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January 26, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sandra van der Laan, Professor of Accounting, University of Sydney Photo by DEAD GOOD LEGACIES/Sarah Johnson Photography on Unsplash All of us, sooner or later, will need to make a decision about the final resting place for ourselves or a loved one. But the usual options offered ... <a title="Human composting, natural burials, water cremation: greener ways to go when you die" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/26/human-composting-natural-burials-water-cremation-greener-ways-to-go-when-you-die-270969/" aria-label="Read more about Human composting, natural burials, water cremation: greener ways to go when you die">Read more</a>
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January 26, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fiona Boylan, Senior Lecturer, School of Education, Edith Cowan University Wander Women Collective/ Getty Images Starting school is a big moment in a child’s life. It is a time filled with new routines, new people and new places. These changes can also mean it is sometimes a ... <a title="Practise using bags and lunchboxes: how to build your child’s confidence as they start school" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/26/practise-using-bags-and-lunchboxes-how-to-build-your-childs-confidence-as-they-start-school-273800/" aria-label="Read more about Practise using bags and lunchboxes: how to build your child’s confidence as they start school">Read more</a>
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January 26, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wendy Scaife, Adjunct Associate Professor and Director, Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies, Queensland University of Technology Budrul Chukrut/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Few people globally have influenced business, sport, the environment and philanthropy like Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard. Chouinard’s inventive approach across these spheres makes ... <a title="How this ‘dirtbag’ billionaire chose to do capitalism differently" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/26/how-this-dirtbag-billionaire-chose-to-do-capitalism-differently-272271/" aria-label="Read more about How this ‘dirtbag’ billionaire chose to do capitalism differently">Read more</a>
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January 26, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Serena Love, Honorary Research Fellow in Archaeology, The University of Queensland Photo by KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images In ancient Egypt, what was the Sphinx all about? – Effie, age 8, New Plymouth, New Zealand. One of the most mysterious and iconic monuments of ancient Egypt is ... <a title="Curious Kids: in ancient Egypt, what was the Sphinx all about?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/26/curious-kids-in-ancient-egypt-what-was-the-sphinx-all-about-268182/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: in ancient Egypt, what was the Sphinx all about?">Read more</a>
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January 26, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The first Australian to qualify as an astronaut under Australia’s space program, Katherine Bennell-Pegg, is the 2026 Australian of the Year. Bennell-Pegg, 41, who has yet to go to space, graduated from Basic Astronaut Training in 2024 as part of ... <a title="Astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg is 2026 Australian of the Year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/26/astronaut-katherine-bennell-pegg-is-2026-australian-of-the-year-274031/" aria-label="Read more about Astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg is 2026 Australian of the Year">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2026
ANALYSIS: By Jim Sanday The recent announcement by Fiji’s Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs that Fiji will consider contributing troops to a proposed international stabilisation force in Gaza imposes a responsibility on all of us to ask the hard questions before the decision is finalised by Cabinet. At the outset, let’s all be clear ... <a title="Gaza peacekeeping deployment – five clear questions Fiji cannot ignore" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/25/gaza-peacekeeping-deployment-five-clear-questions-fiji-cannot-ignore/" aria-label="Read more about Gaza peacekeeping deployment – five clear questions Fiji cannot ignore">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has appointed the Secretary of the Defence Department, Greg Moriarty, to be Australia’s new ambassador to Washington, succeeding Kevin Rudd, who leaves the position in March. The highly-respected senior bureaucrat is a safe choice, and his ... <a title="Albanese takes safe course, appointing defence chief Greg Moriarty to replace Kevin Rudd" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/25/albanese-takes-safe-course-appointing-defence-chief-greg-moriarty-to-replace-kevin-rudd-274026/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese takes safe course, appointing defence chief Greg Moriarty to replace Kevin Rudd">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2026
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on January 25, 2026.
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January 25, 2026
Asia Pacific Report Two New Zealand companies were condemned at a pro-Palestinian rally in Auckland today for their alleged complicity in Israel-US military industrial complex roles linked to Israel’s genocide in Gaza. The rally in Auckland’s Te Komititanga Square was themed “NZ has blood on its hands” and speakers heavily criticised the conduct of Rocket ... <a title="Palestine rally targets NZ companies alleged link to ‘opaque’ supply lines in Gaza genocide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/25/palestine-rally-targets-nz-companies-alleged-link-to-opaque-supply-lines-in-gaza-genocide/" aria-label="Read more about Palestine rally targets NZ companies alleged link to ‘opaque’ supply lines in Gaza genocide">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2026
Nearly five months after a joint statement by 29 MFC member states called on Israel to allow press immediate independent access to Gaza and to protect journalists on the ground, the complete ban on media access remains in force. The ban has persisted since the start of the war over two years ago, despite the ceasefire ... <a title="Israeli Supreme Court hearing on press access to Gaza looms – RSF and CPJ call for action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/25/israeli-supreme-court-hearing-on-press-access-to-gaza-looms-rsf-and-cpj-call-for-action/" aria-label="Read more about Israeli Supreme Court hearing on press access to Gaza looms – RSF and CPJ call for action">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2026
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on January 24, 2026.
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January 24, 2026
By Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific senior journalist The parents of rare conjoined twins say doctors in Papua New Guinea told them to take the boys home as they were beyond hope. “Thank God we [defied them] and we are where we are,” the boys’ dad Kevin Mitiam, who is also a twin, said in Tok ... <a title="‘Thank God’ – parents of PNG conjoined twins grateful they defied medical advice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/24/thank-god-parents-of-png-conjoined-twins-grateful-they-defied-medical-advice/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Thank God’ – parents of PNG conjoined twins grateful they defied medical advice">Read more</a>
