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December 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathleen McGuire, Senior Lecturer in Education (Music), National School of Education, Faculty of Education and Arts, Australian Catholic University Yan Krukov/ Pexels End-of-year school concerts showcase children’s talents and hard work, often filling performers with pride. But for some, the idea of performing live is terrifying. Performance ... <a title="It’s end-of-year concert season. Why do some kids struggle with performance anxiety?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/05/its-end-of-year-concert-season-why-do-some-kids-struggle-with-performance-anxiety-271099/" aria-label="Read more about It’s end-of-year concert season. Why do some kids struggle with performance anxiety?">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeannie Marie Paterson, Professor of Law (consumer protections and credit law), The University of Melbourne The Conversation, CC BY It often seems like a great idea at the time. There’s a streaming service, paywalled news site or premium version of an app you want to try, offering ... <a title="No more call to cancel: the government wants to crack down on ‘subscription traps’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/05/no-more-call-to-cancel-the-government-wants-to-crack-down-on-subscription-traps-271096/" aria-label="Read more about No more call to cancel: the government wants to crack down on ‘subscription traps’">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark W. Post, Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, University of Sydney Wietse Jongsma/Unsplash If you are fluent in any language other than English, you have probably noticed that some things are impossible to translate exactly. A Japanese designer marvelling at an object’s shibui (a sort of simple yet ... <a title="Impossible translations: why we struggle to translate words when we don’t experience the concept" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/05/impossible-translations-why-we-struggle-to-translate-words-when-we-dont-experience-the-concept-267521/" aria-label="Read more about Impossible translations: why we struggle to translate words when we don’t experience the concept">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra It’s near-universally agreed that opposition policy development under Peter Dutton was too thin and too late. Now the Sussan Ley opposition is under pressure to produce policy that could arguably be premature. Before Christmas, Ley will unveil her immigration policy. ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Could the Liberals make a fight of industrial relations without courting disaster?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/grattan-on-friday-could-the-liberals-make-a-fight-of-industrial-relations-without-courting-disaster-270788/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Could the Liberals make a fight of industrial relations without courting disaster?">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Hepburn, Professor of Law, Deakin University The Australian government is poised to introduce a new domestic gas reservation policy on the east coast. The plan is meant to tackle growing concerns around spiking gas prices and domestic supply. Large gas producers in Queensland export the vast ... <a title="Will the government’s new gas reservation plan bring down prices? Yes, if it works properly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/will-the-governments-new-gas-reservation-plan-bring-down-prices-yes-if-it-works-properly-271290/" aria-label="Read more about Will the government’s new gas reservation plan bring down prices? Yes, if it works properly">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Hoar, Senior Lecturer, School of Communications Studies, Auckland University of Technology Unsplash, CC BY For a supposedly obsolete music format, audio cassette sales seem to be set on fast forward at the moment. Cassettes are fragile, inconvenient and relatively low-quality in the sound they produce – ... <a title="Cassette tapes are making a comeback. Yes, really" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/cassette-tapes-are-making-a-comeback-yes-really-268108/" aria-label="Read more about Cassette tapes are making a comeback. Yes, really">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Inge Gnatt, Psychologist, Lecturer in Psychology, Swinburne University of Technology Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images If you’ve ever been on the sidelines at an under-12’s team sport, you will know that some children are fiercely competitive, while others are there simply to socialise. In the workplace, two colleagues ... <a title="Why are some people extremely competitive while others are so chill?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/why-are-some-people-extremely-competitive-while-others-are-so-chill-269270/" aria-label="Read more about Why are some people extremely competitive while others are so chill?">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Harcourt, Industry Professor and Chief Economist, University of Technology Sydney It is now (almost) official: Tasmania will finally take its place in the Australian Football League (AFL). Tasmania, a foundation state of the nation’s homegrown game of Australian rules football, has trod a tortuous route, with ... <a title="Why Tasmania’s politicians couldn’t say no to a once-in-a-century AFL opportunity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/why-tasmanias-politicians-couldnt-say-no-to-a-once-in-a-century-afl-opportunity-270979/" aria-label="Read more about Why Tasmania’s politicians couldn’t say no to a once-in-a-century AFL opportunity">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brooke Nickel, NHMRC Emerging Leader Research Fellow, University of Sydney Andrii Zastrozhnov/Getty Imagine a 57-year-old woman, let’s call her Maria, who’s just opened a letter about her mammography results. She’s had several mammograms before, but this time reads new information: “Your breasts are dense”. While the letter ... <a title="Women told they have dense breasts don’t know what to do next, new study shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/women-told-they-have-dense-breasts-dont-know-what-to-do-next-new-study-shows-270654/" aria-label="Read more about Women told they have dense breasts don’t know what to do next, new study shows">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Tibby, Associate Professor in Environmental Change, University of Adelaide Duncan McNab/UnSpash, CC BY-ND The lakes on the world’s biggest sand island, K’gari, are famous. Pivotal to the World Heritage listing of the Queensland island formerly known as Fraser Island, their turquoise waters feature in international tourism ... <a title="K’gari’s unique ancient lakes once dried out. Could this happen again?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/kgaris-unique-ancient-lakes-once-dried-out-could-this-happen-again-270371/" aria-label="Read more about K’gari’s unique ancient lakes once dried out. Could this happen again?">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jesse Austin-Stewart, Lecturer, School of Music and Screen Arts, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University Getty Images Spotify has just released Spotify Wrapped, its annual end-of-year viral promotional exercise. For New Zealand musicians, however, there was little to get excited about. Spotify Wrapped aims to reflect ... <a title="Spotify Wrapped ghosted NZ music again. Local artists and audiences deserve more" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/spotify-wrapped-ghosted-nz-music-again-local-artists-and-audiences-deserve-more-270802/" aria-label="Read more about Spotify Wrapped ghosted NZ music again. Local artists and audiences deserve more">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bram Servais, PhD Candidate Biomedical Engineering, The University of Melbourne A microelectrode array covered with neurons. Bram Servais As prominent artificial intelligence (AI) researchers eye limits to the current phase of the technology, a different approach is gaining attention: using living human brain cells as computational hardware. ... <a title="How scientists are growing computers from human brain cells – and why they want to keep doing it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/04/how-scientists-are-growing-computers-from-human-brain-cells-and-why-they-want-to-keep-doing-it-270464/" aria-label="Read more about How scientists are growing computers from human brain cells – and why they want to keep doing it">Read more</a>
