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May 12, 2026
By Kate Newton, RNZ News climate change correspondent The political activist suing major New Zealand emitters over climate change damage says a law change blocking his case and others like it is “an affront to democracy”. The government announced yesterday it would amend climate laws to prevent companies from being sued over damage caused by ... <a title="‘Affront to democracy’ – NZ law change halts landmark climate crisis lawsuit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/12/affront-to-democracy-nz-law-change-halts-landmark-climate-crisis-lawsuit/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Affront to democracy’ – NZ law change halts landmark climate crisis lawsuit">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Formosa, Professor and Head of the Department of Philosophy, and Co-Director of the Macquire University Ethics & Agency Research Centre, Macquarie University Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, runs the most subscribed-to YouTube channel in the world (with 484 million subscribers) and has an estimated net ... <a title="‘Poverty porn’: the moral dilemma behind MrBeast’s billion-dollar empire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/12/poverty-porn-the-moral-dilemma-behind-mrbeasts-billion-dollar-empire-282050/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Poverty porn’: the moral dilemma behind MrBeast’s billion-dollar empire">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2026
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on May 12, 2026.
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May 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deborah Shnookal, Research fellow, Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies, The University of Melbourne For months, US President Donald Trump has been fixated on Cuba. He’s issued threats and imposed additional sanctions on the island. The US military has conducted dozens of intelligence-gathering flights off the ... <a title="Why is the US so obsessed with controlling Cuba?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/12/why-is-the-us-so-obsessed-with-controlling-cuba-280729/" aria-label="Read more about Why is the US so obsessed with controlling Cuba?">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By George Mihaylov, Senior Lecturer in Finance, Adelaide University Do you ever feel like everything is getting more expensive, everywhere, all at once? You’re not alone. Australians have been grappling with a cost-of-living crisis since the pandemic. Last year, it briefly began to look like inflation might finally ... <a title="Feeling the pinch? Here are some ways to find savings – and even fight inflation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/12/feeling-the-pinch-here-are-some-ways-to-find-savings-and-even-fight-inflation-282142/" aria-label="Read more about Feeling the pinch? Here are some ways to find savings – and even fight inflation">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2026
RNZ Pacific Fiji’s military chief has made a public admission at a church service that the institution was “at fault” for the death of Jone Vakarisi while he was in military custody. Local media reported that Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) commander Ro Jone Kalaouniwai, while addressing officers at a military family service, admitted ... <a title="Fiji army commander admits military ‘at fault’ for custody death" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/12/fiji-army-commander-admits-military-at-fault-for-custody-death/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji army commander admits military ‘at fault’ for custody death">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rhys Parry, Research Fellow, Virology, The University of Queensland For many people, news of a virus outbreak on a cruise ship immediately brings back memories of COVID spreading when the Ruby Princess docked in Sydney in March 2020. Of the passengers and crew who disembarked, 575 had ... <a title="Hantavirus is very different to COVID. Here’s why the ‘Andes virus’ won’t cause the next pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/12/hantavirus-is-very-different-to-covid-heres-why-the-andes-virus-wont-cause-the-next-pandemic-282595/" aria-label="Read more about Hantavirus is very different to COVID. Here’s why the ‘Andes virus’ won’t cause the next pandemic">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Meehan, Director NZ Policy Research Institute, Auckland University of Technology The government’s decision to scrap the one-year fees-free tertiary scheme in this month’s Budget will be contentious. Some will see it as a sensible saving, others as another blow to students facing high living costs. But ... <a title="NZ’s costly fees-free scheme did little to widen access to tertiary education – new study" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/12/nzs-costly-fees-free-scheme-did-little-to-widen-access-to-tertiary-education-new-study-282587/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s costly fees-free scheme did little to widen access to tertiary education – new study">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2026
In a fawning softball 60 Minutes interview released on Sunday, Benjamin Netanyahu stressed the importance of winning “the propaganda war” on social media. This comes as Israel moves to quadruple its propaganda budget to $730 million a year. Major Garrett (which apparently is a real name belonging to a real guy who works for 60 ... <a title="Netanyahu stresses the need for more propaganda as Israel’s Hasbara budget soars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/12/netanyahu-stresses-the-need-for-more-propaganda-as-israels-hasbara-budget-soars/" aria-label="Read more about Netanyahu stresses the need for more propaganda as Israel’s Hasbara budget soars">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Orlando, Researcher, Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University Are you surrounded by screens? Today, we rely on technology to do everything from sending emails to ordering food. But being constantly connected can leave us physically and mentally exhausted. That’s why some people are doing “digital detoxes”, the ... <a title="What is a ‘digital detox’ and will it make me healthier?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/12/what-is-a-digital-detox-and-will-it-make-me-healthier-280135/" aria-label="Read more about What is a ‘digital detox’ and will it make me healthier?">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tanya Latty, Associate Professor in Entomology, University of Sydney Imagine trying to build a house without a blueprint, find a shortcut through an unfamiliar city without a map, or govern a large organisation with no leaders and no meetings. It sounds impossible. Yet tiny-brained ants, working without ... <a title="In an ant colony, the queen isn’t in charge. So who is?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/12/in-an-ant-colony-the-queen-isnt-in-charge-so-who-is-278196/" aria-label="Read more about In an ant colony, the queen isn’t in charge. So who is?">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rana Mitter, Professor of U.S.-Asia Relations, Harvard Kennedy School Meetings between Chinese and American leaders are not exactly routine, but few are historically groundbreaking. The exceptions include the very first visit by a sitting U.S. president to China, when Richard Nixon met with Chairman Mao Zedong in ... <a title="Trump-Xi summit will be no ‘Nixon in China’ moment – that they are talking is enough for now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/12/trump-xi-summit-will-be-no-nixon-in-china-moment-that-they-are-talking-is-enough-for-now-282295/" aria-label="Read more about Trump-Xi summit will be no ‘Nixon in China’ moment – that they are talking is enough for now">Read more</a>
