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August 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nic Rawlence, Associate Professor in Ancient DNA, University of Otago An artist’s depiction of the Rēkohu shelduck. Sasha Votyakova/Te Papa , CC BY-ND Islands are natural laboratories where evolution can run rampant as plants and animals adapt to new environmental conditions and vacancies in the ecosystem. This ... <a title="The discovery of an extinct shelduck highlights the rich ancient biodiversity of the remote Rēkohu Chatham Islands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/14/the-discovery-of-an-extinct-shelduck-highlights-the-rich-ancient-biodiversity-of-the-remote-rekohu-chatham-islands-259656/" aria-label="Read more about The discovery of an extinct shelduck highlights the rich ancient biodiversity of the remote Rēkohu Chatham Islands">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Martin, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Deakin University Recently, you may have noticed an increase in the number of shops selling tobacco in your area. Alongside cigarettes, these shops often sell vapes. In July 2024, the federal government banned the sale of recreational vapes nationwide. The only ... <a title="If recreational vapes are banned, why are there still vape shops everywhere?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/14/if-recreational-vapes-are-banned-why-are-there-still-vape-shops-everywhere-262433/" aria-label="Read more about If recreational vapes are banned, why are there still vape shops everywhere?">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Wolpe, Non-resident Senior Fellow, United States Study Centre, University of Sydney Seven months after Donald Trump was inaugurated for a second term as US president, we are facing the most important moment in Australia’s foreign policy since the Iraq war. Australia needs to have a national ... <a title="The United States has changed. Australia hasn’t. It’s time to talk about where the relationship goes from here" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/14/the-united-states-has-changed-australia-hasnt-its-time-to-talk-about-where-the-relationship-goes-from-here-262943/" aria-label="Read more about The United States has changed. Australia hasn’t. It’s time to talk about where the relationship goes from here">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yuting Zhang, Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne Kseniya Ovchinnikova/Getty Australia needs to do better at preventing health conditions from arising and worsening, according to an interim report on delivering quality care more efficiently released overnight by the Productivity Commission. But the commission’s interim report ... <a title="Private health insurers want to fund more out-of-hospital care. But the Productivity Commission has other ideas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/14/private-health-insurers-want-to-fund-more-out-of-hospital-care-but-the-productivity-commission-has-other-ideas-261954/" aria-label="Read more about Private health insurers want to fund more out-of-hospital care. But the Productivity Commission has other ideas">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angela Jackson, Social Policy Commissioner, Productivity Commission, and Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Tasmania MTStock Studio/Getty Too often in discussions about productivity, the care economy only gets mentioned as the problem child putting a drag on growth. This week, the Productivity Commission is seeking to change that ... <a title="From childcare to aged care, here’s how to deliver safer, more affordable care for all Australians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/14/from-childcare-to-aged-care-heres-how-to-deliver-safer-more-affordable-care-for-all-australians-262942/" aria-label="Read more about From childcare to aged care, here’s how to deliver safer, more affordable care for all Australians">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Martin, Lecturer in Screen Studies, Swinburne University of Technology Stanley Bielecki Movie Collection/Getty Images For half a century, The Rocky Horror Picture Show has lured costumed fans to cinemas for late-night screenings. Its raunchy mix of Broadway musical, science fiction and schlock horror was originally a ... <a title="At 50, The Rocky Horror Picture Show is ‘imperfectly’ good (and queer) as ever" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/14/at-50-the-rocky-horror-picture-show-is-imperfectly-good-and-queer-as-ever-261852/" aria-label="Read more about At 50, The Rocky Horror Picture Show is ‘imperfectly’ good (and queer) as ever">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Reserve Bank’s rate cut this week will help relieve many mortgage holders, but it wasn’t all positive news from the bank. It also underscored the serious productivity and economic growth challenges facing the Australian economy. The Economic Reform Roundtable ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jim Chalmers wants roundtable to ‘crack open’ the challenge of slow housing approvals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/13/politics-with-michelle-grattan-jim-chalmers-wants-roundtable-to-crack-open-the-challenge-of-slow-housing-approvals-263112/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jim Chalmers wants roundtable to ‘crack open’ the challenge of slow housing approvals">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Keersten Fitzgerald, Lecturer in General Practice, University of Sydney Leonardo Iheme/Unsplash When it comes to penises, we seem unable to escape the idea that “bigger is better”. Popular culture and pornography constantly present us with unrealistic standards – that penises should be long, thick and hard. This ... <a title="Does penis size matter? And how do I know what’s normal?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/13/does-penis-size-matter-and-how-do-i-know-whats-normal-259910/" aria-label="Read more about Does penis size matter? And how do I know what’s normal?">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachael Hains-Wesson, Professor of Education and Associate Dean Learning and Teaching, RMIT University Once, a university degree was widely seen as a “ticket” to securing high-paying jobs and social mobility. Now, as artificial intelligence (AI) promises to revolutionise the labour market, it’s university students and recent graduates ... <a title="Will AI pull the career ladder up out of reach – or just change what it looks like?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/13/will-ai-pull-the-career-ladder-up-out-of-reach-or-just-change-what-it-looks-like-262866/" aria-label="Read more about Will AI pull the career ladder up out of reach – or just change what it looks like?">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Simpson, Senior Lecturer, International Studies, University of South Australia The war between Russia and Ukraine is taking place in Europe, but its security implications are increasingly being felt in Asia, too. North Korea has benefited tremendously from its decision to supply enormous quantities of ammunition and ... <a title="With new weapons, cash and battleground experience from Ukraine, North Korea has become much more formidable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/13/with-new-weapons-cash-and-battleground-experience-from-ukraine-north-korea-has-become-much-more-formidable-262939/" aria-label="Read more about With new weapons, cash and battleground experience from Ukraine, North Korea has become much more formidable">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hussein Dia, Professor of Transport Technology and Sustainability, Swinburne University of Technology SimonSkafar/Getty You’ll pay substantially less to charge an electric vehicle (EV) than if you were refuelling a petrol car to go the same distance. But what often surprises new EV owners is how much the ... <a title="What’s the cheapest way to charge your EV?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/13/whats-the-cheapest-way-to-charge-your-ev-262520/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the cheapest way to charge your EV?">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucy Hardie, Research Fellow in Population Health, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images Youth vaping is a major public health concern in many countries, with New Zealand’s youth vaping rates among the highest in the world, and rising. In 2017, 3% of New Zealanders aged ... <a title="Vape brands bypass regulations on marketing to young people by using global social media accounts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/08/13/vape-brands-bypass-regulations-on-marketing-to-young-people-by-using-global-social-media-accounts-262691/" aria-label="Read more about Vape brands bypass regulations on marketing to young people by using global social media accounts">Read more</a>
