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We used tiny sensors in backpacks to discover the extraordinary ways birds migrate to find water

July 30, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heather McGinness, Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO Heather McGinness/CSIRO, CC BY-NC-ND Every year, nomadic Australian waterbirds fly vast distances to find food and the perfect nesting site. They have to be good at finding not just water, but the right kind of water. But across much of Australia, ... <a title="We used tiny sensors in backpacks to discover the extraordinary ways birds migrate to find water" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/30/we-used-tiny-sensors-in-backpacks-to-discover-the-extraordinary-ways-birds-migrate-to-find-water-259988/" aria-label="Read more about We used tiny sensors in backpacks to discover the extraordinary ways birds migrate to find water">Read more</a>

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The new childcare bill relies on something going wrong to keep kids ‘safe’. Here’s what else we should do

July 30, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marianne Fenech, Professor, Early Childhood Governance, University of Sydney Pancake Pictures/ Getty Images Federal parliament is debating the Albanese government’s bill to strip funding from childcare centres if they are unsafe. It follows a string of recent reports and allegations of significant safety and abuse problems in ... <a title="The new childcare bill relies on something going wrong to keep kids ‘safe’. Here’s what else we should do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/30/the-new-childcare-bill-relies-on-something-going-wrong-to-keep-kids-safe-heres-what-else-we-should-do-261851/" aria-label="Read more about The new childcare bill relies on something going wrong to keep kids ‘safe’. Here’s what else we should do">Read more</a>

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Women’s rights in the US are in real danger of going back to 1965 – so Jessie Murph’s new song is no laughing matter

July 30, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Prudence Flowers, Senior Lecturer in US History, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Stagecoach 1965, a trending new song by TikTok sensation and country music rebel Jessie Murph, is prompting heated online conversation about the status of women in the ... <a title="Women’s rights in the US are in real danger of going back to 1965 – so Jessie Murph’s new song is no laughing matter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/30/womens-rights-in-the-us-are-in-real-danger-of-going-back-to-1965-so-jessie-murphs-new-song-is-no-laughing-matter-261862/" aria-label="Read more about Women’s rights in the US are in real danger of going back to 1965 – so Jessie Murph’s new song is no laughing matter">Read more</a>

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NZ is prepared to take ‘further action’ over the Gaza crisis – here are 5 options

July 30, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Treasa Dunworth, Professor of Law, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Bashar Taleb / Getty Images Is the tide turning over the crisis in Gaza? International pressure and condemnation of Israel’s actions has been increasing, with news and images of malnourished and starving Palestinians now hard to ... <a title="NZ is prepared to take ‘further action’ over the Gaza crisis – here are 5 options" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/30/nz-is-prepared-to-take-further-action-over-the-gaza-crisis-here-are-5-options-262023/" aria-label="Read more about NZ is prepared to take ‘further action’ over the Gaza crisis – here are 5 options">Read more</a>

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‘Darkening’ cities is as important for wildlife as greening them

July 30, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Dunn, Professor of Urban Design, Lancaster University Nighttime in Jakarta, Indonesia. Akhnaffauzi/Shutterstock For billions of years, life has depended on Earth’s rhythm of day and night. DNA codifies body clocks in all animals and plants, which helps their cells act according to this cycle of light ... <a title="‘Darkening’ cities is as important for wildlife as greening them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/30/darkening-cities-is-as-important-for-wildlife-as-greening-them-252259/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Darkening’ cities is as important for wildlife as greening them">Read more</a>

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Albanese government to include YouTube in social media ban for under-16s

July 30, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Albanese government has decided to include YouTube accounts in its ban on access to social media for those under the age of 16. The decision will be controversial with many social media users, especially young people, and face resistance ... <a title="Albanese government to include YouTube in social media ban for under-16s" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/30/albanese-government-to-include-youtube-in-social-media-ban-for-under-16s-262124/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese government to include YouTube in social media ban for under-16s">Read more</a>

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How Pacific students took their climate fight to the world’s highest court. And won

July 30, 2025

Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – Yet it was here in this Dutch city that Prasad and a small group of Pacific islanders in their bright shirts and shell necklaces last week gathered before the UN’s top court to witness an opinion they had dreamt up when they were at university in ... <a title="How Pacific students took their climate fight to the world’s highest court. And won" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/30/how-pacific-students-took-their-climate-fight-to-the-worlds-highest-court-and-won/" aria-label="Read more about How Pacific students took their climate fight to the world’s highest court. And won">Read more</a>

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View from The Hill: Albanese wants international cover before Australia recognises Palestine as a state

July 29, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese will recall well when another Labor prime minister was feeling the heat over Palestinian status. It was 2012 and then-Prime Minister Julia Gillard was forced into a corner over the stand Australia should take on a motion to ... <a title="View from The Hill: Albanese wants international cover before Australia recognises Palestine as a state" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/29/view-from-the-hill-albanese-wants-international-cover-before-australia-recognises-palestine-as-a-state-262028/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Albanese wants international cover before Australia recognises Palestine as a state">Read more</a>

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From futuristic design icon to environmental villain – the 80-year history of the plastic chair

July 29, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Isaac, Research Fellow, Design, Architecture and Building, University of Technology Sydney The Magis Bell Chair, made from recycled plastic, saves energy during production and transport and produces less waste for recycling or disposal at end of life. Magis What springs to mind when you’re asked to ... <a title="From futuristic design icon to environmental villain – the 80-year history of the plastic chair" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/29/from-futuristic-design-icon-to-environmental-villain-the-80-year-history-of-the-plastic-chair-257470/" aria-label="Read more about From futuristic design icon to environmental villain – the 80-year history of the plastic chair">Read more</a>

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Air-dropping food into Gaza is a ‘smokescreen’ – this is what must be done to prevent mass starvation

July 29, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amra Lee, PhD candidate in Protection of Civilians, Australian National University Israel partially lifted its aid blockade of Gaza this week in response to intensifying international pressure over the man-made famine in the devastated coastal strip. The United Arab Emirates and Jordan airdropped 25 tonnes of food ... <a title="Air-dropping food into Gaza is a ‘smokescreen’ – this is what must be done to prevent mass starvation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/29/air-dropping-food-into-gaza-is-a-smokescreen-this-is-what-must-be-done-to-prevent-mass-starvation-262053/" aria-label="Read more about Air-dropping food into Gaza is a ‘smokescreen’ – this is what must be done to prevent mass starvation">Read more</a>

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Keith Rankin Analysis – How did New Zealand compare in the first half of the 2020s?

July 29, 2025

Analysis by Keith Rankin. The following two tables show New Zealand and the 24 other economies in the world most easily and fruitfully compared to New Zealand. The countries are sorted with the worst-performing economies (in terms of economic growth per capita) listed at the top. Thus, taking four-year compounded growth for 2020, 2021, 2022 ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – How did New Zealand compare in the first half of the 2020s?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/29/keith-rankin-analysis-how-did-new-zealand-compare-in-the-first-half-of-the-2020s/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – How did New Zealand compare in the first half of the 2020s?">Read more</a>

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The Greens’ expulsion of a co-founder is unlikely to jeopardise the party’s future

July 29, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Fioritti, Lecturer in Politics, School of Social Sciences, Monash University As the fallout of the expulsion of Australian Greens co-founder Drew Hutton continues, Hutton and others have claimed the Greens have “lost their way” and are “in real trouble”. Do such claims stand up? Hutton’s expulsion ... <a title="The Greens’ expulsion of a co-founder is unlikely to jeopardise the party’s future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/29/the-greens-expulsion-of-a-co-founder-is-unlikely-to-jeopardise-the-partys-future-261768/" aria-label="Read more about The Greens’ expulsion of a co-founder is unlikely to jeopardise the party’s future">Read more</a>