ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on July 30, 2026.
Scabies can kill animals like the beloved wombat. What’s the best way to diagnose it?
The tiny scabies mite burrows beneath the skin of many animals, including Australia’s bare-nosed wombat.
Saige England: People, environment win DP World showdown – but port predator fight goes on
COMMENTARY: By Saige England The people won. The environment won. The Lyttelton port remains in public hands. For now. Please join the protest tomorrow. There is more on the table. And the battle for the port is far from over. The DP World deal being dropped can be attributed to rousing support and brilliant speakers
Labor MP arrested over alleged assault on Northern Territory Administrator
NT Police said in an early Thursday statement the alleged incident took place at a public event on Saturday July 18.
A new fuel refinery is a start. But Australia is still vulnerable to shipping disruptions without a clear strategy
Fuel is not the only critical thing Australia imports by sea. We need to make maritime resilience a priority.
Christchurch City Holdings rejects DP World-backed proposal to take over Lyttelton Port
Asia Pacific Report Christchurch City Holdings Limited (CCHL) has declined to proceed with a proposal to lease operations at the port, the company announced today after recent public meetings denounced the proposal. The unsolicited proposal from Tōnui Consortium, representing DP World and three Runanga: Ngāti Wheke, Ngāi Tūāhuriri, and Te Taumutu, was received by CCHL
Keith Rankin Essay – Nuclear Oceania and Asymmetric Warfare
Keith Rankin writes; If we think of actual nuclear explosions – especially atmospheric ones – they have predominantly been in Oceania; in four sites which form something of a spoke-wheel around Auckland…
Meta-backed research finds exposure to ‘untrustworthy’ social media is rare. The fine print is less reassuring
There is a risk this study will be leveraged by big tech platforms to exhonerate themselves.
Overlapping parental leave is the right idea – we just need more fathers to take it
A ‘use it or lose it’ paid parental leave policy like Sweden’s could encourage more new fathers to share the early child-rearing months.
Human Rights Watch report says Indonesia is silencing environmental activists in Papua
By Kaya Selby of RNZ Pacific A new Human Rights Watch (HRW) report says that the Indonesian government is silencing environmental activists and journalists in Papua region, known internationally as West Papua. The report, titled Grabbed Land, Silenced Justice, examines how parts of Papua, in particular South Papua province, are seeing a greater military presence
Why Spain needs to invest heavily in preventing fires, not just in fighting them
Spain spends huge sums on controlling and putting out wildfires, but often overlooks prevention.
Chasing unpaid wages is slow and expensive. Is a new Fair Work Court the answer?
A dedicated court could help fill a gap for workers seeking justice, but the design will matter.
‘Vibe coding’ is fun and easy, but there’s a major catch
Anyone can now build an app by describing an idea to AI. But software that appears to work isn’t always secure, reliable or ready for real-world use.
Less than one third of students who enrolled in fee-free TAFE since 2023 have completed courses. Is this a problem?
Free TAFE has opened the door to thousands more Australians. But getting people through the door is only half the job.
Workplace violence is a fact of life for many care workers – why do we tolerate it?
Nearly 80% of New Zealand’s vital community care providers experience workplace violence. But like the workers themselves, the problem remains largely invisible.
Flash droughts pull ‘alarming’ amounts of moisture from the landscape and intensify wildfires: new research
We have to stop thinking of droughts simply as a static state of low moisture. Rapid drought changes can send fire risk soaring.
The Birthday Trip is a tense new Australian drama about the fragile bonds that hold us together
This arresting drama follows the relationships between three couples holidaying on a farmstay in rural New South Wales.
Closing the Gap is failing, yet again. Is it time we do away with it altogether?
New data show just four of the 19 targets are being met or are on track to be so. With such a poor track record, it’s time for a different approach.
How an OpenAI safety test became a real-world cyberattack on the Hugging Face platform
OpenAI’s models were told to find and exploit vulnerabilities. They did — on a company that was never part of the exercise.
What Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ reveals about the adaptable nature of myth
Judging this version against an apparent ‘original’ misunderstands both the ancient poem and how myth actually works.
Canada’s gender-based violence laws are improving. Frontline worker conditions are not
Canada has a promising gender-based violence legal and policy framework, but none of it accounts for the people actually delivering frontline services.