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March 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Ross Smith, Senior Research Fellow, National Centre for Research on Europe, University of Canterbury When a local political commentator recently suggested (partly tongue-in-cheek) that New Zealand might respond to US President Donald Trump’s new world order by becoming the seventh state of Australia, it was dismissed ... <a title="In Trump’s precarious world, NZ will need all the middle-sized friends it can get" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/in-trumps-precarious-world-nz-will-need-all-the-middle-sized-friends-it-can-get-276391/" aria-label="Read more about In Trump’s precarious world, NZ will need all the middle-sized friends it can get">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Meger, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, The University of Melbourne On International Women’s Day, March 8, we often commemorate the progress women have made across the centuries. Rightly so, as there’s much to celebrate. But what if the more urgent story is about backlash? We are ... <a title="40% of teenage boys believe women lie about domestic and sexual violence: new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/40-of-teenage-boys-believe-women-lie-about-domestic-and-sexual-violence-new-research-276978/" aria-label="Read more about 40% of teenage boys believe women lie about domestic and sexual violence: new research">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Robinson, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland The next time you stub your toe, get pricked with a needle, or have your fingers jammed in the lid of a piano, you might pause to consider the marvellous way our bodies are ... <a title="Wasps and frogs keep evolving a crucial pain molecule in their venom. Now we know why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/wasps-and-frogs-keep-evolving-a-crucial-pain-molecule-in-their-venom-now-we-know-why-277485/" aria-label="Read more about Wasps and frogs keep evolving a crucial pain molecule in their venom. Now we know why">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mireille Rebeiz, Chair of Middle East Studies, Dickinson College The fragile peace in Lebanon was already showing serious strains in the first months of 2026 – and then came the U.S.-Israeli strikes in Iran. After the killing of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Hezbollah – a ... <a title="Hezbollah − degraded, weakened but not yet disarmed − destabilizes Lebanon once again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/hezbollah-degraded-weakened-but-not-yet-disarmed-destabilizes-lebanon-once-again-277327/" aria-label="Read more about Hezbollah − degraded, weakened but not yet disarmed − destabilizes Lebanon once again">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By José-Miguel Bello y Villarino, Senior Research Fellow, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney Last week, one of Australia’s leading artificial intelligence (AI) researchers, Toby Walsh, warned Australia’s lack of guardrails for AI is putting young people at risk of being “sacrificed for the profits of big tech”. ... <a title="Australia’s official plan for AI safety isn’t much more than a single dot point. Will it be enough?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/australias-official-plan-for-ai-safety-isnt-much-more-than-a-single-dot-point-will-it-be-enough-276962/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s official plan for AI safety isn’t much more than a single dot point. Will it be enough?">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dan van den Hoek, Senior Lecturer, Clinical Exercise Physiology, University of the Sunshine Coast The Australian Grand Prix launches the 2026 Formula 1 (F1) season at Melbourne’s Albert Park on Sunday. While the US strikes on Iran forced many teams to change their travel plans, organisers are ... <a title="New rules and high expectations: can Oscar Piastri break Australia’s F1 drought?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/new-rules-and-high-expectations-can-oscar-piastri-break-australias-f1-drought-276624/" aria-label="Read more about New rules and high expectations: can Oscar Piastri break Australia’s F1 drought?">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Henrietta Byrne, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies, University of Sydney You would hope for your dying days to be full of calm and care. But our research with people who are dying shows this is far from the reality for many people. Instead, financial ... <a title="A ‘good death’ has a price – and a new study shows not everyone in palliative care can afford it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/a-good-death-has-a-price-and-a-new-study-shows-not-everyone-in-palliative-care-can-afford-it-274202/" aria-label="Read more about A ‘good death’ has a price – and a new study shows not everyone in palliative care can afford it">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Brent, Professor and Chair in Sustainable Energy Systems, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington The government’s plan to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) has raised questions about whether this is the best approach to strengthening New Zealand’s energy security, not least because the conflict ... <a title="New modelling shows renewable electricity can meet NZ’s future demand – without importing gas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/new-modelling-shows-renewable-electricity-can-meet-nzs-future-demand-without-importing-gas-277215/" aria-label="Read more about New modelling shows renewable electricity can meet NZ’s future demand – without importing gas">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Weeks, Associate Senior Research Scientist, The University of Melbourne If you follow media coverage of koalas, you could be forgiven for feeling confused. Recent stories describe a “koala paradox”: endangered in the north of Australia, abundant in the south; genetically diverse in some regions, genetically depleted ... <a title="We thought inbred koalas were at risk of extinction. But what we discovered upends genetic conventions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/we-thought-inbred-koalas-were-at-risk-of-extinction-but-what-we-discovered-upends-genetic-conventions-276981/" aria-label="Read more about We thought inbred koalas were at risk of extinction. But what we discovered upends genetic conventions">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erik Meijaard, Honorary Professor of Conservation, University of Kent Mammals are not especially diverse. Roughly 6,800 mammal species are known to exist, compared with about 8,800 species of amphibian, 11,000 species of bird and 12,500 of reptile. Yet when most people picture biodiversity, they often think of ... <a title="Meet ‘Tous’ — an entirely new genus of mammal we identified. Here’s why it’s so exciting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/meet-tous-an-entirely-new-genus-of-mammal-we-identified-heres-why-its-so-exciting-277235/" aria-label="Read more about Meet ‘Tous’ — an entirely new genus of mammal we identified. Here’s why it’s so exciting">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Ubilava, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Sydney Conflict between the United States, Israel and Iran has now led to the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping route through which a fifth of the world’s oil passes. But oil is not the ... <a title="Fertiliser costs are soaring amid war in the Middle East. Will your grocery bill follow?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/fertiliser-costs-are-soaring-amid-war-in-the-middle-east-will-your-grocery-bill-follow-277511/" aria-label="Read more about Fertiliser costs are soaring amid war in the Middle East. Will your grocery bill follow?">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily Brayshaw, Honorary Research Fellow, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney Amanda Seyfried wears a “prosthetic butthole” in her new movie, The Testament of Ann Lee. She told BBC Radio 2: This movie needed to be graphic, so I wore a prosthetic butthole. […] It was ... <a title="Amanda Seyfried’s ‘prosthetic butthole’ isn’t a joke – costuming nudity is important for actors" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/06/amanda-seyfrieds-prosthetic-butthole-isnt-a-joke-costuming-nudity-is-important-for-actors-277233/" aria-label="Read more about Amanda Seyfried’s ‘prosthetic butthole’ isn’t a joke – costuming nudity is important for actors">Read more</a>
