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ER Report: A Roundup of Significant Articles on EveningReport.nz for July 28, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on July 28, 2025.
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Showing happiness brings social rewards, but the opposite can happen if people feel pressured to appear happy
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dan Weijers, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Co-editor International Journal of Wellbeing, University of Waikato Getty Images Happiness has many social benefits. Happy people tend to be healthier and more successful. They are also more helpful and others often view them more positively, making it easier for them ... <a title="Showing happiness brings social rewards, but the opposite can happen if people feel pressured to appear happy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/28/showing-happiness-brings-social-rewards-but-the-opposite-can-happen-if-people-feel-pressured-to-appear-happy-261752/" aria-label="Read more about Showing happiness brings social rewards, but the opposite can happen if people feel pressured to appear happy">Read more</a>
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Poor mental health often plays a role in adults killing children. But it is primarily about violence
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Teague, Associate Dean of Engagement, Murdoch University Recently, two babies died on opposite sides of the country. The first was a seven-month-old boy, found dead after being retrieved from a lake in rural Queensland. A second baby, a six-month-old girl was found dead in Perth, Western ... <a title="Poor mental health often plays a role in adults killing children. But it is primarily about violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/28/poor-mental-health-often-plays-a-role-in-adults-killing-children-but-it-is-primarily-about-violence-261381/" aria-label="Read more about Poor mental health often plays a role in adults killing children. But it is primarily about violence">Read more</a>
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UN climate chief tells Australia to ‘go big’ with its 2035 emissions reduction target
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The United Nations Climate Change Executive Secretary, Simon Stiell, has urged the Australian government to set an ambitious 2035 emissions reduction target, declaring “bog standard is beneath you”. In a Monday speech, Stiell says, “don’t settle for what’s easy. Go ... <a title="UN climate chief tells Australia to ‘go big’ with its 2035 emissions reduction target" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/28/un-climate-chief-tells-australia-to-go-big-with-its-2035-emissions-reduction-target-262027/" aria-label="Read more about UN climate chief tells Australia to ‘go big’ with its 2035 emissions reduction target">Read more</a>
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Does yellow mucus mean you need antibiotics? What phlegm can – and can’t – say about your health
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lynn Nazareth, Research Scientist in Olfactory Biology, CSIRO Violeta Stoimenova/Getty When you’re sick you’ll often produce more phlegm, and might notice it’s thicker or a different colour: white, green, yellow or maybe even brown. What can this phlegm – also called mucus, snot, sputum, catarrh and booger ... <a title="Does yellow mucus mean you need antibiotics? What phlegm can – and can’t – say about your health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/28/does-yellow-mucus-mean-you-need-antibiotics-what-phlegm-can-and-cant-say-about-your-health-257317/" aria-label="Read more about Does yellow mucus mean you need antibiotics? What phlegm can – and can’t – say about your health">Read more</a>
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A look into the decades of labour that helped bring LGBTQIA+ stories to Australian TV
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Damien O’Meara, Lecturer, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University A Place to Call Home/IMDB When the Seven Network’s Bevan Lee created the story of James Bligh, a gay man living in 1950s Australia, in A Place to Call Home (2013–18), it was the culmination of a ... <a title="A look into the decades of labour that helped bring LGBTQIA+ stories to Australian TV" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/28/a-look-into-the-decades-of-labour-that-helped-bring-lgbtqia-stories-to-australian-tv-261670/" aria-label="Read more about A look into the decades of labour that helped bring LGBTQIA+ stories to Australian TV">Read more</a>
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Women’s rugby is booming, but safety relies on borrowed assumptions from the men’s game
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathryn Dane, Postdoctoral associate, University of Calgary Rugby union, commonly known as just rugby, is a fast-paced and physical team sport. More girls and women in Canada and around the world are playing it now than ever before. As of 2021, women’s rugby reached a record 2.7 ... <a title="Women’s rugby is booming, but safety relies on borrowed assumptions from the men’s game" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/28/womens-rugby-is-booming-but-safety-relies-on-borrowed-assumptions-from-the-mens-game-261055/" aria-label="Read more about Women’s rugby is booming, but safety relies on borrowed assumptions from the men’s game">Read more</a>
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How Marvel’s Fantastic Four discovered the human in the superhuman
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By J. Andrew Deman, Professor of English, University of Waterloo The Fantastic Four: First Steps is the second cinematic reboot of the Fantastic Four franchise, and there’s a lot riding on this film. While cinema-goers have responded enthusiastically to many of the films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, ... <a title="How Marvel’s Fantastic Four discovered the human in the superhuman" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/28/how-marvels-fantastic-four-discovered-the-human-in-the-superhuman-260883/" aria-label="Read more about How Marvel’s Fantastic Four discovered the human in the superhuman">Read more</a>
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Uganda’s land eviction crisis: do populist state measures actually fix problems?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rose Nakayi, Senior Lecturer of Law, Makerere University Populism is rife in various African countries. This political ideology responds to and takes advantage of a situation where a large section of people feels exploited, marginalised or disempowered. It sets up “the people” against “the other”. It promises ... <a title="Uganda’s land eviction crisis: do populist state measures actually fix problems?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/28/ugandas-land-eviction-crisis-do-populist-state-measures-actually-fix-problems-260512/" aria-label="Read more about Uganda’s land eviction crisis: do populist state measures actually fix problems?">Read more</a>
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Keith Rankin Analysis – Representation versus Reality; Reaching a Low Point
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Have you noticed how, in New Zealand news items and weather reports, Nelson and Marlborough are called the “top” of the South Island rather than the ‘north’ of that island. We also get phrases such as the “lower North Island” and the “upper North Island”. And New Zealand’s narrators regularly refer ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Representation versus Reality; Reaching a Low Point" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/28/keith-rankin-analysis-representation-versus-reality-reaching-a-low-point/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Representation versus Reality; Reaching a Low Point">Read more</a>
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Barnaby Joyce wants Australia to abandon net zero – but his 4 central claims don’t stack up
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ella Vines, Post-doctoral researcher, Green Lab, Monash University One-time Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce sought to dominate the first sitting week of the current federal parliament by proposing a divisive plan to reverse Australia’s net zero emissions target. The campaign, backed by fellow former Nationals leader Michael McCormack, ... <a title="Barnaby Joyce wants Australia to abandon net zero – but his 4 central claims don’t stack up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/28/barnaby-joyce-wants-australia-to-abandon-net-zero-but-his-4-central-claims-dont-stack-up-261837/" aria-label="Read more about Barnaby Joyce wants Australia to abandon net zero – but his 4 central claims don’t stack up">Read more</a>
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‘We pose no threat – our aim is to break the siege’: Tan Safi on joining the Handala Gaza flotilla
No New Zealanders were on board the Handala in the latest arrest and abductions of Freedom Flotilla crew on humanitarian siege-busting missions to Gaza. However, two Australians were and one talks to The New Arab just before the attack on Saturday. INTERVIEW: By Sebastian Shehadi The Handala, a 1968 Norwegian trawler repurposed by the Freedom ... <a title="‘We pose no threat – our aim is to break the siege’: Tan Safi on joining the Handala Gaza flotilla" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/28/we-pose-no-threat-our-aim-is-to-break-the-siege-tan-safi-on-joining-the-handala-gaza-flotilla/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We pose no threat – our aim is to break the siege’: Tan Safi on joining the Handala Gaza flotilla">Read more</a>