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August 22, 2025
RNZ News New Zealand has joined more than two dozen other countries to call for “immediate and independent” foreign media access to Gaza. Earlier this month, an Israeli strike in the city killed six journalists — four Al Jazeera correspondents and cameramen, and two other media workers. The Israeli military admitted in a statement to ... <a title="NZ joins calls for urgent, independent foreign media access to Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/22/nz-joins-calls-for-urgent-independent-foreign-media-access-to-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about NZ joins calls for urgent, independent foreign media access to Gaza">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peninah Kansiime, Lecturer in Social Work, Edith Cowan University Eyad Baba/Getty This article contains descriptions of sexual violence some readers may find distressing. Recently, the United Nations Chief warned Israel he had consistently noted “patterns of certain forms of sexual violence” perpetrated by Israeli armed forces against ... <a title="Israel is on notice for using sexual violence against Palestinians. It’s all too common as a war tactic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/22/israel-is-on-notice-for-using-sexual-violence-against-palestinians-its-all-too-common-as-a-war-tactic-262951/" aria-label="Read more about Israel is on notice for using sexual violence against Palestinians. It’s all too common as a war tactic">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Raphael Trouve, Senior Research Fellow in Forest Dynamics and Statistical Modelling, The University of Melbourne Tom Fairman Something silent and sinister is happening in Australia’s mountain ash forests. As temperatures rise, these ecosystems are slowly, steadily losing their trees – and with them, their ability to store ... <a title="Climate change is driving a silent, sinister change in Australia’s mountain ash forests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/22/climate-change-is-driving-a-silent-sinister-change-in-australias-mountain-ash-forests-255737/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change is driving a silent, sinister change in Australia’s mountain ash forests">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Konstantine Panegyres, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia The ruins of an ‘insula’ (a kind of apartment building) in the port town of Ostia near Rome. Dennis G. Jarvis/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA In many developed countries, the price of property has risen so ... <a title="The ancient Greeks and Romans grappled with housing crises, too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/22/the-ancient-greeks-and-romans-grappled-with-housing-crises-too-261860/" aria-label="Read more about The ancient Greeks and Romans grappled with housing crises, too">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Nicole Driessen, Postdoctoral Researcher in Radio Astronomy, University of Sydney Not a black moon. Jayanth Muppaneni/Unsplash There’s been a lot of buzz online about the August “black moon”, happening later this week. While you’ve probably heard of a “blue moon” before, this might be the first ... <a title="What’s a ‘black moon’? Here’s why it’s worth looking up at the sky this week" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/22/whats-a-black-moon-heres-why-its-worth-looking-up-at-the-sky-this-week-263205/" aria-label="Read more about What’s a ‘black moon’? Here’s why it’s worth looking up at the sky this week">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Stone, Professor of General Practice, University of Adelaide sturti/Getty A long-term relationship with a GP – one who knows you and your history – improves your health and even reduces your chance of dying prematurely. This type of trusted relationship is particularly important if you have ... <a title="Should I break up with my GP? 4 signs it may be time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/22/should-i-break-up-with-my-gp-4-signs-it-may-be-time-259262/" aria-label="Read more about Should I break up with my GP? 4 signs it may be time">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Edwell, Associate Professor in Ancient History, Macquarie University Eram Garden in Iran. Sergey-73/Shutterstock Some of the most enduring ancient myths in the Persian world were centred around gardens of almost unimaginable beauty and opulence. The biblical Garden of Eden and the Epic of Gilgamesh’s Garden of ... <a title="Almost unimaginable beauty and opulence: the paradise pleasure gardens of ancient Persia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/22/almost-unimaginable-beauty-and-opulence-the-paradise-pleasure-gardens-of-ancient-persia-259677/" aria-label="Read more about Almost unimaginable beauty and opulence: the paradise pleasure gardens of ancient Persia">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Meade, Adjunct Associate Professor, Centre for Applied Energy Economics and Policy Research, Griffith University In its quest to lower electricity prices for New Zealand households, the Electricity Authority may inadvertently make the situation worse. This week, the authority announced plans to require New Zealand’s “gentailers” – ... <a title="An attempt to lower NZ electricity prices could end up doing the opposite – here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/22/an-attempt-to-lower-nz-electricity-prices-could-end-up-doing-the-opposite-heres-why-263519/" aria-label="Read more about An attempt to lower NZ electricity prices could end up doing the opposite – here’s why">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark R Johnson, Lecturer in Digital Cultures, University of Sydney The Conversation, CC BY Earlier this week, a Frenchman named Raphaël Graven died in his sleep during a livestreamed broadcast on the Kick platform. Known online as Jean Pormanove, the man appeared to have been subjected to ... <a title="What is Kick, the platform that livestreamed a man’s death this week?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/21/what-is-kick-the-platform-that-livestreamed-a-mans-death-this-week-263614/" aria-label="Read more about What is Kick, the platform that livestreamed a man’s death this week?">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As Jim Chalmers was navigating his economic reform roundtable, his colleague Mark Butler on Wednesday took a dive from the 10-metre board into the pool of budget repair. The announcement by Butler, Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: a laundry basket of reform leaves a lot of washing to be done" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/21/grattan-on-friday-a-laundry-basket-of-reform-leaves-a-lot-of-washing-to-be-done-263434/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: a laundry basket of reform leaves a lot of washing to be done">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Government has obtained from its economic reform roundtable broad support to work on three major areas of tax reform. Treasurer Jim Chalmers told a news conference after the three-day meeting there had been several hours of debate about the future ... <a title="Chalmers wins tail wind on tax reform from roundtable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/21/chalmers-wins-tail-wind-on-tax-reform-from-roundtable-263433/" aria-label="Read more about Chalmers wins tail wind on tax reform from roundtable">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2025
Pacific Media Watch “Speak Up Kōrerotia” — a radio show centred on human rights issues — has featured a nuclear-free Pacific and other issues in this week’s show. Encouraging discussion on human rights issues in both Canterbury and New Zealand, Speak Up Kōrerotia offers a forum to provide a voice for affected communities. Engaging in ... <a title="Nuclear-free Pacific advocates speak out in NZ human rights radio show" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/21/nuclear-free-pacific-advocates-speak-out-in-nz-human-rights-radio-show/" aria-label="Read more about Nuclear-free Pacific advocates speak out in NZ human rights radio show">Read more</a>
