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February 25, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Barbara Barbosa Neves, Senior Horizon Fellow, AI and Ageing, University of Sydney Australia’s Royal Commission into Aged Care found a broken system. Now, technology companies are promising artificial intelligence (AI) will fix everything, from staff shortages to older people’s loneliness. This is known as agetech, an industry ... <a title="AI companies promise to ‘fix’ aged care, but they’re selling a false narrative" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/ai-companies-promise-to-fix-aged-care-but-theyre-selling-a-false-narrative-275822/" aria-label="Read more about AI companies promise to ‘fix’ aged care, but they’re selling a false narrative">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathryn Russell, Research Fellow, Urban Stream Geomorphology, The University of Melbourne A growing number of new housing developments feature a little known but powerful bit of tech: smart rainwater tanks. That’s where the rainwater tank next to each house is fitted with a little computer to open ... <a title="How ‘smart’ rainwater tanks can help keep platypus habitat healthy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/how-smart-rainwater-tanks-can-help-keep-platypus-habitat-healthy-269816/" aria-label="Read more about How ‘smart’ rainwater tanks can help keep platypus habitat healthy">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Gawthorpe, Lecturer in History and International Studies, Leiden University As the US continues to assemble military assets in the Middle East and Europe ahead of a possible strike against Iran, Donald Trump is running up against two problems that have plagued American presidents before him. The ... <a title="Trump’s plan for strikes on Iran carries major risks – and the US military knows it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/trumps-plan-for-strikes-on-iran-carries-major-risks-and-the-us-military-knows-it-276775/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s plan for strikes on Iran carries major risks – and the US military knows it">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Swartwood House, Associate Professor of Art History, University of South Carolina When a 5-inch-by-4-inch red chalk drawing of a woman’s foot by Michelangelo sold at auction for US$27.2 million on Feb. 5, 2026, it blew past the $1.5 million to $2 million it was expected to ... <a title="Michelangelo hated painting the Sistine Chapel – and never aspired to be a painter to begin with" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/michelangelo-hated-painting-the-sistine-chapel-and-never-aspired-to-be-a-painter-to-begin-with-275788/" aria-label="Read more about Michelangelo hated painting the Sistine Chapel – and never aspired to be a painter to begin with">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ali Mamouri, Research Fellow, Middle East Studies, Deakin University One Nation leader Pauline Hanson made headlines last week following an interview with Sky News in which she suggested there are no “good” Muslims. The comment was outrageous by any measure, but the response relatively muted, reflecting a ... <a title="Pauline Hanson’s no ‘good’ Muslims comment shows how normalised Islamophobia has become in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/pauline-hansons-no-good-muslims-comment-shows-how-normalised-islamophobia-has-become-in-australia-276639/" aria-label="Read more about Pauline Hanson’s no ‘good’ Muslims comment shows how normalised Islamophobia has become in Australia">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nial Wheate, Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University Ivermectin was originally celebrated as a revolutionary treatment for parasitic disease in humans and animals. It has since evolved into a focal point of misinformation and heated debate. During the early part of the COVID pandemic, it was ... <a title="Ivermectin was touted as a cure for COVID, now it’s being tested for cancer. But what can it actually treat?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/ivermectin-was-touted-as-a-cure-for-covid-now-its-being-tested-for-cancer-but-what-can-it-actually-treat-276180/" aria-label="Read more about Ivermectin was touted as a cure for COVID, now it’s being tested for cancer. But what can it actually treat?">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Avril Horne, Research fellow, Department of Infrastructure Engineering, The University of Melbourne If you stand beside Seven Creeks in Victoria or Spring Creek in Queensland, they might seem small and unremarkable. But these creeks flow into the mighty Goulburn and Condamine Rivers, and punch far above their ... <a title="Climate change is drying out the ‘forgotten rivers’ that keep the Murray-Darling alive. We need a new plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/climate-change-is-drying-out-the-forgotten-rivers-that-keep-the-murray-darling-alive-we-need-a-new-plan-275562/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change is drying out the ‘forgotten rivers’ that keep the Murray-Darling alive. We need a new plan">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fiona Longmuir, Senior Lecturer – Co-leader Education Workforce for the Future Impact Lab, Monash University When we think about jobs you can do from home, you may not immediately picture a school teacher. But as Victoria debates a new right to work from home, the state’s teachers ... <a title="Victorian public school teachers want a 4-day week trial. What could this mean for schools?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/victorian-public-school-teachers-want-a-4-day-week-trial-what-could-this-mean-for-schools-276281/" aria-label="Read more about Victorian public school teachers want a 4-day week trial. What could this mean for schools?">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marina Yue Zhang, Associate Professor, Technology and Innovation, University of Technology Sydney Chinese state television rang in the Year of the Horse with humanoid robots doing kung fu, comedy sketches and mass choreography. They made complex martial arts choreography look easy. Social media was flooded with memes ... <a title="China’s dancing robots are a wake-up call for Australia on policy and productivity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/chinas-dancing-robots-are-a-wake-up-call-for-australia-on-policy-and-productivity-276529/" aria-label="Read more about China’s dancing robots are a wake-up call for Australia on policy and productivity">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ellie Crookes, Lecturer in English Literatures, University of Wollongong The race of Heathcliff, the brooding antihero of Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel Wuthering Heights, is a much-discussed element of the classic tale. Brontë variously describes him as “a little lascar, or an American or Spanish castaway”; “that gipsy ... <a title="Brontë’s Heathcliff wasn’t white. Jacob Elordi is. Is that a problem?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/brontes-heathcliff-wasnt-white-jacob-elordi-is-is-that-a-problem-276183/" aria-label="Read more about Brontë’s Heathcliff wasn’t white. Jacob Elordi is. Is that a problem?">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brodie Fraser, Senior Research Fellow in Housing and Health, University of Otago The government’s plan to empower police to “issue move-on orders as a tool to deal with disorderly behaviour in public places” will effectively apply to people as young as 14 who are experiencing homelessness and ... <a title="New police powers to ‘move on’ rough sleepers only mask NZ’s deeper homelessness problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/new-police-powers-to-move-on-rough-sleepers-only-mask-nzs-deeper-homelessness-problem-276621/" aria-label="Read more about New police powers to ‘move on’ rough sleepers only mask NZ’s deeper homelessness problem">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Kevin, Associate Professor in Australian History, Flinders University Gisèle Pelicot’s compelling and moving memoir begins with the day she learned that over the course of at least nine years, she had been raped by her husband Dominique and around 80 other men, while she was drugged ... <a title="‘I am the enemy of death’: Gisèle Pelicot’s memoir is a remarkable tale of survival" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/i-am-the-enemy-of-death-gisele-pelicots-memoir-is-a-remarkable-tale-of-survival-274628/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I am the enemy of death’: Gisèle Pelicot’s memoir is a remarkable tale of survival">Read more</a>
