ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on October 29, 2025.
‘I want my daughter to see a strong, free mother’: Iranian women keep hope alive with daily acts of resistance
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shadi Rouhshahbaz, Associate Research Fellow at Alfred Deakin Institute, Deakin University Three years ago, protests erupted across Iran after the death of Mahsa Jina Amini, a 22-year-old woman who had been arrested by the morality police for not wearing her hijab properly. The Islamic Republic cracked down
Stormy weather: here’s what went wrong with the Bureau of Meteorology’s website redesign
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steve Turton, Adjunct Professor of Environmental Geography, CQUniversity Australia Nico Soro/Getty Every day, almost 2 million Australians visit the Bureau of Meteorology website for weather information. The data gathered and processed by the government agency’s radars, weather stations and supercomputers are converted into short and medium-term forecasts
Former MP Anae calls for ‘Pacific justice’ over immigration in petition
Asia Pacific Report A former National MP has launched a petition calling for “equality and respect” in New Zealand’s immigration visa treatment of Pacific Islanders, saying “many are shocked when they learn the truth”. In a full page advertisement in The New Zealand Herald newspaper today, Anae Arthur Anae condemned the New Zealand government’s visa
‘Political chaos’ – Fiji PM Rabuka confirms Biman Prasad’s resignation
RNZ Pacific Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has confirmed that his Finance Minister — and one of three deputies — has resigned after being charged by the country’s anti-corruption watchdog. Local media first reported that Professor Biman Prasad, the man in charge of government finances, had been charged with corruption-related offences under Fiji’s political party
New images reveal the Milky Way’s stunning galactic plane in more detail than ever before
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Silvia Mantovanini, PhD Candidate, Astronomy, Curtin University Silvia Mantovanini (ICRAR/Curtin) & the GLEAM-X Team The Milky Way is a rich and complex environment. We see it as a luminous line stretching across the night sky, composed of innumerable stars. But that’s just the visible light. Observing the
Let’s celebrate nature’s spookiest and freakiest animals this Halloween
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Euan Ritchie, Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Bildagentur-online/Getty Beyond ghoulish costumes and mountains of lollies, Halloween is rooted in celebrating nature. It originated in the Celtic pagan tradition of Samhain, marking the bounty of the autumnal harvest and
Rare reptiles are moving up mountains as the world warms. They can’t keep doing it forever
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Melville, Senior Curator, Terrestrial Vertebrates, Museums Victoria Research Institute Mountain Dragon (_Rankinia diemensis_). reiner/iNaturalist, CC BY-NC-SA In pockets of highlands across Australia’s east lives a shy and secretive lizard. It’s usually reddish grey in colour, with two pale strips running the length of its spiky back.
How much does it really cost to raise a child? An expert does the maths
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Phillips, Associate Professor, POLIS@ANU Centre for Social Policy Research, Australian National University Australians are having fewer children than ever. At 1.5 babies per woman, the fertility rate is at a record low. Many attribute this to the cost of having and raising children. If this is
GPs will soon get extra incentives to bulk bill. So will your doctor be free?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne Maskot/Getty Images A key commitment at May’s federal election was an A$8.5 billion promise to increase incentives for GPs to bulk bill patients. The
Is Halloween too scary for kids?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Thompson, Lecturer in History and Communications, University of Southern Queensland Charles Parker/ Pexels It is easy to see Halloween as an inappropriate time for children. With its mixture of bloody costumes and scary themes, it can often feel like it is luring kids into topics they
How this 1985 documentary ‘scared the pants’ off us – and sparked a paranormal TV craze
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alasdair Macintyre, Associate lecturer visual arts, artist, PhD, Australian Catholic University On a crisp winter evening in 1985, a documentary went to air whose advance advertising promised to scare viewers out of their wits. It didn’t disappoint. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the broadcast of
How a ‘sewer socialism’ revival could see Zohran Mamdani become New York’s next mayor
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Garritt C. Van Dyk, Senior Lecturer in History, University of Waikato Andres Kudacki/Getty Images Democratic candidate for mayor of New York City Zohran Mamdani looks increasingly like the one to beat at next week’s election. But he is up against more than the usual political challenges. US
Labour’s capital gains NZ tax gamble – from leak to launch
COMMENTARY: By Craig McCulloch, RNZ News acting political editor It was hardly a dream debut for Labour’s long-awaited, much-argued-over tax package for Aotearoa New Zealand. What was meant to be a carefully choreographed reveal of a capital gains tax (CGT) later this week instead arrived early — leaked to RNZ over the long weekend and
Sport and dance benefit from performance psychology – why does acting largely ignore it?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tahlia Norrish, MPhil Candidate (Sport Sciences), The University of Queensland When most people think of actors, they imagine the glamour of movies, television and the stage. Yet few people realise actors are more likely to experience anxiety, depression, eating disorders, substance abuse and suicidal thoughts than the
Far-right extremists are setting up rural enclaves around the world. We need to counter the threat they pose
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Paterson, Teaching Associate in International Relations , Monash University The idea of “getting away from it all” has long carried romantic connotations. In extremist circles, however, the idea of retreating to the land has been repurposed into a political strategy. It’s one that offers extremist actors
Fish species off icy Heard Island bounced back when illegal fishing stopped and sustainable fishing continued
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joel Williams, Research Associate in Marine Ecology, University of Tasmania In the middle of the Southern Indian Ocean lies a vast underwater volcanic ridge known as the Kerguelen Plateau. At its centre sits Australia’s most remote territory: Heard Island and McDonald Islands. These icy outposts about 4,100km
OpenAI’s Atlas browser promises ultimate convenience. But the glossy marketing masks safety risks
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Uri Gal, Professor in Business Information Systems, University of Sydney Last week, OpenAI unveiled ChatGPT Atlas, a web browser that promises to revolutionise how we interact with the internet. The company’s CEO, Sam Altman, described it as a “once-a-decade opportunity” to rethink how we browse the web.
Blue Pacific’s unfinished business – West Papua and regional integrity
ANALYSIS: By Ali Mirin When the Pacific Islands Forum concluded in Honiara last month, leaders pledged regional unity under the motto “Iumi Tugeda” — “We are Together”. Eighteen Pacific heads of government reached agreements on climate resilience and nuclear-free oceans. They signed the Pacific Resilience Facility treaty and endorsed Australia’s proposal to jointly host the
ER Report: A Roundup of Significant Articles on EveningReport.nz for October 28, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on October 28, 2025.
