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August 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danielle Hitch, Senior Lecturer in Occupational Therapy, Deakin University elenaleonova/Getty When most people think of COVID now, they picture a short illness like a cold – a few days of fever, sore throat or cough before getting better. But for many, the story doesn’t end there. Long ... <a title="Long COVID is more than fatigue. Our new study suggests its impact is similar to a stroke or Parkinson’s" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/25/long-covid-is-more-than-fatigue-our-new-study-suggests-its-impact-is-similar-to-a-stroke-or-parkinsons-263623/" aria-label="Read more about Long COVID is more than fatigue. Our new study suggests its impact is similar to a stroke or Parkinson’s">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nial Wheate, Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University Ayla Verschueren/Unsplash When your dog starts limping or your cat comes down with a sniffle, it’s natural to worry. For many families, pets are more than just animals – and we want them to have a standard of ... <a title="Yes, vets sometimes prescribe human drugs to pets. But don’t try it at home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/25/yes-vets-sometimes-prescribe-human-drugs-to-pets-but-dont-try-it-at-home-259675/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, vets sometimes prescribe human drugs to pets. But don’t try it at home">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dennis Wesselbaum, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Otago jax10289/Getty Images What is the true value of a policy project? For governments tasked with improving citizens’ lives while spending taxpayers’ money responsibly, this is no mere academic question. It lies at the heart of good governance. ... <a title="Treasury has a great cost-benefit calculator for big-spending projects – we just need to use it better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/25/treasury-has-a-great-cost-benefit-calculator-for-big-spending-projects-we-just-need-to-use-it-better-263619/" aria-label="Read more about Treasury has a great cost-benefit calculator for big-spending projects – we just need to use it better">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ramona Alaggia, Professor, Social Work, University of Toronto Noel and Liam Gallagher are seen on the jumbo screen at a recent concert in Edinburgh. (Lee-Anne Goodman) The long-awaited Oasis reunion tour is a rousing success. Since launching in Wales in July, the band has been selling out ... <a title="The triumph of the Oasis reunion: Resilience rules the day as the Gallaghers end their feud" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/25/the-triumph-of-the-oasis-reunion-resilience-rules-the-day-as-the-gallaghers-end-their-feud-263789/" aria-label="Read more about The triumph of the Oasis reunion: Resilience rules the day as the Gallaghers end their feud">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kam Phung, Assistant Professor of Business & Society, Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University Despite growing awareness and legislation aimed at eradicating modern slavery — including forced labour, bonded labour and other extreme forms of human exploitation — efforts to combat the issue remain largely ineffective. ... <a title="How businesses deflect responsibilities for addressing modern slavery in their supply chains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/25/how-businesses-deflect-responsibilities-for-addressing-modern-slavery-in-their-supply-chains-262859/" aria-label="Read more about How businesses deflect responsibilities for addressing modern slavery in their supply chains">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hanlie Smuts, Professor and Head of Department, University of Pretoria In today’s world, huge amounts of data are being created all the time, yet more than half of it is never used. It stays in silos, or isn’t managed, or can’t be accessed because systems change, or ... <a title="Data that is stored and not used has a carbon footprint. How companies can manage dark data better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/25/data-that-is-stored-and-not-used-has-a-carbon-footprint-how-companies-can-manage-dark-data-better-262966/" aria-label="Read more about Data that is stored and not used has a carbon footprint. How companies can manage dark data better">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Asher Kaufman, Professor of History and Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame Israel’s conduct in Gaza increasingly risks turning the state into a pariah. Whereas world leaders initially rallied around Israel after the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre by Hamas militants, the resulting destruction inside the Palestinian enclave ... <a title="Netanyahu remains unmoved by Israel’s lurch toward pariah status − but at home and abroad, Israelis are suffering the consequences" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/25/netanyahu-remains-unmoved-by-israels-lurch-toward-pariah-status-but-at-home-and-abroad-israelis-are-suffering-the-consequences-263154/" aria-label="Read more about Netanyahu remains unmoved by Israel’s lurch toward pariah status − but at home and abroad, Israelis are suffering the consequences">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Albanese government is bringing forward by three months to October 1 implementation of its 5% deposit guarantee for all first home buyers purchasing properties up to a specified limit. The universal guarantee was an election promise. The bring-forward, from ... <a title="Albanese government to bring forward start of its home deposit guarantee changes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/25/albanese-government-to-bring-forward-start-of-its-home-deposit-guarantee-changes-263432/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese government to bring forward start of its home deposit guarantee changes">Read more</a>
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August 24, 2025
By Alifereti Sakiasi in Suva West Papuan journalist Victor Mambor has vowed not to be silenced despite years of threats, harassment and even a bomb attack on his home. The 51-year-old founder and editor-in-chief of Jubi, West Papua’s leading media outlet, was in Fiji this week, where he spoke exclusively to The Fiji Times about ... <a title="Bombs fail to silence West Papuan journalist Victor Mambor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/24/bombs-fail-to-silence-west-papuan-journalist-victor-mambor/" aria-label="Read more about Bombs fail to silence West Papuan journalist Victor Mambor">Read more</a>
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August 24, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Richard David Hames So here we are, 2025, and Israel has finally achieved what no terrorist group, no hostile neighbour, no antisemitic tyrant ever could: it has become the most dangerous country on earth — for its own people. Not because of rockets or boycotts, but because its government has decided that the ... <a title="Is Israel becoming the nightmare prophecy it was meant to escape?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/24/is-israel-becoming-the-nightmare-prophecy-it-was-meant-to-escape/" aria-label="Read more about Is Israel becoming the nightmare prophecy it was meant to escape?">Read more</a>
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August 24, 2025
Two New Zealand Palestinians, Rana Hamida and Youssef Sammour, left Auckland today to join the massive new Global Sumud Flotilla determined to break Israel’s starvation blockade of the besieged enclave. Here, two journalists report on the Asia-Pacific stake in the initiative. Ellie Aben in Manila and Sheany Yasuko Lai in Jakarta Asia-Pacific activists are preparing ... <a title="Asia-Pacific activists ready to set sail with largest-ever Gaza aid flotilla" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/24/asia-pacific-activists-ready-to-set-sail-with-largest-ever-gaza-aid-flotilla/" aria-label="Read more about Asia-Pacific activists ready to set sail with largest-ever Gaza aid flotilla">Read more</a>
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August 24, 2025
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk A newly established “drafting committee” held its inaugural meeting in Nouméa this week, aiming to translate the Bougival agreement — signed by New Caledonian political parties in Paris last month — into a legal and constitutional form. However, the first sitting of the committee on Thursday ... <a title="FLNKS snubs Nouméa constitutional reform talks for New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/24/flnks-snubs-noumea-constitutional-reform-talks-for-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about FLNKS snubs Nouméa constitutional reform talks for New Caledonia">Read more</a>
