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December 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Nicholas, Lecturer in Dance and Performance Science, Edith Cowan University Westend61/Getty The festive season can throw our exercise routines out the window. You might be staying somewhere different, with no access to a gym. Maybe your yoga studio is closed or social sport is on a ... <a title="No gym or regular routine? Here’s how to stay fit over the holiday break" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/22/no-gym-or-regular-routine-heres-how-to-stay-fit-over-the-holiday-break-270296/" aria-label="Read more about No gym or regular routine? Here’s how to stay fit over the holiday break">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jamshid Aghaei, Professor of Electrical Engineering at Central Queensland University, CQUniversity Australia Extreme weather is placing greater strain on Australia’s power grids. In 2022, the record-breaking Northern Rivers floods blacked out almost 70,000 households. A powerful storm in 2024 cut electricity to more than half a million ... <a title="When disasters strike, home batteries could be a lifeline" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/22/when-disasters-strike-home-batteries-could-be-a-lifeline-264698/" aria-label="Read more about When disasters strike, home batteries could be a lifeline">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Missaka Nandalochana Hettiarachchi, Adjunct Professor in Disaster Management, James Cook University This Christmas Day marks 21 years since the terrifying Indian Ocean tsunami. As we remember the hundreds of thousands of lives lost in this tragic event, it is also a moment to reflect on what followed. ... <a title="Disaster after disaster: do we have enough raw materials to ‘build back better’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/22/disaster-after-disaster-do-we-have-enough-raw-materials-to-build-back-better-265682/" aria-label="Read more about Disaster after disaster: do we have enough raw materials to ‘build back better’?">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cassandra Cross, Associate Dean (Learning & Teaching) Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice, Queensland University of Technology Mart Production/Pexels, The Conversation, CC BY With Christmas just around the corner, it can be a very busy and stressful time of year. Between festive gatherings, ticking off ... <a title="Scammers won’t take a break over Christmas. Here’s how to make a plan with your family to stay safe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/22/scammers-wont-take-a-break-over-christmas-heres-how-to-make-a-plan-with-your-family-to-stay-safe-269934/" aria-label="Read more about Scammers won’t take a break over Christmas. Here’s how to make a plan with your family to stay safe">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Australian law enforcement and intelligence agencies are to be reviewed, in the Albanese government’s latest responsle in the wake of the Bondi tragedy. But Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is still resisting calls for a national royal commission. Albanese said in ... <a title="Australia’s law enforcement and intelligence agencies to be reviewed post Bondi" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/21/australias-law-enforcement-and-intelligence-agencies-to-be-reviewed-post-bondi-272434/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s law enforcement and intelligence agencies to be reviewed post Bondi">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Australia will see the biggest gun buyback since the 1990s, after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced a national scheme on Friday. Under the plan, similar to the 1996 one introduced by John Howard after the Port Arthur massacre, the states ... <a title="Albanese announces national gun buyback scheme" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/19/albanese-announces-national-gun-buyback-scheme-272432/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese announces national gun buyback scheme">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vitomir Kovanovic, Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Centre for Change and Complexity in Learning (C3L), Education Futures, University of South Australia ChatGPT, CC BY Over the past three years, generative artificial intelligence (AI) has had a profound impact on society. AI’s impact on human writing, ... <a title="What the hyperproduction of AI slop is doing to science" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/19/what-the-hyperproduction-of-ai-slop-is-doing-to-science-272250/" aria-label="Read more about What the hyperproduction of AI slop is doing to science">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Faisal Hai, Professor and Head of School of Civil, Mining, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Wollongong Mathias Reding/Unsplash, CC BY Ever been about to pour rancid milk down the sink and thought…“Hmm, maybe I shouldn’t…”? What about the tomato passata that’s gone off? Or the water ... <a title="Should I pour this down the sink? (Probably not, and here’s why)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/19/should-i-pour-this-down-the-sink-probably-not-and-heres-why-269701/" aria-label="Read more about Should I pour this down the sink? (Probably not, and here’s why)">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yaqoot Fatima, Professor of Sleep Health, University of the Sunshine Coast It begins with two people, one blanket, and two very different ideas of what’s a comfortable sleeping temperature. By midnight, one partner is hot and sweaty while the other is freezing. Sounds familiar? You’re not alone. ... <a title="Will the ‘Scandinavian sleep method’ really help me sleep?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/19/will-the-scandinavian-sleep-method-really-help-me-sleep-270359/" aria-label="Read more about Will the ‘Scandinavian sleep method’ really help me sleep?">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Taylor, Senior Lecturer, School of Indigenous Studies, The University of Western Australia Quaranup, also known as Point Possession, in Western Australia. AndrewofBornholm/Wikimedia “It makes me feel like I am right there on Country”. This was the response of a student after they used a new virtual ... <a title="A virtual reality tool I developed is helping Indigenous people connect with Country" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/19/a-virtual-reality-tool-i-developed-is-helping-indigenous-people-connect-with-country-271851/" aria-label="Read more about A virtual reality tool I developed is helping Indigenous people connect with Country">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert G. Patman, Professor of International Relations, University of Otago Getty Images President Donald Trump’s recently-issued National Security Strategy marks a decisive break in United States foreign policy. It also poses an uncomfortable challenge for New Zealand and other countries that have long depended on a rules-based ... <a title="Trump’s new security strategy exposes the limits of NZ’s ‘softly-softly’ diplomacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/19/trumps-new-security-strategy-exposes-the-limits-of-nzs-softly-softly-diplomacy-272354/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s new security strategy exposes the limits of NZ’s ‘softly-softly’ diplomacy">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqueline Theis, PhD Candidate in Ecology, University of Otago Even small green spaces can bring nature back into cities, as our project in Ōtepoti Dunedin has shown. Over the past two years, Dunedin’s city centre has become greener and more biodiverse thanks to the installation of street-side ... <a title="Dunedin’s inner-city greening project shows even small spaces can be wildlife havens" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/19/dunedins-inner-city-greening-project-shows-even-small-spaces-can-be-wildlife-havens-267097/" aria-label="Read more about Dunedin’s inner-city greening project shows even small spaces can be wildlife havens">Read more</a>
