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April 16, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Talar Moukhtarian, Assistant Professor in Mental Health, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick It’s 3am. The room is dark, the house is silent, but your brain is suddenly wide awake. Many people find themselves waking at roughly the same time each night and start to wonder whether ... <a title="Waking at 3am every night? Here’s what may be going on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/16/waking-at-3am-every-night-heres-what-may-be-going-on-278264/" aria-label="Read more about Waking at 3am every night? Here’s what may be going on">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Beers, Professor of History, American University At some point in the next several months, I am hoping to receive a modest check as a member of the class covered in the class-action settlement Bartz v. Anthropic. In 2025, the artificial intelligence company Anthropic, best known for ... <a title="Thousands of AI-written, edited or ‘polished’ books are being sold – an eerie echo of Orwell’s ‘novel-writing machines’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/16/thousands-of-ai-written-edited-or-polished-books-are-being-sold-an-eerie-echo-of-orwells-novel-writing-machines-276008/" aria-label="Read more about Thousands of AI-written, edited or ‘polished’ books are being sold – an eerie echo of Orwell’s ‘novel-writing machines’">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samarth Kulshrestha, Research Fellow in Molecular Biology, University of Canterbury Plants are often seen as passive organisms, rooted in one place and largely unable to react to the world around them. But a new field of research is challenging these assumptions and showing that plants are as ... <a title="The secret sensory life of plants: researchers are discovering how they see, hear, feel – and even remember" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/16/the-secret-sensory-life-of-plants-researchers-are-discovering-how-they-see-hear-feel-and-even-remember-277076/" aria-label="Read more about The secret sensory life of plants: researchers are discovering how they see, hear, feel – and even remember">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Evangeline Mantzioris, Program Director of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Accredited Practising Dietitian, Adelaide University Hot flushes, night sweats or swinging mood changes are some of the most common symptoms of menopause – the stage of a woman’s life when menstrual periods stop permanently, and she is no ... <a title="Thinking about acupuncture or herbs for menopause? Read this first" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/16/thinking-about-acupuncture-or-herbs-for-menopause-read-this-first-277612/" aria-label="Read more about Thinking about acupuncture or herbs for menopause? Read this first">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Lawson, Academic Registrar at St Barnabas College in the University of Divinity, PhD Candidate in Ancient Linguistics, Faculty of Arts and Education, CSU, Charles Sturt University Most of us are used to thinking of “religion” in terms of a belief in God or gods. Perhaps the ... <a title="Can we consider ‘play’ to be a religion? Bluey certainly thinks so" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/16/can-we-consider-play-to-be-a-religion-bluey-certainly-thinks-so-274977/" aria-label="Read more about Can we consider ‘play’ to be a religion? Bluey certainly thinks so">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The fuel price crisis “is no longer a short-term situation” for airlines while the government is promising to hold oil companies accountable. The Board of Airline Representatives chief executive Cath O’Brien told Morning Report that New Zealand does not have a supply problem, it has a price problem as uncertainty in ... <a title="Fuel crisis ‘no longer a short-term situation’ for airlines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/16/fuel-crisis-no-longer-a-short-term-situation-for-airlines/" aria-label="Read more about Fuel crisis ‘no longer a short-term situation’ for airlines">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Black Ferns players celebrate a try. www.photosport.nz Coach Whitney Hansen has named an unchanged team to take on Canada in Kansas City on Saturday with prop Tanya Kalounivale on the bench after being cleared to play. There are no personnel or positional changes to the side that defeated United States 48-15 ... <a title="Black Ferns stick with same side as they seek to get one back over Canada" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/16/black-ferns-stick-with-same-side-as-they-seek-to-get-one-back-over-canada/" aria-label="Read more about Black Ferns stick with same side as they seek to get one back over Canada">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Fioritti, Lecturer in Politics, School of Social Sciences, Monash University The appointment of former high profile Greens federal housing spokesperson and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s arch nemesis, Max Chandler-Mather, as executive director of the party’s think tank – the Green Institute – raises several important questions. ... <a title="The Greens are relaunching their party think tank. What do these organisations do?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/16/the-greens-are-relaunching-their-party-think-tank-what-do-these-organisations-do-280265/" aria-label="Read more about The Greens are relaunching their party think tank. What do these organisations do?">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily Bryson, Lecturer in Science, CQUniversity Australia Most of us want to recycle, but it can sometimes be hard to know exactly how. Do jar lids and bottle caps go in the yellow bin? What kinds of plastic can be recycled? And given that food residue can ... <a title="What can you actually put in your yellow recycling bin? An environmental scientist explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/16/what-can-you-actually-put-in-your-yellow-recycling-bin-an-environmental-scientist-explains-278077/" aria-label="Read more about What can you actually put in your yellow recycling bin? An environmental scientist explains">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clinton Free, Academic Director, Executive Education, Business School, University of Sydney There has been no shortage of bold claims recently about artificial intelligence (AI) and jobs — from mass unemployment to over-hyped distraction. Much of this debate is speculative. Often, coming from the tech giants promoting their ... <a title="Employment data shows the early signs of AI job disruption are already here" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/16/employment-data-shows-the-early-signs-of-ai-job-disruption-are-already-here-280273/" aria-label="Read more about Employment data shows the early signs of AI job disruption are already here">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A general view of Auckland’s Eden Park. (File photo) Alan Lee / www.photosport.nz Auckland Cricket and Auckland Rugby will be moving out of Auckland’s Eden Park stadium in what the chairperson of the stadium calls a “win-win” situation. Auckland Cricket announced it would move into a $10 million development at Colin ... <a title="Auckland cricket and rugby moving out of Auckland’s Eden Park stadium a ‘win-win’, trust says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/16/auckland-cricket-and-rugby-moving-out-of-aucklands-eden-park-stadium-a-win-win-trust-says/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland cricket and rugby moving out of Auckland’s Eden Park stadium a ‘win-win’, trust says">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Allbirds founder Tim Brown. (File photo) Supplied The New Zealand founded but US based footwear company Allbirds is to make a surprising pivot from shoes into AI computing. The Nasdaq listed company once valued at over (US)$4 billion announced this month it was selling its intellectual property and other assets to ... <a title="Kiwi founded shoe company Allbirds pivots to AI" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/16/kiwi-founded-shoe-company-allbirds-pivots-to-ai/" aria-label="Read more about Kiwi founded shoe company Allbirds pivots to AI">Read more</a>
