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March 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington, DC on September 29, 2025. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS As the Iran war affects the global economy, Americans are asking if their ties with Israel look like the tail wagging the dog. The United States was one ... <a title="Why Israel and the US are in lockstep – and why that might be changing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/27/why-israel-and-the-us-are-in-lockstep-and-why-that-might-be-changing/" aria-label="Read more about Why Israel and the US are in lockstep – and why that might be changing">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ Easter egg prices have increased again as the price of chocolate pushes up costs. A survey of pricing shows a 325g bag of Cadbury marshmallow eggs is now on special for $10 at Woolworths, down from $13. Last year, it was $8, down from $12. The same pack was $9.90 ... <a title="Easter egg prices jump again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/27/easter-egg-prices-jump-again/" aria-label="Read more about Easter egg prices jump again">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Thomas Lefebvre / Unsplash Advocates say the use of AI to screen job applications is dehumanising and creates bias. The technology is used by companies like McDonalds and Woolworths to process applications en masse, but handing the reins to a computer has Unite Union’s assistant national secretary Gerard Hehir uneasy. “AIs ... <a title="Jobseekers and advocates disturbed as companies screen applications with AI" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/27/jobseekers-and-advocates-disturbed-as-companies-screen-applications-with-ai/" aria-label="Read more about Jobseekers and advocates disturbed as companies screen applications with AI">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Blues and Fijian Drua will play for the inaugural Joeli Vidiri Trophy this weekend. Photosport The final piece of the All Black’s puzzle now awaits. With Dave Rennie’s coaching squad assembled, the new crew will now turn their attention to the players they will task with resurrecting the national side. ... <a title="Super Rugby preview: Vidiri legacy honoured, Carter to centre for Chiefs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/27/super-rugby-preview-vidiri-legacy-honoured-carter-to-centre-for-chiefs/" aria-label="Read more about Super Rugby preview: Vidiri legacy honoured, Carter to centre for Chiefs">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Blues and Fijian Drua will in future play for the Joeli Vidiri Memorial Trophy whenever they meet in Super Rugby. PHOTOSPORT There were few sights in the late 90s more thrilling than Joeli Vidiri in full flight during the early days of Super 12. The blockbusting winger ignited excitement alongside ... <a title="Next generation of Blues inspired by Joeli Vidiri’s brilliance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/27/next-generation-of-blues-inspired-by-joeli-vidiris-brilliance/" aria-label="Read more about Next generation of Blues inspired by Joeli Vidiri’s brilliance">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Flooding in Kāeo township NZTA/Supplied Civil Defence teams are heading out in Northland to assess how much damage the latest storm has caused. A red heavy rain warning expired at 4am Friday and the Far North and Whangārei remain under a state of emergency for another six days. Kaitaia is cut ... <a title="Civil Defence teams to assess damage caused by latest storm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/27/civil-defence-teams-to-assess-damage-caused-by-latest-storm/" aria-label="Read more about Civil Defence teams to assess damage caused by latest storm">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming. RNZ / Mark Papalii Disgraced former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming has not replied to a request to pay back up to 10 taxpayer-funded stays at hotels during his affair, three weeks on. Police Commissioner Richard Chambers wrote to McSkimming on 4 March asking him ... <a title="‘No response’: Jevon McSkimming yet to pay back taxpayer funded hotel stays during affair" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/27/no-response-jevon-mcskimming-yet-to-pay-back-taxpayer-funded-hotel-stays-during-affair/" aria-label="Read more about ‘No response’: Jevon McSkimming yet to pay back taxpayer funded hotel stays during affair">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand In a finger-like branch of Lake Ohakuri the water is as green as the grassy paddocks surrounding it. It’s thick with algae. The microscopic plant-like organisms lack leaves or roots, but possess a prodigious ability to feast on nutrients and with the help of sunlight, multiply exponentially, turning clear water into ... <a title="These Waikato hydro lakes are supposed to be safe to swim in, but a toxic algae problem is getting worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/27/these-waikato-hydro-lakes-are-supposed-to-be-safe-to-swim-in-but-a-toxic-algae-problem-is-getting-worse/" aria-label="Read more about These Waikato hydro lakes are supposed to be safe to swim in, but a toxic algae problem is getting worse">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Heavy rain and winds continue as a deep sub-tropical low continues to make its way across the country, particularly from Northland to Bay of Plenty. A period of large northeast waves is also expected with strong to gale-force winds. Northland east of Kaikohe from Doubtless Bay to Whangārei remains under a ... <a title="Live weather: More rain, gales for upper North Island, parts of South" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/27/live-weather-more-rain-gales-for-upper-north-island-parts-of-south/" aria-label="Read more about Live weather: More rain, gales for upper North Island, parts of South">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand States of Emergency have been declared in Whangārei and the Far North The Whangārei District Mayor Ken Couper said with communities isolated and more heavy rain forecast, declaring an emergency means Civil Defence had access to emergency powers to protect life and property. He said that includes ordering evacuations, closing roads ... <a title="As it happened: Floods close highways as heavy rain hits North Island" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/27/as-it-happened-floods-close-highways-as-heavy-rain-hits-north-island/" aria-label="Read more about As it happened: Floods close highways as heavy rain hits North Island">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Flooding in Kiripaka, Northland. Supplied / Stella Matthews MetService says there’s a strong likelihood of several regions being upgraded to red heavy rain warnings as a damaging storm sweeps across the country. Northland and Whangārei are currently in a state of emergency, which will last for seven days. Although rainfall is ... <a title="The regions that could be in the flood firing line next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/the-regions-that-could-be-in-the-flood-firing-line-next/" aria-label="Read more about The regions that could be in the flood firing line next">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Loran, her husband and two sons, aged one and three. Supplied A young mum facing life-threatening delays for cancer treatment may be forced to raise more than $1 million for a stem cell transplant overseas. At only 29-years-old, Loran Geddes was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia in November last year. Her ... <a title="Young mum facing life-threatening stem cell transplant delays for cancer treatment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/26/young-mum-facing-life-threatening-stem-cell-transplant-delays-for-cancer-treatment/" aria-label="Read more about Young mum facing life-threatening stem cell transplant delays for cancer treatment">Read more</a>
