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Timely home repairs are needed for good health in remote Aboriginal communities

November 11, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephanie Enkel, Postdoctoral Researcher, The Kids Research Institute Australia For people living in metro areas, a broken hot water system or washing machine is a nuisance. But it can usually be sorted by a phone call for a same-day repair or a quick trip to the hardware ... <a title="Timely home repairs are needed for good health in remote Aboriginal communities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/11/timely-home-repairs-are-needed-for-good-health-in-remote-aboriginal-communities-265878/" aria-label="Read more about Timely home repairs are needed for good health in remote Aboriginal communities">Read more</a>

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COP30: climate law changes mean NZ could retreat from its international obligations

November 11, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cathrine Dyer, Lecturer in Climate Change, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Wagner Meier/Getty Images As this year’s UN climate summit (COP30) gets underway in Belém, Brazil, the New Zealand delegation will be attending beneath a cloud of scepticism about the government’s seriousness in addressing ... <a title="COP30: climate law changes mean NZ could retreat from its international obligations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/11/cop30-climate-law-changes-mean-nz-could-retreat-from-its-international-obligations-269087/" aria-label="Read more about COP30: climate law changes mean NZ could retreat from its international obligations">Read more</a>

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I discovered a new Australian native bee, but there are still hundreds we need to identify

November 11, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kit Prendergast, Postdoctoral Researcher, Pollination Ecology, University of Southern Queensland The female of the species has devil-like black horns, and a taste for extremely rare pollen. But until now, this Australian native bee has never been officially named or identified. My discovery of Megachile (Hackeriapis) lucifer, underscores ... <a title="I discovered a new Australian native bee, but there are still hundreds we need to identify" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/11/i-discovered-a-new-australian-native-bee-but-there-are-still-hundreds-we-need-to-identify-267008/" aria-label="Read more about I discovered a new Australian native bee, but there are still hundreds we need to identify">Read more</a>

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Cane toads are hopping towards the Pilbara, but a water-free containment zone could stop them

November 11, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Judy Dunlop, Research Fellow in Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University It is early evening in Australia’s top end, and a hunter stalks its prey. Keenly alert, the northern quoll follows the sound of rustling in the leaf litter. It must be some kind of frog, the ... <a title="Cane toads are hopping towards the Pilbara, but a water-free containment zone could stop them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/11/cane-toads-are-hopping-towards-the-pilbara-but-a-water-free-containment-zone-could-stop-them-268189/" aria-label="Read more about Cane toads are hopping towards the Pilbara, but a water-free containment zone could stop them">Read more</a>

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Is your child’s school using generative AI? Here are 8 questions to ask

November 11, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Fischetti, Professor, Leadership and School Transformation, School of Education, University of Newcastle, University of Newcastle Eugene Mymrin/ Getty Images There have been at least three watershed moments in how humans access information. One came with the invention of the printing press in 1440, which revolutionised the ... <a title="Is your child’s school using generative AI? Here are 8 questions to ask" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/11/is-your-childs-school-using-generative-ai-here-are-8-questions-to-ask-268873/" aria-label="Read more about Is your child’s school using generative AI? Here are 8 questions to ask">Read more</a>

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Green finance was supposed to contribute solutions to climate change. So far, it’s fallen well short

November 11, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon O’Connor, Director, Sustainable Finance Hub, The University of Melbourne Robb Miller/Unsplash A decade ago, a seminal speech by Mark Carney, then governor of the Bank of England and current Canadian prime minister, set out how climate change presented an economic risk that threatened the very stability ... <a title="Green finance was supposed to contribute solutions to climate change. So far, it’s fallen well short" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/11/green-finance-was-supposed-to-contribute-solutions-to-climate-change-so-far-its-fallen-well-short-268666/" aria-label="Read more about Green finance was supposed to contribute solutions to climate change. So far, it’s fallen well short">Read more</a>

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EV ‘charging deserts’ in regional Australia are slowing the shift to clean transport

November 11, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hussein Dia, Professor of Transport Technology and Sustainability, Swinburne University of Technology If you live in a big city, finding a charger for your electric vehicle (EV) isn’t hard. But drive a few hours in any direction and the story changes. For most regional Australians, the nearest ... <a title="EV ‘charging deserts’ in regional Australia are slowing the shift to clean transport" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/11/ev-charging-deserts-in-regional-australia-are-slowing-the-shift-to-clean-transport-269102/" aria-label="Read more about EV ‘charging deserts’ in regional Australia are slowing the shift to clean transport">Read more</a>

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Can a toilet block really be a war memorial?

November 11, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paige Timms, PhD Candidate, Australian History, Australian National University An ANZAC mural on a toilet block in Devenish, Victoria. Facebook/Anne Matthey Van Popering Inside the Anzac Memorial Park in Cooktown, Queensland, is a public toilet war memorial. The brick building has poppies, war medals and historic propaganda ... <a title="Can a toilet block really be a war memorial?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/11/can-a-toilet-block-really-be-a-war-memorial-267968/" aria-label="Read more about Can a toilet block really be a war memorial?">Read more</a>

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Harare’s street traders create their own system to survive in the city

November 11, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elmond Bandauko, Assistant Professor of Human Geography, University of Alberta The informal sector has become a dominant source of livelihoods for urban residents in African cities. Within this sector, street trading is one of the most visible and vital components of urban economies. In Zimbabwe’s capital city, ... <a title="Harare’s street traders create their own system to survive in the city" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/11/harares-street-traders-create-their-own-system-to-survive-in-the-city-268996/" aria-label="Read more about Harare’s street traders create their own system to survive in the city">Read more</a>

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View from The Hill: Albanese says Whitlam’s dismisssal ‘calculated plot’; Liberals consumed by current battle

November 10, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese has denounced Gough Whitlam’s dismissal from office in 1975 as “a calculated plot, hatched by conservative forces which sacrificed conventions and institutions in the pursuit of power”. Albanese said the election that followed – won by Malcolm Fraser ... <a title="View from The Hill: Albanese says Whitlam’s dismisssal ‘calculated plot’; Liberals consumed by current battle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/view-from-the-hill-albanese-says-whitlams-dismisssal-calculated-plot-liberals-consumed-by-current-battle-269395/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Albanese says Whitlam’s dismisssal ‘calculated plot’; Liberals consumed by current battle">Read more</a>

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BBC resignations over Trump scandal show the pressures on public broadcasters – and why they must resist them

November 10, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne The resignations of BBC Director-General Tim Davie and CEO of BBC News Deborah Turness over dishonest editing of a speech in 2021 by US President Donald Trump raise several disturbing questions. These concern the ... <a title="BBC resignations over Trump scandal show the pressures on public broadcasters – and why they must resist them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/bbc-resignations-over-trump-scandal-show-the-pressures-on-public-broadcasters-and-why-they-must-resist-them-269388/" aria-label="Read more about BBC resignations over Trump scandal show the pressures on public broadcasters – and why they must resist them">Read more</a>

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A Roman emperor grovelling to a Persian king: the message behind a new statue in Tehran

November 10, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Edwell, Associate Professor in Ancient History, Macquarie University A new statue unveiled in recent days in Iran depicts a Roman emperor in subjection to a Persian king. Erected in Tehran’s Enghelab Square, the statue titled Kneeling Before Iran shows the emperor grovelling before Shapur I (who ... <a title="A Roman emperor grovelling to a Persian king: the message behind a new statue in Tehran" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/a-roman-emperor-grovelling-to-a-persian-king-the-message-behind-a-new-statue-in-tehran-269367/" aria-label="Read more about A Roman emperor grovelling to a Persian king: the message behind a new statue in Tehran">Read more</a>