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March 5, 2025
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific Bulletin editor/presenter The Marshall Islands marked 71 years since the most powerful nuclear weapons tests ever conducted were unleashed over the weekend. The Micronesian nation experienced 67 known atmospheric nuclear tests between 1946 and 1958, resulting in an ongoing legacy of death, illness, and contamination. The country’s President Hilda Heine ... <a title="Seven decades on, Marshall Islands still reeling from nuclear testing legacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/seven-decades-on-marshall-islands-still-reeling-from-nuclear-testing-legacy/" aria-label="Read more about Seven decades on, Marshall Islands still reeling from nuclear testing legacy">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matt Garrow, Editorial Web Developer Tropical Cyclone Alfred is forecast to strike densely populated areas of southeast Queensland and northeast New South Wales. Brisbane, home to more than 2.5 million people, is among the places in the storm’s path. Brisbane City Council says almost 20,000 properties in ... <a title="Brisbane on alert: these maps show the suburbs most likely to flood during Cyclone Alfred" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/brisbane-on-alert-these-maps-show-the-suburbs-most-likely-to-flood-during-cyclone-alfred-251478/" aria-label="Read more about Brisbane on alert: these maps show the suburbs most likely to flood during Cyclone Alfred">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Bartos, Professor of Economics, University of Canberra Australia’s economy expanded at the fastest pace in two years in the December quarter, boosted by an improvement in household spending and stronger exports. The Australian Bureau of Statistics’ national accounts report today said the economy grew by 0.6% ... <a title="Australia’s economy has turned the corner, and consumer spending was a big help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/australias-economy-has-turned-the-corner-and-consumer-spending-was-a-big-help-251262/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s economy has turned the corner, and consumer spending was a big help">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Sussex, Associate Professor (Adj), Griffith Asia Institute; and Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University What does an ideal world look like for Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump? In a word: ugly. Trump’s embrace of Russia’s dictator, his bullying ... <a title="Safe for autocracy: the world according to Putin and Trump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/safe-for-autocracy-the-world-according-to-putin-and-trump-251246/" aria-label="Read more about Safe for autocracy: the world according to Putin and Trump">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yetta Gurtner, Adjunct senior lecturer, Centre for Disaster Studies, James Cook University For millions of people in southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales, Cyclone Alfred will be their first experience living through a cyclone. Alfred is forecast to make landfall about 2am on Friday morning. I ... <a title="‘Don’t panic, do prepare’: why it’s not too late to plan for Cyclone Alfred" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/dont-panic-do-prepare-why-its-not-too-late-to-plan-for-cyclone-alfred-251463/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Don’t panic, do prepare’: why it’s not too late to plan for Cyclone Alfred">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steve Turton, Adjunct Professor of Environmental Geography, CQUniversity Australia Bureau of Meteorology, Himawari-9 satellite, CC BY-SA Tropical Cyclone Alfred is strengthening as it bears down on the coast of southern Queensland and northern New South Wales, prompting fears it may become a destructive category 3 cyclone before ... <a title="Cyclone Alfred is bearing down. Here’s how it grew so fierce – and where it’s expected to hit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/cyclone-alfred-is-bearing-down-heres-how-it-grew-so-fierce-and-where-its-expected-to-hit-251358/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Alfred is bearing down. Here’s how it grew so fierce – and where it’s expected to hit">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Pacific Media Watch The Paris-based global watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has expressed support for Gaza’s media professionals and called on Israel to urgently lift the blockade on the territory. It said the humanitarian catastrophe was continuing in Gaza and hampering journalists’ work on a daily basis. The Israeli army had killed their colleagues and ... <a title="RSF slams ‘horrific conditions’ for journalists in Gaza in wake of fragile ceasefire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/rsf-slams-horrific-conditions-for-journalists-in-gaza-in-wake-of-fragile-ceasefire/" aria-label="Read more about RSF slams ‘horrific conditions’ for journalists in Gaza in wake of fragile ceasefire">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wellett Potter, Lecturer in Law, University of New England Ray Bond/Shutterstock How much is your voice worth? It could be as little as roughly A$100. That was how much ABC News Verify recently spent to clone federal senator Jacqui Lambie’s voice – with her permission – using ... <a title="AI deepfakes threaten democracy and people’s identities. ‘Personality rights’ could help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/ai-deepfakes-threaten-democracy-and-peoples-identities-personality-rights-could-help-251267/" aria-label="Read more about AI deepfakes threaten democracy and people’s identities. ‘Personality rights’ could help">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Margaret Murray, Senior Lecturer, Nutrition, Swinburne University of Technology Phish Photography/Shutterstock If you head to the shops to buy bread, you’ll face a variety of different options. But it can be hard to work out the difference between all the types on sale. For instance, you might ... <a title="What’s the difference between wholemeal and wholegrain bread? Not a whole lot" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/whats-the-difference-between-wholemeal-and-wholegrain-bread-not-a-whole-lot-249156/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the difference between wholemeal and wholegrain bread? Not a whole lot">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
By Mary Afemata, Local Democracy Reporting The Manurewa Local Board is developing its first Pan-Pacific strategy in Aotearoa New Zealand to amplify Pasifika voices in local decision-making. A recent community workshop brought leaders and residents together to develop a strategy that will help guide how the board engages with Pasifika communities. The plan will then ... <a title="Manurewa’s first Pan-Pacific strategy aims to amplify Pasifika voices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/manurewas-first-pan-pacific-strategy-aims-to-amplify-pasifika-voices/" aria-label="Read more about Manurewa’s first Pan-Pacific strategy aims to amplify Pasifika voices">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Hemming, Associate Professor of Law, School of Law and Justice, University of the Sunshine Coast Shutterstock After Martin Bryant killed 35 people and wounded 23 others at Port Arthur in 1996, Australia made fundamental changes to its gun laws. The use of automatic and semi-automatic weapons ... <a title="Police are seizing 3D-printed guns across Australia, but our laws aren’t keeping up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/police-are-seizing-3d-printed-guns-across-australia-but-our-laws-arent-keeping-up-250255/" aria-label="Read more about Police are seizing 3D-printed guns across Australia, but our laws aren’t keeping up">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato The aftermath of one of the most undiplomatic – and notorious – White House meetings in recent history reveals a changed world. Having berated Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky for supposedly not wanting peace with Russia and failing to show ... <a title="America or Europe? Why Trump’s Ukraine U-turn is a fork in the road for New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/america-or-europe-why-trumps-ukraine-u-turn-is-a-fork-in-the-road-for-new-zealand-251459/" aria-label="Read more about America or Europe? Why Trump’s Ukraine U-turn is a fork in the road for New Zealand">Read more</a>
