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July 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato According to the Global Organised Crime Index, international criminal activity has increased over the past two years. And the politically fractured post-pandemic world has made this even harder for nations to combat. New Zealand is far from immune. According ... <a title="Gangs are going global and so is the illegal gun trade – NZ can do more to fight it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/25/gangs-are-going-global-and-so-is-the-illegal-gun-trade-nz-can-do-more-to-fight-it-261827/" aria-label="Read more about Gangs are going global and so is the illegal gun trade – NZ can do more to fight it">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2025
By Ezra Toara in Port Vila Vanuatu’s Minister of Climate Change Adaptation, Ralph Regenvanu, has welcomed the historic International Court of Justice (ICJ) climate ruling, calling it a “milestone in the fight for climate justice”. The ICJ has delivered a landmark advisory opinion on states’ obligations under international law to act on climate change. The ... <a title="Historic ICJ climate ruling ‘just the beginning’, says Vanuatu’s Regenvanu" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/25/historic-icj-climate-ruling-just-the-beginning-says-vanuatus-regenvanu/" aria-label="Read more about Historic ICJ climate ruling ‘just the beginning’, says Vanuatu’s Regenvanu">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jean-Nicolas Bordeleau, Research Fellow, Jeff Bleich Centre for Democracy and Disruptive Technologies, Flinders University Conspiracy theories are a widespread occurrence in today’s hyper connected and polarised world. Events such as Brexit, the 2016 and 2020 United States presidential elections, and the COVID pandemic serve as potent reminders ... <a title="3 reasons young people are more likely to believe conspiracy theories – and how we can help them discover the truth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/25/3-reasons-young-people-are-more-likely-to-believe-conspiracy-theories-and-how-we-can-help-them-discover-the-truth-261074/" aria-label="Read more about 3 reasons young people are more likely to believe conspiracy theories – and how we can help them discover the truth">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Santosh Tadakamadla, Professor and Head of Dentistry and Oral Health, La Trobe University Just over one-third of Australians are eligible for public dental services, which provide free or low cost dental treatment. Yet demand for these services continues to exceed supply. As a result, many Australian adults ... <a title="Waiting too long for public dental care? Here’s why the system is struggling – and how to fix it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/25/waiting-too-long-for-public-dental-care-heres-why-the-system-is-struggling-and-how-to-fix-it-261661/" aria-label="Read more about Waiting too long for public dental care? Here’s why the system is struggling – and how to fix it">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Renwick, Professor of Agricultural Economics, Lincoln University, New Zealand RobynRoper/Getty Images The alarming rise of butter prices has become a real source of frustration for New Zealand consumers, as well as a topic of political recrimination. The issue has become so serious that Miles Hurrell, chief ... <a title="Butter wars: ‘nothing cures high prices like high prices’ – but will market forces be enough?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/25/butter-wars-nothing-cures-high-prices-like-high-prices-but-will-market-forces-be-enough-261750/" aria-label="Read more about Butter wars: ‘nothing cures high prices like high prices’ – but will market forces be enough?">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Harriette Richards, Senior Lecturer, School of Fashion and Textiles, RMIT University Carol Yepes/Getty Images Last week, the ultrafast fashion brand Princess Polly received B Corp certification. This certification is designed to accredit for-profit businesses that provide social impact and environmental benefit. Established on the Gold Coast in ... <a title="Ultrafast fashion brand Princess Polly has been certified as ‘sustainable’. Is that an oxymoron?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/25/ultrafast-fashion-brand-princess-polly-has-been-certified-as-sustainable-is-that-an-oxymoron-261561/" aria-label="Read more about Ultrafast fashion brand Princess Polly has been certified as ‘sustainable’. Is that an oxymoron?">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Kaurov, PhD Candidate in Science and Society, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Jamillah Knowles & Digit/Better Images of AI, CC BY-SA Self-correction is fundamental to science. One of its most important forms is peer review, when anonymous experts scrutinise research before it is ... <a title="AI will soon be able to audit all published research – what will that mean for public trust in science?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/25/ai-will-soon-be-able-to-audit-all-published-research-what-will-that-mean-for-public-trust-in-science-261363/" aria-label="Read more about AI will soon be able to audit all published research – what will that mean for public trust in science?">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Cantwell, Associate Professor of Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education, Michigan State University Students at Columbia University in New York City on April 14, 2025. Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images Columbia University agreed on July 23, 2025, to pay a US$200 million fine to the federal government ... <a title="Columbia’s $200M deal with Trump administration sets a precedent for other universities to bend to the government’s will" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/25/columbias-200m-deal-with-trump-administration-sets-a-precedent-for-other-universities-to-bend-to-the-governments-will-261902/" aria-label="Read more about Columbia’s $200M deal with Trump administration sets a precedent for other universities to bend to the government’s will">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joseph Steinberg, Forrest Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, English & Literary Studies, The University of Western Australia Siang Lu David Kelly/UQP The Miles Franklin judges described Siang Lu’s Ghost Cities, winner of the 2025 award, as “a grand farce and a haunting meditation on diaspora”. To my mind, it ... <a title="Miles Franklin 2025: Siang Lu’s Ghost Cities is a haunting comedy about tyranny. Is it the funniest winner ever?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/25/miles-franklin-2025-siang-lus-ghost-cities-is-a-haunting-comedy-about-tyranny-is-it-the-funniest-winner-ever-261584/" aria-label="Read more about Miles Franklin 2025: Siang Lu’s Ghost Cities is a haunting comedy about tyranny. Is it the funniest winner ever?">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark warned activists and campaigners in a speech on the deck of the Greenpeace environmental flagship Rainbow Warrior III last night to be wary of global “storm clouds” and the renewed existential threat of nuclear weapons. Speaking on her reflections on four decades after the bombing ... <a title="Keep fighting for a nuclear-free Pacific, Helen Clark warns Greenpeace over global storm clouds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/25/keep-fighting-for-a-nuclear-free-pacific-helen-clark-warns-greenpeace-over-global-storm-clouds/" aria-label="Read more about Keep fighting for a nuclear-free Pacific, Helen Clark warns Greenpeace over global storm clouds">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Business, universities, and investors have jointly urged the federal government to commit to cutting the cost of red tape by 25% by 2030, in a submission for next month’s Economic Reform Roundtable. The push to reduce regulation is in line ... <a title="Business coalition calls for 25% cut in the cost of red tape by 2030" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/25/business-coalition-calls-for-25-cut-in-the-cost-of-red-tape-by-2030-259688/" aria-label="Read more about Business coalition calls for 25% cut in the cost of red tape by 2030">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra There’s no other way of looking at it: Sussan Ley faces a diabolical situation with the debate over whether the Coalition should abandon the 2050 net zero emissions target. The issue is a microcosm of her wider problems. The Nationals, ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: net zero battle has net zero positives for Sussan Ley" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/24/grattan-on-friday-net-zero-battle-has-net-zero-positives-for-sussan-ley-261092/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: net zero battle has net zero positives for Sussan Ley">Read more</a>
