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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hilary A Smith, Honorary Research Fellow (Linguistics), Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University Debates over language are back in the news in New Zealand, this time with proposed legislation that critics have dismissed as a political distraction. In practical terms, the English Language Bill now before ... <a title="The debate NZ should really be having about language policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/the-debate-nz-should-really-be-having-about-language-policy-277074/" aria-label="Read more about The debate NZ should really be having about language policy">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shalini Arunogiri, Addiction Psychiatrist, Associate Professor, Monash University A class of medications best known for treating diabetes and obesity may also reduce the risk of addiction – and help people who already have one, a new study shows. Semaglutide (also known as Ozempic), liraglutide and tirzepatide (Wegovy) ... <a title="GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic may lower the risk of addiction: new study" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/glp-1-drugs-like-ozempic-may-lower-the-risk-of-addiction-new-study-277367/" aria-label="Read more about GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic may lower the risk of addiction: new study">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sheree Gregory, Senior Lecturer Human Resource Management, University of Newcastle Lianne Mackessy’s film Crescendo won top prize at this year’s prestigious Tropfest short-film festival – a significant personal and industry milestone. The film’s central figure mirrors Mackessy – a women navigating the imperfect, complicated and often chaotic ... <a title="What this year’s Tropfest winning film tells us about mothers in the screen industry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/what-this-years-tropfest-winning-film-tells-us-about-mothers-in-the-screen-industry-276956/" aria-label="Read more about What this year’s Tropfest winning film tells us about mothers in the screen industry">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jack Anderson, Professor of Sports Law, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne The opening ceremony of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Paralympics takes place on Friday but geopolitical tensions have spurred some countries, including the Czech Republic, Finland and Ukraine, to boycott the opening ceremony. The ... <a title="Paralympic politics: how Russia, Belarus and Israel sparked opening ceremony boycotts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/paralympic-politics-how-russia-belarus-and-israel-sparked-opening-ceremony-boycotts-276751/" aria-label="Read more about Paralympic politics: how Russia, Belarus and Israel sparked opening ceremony boycotts">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vaughan Cruickshank, Senior Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, University of Tasmania On the eve of the 2026 AFL season, players and fans are mourning the loss of legendary commentator Dennis Cometti. Cometti passed away in Perth on Wednesday after battling Alzheimer’s disease and dementia for several ... <a title="‘Centimetre perfect’: how commentator Dennis Cometti became footy’s favourite voice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/centimetre-perfect-how-commentator-dennis-cometti-became-footys-favourite-voice-277503/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Centimetre perfect’: how commentator Dennis Cometti became footy’s favourite voice">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rohan Havelock, Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau New Zealand’s Treasury has just launched a review of household insurance affordability – and it could not be timelier. Amid another summer of weather disasters around the country, it emerged one insurer had temporarily stopped ... <a title="NZ’s rising house insurance premiums warn of a system under strain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/nzs-rising-house-insurance-premiums-warn-of-a-system-under-strain-277088/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s rising house insurance premiums warn of a system under strain">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Strangio, Emeritus Professor of Politics, Monash University The recent elevation of Angus Taylor to leader of the Liberal Party generated an expected avalanche of commentary. The reactions ranged over most points of the compass. In some, Taylor was depicted as a final leadership throw of the ... <a title="The Liberal Party’s current woes are many. Sidelining Victoria is one of them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/the-liberal-partys-current-woes-are-many-sidelining-victoria-is-one-of-them-262431/" aria-label="Read more about The Liberal Party’s current woes are many. Sidelining Victoria is one of them">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Bisley, Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of International Relations at La Trobe University., La Trobe University Australia faces a more complex and dangerous world than at any time since the threat of Japanese invasion during the second world war. The global economy is ... <a title="Australia can no longer be complacent about Trump’s America. It’s time to chart a new course" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/australia-can-no-longer-be-complacent-about-trumps-america-its-time-to-chart-a-new-course-276530/" aria-label="Read more about Australia can no longer be complacent about Trump’s America. It’s time to chart a new course">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Grant Russell, Professor of Primary Care Research, Monash University Since 2023, 137 Urgent Care Clinics have opened across Australia, in all states and territories. They’re usually located within or partnered with a general practice, an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation or a community health centre. Last week, ... <a title="Australia now has 137 urgent care clinics. Are they working?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/australia-now-has-137-urgent-care-clinics-are-they-working-276880/" aria-label="Read more about Australia now has 137 urgent care clinics. Are they working?">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brian Choo, Postdoctoral Fellow in Vertebrate Palaeontology, Flinders University Roughly 425 million years ago, in the warm seas over what is now southern China, there lived a metre-long bony fish with jaws full of clusters of spiky teeth. Long extinct, this predatory fish (Megamastax amblyodus) was an ... <a title="New fossil reveals the weird ‘tooth cushions’ of an apex predator from 425 million years ago" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/new-fossil-reveals-the-weird-tooth-cushions-of-an-apex-predator-from-425-million-years-ago-274122/" aria-label="Read more about New fossil reveals the weird ‘tooth cushions’ of an apex predator from 425 million years ago">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shae McCrystal, Professor of Labour Law, University of Sydney Do your holidays always feel too short? Or are you a parent struggling to juggle the demands of school holidays with the leave you’re allowed to take? On Wednesday, the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) launched a ... <a title="Even if Australians won an extra week of leave, we’d need to make sure they could take it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/even-if-australians-won-an-extra-week-of-leave-wed-need-to-make-sure-they-could-take-it-277480/" aria-label="Read more about Even if Australians won an extra week of leave, we’d need to make sure they could take it">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew J. May, Professor of History, The University of Melbourne In 1981, a jingle played out across Australia, encouraging us to “Slip, Slop, Slap!” In 2023, the jingle was added to the National Film & Sound Archive’s Sounds of Australia registry in recognition of the way the ... <a title="‘Fry now pay later’: tracing a century of skin cancer messaging in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/05/fry-now-pay-later-tracing-a-century-of-skin-cancer-messaging-in-australia-273003/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Fry now pay later’: tracing a century of skin cancer messaging in Australia">Read more</a>
