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November 24, 2025
Pacific Media Watch Prime Minister La’aulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt has defended his decision to ban the Samoa Observer in response to a joint letter from the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) and the Pacific Freedom Forum (PFF). In a statement issued by the Press Secretary, Nanai Lave Tuiletufuga yesterday, the office of the Prime Minister acknowledged ... <a title="PM hits back at PINA and PFF over Samoa Observer ‘ethics’ ban" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/pm-hits-back-at-pina-and-pff-over-samoa-observer-ethics-ban/" aria-label="Read more about PM hits back at PINA and PFF over Samoa Observer ‘ethics’ ban">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqueline Peel, Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne Australia is rewriting its national environment laws, and Environment Minister Murray Watt has vowed the legislation will pass the parliament this week, despite not yet reaching agreement with either the Coalition or the Greens. But the current draft ... <a title="Long-awaited environment laws might get Australia sued. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/long-awaited-environment-laws-might-get-australia-sued-heres-why-270453/" aria-label="Read more about Long-awaited environment laws might get Australia sued. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maddy McAllister, Senior Lecturer – Maritime Archaeology, James Cook University Wikimedia/Etching by Robert Batty (1789–1848). In 1791, the British naval vessel HMS Pandora sank on the Great Barrier Reef while pursuing the mutineers from the HMS Bounty. The mutineers, led by Christian Fletcher, staged an uprising against ... <a title="HMS Pandora is Australia’s most scientifically excavated shipwreck – yet it still holds secrets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/hms-pandora-is-australias-most-scientifically-excavated-shipwreck-yet-it-still-holds-secrets-267629/" aria-label="Read more about HMS Pandora is Australia’s most scientifically excavated shipwreck – yet it still holds secrets">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on November 24, 2025.
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November 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen A Stockin, Professor of Marine Ecology, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University Getty Images Nowhere in the ocean is now left untouched by a type of “forever chemicals” called “per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances”, known simply as PFAS. Our new research shows PFAS contaminate a far ... <a title="‘Forever chemicals’ contaminate more dolphins and whales than we thought – new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/forever-chemicals-contaminate-more-dolphins-and-whales-than-we-thought-new-research-269928/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Forever chemicals’ contaminate more dolphins and whales than we thought – new research">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Wolpe, Non-resident Senior Fellow, United States Study Centre, University of Sydney Everyone knew that once Congress passed legislation requiring the Justice Department to release all the Jeffrey Epstein files, US President Donald Trump would go on a tear to “flood the zone” with other distractions so ... <a title="Trump’s attacks are worsening. Why is he becoming even more vengeful?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/trumps-attacks-are-worsening-why-is-he-becoming-even-more-vengeful-270445/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s attacks are worsening. Why is he becoming even more vengeful?">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
By Teuila Fuatai, RNZ Pacific senior journalist As Tonga’s 26 newly elected representatives turn to choosing a prime minister among them, one potential candidate is identifying economic development and raising the standard of living as necessary priorities for the next government and its leader. Lord Fakafanua was re-elected as a nobles’ representative for Ha’apai in ... <a title="Potential Tonga PM candidate: ‘Low-hanging fruits available’ to improve people’s lives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/potential-tonga-pm-candidate-low-hanging-fruits-available-to-improve-peoples-lives/" aria-label="Read more about Potential Tonga PM candidate: ‘Low-hanging fruits available’ to improve people’s lives">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katherine M. FitzGerald, PhD Candidate, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology Benoit Beaumatin/Unsplash Since early chatbots were first conceived more than 50 years go, they have become increasingly sophisticated – in large part, thanks to the development of artificial intelligence (AI) technology. They also seem ... <a title="AI chatbots are encouraging conspiracy theories – new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/ai-chatbots-are-encouraging-conspiracy-theories-new-research-267615/" aria-label="Read more about AI chatbots are encouraging conspiracy theories – new research">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone There was another IDF massacre in Gaza on Saturday, reportedly killing dozens of Palestinians. Israel as usual claimed it was responding to a ceasefire violation by Hamas, but of course there’s absolutely no evidence for this to be found. AP reports that ... <a title="Caitlin Johnstone: You don’t hate the mass media enough" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/caitlin-johnstone-you-dont-hate-the-mass-media-enough/" aria-label="Read more about Caitlin Johnstone: You don’t hate the mass media enough">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
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 Labor’s two-party lead in the federal Newspoll increases to 58–42, as the Coalition and One Nation remain respectively at record lows and record highs. In Victoria, a ... <a title="Labor’s dominance continues in federal Newspoll, while Victorian Newspoll gives Coalition narrow lead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/labors-dominance-continues-in-federal-newspoll-while-victorian-newspoll-gives-coalition-narrow-lead-270152/" aria-label="Read more about Labor’s dominance continues in federal Newspoll, while Victorian Newspoll gives Coalition narrow lead">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Piret Veeroja, Research Fellow, Housing, Homelessness and Urban Studies (HHAUS) Research Group, Swinburne University of Technology Australia’s ageing population is colliding with a housing system under strain. More older Australians are facing multiple, often overlapping forms of housing precarity, including homes that cost too much or fall ... <a title="Expensive and in bad shape: how housing precarity makes life hard for older Australians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/expensive-and-in-bad-shape-how-housing-precarity-makes-life-hard-for-older-australians-270292/" aria-label="Read more about Expensive and in bad shape: how housing precarity makes life hard for older Australians">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zoe Richards, Associate Professor, Curtin University The heatwave in Western Australia last summer broke records. As marine scientists, we were deeply concerned about whether Ningaloo’s corals would survive. We were prepared for the worst, but what my colleague and I found when we returned to assess the ... <a title="We knew Ningaloo’s coral bleaching was severe. But what we found 6 months later was still a shock" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/we-knew-ningaloos-coral-bleaching-was-severe-but-what-we-found-6-months-later-was-still-a-shock-270266/" aria-label="Read more about We knew Ningaloo’s coral bleaching was severe. But what we found 6 months later was still a shock">Read more</a>
