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September 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chelsea Morrison, PhD Candidate, Occupational Therapy, Southern Cross University The government plans to redirect some children off the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and onto a new program called Thriving Kids. When announcing the change last month, health and disability minister Mark Butler explained: Tens and tens ... <a title="Autism is lifelong. Here’s what support looks like in adulthood" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/11/autism-is-lifelong-heres-what-support-looks-like-in-adulthood-264121/" aria-label="Read more about Autism is lifelong. Here’s what support looks like in adulthood">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mehdi Seyedmahmoudian, Professor of Electrical Engineering, School of Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology Martin Ollman/Getty Images Australia’s energy story is at a turning point. Demand for electricity is rising rapidly as homes, industries, and transport systems electrify. The nation is also under pressure to cut emissions from ... <a title="Cheap power to the people could shift the dial for renewables in the regions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/11/cheap-power-to-the-people-could-shift-the-dial-for-renewables-in-the-regions-264584/" aria-label="Read more about Cheap power to the people could shift the dial for renewables in the regions">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By DB Subedi, Lecturer, The University of Queensland Earlier this week, thousands of mainly young people in Nepal took to the streets in mass protests triggered by the government’s decision to ban 26 social media platforms. Some 22 people died and hundreds were injured within in a few ... <a title="Deadly Nepal protests reflect a wider pattern of Gen Z political activism across Asia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/11/deadly-nepal-protests-reflect-a-wider-pattern-of-gen-z-political-activism-across-asia-264968/" aria-label="Read more about Deadly Nepal protests reflect a wider pattern of Gen Z political activism across Asia">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Thompson, Lecturer in Theatre, Australian Catholic University IMDB Carrie, published in 1974 and adapted by screenwriter Lawrence Cohen for Brian De Palma’s 1976 film, is generally cited as Stephen King’s first novel. His actual first novel, The Long Walk, was written some seven years earlier, but ... <a title="The Long Walk proves yet again why Stephen King’s stories are perfect for the big screen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/11/the-long-walk-proves-yet-again-why-stephen-kings-stories-are-perfect-for-the-big-screen-264024/" aria-label="Read more about The Long Walk proves yet again why Stephen King’s stories are perfect for the big screen">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Beckett, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Innovation – School of Health Sciences, UNSW Sydney The Conversation, CC BY-SA If you’ve been supermarket shopping lately, you might have noticed more foods with big, bold protein claims on black packaging – from powders and bars to ... <a title="Want more protein for less money? Don’t be fooled by the slick black packaging" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/11/want-more-protein-for-less-money-dont-be-fooled-by-the-slick-black-packaging-264039/" aria-label="Read more about Want more protein for less money? Don’t be fooled by the slick black packaging">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Davinia Beaver, Postdoctoral research fellow, Clem Jones Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Bond University Pouya Hajiebrahimi/Unsplash You’re introduced to someone and your attention catches on their eyes. They might be a rich, earthy brown, a pale blue, or the rare green that shifts with every flicker of light. ... <a title="Blue, green, brown, or something in between – the science of eye colour explained" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/11/blue-green-brown-or-something-in-between-the-science-of-eye-colour-explained-264681/" aria-label="Read more about Blue, green, brown, or something in between – the science of eye colour explained">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Ogden, Associate Professor in Global Studies, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images With the old global order in a heightened state of flux, driven by US President Donald Trump’s attacks on free trade, international organisations and human rights, small states like New Zealand are ... <a title="As the world order shifts, NZ should ‘spread its diplomatic wings’ and look at joining BRICS" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/11/as-the-world-order-shifts-nz-should-spread-its-diplomatic-wings-and-look-at-joining-brics-264861/" aria-label="Read more about As the world order shifts, NZ should ‘spread its diplomatic wings’ and look at joining BRICS">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Newman, Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University Mexico’s Villanueva solar farm is one of the largest in the Americas. Alfredo Estrella/Getty It’s increasingly common to hear from experts and the general public that the global shift away from fossil fuels is glacially slow, or even nonexistent. As ... <a title="Climate action can feel slow – but the fastest energy leap in history has begun" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/11/climate-action-can-feel-slow-but-the-fastest-energy-leap-in-history-has-begun-264483/" aria-label="Read more about Climate action can feel slow – but the fastest energy leap in history has begun">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeremie M Bracka, Law Lecturer and Transitional Justice Academic, RMIT University Victoria is on the brink of making history. This week, after years of negotiations, the state government tabled a landmark Treaty Bill in parliament. If passed, potentially later this month, it will deliver a formal apology ... <a title="Victoria is on the cusp of signing a Treaty with Indigenous people. It could change lives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/11/victoria-is-on-the-cusp-of-signing-a-treaty-with-indigenous-people-it-could-change-lives-264476/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria is on the cusp of signing a Treaty with Indigenous people. It could change lives">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tadgh McMahon, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University FG Trade Latin/Getty Images Settling in a new country as a refugee comes with a variety of opportunities and challenges, from forming social connections, to navigating government services, and many others. The challenges can ... <a title="Social connections, service access, language: how disability can make things even harder for refugees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/11/social-connections-service-access-language-how-disability-can-make-things-even-harder-for-refugees-264339/" aria-label="Read more about Social connections, service access, language: how disability can make things even harder for refugees">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dave Carter, Associate Professor, School of Music and Screen Arts, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University Getty Images Grassroots music venues are essential to the development of new talent and audiences. But right now, those small clubs and spaces are struggling, putting Aotearoa New Zealand’s local ... <a title="NZ’s small music venues are struggling – but there are ways to help them thrive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/11/nzs-small-music-venues-are-struggling-but-there-are-ways-to-help-them-thrive-263795/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s small music venues are struggling – but there are ways to help them thrive">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Oscar Bloomfield, Film Studies PhD Student & Casual Academic, Deakin University Kirsty Griffin Evocative of the familiar nursery rhyme Jack and Jill, New Zealand-born filmmaker Samuel Van Grinsven’s Went Up the Hill is a hauntingly tender play on the “ghost story” genre. Went Up the Hill explores ... <a title="New horror film Went Up The Hill is a chilling exploration of trauma and memory" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/11/new-horror-film-went-up-the-hill-is-a-chilling-exploration-of-trauma-and-memory-261264/" aria-label="Read more about New horror film Went Up The Hill is a chilling exploration of trauma and memory">Read more</a>
