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March 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Mark Papalii New Zealand will have to release about six days worth of fuel as part of a decision by the International Energy Agency. The IEA has agreed unanimously to release 400 million barrels of oil from its reserves. Senior ministers met last night to pore over the country’s ... <a title="NZ will release six days of fuel amid global concerns over supply" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/12/nz-will-release-six-days-of-fuel-amid-global-concerns-over-supply/" aria-label="Read more about NZ will release six days of fuel amid global concerns over supply">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand White Fern Sophie Devine. PHOTOSPORT White Fern Sophie Devine has picked up a $476,000 deal to play for the Welsh Fire in this year’s The Hundred in the UK. It is the highest price for a women’s player in the history of the competition. Devine, 36, who recently relinquished the New ... <a title="Cricket: Fomer White Ferns captain Sophie Devine goes for top-dollar in The Hundred auction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/12/cricket-fomer-white-ferns-captain-sophie-devine-goes-for-top-dollar-in-the-hundred-auction/" aria-label="Read more about Cricket: Fomer White Ferns captain Sophie Devine goes for top-dollar in The Hundred auction">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Convicted murderer Gail Maney. Fairfax Media A woman who spent 15 years in prison says being released into the outside world was like being pushed out the gate. The coroner is calling for urgent psychological support for long term prisoners before and after release, after a former prisoner who served nearly ... <a title="Prisoners struggle with reintegration after being released from jail" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/12/prisoners-struggle-with-reintegration-after-being-released-from-jail/" aria-label="Read more about Prisoners struggle with reintegration after being released from jail">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Cornwall Park is home to 300 ewes. Cornwall Park Aucklanders can get a taste of the country in their own back yard this weekend as Cornwall Park opens up its working farm. Established in 1844 the farm currently has 300 perindale ewes and 60 head of cattle. Farm manager Peter Maxwell ... <a title="Cornwall Park’s farm week gives Aucklanders a taste of farm life in the central city" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/12/cornwall-parks-farm-week-gives-aucklanders-a-taste-of-farm-life-in-the-central-city/" aria-label="Read more about Cornwall Park’s farm week gives Aucklanders a taste of farm life in the central city">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand Food Network CEO Gavin Findlay points out the imperfection on a donated apple that would have led to it being graded out of supermarket supply. Bonnie Harrison A new report showing one in three households have struggled to access affordable, nutritious food in the past year has come as ... <a title="One in three households struggled for food in past year, Hunger Monitor report finds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/12/one-in-three-households-struggled-for-food-in-past-year-hunger-monitor-report-finds/" aria-label="Read more about One in three households struggled for food in past year, Hunger Monitor report finds">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand As the final report on how New Zealand handled the Covid-19 pandemic is released, a ninth wave of the virus is hitting communities. RNZ / Marika Khabazi A deadly Covid wave returns, just as New Zealand gets its final pandemic report card Another wave of Covid-19 is circulating again through New ... <a title="As Covid hits again, New Zealand confronts its pandemic past" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/12/as-covid-hits-again-new-zealand-confronts-its-pandemic-past/" aria-label="Read more about As Covid hits again, New Zealand confronts its pandemic past">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Heinz Watties has proposed a major job shake-up. Supplied / Heinz Watties The Employers and Manufacturers Association believes there will be a ripple effect right across the country if Heinz Watties goes ahead with its major shake-up. The company wants to shut its plants in Auckland, Christchurch and Dunedin and stop ... <a title="Heinz Watties restructure will have ripple effect, Employers and Manufacturers Association says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/12/heinz-watties-restructure-will-have-ripple-effect-employers-and-manufacturers-association-says/" aria-label="Read more about Heinz Watties restructure will have ripple effect, Employers and Manufacturers Association says">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Would you like to be a tree when you die? Or would you like to be an AI chatbot hologram? There is a widening spectrum for how to dispose of our bodies after we die and how we will be grieved and remembered. Dr Hannah Gould, a death expert and Australian ... <a title="Can you really turn into a tree when you die?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/12/can-you-really-turn-into-a-tree-when-you-die/" aria-label="Read more about Can you really turn into a tree when you die?">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Peeni Henare stands in Matangireia at Parliament. RNZ / Lillian Hanly Outgoing Labour MP Peeni Henare says he is ready to “see the back of this place”, as he prepares to leave both Parliament and the party who gave him an “opportunity” after 12 years. “You can only try your best, ... <a title="Outgoing MP Peeni Henare on being Māori, a politician, and why he’s walking away from the Labour Party" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/12/outgoing-mp-peeni-henare-on-being-maori-a-politician-and-why-hes-walking-away-from-the-labour-party/" aria-label="Read more about Outgoing MP Peeni Henare on being Māori, a politician, and why he’s walking away from the Labour Party">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Some things have become cheaper over the past 10 years. RNZ Sometimes it seems as though everything is just continually getting more expensive – especially when war in the Middle East sparks major inflation warnings. But some things have become cheaper over the past 10 years, according to Stats NZ. In ... <a title="Seven things that got cheaper while prices rose" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/12/seven-things-that-got-cheaper-while-prices-rose/" aria-label="Read more about Seven things that got cheaper while prices rose">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Social development minister Louise Upston. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Beneficiary numbers have soared to a 12-year high, under a government that promised a reduction. They were the highest both by volume and percentage of the working-age population since at least the 2013 welfare reforms. Social development minister Louise Upston said in ... <a title="Beneficiary numbers soar to 12-year high despite government’s reduction promise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/12/beneficiary-numbers-soar-to-12-year-high-despite-governments-reduction-promise/" aria-label="Read more about Beneficiary numbers soar to 12-year high despite government’s reduction promise">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Joseph Matamata in court. RNZ/ Anusha Bradley New Zealand’s most notorious slavedriver and trafficker has failed in a bid to have his sentence shortened. Joseph Matamata was jailed for 11 years in 2020 for using 13 people as slaves and 10 charges of human trafficking. But the Court of Appeal has ... <a title="Hawke’s Bay human trafficker Joseph Matamata loses sentence bid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/12/hawkes-bay-human-trafficker-joseph-matamata-loses-sentence-bid/" aria-label="Read more about Hawke’s Bay human trafficker Joseph Matamata loses sentence bid">Read more</a>
