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January 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darius von Guttner Sporzynski, Historian, Australian Catholic University Roadshow Pictures The new film Conclave is a psychological thriller looking at the selection of the new pope. But what is a conclave, and where did this ritual begin? The institution of the conclave is the formal process by ... <a title="Psychological thriller Conclave looks at the election of the pope. What’s the real story?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/09/psychological-thriller-conclave-looks-at-the-election-of-the-pope-whats-the-real-story-237465/" aria-label="Read more about Psychological thriller Conclave looks at the election of the pope. What’s the real story?">Read more</a>
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January 9, 2025
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk New Caledonia’s newly-installed government has elected pro-France Alcide Ponga as territorial President. Ponga, 49, is also the first indigenous Kanak president of the pro-France Le Rassemblement-Les Républicains (LR) party. His election came after the first attempt to elect a President, on Tuesday, failed to bring out ... <a title="Pro-France Alcide Ponga elected as New Caledonia’s new president" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/09/pro-france-alcide-ponga-elected-as-new-caledonias-new-president/" aria-label="Read more about Pro-France Alcide Ponga elected as New Caledonia’s new president">Read more</a>
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January 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milad Haghani, Senior Lecturer of Urban Risk & Resilience, UNSW Sydney topimages/Shutterstock The popularity of e-bikes has soared over the past decade. Shared electric bikes for rent have become a common sight in major cities worldwide, while private ownership is also rising. Since 2020, both sales and ... <a title="E-bike popularity is booming. But are they as safe as regular bikes?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/09/e-bike-popularity-is-booming-but-are-they-as-safe-as-regular-bikes-242703/" aria-label="Read more about E-bike popularity is booming. But are they as safe as regular bikes?">Read more</a>
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January 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ashish Kumar, Senior Lecturer, RMIT University Przemek Klos/Shutterstock Once, borrowing money to make a purchase was a relatively tedious process, not a spur-of-the-moment thing. True, some stores offered lay-by plans that would let you pay for goods in instalments. But if they didn’t, and you didn’t already ... <a title="Research suggests those who use buy-now-pay-later services end up spending more" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/09/research-suggests-those-who-use-buy-now-pay-later-services-end-up-spending-more-246686/" aria-label="Read more about Research suggests those who use buy-now-pay-later services end up spending more">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2025
REVIEW: By David Robie Four months ago, a group of lawyers in Aotearoa New Zealand called for a little reported inquiry into New Zealand spy agencies over whether there has been possible assistance for Israel’s war in Gaza. In a letter to the chief of intelligence and security (IGIS) on 12 September 2024, three lawyers ... <a title="An indictment of NZ’s settler colonial and ‘Five Eyes’ spy paranoia over political critics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/08/an-indictment-of-nzs-settler-colonial-and-five-eyes-spy-paranoia-over-political-critics/" aria-label="Read more about An indictment of NZ’s settler colonial and ‘Five Eyes’ spy paranoia over political critics">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ned Watt, PhD Candidate, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology Meta has announced it will abandon its fact-checking program, starting in the United States. It was aimed at preventing the spread of online lies among more than 3 billion people who use Meta’s social media ... <a title="Meta is abandoning fact checking – this doesn’t bode well for the fight against misinformation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/08/meta-is-abandoning-fact-checking-this-doesnt-bode-well-for-the-fight-against-misinformation-246878/" aria-label="Read more about Meta is abandoning fact checking – this doesn’t bode well for the fight against misinformation">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Johari Amar, Lecturer in Property, Bond University Henryk Sadura/Shutterstock Australia’s housing crisis represents a fundamental market imbalance where undersupply meets excess demand. In major cities like Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, the dream of home ownership is slipping away from many as median house prices far exceed average ... <a title="(Literally) moving house: how home relocations can help address the housing crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/08/literally-moving-house-how-home-relocations-can-help-address-the-housing-crisis-245466/" aria-label="Read more about (Literally) moving house: how home relocations can help address the housing crisis">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Clark, Professor in Public History, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock/Nils Versemann From the Torres Strait to Tasmania, and from the east coast to the west, beach shacks are an iconic part of Australian coastal history. Beach shacks have a distinctive identity as emblems of summer holidays ... <a title="Beach shacks are an iconic part of Australian summer. Yet, they also have a hidden, more complex history" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/08/beach-shacks-are-an-iconic-part-of-australian-summer-yet-they-also-have-a-hidden-more-complex-history-241908/" aria-label="Read more about Beach shacks are an iconic part of Australian summer. Yet, they also have a hidden, more complex history">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ágnes Szabó, Senior Lecturer, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images Elder abuse is prevalent in New Zealand, with one in ten people aged 65 and older experiencing some form of it and only one in 14 abuse cases brought to the attention of ... <a title="‘Cold violence’ – a hidden form of elder abuse in New Zealand’s Chinese community" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/08/cold-violence-a-hidden-form-of-elder-abuse-in-new-zealands-chinese-community-245661/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Cold violence’ – a hidden form of elder abuse in New Zealand’s Chinese community">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christine Carson, Senior Research Fellow, School of Medicine, The University of Western Australia Kaboompics.com/Pexels A doctor’s visit often ends with you leaving with a pathology request form in hand. The request form soon has you filling a sample pot, having blood drawn, or perhaps even a tissue ... <a title="Blood, urine and other bodily fluids: how your leftover pathology samples can be used for medical research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/08/blood-urine-and-other-bodily-fluids-how-your-leftover-pathology-samples-can-be-used-for-medical-research-237562/" aria-label="Read more about Blood, urine and other bodily fluids: how your leftover pathology samples can be used for medical research">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rossana Ruggeri, Lecturer and ARC DECRA Fellow, The University of Queensland An illustration of the death of a massive star. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/Dana Berry By looking at light from distant exploding stars called supernovas, in 1998 astronomers discovered the universe isn’t just expanding – its expansion ... <a title="Huge if true – dark energy doesn’t exist, claims new study on supernovas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/08/huge-if-true-dark-energy-doesnt-exist-claims-new-study-on-supernovas-246674/" aria-label="Read more about Huge if true – dark energy doesn’t exist, claims new study on supernovas">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Clark, Professor in Public History, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock/Nils Versemann From the Torres Strait to Tasmania, and from the east coast to the west, beach shacks are an iconic part of Australian coastal history. Beach shacks have a distinctive identity as emblems of summer holidays ... <a title="Beach shacks are an iconic part of Australian summer. Yet, they have also have a hidden, more complex history" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/08/beach-shacks-are-an-iconic-part-of-australian-summer-yet-they-have-also-have-a-hidden-more-complex-history-241908/" aria-label="Read more about Beach shacks are an iconic part of Australian summer. Yet, they have also have a hidden, more complex history">Read more</a>
