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November 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kirk Dodd, Lecturer in English and Writing, University of Sydney Brett Boardman/Belvoir Since its first performance in 1606, King Lear has earned its place as Shakespeare’s largest and most revered powerhouse tragedy. The story follows an elderly King Lear (played in Belvoir’s new production by Colin Friels) ... <a title="Nothing much comes of nothing in Belvoir’s new version of King Lear" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/nothing-much-comes-of-nothing-in-belvoirs-new-version-of-king-lear-268282/" aria-label="Read more about Nothing much comes of nothing in Belvoir’s new version of King Lear">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on November 21, 2025.
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November 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Angus, Professor of Digital Communication, Director of QUT Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology Dolgachov / Getty Images If you’re a young person in Australia, you probably know new social media rules are coming in December. If you and your friends are under 16, ... <a title="Australia is about to ban under-16s from social media. Here’s what kids can do right now to prepare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/australia-is-about-to-ban-under-16s-from-social-media-heres-what-kids-can-do-right-now-to-prepare-270295/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is about to ban under-16s from social media. Here’s what kids can do right now to prepare">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jaimie Veale, Senior Lecturer in Psychology; Director, Transgender Health Research Lab, University of Waikato Darya Komarova/Getty Images The government’s ban on puberty blockers for gender-affirming care marks a troubling shift: politicians are now making decisions that should sit with clinicians working alongside young people and their families ... <a title="Puberty blockers: why politicians overriding doctors sets a dangerous precedent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/puberty-blockers-why-politicians-overriding-doctors-sets-a-dangerous-precedent-270246/" aria-label="Read more about Puberty blockers: why politicians overriding doctors sets a dangerous precedent">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tijl Grootswagers, ARC DECRA Senior Research Fellow in Cognitive Neuroscience, Western Sydney University Every November, Black Friday arrives with big claims of massive savings and “one-day-only” deals. We are bombarded with offers that seem too good to pass up. But beneath all this lies something far more ... <a title="Here’s what Black Friday sales shopping does to your brain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/heres-what-black-friday-sales-shopping-does-to-your-brain-269591/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s what Black Friday sales shopping does to your brain">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Pacific climate leaders are disappointed that Australia has lost the bid to host the United Nations Climate Conference, COP31, in 2026. Palau’s President Surangel Whipps Jr said he was “deeply disappointed” by the outcome. Australia had campaigned for years for the meeting to be held in its country, and ... <a title="Pacific climate leaders ‘deeply disappointed’ as Australia loses bid to host COP31" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/pacific-climate-leaders-deeply-disappointed-as-australia-loses-bid-to-host-cop31/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific climate leaders ‘deeply disappointed’ as Australia loses bid to host COP31">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk A rift within New Caledonia’s pro-independence movement has further widened after the second component of the “moderates”, the UPM (Progressist Union in Melanesia), has officially announced it has now left the once united Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS). The UPM announcement, at a press ... <a title="New Caledonia’s pro-independence split widens – another party quits FLNKS" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/new-caledonias-pro-independence-split-widens-another-party-quits-flnks/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia’s pro-independence split widens – another party quits FLNKS">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew King, ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor in Climate Science, ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather, The University of Melbourne Hugo Abad / Getty Images The 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference (sometimes referred to as COP30) is taking place in Brazil. Amid all ... <a title="What do we know about climate change? How do we know it? And where are we headed?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/what-do-we-know-about-climate-change-how-do-we-know-it-and-where-are-we-headed-270070/" aria-label="Read more about What do we know about climate change? How do we know it? And where are we headed?">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Barbara Brookes, Professor Emerita of History, University of Otago Portrait of Sir Truby King by Mary Tripe, circa 1935. Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images Four days after Plunket founder Sir Truby King’s funeral on February 12 1938, the Auckland Weekly News printed a montage of photographs ... <a title="Did Plunket founder Truby King really believe in eugenics? History isn’t that simple" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/did-plunket-founder-truby-king-really-believe-in-eugenics-history-isnt-that-simple-269187/" aria-label="Read more about Did Plunket founder Truby King really believe in eugenics? History isn’t that simple">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ronnie Das, Associate Professor in Data Science, Sports Analytics and AI, The University of Western Australia; Audencia The Ashes is one of cricket’s fiercest rivalries and dates back to 1882, when England lost to Australia for the first time on home soil. So outraged were English cricket ... <a title="The ‘Bazball’ game style has revolutionised English cricket. Australia should be nervous" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/the-bazball-game-style-has-revolutionised-english-cricket-australia-should-be-nervous-267864/" aria-label="Read more about The ‘Bazball’ game style has revolutionised English cricket. Australia should be nervous">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Dahlen, Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University Layland Masuda/Getty Images If you’re looking on social media for information and experiences of giving birth at home, you’ll find widely varied content. On the one hand, you’ll find women who ... <a title="What’s the difference between a home birth and a free birth?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/whats-the-difference-between-a-home-birth-and-a-free-birth-268883/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the difference between a home birth and a free birth?">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniele Fulvi, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Western Sydney University Yuji Sakai/Getty As the climate crisis accelerates, there’s a desperate need to rapidly reduce carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, both by slashing emissions and by pulling carbon out of the air. Synthetic biology has emerged as a particularly ... <a title="Engineered microbes could tackle climate change – if we ensure it’s done safely" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/engineered-microbes-could-tackle-climate-change-if-we-ensure-its-done-safely-266584/" aria-label="Read more about Engineered microbes could tackle climate change – if we ensure it’s done safely">Read more</a>
