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January 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kasey Symons, Lecturer of Communication, Sports Media, Deakin University HBO Heated Rivalry has taken the world by a storm. The series tells the story of rivals-to-lovers hockey players Japanese-Canadian Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Russian Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie), and their yearslong relationship navigating falling in love ... <a title="Could Heated Rivalry bring a whole new fanbase to ice hockey – and can the sport embrace them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/13/could-heated-rivalry-bring-a-whole-new-fanbase-to-ice-hockey-and-can-the-sport-embrace-them-272702/" aria-label="Read more about Could Heated Rivalry bring a whole new fanbase to ice hockey – and can the sport embrace them?">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Guangyi Pan, Lecturer in International Political Studies at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, UNSW Canberra, UNSW Sydney When Labor was returned to power in 2022, the China-Australia relationship began to stabilise after what had been a rocky few years. So, where do things stand now, ... <a title="Can the China-Australia relationship stay on track in 2026? This is how experts in China see it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/can-the-china-australia-relationship-stay-on-track-in-2026-this-is-how-experts-in-china-see-it-271941/" aria-label="Read more about Can the China-Australia relationship stay on track in 2026? This is how experts in China see it">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luis Gómez Romero, Senior Lecturer in Human Rights, Constitutional Law and Legal Theory, University of Wollongong US President Donald Trump has insisted the United States will now be “running” Venezuela after US forces bombed the capital on January 3 and whisked Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his ... <a title="Venezuela’s leader may be gone, but his regime remains – with a new chief in Washington" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/venezuelas-leader-may-be-gone-but-his-regime-remains-with-a-new-chief-in-washington-273211/" aria-label="Read more about Venezuela’s leader may be gone, but his regime remains – with a new chief in Washington">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Stevens, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Adelaide University _Womerleymeria bicornis_, a springtail from Tasmania. Cyrille D’Haese In virtually every piece of land on Earth – from near the summit of Mount Everest to Antarctica to caves nearly 2,000 metres underground – live tiny critters ... <a title="Meet the springtails: little-known fantastic beasts that live everywhere on Earth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/meet-the-springtails-little-known-fantastic-beasts-that-live-everywhere-on-earth-270667/" aria-label="Read more about Meet the springtails: little-known fantastic beasts that live everywhere on Earth">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chaya Kasif, PhD Candidate; Assyriologist, Macquarie University An 8th century BCE gypsum relief from modern-day Iraq depicts a king and his chief ša rēši. Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago. OIM A7366. Daderot/Wikimedia Commons/Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago. OIM A7366 Today, trans people face politicisation of ... <a title="Not just ‘eunuchs’ or sex workers: in ancient Mesopotamia, gender-diverse people held positions of power" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/not-just-eunuchs-or-sex-workers-in-ancient-mesopotamia-gender-diverse-people-held-positions-of-power-270269/" aria-label="Read more about Not just ‘eunuchs’ or sex workers: in ancient Mesopotamia, gender-diverse people held positions of power">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rod McNaughton, Professor of Entrepreneurship, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images For decades, we have heard a familiar story about why New Zealand’s firms choose to stay small. Business owners prefer comfort, control and lifestyle over ambition, summed up in the old notion of the ... <a title="NZ’s low productivity is often blamed on businesses staying small. That could be a strength in 2026" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/nzs-low-productivity-is-often-blamed-on-businesses-staying-small-that-could-be-a-strength-in-2026-271177/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s low productivity is often blamed on businesses staying small. That could be a strength in 2026">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Penny Bailey, Lecturer in Japanese Studies, The University of Queensland A thrown tea bowl made by Hamada Shōji. Wikimedia, CC BY-SA On January 10 1926, Yanagi Sōetsu and the potters Hamada Shōji and Kawai Kanjirō sat talking excitedly late into the night at a temple on Mt ... <a title="Beauty in ordinary things: why this Japanese folk craft movement still matters 100 years on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/beauty-in-ordinary-things-why-this-japanese-folk-craft-movement-still-matters-100-years-on-269802/" aria-label="Read more about Beauty in ordinary things: why this Japanese folk craft movement still matters 100 years on">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Bowman, Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania Graeme Thomas/Facebook After a weekend of extreme heat and windy conditions, more than 30 blazes were still burning in Victoria and New South Wales as of Sunday evening, including major fires in the Otways, near the ... <a title="Rain one minute, heatwave the next. How climate ‘whiplash’ drives unpredictable fire weather" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/rain-one-minute-heatwave-the-next-how-climate-whiplash-drives-unpredictable-fire-weather-273104/" aria-label="Read more about Rain one minute, heatwave the next. How climate ‘whiplash’ drives unpredictable fire weather">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Laurikainen Gaete, PhD Candidate, Wollongong Isotope Geochronology Laboratory, University of Wollongong Today, rock wallabies are seen as secretive cliff-dwellers that rarely stray far from the safety of their rocky shelters. But the fossil record tells a very different story. New research suggests rock wallabies were once ... <a title="Modern rock wallabies seem to survive by sticking together in small areas. Fossils show they need to travel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/modern-rock-wallabies-seem-to-survive-by-sticking-together-in-small-areas-fossils-show-they-need-to-travel-272344/" aria-label="Read more about Modern rock wallabies seem to survive by sticking together in small areas. Fossils show they need to travel">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matteo Vergani, Associate Professor and Director of the Tackling Hate Lab, Deakin University What we currently know about antisemitism in Australia is pieced together from a fragmented body of information produced by community organisations, researchers and law enforcement. And it is largely interpreted and translated to the ... <a title="The antisemitism debate is already a political minefield. The royal commission must rise above it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/the-antisemitism-debate-is-already-a-political-minefield-the-royal-commission-must-rise-above-it-273018/" aria-label="Read more about The antisemitism debate is already a political minefield. The royal commission must rise above it">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kai Schweizer, PhD Candidate in Youth Mental Health, The University of Western Australia; The Kids Research Institute MDV Edwards/Getty When people picture someone with an eating disorder, many think of a thin, teenage girl with anorexia nervosa. This stereotype is so pervasive it can feel like a ... <a title="Why eating disorders are more common among LGBTQIA+ people and what can help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/why-eating-disorders-are-more-common-among-lgbtqia-people-and-what-can-help-270268/" aria-label="Read more about Why eating disorders are more common among LGBTQIA+ people and what can help">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Sachinthanee Dissanayake, PhD Candidate, University of Wollongong Pressmaster/Getty Have you ever felt delighted (perhaps secretly) when something went wrong for someone else? We may not openly admit it, but many of us have probably felt this way – sometimes intentionally, sometimes unconsciously. This feeling has ... <a title="Is it okay to feel ‘schadenfreude’ at work? Here’s how to navigate this complex emotion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/is-it-okay-to-feel-schadenfreude-at-work-heres-how-to-navigate-this-complex-emotion-269181/" aria-label="Read more about Is it okay to feel ‘schadenfreude’ at work? Here’s how to navigate this complex emotion">Read more</a>
