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Month: June 2025

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Former Congress staffer allowed to return to Kanaky New Caledonia

June 11, 2025

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk One of seven people transferred to mainland France almost a year ago, following the May 2024 riots in New Caledonia, has been allowed to return home, a French court has ruled. Frédérique Muliava, a former Congress staffer, was part of a group of six who were ... <a title="Former Congress staffer allowed to return to Kanaky New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/11/former-congress-staffer-allowed-to-return-to-kanaky-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about Former Congress staffer allowed to return to Kanaky New Caledonia">Read more</a>

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Jacaranda, black locust and London plane: common street trees show surprising resilience to growing heat in Australia

June 11, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Manuel Esperon-Rodriguez, Senior Lecturer in Ecology, Western Sydney University Kokkai Ng/Getty Images As Australian cities heat up and dry out, street trees are emerging as frontline defenders of urban liveability. Street trees make city life more bearable during heatwaves. They also improve human health and wellbeing, filter ... <a title="Jacaranda, black locust and London plane: common street trees show surprising resilience to growing heat in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/11/jacaranda-black-locust-and-london-plane-common-street-trees-show-surprising-resilience-to-growing-heat-in-australia-257247/" aria-label="Read more about Jacaranda, black locust and London plane: common street trees show surprising resilience to growing heat in Australia">Read more</a>

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‘Gutting the Ponsonby community’: Locals say post office should stay open

June 11, 2025

By Aisha Campbell, RNZ News intern Ponsonby’s post office is shutting shop next month despite push back from the local community. A sign on the storefront, which is at the College Hill end of Ponsonby Road, said the closure would take place on 4 July but the post boxes would be “staying put”. Ponsonby local ... <a title="‘Gutting the Ponsonby community’: Locals say post office should stay open" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/11/gutting-the-ponsonby-community-locals-say-post-office-should-stay-open/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Gutting the Ponsonby community’: Locals say post office should stay open">Read more</a>

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Fiji coup culture and political meddling in media education given airing

June 11, 2025

Pacific Media Watch Taieri MP Ingrid Leary reflected on her years in Fiji as a television journalist and media educator at a Fiji Centre function in Auckland celebrating Fourth Estate values and independence at the weekend. It was a reunion with former journalism professor David Robie — they had worked together as a team at ... <a title="Fiji coup culture and political meddling in media education given airing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/11/fiji-coup-culture-and-political-meddling-in-media-education-given-airing/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji coup culture and political meddling in media education given airing">Read more</a>

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The AI hype is just like the blockchain frenzy – here’s what happens when the hype dies

June 11, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gediminas Lipnickas, Lecturer in Marketing, University of South Australia Izf/Shutterstock In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has taken centre stage across various industries. From AI-generated art to chatbots in customer service, every sector is seemingly poised for disruption. It’s not just in your news feed every day ... <a title="The AI hype is just like the blockchain frenzy – here’s what happens when the hype dies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/11/the-ai-hype-is-just-like-the-blockchain-frenzy-heres-what-happens-when-the-hype-dies-258071/" aria-label="Read more about The AI hype is just like the blockchain frenzy – here’s what happens when the hype dies">Read more</a>

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Why does the US still have a Level 1 travel advisory warning despite the chaos?

June 11, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samuel Cornell, PhD Candidate in Public Health & Community Medicine, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney No travel can be considered completely safe. There are inherent risks from transportation, criminal activity, communicable diseases, injury and natural disasters. Still, global travel is booming — for those who can ... <a title="Why does the US still have a Level 1 travel advisory warning despite the chaos?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/11/why-does-the-us-still-have-a-level-1-travel-advisory-warning-despite-the-chaos-258182/" aria-label="Read more about Why does the US still have a Level 1 travel advisory warning despite the chaos?">Read more</a>

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Those ‘what I eat in a day’ TikTok videos aren’t helpful. They might even be harmful

June 11, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Houlihan, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, University of the Sunshine Coast Iren_Geo/Shutterstock You may have come across those “what I eat in a day” videos on social media, where people – usually conventionally attractive influencers wearing activewear – list everything they consumed that day. They might ... <a title="Those ‘what I eat in a day’ TikTok videos aren’t helpful. They might even be harmful" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/11/those-what-i-eat-in-a-day-tiktok-videos-arent-helpful-they-might-even-be-harmful-257127/" aria-label="Read more about Those ‘what I eat in a day’ TikTok videos aren’t helpful. They might even be harmful">Read more</a>

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The ASX is shrinking – a plan to get more companies to float does not go far enough

June 11, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Humphery-Jenner, Associate Professor of Finance, UNSW Sydney Whenever a high-profile company lists on the Australian stock market it attracts much excitement. Employees and founders enjoy some financial gains and investors get a chance to invest in a potentially exciting stock. For these reasons, fast-food chain Guzman ... <a title="The ASX is shrinking – a plan to get more companies to float does not go far enough" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/11/the-asx-is-shrinking-a-plan-to-get-more-companies-to-float-does-not-go-far-enough-258557/" aria-label="Read more about The ASX is shrinking – a plan to get more companies to float does not go far enough">Read more</a>

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NZ and Gaza – Peters appearing to do something, when doing nothing

June 11, 2025

COMMENTARY: By Steven Cowan, editor of Against The Current The New Zealand Foreign Minster’s decision to issue a travel ban against two Israeli far-right politicians is little more than a tokenistic gesture in opposing Israel’s actions. It is an attempt to appease growing opposition to Israel’s war, but the fact that Israel has killed more ... <a title="NZ and Gaza – Peters appearing to do something, when doing nothing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/11/nz-and-gaza-peters-appearing-to-do-something-when-doing-nothing/" aria-label="Read more about NZ and Gaza – Peters appearing to do something, when doing nothing">Read more</a>

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US criticises allies as NZ bans two top far-right Israeli ministers

June 11, 2025

RNZ News The United States has denounced sanctions by Britain and allies — including New Zealand and Australia — against Israeli far-right ministers, saying they should focus instead on the Palestinian armed group Hamas. New Zealand has banned two Israeli politicians from travelling to the country because of comments about the war in Gaza that ... <a title="US criticises allies as NZ bans two top far-right Israeli ministers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/11/us-criticises-allies-as-nz-bans-two-top-far-right-israeli-ministers/" aria-label="Read more about US criticises allies as NZ bans two top far-right Israeli ministers">Read more</a>

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The Project really did do news differently. Its demise is our loss

June 11, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Dodd, Professor of Journalism, Director of the Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne The most unsettling thing about the closure of Network Ten’s The Project is that it might come to be seen as the moment commercial network television gave up on young audiences ... <a title="The Project really did do news differently. Its demise is our loss" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/11/the-project-really-did-do-news-differently-its-demise-is-our-loss-258588/" aria-label="Read more about The Project really did do news differently. Its demise is our loss">Read more</a>