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July 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andy Nguyen, Senior Lecturer in Structural Engineering, University of Southern Queensland The Story Bridge, with its sweeping steel trusses and art deco towers, is a striking sight above the Brisbane River in Queensland. In 2025, it was named the state’s best landmark. But more than an icon, ... <a title="Ageing bridges around the world are at risk of collapse. But there’s a simple way to safeguard them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/07/ageing-bridges-around-the-world-are-at-risk-of-collapse-but-theres-a-simple-way-to-safeguard-them-260005/" aria-label="Read more about Ageing bridges around the world are at risk of collapse. But there’s a simple way to safeguard them">Read more</a>
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July 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lynette Riley, Co-chair of the National NAIDOC Committee and Professor in the Sydney School of Education and Social Work; and Chair, Aboriginal Education and Indigenous Studies.original Education & Indigenous Studies., University of Sydney Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names and/or images ... <a title="Much to celebrate as NAIDOC Week turns 50, but also much to learn" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/07/much-to-celebrate-as-naidoc-week-turns-50-but-also-much-to-learn-259900/" aria-label="Read more about Much to celebrate as NAIDOC Week turns 50, but also much to learn">Read more</a>
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July 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karinna Saxby, Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne xinlan/Shutterstock Medicare spending on mental health services varies considerably depending on where in Australia you live, our new study shows. We found areas with lower Medicare spending on out-of-hospital mental health ... <a title="Just $7 extra per person could prevent 300 suicides a year. Here’s exactly where to spend it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/07/just-7-extra-per-person-could-prevent-300-suicides-a-year-heres-exactly-where-to-spend-it-259890/" aria-label="Read more about Just $7 extra per person could prevent 300 suicides a year. Here’s exactly where to spend it">Read more</a>
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July 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tama Te Puea Braithwaite-Westoby, Tautoro Māori Engagement Advisor, Malaghan Institute of Medical Research Getty Images In biomedical science, the immune system is described as a cellular defence network that identifies and neutralises threats. In te ao Māori (the Māori worldview), it can be seen as a dynamic ... <a title="A Māori worldview describes the immune system as a guardian – this could improve public health in Aotearoa NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/07/a-maori-worldview-describes-the-immune-system-as-a-guardian-this-could-improve-public-health-in-aotearoa-nz-259025/" aria-label="Read more about A Māori worldview describes the immune system as a guardian – this could improve public health in Aotearoa NZ">Read more</a>
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July 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justin Alger, Associate Professor / Senior Lecturer in Global Environmental Politics, The University of Melbourne Potato-sized polymetallic nodules from the deep sea could be mined for valuable metals and minerals. Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Deep-sea mining promises critical minerals for the energy ... <a title="We don’t need deep-sea mining, or its environmental harms. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/07/we-dont-need-deep-sea-mining-or-its-environmental-harms-heres-why-260401/" aria-label="Read more about We don’t need deep-sea mining, or its environmental harms. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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July 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ciprian N. Radavoi, Associate Professor in Law, University of Southern Queensland Pixels Effect/ Getty Images Grade inflation happens when teachers knowingly give a student a mark higher than deserved. It can also happen indirectly, when the level of difficulty of a course is deliberately lowered so students ... <a title="‘The customer is always right’: why some uni teachers give higher grades than students deserve" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/07/the-customer-is-always-right-why-some-uni-teachers-give-higher-grades-than-students-deserve-258923/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The customer is always right’: why some uni teachers give higher grades than students deserve">Read more</a>
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July 7, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle On the last voyage of the Rainbow Warrior prior to its sinking by French secret agents in Auckland harbour on 10 July 1985 the ship had evacuated the entire population of 320 from Rongelap in the Marshall Islands. After conducting dozens of above-ground nuclear explosions, the US government had left the ... <a title="The Rainbow Warrior saga. Part 2: Nuclear refugees in the Pacific – the evacuation of Rongelap" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/07/the-rainbow-warrior-saga-part-2-nuclear-refugees-in-the-pacific-the-evacuation-of-rongelap/" aria-label="Read more about The Rainbow Warrior saga. Part 2: Nuclear refugees in the Pacific – the evacuation of Rongelap">Read more</a>
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July 7, 2025
Pacific Media Watch West Papuan independence advocate Octovianus Mote was in Aotearoa New Zealand late last year seeking support for independence for West Papua, which has been ruled by Indonesia for more than six decades. Mote is vice-president of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) and was hosted in New Zealand by the ... <a title="Legends of a Nuclear-Free and Independent Pacific – Octo Mote" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/07/legends-of-a-nuclear-free-and-independent-pacific-octo-mote/" aria-label="Read more about Legends of a Nuclear-Free and Independent Pacific – Octo Mote">Read more</a>
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July 6, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on July 6, 2025.
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July 6, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Greenpeace Aotearoa executive director Russel Norman today recalled New Zealand’s heyday as a Pacific nuclear free champion in the 1980s, and challenged the country to again become a leading voice for “peace and justice”, this time for the Palestinian people. He told the weekly Palestinian solidarity rally in Auckland’s central Te Komititanga ... <a title="Greenpeace chief recalls New Zealand’s nuclear free exploits, seeks ‘peace’ voice for Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/06/greenpeace-chief-recalls-new-zealands-nuclear-free-exploits-seeks-peace-voice-for-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Greenpeace chief recalls New Zealand’s nuclear free exploits, seeks ‘peace’ voice for Gaza">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on July 5, 2025.
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July 4, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Protesters against the Israeli genocide in Gaza and occupied West Bank targeted three business sites accused of being “complicit” in Aotearoa New Zealand today. The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa’s “End Rocket Lab Genocide Complicity” themed protest picketed Rocket Lab’s New Zealand head office in Mt Wellington. Simultaneously, protesters also picketed a site ... <a title="Palestine protesters target NZ businesses ‘complicit’ with Israel’s Gaza genocide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/04/palestine-protesters-target-nz-businesses-complicit-with-israels-gaza-genocide/" aria-label="Read more about Palestine protesters target NZ businesses ‘complicit’ with Israel’s Gaza genocide">Read more</a>