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March 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Abundant rainfall at hydro lakes has led to record levels of renewable energy generation. RNZ/Carol Stiles Abundant rainfall at the country’s hydro lakes has led to record levels of renewable energy generation. The quarterly energy report from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), showed a record-high 96.4 percent of ... <a title="Renewable energy generation hits new high, gas at 46-year low" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/12/renewable-energy-generation-hits-new-high-gas-at-46-year-low/" aria-label="Read more about Renewable energy generation hits new high, gas at 46-year low">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand By Aaron Blake, CNN Podcaster Joe Rogan Mark J. Rebilas / USA Today Sports / Reuters via CNN Newsource Analysis – If there’s one figure who epitomized President Donald Trump’s ability to cobble together a winning coalition in 2024, it might have been Joe Rogan – the influential podcaster who made ... <a title="Joe Rogan keeps highlighting Trump’s biggest liabilities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/12/joe-rogan-keeps-highlighting-trumps-biggest-liabilities/" aria-label="Read more about Joe Rogan keeps highlighting Trump’s biggest liabilities">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The press conference will be livestreamed at the top of this page from about 12.30pm. This story will be updated. MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi says the court has “brought justice to Te Tai Tokerau voters” when he ruled her expulsion from Te Pāti Māori “unlawful”. Kapa-Kingi was this week officially been reinstated ... <a title="Watch live: MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi speaks after being reinstated to Te Pāti Māori" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/12/watch-live-mp-mariameno-kapa-kingi-speaks-after-being-reinstated-to-te-pati-maori/" aria-label="Read more about Watch live: MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi speaks after being reinstated to Te Pāti Māori">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Joshua Townshend. Supplied Nearly 10 years after he made headlines when he was jailed for running a large national steroid ring, Joshua Townshend has been sentenced to home detention this time for his part in a drug manufacturing ring and laundering nearly $700,000. National Crime Correspondent Sam Sherwood reports. Joshua Townshend ... <a title="‘I felt like a fraud’: Inside ‘double life’ of a steroid kingpin turned drug manufacturer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/12/i-felt-like-a-fraud-inside-double-life-of-a-steroid-kingpin-turned-drug-manufacturer/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I felt like a fraud’: Inside ‘double life’ of a steroid kingpin turned drug manufacturer">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Air NZ has cancelled 19 flights because of ash. RNZ / Tracy Neal Air New Zealand has cancelled 19 flights due to an ash cloud coming from Whakaari/White Island in the Bay of Plenty. GeoNet’s volcanic alert says there is moderate to heightened volcanic unrest on the island. It’s the second ... <a title="19 Air New Zealand flights cancelled due to Whakaari/White Island ash cloud" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/12/19-air-new-zealand-flights-cancelled-due-to-whakaari-white-island-ash-cloud/" aria-label="Read more about 19 Air New Zealand flights cancelled due to Whakaari/White Island ash cloud">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Reports of illegal activity will be followed up by police RNZ / Marika Khabazi A visible police presence can be expected across Rotorua on Friday and Saturday as a gang tangi travels to Ōpotiki. A large number of gang members and associates are expected to be in town for the tangi, ... <a title="Visible police presence expected in Rotorua and Ōpōtiki as gang tangi travels through" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/12/visible-police-presence-expected-in-rotorua-and-opotiki-as-gang-tangi-travels-through/" aria-label="Read more about Visible police presence expected in Rotorua and Ōpōtiki as gang tangi travels through">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Some beaches have been off limits for swimming since the Moa Point treatment plant failed on 4 February. Kate Pereyra/RNZ The government will publicly release the findings of an independent inquiry into the Moa Point wastewater treatment plant “as soon as possible”. Millions of litres of raw sewage continued to enter ... <a title="Government will publicly release findings of inquiry into Moa Point wastewater plant" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/12/government-will-publicly-release-findings-of-inquiry-into-moa-point-wastewater-plant/" aria-label="Read more about Government will publicly release findings of inquiry into Moa Point wastewater plant">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied Disabled people and their carers are welcoming a government back-track on funding for support services, but say the past two years have been deeply traumatic and won’t be forgotten. The Government has wound back controversial cuts to disability support services it made in 2024. Two years ago Whaikaha Ministry of ... <a title="‘We’re just meant to say thank you’: Government u-turns on disability funding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/12/were-just-meant-to-say-thank-you-government-u-turns-on-disability-funding/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We’re just meant to say thank you’: Government u-turns on disability funding">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is off to the Pacific this week. RNZ / Marika Khabazi The prime minister has announced he will visit Samoa and Tonga later this week, for what will be the government’s first comprehensive engagements with two new leaders. Christopher Luxon will bring with him a delegation of ... <a title="Christopher Luxon to visit Samoa, Tonga to meet new PMs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/12/christopher-luxon-to-visit-samoa-tonga-to-meet-new-pms/" aria-label="Read more about Christopher Luxon to visit Samoa, Tonga to meet new PMs">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Rakiura a female kākāpō is being livestreamed from her nest. SCREENSHOT A Department of Conservation (DoC) livestream of a nesting Kākāpo on a remote island off the coast of the South Island, has attracted international attention. Through a hidden camera, viewers can watch Rakiura as she raises her chick, who looks ... <a title="DoC’s Kākāpo livstream attracts international attention" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/12/docs-kakapo-livstream-attracts-international-attention/" aria-label="Read more about DoC’s Kākāpo livstream attracts international attention">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Makala Woods (middle) celebrates her goal with Brooke Nunn (left) and Lucia de Leon. www.photosport.nz English forward Brooke Nunn and American striker Makala Woods have become the first import players to re-sign with the Wellington Phoenix in the five year history of the women’s team. The Phoenix women are having their ... <a title="Wellington Phoenix women lock in foreign attacking duo for another season" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/12/wellington-phoenix-women-lock-in-foreign-attacking-duo-for-another-season/" aria-label="Read more about Wellington Phoenix women lock in foreign attacking duo for another season">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Patrice Allen Air New Zealand is warning 44,000 passengers will be affected by cancellations over the coming months – so what are your rights if you’re one of them? Air New Zealand chief executive Nikhil Ravishankar told Morning Report between now and the end of April, early May the ... <a title="My flight has been cancelled: What are my rights?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/12/my-flight-has-been-cancelled-what-are-my-rights/" aria-label="Read more about My flight has been cancelled: What are my rights?">Read more</a>
