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April 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gwenda Tavan, Adjunct Associate Professor of Politics, La Trobe University Multiculturalism first made its way into Australian political dialogue in the 1970s, with the idea that the country could, and should, be home to people from all over the world. Inevitably, there was backlash against the idea, ... <a title="Multicultural Australia was built under a Liberal prime minister. The current party should take heed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/multicultural-australia-was-built-under-a-liberal-prime-minister-the-current-party-should-take-heed-277732/" aria-label="Read more about Multicultural Australia was built under a Liberal prime minister. The current party should take heed">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Davy, Senior Lecturer, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Every welfare program negotiates a fundamental tension: between fiscal responsibility and consistency on one hand, and care for real people with complex needs and situations on the other. Over the past decade or so, one ... <a title="First Robodebt, now NDIS and aged care: how computers still decide who gets care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/first-robodebt-now-ndis-and-aged-care-how-computers-still-decide-who-gets-care-280711/" aria-label="Read more about First Robodebt, now NDIS and aged care: how computers still decide who gets care">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra Aikhenvald, Professor and Australian Laureate Fellow, Jawun Research Institute, CQUniversity Australia When the Crusaders descended upon the eastern shores of the Mediterranean at the end of the 11th century, they had to communicate with each other, with traders and with locals. Many of them spoke different ... <a title="What is a lingua franca? A brief history, from the Crusades to today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/what-is-a-lingua-franca-a-brief-history-from-the-crusades-to-today-275807/" aria-label="Read more about What is a lingua franca? A brief history, from the Crusades to today">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand audiences are “shocking” when it comes to buying tickets at the last minute and aren’t prepared to fork out for a show during tough times, making it harder than ever for artists, says comedian Tim Batt. Batt, who has been working in the business for 15 years and hosts ... <a title="Tim Batt: It’s ‘brutal’ for creatives in New Zealand right now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/tim-batt-its-brutal-for-creatives-in-new-zealand-right-now/" aria-label="Read more about Tim Batt: It’s ‘brutal’ for creatives in New Zealand right now">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Winston Peters says he should have been warned ahead of Christopher Luxon’s leadership vote this week. Christopher Luxon said there had been intense media speculation about his position, and Tuesday’s ballot would put things to rest. While he was successful, the prime minister refused to take questions ... <a title="Winston Peters says Christopher Luxon didn’t warn him about leadership vote" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/winston-peters-says-christopher-luxon-didnt-warn-him-about-leadership-vote/" aria-label="Read more about Winston Peters says Christopher Luxon didn’t warn him about leadership vote">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A car carried by floodwaters landed on top of a fence after Monday’s torrential rain in Wellington. RNZ / Mark Papalii A scientist says it’s challenging to predict localised small-scale events which develop very quickly. Unexpectedly severe weather and flooding in Wellington raised questions about how such weather events can be ... <a title="Wellington floods: ‘Limitations’ on what can be forecast in localised areas – weather expert" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/wellington-floods-limitations-on-what-can-be-forecast-in-localised-areas-weather-expert/" aria-label="Read more about Wellington floods: ‘Limitations’ on what can be forecast in localised areas – weather expert">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The average price at the latest global dairy auction fell 2.7 percent. AFP / William West Global dairy prices have fallen again amid ongoing geopolitical tensions. The average price at the latest auction, held fortnightly, fell 2.7 percent to US$4143 (NZ$7025) a tonne. It comes after prices dropped 3.4 percent at ... <a title="Global dairy prices fall again amid geopolitical tensions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/global-dairy-prices-fall-again-amid-geopolitical-tensions/" aria-label="Read more about Global dairy prices fall again amid geopolitical tensions">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wesley Morgan, Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney US President Donald Trump is a longtime climate denier and oil industry ally, who sums up his own energy policy as “drill, baby, drill”. Yet he is doing more than almost anyone to speed up ... <a title="The end of oil? As fuel shocks cascade, 53 nations gather to plan a fossil fuel phaseout" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/the-end-of-oil-as-fuel-shocks-cascade-53-nations-gather-to-plan-a-fossil-fuel-phaseout-280263/" aria-label="Read more about The end of oil? As fuel shocks cascade, 53 nations gather to plan a fossil fuel phaseout">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fotini Vasilopoulos, Postdoctoral Researcher, Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney Pretend play is a significant and often magical part of childhood. Children have huge imaginations and use these to turn rocks into spaceships, tables into forts or pens into fairies. ... <a title="Pretend play is a magical part of childhood. New research suggests it can also help mental health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/pretend-play-is-a-magical-part-of-childhood-new-research-suggests-it-can-also-help-mental-health-281121/" aria-label="Read more about Pretend play is a magical part of childhood. New research suggests it can also help mental health">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Evans, Emeritus Professor, School of Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, UNSW Sydney It looks increasingly likely Treasurer Jim Chalmers will make changes to the capital gains tax (CGT) discount in the federal budget in May. Under the current system, a person who has held an asset for ... <a title="Tinkering with the capital gains tax discount isn’t enough. Here’s why it needs to go" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/tinkering-with-the-capital-gains-tax-discount-isnt-enough-heres-why-it-needs-to-go-280577/" aria-label="Read more about Tinkering with the capital gains tax discount isn’t enough. Here’s why it needs to go">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. The company says it could deliver 1.5 million tonnes a year of urea fertiliser. 123RF An Australian-led project could see Southland’s lignite, or brown coal, reserves developed into urea fertiliser. Victorian Hydrogen is proposing a $3 billion plant to be located 30km northeast of Invercargill. The company says it ... <a title="Australian company plans $3b lignite-to-fertiliser plant in Southland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/australian-company-plans-3b-lignite-to-fertiliser-plant-in-southland/" aria-label="Read more about Australian company plans $3b lignite-to-fertiliser plant in Southland">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand One person died and a second person was seriously injured. RNZ / Kim Baker Wilson One person has died in a crash in south Waikato. Emergency services arrived about 11.20pm after two vehicles crashed on State Highway 1 near Humphrey Road. The person was pronounced dead at the scene. Another person ... <a title="Person dies in SH1 crash, section of highway closed in Waikato" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/person-dies-in-sh1-crash-section-of-highway-closed-in-waikato/" aria-label="Read more about Person dies in SH1 crash, section of highway closed in Waikato">Read more</a>
