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ER Report: A Roundup of Significant Articles on EveningReport.nz for December 1, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on December 1, 2025.
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Are UN climate summits a waste of time? No, but they are in dire need of reform
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Arthur Wyns, Research fellow, The University of Melbourne The United Nations’ global climate summit has finished for another year. Some progress was made in Brazil on climate finance and adaptation. But efforts to end reliance on fossil fuels were stymied by – you guessed it – fossil ... <a title="Are UN climate summits a waste of time? No, but they are in dire need of reform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/are-un-climate-summits-a-waste-of-time-no-but-they-are-in-dire-need-of-reform-270457/" aria-label="Read more about Are UN climate summits a waste of time? No, but they are in dire need of reform">Read more</a>
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A global tax crackdown is coming for crypto – including NZ trades worth billions
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Olena Onishchenko, Senior Lecturer in Finance, University of Otago Getty Images For over a decade, cryptocurrency has been synonymous with a promise of freedom: access to a decentralised digital realm operating beyond the reach of traditional banks and governments. That promise is about to be broken. A ... <a title="A global tax crackdown is coming for crypto – including NZ trades worth billions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/a-global-tax-crackdown-is-coming-for-crypto-including-nz-trades-worth-billions-270785/" aria-label="Read more about A global tax crackdown is coming for crypto – including NZ trades worth billions">Read more</a>
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Passing on a family business isn’t easy. Here’s why – and what factors predict success
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Francesco Chirico, Professor of Strategy and Family Business, Macquarie University Maskot/Getty Earlier this year, the world watched with interest as the Murdoch family’s real-life Succession drama came to a close. Media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s children – eyeing an empire estimated to be worth more than US$20 billion ... <a title="Passing on a family business isn’t easy. Here’s why – and what factors predict success" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/passing-on-a-family-business-isnt-easy-heres-why-and-what-factors-predict-success-270063/" aria-label="Read more about Passing on a family business isn’t easy. Here’s why – and what factors predict success">Read more</a>
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‘It’s wanting to know that makes us matter’: how Tom Stoppard made us all philosophers
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fergus Edwards, Lecturer in English, University of Tasmania Tom Stoppard, who has died at 88, was one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful playwrights of our age. He won his first Tony Award for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead in 1968, and his last for ... <a title="‘It’s wanting to know that makes us matter’: how Tom Stoppard made us all philosophers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/its-wanting-to-know-that-makes-us-matter-how-tom-stoppard-made-us-all-philosophers-270952/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It’s wanting to know that makes us matter’: how Tom Stoppard made us all philosophers">Read more</a>
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56 million years ago, the Earth suddenly heated up – and many plants stopped working properly
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vera Korasidis, Lecturer in Environmental Geoscience, The University of Melbourne Around 56 million years ago, Earth suddenly got much hotter. Over about 5,000 years, the amount of carbon in the atmosphere drastically increased and global temperatures shot up by some 6°C. As we show in new research ... <a title="56 million years ago, the Earth suddenly heated up – and many plants stopped working properly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/56-million-years-ago-the-earth-suddenly-heated-up-and-many-plants-stopped-working-properly-270291/" aria-label="Read more about 56 million years ago, the Earth suddenly heated up – and many plants stopped working properly">Read more</a>
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Four Papuan activists jailed on treason charges – NZ advocate says ‘abuse of law’
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific reporter Four Papuan political prisoners have been sentenced to seven months’ imprisonment on treason charges. But a West Papua independence advocate says Indonesia is using its law to silence opposition. In April this year, letters were delivered to government institutions in Sorong West Papua, asking for peaceful dialogue between Indonesia’s ... <a title="Four Papuan activists jailed on treason charges – NZ advocate says ‘abuse of law’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/four-papuan-activists-jailed-on-treason-charges-nz-advocate-says-abuse-of-law/" aria-label="Read more about Four Papuan activists jailed on treason charges – NZ advocate says ‘abuse of law’">Read more</a>
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‘Make the platforms safer’: what young people really think about the social media ban
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kim Osman, Senior Research Associate, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology Canva/Pexels/The Conversation, CC BY-SA From next Wednesday, thousands of young Australians under 16 will lose access to their accounts across ten social media platforms, as the teen social media ban takes effect. What do ... <a title="‘Make the platforms safer’: what young people really think about the social media ban" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/make-the-platforms-safer-what-young-people-really-think-about-the-social-media-ban-270159/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Make the platforms safer’: what young people really think about the social media ban">Read more</a>
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Is Australia in a youth crime crisis? Here’s what the numbers say
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Simpson, Associate Professor in Criminology, Macquarie University Youth crime is never far from the public consciousness, but Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan’s announcement of “adult time for violent crime” has brought the issue back into sharp focus. The proposed changes would see children as young as 14 ... <a title="Is Australia in a youth crime crisis? Here’s what the numbers say" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/is-australia-in-a-youth-crime-crisis-heres-what-the-numbers-say-270375/" aria-label="Read more about Is Australia in a youth crime crisis? Here’s what the numbers say">Read more</a>
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Why dating your therapist is never OK
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chelsea Arnold, Clinical Psychologist and Research Fellow (Lead Clinician), Monash University taylor hernandez/Unsplash In the Netflix show Nobody Wants This Morgan begins a relationship with her therapist Dr Andy. Morgan’s sister Joanne and the rest of Morgan’s family are concerned about the relationship. But the TV show ... <a title="Why dating your therapist is never OK" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/why-dating-your-therapist-is-never-ok-269512/" aria-label="Read more about Why dating your therapist is never OK">Read more</a>
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NZ now has a narrow window to stop the Asian yellow-legged hornet – here’s how everyone can help
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phil Lester, Professor of Ecology and Entomology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Jonathan Raa/Getty Images The first Asian yellow-legged hornets observed in Auckland in winter were two old and slow males. Many people were concerned and worried. Now, at the end of spring, what ... <a title="NZ now has a narrow window to stop the Asian yellow-legged hornet – here’s how everyone can help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/nz-now-has-a-narrow-window-to-stop-the-asian-yellow-legged-hornet-heres-how-everyone-can-help-270800/" aria-label="Read more about NZ now has a narrow window to stop the Asian yellow-legged hornet – here’s how everyone can help">Read more</a>
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Should anti-bullying approaches encourage kids to be ‘upstanders’? The evidence is not clear
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karyn Healy, Honorary Principal Research Fellow in Psychology, The University of Queensland Wander Women Collective/ Getty Images School bullying is one of the most serious issues facing Australian schools. Students who are bullied can be left psychologically and emotionally devastated for years afterwards. Last month, the federal ... <a title="Should anti-bullying approaches encourage kids to be ‘upstanders’? The evidence is not clear" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/01/should-anti-bullying-approaches-encourage-kids-to-be-upstanders-the-evidence-is-not-clear-270660/" aria-label="Read more about Should anti-bullying approaches encourage kids to be ‘upstanders’? The evidence is not clear">Read more</a>