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April 15, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mike Callander, Lecturer in Music Industry, RMIT University After a four-year break from touring, Justin Bieber is headlining Coachella’s main stage. In a controversial section of the show he sang along to YouTube clips – and at times didn’t sing at all. Up to 125,000 punters attend ... <a title="Justin Bieber’s Coachella performance wasn’t ‘lazy’ – and actually references 50 years of music history" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/15/justin-biebers-coachella-performance-wasnt-lazy-and-actually-references-50-years-of-music-history-280463/" aria-label="Read more about Justin Bieber’s Coachella performance wasn’t ‘lazy’ – and actually references 50 years of music history">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Magdalena Wajrak, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry, Edith Cowan University If you’ve been in the market for a new hair dryer, you’ve likely seen advertising for ionic ones. Some claim to produce negative ions in the millions – with or without the help of added minerals like tourmaline. ... <a title="How do ionic hair dryers work? Can they do what they promise?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/15/how-do-ionic-hair-dryers-work-can-they-do-what-they-promise-278785/" aria-label="Read more about How do ionic hair dryers work? Can they do what they promise?">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Whitehouse, Deputy Director, the Kids Research Institute Australia, Professor of Autism Research, The University of Western Australia Research published earlier this year found the strongest evidence yet that the introduction of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has played a key role driving up autism diagnoses ... <a title="Autism diagnoses are up, largely fuelled by the NDIS. What happens next isn’t entirely clear" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/15/autism-diagnoses-are-up-largely-fuelled-by-the-ndis-what-happens-next-isnt-entirely-clear-280143/" aria-label="Read more about Autism diagnoses are up, largely fuelled by the NDIS. What happens next isn’t entirely clear">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Treadwell, Senior Lecturer in Journalism, Auckland University of Technology Public trust in news in has risen for the first time since records began in 2020. According to the latest Trust in News in Aotearoa New Zealand report, 37% of respondents now trust the news generally, up ... <a title="Trust in news rises after years of decline in NZ. What’s behind the shift?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/15/trust-in-news-rises-after-years-of-decline-in-nz-whats-behind-the-shift-280253/" aria-label="Read more about Trust in news rises after years of decline in NZ. What’s behind the shift?">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Liberal candidate Raissa Butkowski has drawn top position on the ballot paper for the May 9 Farrer byelection, in a field of a dozen candidates. While she will be at the top of the ballot paper Butkowski, a lawyer with ... <a title="Liberal candidate draws top of ballot paper in Farrer but faces mammoth battle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/liberal-candidate-draws-top-of-ballot-paper-in-farrer-but-faces-mammoth-battle-280587/" aria-label="Read more about Liberal candidate draws top of ballot paper in Farrer but faces mammoth battle">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Bennett, Disability Program Director, Grattan Institute Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has grown too big, too fast. The NDIS is a government-funded program providing support to more than 760,000 disabled Australians. It launched in 2013 as a way to make disability support more accessible and ... <a title="The government wants to curb NDIS spending. Here’s how it might succeed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/the-government-wants-to-curb-ndis-spending-heres-how-it-might-succeed-280033/" aria-label="Read more about The government wants to curb NDIS spending. Here’s how it might succeed">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Horvath, Senior lecturer, La Trobe University The landslide victory of Péter Magyar’s Tisza Party in Hungary’s parliamentary election represents much more than a routine change of government. It marks the fall of an “electoral autocracy”, a regime that used elections to shroud and legitimise a system ... <a title="He exposed corruption and walked across Hungary. Now Péter Magyar has defeated a powerful state machine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/he-exposed-corruption-and-walked-across-hungary-now-peter-magyar-has-defeated-a-powerful-state-machine-280455/" aria-label="Read more about He exposed corruption and walked across Hungary. Now Péter Magyar has defeated a powerful state machine">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maddison Sideris, Associate Teaching Fellow, Sociology, Deakin University Being a single woman isn’t the social taboo it once was. Singlehood seems to be on the rise, with more single person households, and more women choosing to marry later in life, or not at all. It could even ... <a title="‘I never really know how to answer that’: why do women still have to justify being single?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/i-never-really-know-how-to-answer-that-why-do-women-still-have-to-justify-being-single-279967/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I never really know how to answer that’: why do women still have to justify being single?">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Warlpa Thompson, Wiimpatja Aboriginal Owner of Mutawintji National Park, Indigenous Knowledge Hidden among the red sandstone escarpments of Mutawintji National Park in western New South Wales lives a rare lizard, long isolated in this arid landscape. Known to Wiimpatja Aboriginal Owners as kungaka – “the hidden one” ... <a title="Meet kungaka – ‘the hidden one’. This ancient lizard could be the rarest reptile in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/meet-kungaka-the-hidden-one-this-ancient-lizard-could-be-the-rarest-reptile-in-australia-279561/" aria-label="Read more about Meet kungaka – ‘the hidden one’. This ancient lizard could be the rarest reptile in Australia">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darius von Guttner Sporzynski, Professor of History, Australian Catholic University When Pope Leo XIV condemned threats to destroy Iranian civilisation as “truly unacceptable” in April 2026, the backlash was immediate. US President Donald Trump unleashed a tirade against the pope on social media, accusing him of being ... <a title="Pope Leo’s resolute response to Trump attack reveals a man of God, not politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/pope-leos-resolute-response-to-trump-attack-reveals-a-man-of-god-not-politics-280469/" aria-label="Read more about Pope Leo’s resolute response to Trump attack reveals a man of God, not politics">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milad Haghani, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne The recent military conflict in the Middle East triggered a sharp increase in petrol prices throughout March, with the federal government’s subsequent excise cut providing only partial relief. To address the ... <a title="Victoria has made public transport free – NSW hasn’t. Has there been any difference in uptake?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/victoria-has-made-public-transport-free-nsw-hasnt-has-there-been-any-difference-in-uptake-280361/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria has made public transport free – NSW hasn’t. Has there been any difference in uptake?">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Spear, Professor of Anatomy, University of Bristol Many households will recognise this familiar exchange. One person insists an object simply isn’t there: impossible to find despite what they describe as a thorough and highly competent search. Another walks in, glances briefly at the same spot and ... <a title="It’s right under your nose – why some people can’t find things in plain sight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/its-right-under-your-nose-why-some-people-cant-find-things-in-plain-sight-277845/" aria-label="Read more about It’s right under your nose – why some people can’t find things in plain sight">Read more</a>
