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March 17, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The PSA said its members working in policy, advisory, knowledge and services voted overhelmingly in favour of ratifying a new collective agreement. RNZ The Public Service Association (PSA) says a group of 2500 Te Whatu Ora staff it represents have ratified a new collective agreement. The PSA said its members working ... <a title="2500 Te Whatu Ora PAKS staff ratify new collective agreement, PSA says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/2500-te-whatu-ora-paks-staff-ratify-new-collective-agreement-psa-says/" aria-label="Read more about 2500 Te Whatu Ora PAKS staff ratify new collective agreement, PSA says">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The companies in the Major Electricity Users Group account for more than a quarter of New Zealand’s energy use. File photo. 123RF Energy prices around the world are being squeezed by the conflict in the Middle East, but there should not be any price shocks in local power bills this winter, ... <a title="Power price shocks unlikely this winter, says major electricity users group" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/16/power-price-shocks-unlikely-this-winter-says-major-electricity-users-group/" aria-label="Read more about Power price shocks unlikely this winter, says major electricity users group">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied An apartment block in central Wellington has been evacuated after a fire on Monday evening. Two people were in the apartment at the time of the fire. Police say one person was seriously hurt and taken to hospital. Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) was alerted to a small third-floor ... <a title="Apartment block evacuated after fire in central Wellington" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/16/apartment-block-evacuated-after-fire-in-central-wellington/" aria-label="Read more about Apartment block evacuated after fire in central Wellington">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand John Austin. RNZ / Evie Richardson Farmers say the skyrocketing price of fuel couldn’t have come at a worst possible time. The end of summer marks the beginning of harvest season for arable farmers, a time when they can burn more than double the amount of fuel than any other time ... <a title="Farmers face uncertain future as fuel prices skyrocket" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/16/farmers-face-uncertain-future-as-fuel-prices-skyrocket/" aria-label="Read more about Farmers face uncertain future as fuel prices skyrocket">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand In March 2024, Customs carried out search warrants in Gisborne, locating a significant amount of cash in a bedroom and in a vehicle parked outside the restaurant, as well as over a kilogram of loose tobacco and 11,000 cigarettes inside the restaurant. Supplied / New Zealand Customs New Zealand Customs has ... <a title="Fears NZ’s tobacco black market will get as bad as Australia’s" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/16/fears-nzs-tobacco-black-market-will-get-as-bad-as-australias/" aria-label="Read more about Fears NZ’s tobacco black market will get as bad as Australia’s">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Four dolphins have been killed off Kaikōura’s coast in the past two years, including three by set net entanglement Supplied / Genevieve Robinson Conservation groups are calling for action to reduce dolphin deaths off Canterbury’s coastline. A female Hector’s dolphin was killed in a set net off Kaikōura’s coast and discarded ... <a title="Dolphin’s death spurs calls for greater protection" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/16/dolphins-death-spurs-calls-for-greater-protection/" aria-label="Read more about Dolphin’s death spurs calls for greater protection">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The company received 27 shipments of the live green-lipped mussels. NIWA/Rebekah Parsons-King A Christchurch-based fish processor has been fined $20,000 for illegally handling live mussels from a restricted biosecurity zone. Ikana New Zealand was sentenced in the Christchurch District Court this month after admitting nine biosecurity offences. Ministry for Primary Industries ... <a title="Fish processor Ikana New Zealand fined $20,000 for nine biosecurity offences" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/16/fish-processor-ikana-new-zealand-fined-20000-for-nine-biosecurity-offences/" aria-label="Read more about Fish processor Ikana New Zealand fined $20,000 for nine biosecurity offences">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Melanna House has been closed since September. Supplied Waiheke Island’s only respite care house for kids with disabilities has closed, leaving parents who booked their children in for school holiday programmes and overnight stays in the lurch. Spectrum Care said the service at Melanna House was running at a loss and ... <a title="Parents left stranded as Waiheke Island’s only respite care house for kids with disabilities closes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/16/parents-left-stranded-as-waiheke-islands-only-respite-care-house-for-kids-with-disabilities-closes/" aria-label="Read more about Parents left stranded as Waiheke Island’s only respite care house for kids with disabilities closes">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Gloriavale members received payments into their own accounts but those payments could be taken out again by the community’s financial controller. RNZ / Jean Edwards Gloriavale’s leaders made sham payments to community members to make it appear as though they are rewarded for their efforts, the Employment Court has heard. A ... <a title="Gloriavale: Sham payments made to community members, court told" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/16/gloriavale-sham-payments-made-to-community-members-court-told/" aria-label="Read more about Gloriavale: Sham payments made to community members, court told">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied / Kiwibank A recent insurance promotion in which customers were offered Prezzy cards for new business is a reminder to watch out for loyalty tax, Consumer NZ says. Glenn Marshall, who is an insurance broker but is acting in a personal capacity as a consumer, has complained to IAG about ... <a title="Prezzy promo a reminder to watch out for ‘loyalty tax’, Consumer NZ says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/16/prezzy-promo-a-reminder-to-watch-out-for-loyalty-tax-consumer-nz-says/" aria-label="Read more about Prezzy promo a reminder to watch out for ‘loyalty tax’, Consumer NZ says">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Christchurch District Court. RNZ / Nate McKinnon Warning: This story contains details of an alleged sexual assault. A man accused of taking a teenager 17 years his junior to a bach and then sexually violating him while the young man was intoxicated has pleaded not guilty. The accused, who has name ... <a title="Man denies sexually assaulting drunk teen in mid-1990s" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/16/man-denies-sexually-assaulting-drunk-teen-in-mid-1990s/" aria-label="Read more about Man denies sexually assaulting drunk teen in mid-1990s">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ Oranga Tamariki is investigating after two youths absconded from a Lower Hutt care facility. Residential services care and protection manager Karen Gillies said police were called when the pair fled the Epuni Care and Protection Facility on Sunday night. They were found and returned in the early hours of Monday ... <a title="Youths abscond from Oranga Tamariki care facility in Lower Hutt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/16/youths-abscond-from-oranga-tamariki-care-facility-in-lower-hutt/" aria-label="Read more about Youths abscond from Oranga Tamariki care facility in Lower Hutt">Read more</a>
