and testing activities in waters around the Northern Mariana Islands and on Farallon de Medinilla. The Department of the Navy, including the US Navy and Marine Corps, ... <a title="US military opens environmental review for expanded Marianas training footprint" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/09/us-military-opens-environmental-review-for-expanded-marianas-training-footprint/" aria-label="Read more about US military opens environmental review for expanded Marianas training footprint">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is holding his weekly post Cabinet media conference to face questions about his leadership, the polls and Iran. Watch it live here from 4pm: Follow all the latest news with RNZ’s live blog. The prime minister is facing disastrous poll numbers, while also dealing with global issues, ... <a title="Politics live: Christopher Luxon faces pressure after polling woes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/09/politics-live-christopher-luxon-faces-pressure-after-polling-woes/" aria-label="Read more about Politics live: Christopher Luxon faces pressure after polling woes">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon. RNZ / Mark Papalii Analysis – The Prime Minister has doubled down in the wake of a horror poll on Friday, saying he is “absolutely not” considering stepping aside from the top job. Christopher Luxon did a last-minute interview on Newstalk ZB on Friday night after a ... <a title="How strong is support for Christopher Luxon? We’re about to find out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/09/how-strong-is-support-for-christopher-luxon-were-about-to-find-out/" aria-label="Read more about How strong is support for Christopher Luxon? We’re about to find out">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Christopher Luxon. RNZ / Calvin Samuel Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says he did not ask any of his ministers over the weekend if he had their support, because he did not need to. There has been speculation in recent days that Luxon is under pressure after a terrible poll result last ... <a title="Defiant Christopher Luxon says no discussions needed on his leadership" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/09/defiant-christopher-luxon-says-no-discussions-needed-on-his-leadership/" aria-label="Read more about Defiant Christopher Luxon says no discussions needed on his leadership">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand “The trend is not good” for the Prime Minister, says Liam Hehir. RNZ / Marika Khabazi Last week was “disastrous” and a “last straw scenario” for the prime minister, says a former National Party chief press secretary, while another political commentator says National MPs will be considering whether now is the ... <a title="PM Christopher Luxon facing a ‘last straw scenario’ – commentators" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/09/pm-christopher-luxon-facing-a-last-straw-scenario-commentators/" aria-label="Read more about PM Christopher Luxon facing a ‘last straw scenario’ – commentators">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2026
REVIEW: Asia Pacific Report West Papuan diaspora, academics, students and community activists warmly applauded the screening of the new investigative documentary, Pesta Badi (Pig Feast): Colonialism in our Time, in its pre-launch international premiere in New Zealand last night. It was shown for the first time back in West Papua at the southeastern town of ... <a title="West Papuan doco Pig Feast exposes oligarchs, food security crisis and ecocide under noses of military" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/09/west-papuan-doco-pig-feast-exposes-oligarchs-food-security-crisis-and-ecocide-under-noses-of-military/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan doco Pig Feast exposes oligarchs, food security crisis and ecocide under noses of military">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Three more schools and a major hospital have been bombed in Iran and more in Lebanon by the US-Israeli military, all within the first week of launching their latest war. This is a pattern, not “collateral damage”. Iran’s Ambassador to the United Nations Amir-Saeid Iravani said on March 7 that the ... <a title="The smallest coffins are always the heaviest. The US-Israeli killing of children must be stopped" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/08/the-smallest-coffins-are-always-the-heaviest-the-us-israeli-killing-of-children-must-be-stopped/" aria-label="Read more about The smallest coffins are always the heaviest. The US-Israeli killing of children must be stopped">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2026
Thousands of British anti-war demonstrators yesterday marched through central London, calling for an immediate halt to US and Israeli military operations against Iran and an end to arms sales to Israel, Anadolu Ajansi reports. According to the Manchester Evening News, the protest drew between 5000 and 6000 participants, based on estimates from the Metropolitan Police. ... <a title="Thousands of protesters in London demand end to US, Israeli war on Iran" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/08/thousands-of-protesters-in-london-demand-end-to-us-israeli-war-on-iran/" aria-label="Read more about Thousands of protesters in London demand end to US, Israeli war on Iran">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2026
ANALYSIS: By Hana Saada In an era when images can circle the globe in seconds and newsrooms claim to uphold universal humanitarian principles; one might expect the killing of 165 schoolgirls inside a primary school to dominate international headlines. One would expect emergency debates, moral outrage, and relentless coverage. Yet in the southeastern Iranian city ... <a title="165 massacred schoolgirls in Iran – and the silence that exposes the West’s moral selectivity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/08/165-massacred-schoolgirls-in-iran-and-the-silence-that-exposes-the-wests-moral-selectivity/" aria-label="Read more about 165 massacred schoolgirls in Iran – and the silence that exposes the West’s moral selectivity">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon (L) flanked by his Cabinet colleagues. RNZ / Kim Baker Wilson The Prime Minister has told Newstalk ZB none of his Cabinet colleagues have told him to reconsider his future, saying “all of them” back him. Christopher Luxon’s comments came after speculation about his leadership following a ... <a title="Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says Cabinet colleagues back him, won’t stand down as National’s leader" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/07/prime-minister-christopher-luxon-says-cabinet-colleagues-back-him-wont-stand-down-as-nationals-leader/" aria-label="Read more about Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says Cabinet colleagues back him, won’t stand down as National’s leader">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon (L) flanked by his Cabinet colleagues. RNZ / Kim Baker Wilson The Prime Minister has told Newstalk ZB none of his Cabinet colleagues have told him to reconsider his future, saying “all of them” back him. Christopher Luxon’s comments came after speculation about his leadership following a ... <a title="Prim Minister Christopher Luxon says Cabinet colleagues back him, won’t stand down as National’s leader" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/07/prim-minister-christopher-luxon-says-cabinet-colleagues-back-him-wont-stand-down-as-nationals-leader/" aria-label="Read more about Prim Minister Christopher Luxon says Cabinet colleagues back him, won’t stand down as National’s leader">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon (L) flanked by his Cabinet colleagues. RNZ / Kim Baker Wilson The Prime Minister has told Newstalk ZB none of his Cabinet colleagues have told him to reconsider his future, saying “all of them” back him. Christopher Luxon’s comments came after speculation about his leadership following a ... <a title="Luxon says Cabinet colleagues back him, won’t stand down as National’s leader" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/07/luxon-says-cabinet-colleagues-back-him-wont-stand-down-as-nationals-leader/" aria-label="Read more about Luxon says Cabinet colleagues back him, won’t stand down as National’s leader">Read more</a>
