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July 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeffrey McNeill, Honorary Research Associate, School of People, Environment and Planning, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University If the headlines are anything to go by, New Zealand’s regional councils are on life support. Regional Development Minister Shane Jones recently wondered whether “there’s going to be a ... <a title="Memo to Shane Jones: what if NZ needs more regional government, not less?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/02/memo-to-shane-jones-what-if-nz-needs-more-regional-government-not-less-259778/" aria-label="Read more about Memo to Shane Jones: what if NZ needs more regional government, not less?">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Edward Doddridge, Senior Research Associate in Physical Oceanography, University of Tasmania An icebreaker approaches Denman Glacier in March, when there was 70% less Antarctic sea ice than usual. Pete Harmsen AAD On her first dedicated scientific voyage to Antarctica in March, the Australian icebreaker RSV Nuyina found ... <a title="Antarctic summer sea ice is at record lows. Here’s how it will harm the planet – and us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/02/antarctic-summer-sea-ice-is-at-record-lows-heres-how-it-will-harm-the-planet-and-us-256104/" aria-label="Read more about Antarctic summer sea ice is at record lows. Here’s how it will harm the planet – and us">Read more</a>
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July 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Reza Shabahang, Research Fellow in Human Cybersecurity, Monash University and Academic Researcher in Media Psychology, Flinders University KieferPix/Shutterstock If you’re feeling like the news is particularly bad at the moment, you’re not alone. But many of us can’t look away – and don’t want to. Engaging with ... <a title="Distressed by all the bad news? Here’s how to stay informed but still look after yourself" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/01/distressed-by-all-the-bad-news-heres-how-to-stay-informed-but-still-look-after-yourself-259913/" aria-label="Read more about Distressed by all the bad news? Here’s how to stay informed but still look after yourself">Read more</a>
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July 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kelly Hine, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of the Sunshine Coast Earlier this week, former Greens candidate Hannah Thomas was hospitalised with serious injuries after being arrested at a protest in Sydney. This incident sparked public outcry, raising questions about the limits of police power and what ... <a title="What are police allowed to do at protests and who keeps them in check?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/01/what-are-police-allowed-to-do-at-protests-and-who-keeps-them-in-check-260096/" aria-label="Read more about What are police allowed to do at protests and who keeps them in check?">Read more</a>
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July 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marika Sosnowski, Postdoctoral research fellow, The University of Melbourne Anas-Mohammed/Shutterstock Hopes are rising that Israel and Hamas could be inching closer to a ceasefire in the 20-month war in Gaza. US President Donald Trump is urging progress, taking to social media to demand: MAKE THE DEAL IN ... <a title="Trump demands an end to the war in Gaza – could a ceasefire be close?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/01/trump-demands-an-end-to-the-war-in-gaza-could-a-ceasefire-be-close-260185/" aria-label="Read more about Trump demands an end to the war in Gaza – could a ceasefire be close?">Read more</a>
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July 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kelly Lambert, Associate Professor Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Wollongong Fly View Productions/ Getting Images On Tuesday, some Australian university students got access to a new payment. The Commonwealth Prac Payment is available to eligible teaching, nursing, midwifery and social work students. It will provide A$331.65 a ... <a title="A new ‘prac payment’ has just kicked in. But it ignores many uni students" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/01/a-new-prac-payment-has-just-kicked-in-but-it-ignores-many-uni-students-260087/" aria-label="Read more about A new ‘prac payment’ has just kicked in. But it ignores many uni students">Read more</a>
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July 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Draper, Professor, and Executive Director: Institute for International Trade, and Director of the Jean Monnet Centre of Trade and Environment, University of Adelaide Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images US President Donald Trump’s 90-day pause on implementing so-called “reciprocal” tariffs on some 180 trading partners ends on ... <a title="‘I’m going to send letters’: the deadline for Trump’s ‘reciprocal’ trade tariffs is looming" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/01/im-going-to-send-letters-the-deadline-for-trumps-reciprocal-trade-tariffs-is-looming-259983/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I’m going to send letters’: the deadline for Trump’s ‘reciprocal’ trade tariffs is looming">Read more</a>
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July 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne Two Tasmanian state polls imply another hung parliament at the July 19 election under Tasmania’s proportional system. In one of these polls, Labor leads the Liberals, while ... <a title="2 polls have Tasmania headed for another hung parliament, but disagree on which party is ahead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/01/2-polls-have-tasmania-headed-for-another-hung-parliament-but-disagree-on-which-party-is-ahead-260062/" aria-label="Read more about 2 polls have Tasmania headed for another hung parliament, but disagree on which party is ahead">Read more</a>
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July 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tara-Lyn Camilleri, Postdoctoral researcher of transgenerational effects, Monash University Radu Bercan/Shutterstock As war continues to rage in Gaza and Ukraine, there is concern about how the related trauma might be transmitted to future generations of people in those regions. More generally, interest in the idea of transgenerational ... <a title="Trauma is carried in your DNA. But science reveals a more complicated story" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/01/trauma-is-carried-in-your-dna-but-science-reveals-a-more-complicated-story-259057/" aria-label="Read more about Trauma is carried in your DNA. But science reveals a more complicated story">Read more</a>
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July 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yanyan Hong, PhD Candidate in Communication, Media and Film Studies, University of Adelaide Bharti Dubey/X Bollywood star Aamir Khan’s return to the big screen after a three-year hiatus has been far from ordinary. Sitaare Zameen Par (2025) which translates to “stars on Earth”, is the first major ... <a title="Aamir Khan’s big screen comeback, Sitaare Zameen Par, features an all-star neurodivergent cast – a Bollywood first" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/01/aamir-khans-big-screen-comeback-sitaare-zameen-par-features-an-all-star-neurodivergent-cast-a-bollywood-first-259673/" aria-label="Read more about Aamir Khan’s big screen comeback, Sitaare Zameen Par, features an all-star neurodivergent cast – a Bollywood first">Read more</a>
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July 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lynne Chepulis, Associate Professor, Health Sciences, University of Waikato vadimguzhva/Getty Images No longer just a condition of middle age, type 2 diabetes is increasingly affecting children, teenagers and young adults in New Zealand. And our health system is nowhere near ready to manage this surge. Type 2 ... <a title="The rising rate of type 2 diabetes in young New Zealanders is becoming a health crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/01/the-rising-rate-of-type-2-diabetes-in-young-new-zealanders-is-becoming-a-health-crisis-259978/" aria-label="Read more about The rising rate of type 2 diabetes in young New Zealanders is becoming a health crisis">Read more</a>
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July 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Binns, Senior Lecturer, Media & Communication, RMIT University AI-generated with Leonardo Phoenix 1.0. Author supplied Some say it’s em dashes, dodgy apostrophes, or too many emoji. Others suggest that maybe the word “delve” is a chatbot’s calling card. It’s no longer the sight of morphed bodies ... <a title="Understanding the ‘Slopocene’: how the failures of AI can reveal its inner workings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/01/understanding-the-slopocene-how-the-failures-of-ai-can-reveal-its-inner-workings-258584/" aria-label="Read more about Understanding the ‘Slopocene’: how the failures of AI can reveal its inner workings">Read more</a>
