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February 9, 2025
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown says New Zealand is asking for too much oversight over its deal with China, which is expected to be penned in Beijing next week. Brown told RNZ Pacific the Cook Islands-New Zealand relationship was reciprocal. “They certainly did not consult with us when ... <a title="Mark Brown on China deal: ‘No need for NZ to sit in the room with us’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/09/mark-brown-on-china-deal-no-need-for-nz-to-sit-in-the-room-with-us/" aria-label="Read more about Mark Brown on China deal: ‘No need for NZ to sit in the room with us’">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne Byelections occurred on Saturday in the Victorian state seats of Prahran and Werribee. The Liberals gained Prahran from the Greens by a 51.6–48.4 margin, a 13.6% swing ... <a title="Victorian byelections: Liberals gain Prahran from Greens and Labor ahead in Werribee" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/09/victorian-byelections-liberals-gain-prahran-from-greens-and-labor-ahead-in-werribee-249446/" aria-label="Read more about Victorian byelections: Liberals gain Prahran from Greens and Labor ahead in Werribee">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2025
A investigative journalism programme — Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) — that has pubiished exposes about the South Pacific and has not been impacted on by the “freeze” of USAID funding has hit back in an editorial calling for support of independent media. EDITORIAL: By the OCCRP editors “OCCRP is a deep state ... <a title="‘Journalism has become a blood sport. It is harder and harder to tell the truth’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/08/journalism-has-become-a-blood-sport-it-is-harder-and-harder-to-tell-the-truth/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Journalism has become a blood sport. It is harder and harder to tell the truth’">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2025
Pacific Media Watch President Donald Trump has frozen billions of dollars around the world in aid projects, including more than $268 million allocated by Congress to support independent media and the free flow of information. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has denounced this decision, which has plunged NGOs, media outlets, and journalists doing vital work into ... <a title="Trump’s foreign aid freeze throws independent journalism into chaos" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/08/trumps-foreign-aid-freeze-throws-independent-journalism-into-chaos/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s foreign aid freeze throws independent journalism into chaos">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amani Kasherwa, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, The University of Queensland In late January, a rebel group that has long caused mayhem in the sprawling African nation of Democratic Republic of Congo took control of Goma, a major city of about 2 million people on ... <a title="Rebels are continuing their march in eastern Congo – what is their long-term goal?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/07/rebels-are-continuing-their-march-in-eastern-congo-what-is-their-long-term-goal-248672/" aria-label="Read more about Rebels are continuing their march in eastern Congo – what is their long-term goal?">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yee-Fui Ng, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Monash University An ad falsely depicting independent candidate Alex Dyson as a Greens member. ABC News/Supplied The highly pertinent case of a little-known independent candidate in the Victorian seat of Wannon has exposed a gaping hole in Australia’s electoral laws, ... <a title="Misleading and false election ads are legal in Australia. We need national truth in political advertising laws" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/07/misleading-and-false-election-ads-are-legal-in-australia-we-need-national-truth-in-political-advertising-laws-249279/" aria-label="Read more about Misleading and false election ads are legal in Australia. We need national truth in political advertising laws">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Ball, Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland Nik/Unsplash You might have heard that eating too many eggs will cause high cholesterol levels, leading to poor health. Researchers have examined the science behind this myth again, and again, and again – largely debunking ... <a title="Are eggs good or bad for our health?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/07/are-eggs-good-or-bad-for-our-health-249168/" aria-label="Read more about Are eggs good or bad for our health?">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Jeffries, Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, Western Sydney University Tijana Simic/Shutterstock The news last week that three people in Sydney were hospitalised with botulism after receiving botox injections has raised questions about the regulation of the cosmetic injectables industry. The three women allegedly received injections of unregulated ... <a title="What is botulism? How this ‘nerve-paralysing illness’ can be linked to dodgy botox" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/07/what-is-botulism-how-this-nerve-paralysing-illness-can-be-linked-to-dodgy-botox-248765/" aria-label="Read more about What is botulism? How this ‘nerve-paralysing illness’ can be linked to dodgy botox">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jens Blotevogel, Principal Research Scientist and Team Leader for Remediation Technologies, CSIRO Mino Surkala, Shutterstock Lithium-ion batteries are part of everyday life. They power small rechargeable devices such as mobile phones and laptops. They enable electric vehicles. And larger versions store excess renewable energy for later use, ... <a title="Taking the ‘forever’ out of ‘forever chemicals’: we worked out how to destroy the PFAS in batteries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/07/taking-the-forever-out-of-forever-chemicals-we-worked-out-how-to-destroy-the-pfas-in-batteries-242769/" aria-label="Read more about Taking the ‘forever’ out of ‘forever chemicals’: we worked out how to destroy the PFAS in batteries">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Edith Jennifer Hill, Associate Lecturer, Learning & Teaching Innovation, Flinders University Netflix Netflix’s new limited series, Apple Cider Vinegar, tells the story of the elaborate cancer con orchestrated by Australian blogger Annabelle (Belle) Gibson. The first episode opens with Gibson’s character (played by Kaitlyn Dever) breaking the ... <a title="Belle Gibson built a ‘wellness’ empire on a lie about cancer. Apple Cider Vinegar expertly unravels her con" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/07/belle-gibson-built-a-wellness-empire-on-a-lie-about-cancer-apple-cider-vinegar-expertly-unravels-her-con-248999/" aria-label="Read more about Belle Gibson built a ‘wellness’ empire on a lie about cancer. Apple Cider Vinegar expertly unravels her con">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dee Ninis, Earthquake Scientist, Monash University Greece’s government has just declared a state of emergency on the island of Santorini, as earthquakes shake the island multiple times a day and sometimes only minutes apart. The “earthquake swarm” is also affecting other nearby islands in the Aegean Sea. ... <a title="An ‘earthquake swarm’ is shaking Santorini. It could persist for months" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/07/an-earthquake-swarm-is-shaking-santorini-it-could-persist-for-months-249278/" aria-label="Read more about An ‘earthquake swarm’ is shaking Santorini. It could persist for months">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne The Western Australian state election will be held on March 8. A Newspoll, conducted January 29 to February 4 from a sample of 1,039, gave Labor a ... <a title="WA Labor has thumping Newspoll lead a month before election; federal Labor improves" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/07/wa-labor-has-thumping-newspoll-lead-a-month-before-election-federal-labor-improves-248437/" aria-label="Read more about WA Labor has thumping Newspoll lead a month before election; federal Labor improves">Read more</a>
