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Month: August 2025

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Why do I feel so emotional when I listen to music from my teenage years?

August 4, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sandra Garrido, NHMRC-ARC Dementia Research Development Fellow, Western Sydney University stockbusters/Getty Images Deep in your memory, your brain has created a playlist of music from your teenage years. Even though life has moved on, hearing that music now likely still brings up some really powerful emotions. Why? ... <a title="Why do I feel so emotional when I listen to music from my teenage years?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/04/why-do-i-feel-so-emotional-when-i-listen-to-music-from-my-teenage-years-260819/" aria-label="Read more about Why do I feel so emotional when I listen to music from my teenage years?">Read more</a>

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange joins Sydney Gaza humanitarian protest as thousands cross bridge

August 3, 2025

Asia Pacific Report WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was among the tens of thousands of protesters in Australia staging a “humanitarians for Gaza” march today across the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge. The transparency media campaigner and activist, who moved back to his native Australia last year, after reaching a plea deal with the US government to ... <a title="WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange joins Sydney Gaza humanitarian protest as thousands cross bridge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/03/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-joins-sydney-gaza-humanitarian-protest-as-thousands-cross-bridge/" aria-label="Read more about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange joins Sydney Gaza humanitarian protest as thousands cross bridge">Read more</a>

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Albanese goes to Garma with economic message, amid disappointing progress on Closing the Gap

August 2, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese will reinforce his message about the importance of Indigenous economic empowerment, when he attends the Garma festival in the Northern Territory on Saturday. In modest new initiatives, he will announce the government will allocate $75 million in extra ... <a title="Albanese goes to Garma with economic message, amid disappointing progress on Closing the Gap" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/02/albanese-goes-to-garma-with-economic-message-amid-disappointing-progress-on-closing-the-gap-262030/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese goes to Garma with economic message, amid disappointing progress on Closing the Gap">Read more</a>

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Bloodshed at GHF-run Gaza aid sites ‘a great sin’, says former top UN official

August 1, 2025

Asia Pacific Report A former senior UN aid official has condemned the bloodshed at the notorious US and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s aid food depots, describing the distribition system as having turned into a “catastrophe”. The number of aid seekers killed continues to climb daily beyond 1000. Martin Griffiths, director of Mediation Group International and ... <a title="Bloodshed at GHF-run Gaza aid sites ‘a great sin’, says former top UN official" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/01/bloodshed-at-ghf-run-gaza-aid-sites-a-great-sin-says-former-top-un-official/" aria-label="Read more about Bloodshed at GHF-run Gaza aid sites ‘a great sin’, says former top UN official">Read more</a>

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‘Glorious’ sisters showcase Auckland’s Polynesian experiences for tourists

August 1, 2025

By Torika Tokalau, Local Democracy Reporter The sisters running Auckland’s first authentic Polynesian show for tourists say it’s not just for visitors, but also to help uplift Pacific people. Louisa Tipene Opetaia and Ama Mosese’s Glorious Tours was pooled as one of 10 new “Treasures of Tāmaki Makaurau”: a go-to guide by Tātaki Auckland Unlimited ... <a title="‘Glorious’ sisters showcase Auckland’s Polynesian experiences for tourists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/01/glorious-sisters-showcase-aucklands-polynesian-experiences-for-tourists/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Glorious’ sisters showcase Auckland’s Polynesian experiences for tourists">Read more</a>

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NZ ‘lagging behind’ world by failing to recognise Palestinian statehood, says former PM Helen Clark

August 1, 2025

By Craig McCulloch, RNZ News acting political editor New Zealand is lagging behind the rest of the world through its failure to recognise Palestinian statehood, says Former Prime Minister Helen Clark. Canada yesterday became the latest country to announce it would formally recognise the state of Palestine when world leaders met at the UN General ... <a title="NZ ‘lagging behind’ world by failing to recognise Palestinian statehood, says former PM Helen Clark" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/01/nz-lagging-behind-world-by-failing-to-recognise-palestinian-statehood-says-former-pm-helen-clark/" aria-label="Read more about NZ ‘lagging behind’ world by failing to recognise Palestinian statehood, says former PM Helen Clark">Read more</a>

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Roch Wamytan: Paris political agreement for New Caledonia ‘not enough’ for Kanaks

August 1, 2025

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/bulletin editor A former New Caledonia Congress president says there are “not enough” benefits for Kanaks in a new “draft” agreement he signed alongside pro and anti-independence stakeholders in France last month. Roch Wamytan said that, after 10 days of deadlock discussions in Paris, he failed to secure the pro-independence ... <a title="Roch Wamytan: Paris political agreement for New Caledonia ‘not enough’ for Kanaks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/01/roch-wamytan-paris-political-agreement-for-new-caledonia-not-enough-for-kanaks/" aria-label="Read more about Roch Wamytan: Paris political agreement for New Caledonia ‘not enough’ for Kanaks">Read more</a>

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Marine climate interventions can have unintended consequences – we need to manage the risks

August 1, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily M. Ogier, Associate Professor in Marine Social Science, University of Tasmania Stock for you, Shutterstock The world’s oceans are being rapidly transformed as climate change intensifies. Corals are bleaching, sea levels are rising, and seawater is becoming more acidic – making life difficult for shellfish and ... <a title="Marine climate interventions can have unintended consequences – we need to manage the risks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/01/marine-climate-interventions-can-have-unintended-consequences-we-need-to-manage-the-risks-262343/" aria-label="Read more about Marine climate interventions can have unintended consequences – we need to manage the risks">Read more</a>

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New Caledonia’s oldest party for independence rejects ‘Bougival’ deal

August 1, 2025

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific Desk New Caledonia’s oldest pro-independence party, the Union Calédonienne (UC), has officially rejected a political agreement on the Pacific territory’s political future signed in Paris last month. The text, bearing the signatures of all of New Caledonia’s political parties represented in the local Congress — a total ... <a title="New Caledonia’s oldest party for independence rejects ‘Bougival’ deal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/01/new-caledonias-oldest-party-for-independence-rejects-bougival-deal/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia’s oldest party for independence rejects ‘Bougival’ deal">Read more</a>

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‘The great mass of waters killed many thousands’: how earthquakes and tsunamis shook ancient Greece and Rome

August 1, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Konstantine Panegyres, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia The Roman baths at Sabratha, Libya, were damaged in the earthquake and tsunami of 365 AD Reza / Getty Images The Greek poet Crinagoras of Mytilene (1st century BC–1st century AD) once addressed a ... <a title="‘The great mass of waters killed many thousands’: how earthquakes and tsunamis shook ancient Greece and Rome" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/01/the-great-mass-of-waters-killed-many-thousands-how-earthquakes-and-tsunamis-shook-ancient-greece-and-rome-262358/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The great mass of waters killed many thousands’: how earthquakes and tsunamis shook ancient Greece and Rome">Read more</a>