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March 24, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Electricity Authority will soon require distributors to pay rebates to reward customers generating electricity, such as rooftop solar. Supplied/SolarZero Electricity networks around the country will soon provide rebates for power exported during peak periods – but not every power company will pass those on to consumers directly. From 1 April, ... <a title="Will you get a solar rebate from your power company?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/24/will-you-get-a-solar-rebate-from-your-power-company/" aria-label="Read more about Will you get a solar rebate from your power company?">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The price of 91 is now more than $3.30 a litre on average across the country, and forecast to rise further. RNZ / Dan Cook Any businesses planning to offer extra support for their staff facing fuel cost rises will need to consider the tax implications. Fuel prices have risen sharply ... <a title="Employers offering transport perks warned of tax rules" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/24/employers-offering-transport-perks-warned-of-tax-rules/" aria-label="Read more about Employers offering transport perks warned of tax rules">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Regional Connectivity Fund provided $30 million in concessionary loans to allow some regional airlines to consolidate debt, refinance loans and invest in aircraft maintenance or upgrades. RNZ / Quin Tauetau Explainer – Regional airlines across New Zealand are warning key air links are under growing pressure, as rising fuel and ... <a title="How rising costs are reshaping New Zealand’s regional air links" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/24/how-rising-costs-are-reshaping-new-zealands-regional-air-links/" aria-label="Read more about How rising costs are reshaping New Zealand’s regional air links">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand It is common for retention payments to be about 0.4 percent of the loan amount. File photo. RNZ Home loan borrowers are taking cashback incentives to stay with their current banks, as competition continues in the mortgage market. The focus on cashback incentives intensified through the end of 2025, when ANZ ... <a title="Banks are paying customers to stay" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/24/banks-are-paying-customers-to-stay/" aria-label="Read more about Banks are paying customers to stay">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand ASB said Canterbury secured its third quarterly win of 2025. RNZ / Nate McKinnon ASB’s latest Regional Economic Scoreboard shows Canterbury leading New Zealand’s regional growth, Auckland making strong gains, and Wellington slipping to the bottom of the rankings. Canterbury scored back-to-back economic wins in ASB’s latest regional economic survey. Canterbury ... <a title="Canterbury leads ASB’s rankings as Auckland rebounds and Wellington finishes last" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/23/canterbury-leads-asbs-rankings-as-auckland-rebounds-and-wellington-finishes-last/" aria-label="Read more about Canterbury leads ASB’s rankings as Auckland rebounds and Wellington finishes last">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The dairy company, majority-owned by China’s Bright Dairy, reported after tax result was $85.4m lower than the same period last year. Supplied/ Synlait Synlait has described its half-year net loss of $80.6 million as disappointing as it pledges to deliver a pathway to recovery. The dairy company, majority-owned by China’s Bright ... <a title="Synlait’s $80.6 million loss after ‘perfect storm’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/23/synlaits-80-6-million-loss-after-perfect-storm/" aria-label="Read more about Synlait’s $80.6 million loss after ‘perfect storm’">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Diesel is more expensive to make than petrol but the impact of fuel excise tax usually conceals this. RNZ / Quin Tauetau Diesel is now only about 20c a litre cheaper than 91 – even though 70c of the price of a litre of petrol is tax. Data from petrol price ... <a title="Think the price of petrol is bad? Spare a thought for diesel drivers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/23/think-the-price-of-petrol-is-bad-spare-a-thought-for-diesel-drivers/" aria-label="Read more about Think the price of petrol is bad? Spare a thought for diesel drivers">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Outgoing chief executive Miles Hurrell said the changes to the forecast Farmgate Milk Price and earnings reflected improvement in global commodity prices and the co-op’s strong underlying margins and cost control. Supplied/LikeMinds Fonterra delivered a strong first half result, beating market expectations, while lifting its full year earnings outlook and forecast ... <a title="Fonterra delivers strong half-year profit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/23/fonterra-delivers-strong-half-year-profit/" aria-label="Read more about Fonterra delivers strong half-year profit">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Three different water bottles, three different health labels. Supplied Two bottles of sparkling water. One, a Pam’s product has two Health Stars. The other, a Schweppes brand, has 4.5. It prompted one shopper to email RNZ and ask: What is going on? Shouldn’t water with the same ingredients have the same ... <a title="4.5 or two-star water? Health labels confuse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/23/4-5-or-two-star-water-health-labels-confuse/" aria-label="Read more about 4.5 or two-star water? Health labels confuse">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The market consensus for the six months ended January was for revenue in the order of $11 billion. 123rf / Supplied images Fonterra’s first half result is expected to deliver to expectations, but with a murky outlook as the war in Iran threatens global supply chains, along with rising energy and ... <a title="Fonterra’s first half expected to deliver despite impacts of war in Iran" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/23/fonterras-first-half-expected-to-deliver-despite-impacts-of-war-in-iran/" aria-label="Read more about Fonterra’s first half expected to deliver despite impacts of war in Iran">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Responsible investment platform Mindful Money said investments in companies with exposure to human rights abuses rose 43 percent in the past six months. RNZ / Quin Tauetau Responsible investment platform Mindful Money warns that KiwiSaver investors are increasingly exposed to human rights abuses – but one KiwiSaver manager says the list ... <a title="KiwiSaver members get human rights warning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/23/kiwisaver-members-get-human-rights-warning/" aria-label="Read more about KiwiSaver members get human rights warning">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Mahurangi Oysters owner Jim Aitken. Nick Monro A group of North Auckland oyster farmers are calling for more transparency on how Watercare came to its final calculation on compensation over a sewage spill into the Mahurangi River last year, that contaminated tens of thousands of oysters during the businesses’ peak season. ... <a title="Mahurangi oyster farmers call for more transparency on Watercare’s compensation calculations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/mahurangi-oyster-farmers-call-for-more-transparency-on-watercares-compensation-calculations/" aria-label="Read more about Mahurangi oyster farmers call for more transparency on Watercare’s compensation calculations">Read more</a>
