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March 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mirella Atherton, Lecturer in Law, University of Newcastle “Cashback” apps make an enticing promise. You download an app or click on a web browser extension. You go about your online shopping as usual, spend money, but then get some cash back. It sounds simple, right? In recent ... <a title="Money isn’t free. Here’s what to know before downloading a cashback app" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/23/money-isnt-free-heres-what-to-know-before-downloading-a-cashback-app-276270/" aria-label="Read more about Money isn’t free. Here’s what to know before downloading a cashback app">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Genauer, Academic Director, Public Policy Institute, UNSW Sydney Iran knows it is militarily much weaker than the United States. The US accounts for 37% of military spending worldwide, while Iran accounts for less than 1%. On paper, we’d expect the US to easily win a military ... <a title="Iran can’t ‘win’ this war. But it can force a US retreat using these 4 insurgency tactics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/23/iran-cant-win-this-war-but-it-can-force-a-us-retreat-using-these-4-insurgency-tactics-278668/" aria-label="Read more about Iran can’t ‘win’ this war. But it can force a US retreat using these 4 insurgency tactics">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yang Xiang, Professor, Computer Science, Swinburne University of Technology On a quiet suburban street, a modern Australian home wakes before its owners do. The lights turn on automatically, the thermostat adjusts to a comfortable temperature, and the coffee machine begins brewing. A doorbell camera watches the front ... <a title="Your smart home can be easily hacked. New safety standards will help, but stay vigilant" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/23/your-smart-home-can-be-easily-hacked-new-safety-standards-will-help-but-stay-vigilant-278881/" aria-label="Read more about Your smart home can be easily hacked. New safety standards will help, but stay vigilant">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chanae Ihimaera, Senior Lecturer/Kaiwhakaako Oral Health, Auckland University of Technology If the dental bill has ever made you gulp, you’re far from alone. Around three in ten Australian adults say they avoid or delay dental care due to costs. In Aotearoa New Zealand, almost half of adults ... <a title="Wondering if you really need that dental treatment? Here’s what to ask and how to get a second opinion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/23/wondering-if-you-really-need-that-dental-treatment-heres-what-to-ask-and-how-to-get-a-second-opinion-259784/" aria-label="Read more about Wondering if you really need that dental treatment? Here’s what to ask and how to get a second opinion">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heather Douglas, Professor of Law and Deputy Director of the Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (CEVAW), The University of Melbourne Every year across Australia, more than 100,000 people obtain a family violence protection order. For some victim-survivors, protection orders provide a much-needed ... <a title="Family violence protection orders can be a lifeline, but the system needs reforming" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/23/family-violence-protection-orders-can-be-a-lifeline-but-the-system-needs-reforming-278544/" aria-label="Read more about Family violence protection orders can be a lifeline, but the system needs reforming">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dylan A Mordaunt, Research Fellow, Faculty of Education, Health, and Psychological Sciences, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Flinders University; The University of Melbourne Across child protection services, frontline staff are often making decisions in the hardest possible conditions: under time pressure, with incomplete information ... <a title="Child protection workers are under pressure in NZ. Can predictive modelling help?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/23/child-protection-workers-are-under-pressure-in-nz-can-predictive-modelling-help-278298/" aria-label="Read more about Child protection workers are under pressure in NZ. Can predictive modelling help?">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Veale, Senior Lecturer in Media Studies, School of Humanities, Media and Creative Communication, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University During the first world war, the British government was looking for ways to help people stretch their limited food supplies. It found pamphlets from a noted ... <a title="Using your AI chatbot as a search engine? Be careful what you believe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/23/using-your-ai-chatbot-as-a-search-engine-be-careful-what-you-believe-277616/" aria-label="Read more about Using your AI chatbot as a search engine? Be careful what you believe">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Kimball, Casual Academic, School of Humanities, Creative Industries and Social Sciences, University of Newcastle Morgan le Fay is one of the most infamous characters of Arthurian mythology. A powerful sorceress and, in later stories, King Arthur’s half-sister, Morgan was a healer, a mathematician, murderer, adulteress and ... <a title="Morgan le Fay was King Arthur’s sister – but also a healer, mathematician and murderer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/23/morgan-le-fay-was-king-arthurs-sister-but-also-a-healer-mathematician-and-murderer-275927/" aria-label="Read more about Morgan le Fay was King Arthur’s sister – but also a healer, mathematician and murderer">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendon Hyndman, Associate Professor of Education, Charles Sturt University School camps have long been a rite of passage for many Australian students in both primary and high school. Typically, camps begin in primary school and continue into the secondary years, ranging from a single overnight stay to ... <a title="Some schools have stopped running camps as costs rise. What can we do instead?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/23/some-schools-have-stopped-running-camps-as-costs-rise-what-can-we-do-instead-278798/" aria-label="Read more about Some schools have stopped running camps as costs rise. What can we do instead?">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nikhil Datta, Assistant Professor, Economics, University of Warwick The US-Israel strikes on Iran in late February caused an immediate spike in oil prices, and volatility has only increased since then. It quickly led to fears among motorists of “price-gouging” – petrol retailers raising their prices to take ... <a title="Do petrol retailers really ‘price-gouge’ during oil price spikes?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/23/do-petrol-retailers-really-price-gouge-during-oil-price-spikes-278843/" aria-label="Read more about Do petrol retailers really ‘price-gouge’ during oil price spikes?">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Monica Duffy Toft, Professor of International Politics and Director of the Center for Strategic Studies, The Fletcher School, Tufts University Wars are rarely lost first on the battlefield. They are lost in leaders’ minds − when leaders misread what they and their adversaries can do, when their ... <a title="Overconfidence is how wars are lost − lessons from Vietnam, Afghanistan and Ukraine for the war in Iran were ignored" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/23/overconfidence-is-how-wars-are-lost-lessons-from-vietnam-afghanistan-and-ukraine-for-the-war-in-iran-were-ignored-278604/" aria-label="Read more about Overconfidence is how wars are lost − lessons from Vietnam, Afghanistan and Ukraine for the war in Iran were ignored">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Renee Goreham, Associate Professor, Physics, University of Newcastle I remember sitting very close to the television as a child and seeing the image was made up of tiny coloured dots, each of which broke down into miniature vertical strips of red, green and blue when I looked ... <a title="TVs keep getting more pixels – but we are approaching the limits of what our eyes can actually see" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/23/tvs-keep-getting-more-pixels-but-we-are-approaching-the-limits-of-what-our-eyes-can-actually-see-277836/" aria-label="Read more about TVs keep getting more pixels – but we are approaching the limits of what our eyes can actually see">Read more</a>
