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October 28, 2025
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. ... <a title="OpenAI’s Atlas browser promises ultimate convenience. But the glossy marketing masks safety risks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/28/openais-atlas-browser-promises-ultimate-convenience-but-the-glossy-marketing-masks-safety-risks-268296/" aria-label="Read more about OpenAI’s Atlas browser promises ultimate convenience. But the glossy marketing masks safety risks">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2025
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 ... <a title="Blue Pacific’s unfinished business – West Papua and regional integrity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/28/blue-pacifics-unfinished-business-west-papua-and-regional-integrity/" aria-label="Read more about Blue Pacific’s unfinished business – West Papua and regional integrity">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on October 28, 2025.
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October 28, 2025
By Coco Lance, RNZ Pacific digital journalist The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned Aotearoa New Zealand to urgently close the “alarming” gaps in measles immunisation, particularly among Māori and Pacific communities. A WHO review last year found measles vaccination rates were at their lowest since 2012, and said the country was at risk of ... <a title="‘Alarming gaps’ – WHO warns NZ to urgently close measles vaccination gap among Māori and Pacific communities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/28/alarming-gaps-who-warns-nz-to-urgently-close-measles-vaccination-gap-among-maori-and-pacific-communities/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Alarming gaps’ – WHO warns NZ to urgently close measles vaccination gap among Māori and Pacific communities">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Stanley Simpson, director of Mai TV You can wake up one morning in Fiji and feel like you’re living in a totally different country. Overnight we have lost two of our three Deputy Prime Ministers — by many accounts these were the two who were perhaps among the most influential and pivotal in ... <a title="Dark political clouds forming in Fiji – expect more lightning strikes after two DPMs charged" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/28/dark-political-clouds-forming-in-fiji-expect-more-lightning-strikes-after-two-dpms-charged/" aria-label="Read more about Dark political clouds forming in Fiji – expect more lightning strikes after two DPMs charged">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Zenker, Associate Professor, Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute, Monash University An early stage embryo. Dr Azelle Hawdon, Zenker Lab, Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute Most people have heard of stem cells. They are often described as “miracle” cells –ones that can grow into any other type of cell ... <a title="Stem cells sound magical, but they’re not all created equal. Here’s what you need to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/28/stem-cells-sound-magical-but-theyre-not-all-created-equal-heres-what-you-need-to-know-265870/" aria-label="Read more about Stem cells sound magical, but they’re not all created equal. Here’s what you need to know">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philippa Collin, Professor of Political Sociology, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University Climate change is the biggest issue of our time. 2024 marked both the hottest year on record and the highest levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the past two million years. Global ... <a title="Climate change is a crisis of intergenerational justice. It’s not too late to make it right" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/28/climate-change-is-a-crisis-of-intergenerational-justice-its-not-too-late-to-make-it-right-263347/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change is a crisis of intergenerational justice. It’s not too late to make it right">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charlotte Gupta, Sleep Researcher, Appleton Institute, HealthWise Research Group, CQUniversity Australia Halloween has been growing in popularity in Australia over recent years, with more families embracing the fun of dressing up and trick-or-treating. Many of us also accept it’s a night when our kids are going to ... <a title="Do Halloween treats hype kids up? Here’s how to make sure you (all) get a good night’s sleep" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/28/do-halloween-treats-hype-kids-up-heres-how-to-make-sure-you-all-get-a-good-nights-sleep-267549/" aria-label="Read more about Do Halloween treats hype kids up? Here’s how to make sure you (all) get a good night’s sleep">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Brocki, Lecturer in Early Childhood Education, University of New England Stock Wizard/ Getty Images It has been a horror year for eary childhood education and care in Australia, amid ongoing reports and allegations of abuse in the sector. On Monday, a new ABC investigation identified almost ... <a title="A UK hack shows Australia needs to be very careful about its CCTV trial for daycare centres" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/28/a-uk-hack-shows-australia-needs-to-be-very-careful-about-its-cctv-trial-for-daycare-centres-268288/" aria-label="Read more about A UK hack shows Australia needs to be very careful about its CCTV trial for daycare centres">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jason Tian, Senior Lecturer, Swinburne University of Technology Over the past few years, markets have been on a wild ride. The price of gold has soared to record highs. Bitcoin is trading above US$100,000 (about A$150,000), at levels that once seemed unthinkable. Hype about artificial intelligence (AI) ... <a title="This was the best way to invest $1,000 … back in 2010" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/28/this-was-the-best-way-to-invest-1-000-back-in-2010-267739/" aria-label="Read more about This was the best way to invest $1,000 … back in 2010">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pamela O’Neill, Sir Warwick Fairfax Lecturer in Celtic Studies, University of Sydney Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images We all know how commercial Halloween has become, with expensive dress-ups, trick-or-treat “candy” and fake cobwebs (please don’t – they kill birds!). But if you’ve ever dismissed Halloween as an ... <a title="Samhain: the true, non-American origins of Halloween" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/28/samhain-the-true-non-american-origins-of-halloween-266582/" aria-label="Read more about Samhain: the true, non-American origins of Halloween">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2025
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 ... <a title="Fish stocks off icy Heard Island bounced back when illegal fishing stopped and sustainable fishing continued" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/27/fish-stocks-off-icy-heard-island-bounced-back-when-illegal-fishing-stopped-and-sustainable-fishing-continued-267866/" aria-label="Read more about Fish stocks off icy Heard Island bounced back when illegal fishing stopped and sustainable fishing continued">Read more</a>
