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February 2, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Lean, Research Fellow in Philosophy, Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology, Macquarie University Ross Stone/Unsplash Less than a year ago, United States company Colossal Biosciences announced it had “resurrected” the dire wolf, a megafauna-hunting wolf species that had been extinct for 10,000 years. Within two days ... <a title="Some companies claim they can ‘resurrect’ species. Does that make people more comfortable with extinction?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/some-companies-claim-they-can-resurrect-species-does-that-make-people-more-comfortable-with-extinction-273583/" aria-label="Read more about Some companies claim they can ‘resurrect’ species. Does that make people more comfortable with extinction?">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Kirby, Construction Industry Consultant, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images New Zealand’s residential construction industry contributes roughly NZ$26 billion annually to the economy and employs around 70,000 workers. Yet despite its significance and scale, the sector’s productivity levels have flatlined since the mid-1980s. In housing construction, ... <a title="NZ’s $2.5 billion shoddy building bill: how to fix the ‘build now, fix later’ culture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/nzs-2-5-billion-shoddy-building-bill-how-to-fix-the-build-now-fix-later-culture-272145/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s $2.5 billion shoddy building bill: how to fix the ‘build now, fix later’ culture">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea’s government has defended the use of force to evict residents of an informal settlement in the capital Port Moresby. Police used tear gas to move people out of the Two-Mile settlement last week, while heavy machinery was used to tear down homes and two people were killed in clashes. Acting ... <a title="PNG govt defends using tear gas, force to evict illegal settlers in capital" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/png-govt-defends-using-tear-gas-force-to-evict-illegal-settlers-in-capital/" aria-label="Read more about PNG govt defends using tear gas, force to evict illegal settlers in capital">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabrielle Appleby, Professor of Law, UNSW Law School, UNSW Sydney More than two years on, you’d be forgiven for thinking the story of the failure of the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice has been neatly folded away and filed as a story of ... <a title="Why the Voice referendum failed – and what the government hasn’t learned from it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/why-the-voice-referendum-failed-and-what-the-government-hasnt-learned-from-it-255969/" aria-label="Read more about Why the Voice referendum failed – and what the government hasn’t learned from it">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tilman Ruff, Honorary Principal Fellow, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne The New START treaty, the last remaining agreement constraining Russian and US nuclear weapons, is due to lapse on February 4. There are no negotiations to extend the terms of the treaty, ... <a title="The only remaining US-Russia nuclear treaty expires this week. Could a new arms race soon accelerate?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/the-only-remaining-us-russia-nuclear-treaty-expires-this-week-could-a-new-arms-race-soon-accelerate-269508/" aria-label="Read more about The only remaining US-Russia nuclear treaty expires this week. Could a new arms race soon accelerate?">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John White, Associate Professor in Wildlife and Conservation Biology, Deakin University John Smith , CC BY-ND The Australian authority that regulates pesticides has finally released its long-delayed review of the rodenticide poisons used by millions of Australians to combat rat and mice infestations. As researchers who study ... <a title="Household rat poisons found to be ‘unacceptable risk’ to native animals. So why aren’t they banned?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/household-rat-poisons-found-to-be-unacceptable-risk-to-native-animals-so-why-arent-they-banned-272346/" aria-label="Read more about Household rat poisons found to be ‘unacceptable risk’ to native animals. So why aren’t they banned?">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Howard, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney As summer has well and truly set in, we hope you’re able to while away some hours in the comfort of air-conditioning. And what better way to spend that time than with some new treats ... <a title="Gay ice-hockey players, lesbian space princesses, and cute dogs: what to watch in February" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/gay-ice-hockey-players-lesbian-space-princesses-and-cute-dogs-what-to-watch-in-february-273799/" aria-label="Read more about Gay ice-hockey players, lesbian space princesses, and cute dogs: what to watch in February">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2026
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone I don’t know what to say today. We are ruled by abusive monsters. The US is preparing for war with Iran. They’re going in for the kill shot on Cuba. The latest batch of Epstein emails looks horrifying. The US is full ... <a title="Caitlin Johnstone: Our rulers are psychopaths and they’re making everything awful" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/02/caitlin-johnstone-our-rulers-are-psychopaths-and-theyre-making-everything-awful/" aria-label="Read more about Caitlin Johnstone: Our rulers are psychopaths and they’re making everything awful">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2026
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor Political leaders in a Papua New Guinea province plagued by gun violence are making a collective stand to stop it. There is a new sense of political will among Enga Province’s political leaders and police to come down hard on the use of illegal weapons. But they are ... <a title="Leaders of PNG’s Enga province plagued by violence – vow to weed out illegal guns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/01/leaders-of-pngs-enga-province-plagued-by-violence-vow-to-weed-out-illegal-guns/" aria-label="Read more about Leaders of PNG’s Enga province plagued by violence – vow to weed out illegal guns">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2026
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on February 1, 2026.
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February 1, 2026
COMMENTARY: By John Menadue Western leaders defend the rules-based international order when it suits them, but remain largely silent as those same rules are breached by the United States and Israel. The result is a system that shields the powerful and abandons the vulnerable — most starkly in Palestine. The white men and a few ... <a title="Greenland and Western hypocrisy over the rules-based international order" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/01/greenland-and-western-hypocrisy-over-the-rules-based-international-order/" aria-label="Read more about Greenland and Western hypocrisy over the rules-based international order">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Henry Maher, Lecturer in Politics, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images After months of speculation, US President Donald Trump confirmed he will be nominating Kevin Warsh as the next chair of the US Federal Reserve. The appointment has been closely watched ... <a title="Why Trump’s new pick for Fed chair hit gold and silver markets – for good reasons" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/01/why-trumps-new-pick-for-fed-chair-hit-gold-and-silver-markets-for-good-reasons-273233/" aria-label="Read more about Why Trump’s new pick for Fed chair hit gold and silver markets – for good reasons">Read more</a>
