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ER Report: A Roundup of Significant Articles on EveningReport.nz for March 23, 2026
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on March 23, 2026.
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Your smart home can be easily hacked. New safety standards will help, but stay vigilant
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yang Xiang, Professor, Computer Science, Swinburne University of Technology On a quiet suburban street, a modern Australian home wakes before its owners do. The lights turn on automatically, the thermostat adjusts to a comfortable temperature, and the coffee machine begins brewing. A doorbell camera watches the front ... <a title="Your smart home can be easily hacked. New safety standards will help, but stay vigilant" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/23/your-smart-home-can-be-easily-hacked-new-safety-standards-will-help-but-stay-vigilant-278881/" aria-label="Read more about Your smart home can be easily hacked. New safety standards will help, but stay vigilant">Read more</a>
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Wondering if you really need that dental treatment? Here’s what to ask and how to get a second opinion
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chanae Ihimaera, Senior Lecturer/Kaiwhakaako Oral Health, Auckland University of Technology If the dental bill has ever made you gulp, you’re far from alone. Around three in ten Australian adults say they avoid or delay dental care due to costs. In Aotearoa New Zealand, almost half of adults ... <a title="Wondering if you really need that dental treatment? Here’s what to ask and how to get a second opinion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/23/wondering-if-you-really-need-that-dental-treatment-heres-what-to-ask-and-how-to-get-a-second-opinion-259784/" aria-label="Read more about Wondering if you really need that dental treatment? Here’s what to ask and how to get a second opinion">Read more</a>
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Family violence protection orders can be a lifeline, but the system needs reforming
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heather Douglas, Professor of Law and Deputy Director of the Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (CEVAW), The University of Melbourne Every year across Australia, more than 100,000 people obtain a family violence protection order. For some victim-survivors, protection orders provide a much-needed ... <a title="Family violence protection orders can be a lifeline, but the system needs reforming" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/23/family-violence-protection-orders-can-be-a-lifeline-but-the-system-needs-reforming-278544/" aria-label="Read more about Family violence protection orders can be a lifeline, but the system needs reforming">Read more</a>
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Child protection workers are under pressure in NZ. Can predictive modelling help?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dylan A Mordaunt, Research Fellow, Faculty of Education, Health, and Psychological Sciences, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Flinders University; The University of Melbourne Across child protection services, frontline staff are often making decisions in the hardest possible conditions: under time pressure, with incomplete information ... <a title="Child protection workers are under pressure in NZ. Can predictive modelling help?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/23/child-protection-workers-are-under-pressure-in-nz-can-predictive-modelling-help-278298/" aria-label="Read more about Child protection workers are under pressure in NZ. Can predictive modelling help?">Read more</a>
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Prime Minister Manele holds firm as opposition claims majority in Solomon Islands
RNZ Pacific Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele has doubled down on his decision not to convene Parliament as he hangs on to power leading a minority government, following mass defections from his Government of National Unity and Transformation (GNUT). Last week, 19 government MPs — more than half of them cabinet ministers — handed ... <a title="Prime Minister Manele holds firm as opposition claims majority in Solomon Islands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/23/prime-minister-manele-holds-firm-as-opposition-claims-majority-in-solomon-islands/" aria-label="Read more about Prime Minister Manele holds firm as opposition claims majority in Solomon Islands">Read more</a>
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From nuclear to climate crisis survivors: unfinished business in the Pacific
COMMENTARY: By David Robie, author of Eyes of Fire Climate crisis concerns shouldn’t overshadow the legacy of nuclear testing in the Pacific, where there are lingering health and sociopolitical insecurities. For example, there are concerns in French Polynesia about the mysterious fate of a former anti-nuclear investigative journalist and editor of the now closed Les ... <a title="From nuclear to climate crisis survivors: unfinished business in the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/23/from-nuclear-to-climate-crisis-survivors-unfinished-business-in-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about From nuclear to climate crisis survivors: unfinished business in the Pacific">Read more</a>
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Using your AI chatbot as a search engine? Be careful what you believe
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Veale, Senior Lecturer in Media Studies, School of Humanities, Media and Creative Communication, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University During the first world war, the British government was looking for ways to help people stretch their limited food supplies. It found pamphlets from a noted ... <a title="Using your AI chatbot as a search engine? Be careful what you believe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/23/using-your-ai-chatbot-as-a-search-engine-be-careful-what-you-believe-277616/" aria-label="Read more about Using your AI chatbot as a search engine? Be careful what you believe">Read more</a>
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Morgan le Fay was King Arthur’s sister – but also a healer, mathematician and murderer
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Kimball, Casual Academic, School of Humanities, Creative Industries and Social Sciences, University of Newcastle Morgan le Fay is one of the most infamous characters of Arthurian mythology. A powerful sorceress and, in later stories, King Arthur’s half-sister, Morgan was a healer, a mathematician, murderer, adulteress and ... <a title="Morgan le Fay was King Arthur’s sister – but also a healer, mathematician and murderer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/23/morgan-le-fay-was-king-arthurs-sister-but-also-a-healer-mathematician-and-murderer-275927/" aria-label="Read more about Morgan le Fay was King Arthur’s sister – but also a healer, mathematician and murderer">Read more</a>
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Some schools have stopped running camps as costs rise. What can we do instead?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendon Hyndman, Associate Professor of Education, Charles Sturt University School camps have long been a rite of passage for many Australian students in both primary and high school. Typically, camps begin in primary school and continue into the secondary years, ranging from a single overnight stay to ... <a title="Some schools have stopped running camps as costs rise. What can we do instead?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/23/some-schools-have-stopped-running-camps-as-costs-rise-what-can-we-do-instead-278798/" aria-label="Read more about Some schools have stopped running camps as costs rise. What can we do instead?">Read more</a>
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Do petrol retailers really ‘price-gouge’ during oil price spikes?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nikhil Datta, Assistant Professor, Economics, University of Warwick The US-Israel strikes on Iran in late February caused an immediate spike in oil prices, and volatility has only increased since then. It quickly led to fears among motorists of “price-gouging” – petrol retailers raising their prices to take ... <a title="Do petrol retailers really ‘price-gouge’ during oil price spikes?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/23/do-petrol-retailers-really-price-gouge-during-oil-price-spikes-278843/" aria-label="Read more about Do petrol retailers really ‘price-gouge’ during oil price spikes?">Read more</a>
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Overconfidence is how wars are lost − lessons from Vietnam, Afghanistan and Ukraine for the war in Iran were ignored
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Monica Duffy Toft, Professor of International Politics and Director of the Center for Strategic Studies, The Fletcher School, Tufts University Wars are rarely lost first on the battlefield. They are lost in leaders’ minds − when leaders misread what they and their adversaries can do, when their ... <a title="Overconfidence is how wars are lost − lessons from Vietnam, Afghanistan and Ukraine for the war in Iran were ignored" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/23/overconfidence-is-how-wars-are-lost-lessons-from-vietnam-afghanistan-and-ukraine-for-the-war-in-iran-were-ignored-278604/" aria-label="Read more about Overconfidence is how wars are lost − lessons from Vietnam, Afghanistan and Ukraine for the war in Iran were ignored">Read more</a>