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May 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwyn Isaacs, Lecturer, Anthropology, University of Waikato Laurence Dutton/Getty Images Seeing is no longer believing in the age of images and videos generated by artificial intelligence (AI), and this is having an impact on elections in New Zealand and elsewhere. Ahead of the 2025 local body elections, ... <a title="Playing politics with AI: why NZ needs rules on the use of ‘fake’ images in election campaigns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/01/playing-politics-with-ai-why-nz-needs-rules-on-the-use-of-fake-images-in-election-campaigns-255415/" aria-label="Read more about Playing politics with AI: why NZ needs rules on the use of ‘fake’ images in election campaigns">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University Surface/Unsplash When it comes to our health, we’re constantly being warned about being taken in by misinformation. Yet for most of us what we believe ultimately comes down to who we trust, including which “experts” we trust. The problem is ... <a title="When it comes to health information, who should you trust? 4 ways to spot a dodgy ‘expert’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/01/when-it-comes-to-health-information-who-should-you-trust-4-ways-to-spot-a-dodgy-expert-253437/" aria-label="Read more about When it comes to health information, who should you trust? 4 ways to spot a dodgy ‘expert’">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amal Elawady, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Florida International University A downburst blasts Bangkok, Thailand, in 2017. Natapat Ariyamongkol/iStock/Getty Images Plus From a distance, a downburst can look like a torrent of heavy rain. But at ground level, its behavior can be far more destructive. ... <a title="What is a downburst? These winds can be as destructive as tornadoes − we recreate them to test building designs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/01/what-is-a-downburst-these-winds-can-be-as-destructive-as-tornadoes-we-recreate-them-to-test-building-designs-254931/" aria-label="Read more about What is a downburst? These winds can be as destructive as tornadoes − we recreate them to test building designs">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra It used to be de rigueur for the prime minister and opposition leader to turn up to the National Press Club in the final week of the election campaign. But now Liberal leaders are not so keen. Scott Morrison gave ... <a title="Election Diary: post-election rate cut and phone call from Trump in the pipeline" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/30/election-diary-post-election-rate-cut-and-phone-call-from-trump-in-the-pipeline-255615/" aria-label="Read more about Election Diary: post-election rate cut and phone call from Trump in the pipeline">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ang Li, ARC DECRA and Senior Research Fellow, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Healthy Housing, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne Across Australia, communities are grappling with climate disasters that are striking more frequently and with greater intensity. Bushfires, floods and ... <a title="People’s mental health goes downhill after repeated climate disasters – it’s an issue of social equity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/30/peoples-mental-health-goes-downhill-after-repeated-climate-disasters-its-an-issue-of-social-equity-254475/" aria-label="Read more about People’s mental health goes downhill after repeated climate disasters – it’s an issue of social equity">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Victoria Cornell, Research Fellow, Flinders University shutterstock beeboys/Shutterstock It would be impossible at this stage in the election campaign to be unaware that housing is a critical, potentially vote-changing, issue. But the suite of policies being proposed by the major parties largely focus on young, first home ... <a title="Older Australians are also hurting from the housing crisis. Where are the election policies to help them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/30/older-australians-are-also-hurting-from-the-housing-crisis-where-are-the-election-policies-to-help-them-255391/" aria-label="Read more about Older Australians are also hurting from the housing crisis. Where are the election policies to help them?">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra Daria Nipot/Shutterstock Australia’s headline inflation rate held steady at a four-year low of 2.4% in the March quarter, according to official data, adding to the case for a cut in interest rates at ... <a title="Inflation is easing, boosting the case for another interest rate cut in May" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/30/inflation-is-easing-boosting-the-case-for-another-interest-rate-cut-in-may-255116/" aria-label="Read more about Inflation is easing, boosting the case for another interest rate cut in May">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Micah Boerma, Researcher, School of Psychology and Wellbeing, University of Southern Queensland Nitinai Thabthong/Shutterstock One of the highlights of the school year is an overnight excursion or school camp. These can happen as early as Year 3. While many students are very excited about the chance to ... <a title="Is your child anxious about going on school camp? Here are 4 ways to prepare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/30/is-your-child-anxious-about-going-on-school-camp-here-are-4-ways-to-prepare-252290/" aria-label="Read more about Is your child anxious about going on school camp? Here are 4 ways to prepare">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Edwell, Associate Professor in Ancient History, Macquarie University SvetlanaVV/Shutterstock Something tells me US president Donald Trump would love to be a Roman emperor. The mythology of unrestrained power with sycophants doing his bidding would be seductive. But in fact, Roman emperors were heavily constrained by institutions, ... <a title="Which Roman emperor was most like Donald Trump?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/30/which-roman-emperor-was-most-like-donald-trump-254573/" aria-label="Read more about Which Roman emperor was most like Donald Trump?">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Xanthe Mallett, Criminologist, CQUniversity Australia Melnikov Dmitriy/Shutterstock It’s election time, which means the age old “tough on crime” rhetoric is being heralded by many politicians aiming to score votes. Opposition leader Peter Dutton is pushing for a national public sex offender register. Currently only Western Australia has ... <a title="Locked up for life? Unpacking South Australia’s new child sex crime laws" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/30/locked-up-for-life-unpacking-south-australias-new-child-sex-crime-laws-255429/" aria-label="Read more about Locked up for life? Unpacking South Australia’s new child sex crime laws">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mia Cobb, Research Fellow, Animal Welfare Science Centre, The University of Melbourne nygi/Unsplash When miniature dachshund Valerie was captured after 529 days alone in the wilds of Australia’s Kangaroo Island, experts speculated she survived partly by eating other animals’ poo. While this survival tactic may have saved ... <a title="Why do dogs eat poo? A canine scientist explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/30/why-do-dogs-eat-poo-a-canine-scientist-explains-234361/" aria-label="Read more about Why do dogs eat poo? A canine scientist explains">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Collins, Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle Loquellano/Pexels Did you start 2025 with a promise to eat better but didn’t quite get there? Or maybe you want to branch out from making the same meal every week or the same lunch for work ... <a title="Sick of eating the same things? 5 ways to boost your nutrition and keep meals interesting and healthy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/30/sick-of-eating-the-same-things-5-ways-to-boost-your-nutrition-and-keep-meals-interesting-and-healthy-245672/" aria-label="Read more about Sick of eating the same things? 5 ways to boost your nutrition and keep meals interesting and healthy">Read more</a>
