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NZ’s small music venues are struggling – but there are ways to help them thrive

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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New horror film Went Up The Hill is a chilling exploration of trauma and memory

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>

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10 years ago, gravitational waves changed astronomy. A new discovery shows there’s more to come

September 11, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Stevenson, ARC DECRA Fellow, Swinburne University of Technology Carl Knox, OzGrav, Swinburne University of Technology Ten years ago, scientists heard the universe rumble for the first time. That first discovery of gravitational waves proved a key prediction from Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity and began ... <a title="10 years ago, gravitational waves changed astronomy. A new discovery shows there’s more to come" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/11/10-years-ago-gravitational-waves-changed-astronomy-a-new-discovery-shows-theres-more-to-come-264131/" aria-label="Read more about 10 years ago, gravitational waves changed astronomy. A new discovery shows there’s more to come">Read more</a>

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Where does your glass come from?

September 11, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aki Ishida, Professor and Director, College of Architecture and Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Design, Washington University in St. Louis Visitors get the sensation of floating above Manhattan at the Summit at One Vanderbilt. These rooms are built with low-iron glass, made with ultrapure silica sand. ... <a title="Where does your glass come from?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/11/where-does-your-glass-come-from-263421/" aria-label="Read more about Where does your glass come from?">Read more</a>

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Sussan Ley sacks Jacinta Price after she refuses to declare leadership loyality

September 10, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has sacked Jacinta Nampijinpa Price from the shadow ministry, citing the senator’s failure to endorse her leadership as well as her refusal to apologise over her comment about Indian immigrants. The battle with Price came to ... <a title="Sussan Ley sacks Jacinta Price after she refuses to declare leadership loyality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/10/sussan-ley-sacks-jacinta-price-after-she-refuses-to-declare-leadership-loyality-265007/" aria-label="Read more about Sussan Ley sacks Jacinta Price after she refuses to declare leadership loyality">Read more</a>

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Doug Cameron says Labor’s left ‘defanged’ and co-opted into supporting US aggression

September 10, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Former Labor senator Doug Cameron has accused the Albanese government, and its left faction in particular, of deserting principle and abandoning Australian sovereignty to the United States. Cameron, a New South Wales senator from 2008 to 2019, when he was ... <a title="Doug Cameron says Labor’s left ‘defanged’ and co-opted into supporting US aggression" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/10/doug-cameron-says-labors-left-defanged-and-co-opted-into-supporting-us-aggression-264780/" aria-label="Read more about Doug Cameron says Labor’s left ‘defanged’ and co-opted into supporting US aggression">Read more</a>

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NSW daycares face whopping $500k fines. Will this ensure safety?

September 10, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Harper, Lecturer, School of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney The New South Wales government has proposed huge fines to crack down on childcare providers who breach safety rules. New laws, introduced to state parliament on Wednesday, would increase the maxiumum fine to A$500,000 for ... <a title="NSW daycares face whopping $500k fines. Will this ensure safety?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/10/nsw-daycares-face-whopping-500k-fines-will-this-ensure-safety-264980/" aria-label="Read more about NSW daycares face whopping $500k fines. Will this ensure safety?">Read more</a>

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Can Israel use self-defence to justify its strike on Qatar under the law?

September 10, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shannon Bosch, Associate Professor (Law), Edith Cowan University Israel launched a targeted airstrike on the Hamas leadership in Doha, the capital of Qatar, on Tuesday. Six people were reported killed, including the son of a senior Hamas figure. Global condemnation was swift. The Qatari government called the ... <a title="Can Israel use self-defence to justify its strike on Qatar under the law?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/10/can-israel-use-self-defence-to-justify-its-strike-on-qatar-under-the-law-264975/" aria-label="Read more about Can Israel use self-defence to justify its strike on Qatar under the law?">Read more</a>

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Deadlier than varroa, a new honey-bee parasite is spreading around the world

September 10, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jean-Pierre Scheerlinck, Honorary Professor Fellow, Melbourne Veterinary School, Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne Albert Stoynov/Unsplash For decades, beekeepers have fought a tiny parasite called Varroa destructor, which has devastated honey-bee colonies around the world. But an even deadlier mite, Tropilaelaps mercedesae – or “tropi” – ... <a title="Deadlier than varroa, a new honey-bee parasite is spreading around the world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/10/deadlier-than-varroa-a-new-honey-bee-parasite-is-spreading-around-the-world-264891/" aria-label="Read more about Deadlier than varroa, a new honey-bee parasite is spreading around the world">Read more</a>

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Polling shows Donald Trump’s ratings are poor – but they could be worse

September 10, 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 It’s nearly eight months since Trump’s second term as United States president began. In analyst Nate Silver’s aggregate of US national polls, Trump’s net approval is currently ... <a title="Polling shows Donald Trump’s ratings are poor – but they could be worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/10/polling-shows-donald-trumps-ratings-are-poor-but-they-could-be-worse-263785/" aria-label="Read more about Polling shows Donald Trump’s ratings are poor – but they could be worse">Read more</a>

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Do I have insomnia? 5 reasons why you might not

September 10, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amelia Scott, Honorary Affiliate and Clinical Psychologist at the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, and Macquarie University Research Fellow, Macquarie University Oleg Breslavtsev/Getty Even a single night of sleep trouble can feel distressing and lonely. You toss and turn, stare at the ceiling, and wonder how you’ll ... <a title="Do I have insomnia? 5 reasons why you might not" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/10/do-i-have-insomnia-5-reasons-why-you-might-not-262701/" aria-label="Read more about Do I have insomnia? 5 reasons why you might not">Read more</a>

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A new Australian production of Troy is bold, uncompromising theatre for our times

September 10, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Graffam-O’Meara, PhD Candidate in Theatre, Monash University Pia Johnson/Matlhouse The story of Troy has been told for three millennia. Capricious deities, military clashes, legendary heroes and a famous wooden horse – a gift to the city that ultimately brings about its ruination – the mythology offers ... <a title="A new Australian production of Troy is bold, uncompromising theatre for our times" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/10/a-new-australian-production-of-troy-is-bold-uncompromising-theatre-for-our-times-264018/" aria-label="Read more about A new Australian production of Troy is bold, uncompromising theatre for our times">Read more</a>