ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on October 25, 2025.
‘Oceania voices’ – Indigenous climate adaptation network launches in Ōtautahi
SPECIAL REPORT: By Te Aniwaniwa Paterson of Te Ao Māori News Māori and Pasifika leaders are leading climate adaptation, guided by ancestral knowledge and Indigenous principles to build resilience and shape global solutions. Last week, they played a key role in launching a new Indigenous climate adaptation network at a wānanga ahead of Adaptation Futures
PSNA slams Israeli politician over ‘sneaking into NZ’ during Pacific friendship trip
Asia Pacific Report A leading Palestine solidarity and advocacy group in New Zealand has accused an Israeli cabinet minister of “sneaking” into the country this weekend while on a Pacific tour asIsrael resumed its genocidal attacks. Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskell visited the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Fiji — where she welcomed a possible
Should drug companies be allowed to run ‘awareness’ ads for conditions their drugs treat? We asked 5 experts
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Barbara Mintzes, Professor in Pharmaceutical Policy, School of Pharmacy and Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney Anna Shvets/Pexels Unlike in the United States and New Zealand, it’s illegal in Australia to advertise prescription medicines directly to the public. The main idea is to avoid demand for a
The artifice of the manosphere comes to the screen. It’s comedic – but also confronting
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dante DeBono, PhD Candidate in Screen Studies, University of South Australia The convoluted title of 5 STEPS FOR BETTER LIVING, MAXIMUM GAINS AND MANIFESTING YOUR MOST OPTIMISED SELF!! boldly proclaims its subject matter by evoking the clickbait of algorithm-obsessed online personalities. 5 Steps is a multi-channel installation
New Australian–Irish coproduction of Roméo et Juliette grasps the spiritual quality of the opera
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Russell Fewster, Lecturer in Performing Arts, University of South Australia Andrew Beveridge/SOSA State Opera South Australia’s production of Charles Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, co-produced with the West Australian Opera and the Irish National Opera, heralds a new globalised collaboration. It is a considerable undertaking for the South
Keith Rankin Analysis – A Quarter-Century of New Zealand’s CPI Inflation
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Earlier this week, in The Truth about Prices in New Zealand, (on Evening Report, and on Scoop), I showed how the Consumers Price Index (CPI) is a lagging measure of inflation, and that the Producers Price Index (and the use of six-monthly rather than annual data) gives more timely information about turning points in
