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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Owen Atkin, Director of the ANU Agrifood Innovation Institute, Australian National University During Australia’s unprecedented heatwave in late January, air temperatures reached 50°C in inland South Australia. Days of sustained heat and hot nights did real damage. A flying fox colony was all but wiped out in ... <a title="Intense heatwaves directly threaten crops and native species. Here’s what we can do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/intense-heatwaves-directly-threaten-crops-and-native-species-heres-what-we-can-do-275208/" aria-label="Read more about Intense heatwaves directly threaten crops and native species. Here’s what we can do">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Trenberth, Distinguished Scholar, NCAR; Affiliate Faculty, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau New Zealand’s summer has been defined by repeated bursts of intense rain, as subtropical systems have swept down over the upper North Island and beyond. Floods, slips and storm damage – most recently in ... <a title="What northern NZ’s wet and sticky summer reveals about our warming atmosphere" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/what-northern-nzs-wet-and-sticky-summer-reveals-about-our-warming-atmosphere-276157/" aria-label="Read more about What northern NZ’s wet and sticky summer reveals about our warming atmosphere">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenna Imad Harb, Research Fellow, Australian National University When Bad Bunny and his dancers scaled power poles during his Super Bowl performance, he wasn’t just entertaining millions. He was spotlighting how Puerto Rico’s chronic power outages are a legacy of its colonisation. Puerto Rico is far from ... <a title="How Bad Bunny’s power pole dance spotlighted the colonial legacy of energy poverty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/how-bad-bunnys-power-pole-dance-spotlighted-the-colonial-legacy-of-energy-poverty-275794/" aria-label="Read more about How Bad Bunny’s power pole dance spotlighted the colonial legacy of energy poverty">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James J Bell, Professor of Marine Biology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Public concern over the total failure of the Moa Point wastewater treatment plant on Wellington’s south coast has been growing, despite this week’s announcement of an independent review. When the plant failed ... <a title="Beyond the beaches, Wellington’s catastrophic sewage spill could be bad news for coastal ecosystems" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/beyond-the-beaches-wellingtons-catastrophic-sewage-spill-could-be-bad-news-for-coastal-ecosystems-276013/" aria-label="Read more about Beyond the beaches, Wellington’s catastrophic sewage spill could be bad news for coastal ecosystems">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fethi Mansouri, Deakin Distinguished Professor/UNESCO Chair-holder; Founding Director, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University Racism is a “widespread” and “systemic” problem in Australian universities, a major new report has found. According to the Australian Human Rights Commission, about 80% of surveyed Indigenous, Chinese, African, ... <a title="‘Not met their duty of care’: new report finds racism is widespread at Australian unis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/not-met-their-duty-of-care-new-report-finds-racism-is-widespread-at-australian-unis-276170/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Not met their duty of care’: new report finds racism is widespread at Australian unis">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luisa Sotomayor, Associate professor, Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toronto Crises seem to be everywhere. We live through a moment of generalized crisis — called poly– or perma-crisis by some. In this context, the nation-state often appears as the default institution and ideological framework for ... <a title="From Minneapolis to Toronto and Bogotá, cities showcase new ways to address crises" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/from-minneapolis-to-toronto-and-bogota-cities-showcase-new-ways-to-address-crises-275262/" aria-label="Read more about From Minneapolis to Toronto and Bogotá, cities showcase new ways to address crises">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ilayaraja Subramanian, Lecturer in Marketing, University of Canterbury American artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic this month attracted applause – and a surge in users – for clever advertisements poking fun at its competition. In the commercials, an AI assistant awkwardly breaks away mid-conversation to push products such ... <a title="Ads are coming to AI. Does that really have to be such a bad thing?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/ads-are-coming-to-ai-does-that-really-have-to-be-such-a-bad-thing-274955/" aria-label="Read more about Ads are coming to AI. Does that really have to be such a bad thing?">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sharlene Leroy-Dyer, Director, Indigenous Business Hub, UQ Business School, The University of Queensland Blak women make up a growing part of the Australian workforce, with 57% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women aged 15 to 64 employed in 2022-23 (the latest figures we have). That’s a ... <a title="‘I feel I’m making a difference’: how Blak women are working to build safer workplaces" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/i-feel-im-making-a-difference-how-blak-women-are-working-to-build-safer-workplaces-268283/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I feel I’m making a difference’: how Blak women are working to build safer workplaces">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Marriott, Professor of Taxation, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Despite the harm it is known to cause to a significant number of New Zealanders, the gambling industry as a whole is commonly defended for its contribution back to the community. Lotto NZ, for ... <a title="Racing enjoys special treatment under NZ gambling laws. Why?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/racing-enjoys-special-treatment-under-nz-gambling-laws-why-275778/" aria-label="Read more about Racing enjoys special treatment under NZ gambling laws. Why?">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By César Albarrán-Torres, Associate professor, Swinburne University of Technology If you walk through any major shopping mall in Australia, chances are you’ll encounter products and experiences that are uncomfortably similar to gambling – yet they are available to anyone, including children. Our soon-to-be-published research has found claw machines, ... <a title="Gambling for children? Why Australia should consider regulating blind box toys like Labubu" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/19/gambling-for-children-why-australia-should-consider-regulating-blind-box-toys-like-labubu-276163/" aria-label="Read more about Gambling for children? Why Australia should consider regulating blind box toys like Labubu">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Moran, Lecturer in the Department of English, Creative Writing and Film, Adelaide University Frederick Wiseman, who died yesterday at the age of 96, was an American filmmaker whose carefully observed works changed documentary cinema forever, shedding light on institutions, individuals and everyday life. Born into a ... <a title="Remembering Frederick Wiseman: the filmmaker who changed documentary cinema forever" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/18/remembering-frederick-wiseman-the-filmmaker-who-changed-documentary-cinema-forever-276267/" aria-label="Read more about Remembering Frederick Wiseman: the filmmaker who changed documentary cinema forever">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Hoy, McKenzie Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne Figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show that over the year to December, wages grew by 3.4%. For households, however, the number that really matters is what happened to wages after inflation. Over the ... <a title="Real wages have gone backwards. Even earning $100,000 isn’t what it used to be" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/18/real-wages-have-gone-backwards-even-earning-100-000-isnt-what-it-used-to-be-276169/" aria-label="Read more about Real wages have gone backwards. Even earning $100,000 isn’t what it used to be">Read more</a>
