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May 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carla Liuzzo, Senior Lecturer, Graduate School of Business, Queensland University of Technology Economic growth, particularly in energy-intensive nations, is slowing as the Middle East war continues to throttle exports of oil, plastics and fertiliser. The International Monetary Fund in its World Economic Outlook and Australian Treasurer Jim ... <a title="Is this the moment to change the way we think about economic growth?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/is-this-the-moment-to-change-the-way-we-think-about-economic-growth-281747/" aria-label="Read more about Is this the moment to change the way we think about economic growth?">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ada Cheung, Professorial Fellow in Endocrinology, The University of Melbourne Since 2020, Australia has had an ongoing shortage of oestrogen patches, which are usually prescribed to help ease menopause symptoms. In March, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) confirmed shortages of several brands and doses of patches will ... <a title="Can’t get your HRT patches? What to do and what to avoid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/cant-get-your-hrt-patches-what-to-do-and-what-to-avoid-282135/" aria-label="Read more about Can’t get your HRT patches? What to do and what to avoid">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Fong-Emmerson, Lecturer in Marketing, Edith Cowan University Across Australia, universities and governments say increasing the numbers of Indigenous graduates is one of the main priorities in tertiary education. First Nations people are still considerably underrepresented in our universities. They make up 1.9% of domestic higher education ... <a title="‘What do you want to be?’ The spark that helps Indigenous people go to uni" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/what-do-you-want-to-be-the-spark-that-helps-indigenous-people-go-to-uni-281870/" aria-label="Read more about ‘What do you want to be?’ The spark that helps Indigenous people go to uni">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milad Haghani, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne If you’ve driven on regional Australian roads, you’ve likely seen the signs warning of kangaroos and other animals – the familiar “wildlife ahead” signs. They are supposed to warn drivers of ... <a title="Crashes involving animals spike in winter. Here’s how to avoid them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/crashes-involving-animals-spike-in-winter-heres-how-to-avoid-them-281531/" aria-label="Read more about Crashes involving animals spike in winter. Here’s how to avoid them">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Four of the so-called “ISIS brides” and nine children are set to arrive in Australia from Syria imminently, with the Australian Federal Police ready to make arrests. Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke confirmed the group had “plans to travel to ... <a title="ISIS families to return to Australia, with police waiting to make arrests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/isis-families-to-return-to-australia-with-police-waiting-to-make-arrests-281639/" aria-label="Read more about ISIS families to return to Australia, with police waiting to make arrests">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angus Dowell, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Science, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Around the world, the boom in artificial intelligence is driving a parallel race between major tech companies to secure the physical infrastructure that enables it. This race has now reached New Zealand, with Singapore-based ... <a title="NZ’s AI data centre boom: who benefits from the build-out?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/nzs-ai-data-centre-boom-who-benefits-from-the-build-out-281238/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s AI data centre boom: who benefits from the build-out?">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Johanna Harris, Associate Professor, Literature, Western Civilisation Program, Australian Catholic University Over the past 15 years, I have witnessed university students’ shrinking patience for reading – especially for reading “long” books. Increasingly, students also opt for audiobooks. While speeding up the reading experience, these fundamentally change what ... <a title="How to read the classics in an age of distraction – and 3 short books to get you going" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/how-to-read-the-classics-in-an-age-of-distraction-and-3-short-books-to-get-you-going-278879/" aria-label="Read more about How to read the classics in an age of distraction – and 3 short books to get you going">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mathew Schmalz, Professor of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross When he was elected pope on May 8, 2025, Robert Prevost, who took the name Leo XIV, greeted the crowd with Christ’s words to his disciples: “Peace be with you.” Peace has become a central theme ... <a title="Themes of peace and human dignity have been central to Pope Leo as he marks his first year in office" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/themes-of-peace-and-human-dignity-have-been-central-to-pope-leo-as-he-marks-his-first-year-in-office-280722/" aria-label="Read more about Themes of peace and human dignity have been central to Pope Leo as he marks his first year in office">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Perry, Professor in Tropical Coastal Geoscience, University of Exeter For decades, coral reefs throughout the Caribbean have been suffering from disease, pollution, overfishing and rising sea temperatures, yet most have continued to grow – until now. In 2023 and 2024, surface temperatures climbed to record highs ... <a title="Massive marine heatwave caused Caribbean coral reefs to collapse much faster than predicted – new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/massive-marine-heatwave-caused-caribbean-coral-reefs-to-collapse-much-faster-than-predicted-new-research-281478/" aria-label="Read more about Massive marine heatwave caused Caribbean coral reefs to collapse much faster than predicted – new research">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Trudy Meehan, Lecturer, Centre for Positive Psychology and Health, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences The key to better wellbeing is acting like an Italian grandmother, according to social media’s “nonnamaxxing” trend. Proponents of the trend say that adopting the lifestyle habits of an Italian nonna ... <a title="TikTok’s ‘nonnamaxxing’ trend explained: here’s how living like an Italian grandma can benefit health and wellbeing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/tiktoks-nonnamaxxing-trend-explained-heres-how-living-like-an-italian-grandma-can-benefit-health-and-wellbeing-281073/" aria-label="Read more about TikTok’s ‘nonnamaxxing’ trend explained: here’s how living like an Italian grandma can benefit health and wellbeing">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Changlong Wang, ARC ECR Industry Fellow in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Monash University Australia is rich in minerals, metals, sun and wind. Iron ore, copper and critical minerals are all mined here and largely exported overseas to be turned into products such as steel, fertiliser, fuel and ... <a title="Can Australia green its heavy industry? It’s hard – but necessary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/can-australia-green-its-heavy-industry-its-hard-but-necessary-271313/" aria-label="Read more about Can Australia green its heavy industry? It’s hard – but necessary">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kenny Travouillon, Curator of Mammals, Western Australian Museum; Curtin University In 2024, the Western Australian Museum received a donation. It was a koala skull collected from Moondyne Cave in Margaret River by Lindsay Hatcher, an avid caver. There was something a bit odd about this skull, and ... <a title="The lost koala: new fossil species was hiding in plain sight for 100 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/05/06/the-lost-koala-new-fossil-species-was-hiding-in-plain-sight-for-100-years-281433/" aria-label="Read more about The lost koala: new fossil species was hiding in plain sight for 100 years">Read more</a>
