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October 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy McKenry, Professor of Music, Australian Catholic University In 1844, Berlin was struck by a cultural fever critics labelled Lisztomania. The German poet Heinrich Heine coined the term after witnessing the almost delirious reception that greeted Hungarian pianist and composer Franz Liszt in concert halls across Europe. ... <a title="Lisztomania: why did women go gaga for 19th century pianist Franz Liszt?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/22/lisztomania-why-did-women-go-gaga-for-19th-century-pianist-franz-liszt-264889/" aria-label="Read more about Lisztomania: why did women go gaga for 19th century pianist Franz Liszt?">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2025
Greenpeace Cook Islanders holding a banner reading “Don’t Mine the Moana” have confronted an exploration vessel as it returned to Rarotonga port today, protesting the emerging threat of seabed mining. Four activists in kayaks paddled alongside the Nautilus, which has spent the last three weeks on a US-funded research expedition surveying mineral nodule fields around ... <a title="Pacific protesters against deep sea mining challenge US exploration ship" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/22/pacific-protesters-against-deep-sea-mining-challenge-us-exploration-ship/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific protesters against deep sea mining challenge US exploration ship">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caroline Spry, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Department of Archaeology and History, La Trobe University The wangim (boomerang) found at Yarra Junction. Zara Lasky-Davison/Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation Boomerangs are an iconic symbol of Australia. Known internationally for their unique curved shape and ability to return when ... <a title="How forensic analysis and traditional knowledge reveal the story of a unique boomerang" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/22/how-forensic-analysis-and-traditional-knowledge-reveal-the-story-of-a-unique-boomerang-265876/" aria-label="Read more about How forensic analysis and traditional knowledge reveal the story of a unique boomerang">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Klimenko, Director, Centre for Multiscale Energy Systems, The University of Queensland This month, Rio Tinto announced plans to bring forward the closure of Gladstone Power Station to 2029, six years ahead of schedule. The move was welcomed by environmental groups, as Gladstone is Queensland’s oldest and ... <a title="Switching off the huge Gladstone coal station in 2029 will cause problems. It needs a longer, smarter phase-out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/22/switching-off-the-huge-gladstone-coal-station-in-2029-will-cause-problems-it-needs-a-longer-smarter-phase-out-267326/" aria-label="Read more about Switching off the huge Gladstone coal station in 2029 will cause problems. It needs a longer, smarter phase-out">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Smith, Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney On November 5 the US Supreme Court will begin hearing arguments about the legality of President Donald Trump’s tariffs. As important as the tariff issue is, the stakes are much higher ... <a title="A Supreme Court showdown looms for Trump’s tariffs. Will it limit presidential power?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/22/a-supreme-court-showdown-looms-for-trumps-tariffs-will-it-limit-presidential-power-267630/" aria-label="Read more about A Supreme Court showdown looms for Trump’s tariffs. Will it limit presidential power?">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dean J. Miller, Senior Lecturer, Appleton Institute, HealthWise Research Group, CQUniversity Australia LightFieldStudios/Getty Has a camouflaged athlete running on a dirt road ever shouted health advice through your phone? Sometimes these videos are motivational and get you off the couch to start exercising; sometimes they’re educational. But ... <a title="Will the ‘military sleep method’ really help me fall asleep in 2 minutes?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/22/will-the-military-sleep-method-really-help-me-fall-asleep-in-2-minutes-265193/" aria-label="Read more about Will the ‘military sleep method’ really help me fall asleep in 2 minutes?">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gwyneth Peaty, Research Fellow, School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry, Curtin University Historically, horror films have been popular during times of social upheaval, as they allow audiences to work through collective cultural anxieties by tapping into their greatest fears. And “fear” is often built around ... <a title="The uneasy history of horror films and disability" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/22/the-uneasy-history-of-horror-films-and-disability-263344/" aria-label="Read more about The uneasy history of horror films and disability">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Fenton, Senior Lecturer in Bioethics, University of Otago Minister of Health Simeon Brown. Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images Health Minister Simeon Brown’s claim that this week’s industrial action by doctors “crosses an ethical line” misunderstands doctors’ ethical responsibilities. Doctors and nurses, together with teachers, are among tens of ... <a title="Mega-strike: where is the ‘ethical line’ in public health and are doctors really crossing it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/22/mega-strike-where-is-the-ethical-line-in-public-health-and-are-doctors-really-crossing-it-267950/" aria-label="Read more about Mega-strike: where is the ‘ethical line’ in public health and are doctors really crossing it?">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Israel and the West pretend they want a real peace in Israel-Palestine yet the Israelis have beaten unconscious the man most likely to help realise a sustainable end to the conflict: Marwan Barghouti. The ethnocentrism of Western culture is such that 20 Israeli hostages received vastly more coverage than thousands of ... <a title="Eugene Doyle: Palestinian ‘Mandela’ beaten unconscious – Western leaders yawned and looked away" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/21/eugene-doyle-palestinian-mandela-beaten-unconscious-western-leaders-yawned-and-looked-away/" aria-label="Read more about Eugene Doyle: Palestinian ‘Mandela’ beaten unconscious – Western leaders yawned and looked away">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has expressed “deep gratitude” for Papua New Guinea’s support to his country over many years and during the Middle East conflict. Prime Minister James Marape was given the message directly yesterday by Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel during a courtesy call at Melanesian House, Waigani. The ... <a title="Netanyahu praises Papua New Guinea with ‘deep gratitude’ for backing Israel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/21/netanyahu-praises-papua-new-guinea-with-deep-gratitude-for-backing-israel/" aria-label="Read more about Netanyahu praises Papua New Guinea with ‘deep gratitude’ for backing Israel">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Australia’s history is distinct and much contested, stretching from its First Nations origins, to the impacts of colonialism and the birth of a multicultural nation. Former Liberal Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s new book, “Australia: A History”, argues Australia is not ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tony Abbott on Australia’s past and the opposition’s future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/21/politics-with-michelle-grattan-tony-abbott-on-australias-past-and-the-oppositions-future-267962/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tony Abbott on Australia’s past and the opposition’s future">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Ramsay, Emeritus Professor, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne Australian universities enrol more than 1.4 million students per year and employ more than 130,000 staff. They receive substantial public funding – about A$22 billion each year. They have also demonstrated substantial governance failings – or ... <a title="There are new plans to fix how universities will run. But will they work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/21/there-are-new-plans-to-fix-how-universities-will-run-but-will-they-work-267859/" aria-label="Read more about There are new plans to fix how universities will run. But will they work?">Read more</a>
