ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on May 26, 2025.
Fourth time lucky? ACT’s regulatory standards law may finally pass, despite Treaty and legal doubts
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carwyn Jones, Honorary Adjunct Professor, Te Kawa a Māui – School of Māori Studies, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington ACT Party leader David Seymour. Getty Images With the ACT Party’s Regulatory Standards Bill now before the Finance and Expenditure Committee, having passed its first
Motarilavoa Hilda Lini, ‘a trailblazer’ for Vanuatu women in politics, has died
RNZ Pacific Motarilavoa Hilda Lini, a pioneering Ni-Vanuatu politician, has died. Lini passed away at the Port Vila General Hospital on Sunday, according to local news media. Lini was the first woman to be elected to the Vanuatu Parliament in 1987 as a member of the National United Party. Motarilavoa Hilda Lini in 1989 .
Fiji lawyer Nazhat Khan takes up acting top prosecution role at ICC
By Anish Chand in Suva Fiji lawyer Nazhat Shameem Khan has been elevated to the top prosecutorial position at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. The Office of the Prosecutor at ICC has announced that deputy prosecutors Nazhat Shameem Khan and Mame Mandiaye Niang have taken over leadership following chief prosecutor Karim AA
Cyclones drive people to buy health insurance, more so than some government campaigns
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ha Nguyen, Senior Research Fellow, The Kids Research Institute Australia Ryan DeBerardinis/Shutterstock People who’ve lived through natural disasters, such as floods or cyclones, often re-assess their priorities. But for Australians who’ve lived through a severe cyclone, this can affect them in a way that’s received little attention.
Urban rewilding has brought back beavers, hornbills and platypuses to city parks – and that’s just the start
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick Finnerty, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in conservation and wildlife management, University of Sydney Pavel Mikoska By 2050, almost 70% of the world’s population will live in cities – 20% more than today. As cities expand, the natural world around them contracts. Species decline faster in and around
Most of us will leave behind a large ‘digital legacy’ when we die. Here’s how to plan what happens to it
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bjorn Nansen, Associate Professor, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne Imagine you are planning the funeral music for a loved one who has died. You can’t remember their favourite song, so you try to login to their Spotify account. Then you realise the
Labor women make history by overtaking men in cabinet. So is the job done?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elise Stephenson, Deputy Director, Global Institute for Women’s Leadership, Australian National University The Albanese government has achieved a striking gender equality milestone following its election for a second term. For the first time in Australian history, there will be more women than men in federal cabinet.This comes
While Pacific is target of geopolitics, many nations still fight for basic sovereignty
Samoan-Kiwi filmmaker Tuki Laumea checks in with indigenous communities in 10 Pacific nations for a new Al Jazeera documentary series, reports RNZ Saturday Morning. RNZ News As the Pacific region becomes a battleground for global power-play, many island nations are still fighting for basic sovereignty and autonomy, says Pacific filmmaker Tuki Laumea. Pacific leaders are
Pacific dengue cases surge but don’t cancel your holiday yet, says health expert
A public health expert is urging anyone travelling to places in the Pacific with a current dengue fever outbreak to be vigilant and take sensible precautions — but stresses the chances of contracting the disease are low. On Friday, the Cook Islands declared an outbreak of the viral infection, which is spread by mosquitoes, in
Jonathan Cook: Ignore Starmer’s theatrics. Gaza’s trail of blood leads straight to his door
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – Western capitals are still coordinating with Israel and the US on their “criticisms” of the genocide — just as they earlier coordinated on their support for the slaughter ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Cook After 19 months of being presented with dissembling accounts of Gaza from their governments,
