ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on October 12, 2026.
What’s in a name? Enough to ensnare Australia, NZ and PNG in a legal battle over the rugby team name ‘Chiefs’
The impact of the court case could have far-reaching ramifications across the Pacific.
La Bola Negra is about the Spanish Civil War – but is unmistakably about our present moment
Set across 1932, 1937 and 2017, new Spanish film La Bola Negra follows three gay men whose lives become connected across generations.
Fiji Times reaffirms commitment to truth, fairness and accountability
By Anish Chand in Suva The Fiji Times has reaffirmed its commitment to serving as the voice of the nation and championing freedom of expression, access to truth and the rights of every Fijian. In his Fiji Day message on Saturday, Fiji Times Pte Limited chairman Kirit Prabhudas Patel said the newspaper was humbled to
Can building more roads make traffic worse? Here’s the mathematics behind it
Adding a new road seems like it should make everybody’s trip fast – but it’s not always so simple.
This economist believes the system is broken. Maybe she has a point
Mazzucato is better at critiquing current economies than describing a plausible path to better ones.
Conservation parks don’t have to be vast – as one tiny grasshopper reminds us
The Murray Mallee matchstick is a newly discovered grasshopper species from northwestern Victoria.
Is NZ’s foreign policy ‘realism’ working? Why the next government faces a real choice
Winston Peters says New Zealand foreign policy should address “the world as it is, not how we wish it would be”. But how viable is that really?
Labor and the Greens improve in Newspoll and Resolve and One Nation drops
Despite another interest rate hike by the Reserve Bank, the Labor government’s polling has improved.
Stranded Solomon Islands ferry passengers adrift at sea brought on shore
RNZ Pacific Dozens of people who were stranded on the vessel MV Awka have been rescued, local authorities confirmed on Monday. The Temotu Provincial Government said the search and rescue operation for the vessel was successful and that all 73 passengers and crew who were adrift at sea have been transported to shore. The Solomon
Keith Rank Analysis – Munich Syndrome
Keith Rankin writes; Geopolitics – whether 'kinetic' or not – should be conducted in its own time and place; and with a rational balancing of risks and consequences. Munich Syndrome – trying to correct for past weakness as a form of present penance – risks converting one overstated past mistake into a much bigger present mistake with existential consequences for the near future.
A record 82% of Australian home loans now rely on mortgage brokers. Why?
A broker might be able to get you a competitive deal – but that doesn’t mean you can’t achieve a similar result on your own.
How ‘people power’ and business transformed medicine, but created a whole new set of risks
We’re seeing what happens when consumer demand collides with commercial interests for drugs including GLP-1s, psychedelics and testosterone. It’s a huge shift.
Worried about your Year 12 exams? 3 ways to help anxiety
The key to good exam performance is learning to manage your anxiety. Here’s what can help students.
Invasive species do much more damage in Australia and NZ than elsewhere. But why?
Isolation has been both blessing and curse for the wildlife of both countries.
The Greens have adopted confrontation and self-declared populism. Can they bring voters along with them?
The Greens’ leadership changes show the party has drawn two opposing lessons from one electoral loss. The question for them now is whether either is right.
Navi Pillay’s Nobel peace prize is a vote of confidence in a global legal order under fire
Recognising Pillay is an affirmation of what has been achieved, but also about what must not be lost.
Distant voices: how the revival of ta rē Moriori lets us hear the true history of Rēkohu
The second Moriori language week – ta wik’ a ta rē Moriori – celebrates the voices of a people whose rich culture and history were once nearly extinguished.
A reminder of what is possible in community empowerment – ‘survival pending revolution’
This book launch speech today for Ponsonby People’s Union: At the Frontline of Community Activism in the 1970s, by Roger Fowler, whānau and fellow activists, at the Whare Wānanga, Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero — Auckland Central Library. COMMENTARY: By Nick Bollinger I have to confess to a degree of imposter syndrome. I was the wrong age
African genomics research is growing: what countries are doing to connect genetic data and healthcare
National genetic projects are important but they must have local expertise, responsible data governance and sustained investment to improve healthcare.
Trump misses out on Nobel Prize again and imposes new sanctions on the International Criminal Court. What does it mean?
The Trump administration is bent on destroying the ICC. It will require a strong counter offensive to preserve the court and its functions.