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June 6, 2025
By Christina Persico, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor Fiji’s Minister for Health and Medical Services has revealed the latest HIV numbers in the country to a development partner roundtable discussing the national response. The minister reported 490 new HIV cases between October and December last year, bringing the 2024 total to 1583. “Included in this number ... <a title="‘HIV shouldn’t be death sentence in Fiji’ – call for testing amid outbreak" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/06/hiv-shouldnt-be-death-sentence-in-fiji-call-for-testing-amid-outbreak/" aria-label="Read more about ‘HIV shouldn’t be death sentence in Fiji’ – call for testing amid outbreak">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Rose, Professor in Transport Engineering, Monash Institute of Transport Studies, Monash University nazar_ab/Getty Last weekend a pedestrian in Perth tragically died after being struck by an e-scooter. This followed the death of another person in Victoria last month who was hit and killed by a modified ... <a title="E-bikes and e-scooters are popular – but dangerous. A transport expert explains how to make them safer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/06/e-bikes-and-e-scooters-are-popular-but-dangerous-a-transport-expert-explains-how-to-make-them-safer-257126/" aria-label="Read more about E-bikes and e-scooters are popular – but dangerous. A transport expert explains how to make them safer">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sasha Grishin, Adjunct Professor of Art History, Australian National University Installation view of French Impressionism from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston on display from June 6 to October 5, at NGV International, Melbourne. Photo: Sean Fennessy Impressionism is the world’s favourite art movement. Impressionist paintings create ... <a title="‘There are too many unpleasant things in life without creating more’: why Impressionism is the world’s favourite art movement" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/06/there-are-too-many-unpleasant-things-in-life-without-creating-more-why-impressionism-is-the-worlds-favourite-art-movement-253031/" aria-label="Read more about ‘There are too many unpleasant things in life without creating more’: why Impressionism is the world’s favourite art movement">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stuart Murray, Associate Professor, International Relations and Diplomacy, Bond University Sean Garnsworthy/ALLSPORT Since coming to power in 2022, the Albanese government has focused strongly on the Indo-Pacific. The prime minister’s recent trip to Indonesia was the latest high-level bilateral summit as Australia seeks to recalibrate relationships, enhance ... <a title="‘Deadly’ sports diplomacy: why Australia’s Indigenous people must be a part of our sports strategy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/06/deadly-sports-diplomacy-why-australias-indigenous-people-must-be-a-part-of-our-sports-strategy-257542/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Deadly’ sports diplomacy: why Australia’s Indigenous people must be a part of our sports strategy">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Welch, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau RyanJLane/Getty Images As part of its resource management reforms, the government will soon allow “super-sized granny flats” to be built without consent – potentially adding 13,000 dwellings over the next decade to provide “families ... <a title="Making it easier to build a granny flat makes sense – but it’s no solution to a housing crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/06/making-it-easier-to-build-a-granny-flat-makes-sense-but-its-no-solution-to-a-housing-crisis-258185/" aria-label="Read more about Making it easier to build a granny flat makes sense – but it’s no solution to a housing crisis">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Musgrave, Senior lecturer in Pharmacology, University of Adelaide Peeradontax/Shutterstock Mould in houses is unsightly and may cause unpleasant odours. More important though, mould has been linked to a range of health effects – especially triggering asthma. However, is mould exposure linked to a serious lung disease ... <a title="Is black mould really as bad for us as we think? A toxicologist explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/06/is-black-mould-really-as-bad-for-us-as-we-think-a-toxicologist-explains-258173/" aria-label="Read more about Is black mould really as bad for us as we think? A toxicologist explains">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joseph Ibrahim, Professor, Aged Care Medical Research Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care, La Trobe University Wbmul/Shutterstock The Coroners Court of Victoria is undertaking an inquest into the deaths of eight aged care residents across six facilities, over a nine-month period in 2021. Each death occurred ... <a title="Resident-to-resident aggression is common in nursing homes. Here’s how we can improve residents’ safety" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/06/resident-to-resident-aggression-is-common-in-nursing-homes-heres-how-we-can-improve-residents-safety-257818/" aria-label="Read more about Resident-to-resident aggression is common in nursing homes. Here’s how we can improve residents’ safety">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ana M. M. Sequeira, Associate Professor, Research School of Biology, Australian National University Alexandra Vautin, Shutterstock Big animals of the ocean go about their days mostly hidden from view. Scientists know this marine megafauna – such as whales, sharks, seal, turtles and birds – travel vast distances ... <a title="We tracked 13,000 giants of the ocean over 30 years, to uncover their hidden highways" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/06/we-tracked-13-000-giants-of-the-ocean-over-30-years-to-uncover-their-hidden-highways-254610/" aria-label="Read more about We tracked 13,000 giants of the ocean over 30 years, to uncover their hidden highways">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Roberts, Professor of Education and Social Justice, Monash University Taiki Ishikawa/ Unsplash, CC BY Every school around Australia is almost certain to have students who are victim-survivors of family and domestic violence. The 2023 Australian Child Maltreatment Study found neglect and physical, sexual and emotional abuse ... <a title="‘No one knew what was happening’: new research shows how domestic violence harms young people’s schooling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/06/no-one-knew-what-was-happening-new-research-shows-how-domestic-violence-harms-young-peoples-schooling-256890/" aria-label="Read more about ‘No one knew what was happening’: new research shows how domestic violence harms young people’s schooling">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2025
By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent Three staffers from Papua New Guinea’s peak anti-corruption body are embroiled in a standoff that has brought into question the integrity of the organisation. Police Commissioner David Manning has confirmed that he received a formal complaint. Commissioner Manning said that initial inquiries were underway to inform the “sensitive ... <a title="Internal tensions throw PNG anti-corruption body into crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/05/internal-tensions-throw-png-anti-corruption-body-into-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Internal tensions throw PNG anti-corruption body into crisis">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Hortle, Deputy Director, Tasmanian Policy Exchange, University of Tasmania Tasmania’s Liberal government and its premier, Jeremy Rockliff, have come under huge pressure since the state budget was handed down last week. It’s culminated in the Tasmanian House of Assembly voting to pass a motion of no ... <a title="Tasmania could go to an election just 16 months after its last one. What’s going on?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/05/tasmania-could-go-to-an-election-just-16-months-after-its-last-one-whats-going-on-258180/" aria-label="Read more about Tasmania could go to an election just 16 months after its last one. What’s going on?">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese loves a trophy, especially a human one. He prides himself on his various “captain’s pick” candidates – good campaigners he has steered into seats. Way back in the Gillard days, he was key in persuading discontented Liberal Peter ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Albanese will need some nuance in facing a female opposition leader" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/05/grattan-on-friday-albanese-will-need-some-nuance-in-facing-a-female-opposition-leader-257338/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Albanese will need some nuance in facing a female opposition leader">Read more</a>
