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May 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milad Haghani, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne If you’ve driven on regional Australian roads, you’ve likely seen the signs warning of kangaroos and other animals – the familiar “wildlife ahead” signs. They are supposed to warn drivers of ... <a title="Crashes involving animals spike in winter. Here’s how to avoid them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/crashes-involving-animals-spike-in-winter-heres-how-to-avoid-them-281531/" aria-label="Read more about Crashes involving animals spike in winter. Here’s how to avoid them">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Four of the so-called “ISIS brides” and nine children are set to arrive in Australia from Syria imminently, with the Australian Federal Police ready to make arrests. Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke confirmed the group had “plans to travel to ... <a title="ISIS families to return to Australia, with police waiting to make arrests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/isis-families-to-return-to-australia-with-police-waiting-to-make-arrests-281639/" aria-label="Read more about ISIS families to return to Australia, with police waiting to make arrests">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angus Dowell, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Science, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Around the world, the boom in artificial intelligence is driving a parallel race between major tech companies to secure the physical infrastructure that enables it. This race has now reached New Zealand, with Singapore-based ... <a title="NZ’s AI data centre boom: who benefits from the build-out?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/nzs-ai-data-centre-boom-who-benefits-from-the-build-out-281238/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s AI data centre boom: who benefits from the build-out?">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Johanna Harris, Associate Professor, Literature, Western Civilisation Program, Australian Catholic University Over the past 15 years, I have witnessed university students’ shrinking patience for reading – especially for reading “long” books. Increasingly, students also opt for audiobooks. While speeding up the reading experience, these fundamentally change what ... <a title="How to read the classics in an age of distraction – and 3 short books to get you going" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/how-to-read-the-classics-in-an-age-of-distraction-and-3-short-books-to-get-you-going-278879/" aria-label="Read more about How to read the classics in an age of distraction – and 3 short books to get you going">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mathew Schmalz, Professor of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross When he was elected pope on May 8, 2025, Robert Prevost, who took the name Leo XIV, greeted the crowd with Christ’s words to his disciples: “Peace be with you.” Peace has become a central theme ... <a title="Themes of peace and human dignity have been central to Pope Leo as he marks his first year in office" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/themes-of-peace-and-human-dignity-have-been-central-to-pope-leo-as-he-marks-his-first-year-in-office-280722/" aria-label="Read more about Themes of peace and human dignity have been central to Pope Leo as he marks his first year in office">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Perry, Professor in Tropical Coastal Geoscience, University of Exeter For decades, coral reefs throughout the Caribbean have been suffering from disease, pollution, overfishing and rising sea temperatures, yet most have continued to grow – until now. In 2023 and 2024, surface temperatures climbed to record highs ... <a title="Massive marine heatwave caused Caribbean coral reefs to collapse much faster than predicted – new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/massive-marine-heatwave-caused-caribbean-coral-reefs-to-collapse-much-faster-than-predicted-new-research-281478/" aria-label="Read more about Massive marine heatwave caused Caribbean coral reefs to collapse much faster than predicted – new research">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Trudy Meehan, Lecturer, Centre for Positive Psychology and Health, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences The key to better wellbeing is acting like an Italian grandmother, according to social media’s “nonnamaxxing” trend. Proponents of the trend say that adopting the lifestyle habits of an Italian nonna ... <a title="TikTok’s ‘nonnamaxxing’ trend explained: here’s how living like an Italian grandma can benefit health and wellbeing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/tiktoks-nonnamaxxing-trend-explained-heres-how-living-like-an-italian-grandma-can-benefit-health-and-wellbeing-281073/" aria-label="Read more about TikTok’s ‘nonnamaxxing’ trend explained: here’s how living like an Italian grandma can benefit health and wellbeing">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Changlong Wang, ARC ECR Industry Fellow in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Monash University Australia is rich in minerals, metals, sun and wind. Iron ore, copper and critical minerals are all mined here and largely exported overseas to be turned into products such as steel, fertiliser, fuel and ... <a title="Can Australia green its heavy industry? It’s hard – but necessary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/can-australia-green-its-heavy-industry-its-hard-but-necessary-271313/" aria-label="Read more about Can Australia green its heavy industry? It’s hard – but necessary">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kenny Travouillon, Curator of Mammals, Western Australian Museum; Curtin University In 2024, the Western Australian Museum received a donation. It was a koala skull collected from Moondyne Cave in Margaret River by Lindsay Hatcher, an avid caver. There was something a bit odd about this skull, and ... <a title="The lost koala: new fossil species was hiding in plain sight for 100 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/the-lost-koala-new-fossil-species-was-hiding-in-plain-sight-for-100-years-281433/" aria-label="Read more about The lost koala: new fossil species was hiding in plain sight for 100 years">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Niusha Shafiabady, Professor in Computational Intelligence, Australian Catholic University Winter is coming, and the increased cost of living might have you worried about higher energy bills. Most winter energy advice focuses on heaters and insulation but energy savings often come from places people rarely check. Small and ... <a title="Low-cost and unexpected ways to keep warm and save energy this winter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/low-cost-and-unexpected-ways-to-keep-warm-and-save-energy-this-winter-280597/" aria-label="Read more about Low-cost and unexpected ways to keep warm and save energy this winter">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Kirk, Senior Lecturer in Developmental Psychology, Monash University This is our home. If we destroy it, and we can’t build it up, then that’s a part of the Earth that’s destroyed, and we won’t be able to get it back. Matthew, aged ten, isn’t alone in ... <a title="‘I’m mad at the people who could have solved the problem’: what kids told us about eco-anxiety" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/im-mad-at-the-people-who-could-have-solved-the-problem-what-kids-told-us-about-eco-anxiety-278999/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I’m mad at the people who could have solved the problem’: what kids told us about eco-anxiety">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Renske Jongen, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Faculty of Science, University of Sydney On the western side of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia, sits Myuna Bay, a quiet bay with meadows of seagrass waving beneath the water. The most common marine plant species you find there is ... <a title="Warming seas can threaten the hidden relationship that supports seagrass meadows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/warming-seas-can-threaten-the-hidden-relationship-that-supports-seagrass-meadows-278070/" aria-label="Read more about Warming seas can threaten the hidden relationship that supports seagrass meadows">Read more</a>
