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February 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Moffitt, Associate Professor in Microbiology, Western Sydney University What do coffee, sugar, wheat, soy, eucalypts and paperbarks all have in common? They are all susceptible to parasitic rust diseases caused by fungi. Plant rust disease can easily be spotted by the characteristic orange or yellow spores ... <a title="Good fungus may one day help save plants from bad fungus like deadly myrtle rust disease" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/23/good-fungus-may-one-day-help-save-plants-from-bad-fungus-like-deadly-myrtle-rust-disease-269819/" aria-label="Read more about Good fungus may one day help save plants from bad fungus like deadly myrtle rust disease">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Marie Brennan, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Waikato The extreme weather events and resulting destruction that have hit New Zealand this summer are not only signs of a changing climate. They also highlight the now indispensable role of remote sensing satellite technology. Broadly, remote sensing ... <a title="Satellite imaging is now vital for disaster management. But there are dangerous gaps in our systems" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/23/satellite-imaging-is-now-vital-for-disaster-management-but-there-are-dangerous-gaps-in-our-systems-276274/" aria-label="Read more about Satellite imaging is now vital for disaster management. But there are dangerous gaps in our systems">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor Emerita in Constitutional Law, University of Sydney The place of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, former prince and brother of the king, in the line of succession to the British throne appears to be under threat in the United Kingdom. Currently, Mountbatten-Windsor is eighth in line (after ... <a title="How could Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor be removed from the line of succession to the throne?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/22/how-could-andrew-mountbatten-windsor-be-removed-from-the-line-of-succession-to-the-throne-276604/" aria-label="Read more about How could Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor be removed from the line of succession to the throne?">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Wellings, Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations, Monash University The arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on suspicion of misconduct in public office will heap yet more pressure on the beleaguered government of Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest over allegations he passed government documents to sex ... <a title="The Epstein scandal has battered Britain’s political establishment. Can the radical-right Reform party benefit?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/22/the-epstein-scandal-has-battered-britains-political-establishment-can-the-radical-right-reform-party-benefit-276515/" aria-label="Read more about The Epstein scandal has battered Britain’s political establishment. Can the radical-right Reform party benefit?">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Felicity Deane, Professor of Trade Law and Taxation, Queensland University of Technology US President Donald Trump has announced the United States will increase baseline tariffs on all foreign imports to 15%, as the fallout continues from a seismic Supreme Court ruling on Friday. Trump had imposed sweeping ... <a title="Trump hikes global tariffs to 15% as the fallout from Supreme Court loss continues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/22/trump-hikes-global-tariffs-to-15-as-the-fallout-from-supreme-court-loss-continues-273105/" aria-label="Read more about Trump hikes global tariffs to 15% as the fallout from Supreme Court loss continues">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Francesca Jackson, PhD candidate, Lancaster Law School, Lancaster University Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office. The arrest comes after the US government released files that appeared to indicate he had shared official information with financier and convicted child sex offender Jeffrey ... <a title="Why has Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor been arrested, and what legal protections does the royal family have?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/20/why-has-andrew-mountbatten-windsor-been-arrested-and-what-legal-protections-does-the-royal-family-have-276466/" aria-label="Read more about Why has Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor been arrested, and what legal protections does the royal family have?">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jo Coghlan, Associate Professor, Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, University of New England When a royal faces scrutiny, it can feel like a rupture with tradition. Yet across the ages, British royals have repeatedly fallen under suspicion. What makes the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor so striking is ... <a title="Could Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest bring down the British monarchy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/20/could-andrew-mountbatten-windsors-arrest-bring-down-the-british-monarchy-276508/" aria-label="Read more about Could Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest bring down the British monarchy?">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin D. Muir, Casual Academic, School of Humanities and Communication Arts, Western Sydney University Emily Brontë died of tuberculosis 177 years ago, yet this adaptation is still the worst thing that has ever happened to her. This is how one Letterbox’d user described writer-director Emerald Fennell’s film ... <a title="Wuthering Heights looks lush – but it’s a bad film and a worse adaptation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/20/wuthering-heights-looks-lush-but-its-a-bad-film-and-a-worse-adaptation-276179/" aria-label="Read more about Wuthering Heights looks lush – but it’s a bad film and a worse adaptation">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Swain, Associate Lecturer in Theatre, The University of Melbourne This story oscillates and swells around a glass outdoor table, on the porch of a family home on Larrakia land. A table almost identical to the one on my porch back home. I point this out to ... <a title="A love letter to Country: grief, motherhood and loss in Jada Alberts’ Black Light" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/20/a-love-letter-to-country-grief-motherhood-and-loss-in-jada-alberts-black-light-275802/" aria-label="Read more about A love letter to Country: grief, motherhood and loss in Jada Alberts’ Black Light">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Goodall, Emeritus Professor, Writing and Society Research Centre, Western Sydney University Anyone who engages in serious dialogue with a Large Language Model (LLM) may get the impression they are interacting with an intelligence. But many experts in the field argue the impression is just that. In ... <a title="Is AI really ‘intelligent’? This philosopher says yes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/20/is-ai-really-intelligent-this-philosopher-says-yes-271721/" aria-label="Read more about Is AI really ‘intelligent’? This philosopher says yes">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Simpson, Associate Professor in Criminology, Macquarie University Australian policing has been in the spotlight in the past few weeks. There were concerning scenes in New South Wales during protests against Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit, while Queensland Police’s commitment to curtailing domestic and family violence was ... <a title="Australia’s masculine policing culture is failing women and children" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/20/australias-masculine-policing-culture-is-failing-women-and-children-276176/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s masculine policing culture is failing women and children">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Shortis, Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University The stunning arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor by UK police on suspicion of misconduct in public office must have chilled many powerful American men to the bone. They may now wonder: could something like ... <a title="Andrew’s arrest: will anything like this now happen in the US? Why hasn’t it so far?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/20/andrews-arrest-will-anything-like-this-now-happen-in-the-us-why-hasnt-it-so-far-276512/" aria-label="Read more about Andrew’s arrest: will anything like this now happen in the US? Why hasn’t it so far?">Read more</a>
