ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on September 8, 2025.
Noni Hazlehurst stars in world premiere of The Lark, a play that fails to take flight
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Graffam-O’Meara, PhD Candidate in Theatre, Monash University Cameron Grant It’s an enticing proposition for a play: an aged barkeep shares snatches of memories as the small, inner-city Melbourne pub she’s inhabited since birth is slated for demolition. Daniel Keene’s new play The Lark centres 75-year-old Rose
Four victims, no remorse: Erin Patterson given a life sentence for mushroom murders
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rick Sarre, Emeritus Professor in Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia Erin Patterson, having been convicted in the Supreme Court of Victoria two months ago on three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder, has today received a life sentence from the trial
Building consent reform: how digital technology can make new liability rules watertight
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dat Tien Doan, Senior Lecturer, School of Future Environments, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images The government’s proposed shake-up of New Zealand’s building consent system will be the biggest reform in the sector since 2004. Essentially, the changes will spread liability for building failures across all involved
Making younger trees age faster could create more homes for wildlife – and it can be done without chainsaws
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stanislav Roudavski, Founder of Deep Design Lab and Senior Lecturer in Digital Architectural Design, The University of Melbourne For wildlife, not all trees are equal. Large old trees have many horizontal and dead limbs for perching, and many fissures or hollows for sheltering. By contrast, younger trees
New research shows Year 12 students face many pressures – far beyond study and exams
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Edwards, Professor, Child and Youth Development and Longitudinal Studies, Australian National University Westend61/ Getty Images The federal government wants to increase the number of Australians who complete tertiary study from 60% to 80% by 2050. To do this we will need more young people going to
Too many Indigenous Australians die before getting to claim the age pension. We need to make retirement fairer
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Levon Ellen Blue, Associate Professor, Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Engagement), The University of Queensland Aaron Burden/Unsplash, CC BY If you’re a non-Indigenous Australian, when you hit the age of 67, you’ll typically have another 15 years of long, hopefully happy retirement to look forward to.
How Australians are slowly dominating the K-pop music industry
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Megan Moon, PhD Candidate, Department of Media, University of Adelaide Korean pop music, or K-pop, is now a certified cultural phenomenon that has captivated millions worldwide, including in Australia. But beyond the soft power spectacle lies something closer to home: Australian K-pop stars. From BLACKPINK’s Rosé to
Sharks now roam the open ocean. But for 200 million years, they only lived near the sea floor
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joel Gayford, PhD Candidate, Department of Marine Biology, James Cook University Michael Worden/Unsplash When you picture a shark, you probably think of a large, powerful predator cruising the open ocean. Species such as the great white shark, tiger shark and bull shark dominate popular media, with stories
With global powers barred, can Pacific nations find unity at their annual summit?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meg Keen, Head of Pacific Research Program, Australian National University It’s been a testing time for Pacific regional unity. So far this year, there have been rifts between Cook Islands and New Zealand over security arrangements with China; New Caledonia and France over independence for the French
Australia will soon have its own ‘centre for disease control’. Let’s not repeat the chaos of the US
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Allen Cheng, Professor of Infectious Diseases, Monash University olia danilevich/Pexels Australia is a step closer to having its own national agency to inform and co-ordinate public health responses – a permanent Australian Centre for Disease Control (CDC). Long-awaited draft legislation was tabled in parliament last week to
