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September 21, 2025
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Yesterday the provisional Quarterly Economic Growth data was released. It showed that, seasonally adjusted, remunerated output (ie GDP, gross domestic product) fell 0.9% in April-to-June compared to January-to-March. While the resulting media hoo-ha overstated the significance of this result, there was still very little coverage of the underlying problem; New Zealand ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Structural Recession" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/21/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-structural-recession/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Structural Recession">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2025
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Over the last week I have subverted the western geo-cultural tropes of ‘Good versus Evil’ and ‘Beautiful versus Ugly’. (Geopolitical Rugby: Bad plays Evil, for the final World Cup 16 Sep 2025 and Lookism11 Sep 2025; both on Scoop and Evening Report.) Here I consider our new version of the former ... <a title="Keith Rankin on Nuclear Calculus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/21/keith-rankin-on-nuclear-calculus/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin on Nuclear Calculus">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark A Gregory, Associate Professor, School of Engineering, RMIT University Four people have died after a botched Optus network upgrade on Thursday prevented around 600 emergency calls to Triple Zero across South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory. South Australian police have confirmed the deaths linked ... <a title="Optus Triple Zero outage has left 4 people dead. A telecommunications expert explains what went wrong – and how to fix it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/21/optus-triple-zero-outage-has-left-4-people-dead-a-telecommunications-expert-explains-what-went-wrong-and-how-to-fix-it-265692/" aria-label="Read more about Optus Triple Zero outage has left 4 people dead. A telecommunications expert explains what went wrong – and how to fix it">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark A Gregory, Associate Professor, School of Engineering, RMIT University Three people have died after a botched Optus network upgrade on Thursday prevented around 600 emergency calls to Triple Zero across South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory. South Australian police have confirmed the deaths linked ... <a title="Optus Triple Zero outage has left 3 people dead. A telecommunications expert explains what went wrong – and how to fix it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/20/optus-triple-zero-outage-has-left-3-people-dead-a-telecommunications-expert-explains-what-went-wrong-and-how-to-fix-it-265692/" aria-label="Read more about Optus Triple Zero outage has left 3 people dead. A telecommunications expert explains what went wrong – and how to fix it">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on September 20, 2025.
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September 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea Morello, Professor, Quantum Nanosystems, UNSW Sydney Quantum entanglement — once dismissed by Albert Einstein as “spooky action at a distance” — has long captured the public imagination and puzzled even seasoned scientists. But for today’s quantum practitioners, the reality is rather more mundane: entanglement is a ... <a title="New entanglement breakthrough links cores of atoms, brings quantum computers closer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/19/new-entanglement-breakthrough-links-cores-of-atoms-brings-quantum-computers-closer-265668/" aria-label="Read more about New entanglement breakthrough links cores of atoms, brings quantum computers closer">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wellett Potter, Lecturer in Law, University of New England mo jiaming/Unsplash This week Disney, Universal Pictures and Warner Bros Discovery jointly sued MiniMax, a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company, over alleged copyright infringement. The three Hollywood media giants allege MiniMax (which operates Hailuo AI and is reportedly ... <a title="Hollywood is suing yet another AI company. But there may be a better way to solve copyright conflicts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/19/hollywood-is-suing-yet-another-ai-company-but-there-may-be-a-better-way-to-solve-copyright-conflicts-265663/" aria-label="Read more about Hollywood is suing yet another AI company. But there may be a better way to solve copyright conflicts">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Skarbek, Climateworks Centre CEO, Monash University The federal government on Thursday announced a 2035 emissions reduction target of 62-70% below 2005 levels. Importantly, it also released a net zero plan and blueprints for six major economic sectors. The target signals Australia is committed to a net ... <a title="7 things we can do today to meet Australia’s new climate goal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/19/7-things-we-can-do-today-to-meet-australias-new-climate-goal-265023/" aria-label="Read more about 7 things we can do today to meet Australia’s new climate goal">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on September 19, 2025.
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September 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vaughan Cruickshank, Senior Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, University of Tasmania The Brownlow Medal is the most prestigious individual award in the Australian Football League (AFL). It has been awarded to the fairest and best player in the AFL – and previously, the Victorian Football League ... <a title="What you might not know about the AFL’s Brownlow Medal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/19/what-you-might-not-know-about-the-afls-brownlow-medal-264485/" aria-label="Read more about What you might not know about the AFL’s Brownlow Medal">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Shepherd, Associate Professor of Psychology, Auckland University of Technology PeopleImages.com – Yuri A/Shutterstock Most of us have experienced tingling or “goosebumps” at some point, especially when we feel a strong positive emotion such as awe or excitement. But some people have this response when they listen ... <a title="Does ASMR really help with anxiety? A psychology expert explains the evidence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/19/does-asmr-really-help-with-anxiety-a-psychology-expert-explains-the-evidence-252181/" aria-label="Read more about Does ASMR really help with anxiety? A psychology expert explains the evidence">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shannon Brincat, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of the Sunshine Coast A modern-day political inquisition is unfolding in “digital town squares” across the United States. The slain far-right activist Charlie Kirk has become a focal point for a coordinated campaign of silencing critics that ... <a title="Political witch hunts and blacklists: Donald Trump and the new era of McCarthyism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/09/19/political-witch-hunts-and-blacklists-donald-trump-and-the-new-era-of-mccarthyism-265389/" aria-label="Read more about Political witch hunts and blacklists: Donald Trump and the new era of McCarthyism">Read more</a>
