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January 21, 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 One Nation continues to surge after the Bondi terror attack, as a Morgan poll has them gaining six points at the Coalition’s expense. A national Australian Morgan ... <a title="Morgan poll has One Nation surging at Coalition’s expense; Trump’s net approval in negative double digits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/21/morgan-poll-has-one-nation-surging-at-coalitions-expense-trumps-net-approval-in-negative-double-digits-273804/" aria-label="Read more about Morgan poll has One Nation surging at Coalition’s expense; Trump’s net approval in negative double digits">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By François Thoral, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Marine Ecology, University of Waikato Surfers caught in a marine darkwave. Jean Thoral, CC BY-NC-SA Life in the ocean runs on light. It fuels photosynthesis, shapes food webs and determines where many marine species can live. Gradually, that light is fading. ... <a title="New study sheds light on the threat of ‘marine darkwaves’ to ocean life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/21/new-study-sheds-light-on-the-threat-of-marine-darkwaves-to-ocean-life-273225/" aria-label="Read more about New study sheds light on the threat of ‘marine darkwaves’ to ocean life">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2026
RNZ Pacific France’s High Commission in French Polynesia has reported the seizure of 4.87 tonnes of cocaine in its maritime zone. The armed forces in French Polynesia (FAPF), the national gendarmerie and the local branch of the anti-narcotics office (OFAST) were involved in the intercept. A statement from the Australian Federal Police (AFP) have congratulated ... <a title="4.87 tonnes of cocaine seized in French Polynesian waters – bound for Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/21/4-87-tonnes-of-cocaine-seized-in-french-polynesian-waters-bound-for-australia/" aria-label="Read more about 4.87 tonnes of cocaine seized in French Polynesian waters – bound for Australia">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angela Jackson, Social Policy Commissioner, Productivity Commission, and Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Tasmania Deb Cohn-Orbach/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images At the start of the new year, many of us will commit to joining a gym, eating healthier or cutting back on drinking and smoking. We ... <a title="A stronger focus on prevention could help governments rein in health care and social spending" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/21/a-stronger-focus-on-prevention-could-help-governments-rein-in-health-care-and-social-spending-273801/" aria-label="Read more about A stronger focus on prevention could help governments rein in health care and social spending">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Beckett, Senior Lecturer, Nutrition and Food Science, Australian Catholic University RDNE Stock project/Pexels Work is finished, and you’re tired and hungry. Maybe you’re rushing home or to daycare pickup. You know you should be cooking dinner from scratch for the healthiest choice but that isn’t going ... <a title="How to cut down on trans fats if cooking from scratch isn’t an option" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/21/how-to-cut-down-on-trans-fats-if-cooking-from-scratch-isnt-an-option-269806/" aria-label="Read more about How to cut down on trans fats if cooking from scratch isn’t an option">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angela Jackson, Social Policy Commissioner, Productivity Commission, and Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Tasmania Deb Cohn-Orbach/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images At the start of the new year, many of us will commit to joining a gym, eating healthier or cutting back on drinking and smoking. We ... <a title="A stronger focus on prevention could help governments rein in healthcare and social spending" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/21/a-stronger-focus-on-prevention-could-help-governments-rein-in-healthcare-and-social-spending-273801/" aria-label="Read more about A stronger focus on prevention could help governments rein in healthcare and social spending">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brenton Griffin, Academic Status in the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Flinders University Netflix The new Netflix documentary Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story, directed by Skye Borgman, seeks to understand the shocking crimes of both Hildebrandt and business partner Ruby Franke. In 2023, Hildebrandt ... <a title="What Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story tells us about Mormonism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/21/what-evil-influencer-the-jodi-hildebrandt-story-tells-us-about-mormonism-272810/" aria-label="Read more about What Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story tells us about Mormonism">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Ross Smith, Senior Research Fellow, National Centre for Research on Europe, University of Canterbury Sean Gallup/Getty Images In the wake of the US military intervention in Venezuela and Donald Trump’s repeated threats towards Greenland, a wave of pessimism has swept the western world. For countries wedded ... <a title="How NZ can survive – and even thrive – in Trump’s new world of great-power rivalry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/21/how-nz-can-survive-and-even-thrive-in-trumps-new-world-of-great-power-rivalry-273575/" aria-label="Read more about How NZ can survive – and even thrive – in Trump’s new world of great-power rivalry">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kaveh Madani, Director of the Institute for Water, Environment and Health, United Nations University The world is now using so much fresh water amid the consequences of climate change that it has entered an era of water bankruptcy, with many regions no longer able to bounce back ... <a title="The world is in water bankruptcy, UN scientists report – here’s what that means" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/21/the-world-is-in-water-bankruptcy-un-scientists-report-heres-what-that-means-273213/" aria-label="Read more about The world is in water bankruptcy, UN scientists report – here’s what that means">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Nationals have defied shadow cabinet solidarity, voting in the Senate against the government’s hate crime legislation, which passed late Tuesday night with the support of the Liberals. The Nationals’ action puts new strain on Coalition relations, and is destabilising ... <a title="View from The Hill: defiant Nationals break with Liberals over hate bill, putting strain on Coalition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/21/view-from-the-hill-defiant-nationals-break-with-liberals-over-hate-bill-putting-strain-on-coalition-272437/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: defiant Nationals break with Liberals over hate bill, putting strain on Coalition">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Donald Trump is a classic example of why you don’t let bullies prosper. “Trump is cutting the last threads of the tattered cloth of ‘the rules-based international order’ — the self-serving system that touted international law as long as it didn’t apply to the US and its allies. The Canadians, the ... <a title="Eugene Doyle: Look where appeasing a bully has led the West – Greenland, and then?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/21/eugene-doyle-look-where-appeasing-a-bully-has-led-the-west-greenland-and-then/" aria-label="Read more about Eugene Doyle: Look where appeasing a bully has led the West – Greenland, and then?">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2026
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone I can’t get over the fact that people were casting bets on whether the US would bomb Iran the other day. It just says such dark things about the type of civilization we are living in. In this dystopia, Americans are never ... <a title="Caitlin Johnstone: In this dystopia you can’t vote against wars. But you can gamble on when they’ll start" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/20/caitlin-johnstone-in-this-dystopia-you-cant-vote-against-wars-but-you-can-gamble-on-when-theyll-start/" aria-label="Read more about Caitlin Johnstone: In this dystopia you can’t vote against wars. But you can gamble on when they’ll start">Read more</a>
