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January 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yanyan Hong, Adjunct Fellow in Communication, Media and Film Studies, Adelaide University Agata Grzybowska © 2025 Focus Features In Hamnet, Agnes Hathaway (Jessie Buckley) asks William Shakespeare (Paul Mescal) to introduce himself by telling her a story. It is her way of seeing who this man really ... <a title="Shakespeare reinvented: how Chloé Zhao blends East and West philosophies in Hamnet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/22/shakespeare-reinvented-how-chloe-zhao-blends-east-and-west-philosophies-in-hamnet-273352/" aria-label="Read more about Shakespeare reinvented: how Chloé Zhao blends East and West philosophies in Hamnet">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Trenberth, Distinguished Scholar, NCAR; Affiliate Faculty, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Sanka Vidanagama/Getty Images For many people this summer – especially those across Northland Auckland and Coromandel – showery days and bursts of heavy rain have become all too familiar. This week, fresh downpours on ... <a title="NZ is again being soaked this summer – record ocean heat helps explain it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/22/nz-is-again-being-soaked-this-summer-record-ocean-heat-helps-explain-it-274013/" aria-label="Read more about NZ is again being soaked this summer – record ocean heat helps explain it">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maxime Aubert, Professor of Archaeological Science, Griffith University Supplied When we think of the world’s oldest art, Europe usually comes to mind, with famous cave paintings in France and Spain often seen as evidence this was the birthplace of symbolic human culture. But new evidence from Indonesia ... <a title="Humanity’s oldest known cave art has been discovered in Sulawesi" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/22/humanitys-oldest-known-cave-art-has-been-discovered-in-sulawesi-273364/" aria-label="Read more about Humanity’s oldest known cave art has been discovered in Sulawesi">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The federal Coalition was imploding on Wednesday night, with all Nationals frontbenchers, including leader David Littleproud, quitting the shadow ministry. They were retaliating against Opposition Leader Sussan Ley’s insistence three Nationals senators must resign for defying shadow cabinet solidarity. The ... <a title="View from The Hill: Coalition crisis explodes after Sussan Ley wields the whip against defiant Nationals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/22/view-from-the-hill-coalition-crisis-explodes-after-sussan-ley-wields-the-whip-against-defiant-nationals-272438/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Coalition crisis explodes after Sussan Ley wields the whip against defiant Nationals">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Clarke, Research Associate, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University Ask people how Stonehenge was built and you’ll hear stories of sledges, ropes, boats and sheer human determination to haul stones from across Britain to Salisbury Plain, in south-west England. Others might mention giants, wizards, ... <a title="Grains of sand prove people – not glaciers – transported Stonehenge rocks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/21/grains-of-sand-prove-people-not-glaciers-transported-stonehenge-rocks-271310/" aria-label="Read more about Grains of sand prove people – not glaciers – transported Stonehenge rocks">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2026
By Sarah Hathway in Djilang/Geelong A group of Australian Palestine supporters in the state of Victoria have been attacked as tensions continue over the right to protest against Israel’s genocide in Gaza in the wake of the Bondi massacre last month. As Geelong and Victoria Southwest branch members of Independent Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN) were ... <a title="Provocateur attacks Australian Palestine peace activists protesting over Gaza genocide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/21/provocateur-attacks-australian-palestine-peace-activists-protesting-over-gaza-genocide/" aria-label="Read more about Provocateur attacks Australian Palestine peace activists protesting over Gaza genocide">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor Emerita in Constitutional Law, University of Sydney What impact will the criminal hate provisions in the Albanese government’s Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Act 2026 have on the ability of ordinary Australians to protest? An earlier version contained a criminal offence of promoting or ... <a title="Hate crime laws may have unintended consequences – including chilling free speech" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/21/hate-crime-laws-may-have-unintended-consequences-including-chilling-free-speech-274016/" aria-label="Read more about Hate crime laws may have unintended consequences – including chilling free speech">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Markus Wagner, Professor of Law and Director of the UOW Transnational Law and Policy Centre, University of Wollongong The renewed campaign by United States President Donald Trump to acquire Greenland has escalated, with tariff threats against European allies. Asked on Tuesday how far he is willing to ... <a title="As Trump’s threats over Greenland escalate, will Europe use its ‘trade bazooka’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/21/as-trumps-threats-over-greenland-escalate-will-europe-use-its-trade-bazooka-273797/" aria-label="Read more about As Trump’s threats over Greenland escalate, will Europe use its ‘trade bazooka’?">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2026
US cybersecurity company Palantir has received a high-level Australian government security assessment despite concerns about its surveillance and complicity in the Gaza genocide in occupied Palestine. In November 2025, Palantir Technologies was assessed as meeting the protected level under the Australian Information Security Registered Assessors Programme (IRAP). This protection is a key requirement for companies ... <a title="‘We kill enemies’ – spy firm Palantir secures top Australian security clearance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/21/we-kill-enemies-spy-firm-palantir-secures-top-australian-security-clearance/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We kill enemies’ – spy firm Palantir secures top Australian security clearance">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2026
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor In an otherwise mixed month for the Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP), its leadership is hailing a win for Pacific conservation efforts with the UN Treaty on the High Seas coming into effect. The legally binding UN High Seas Treaty officially received more than 60 ratifications, and following ... <a title="High Seas Treaty welcome news for SPREP in uncertain times" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/21/high-seas-treaty-welcome-news-for-sprep-in-uncertain-times/" aria-label="Read more about High Seas Treaty welcome news for SPREP in uncertain times">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2026
Analysis by Keith Rankin, 21 January 2026 Truth in world affairs is not a single expert-narrated story. National Politics In our ‘official’ ‘United Nations’ world – the world referenced by the expression the international rules-based order – there are about 200 sovereign nation states (ie ‘countries’) which are equal members of the global community of ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Greenland: National Politics versus Geopolitics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/21/keith-rankin-analysis-greenland-national-politics-versus-geopolitics/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Greenland: National Politics versus Geopolitics">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2026
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on January 21, 2026.
