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March 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Originair has serviced Westport with an 18-seater Jetstream aircraft. Supplied Buller’s mayor says it’s “devastating” Westport could lose its only air direct service. Originair said the Wellington to Westport route is not commercially viable, asking central government to step in. Buller District Council Mayor Chris Russell told Morning Report the service ... <a title="Buller mayor devastated at potential loss of air connection" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/19/buller-mayor-devastated-at-potential-loss-of-air-connection/" aria-label="Read more about Buller mayor devastated at potential loss of air connection">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Starfish at Army Bay. MARK LENTON / SUPPLIED A week since a two-year harvesting ban on the Hauraki Gulf coast in north Auckland came into force, no fines have been handed out. It is now illegal to take seaweed, shellfish, and other rockpool sea life from intertidal zones along the Whangaparāoa ... <a title="Vigilantes racially profiling Asian community at Auckland rockpools" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/19/vigilantes-racially-profiling-asian-community-at-auckland-rockpools/" aria-label="Read more about Vigilantes racially profiling Asian community at Auckland rockpools">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Dan Cook All bets are off on the price of petrol in New Zealand following Israel’s attack on the world’s largest natural gasfield in Pars overnight, AA is warning. Brent Crude prices have surged since the attack, climbing to $US109 a barrel by 9am on Monday (NZT). AA’s transport ... <a title="All bets off over NZ petrol prices after Iran gas field strike, AA says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/19/all-bets-off-over-nz-petrol-prices-after-iran-gas-field-strike-aa-says/" aria-label="Read more about All bets off over NZ petrol prices after Iran gas field strike, AA says">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A plane slid off the runway in Christchurch. Supplied / JJ Green A Jetstar plane swerved off the runway after landing at Christchurch because the pilot accidentally put the thrust lever on to full power causing the plane to accelerate, investigators say. Passengers aboard the Airbus A320 plane travelling from Auckland ... <a title="Jetstar plane swerved off Christchurch runway after pilot accidentally hit ‘full power’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/19/jetstar-plane-swerved-off-christchurch-runway-after-pilot-accidentally-hit-full-power/" aria-label="Read more about Jetstar plane swerved off Christchurch runway after pilot accidentally hit ‘full power’">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand author:rnz digital reporters_] The Chinese Embassy. RNZ / REECE BAKER The Chinese Embassy says New Zealand and Australia’s recent comments on China are unwarranted and inappropriate, accusing the nations of “inexplicable colonial-style arrogance”. Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles and Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong hosted ... <a title="‘Colonial-style arrogance’: China unhappy with NZ-Australia statement" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/19/colonial-style-arrogance-china-unhappy-with-nz-australia-statement/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Colonial-style arrogance’: China unhappy with NZ-Australia statement">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand [brightcove]https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6391056234112 When Auckland couple Sue and Tony Kerr first opened their door to a homeless teenager as part of an organised programme to shelter young people in crisis, they were nervous about how it would go. They are retired and worried the generation gap might prove problematic, that their home cooking ... <a title="Families open up homes to homeless teens under The Safety Net programme" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/19/families-open-up-homes-to-homeless-teens-under-the-safety-net-programme/" aria-label="Read more about Families open up homes to homeless teens under The Safety Net programme">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Traffic jam in Auckland. 123RF Health researchers are calling for policy changes to combat air pollution in Auckland, saying traffic is silently killing locals. More than 700 Aucklanders die every year from air pollution from traffic, compared to 2000 deaths nationally, according to a new report by the University of Auckland. ... <a title="Call for low-emission zones in Auckland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/19/call-for-low-emission-zones-in-auckland/" aria-label="Read more about Call for low-emission zones in Auckland">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Bored Ape / Nike / Beeble / Cyber Cosmos Four years ago, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) were everywhere. The tokens, which provide digital ownership of an asset, often art, were being traded and promoted by celebrities in New Zealand and around the world. Former All Black Dan Carter co-founded Glorious, to help ... <a title="Whatever happened to NFTs?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/19/whatever-happened-to-nfts/" aria-label="Read more about Whatever happened to NFTs?">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Lucas Zaner, a 31-year-old from Wellington, assumed he would get Covid and get it bad. Whenever he had a cold or the flu, it tended to floor him so he was diligent with isolating, mask wearing and handwashing from the start of the pandemic in 2020. “I don’t want to call ... <a title="Novids, super-dodgers: The people who have never had Covid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/19/novids-super-dodgers-the-people-who-have-never-had-covid/" aria-label="Read more about Novids, super-dodgers: The people who have never had Covid">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Liberty Consulting Group Limited in Rosedale, Auckland. RNZ / Gill Bonnett An immigration adviser caught selling a fake job at her husband’s company in taped phone conversations – after he lost his first fake job there – has lost her licence. Heidi Castelucci, also known as Qian Yu, coached a migrant ... <a title="Immigration adviser struck off register after selling two scam jobs to migrant" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/19/immigration-adviser-struck-off-register-after-selling-two-scam-jobs-to-migrant/" aria-label="Read more about Immigration adviser struck off register after selling two scam jobs to migrant">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Health New Zealand (HNZ) has been warned that keeping financial control is “one of the thorniest” aspects of the government’s rapid push to devolution. RNZ Health New Zealand (HNZ) has been warned that keeping financial control is “one of the thorniest” aspects of the government’s rapid push to devolution. The government ... <a title="Health NZ warned financial control ‘one of the thorniest’ aspects of decentralisation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/19/health-nz-warned-financial-control-one-of-the-thorniest-aspects-of-decentralisation/" aria-label="Read more about Health NZ warned financial control ‘one of the thorniest’ aspects of decentralisation">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand When it cools down and autumn hits in New Zealand, office kitchens and staff rooms are suddenly abundant with the sweet smell of our widely available little fruit – the feijoa. But spare a thought for Kiwis who have made Australia home – where they don’t seem to understand our feijoa ... <a title="Why do we love feijoas more than anyone else in the world?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/19/why-do-we-love-feijoas-more-than-anyone-else-in-the-world/" aria-label="Read more about Why do we love feijoas more than anyone else in the world?">Read more</a>
