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May 16, 2026
ANALYSIS: By Alison Broinowski of Declassified Australia Most of the Western media refuse to join the dots and explain Israel’s decades-long obsession with defanging Tehran. The war in Iran is what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has planned for four decades. He has always wanted Israel to extend from Egypt to the Euphrates and in the ... <a title="Media miss: The questions never asked behind the US-Israel war on Iran" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/16/media-miss-the-questions-never-asked-behind-the-us-israel-war-on-iran/" aria-label="Read more about Media miss: The questions never asked behind the US-Israel war on Iran">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2026
Asia Pacific Report The Palestine Forum of New Zealand has criticised plans for the country taking part in next month’s military exercises with Israel and the United States, saying Wellington must not be seen aligning militarily with a state “facing serious allegations of war crimes and genocide before international legal institutions”. In a statement today, ... <a title="Palestine Forum slams NZDF share in military exercises with ‘genocidal’ Israel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/16/palestine-forum-slams-nzdf-share-in-military-exercises-with-genocidal-israel/" aria-label="Read more about Palestine Forum slams NZDF share in military exercises with ‘genocidal’ Israel">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Frances Palmer While appreciating certain points in Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s speech “Securing NZ’s Future in a more Volatile World” on current challenges to international law, enshrined “rules” and “order”, we must take a hard look at the solutions he offers to enhance security. Security now clearly is shaped in a global context. ... <a title="Defending NZ values in a volatile world – but in what kind of a world?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/16/defending-nz-values-in-a-volatile-world-but-in-what-kind-of-a-world/" aria-label="Read more about Defending NZ values in a volatile world – but in what kind of a world?">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2026
Keith Rankin - Is it possible that an unintended consequence of moral compliance in relation to pay equity – of attempts to equalise pay by gender, within firms and other employing organisations – has been to create more young adult female NEETs? It's a hypothesis that at least deserves to be investigated further.
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May 15, 2026
Keith Rankin - We can easily see that the United States 'national' debt is on an upwards, not a downwards, trajectory; the Department of War can loosen Treasury's guard-rails more easily than the Department of Health. (This is true in Germany too, with last-year's partial removal of that country's debt-brake.)
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May 15, 2026
Keith Rankin - A lethal transmissible disease which is asymptomatic for six weeks, and which is infectious before symptoms occur, is one of our worst public health nightmares. The present scare should remind us of that.
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May 15, 2026
Despite its minimal emphasis in the anglophile understanding of WWI, the central conflict of that war was between the German Second Reich (the Prussian Empire) and Russia (the Russian Empire). The war was started, with full intent, by the German military who were able to play the emotionally volatile Prussian Kaiser, Wilhelm II.
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May 15, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yang Xiang, Professor, Computer Science, Swinburne University of Technology You’re trying to book concert tickets before they sell out. You click the link and before you can make the payment, you’re asked to identify traffic lights, bicycles or blurry crosswalks in a grid of tiny images. Again. ... <a title="More and more websites want proof you’re human. Blame the bots" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/15/more-and-more-websites-want-proof-youre-human-blame-the-bots-282476/" aria-label="Read more about More and more websites want proof you’re human. Blame the bots">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clive Schofield, Professor, Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS), University of Wollongong Last year, Thailand and Cambodia fought two brief conflicts over their 800-kilometre-long land border that killed dozens of people and forced a half million people to flee their homes. Now, tensions are ... <a title="Thailand and Cambodia are bickering over their borders again. Can diplomacy prevent a return to war?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/15/thailand-and-cambodia-are-bickering-over-their-borders-again-can-diplomacy-prevent-a-return-to-war-282589/" aria-label="Read more about Thailand and Cambodia are bickering over their borders again. Can diplomacy prevent a return to war?">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leah Mercer, Associate Professor of Theatre Arts, Curtin University The Shepherd’s Hut arrives on stage fully formed: a relentless, bristling realisation of Tim Winton’s 2018 novel of the same name, in an adroit adaptation by Tim McGarry. Director Matt Edgerton’s self-contained, clear-eyed accomplishment makes the most of ... <a title="The power of Tim Winton’s The Shepherd’s Hut is gorgeously evoked in a new stage adaptation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/15/the-power-of-tim-wintons-the-shepherds-hut-is-gorgeously-evoked-in-a-new-stage-adaptation-281874/" aria-label="Read more about The power of Tim Winton’s The Shepherd’s Hut is gorgeously evoked in a new stage adaptation">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne US President Donald Trump’s ratings have slid further to a new record low. But two recent court decisions will assist Republicans in using gerrymandering to avoid losing ... <a title="Trump’s ratings slide further, but gerrymanders will help Republicans at midterm elections" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/15/trumps-ratings-slide-further-but-gerrymanders-will-help-republicans-at-midterm-elections-282719/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s ratings slide further, but gerrymanders will help Republicans at midterm elections">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Brown, PhD Candidate, School of Science, University of Waikato For an agricultural nation like New Zealand, severe drought is one of the most ominous consequences of a warming planet. The Climate Change Commission’s latest national risk assessment points to these events becoming more intense over time, ... <a title="Future big droughts may be worse than we think – NZ’s past shows why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/15/future-big-droughts-may-be-worse-than-we-think-nzs-past-shows-why-282259/" aria-label="Read more about Future big droughts may be worse than we think – NZ’s past shows why">Read more</a>
