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February 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eve Vincent, Associate Professor, Anthropology, Macquarie University Pavel Danilyuk/Pexels, CC BY Teeth are one of the most visible markers of poverty: structural circumstances that are individually borne. In an essay for Aeon, US journalist Sarah Smarsh calls them “poor teeth”. She writes: Often, bad teeth are blamed ... <a title="What our teeth reveal about the growing gap between rich and poor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/06/what-our-teeth-reveal-about-the-growing-gap-between-rich-and-poor-274519/" aria-label="Read more about What our teeth reveal about the growing gap between rich and poor">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ehsan Noroozinejad, Senior Researcher and Sustainable Future Lead, Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University Bunnings, The Conversation Australia is in a deep housing crisis. The latest National Housing Supply and Affordability Council analysis shows the country is likely to fall more than a quarter-of-a-million homes short ... <a title="Bunnings’ backyard pods won’t fix the housing crisis, but they signal a shift" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/06/bunnings-backyard-pods-wont-fix-the-housing-crisis-but-they-signal-a-shift-275210/" aria-label="Read more about Bunnings’ backyard pods won’t fix the housing crisis, but they signal a shift">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2026
By Layla Bailey-McDowell, RNZ Māori news journalist Climate change has been a key focus for iwi leaders gathering at Waitangi this week, as coastal communities across New Zealand’s North Island recover from recent severe weather events. The National Iwi Chairs Forum, representing more than 70 iwi, has been meeting to set priorities for the year ... <a title="Climate change a priority for NZ’s iwi leaders at Waitangi" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/06/climate-change-a-priority-for-nzs-iwi-leaders-at-waitangi/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change a priority for NZ’s iwi leaders at Waitangi">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Celeste Rodriguez Louro, Associate Professor, Chair of Linguistics and Director of Language Lab, The University of Western Australia Aelitta / Getty Images Claims that artificial intelligence (AI) is on the verge of surpassing human intelligence have become commonplace. According to some commentators, rapid advances in large language ... <a title="Why comparisons between AI and human intelligence miss the point" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/06/why-comparisons-between-ai-and-human-intelligence-miss-the-point-274621/" aria-label="Read more about Why comparisons between AI and human intelligence miss the point">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Scott, Department of Pro Vice Chancellor (Society), UNSW Sydney; Indigenous Knowledge The defeat of the Voice referendum was not simply a political loss. It was a political and cultural failure. It exposed, yet again, the profound immaturity of Australia’s political life when it comes to First ... <a title="The Voice campaign entrenched immature politics. We must do better for First Nations people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/06/the-voice-campaign-entrenched-immature-politics-we-must-do-better-for-first-nations-people-272267/" aria-label="Read more about The Voice campaign entrenched immature politics. We must do better for First Nations people">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2026
RNZ Pacific The Green Party is celebrating the decision to decline plans to mine the Taranaki seabed. In a draft decision on Thursday, the fast-track approvals panel declined Trans-Tasman Resources’ (TTR) bid to mine 50 million tonnes of seabed a year for 30 years in the South Taranaki Bight. The panel found there would be ... <a title="Green Party celebrates decision to decline ‘dead end’ Taranaki seabed mining" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/06/green-party-celebrates-decision-to-decline-dead-end-taranaki-seabed-mining/" aria-label="Read more about Green Party celebrates decision to decline ‘dead end’ Taranaki seabed mining">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Symons, Director of Research and Innovation, School of International Studies, Macquarie University In the 1960s, major oil-producing nations formed a cartel to drive up the price of oil. It worked. For decades, nations in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) have agreed to manage ... <a title="If Australia and Indonesia agreed to end new thermal coal mines, it could drive the green transition." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/06/if-australia-and-indonesia-agreed-to-end-new-thermal-coal-mines-it-could-drive-the-green-transition-271309/" aria-label="Read more about If Australia and Indonesia agreed to end new thermal coal mines, it could drive the green transition.">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Dickinson, Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW Sydney Kindel Media/Pexels Thriving Kids is back in the spotlight, after the states and territories agreed last week to match the federal government’s A$2 billion dollar investment. The new national program is targeted at children aged 0-8 with developmental delay ... <a title="No diagnoses and no gap fees for physios and speechies. What else do we know about Thriving Kids?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/06/no-diagnoses-and-no-gap-fees-for-physios-and-speechies-what-else-do-we-know-about-thriving-kids-274951/" aria-label="Read more about No diagnoses and no gap fees for physios and speechies. What else do we know about Thriving Kids?">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Petousis-Harris, Associate Professor in Vaccinology, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images When NZ First leader Winston Peters responded to the recent US withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) by questioning whether New Zealand should continue funding it, he employed a familiar narrative. ... <a title="WHO membership doesn’t threaten NZ’s sovereignty – walking away from it would" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/06/who-membership-doesnt-threaten-nzs-sovereignty-walking-away-from-it-would-274844/" aria-label="Read more about WHO membership doesn’t threaten NZ’s sovereignty – walking away from it would">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Farley, Assistant Lecturer, History, The University of Melbourne The Conversation, CC BY-NC-SA In early January, authorities from South Australia’s Department of Primary Industries took to the streets of Adelaide on the hunt for a suspicious individual. This individual had been spotted several times in the preceding ... <a title="Can a bird be an illegal immigrant? How the White Australia era influenced attitudes to the bulbul" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/06/can-a-bird-be-an-illegal-immigrant-how-the-white-australia-era-influenced-attitudes-to-the-bulbul-273347/" aria-label="Read more about Can a bird be an illegal immigrant? How the White Australia era influenced attitudes to the bulbul">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Bartos, Professor of Economics, University of Canberra There has been a spate of articles and commentary in recent days calling on the Australian government to reduce spending. Those calling for government cuts – mostly long-time advocates of smaller government – claim this would lower inflation, and ... <a title="Is federal government spending really to blame for higher inflation? It’s not clear cut" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/06/is-federal-government-spending-really-to-blame-for-higher-inflation-its-not-clear-cut-274961/" aria-label="Read more about Is federal government spending really to blame for higher inflation? It’s not clear cut">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Howard, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney IMDB Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver turns 50 this month. Nominated for four Oscars and winner of the Palme d’Or at the 1976 Cannes Festival, Scorsese’s searing, hallucinatory portrait of urban alienation is widely regarded as ... <a title="Taxi Driver at 50: Martin Scorsese’s film remains a troubling reflection of our times" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/06/taxi-driver-at-50-martin-scorseses-film-remains-a-troubling-reflection-of-our-times-261662/" aria-label="Read more about Taxi Driver at 50: Martin Scorsese’s film remains a troubling reflection of our times">Read more</a>
