ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on August 4, 2026.
Companies may find it easier to join the ASX if these rule changes go ahead
Right now, you can’t advertise a stock market debut before filing a prospectus. Could loosening this rule give shrinking public markets a boost?
Media and political complacency is letting Pauline Hanson re-write the rules on accountability
The media have the power to make Hanson’s tyrannical attitudes and behaviour a central issue, and their failure to use this power has only emboldened her.
With its new leverage over the Strait of Hormuz, does Iran want – or need – a nuclear weapon?
Iran’s new supreme leader is reportedly more interested in building a bomb than his father. Where does this leave future negotiations?
Multiple threats endanger the world’s rarest great ape, a new study on the Tapanuli orangutan reveals
Multiple pressures are acting simultaneously in threatening Tapanuli orangutan — from extractive industries to logging to agricultural expansion and, increasingly, climate-related disasters.
The 1930s and ‘40s were the golden age of the ‘remarriage comedy’. The Drama and The Invite are their dark progeny
The golden age of the Hollywood remarriage comedy featured pairings such as Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant. Now, these films are back with a psychological twist.
‘What drugs do you want’? Senate inquiry allegations reveal the murky dangers of betting inducements
Explosive allegations of betting inducements have been heard at a Senate inquiry into online gambling laws.
Snakes aren’t simple tubes. Their bodies have five regions – including a short neck
A new study changes what we know about one of nature’s most enigmatic animals.
Experimental AI systems have been going on hacking sprees
AI systems need ‘situational awareness’ to do the right thing – but recent events show they can get confused.
Will building an integrated ‘Anzac force’ with Australia cost NZ strategic freedom?
New Zealand is lifting its defence spending while deepening its military ties with Australia. But what happens when it needs to say no?
NZ’s shameful silence on Gaza is potentially complicity with genocide
The New Zealand government remains shamefully silent on Gaza, despite being a signatory to international agreements that oblige it to act, writes John Hobbs in E-Tangata. COMMENTARY: By John Hobbs A friend who lives in Gaza, just posted the following: From the sea of Gaza, I do not look out . . . I stand
Some speed-reading apps make big claims. But how fast can humans actually read?
A plethora of apps, videos and books say we have the capacity to read at breakneck speed. The science says something different.
John Minto: When TVNZ’s Israeli ‘counter-terrorism’ op against Palestinians is actually a lie
COMMENTARY: By John Minto Television New Zealand outdid itself last week. For decades it has been a direct funnel for Israeli propaganda into our living rooms and last week TVNZ news editors managed to turn an Israeli pogrom against a Palestinian community into the need for Israel to launch a “major counter-terrorism operation” against Palestinians.
Feral cats likely kill far more Australian native animals than we thought: first DNA analysis
We cannot fence the whole of Australia. Therefore, we need to know which species are most at risk from cats.
Newspaper space for political cartoons is shrinking – but we need these artists as much as ever
The cartooning industry is still struggling to adapt to the 21st century media business model.
Australia’s childcare system is full of ‘churn’ – this isn’t good for quality or safety
A new report shows how common it is for daycare centres to change owners. The sector also has high staff turnover and relatively low pay.
How do instant heat packs work? A chemist explains
From slowly rusting iron to quick crystals, heat packs and hand warmers use simple but clever chemistry to keep you toasty.
Even if Hamas disarms, the challenge in Gaza will be accountability
History suggests that without legal and moral accountability, reconciliation and durable peace will remain elusive.
Yet another CFMEU royal commission won’t solve much until we learn from the past
A royal commission focused on individual criminality may not address the underlying conditions that allowed corruption to flourish.
New study shows there’s a growing constituency reshaping Australian politics: renters
Renters account for an increasingly larger share of the adult population. Research analysing more than 25 years of voting data shows what this means politically.
Why the Spokane wildfires became so catastrophic
Extreme fire conditions converged in suburban neighborhoods built into the forests, shrubland and grasslands and quickly spread.