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Bake Off is back and Nigella is judging. We’re also recommending a host of books from non-fiction on British food history to a fiction book about gay Jamaicans.

By Tiana Haxton of RNZ Pacific More than 125,000 people are reported to have been displaced in West Papua as armed conflict escalates, but the real number is likely much higher. A recent report from the Human Rights Monitor said military operations and armed violence have been particularly intense in the central highlands of Indonesian-ruled

Pacific Media Watch With the US midterm elections just weeks away, US President Donald Trump’s administration is trying to put a positive spin on a war with Iran that shows no sign of letting up, reports the Al Jazeera media watch programme Listening Post. Climbing fuel and grocery prices, the president’s provocative social media posts

COMMENTARY: By Brett Wilkins New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has hit back after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took to the UN General Assembly podium to accuse him of supporting Hamas and making Jewish New Yorkers “feel unsafe” — remarks that came after delegates from scores of countries walked out of the chamber to

Can the two leaders achieve the sort of rapport that helped Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev face the threat of nuclear proliferation in the 1980s.
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on September 25, 2026.

News that an OpenAI agent hacked Medicare has prompted calls for Australia to develop its own AI system.

Trump’s net approval is below what any past president since Harry Truman had at this point in their term.

Some people may think it’s nice to listen to music with their plants. But is there any truth to the idea that certain music boosts plant growth?

This spring’s ozone hole is likely to be among the top ten most severe of all time, bringing weather changes to New Zealand and Australia.

By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific As the Pacific Islands region reels from a series of recent maritime tragedies, a regional climatologist says it is imperative that boat operators take extra caution in a time of turbulent weather. There have been dozens of fatalities from incidents at sea in recent months in Papua New Guinea,

By Prishanta Sharma in Savusavu Reaching communities beyond Pacific capitals must remain at the heart of journalism as technology creates new ways for the region to share its stories, says Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka. Opening the 8th Pacific Media Summit in Savusavu, Rabuka said the vast distances separating Pacific communities should not prevent people