ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on September 18, 2025.
The timelines and tough decisions police will be weighing up in the Dezi Freeman hunt
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vincent Hurley, Lecturer in Criminology (police & policing). School of International Studies, Macquarie University Dezi Freeman has been on the run for four weeks, and police have been very careful to keep secret where and how they have been searching for him. This is standard policing practice
US strikes on Venezuelan ‘drug boats’ have killed 14 people. What is Trump trying to do?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Johnson, Lecturer, College of Business, Government and Law, Flinders University A screenshot of a video reportedly showing an airstrike on a boat. Donald Trump/Truth Social In the past few weeks, the United States military has been involved in multiple fatal strikes on boats in international waters
Solar power cuts electricity bills and carbon emissions – NZ needs to scale up faster
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Hume, Senior Research Fellow in Materials Science, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images Solar power is now the cheapest form of electricity in most countries, including New Zealand, and its global uptake is growing exponentially. So far, New Zealand’s adoption of solar
Court rulings increasingly demand scientific certainty – but that’s not always possible
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Wilson, PhD Candidate in Emerging Technologies Governance, Institue for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney melanfolia/Unsplash Last month, courts on both sides of the Atlantic delivered a clear verdict: when classifying titanium dioxide as carcinogenic, regulatory agencies had overreached. These parallel legal defeats expose deeper questions
Kate Woods’ new film Kangaroo is the heartwarming pick-me-up you didn’t know you needed
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Thompson, Lecturer in Theatre, Australian Catholic University Studio Canal/John P The new Australian family film, Kangaroo, is a rare beast. It’s not just a movie for kids that adults can tolerate. It’s funny, heartfelt, emotionally authentic and ultimately uplifting. It’s been 25 years since director Kate
Magical alchemy: Arundhati Roy’s compelling memoir illuminates a ‘restless, unruly’ life
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Debjani Ganguly, Professor of Literature, Australian Catholic University Photo: Mayank Austen Soofi “She was my shelter and my storm.” With these words in the opening pages of her memoir, Arundhati Roy unfurls a narrative of extraordinary filial bonds that renders trite those therapeutic memoirs of family dysfunction
Heat, air quality, insurance costs: how climate change is affecting our homes – and our health
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ang Li, ARC DECRA and Senior Research Fellow, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Healthy Housing, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne This year, ten days of extreme heat in Europe killed roughly 2,300 people, severe flooding on the New South Wales
Right-wing extremist violence is more frequent and more deadly than left-wing violence − what the data shows
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Art Jipson, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Dayton President Donald Trump is targeting left-wing organizations he incorrectly says promote political violence. Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images After the Sept. 10, 2025, assassination of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, President Donald Trump claimed that radical leftist groups
A booming longevity industry wants to sell us ‘immortality’. There could be hidden costs
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samuel Cornell, PhD Candidate in Public Health & Community Medicine, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney Lu ShaoJi/Getty If you could, would you pay to live forever? Some Silicon Valley billionaires aren’t just making tech products – they’ve set their sights on immortality. Social media is flooded
A UN finding of genocide in Gaza adds pressure on NZ to recognise a Palestinian state
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Myra Williamson, Senior Lecturer in Law, Auckland University of Technology Political and diplomatic manoeuvring over Israel and Palestine has been moving fast recently. The question is whether it is fast enough, given the accelerating onslaught in Gaza. In New Zealand, large pro-Palestine protests have taken place, and
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tony Wood on ‘politics trumping climate policy’ and the hard road ahead
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Albanese government this week released Australia’s first comprehensive National Climate Risk Assessment. This report details a shocking picture of the impact of climate change from now out to the 2090s, revealing heat-related deaths would soar, flooding would increase dramatically
Thinking of getting botox or filler? These are the laws for cosmetic injectables
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Rudge, Lecturer in Law, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney Pexels Cosmetic injectables are more popular and socially accepted than ever. In 2024, the Australian market was estimated to be worth US$3.1 billion (A$4.6 billion) and growing fast. But these aren’t simple beauty treatments. They use
‘To my happy surprise, it grew beyond my imagination’: Robert Redford’s Sundance legacy
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Cooney, Lecturer in Lifestyle Journalism, Monash University Robert Redford at The Filmmakers’ Brunch during 2005 Sundance Film Festival. George Pimentel/WireImage When Robert Redford launched the Utah-based Sundance Institute in 1981, providing an independent support system for filmmakers named after his role in Butch Cassidy and the
Albanese leaves PNG with major defence treaty still a work in progress
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Prime Minister Anthony Albanese put the best face on the situation after his plan to sign a major defence treaty with Papua New Guinea while in Port Moresby fell through. Albanese said he expected the signing of the treaty –
We studied over 160,000 pregnancies to show how your postcode affects you and your baby
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melvin Barrientos Marzan, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Melbourne Daniel Duarte/Pexels Where a woman lives can shape her health during pregnancy as much as her own medical history, our new study suggests. We looked at more than 163,000 pregnancies across Melbourne
Tiny crystals in Earth’s crust have captured the movement of the Milky Way’s spiral arms
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Kirkland, Professor of Geochronology, Curtin University Mengliu Di/Pexels When most of us think about what shaped our planet, we probably picture volcanoes, earthquakes, and huge continents slowly drifting apart (or back together again) over millions or billions of years. We also know meteorite impacts were important;
1% of people don’t have sex. New research shows it may be partly genetic
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Zietsch, Associate Professor, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland Yuda Feby / Unsplash Sex is important. Romantic, typically sexual, partnerships are often among the most central relationships in individuals’ lives, providing a host of personal, health, social and economic benefits. But what about people who
ER Report: A Roundup of Significant Articles on EveningReport.nz for September 17, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on September 17, 2025.
