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June 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Skelly, Archaeologist, Monash University Women loading pots on a Motu lakatoi trading vessel, in this photograph published in 1887. J. W. Lindt Australia’s closest neighbour, Papua New Guinea, is a place of remarkable cultural diversity. Home to cultures speaking more than 800 languages, this region has ... <a title="Men traded wares – but women traded knowledge: what a new archeological study tells us about PNG sea trade" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/30/men-traded-wares-but-women-traded-knowledge-what-a-new-archeological-study-tells-us-about-png-sea-trade-258184/" aria-label="Read more about Men traded wares – but women traded knowledge: what a new archeological study tells us about PNG sea trade">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cindy Towns, Senior Lecturer in General Medicine and Geriatrics, University of Otago Getty Images New Zealand’s mental health crisis is well documented in the government’s 2018 inquiry, He Ara Oranga, which shows one in five people experience mental illness or significant mental distress. However, an almost singular ... <a title="Unsafe and unethical: bed shortages mean dementia patients with psychiatric symptoms are admitted to medical wards" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/30/unsafe-and-unethical-bed-shortages-mean-dementia-patients-with-psychiatric-symptoms-are-admitted-to-medical-wards-257634/" aria-label="Read more about Unsafe and unethical: bed shortages mean dementia patients with psychiatric symptoms are admitted to medical wards">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on June 30, 2025.
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June 30, 2025
By Kaya Selby, RNZ Pacific journalist The Fiji government is spending big on this year’s budget. The country’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Biman Prasad, unveiled a FJ$4.8 billion (about NZ$3.5 billion) spending package, complete with cost of living measures and fiscal stimulus, to the Fijian Parliament on Friday. This is about F$280 ... <a title="Fiji’s Dr Prasad unveils $4.8b budget as deficit widens" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/30/fijis-dr-prasad-unveils-4-8b-budget-as-deficit-widens/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s Dr Prasad unveils $4.8b budget as deficit widens">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Hurlimann, Associate Professor in Urban Planning, The University of Melbourne Quality Stock Arts/Shutterstock Cities have a central role to play tackling climate change. They contribute 67–72% of the greenhouse gas emissions which are heating up the planet. At the same time, cities are increasingly at risk ... <a title="Cities are heating up the planet – how they can do more to fight climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/30/cities-are-heating-up-the-planet-how-they-can-do-more-to-fight-climate-change-259391/" aria-label="Read more about Cities are heating up the planet – how they can do more to fight climate change">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2025
RNZ Te Manu Korihi Tahiti will mark Matari’i as a national public holiday for the first time in November, following in the footsteps of Matariki in Aotearoa New Zealand. Matari’i refers to the same star cluster as Matariki. And for Tahitians, November 20 will mark the start of Matari’i i ni’a — the “season of ... <a title="Tahiti prepares for its first Matari’i public holiday" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/30/tahiti-prepares-for-its-first-matarii-public-holiday/" aria-label="Read more about Tahiti prepares for its first Matari’i public holiday">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucia McCallum, Senior Scientist in Geodesy, University of Tasmania ESA / Hubble / L. Calçada (ESO), CC BY The scientists who precisely measure the position of Earth are in a bit of trouble. Their measurements are essential for the satellites we use for navigation, communication and Earth ... <a title="Scientists look to black holes to know exactly where we are in the Universe. But phones and wifi are blocking the view" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/30/scientists-look-to-black-holes-to-know-exactly-where-we-are-in-the-universe-but-phones-and-wifi-are-blocking-the-view-259977/" aria-label="Read more about Scientists look to black holes to know exactly where we are in the Universe. But phones and wifi are blocking the view">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Zala, Senior Lecturer, Politics & International Relations, Monash University As the ceasefire between Israel and Iran seems to be holding for now, it is important to reflect on whether this whole episode was worth the risks. Wider escalation was (and remains) possible, and we do not ... <a title="Could we live with a nuclear-armed Iran? Reluctantly, yes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/30/could-we-live-with-a-nuclear-armed-iran-reluctantly-yes-259905/" aria-label="Read more about Could we live with a nuclear-armed Iran? Reluctantly, yes">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Bennett, Disability Program Director, Grattan Institute Australia is spending more than ever on disability services – and yet many people with disability still aren’t receiving the support they need. Since the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) began in 2013, it has transformed the lives of hundreds ... <a title="How to reform the NDIS and better support disabled people who don’t qualify for it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/30/how-to-reform-the-ndis-and-better-support-disabled-people-who-dont-qualify-for-it-258799/" aria-label="Read more about How to reform the NDIS and better support disabled people who don’t qualify for it">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Brownlie, Lecturer in Education, University of Southern Queensland Johnny Greig/ Getty Images When you went to school, did you call your teacher Mrs, Ms or Mr, followed by their surname? Perhaps you even called them Sir or Miss. The tradition of addressing teachers in a formal ... <a title="Mr Smith or Gary? Why some teachers ask students to call them by their first name" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/30/mr-smith-or-gary-why-some-teachers-ask-students-to-call-them-by-their-first-name-259790/" aria-label="Read more about Mr Smith or Gary? Why some teachers ask students to call them by their first name">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Welch, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images Stand on any car park on a sunny day in February and the heat will radiate through your shoes. At 30°C air temperature, that asphalt hits 50–55°C – hot enough to cause ... <a title="NZ cities are getting hotter: 5 things councils can do now to keep us cooler when summer comes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/30/nz-cities-are-getting-hotter-5-things-councils-can-do-now-to-keep-us-cooler-when-summer-comes-259885/" aria-label="Read more about NZ cities are getting hotter: 5 things councils can do now to keep us cooler when summer comes">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roberta Esbitt, Associate, RMIT University If you want to advertise a house online in Australia, you don’t have many options. Just two companies dominate the market. Australia’s largest property listings platform, realestate.com.au, belongs to digital media company REA Group, which is majority-owned by Rupert Murdoch’s US-based media ... <a title="Murdoch’s News Corp has moved into the mortgage business. Where are the regulators?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/30/murdochs-news-corp-has-moved-into-the-mortgage-business-where-are-the-regulators-259039/" aria-label="Read more about Murdoch’s News Corp has moved into the mortgage business. Where are the regulators?">Read more</a>
