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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 A navy vessel is seen sailing in the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway through which much of the world’s oil and gas passes on March 1, 2026. SAHAR AL ATTAR / AFP A spike in the price of LNG because of conflict in Iran shows how risky the government’s plan ... <a title="Conflict in Iran shows ‘risk’ of government’s plan to import LNG as back-up to Taranaki facility" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/conflict-in-iran-shows-risk-of-governments-plan-to-import-lng-as-back-up-to-taranaki-facility/" aria-label="Read more about Conflict in Iran shows ‘risk’ of government’s plan to import LNG as back-up to Taranaki facility">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Quin Tauetau The government says a new survey shows its traffic light system for those on a job seeker benefit is working as planned. In August 2024, the coalition set up a traffic light system – alongside sanctions – for beneficiaries who don’t meet their obligations. Social Development and ... <a title="Beneficiaries responding to traffic light system, government says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/beneficiaries-responding-to-traffic-light-system-government-says/" aria-label="Read more about Beneficiaries responding to traffic light system, government says">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle When I heard the terrible news that the Americans and Israelis had killed more than 165 children this week in an elementary school in Minab in Southern Iran it took me back to a wonderful day I spent in Isfahan in 2018. ... <a title="Eugene Doyle: Minab school massacre – hands off the children of Iran, Donald Trump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/eugene-doyle-minab-school-massacre-hands-off-the-children-of-iran-donald-trump/" aria-label="Read more about Eugene Doyle: Minab school massacre – hands off the children of Iran, Donald Trump">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Gordon Campbell Funny . . . back when Russia invaded Ukraine, New Zealand didn’t wait for Vladimir Putin to tell us whether his acts of aggression were legal under international law. Instead, we immediately decided the invasion was illegal, and forthrightly condemned Russia’s actions at the time, and ever since. Different story when ... <a title="Gordon Campbell: Why the US has no credible reason or credible end game for its war on Iran" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/03/gordon-campbell-why-the-us-has-no-credible-reason-or-credible-end-game-for-its-war-on-iran/" aria-label="Read more about Gordon Campbell: Why the US has no credible reason or credible end game for its war on Iran">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2026
Asia Pacific Report Iran’s ambassador to New Zealand says the joint US and Israeli strikes on his country need stronger condemnation, reports TV1 News. Ambassador Reza Nazar Ahari described the strikes as “explicit aggression” and a violation of the UN Charter. “There is no doubt about it, and it deserves a very clear type of ... <a title="‘Explicit aggression’ against Iran needs clear condemnation, envoy tells NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/02/explicit-aggression-against-iran-needs-clear-condemnation-envoy-tells-nz/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Explicit aggression’ against Iran needs clear condemnation, envoy tells NZ">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Prime Minister says only the US and Israel have the intelligence to back up their attacks on Iran – and New Zealand won’t be asking to see it. Christopher Luxon was asked if he believed the attacks were a breach of international law in his weekly post-Cabinet media conference Monday ... <a title="Watch: New Zealand not asking questions about US, Israel attacks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/02/watch-new-zealand-not-asking-questions-about-us-israel-attacks/" aria-label="Read more about Watch: New Zealand not asking questions about US, Israel attacks">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle When I heard the terrible news that the Americans and Israelis had killed more than 165 children this week in an elementary school in Minab in Southern Iran it took me back to a wonderful day I spent in Isfahan in 2018. I met lots of Iranian school children and their ... <a title="Minab school massacre – hands off the children of Iran, Donald Trump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/02/minab-school-massacre-hands-off-the-children-of-iran-donald-trump/" aria-label="Read more about Minab school massacre – hands off the children of Iran, Donald Trump">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A selection of firearms which are now prohibited, on display to media at a 2022 police press conference. RNZ / Ana Tovey Firearms owners say the government’s overhaul of gun laws doesn’t go far enough to undo the “damage that was done” after the 15 March terror attacks. A Muslim leader, ... <a title="Firearms owners say gun laws overhaul doesn’t go far enough to undo ‘damage’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/02/firearms-owners-say-gun-laws-overhaul-doesnt-go-far-enough-to-undo-damage/" aria-label="Read more about Firearms owners say gun laws overhaul doesn’t go far enough to undo ‘damage’">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2026
By Mahmoud Aslan in Lamerd, southern Iran Dozens of teenage girls were attending their regular training sessions of volleyball, basketball, and gymnastics in the main sports hall in Lamerd, a city near the Persian coast, when a missile slammed into the building at 5pm on Saturday. Additional strikes hit two nearby residential areas and a ... <a title="After a sports hall in Iran was bombed, witnesses describe chaos and ‘continuous screaming’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/02/after-a-sports-hall-in-iran-was-bombed-witnesses-describe-chaos-and-continuous-screaming/" aria-label="Read more about After a sports hall in Iran was bombed, witnesses describe chaos and ‘continuous screaming’">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2026
RNZ Pacific The governments of Fiji, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu have issued advisories for their nationals in the Middle East to remain calm and take the necessary precautions due to US-Israeli airstrikes on Iran. Fiji’s Embassy in Abu Dhabi said Fijian nationals who were not residents of the United Arab Emirates should register with the ... <a title="Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu issue advisories amid US-Israeli strikes on Iran" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/02/fiji-solomon-islands-vanuatu-issue-advisories-amid-us-israeli-strikes-on-iran/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu issue advisories amid US-Israeli strikes on Iran">Read more</a>
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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>
