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June 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brodie Fraser, Senior Research Fellow, He Kāinga Oranga Housing and Health Research Programme, University of Otago Sangar Akreyi/Getty Images People who belong to the LGBTIQ+ community say flatting is fraught with difficulties that go well beyond learning new routines and sharing space with strangers. Our new research ... <a title="Kicked out for coming out: more than half of LGBTIQ+ flatmates face discrimination for their identity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/19/kicked-out-for-coming-out-more-than-half-of-lgbtiq-flatmates-face-discrimination-for-their-identity-259133/" aria-label="Read more about Kicked out for coming out: more than half of LGBTIQ+ flatmates face discrimination for their identity">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Lashmar, Reader in Journalism, City St George’s, University of London ‘Planting the sugar-cane’: vast fortunes were made from the trades in both sugar and human slaves in the Americas. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library Rich ... <a title="Tracing the Drax family’s millions – a story of British landed gentry, slavery and sugar plantations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/19/tracing-the-drax-familys-millions-a-story-of-british-landed-gentry-slavery-and-sugar-plantations-257376/" aria-label="Read more about Tracing the Drax family’s millions – a story of British landed gentry, slavery and sugar plantations">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Waddell, Associate Professor in Twentieth-Century Literature, University of Birmingham George Orwell had a traumatic relationship with the sea. In August 1947, while he was writing Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) on the island of Jura in the Scottish Hebrides, he went on a fishing trip with his young ... <a title="Nineteen Eighty-Four might have been inspired by George Orwell’s fear of drowning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/19/nineteen-eighty-four-might-have-been-inspired-by-george-orwells-fear-of-drowning-251289/" aria-label="Read more about Nineteen Eighty-Four might have been inspired by George Orwell’s fear of drowning">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Olivier Sterck, Associate professor, University of Oxford Humanitarian needs are rising around the world. At the same time, major donors such as the US and the UK are pulling back support, placing increasing strain on already overstretched aid systems. Global humanitarian needs have quadrupled since 2015, driven ... <a title="What happens when aid is cut to a large refugee camp? Kenyan study paints a bleak picture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/19/what-happens-when-aid-is-cut-to-a-large-refugee-camp-kenyan-study-paints-a-bleak-picture-259055/" aria-label="Read more about What happens when aid is cut to a large refugee camp? Kenyan study paints a bleak picture">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Foulds, Associate Professor of Information Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Someone altered the AI chatbot Grok to make it insert text about a debunked conspiracy theory in unrelated responses. Cheng Xin/Getty Images The AI chatbot Grok spent one day in May 2025 spreading debunked conspiracy ... <a title="Grok’s ‘white genocide’ responses show how generative AI can be weaponized" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/19/groks-white-genocide-responses-show-how-generative-ai-can-be-weaponized-257880/" aria-label="Read more about Grok’s ‘white genocide’ responses show how generative AI can be weaponized">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images While the world’s media is largely focused on conflict in the Middle East, the focus for many Australians remains at home, with the government preparing the long task ahead of trying to lift Australia’s productivity. Last week, ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: an ‘impatient’ Jim Chalmers on taking political risks in Labor’s second term" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/politics-with-michelle-grattan-an-impatient-jim-chalmers-on-taking-political-risks-in-labors-second-term-259269/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: an ‘impatient’ Jim Chalmers on taking political risks in Labor’s second term">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Jim Chalmers speaking to the National Press Club June 18, 2025. Screenshot from the ABC Broadcast, CC BY-NC Jim Chalmers cast his Wednesday National Press Club speech as a second instalment in a two-part presentation that was kicked off by ... <a title="View from The Hill: Jim Chalmers wants to get on with economic reform and tax is in his sights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/view-from-the-hill-jim-chalmers-wants-to-get-on-with-economic-reform-and-tax-is-in-his-sights-258973/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Jim Chalmers wants to get on with economic reform and tax is in his sights">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amin Saikal, Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies, Australian National University; and Vice Chancellor’s Strategic Fellow, Victoria University Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has gone beyond his initial aim of destroying Iran’s ability to produce nuclear weapons. He has called on the Iranian people ... <a title="Iran’s long history of revolution, defiance and outside interference – and why its future is so uncertain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/irans-long-history-of-revolution-defiance-and-outside-interference-and-why-its-future-is-so-uncertain-259270/" aria-label="Read more about Iran’s long history of revolution, defiance and outside interference – and why its future is so uncertain">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Ninety-five New Zealand lawyers — including nine king’s counsel — have signed a letter demanding Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, Foreign Minister Winston Peters and two other ministers urge the government to take a stronger stand against Israel’s “catastrophic” actions in Gaza. The letter has been sent amid rising tensions in the region, ... <a title="95 lawyers demand stronger NZ stand over Israel amid Middle East tensions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/95-lawyers-demand-stronger-nz-stand-over-israel-amid-middle-east-tensions/" aria-label="Read more about 95 lawyers demand stronger NZ stand over Israel amid Middle East tensions">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yasmin Mowat, Clinical Project Manager, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney AnnaStills/Getty Images Many gay and bisexual men have been excluded from donating blood and plasma (the liquid portion of blood) for decades because of rules developed during the HIV crisis in the 1980s. The Australian Red Cross’ blood ... <a title="Gay and bisexual men will soon be able to donate blood and plasma" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/gay-and-bisexual-men-will-soon-be-able-to-donate-blood-and-plasma-259136/" aria-label="Read more about Gay and bisexual men will soon be able to donate blood and plasma">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amin Saikal, Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies, Australian National University; and Vice Chancellor’s Strategic Fellow, Victoria University Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has gone beyond his initial aim of destroying Iran’s ability to produce nuclear weapons. He has called on the Iranian people ... <a title="Iran’s long history of revolution, defiance and outside interference – and why its future so uncertain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/irans-long-history-of-revolution-defiance-and-outside-interference-and-why-its-future-so-uncertain-259270/" aria-label="Read more about Iran’s long history of revolution, defiance and outside interference – and why its future so uncertain">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shannon Bosch, Associate Professor (Law), Edith Cowan University Israel’s major military operation against Iran has targeted its nuclear program, including its facilities and scientists, as well as its military leadership. In response, the United Nations Security Council has quickly convened an emergency sitting. There, the Israeli ambassador ... <a title="Are Israel’s actions in Iran illegal? Could it be called self-defence? An international law expert explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/18/are-israels-actions-in-iran-illegal-could-it-be-called-self-defence-an-international-law-expert-explains-259259/" aria-label="Read more about Are Israel’s actions in Iran illegal? Could it be called self-defence? An international law expert explains">Read more</a>
