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March 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand In Auckland, northbound lanes were blocked on the South-Western Motorway, SH20, at Onehunga, on Sunday morning. Supplied/ NZTA traffic camera Six people have died in 24 hours in crashes in Waikato, Taranaki, Auckland, Southland and Waiohau. Southland One person has died in Invercargill after fleeing police. Shortly before 3am, police signalled ... <a title="Six dead in 24 hours after multiple crashes around NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/six-dead-in-24-hours-after-multiple-crashes-around-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Six dead in 24 hours after multiple crashes around NZ">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand In Auckland, northbound lanes were blocked on the South-Western Motorway, SH20, at Onehunga, on Sunday morning. Supplied/ NZTA traffic camera Four people have died and others have been injured in crashes in Waikato, Taranaki, Auckland, Stratford, Waiohau and Southland Waikato police said on Sunday morning a person died following a single-vehicle ... <a title="Four dead in 24 hours after multiple crashes around NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/four-dead-in-24-hours-after-multiple-crashes-around-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Four dead in 24 hours after multiple crashes around NZ">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The incident happened at the Glenbrook Vintage Railway. File photo. Supplied / Glenbrook Vintage Railway One person has been seriously injured, after an explosion in the engine compartment of a steam train at Glenbrook Vintage Railway. Fire and Emergency sent four trucks to the vintage railway station between Glenbrook and Waiuku ... <a title="One seriously injured after explosion in steam engine train at Glenbrook Vintage Railway" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/one-seriously-injured-after-explosion-in-steam-engine-train-at-glenbrook-vintage-railway/" aria-label="Read more about One seriously injured after explosion in steam engine train at Glenbrook Vintage Railway">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand During his state of nation speech, New Zealand First leader Winston Peters addressed his party’s new proposal to split up energy gentailers, the state of the economy, Covid and his party’s aspirations at this year’s election. He also spent time taking shots at his political rivals, with sections of his speech ... <a title="Winston Peters announces proposal to overhaul energy sector in State of the Nation speech" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/winston-peters-announces-proposal-to-overhaul-energy-sector-in-state-of-the-nation-speech/" aria-label="Read more about Winston Peters announces proposal to overhaul energy sector in State of the Nation speech">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Steven George of Whangarei won the 2026 edition of the New Zealand National Excavator Operator Competition. Supplied A Northland contractor has retained his national digger operator crown by successfully slicing a pizza with his excavator. Whangarei’s Steven George also used the excavator to pour a cup of tea and play a ... <a title="Slicing pizza using a digger: How to win the national digger operator title" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/slicing-pizza-using-a-digger-how-to-win-the-national-digger-operator-title/" aria-label="Read more about Slicing pizza using a digger: How to win the national digger operator title">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The finance minister says New Zealand’s fuel stocks remain at seven weeks worth, including stockpiles. But Nicola Willis concedes that keeping that buffer was still “dependent on ships like this continuing to turn up”. Speaking on Sunday afternoon at Channel Infrastructure’s Marsden Point Energy Precinct, Willis said she wanted to provide ... <a title="Watch: Seven weeks worth of fuel stocks in NZ – Finance Minister Nicola Willis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/watch-seven-weeks-worth-of-fuel-stocks-in-nz-finance-minister-nicola-willis/" aria-label="Read more about Watch: Seven weeks worth of fuel stocks in NZ – Finance Minister Nicola Willis">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Winston Peters will make his State of the Nation address in Tauranga on Sunday. It comes off the back of heavy questioning by the New Zealand First leader about the previous government’s decisions during the Covid-19 pandemic, following the release of the second phase of the royal commission of inquiry. NZ ... <a title="Watch: Winston Peters delivers State of the Nation speech" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/watch-winston-peters-delivers-state-of-the-nation-speech/" aria-label="Read more about Watch: Winston Peters delivers State of the Nation speech">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Finance Minister Nicola Willis on Sunday afternoon will be visiting Channel Infrastructure’s Marsden Point Energy Precinct. The visit comes amid fears of an energy crisis, with the global price of oil skyrocketing in the wake of the US and Israel’s attack on Iran. Iran’s response has included threatening ships passing through ... <a title="Watch: Nicola Willis visits fuel import terminal at Marsden Point" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/watch-nicola-willis-visits-fuel-import-terminal-at-marsden-point/" aria-label="Read more about Watch: Nicola Willis visits fuel import terminal at Marsden Point">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand In Auckland, northbound lanes were blocked on the South-Western Motorway, SH20, at Onehunga, on Sunday morning. Supplied/ NZTA traffic camera Two people have died and others injured in crashes in Waikato, Auckland and Southland. Waikato police said on Sunday morning a person died following a single-vehicle crash on Howden Road, to ... <a title="Multiple crashes block lanes, two dead, others hurt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/multiple-crashes-block-lanes-two-dead-others-hurt/" aria-label="Read more about Multiple crashes block lanes, two dead, others hurt">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>
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March 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Fuel price increases will be felt soon: Diesel is the main source of electricity for the remote Chatham Islands. Vk2cz / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0) Chatham Islands diesel will remain at pre-war prices until mid-April, but pump-prices will soon rise, residents are being warned. In most parts of New Zealand, diesel has ... <a title="Fuel price increases held off for Chatham Islands, for now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/fuel-price-increases-held-off-for-chatham-islands-for-now/" aria-label="Read more about Fuel price increases held off for Chatham Islands, for now">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand An artist’s impression of a short-tailed New Zealand bat, similar to the new Mystacina nymphe species newly discovered in Otago. Gavin Mouldey / supplied A palaeontologist studying fossil fragments in Central Otago has identified a previously unknown, but now extinct, bat. University of New South Wales professor Suzanne Hand has been ... <a title="Tiny extinct bat found in NZ fossil record" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/22/tiny-extinct-bat-found-in-nz-fossil-record/" aria-label="Read more about Tiny extinct bat found in NZ fossil record">Read more</a>
