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Month: October 2025

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Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Decennial Increases in Deaths by Birth Cohort, an Update

October 13, 2025

Analysis by Keith Rankin. The following tables represent an update of mortality by sex in relation to Table 2 from Decennial Increases in Deaths by Birth Cohort, in Aotearoa New Zealand. By looking at deaths registered in February to May only, it is possible to extend trends into 2025, avoiding fluctuations arising from winter illnesses. ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Decennial Increases in Deaths by Birth Cohort, an Update" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/13/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-decennial-increases-in-deaths-by-birth-cohort-an-update/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Decennial Increases in Deaths by Birth Cohort, an Update">Read more</a>

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Genital problems? Ancient doctors thought goat’s cheese or warm baths could help

October 13, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Konstantine Panegyres, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia Joelle Icard/Getty Our genitals are such an important and sensitive part of our bodies. So it’s not surprising that keeping them healthy was as important in antiquity as it is today. Some ancient ideas ... <a title="Genital problems? Ancient doctors thought goat’s cheese or warm baths could help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/13/genital-problems-ancient-doctors-thought-goats-cheese-or-warm-baths-could-help-264041/" aria-label="Read more about Genital problems? Ancient doctors thought goat’s cheese or warm baths could help">Read more</a>

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Year 12 are about to start their final exams. Here’s how to keep calm and stay positive

October 13, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kylie Trask-Kerr, Senior lecturer, Australian Catholic University Klaus Vedfelt/ Getty Images Thousands of Year 12 students across Australia are getting ready to sit their final exams. Students may be feeling a lot of things right now – from heightened pressure to excitement it will all be over ... <a title="Year 12 are about to start their final exams. Here’s how to keep calm and stay positive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/13/year-12-are-about-to-start-their-final-exams-heres-how-to-keep-calm-and-stay-positive-266897/" aria-label="Read more about Year 12 are about to start their final exams. Here’s how to keep calm and stay positive">Read more</a>

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‘Doughnut economics’ shows how global growth is out of balance – and how we can fix it

October 13, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Warwick Smith, Honorary Fellow, School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne GettyImages Paul Chinn/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images A new update to an influential economic theory called “Doughnut Economics” shows a global economy on a collision course with nature. The influential book ... <a title="‘Doughnut economics’ shows how global growth is out of balance – and how we can fix it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/13/doughnut-economics-shows-how-global-growth-is-out-of-balance-and-how-we-can-fix-it-266889/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Doughnut economics’ shows how global growth is out of balance – and how we can fix it">Read more</a>

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Time to move beyond billboards: Australia’s tourism strategy needs to embrace the personal

October 13, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katharina Wolf, Associate Professor in Strategic Communication, Curtin University boxiang Xiao/Unsplash Australia continues to rely on billboard-style and cinematic advertising to promote itself as a destination. This approach, used for decades, presents a national image built around iconic sites and curated visuals. While this style may appeal ... <a title="Time to move beyond billboards: Australia’s tourism strategy needs to embrace the personal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/13/time-to-move-beyond-billboards-australias-tourism-strategy-needs-to-embrace-the-personal-263919/" aria-label="Read more about Time to move beyond billboards: Australia’s tourism strategy needs to embrace the personal">Read more</a>

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New research challenges the idea of a ‘vicious cycle’ between psychological distress and conspiracy beliefs

October 13, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Fox, Researcher in Psychology, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University Getty Images A lot of research has been dedicated to understanding what makes people believe in conspiracies – and how they might be able to climb out of the rabbit hole again. Conspiracies do happen. ... <a title="New research challenges the idea of a ‘vicious cycle’ between psychological distress and conspiracy beliefs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/13/new-research-challenges-the-idea-of-a-vicious-cycle-between-psychological-distress-and-conspiracy-beliefs-266588/" aria-label="Read more about New research challenges the idea of a ‘vicious cycle’ between psychological distress and conspiracy beliefs">Read more</a>

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The fake Gaza ‘peace agreement’ versus real peace with justice

October 12, 2025

COMMENTARY: By Dr Mazin Qumsiyeh A temporary ceasefire and release of some Palestinians in a prisoner exchange is not a “peace agreement” and it is far from what is needed — ending colonisation; freedom for the >10,000 political prisoners still in Israeli gulags (also tortured, nearly 100 have died under torture in the last two ... <a title="The fake Gaza ‘peace agreement’ versus real peace with justice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/12/the-fake-gaza-peace-agreement-versus-real-peace-with-justice/" aria-label="Read more about The fake Gaza ‘peace agreement’ versus real peace with justice">Read more</a>

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Will Trump’s ceasefire plan really lead to lasting peace in the Middle East? There’s still a long way to go

October 12, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Thomas, Lecturer in Middle East Studies, Deakin University The first steps of the peace plan for Gaza are underway. Now both parties have agreed to terms, Hamas is obligated to release all hostages within 72 hours and the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) will withdraw to an ... <a title="Will Trump’s ceasefire plan really lead to lasting peace in the Middle East? There’s still a long way to go" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/12/will-trumps-ceasefire-plan-really-lead-to-lasting-peace-in-the-middle-east-theres-still-a-long-way-to-go-267112/" aria-label="Read more about Will Trump’s ceasefire plan really lead to lasting peace in the Middle East? There’s still a long way to go">Read more</a>

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Diane Keaton thrived in the world of humour – and had the dramatic acting chops to back it up

October 12, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Thompson, Lecturer in Theatre, Australian Catholic University In the chilling final scene of Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 masterpiece, The Godfather, the door to Michael Corleone’s office is closed in the face of his wife, Kay. It simultaneously signified the opening of many more doors for the ... <a title="Diane Keaton thrived in the world of humour – and had the dramatic acting chops to back it up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/12/diane-keaton-thrived-in-the-world-of-humour-and-had-the-dramatic-acting-chops-to-back-it-up-267293/" aria-label="Read more about Diane Keaton thrived in the world of humour – and had the dramatic acting chops to back it up">Read more</a>

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Sara Awad: Why Gaza still looks to the freedom flotillas for true peace

October 12, 2025

COMMENTARY: By Sara Awad On October 10, a ceasefire in Gaza was officially announced. International news media were quick to focus on what they now call “the peace plan”. US President Donald Trump, they announced, would go to Cairo to oversee the agreement signing and then to Israel to speak at the Knesset. The air ... <a title="Sara Awad: Why Gaza still looks to the freedom flotillas for true peace" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/12/sara-awad-why-gaza-still-looks-to-the-freedom-flotillas-for-true-peace/" aria-label="Read more about Sara Awad: Why Gaza still looks to the freedom flotillas for true peace">Read more</a>

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Massacre of Gaza journalists triggers RSF’s Black Monday protest today

October 12, 2025

Pacific Media Watch Today, 1 September 2025, is being marked as a Black Monday following the latest deadly strikes by the Israeli army against journalists in the Gaza Strip as part of a worldwide action by the Paris-based global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders and the community politics organisation Avaaz. On August 25, one ... <a title="Massacre of Gaza journalists triggers RSF’s Black Monday protest today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/12/massacre-of-gaza-journalists-triggers-rsfs-black-monday-protest-today/" aria-label="Read more about Massacre of Gaza journalists triggers RSF’s Black Monday protest today">Read more</a>