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Month: May 2025

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As the Million Paws Walk takes its last lap, other charity fundraising events face serious challenges

May 22, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Wade, Lecturer in Social Inquiry, La Trobe University The RSPCA has announced this Sunday’s Million Paws Walk will be their last. The event has been celebrated across Australia since 1994, with more than 765,000 people and their 410,000 dogs having “laced up and leashed up” to ... <a title="As the Million Paws Walk takes its last lap, other charity fundraising events face serious challenges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/22/as-the-million-paws-walk-takes-its-last-lap-other-charity-fundraising-events-face-serious-challenges-257125/" aria-label="Read more about As the Million Paws Walk takes its last lap, other charity fundraising events face serious challenges">Read more</a>

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Keith Rankin on the War in Sudan

May 22, 2025

Analysis by Keith Rankin. On 11 April 2025, AP noted that the two-year-old Civil War in Sudan is regarded by the United Nations as “the world’s worst humanitarian crisis”, though it is grossly underreported (see Wake up: The Worst Humanitarian Crisis on Earth is in Sudan, by Shirley Martey Hargis and Mike Sexton, Third Way ... <a title="Keith Rankin on the War in Sudan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/22/keith-rankin-on-the-war-in-sudan/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin on the War in Sudan">Read more</a>

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Too many people with back pain call ambulances or visit the ED. Here’s why that’s a problem

May 22, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Vella, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, University of Sydney Rose Marinelli/Shutterstock Around 4 million Australians experience back problems and people are increasingly calling ambulances and presenting to emergency departments to manage back pain. Yet most of these cases of back pain don’t require emergency ... <a title="Too many people with back pain call ambulances or visit the ED. Here’s why that’s a problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/22/too-many-people-with-back-pain-call-ambulances-or-visit-the-ed-heres-why-thats-a-problem-255776/" aria-label="Read more about Too many people with back pain call ambulances or visit the ED. Here’s why that’s a problem">Read more</a>

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In a flood, first responders balance helping others while their own families are at risk. It’s an impossible choice

May 22, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Smith, Associate Professor and Discipline Lead (Paramedicine), La Trobe University As unprecedented flooding inundates towns and leaves residents stranded in parts of New South Wales, local first responders have rescued hundreds of people from floodwaters and rooftops. Volunteering Australia estimates more than 400,000 people volunteer as ... <a title="In a flood, first responders balance helping others while their own families are at risk. It’s an impossible choice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/22/in-a-flood-first-responders-balance-helping-others-while-their-own-families-are-at-risk-its-an-impossible-choice-257313/" aria-label="Read more about In a flood, first responders balance helping others while their own families are at risk. It’s an impossible choice">Read more</a>

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Keith Rankin Analysis – Zero-Sum Fiscal Narratives

May 22, 2025

Analysis by Keith Rankin. The central narrative of New Zealand’s Minister of Finance, Nicola Willis, is ‘There is only so much money to go around’. (For example, her interview on RNZ on 20 May, Willis on her second Budget, price of butter. The interview also covers, in the usual subservient way our media addresses these ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Zero-Sum Fiscal Narratives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/22/keith-rankin-analysis-budget-2025-zero-sum-fiscal-narratives/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Zero-Sum Fiscal Narratives">Read more</a>

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Australia is forecast to fall 262,000 homes short of its housing target. We need bold action

May 22, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ehsan Noroozinejad, Senior Researcher and Sustainable Future Lead, Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University Australia’s plan to build 1.2 million new homes by 2029 is in trouble. A new report by the National Housing Supply and Affordability Council (NHSAC) shows we are likely to miss this ... <a title="Australia is forecast to fall 262,000 homes short of its housing target. We need bold action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/22/australia-is-forecast-to-fall-262-000-homes-short-of-its-housing-target-we-need-bold-action-257246/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is forecast to fall 262,000 homes short of its housing target. We need bold action">Read more</a>

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NSW on alert: these maps show the areas at risk of flooding and storms

May 22, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Digital Storytelling Team, The Conversation False colour satellite timelapse (infrared + Zehr) BoM Himawari-9 satellite, CC BY-SA At least one person is confirmed dead, three people are missing and tens of thousands are isolated after record-breaking floods continue to wreak havoc on the New South Wales coast. ... <a title="NSW on alert: these maps show the areas at risk of flooding and storms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/22/nsw-on-alert-these-maps-show-the-areas-at-risk-of-flooding-and-storms-257343/" aria-label="Read more about NSW on alert: these maps show the areas at risk of flooding and storms">Read more</a>

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NZ Budget 2025 at a glance: follow the money here

May 22, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael P. Cameron, Professor of Economics, University of Waikato Finance Minister Nicola Willis delivers her budget address in parliament. Getty Images Finance Minister Nicola Willis delivered a pragmatic budget today, balancing fiscal discipline and the promise of economic growth. Willis pitched it as a “responsible budget” and ... <a title="NZ Budget 2025 at a glance: follow the money here" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/22/nz-budget-2025-at-a-glance-follow-the-money-here-256776/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Budget 2025 at a glance: follow the money here">Read more</a>

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Indonesian military operations spark concerns over displaced indigenous Papuans

May 22, 2025

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist A West Papua independence leader says escalating violence is forcing indigenous Papuans to flee their ancestral lands. It comes as the Indonesian military claims 18 members of the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) were killed in an hour-long operation in Intan Jaya on May 14. In a statement, ... <a title="Indonesian military operations spark concerns over displaced indigenous Papuans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/22/indonesian-military-operations-spark-concerns-over-displaced-indigenous-papuans/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian military operations spark concerns over displaced indigenous Papuans">Read more</a>

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Compression tights and tops: do they actually benefit you during (or after) exercise?

May 22, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Singh, Research Fellow, Allied Health & Human Performance, University of South Australia Olena Yakobchuk/Shutterstock You’ve seen them in every gym: tight black leggings, neon sleeves and even knee-length socks. Compression gear is everywhere, worn by weekend joggers, elite athletes and influencers striking poses mid-squat. But do ... <a title="Compression tights and tops: do they actually benefit you during (or after) exercise?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/22/compression-tights-and-tops-do-they-actually-benefit-you-during-or-after-exercise-255719/" aria-label="Read more about Compression tights and tops: do they actually benefit you during (or after) exercise?">Read more</a>

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Australia’s knowledge of Russia is dwindling. We need to start training our future experts now

May 22, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jon Richardson, Visiting Fellow, Centre for European Studies, Australian National University Shutterstock Russia’s possible interest in basing long-range aircraft at an Indonesian airbase not far from Australian shores shook up a relatively staid election campaign last month. The news, which Jakarta immediately dismissed, caught many by surprise ... <a title="Australia’s knowledge of Russia is dwindling. We need to start training our future experts now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/22/australias-knowledge-of-russia-is-dwindling-we-need-to-start-training-our-future-experts-now-256445/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s knowledge of Russia is dwindling. We need to start training our future experts now">Read more</a>