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November 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tijl Grootswagers, ARC DECRA Senior Research Fellow in Cognitive Neuroscience, Western Sydney University Every November, Black Friday arrives with big claims of massive savings and “one-day-only” deals. We are bombarded with offers that seem too good to pass up. But beneath all this lies something far more ... <a title="Here’s what Black Friday sales shopping does to your brain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/heres-what-black-friday-sales-shopping-does-to-your-brain-269591/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s what Black Friday sales shopping does to your brain">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Pacific climate leaders are disappointed that Australia has lost the bid to host the United Nations Climate Conference, COP31, in 2026. Palau’s President Surangel Whipps Jr said he was “deeply disappointed” by the outcome. Australia had campaigned for years for the meeting to be held in its country, and ... <a title="Pacific climate leaders ‘deeply disappointed’ as Australia loses bid to host COP31" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/pacific-climate-leaders-deeply-disappointed-as-australia-loses-bid-to-host-cop31/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific climate leaders ‘deeply disappointed’ as Australia loses bid to host COP31">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk A rift within New Caledonia’s pro-independence movement has further widened after the second component of the “moderates”, the UPM (Progressist Union in Melanesia), has officially announced it has now left the once united Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS). The UPM announcement, at a press ... <a title="New Caledonia’s pro-independence split widens – another party quits FLNKS" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/new-caledonias-pro-independence-split-widens-another-party-quits-flnks/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia’s pro-independence split widens – another party quits FLNKS">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew King, ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor in Climate Science, ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather, The University of Melbourne Hugo Abad / Getty Images The 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference (sometimes referred to as COP30) is taking place in Brazil. Amid all ... <a title="What do we know about climate change? How do we know it? And where are we headed?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/what-do-we-know-about-climate-change-how-do-we-know-it-and-where-are-we-headed-270070/" aria-label="Read more about What do we know about climate change? How do we know it? And where are we headed?">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Barbara Brookes, Professor Emerita of History, University of Otago Portrait of Sir Truby King by Mary Tripe, circa 1935. Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images Four days after Plunket founder Sir Truby King’s funeral on February 12 1938, the Auckland Weekly News printed a montage of photographs ... <a title="Did Plunket founder Truby King really believe in eugenics? History isn’t that simple" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/did-plunket-founder-truby-king-really-believe-in-eugenics-history-isnt-that-simple-269187/" aria-label="Read more about Did Plunket founder Truby King really believe in eugenics? History isn’t that simple">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ronnie Das, Associate Professor in Data Science, Sports Analytics and AI, The University of Western Australia; Audencia The Ashes is one of cricket’s fiercest rivalries and dates back to 1882, when England lost to Australia for the first time on home soil. So outraged were English cricket ... <a title="The ‘Bazball’ game style has revolutionised English cricket. Australia should be nervous" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/the-bazball-game-style-has-revolutionised-english-cricket-australia-should-be-nervous-267864/" aria-label="Read more about The ‘Bazball’ game style has revolutionised English cricket. Australia should be nervous">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Dahlen, Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University Layland Masuda/Getty Images If you’re looking on social media for information and experiences of giving birth at home, you’ll find widely varied content. On the one hand, you’ll find women who ... <a title="What’s the difference between a home birth and a free birth?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/whats-the-difference-between-a-home-birth-and-a-free-birth-268883/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the difference between a home birth and a free birth?">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniele Fulvi, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Western Sydney University Yuji Sakai/Getty As the climate crisis accelerates, there’s a desperate need to rapidly reduce carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, both by slashing emissions and by pulling carbon out of the air. Synthetic biology has emerged as a particularly ... <a title="Engineered microbes could tackle climate change – if we ensure it’s done safely" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/engineered-microbes-could-tackle-climate-change-if-we-ensure-its-done-safely-266584/" aria-label="Read more about Engineered microbes could tackle climate change – if we ensure it’s done safely">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Way, Associate Professor in Primary and Early Childhood Mathematics Education, University of Sydney Sydney Bourne/ AAP If you ask a small child a simple maths question, such as 4+2, they may count on their fingers to work it out. Should we encourage young children to do ... <a title="A new study shows little kids who count on their fingers do better at maths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/a-new-study-shows-little-kids-who-count-on-their-fingers-do-better-at-maths-270259/" aria-label="Read more about A new study shows little kids who count on their fingers do better at maths">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Head, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra The Australian Capital Territory and Queensland have won bragging rights for having the fastest growing economies in Australia in 2024-25. Their growth was highlighted in annual data on gross state product (GSP), released by the Australian Bureau ... <a title="New data shows the ACT and Queensland economies are beating the rest of the nation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/new-data-shows-the-act-and-queensland-economies-are-beating-the-rest-of-the-nation-270068/" aria-label="Read more about New data shows the ACT and Queensland economies are beating the rest of the nation">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Howard, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney Criterion Collection Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom is turning 50. One of cinema’s most notorious films, Salò continues to be approached with trepidation – if approached at all. Adapted from ... <a title="Cinema’s most notorious film: Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Salò turns 50" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/cinemas-most-notorious-film-pier-paolo-pasolinis-salo-turns-50-267432/" aria-label="Read more about Cinema’s most notorious film: Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Salò turns 50">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Entrepreneurs, professionals, families and community leaders from across Aotearoa New Zealand came together last night for the inaugural Fiji Business Awards NZ, reports Webfit News. Hosted by the Fiji Business Network (NZ) at Auckland’s Remuera Club and backed by platinum sponsor Bunnings Trade, the evening was a reminder that many Fiji businesses ... <a title="Fiji Business Awards celebrate big achievements from humble beginnings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/fiji-business-awards-celebrate-big-achievements-from-humble-beginnings/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji Business Awards celebrate big achievements from humble beginnings">Read more</a>
