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August 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Griffith, Professor of Avian Behavioural Ecology, Macquarie University Carlos Quintero, unsplash, CC BY Living in cities exposes people to all sorts of chemical pollutants. Many are harmful even at low concentrations. But it is hard to know what the risks and consequences might be. The animals ... <a title="The canary in the concrete jungle: how polluted towns make sparrows frail, anxious and old before their time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/14/the-canary-in-the-concrete-jungle-how-polluted-towns-make-sparrows-frail-anxious-and-old-before-their-time-262788/" aria-label="Read more about The canary in the concrete jungle: how polluted towns make sparrows frail, anxious and old before their time">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2025
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk New Caledonia’s pro-independence front, the FLNKS (Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front), has formally confirmed its “block rejection” of the French-sponsored Bougival project, signed last month. The pact has been presented as an agreement between all parties to serve as a guide for the French Pacific ... <a title="‘Full sovereignty and independence’: FLNKS rejects France’s Bougival project" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/14/full-sovereignty-and-independence-flnks-rejects-frances-bougival-project/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Full sovereignty and independence’: FLNKS rejects France’s Bougival project">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on August 14, 2025.
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August 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Avenell, Professor in Modern Japanese History, Australian National University Aleksander Pasaric/Pexels This year marks 80 years since Japan’s catastrophic defeat in the Asia-Pacific War. In 1945, the country lay in ruins. Millions had died in battle or in the devastating Allied bombings of Tokyo, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, ... <a title="Postwar Japan at 80: 10 factors that changed the nation forever" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/14/postwar-japan-at-80-10-factors-that-changed-the-nation-forever-263039/" aria-label="Read more about Postwar Japan at 80: 10 factors that changed the nation forever">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Antje Fiedler, Senior Lecturer, Management and International Business, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Bevan Goldswain/Getty Images Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of the Australian and New Zealand economies, employing 42% of Australia’s workforce and 31% of New Zealand’s workers. But rising costs, weak ... <a title="Small business, big pressure: why the backbones of the NZ and Australian economies need more support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/14/small-business-big-pressure-why-the-backbones-of-the-nz-and-australian-economies-need-more-support-261947/" aria-label="Read more about Small business, big pressure: why the backbones of the NZ and Australian economies need more support">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Greste, Professor of Journalism and Communications, Macquarie University The New York-based media freedom organisation, the Committee to Protect Journalists, is scrupulous with its words. So, when the organisation described the killing of six Palestinian journalists in an Israeli air strike as “murder”, the word was a ... <a title="Israel must allow independent investigations of Palestinian journalist killings – and let international media into Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/14/israel-must-allow-independent-investigations-of-palestinian-journalist-killings-and-let-international-media-into-gaza-263106/" aria-label="Read more about Israel must allow independent investigations of Palestinian journalist killings – and let international media into Gaza">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ana Gamarra Rondinel, Research Fellow, Faculty of Business and Economics, The University of Melbourne Roman Biernacki/Pexels, CC BY From paid parental leave to expanded childcare and free kindergarten, Australia has made positive changes over the past two decades to better support families. But for many parents juggling ... <a title="Many parents – mostly mothers – lose family payments from the first dollar they earn. Here’s how we could fix it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/14/many-parents-mostly-mothers-lose-family-payments-from-the-first-dollar-they-earn-heres-how-we-could-fix-it-262119/" aria-label="Read more about Many parents – mostly mothers – lose family payments from the first dollar they earn. Here’s how we could fix it">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Guastella, Professor and Clinical Psychologist, Michael Crouch Chair in Child and Youth Mental Health, University of Sydney Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental condition that affects around 7% of children and 2.5% of adults. ADHD causes difficulties holding and sustaining attention over periods of time. ... <a title="For people with ADHD, medication can reduce the risk of accidents, crime and suicide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/14/for-people-with-adhd-medication-can-reduce-the-risk-of-accidents-crime-and-suicide-263044/" aria-label="Read more about For people with ADHD, medication can reduce the risk of accidents, crime and suicide">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2025
Aotearoa New Zealand once earned praise for its “principled” and “independent” foreign policy. Think nuclear-free Pacific, for example. Yet that reputation doesn’t hold true when it comes to Gaza and the Palestinian desire and right to self-determination. Under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide, states must take positive steps to prevent genocide. ... <a title="John Hobbs: New Zealand’s shameful stance on Israel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/14/john-hobbs-new-zealands-shameful-stance-on-israel/" aria-label="Read more about John Hobbs: New Zealand’s shameful stance on Israel">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nic Rawlence, Associate Professor in Ancient DNA, University of Otago An artist’s depiction of the Rēkohu shelduck. Sasha Votyakova/Te Papa , CC BY-ND Islands are natural laboratories where evolution can run rampant as plants and animals adapt to new environmental conditions and vacancies in the ecosystem. This ... <a title="The discovery of an extinct shelduck highlights the rich ancient biodiversity of the remote Rēkohu Chatham Islands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/14/the-discovery-of-an-extinct-shelduck-highlights-the-rich-ancient-biodiversity-of-the-remote-rekohu-chatham-islands-259656/" aria-label="Read more about The discovery of an extinct shelduck highlights the rich ancient biodiversity of the remote Rēkohu Chatham Islands">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Martin, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Deakin University Recently, you may have noticed an increase in the number of shops selling tobacco in your area. Alongside cigarettes, these shops often sell vapes. In July 2024, the federal government banned the sale of recreational vapes nationwide. The only ... <a title="If recreational vapes are banned, why are there still vape shops everywhere?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/14/if-recreational-vapes-are-banned-why-are-there-still-vape-shops-everywhere-262433/" aria-label="Read more about If recreational vapes are banned, why are there still vape shops everywhere?">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Wolpe, Non-resident Senior Fellow, United States Study Centre, University of Sydney Seven months after Donald Trump was inaugurated for a second term as US president, we are facing the most important moment in Australia’s foreign policy since the Iraq war. Australia needs to have a national ... <a title="The United States has changed. Australia hasn’t. It’s time to talk about where the relationship goes from here" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/14/the-united-states-has-changed-australia-hasnt-its-time-to-talk-about-where-the-relationship-goes-from-here-262943/" aria-label="Read more about The United States has changed. Australia hasn’t. It’s time to talk about where the relationship goes from here">Read more</a>
