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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Shannon Mato celebrates a try for the Māori All Stars against the Australian Indigenous All Stars in Sydney, 2025. NRL PHOTOS The Kiwi Ferns’ stocks have been boosted with Jillaroos’ 10-test cap powerhouse forward Shannon Mato’s availability after her decision change allegiance from Australia to New Zealand. Mato, 27, wants to ... <a title="Shannon Mato wants to play for Kiwi Ferns at Rugby League World Cup" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/shannon-mato-wants-to-play-for-kiwi-ferns-at-rugby-league-world-cup/" aria-label="Read more about Shannon Mato wants to play for Kiwi Ferns at Rugby League World Cup">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The furore over Christopher Luxon’s new matai title is refusing to go away, after local media in Samoa reported there was a late night phone call saying he didn’t want to go ahead with it after “too much interference on social media”. Luxon refused to answer questions about the reports on ... <a title="Prime Minister Christopher Luxon refuses to say if he tried to call off Samoa matai ceremony" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/prime-minister-christopher-luxon-refuses-to-say-if-he-tried-to-call-off-samoa-matai-ceremony/" aria-label="Read more about Prime Minister Christopher Luxon refuses to say if he tried to call off Samoa matai ceremony">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand His name is Khabane Lame, but he is known worldwide as Khaby Lame. Born in Dakar, Senegal, he is the most followed content creator on TikTok. He became famous for video clips in which he reacts to absurd “life hack” videos with a blank, slightly annoyed face, showing the hack wasn’t ... <a title="Who is Khaby Lame – the world’s most followed TikToker?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/who-is-khaby-lame-the-worlds-most-followed-tiktoker/" aria-label="Read more about Who is Khaby Lame – the world’s most followed TikToker?">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand As Project Hail Mary‘s amnesiac hero problem-solves his way around the spaceship he’s woken up on alone, he asks: “Am I smart?” It’s a bold question to put in the air at the start of a film that fuses a silly, human-alien buddy comedy and a deeply earnest tale about how science and ... <a title="Review: Project Hail Mary is a Ryan Gosling-powered hope rocket" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/review-project-hail-mary-is-a-ryan-gosling-powered-hope-rocket/" aria-label="Read more about Review: Project Hail Mary is a Ryan Gosling-powered hope rocket">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A Northland mudfish with a ruler for scale. DOC A deeply unglamorous and rarely seen creature that spends most of its life in mud has pulled off a last-minute upset by winning the title of Fish of the Year. The Northland mudfish was not even in the top ten at the ... <a title="Mudfish pulls off last-minute upset to claim Fish of the Year 2026" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/mudfish-pulls-off-last-minute-upset-to-claim-fish-of-the-year-2026/" aria-label="Read more about Mudfish pulls off last-minute upset to claim Fish of the Year 2026">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The slip at Mauao, Mount Maunganui as seen from the air. Screengrab / Amy Till Retired Supreme Court judge Sir Mark O’Regan will lead the government’s inquiry into the Tauranga landslides which killed eight people. The terms of reference, released on Tuesday, task him with investigating how the landslides occurred and ... <a title="Retired Supreme Court judge to lead government inquiry into Tauranga landslides" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/retired-supreme-court-judge-to-lead-government-inquiry-into-tauranga-landslides/" aria-label="Read more about Retired Supreme Court judge to lead government inquiry into Tauranga landslides">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand My Food Bag is forecasting its full-year net profit will be between $6.4 million and $6.8 million Strong sales in the second half of the year have helped put My Food Bag on track to deliver year-on-year profit growth. The NZX-listed company is forecasting its full-year net profit will be between ... <a title="My Food Bag on track for profit growth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/my-food-bag-on-track-for-profit-growth/" aria-label="Read more about My Food Bag on track for profit growth">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Education Review Office is introducing a colour-coded, four-point scale for rating schools’ performance. It said the new system would apply to ERO review reports for schools visited from term two and would be easier for families to understand. The new-look reports would rate schools’ as excelling, doing well, working towards ... <a title="New rating system for schools unveiled as ERO reports overhauled" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/new-rating-system-for-schools-unveiled-as-ero-reports-overhauled/" aria-label="Read more about New rating system for schools unveiled as ERO reports overhauled">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Simon Kneebone has been appointed a Black Ferns assistant coach, focusing on set pieces. SUPPLIED The Black Ferns have a new assistant coach who will focus on their set piece. Simon Kneebone completes the coaching group, joining head coach Whitney Hansen, and assistants Tony Christie (attack) and Riki Flutey (defence). Christie ... <a title="Simon Kneebone joins Black Ferns coaching team" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/simon-kneebone-joins-black-ferns-coaching-team/" aria-label="Read more about Simon Kneebone joins Black Ferns coaching team">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Rebecca Wadey can’t imagine ever cutting her hair. The Auckland-based writer and former editor of online magazine Ensemble will turn 50 this year. Her hair, which she describes as “big, curly and coarse”, reaches well below her shoulders “to my elbows if I straighten it”. When she surfs, it blinds her; ... <a title="Have women quit cutting their hair short when they get older?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/have-women-quit-cutting-their-hair-short-when-they-get-older/" aria-label="Read more about Have women quit cutting their hair short when they get older?">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Oscars red carpet is typically viewed as the apex of awards season dressing. What the stars wear to the Dolby Theater is the culmination of months of business negotiations between talent agencies, stylists and fashion houses, generating millions of views for brands and, when successful, can cement an actor’s relevancy ... <a title="At the Oscars after-party, the fashion was sexy, strange and sensual" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/at-the-oscars-after-party-the-fashion-was-sexy-strange-and-sensual/" aria-label="Read more about At the Oscars after-party, the fashion was sexy, strange and sensual">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The average price of a kilogram of beef mince was now $4.60 more than the same time in 2025. RNZ / Vinay Ranchhod Food prices were up 4.5 percent in the year to February, and mince has recorded the biggest annual increase since data began. Meat, poultry and fish led the ... <a title="Mince records biggest annual increase since data began" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/mince-records-biggest-annual-increase-since-data-began/" aria-label="Read more about Mince records biggest annual increase since data began">Read more</a>
