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February 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mohamed Shaheen, Lecturer in Structural Engineering, Loughborough University The downtown district of Hong Kong city. Lee Yiu Tung/Shutterstock When structural engineers design a building, they aren’t just stacking floors; they are calculating how to win a complex battle against nature. Every building is built to withstand a ... <a title="City skylines need an upgrade in the face of climate stress" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/city-skylines-need-an-upgrade-in-the-face-of-climate-stress-267763/" aria-label="Read more about City skylines need an upgrade in the face of climate stress">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy J. Dixon, Emeritus Professor in the School of the Built Environment, University of Reading; University of Oxford A girl walks along a street in Gaza to get food during the war between Hamas and Israel. Jaber Jehad Badwan / Wikimedia Commons, FAL Following a visit to ... <a title="What will a rebuilt Gaza look like? The competing visions for the Strip’s future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/what-will-a-rebuilt-gaza-look-like-the-competing-visions-for-the-strips-future-274591/" aria-label="Read more about What will a rebuilt Gaza look like? The competing visions for the Strip’s future">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Duygu Yengin, Associate Professor of Economics, Adelaide University Declan Young/Unsplash Australia is an energy superpower. We have abundant natural resources, high average incomes and one of the highest per-capita rates of rooftop solar uptake in the world. Yet every summer, many households across the country skimp on ... <a title="Why cheaper power alone isn’t enough to end energy poverty in summer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/why-cheaper-power-alone-isnt-enough-to-end-energy-poverty-in-summer-274963/" aria-label="Read more about Why cheaper power alone isn’t enough to end energy poverty in summer">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emery Schubert, Professor, Empirical Musicology Laboratory, School of the Arts and Media, UNSW Sydney Vitaly Gariev/Unsplash Phil is in prep for surgery. As the anaesthetic is about to be administered, the anaesthetist says: “Oh, and by the way, during the procedure the surgical team will be listening ... <a title="AC/DC in surgery and lo-fi beats in the office: what the science says about working to music" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/05/ac-dc-in-surgery-and-lo-fi-beats-in-the-office-what-the-science-says-about-working-to-music-273237/" aria-label="Read more about AC/DC in surgery and lo-fi beats in the office: what the science says about working to music">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Barnaby Joyce’s political career has hit the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. He’s been Nationals leader and deputy prime minister twice. As a senator, he was a maverick, often crossing the floor. As party leader, he had ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Barnaby Joyce on getting on with Pauline Hanson and One Nation’s rise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/politics-with-michelle-grattan-barnaby-joyce-on-getting-on-with-pauline-hanson-and-one-nations-rise-275072/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Barnaby Joyce on getting on with Pauline Hanson and One Nation’s rise">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elle Bowd, Research Fellow, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University David Clode/Unsplash, CC BY-ND There has been much global discussion about the best ways to manage Earth’s forests in an era of climate change and more frequent bushfires. Some foresters and forest managers support ... <a title="Victoria’s mountain ash forests naturally thin their trees. So why do it with machines?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/victorias-mountain-ash-forests-naturally-thin-their-trees-so-why-do-it-with-machines-268201/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria’s mountain ash forests naturally thin their trees. So why do it with machines?">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – AMY GOODMAN: We begin today’s show looking at the arrests of two American journalists for covering a protest at the Cities Church [in the Minnesota Twin City of] St Paul, where a top ICE official serves as pastor. Former CNN anchor Don Lemon and independent journalist ... <a title="‘Journalism is not a crime’ – US journalists arrested for covering anti-ICE protest in church" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/journalism-is-not-a-crime-us-journalists-arrested-for-covering-anti-ice-protest-in-church/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Journalism is not a crime’ – US journalists arrested for covering anti-ICE protest in church">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meaghan O’Donnell, Professor and Head, Research, Phoenix Australia, Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, The University of Melbourne In their day-to-day work, first responders – including police, firefighters, paramedics and lifesavers – often witness terrible things happening to other people, and may be in danger themselves. For some ... <a title="Firefighters face repeat trauma. We learned how to reduce their risk of PTSD" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/firefighters-face-repeat-trauma-we-learned-how-to-reduce-their-risk-of-ptsd-269283/" aria-label="Read more about Firefighters face repeat trauma. We learned how to reduce their risk of PTSD">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rohann Irving, Research Fellow, Flinders University As a new parliamentary year resumes, politicians such as the ACT’s David Pocock have renewed their calls for legislation to tackle Australia’s gambling losses, which are the worst in the world per capita. When questioned about its lack of action on ... <a title="You spin some, you lose more: how Albanese’s gambling rhetoric falls short" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/you-spin-some-you-lose-more-how-albaneses-gambling-rhetoric-falls-short-271614/" aria-label="Read more about You spin some, you lose more: how Albanese’s gambling rhetoric falls short">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wellett Potter, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of New England ziphaus/Unsplash Would you create an interactive “digital twin” of yourself that can communicate with loved ones after your death? Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has made it possible to seemingly resurrect the dead. So-called griefbots or deathbots – ... <a title="An ‘AI afterlife’ is now a real option – but what becomes of your legal status?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/an-ai-afterlife-is-now-a-real-option-but-what-becomes-of-your-legal-status-274021/" aria-label="Read more about An ‘AI afterlife’ is now a real option – but what becomes of your legal status?">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meg Elkins, Associate Professor in Economics, RMIT University When the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board voted unanimously to lift the cash rate to 3.85% on Tuesday, the decision was driven by one overriding concern. It wants to stop the rising cost of living from becoming entrenched. ... <a title="What the RBA wants Australians to do next to fight inflation – or risk more rate hikes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/what-the-rba-wants-australians-to-do-next-to-fight-inflation-or-risk-more-rate-hikes-274984/" aria-label="Read more about What the RBA wants Australians to do next to fight inflation – or risk more rate hikes">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
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 The South Australian state election will be held on March 21. Preferential voting will be used to elect members for all 47 single-member lower house seats. This ... <a title="Why preferential voting is superior to first past the post" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/why-preferential-voting-is-superior-to-first-past-the-post-264248/" aria-label="Read more about Why preferential voting is superior to first past the post">Read more</a>
