ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on August 30, 2025.
Samoa snap election: No results just yet, says electoral commissioner
By Grace Tinetali-Fiavaai, RNZ Pacific journalist in Apia, Samoa Samoa’s electoral commissioner Toleafoa Tuiafelolo Alexander Stanley told the media the official count kicks off on Monday then next Friday is when official results are expected. The election, described as the most unpredictable in Samoa’s history, had no clear favourite going in given the governing party
Two state, deluded state – shuffling of the deck isn’t stopping Gaza genocide
COMMENTARY: By Gordon Campbell Chances are, anyone whose family is dying of starvation would not be looking for New Zealand to have a prolonged debate over how they deserve to be defined. Yet a delay in making even the symbolic gestures seems to be all that we have to offer, as hundreds of thousands of
There is a plot Mr Luxon: It’s ethnic cleansing of Palestinians based on biblical justification
COMMENTARY: By Ian Powell “Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu has ‘lost the plot’ and has condemned attacks on Gaza. “It is among the strongest language the New Zealand leader has used against Netanyahu and comes amid reports of intense aerial attacks on Gaza after Israel’s decision to launch a fresh
Wenda accuses Indonesia of killing West Papuans for ‘independence’ day
A West Papuan independence advocate has accused Indonesia of “continuing to murder children” while escalating its military operations across the Melanesian region. United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) interim president Benny Wenda says West Papua faces two connected crimes — ecocide and genocide. Two schoolchildren were killed by the occupying military in the build
View from The Hill: Albanese edging closer to landing Trump September meeting
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese appears to be edging closer to landing the long-sought meeting with President Donald Trump when the prime minister is in the United States in September. Despite Albanese’s reluctance to admit it, Deputy Prime Minster’s Richard Marles’ high level
Can kids overdose on melatonin gummies? Yes, and an online store has suspended sales
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Blunden, Professor and Head of Paediatric Sleep Research, CQUniversity Australia Vitaliia Hryshchenko/Getty US-based online store iHerb has suspended sales of melatonin gummies to Australia. This comes after a rise in reports of non-fatal overdoses in Western Australia in children who took these popular supplements. This latest
The ‘sovereign citizen’ movement is growing. So is the risk of more violence
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Josh Roose, Associate Professor of Politics, Deakin University Australia has watched on as authorities have searched for Dezi Freeman, a so-called “sovereign citizen” accused of killing two police officers in the regional Victorian town of Porepunkah. The case has put the spotlight on the sovereign citizen, or
‘We need to look after our grand-friends’: how childcare in aged care can help young and old
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Littleton, Associate Professor and Director of the Centre for Healthy Sustainable Development, Torrens University Australia Westend61/Getty Images An experimental aged-care model in South Australia, where purpose-built independent retirement living apartments are co-located with an early learning centre, is seeking to foster connections between residents and children.
New research finds many infant food products make claims that don’t match the main ingredients
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sally Mackay, Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images From images of fruit to claims of being “sugar-free”, manufacturers of baby and toddler foods try to convince parents their products are a healthy choice, convenient and good for their child’s
Fewer than 1 in 4 Australians work in a gender-balanced occupation. Fixing it is in all our interests
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Geraghty, Senior Associate, Economic Prosperity and Democracy program, Grattan Institute Claudio Schwarz/Unsplash, CC BY Australia’s workforce is almost evenly split between men and women. Yet fewer than one in four Australians work in a gender-balanced occupation. This has improved over time, but at a glacial rate.
ER Report: A Roundup of Significant Articles on EveningReport.nz for August 29, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on August 29, 2025.
