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October 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Conrad Pilditch, Professor of Marine Sciences, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images A new law that almost triples the protected area in the Hauraki Gulf Tīkapa Moana – New Zealand’s largest marine park at more than 1.2 million hectares, surrounding Auckland and the Coromandel peninsula ... <a title="Protected areas in the Hauraki Gulf nearly triple under a new law – but it comes with fish hooks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/08/protected-areas-in-the-hauraki-gulf-nearly-triple-under-a-new-law-but-it-comes-with-fish-hooks-266900/" aria-label="Read more about Protected areas in the Hauraki Gulf nearly triple under a new law – but it comes with fish hooks">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tristan Moss, Senior Lecturer in History, UNSW Sydney After a slight delay, Australia and Papua New Guinea formally signed a defence treaty this week committing the two nations to come to each other’s aid if one is faced with an attack. According to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, ... <a title="Australia-PNG defence treaty: what we can learn from history to make this new alliance work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/08/australia-png-defence-treaty-what-we-can-learn-from-history-to-make-this-new-alliance-work-266784/" aria-label="Read more about Australia-PNG defence treaty: what we can learn from history to make this new alliance work">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Meyer, Senior Lecturer, Anatomy and Pathology in the College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University HUUM/Unsplash Imagine two scenarios. In the first, you’re hiking uphill on a warm day, beads of sweat rolling down your forehead. In the second, you’ve just remembered you have an ... <a title="What’s the difference between hot sweat and cold sweat?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/08/whats-the-difference-between-hot-sweat-and-cold-sweat-264037/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the difference between hot sweat and cold sweat?">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anastasia Hronis, Clinical Psychologist, Lecturer and Research Supervisor, Graduate School of Health, University of Technology Sydney d3sign/Getty Images Advice about cutting down on dopamine is everywhere right now. From “dopamine fasting” to “anti-dopamine parenting” and even “raw-dogging” flights (going without any screens, books or music), TikTok influencers ... <a title="What is a ‘dopamine detox’? And do I need one?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/08/what-is-a-dopamine-detox-and-do-i-need-one-254813/" aria-label="Read more about What is a ‘dopamine detox’? And do I need one?">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Coral Gartner, Director, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame, The University of Queensland Australian Border Force Reports of illegal tobacco crimes have sharply increased in Australia in recent years. Organised crime syndicates believed to be behind tobacco smuggling operations have also infiltrated the ... <a title="Queensland landlords could soon face jail for ignoring illegal tobacco. What are other states doing?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/08/queensland-landlords-could-soon-face-jail-for-ignoring-illegal-tobacco-what-are-other-states-doing-266895/" aria-label="Read more about Queensland landlords could soon face jail for ignoring illegal tobacco. What are other states doing?">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Shackell, Sessional Academic, School of Information Systems, Queensland University of Technology A crowd gathers outside the New York Stock Exchange following the ‘Great Crash’ of October 1929. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, US Library of Congress The electrification boom of the 1920s ... <a title="Today’s AI hype has echoes of a devastating technology boom and bust 100 years ago" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/08/todays-ai-hype-has-echoes-of-a-devastating-technology-boom-and-bust-100-years-ago-265492/" aria-label="Read more about Today’s AI hype has echoes of a devastating technology boom and bust 100 years ago">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Qiang Tang, Associate Professor, Computer Science, University of Sydney Joan Gammell/Unsplash Nowadays data breaches aren’t rare shocks – they’re a weekly drumbeat. From leaked customer records to stolen source code, our digital lives keep spilling into the open. Git services are especially vulnerable to cybersecurity threats. These ... <a title="The world’s most sensitive computer code is vulnerable to attack. A new encryption method can help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/08/the-worlds-most-sensitive-computer-code-is-vulnerable-to-attack-a-new-encryption-method-can-help-266236/" aria-label="Read more about The world’s most sensitive computer code is vulnerable to attack. A new encryption method can help">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amit Arora, Associate Professor in Public Health, Western Sydney University Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images Thousands of residents in Dubbo and Wellington, in western New South Wales, haven’t had fluoride added to their tap water for nearly seven years. After a public outcry, the council’s fluoridation equipment is ... <a title="Some towns are cutting fluoride from water supplies. Here’s what this means for locals’ teeth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/08/some-towns-are-cutting-fluoride-from-water-supplies-heres-what-this-means-for-locals-teeth-266501/" aria-label="Read more about Some towns are cutting fluoride from water supplies. Here’s what this means for locals’ teeth">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leslie Baird, Associate Professor, CQUniversity Australia Every year, we hear the same story about addressing Indigenous disadvantage. Closing the Gap targets remain unmet, incarceration and suicide rates continue to rise, and children are removed from families at alarming rates. Despite these persistent failures, governments continue to fund ... <a title="We’ve tried and failed to Close the Gap for 15 years. Research shows what actually works" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/08/weve-tried-and-failed-to-close-the-gap-for-15-years-research-shows-what-actually-works-264690/" aria-label="Read more about We’ve tried and failed to Close the Gap for 15 years. Research shows what actually works">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Hume, Lecturer In Theatre (Voice), Victorian College of the Arts, The University of Melbourne Particle6 Productions Tilly Norwood officially launched her acting career this month at the Zurich Film Festival. She first appeared in the short film AI Commissioner, released in July. Her producer, Eline Van ... <a title="Would you watch a film with an AI actor? What Tilly Norwood tells us about art – and labour rights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/08/would-you-watch-a-film-with-an-ai-actor-what-tilly-norwood-tells-us-about-art-and-labour-rights-266476/" aria-label="Read more about Would you watch a film with an AI actor? What Tilly Norwood tells us about art – and labour rights">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan St John, Honorary Associate Professor, Economic Policy Centre, Auckland Business School, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Social Development Minister Louise Upston Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images When the government announced in its May budget that it would tighten eligibility for young New Zealanders getting Jobseeker benefits, there ... <a title="Jobseeker changes turn young adults into dependent children – and squeeze households further" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/08/jobseeker-changes-turn-young-adults-into-dependent-children-and-squeeze-households-further-266785/" aria-label="Read more about Jobseeker changes turn young adults into dependent children – and squeeze households further">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Two years ago, who would have imagined the police and the Palestine Action Group (PAG) would be fighting in court over whether demonstrators should be allowed to rally outside the Sydney Opera House? Indeed, 24 months ago, who would have ... <a title="View from The Hill: Two years of a distant war have brought much damage to Australian society" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/07/view-from-the-hill-two-years-of-a-distant-war-have-brought-much-damage-to-australian-society-265858/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Two years of a distant war have brought much damage to Australian society">Read more</a>
