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February 25, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Swartwood House, Associate Professor of Art History, University of South Carolina When a 5-inch-by-4-inch red chalk drawing of a woman’s foot by Michelangelo sold at auction for US$27.2 million on Feb. 5, 2026, it blew past the $1.5 million to $2 million it was expected to ... <a title="Michelangelo hated painting the Sistine Chapel – and never aspired to be a painter to begin with" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/michelangelo-hated-painting-the-sistine-chapel-and-never-aspired-to-be-a-painter-to-begin-with-275788/" aria-label="Read more about Michelangelo hated painting the Sistine Chapel – and never aspired to be a painter to begin with">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ali Mamouri, Research Fellow, Middle East Studies, Deakin University One Nation leader Pauline Hanson made headlines last week following an interview with Sky News in which she suggested there are no “good” Muslims. The comment was outrageous by any measure, but the response relatively muted, reflecting a ... <a title="Pauline Hanson’s no ‘good’ Muslims comment shows how normalised Islamophobia has become in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/pauline-hansons-no-good-muslims-comment-shows-how-normalised-islamophobia-has-become-in-australia-276639/" aria-label="Read more about Pauline Hanson’s no ‘good’ Muslims comment shows how normalised Islamophobia has become in Australia">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nial Wheate, Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University Ivermectin was originally celebrated as a revolutionary treatment for parasitic disease in humans and animals. It has since evolved into a focal point of misinformation and heated debate. During the early part of the COVID pandemic, it was ... <a title="Ivermectin was touted as a cure for COVID, now it’s being tested for cancer. But what can it actually treat?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/ivermectin-was-touted-as-a-cure-for-covid-now-its-being-tested-for-cancer-but-what-can-it-actually-treat-276180/" aria-label="Read more about Ivermectin was touted as a cure for COVID, now it’s being tested for cancer. But what can it actually treat?">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Avril Horne, Research fellow, Department of Infrastructure Engineering, The University of Melbourne If you stand beside Seven Creeks in Victoria or Spring Creek in Queensland, they might seem small and unremarkable. But these creeks flow into the mighty Goulburn and Condamine Rivers, and punch far above their ... <a title="Climate change is drying out the ‘forgotten rivers’ that keep the Murray-Darling alive. We need a new plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/climate-change-is-drying-out-the-forgotten-rivers-that-keep-the-murray-darling-alive-we-need-a-new-plan-275562/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change is drying out the ‘forgotten rivers’ that keep the Murray-Darling alive. We need a new plan">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fiona Longmuir, Senior Lecturer – Co-leader Education Workforce for the Future Impact Lab, Monash University When we think about jobs you can do from home, you may not immediately picture a school teacher. But as Victoria debates a new right to work from home, the state’s teachers ... <a title="Victorian public school teachers want a 4-day week trial. What could this mean for schools?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/victorian-public-school-teachers-want-a-4-day-week-trial-what-could-this-mean-for-schools-276281/" aria-label="Read more about Victorian public school teachers want a 4-day week trial. What could this mean for schools?">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marina Yue Zhang, Associate Professor, Technology and Innovation, University of Technology Sydney Chinese state television rang in the Year of the Horse with humanoid robots doing kung fu, comedy sketches and mass choreography. They made complex martial arts choreography look easy. Social media was flooded with memes ... <a title="China’s dancing robots are a wake-up call for Australia on policy and productivity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/chinas-dancing-robots-are-a-wake-up-call-for-australia-on-policy-and-productivity-276529/" aria-label="Read more about China’s dancing robots are a wake-up call for Australia on policy and productivity">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ellie Crookes, Lecturer in English Literatures, University of Wollongong The race of Heathcliff, the brooding antihero of Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel Wuthering Heights, is a much-discussed element of the classic tale. Brontë variously describes him as “a little lascar, or an American or Spanish castaway”; “that gipsy ... <a title="Brontë’s Heathcliff wasn’t white. Jacob Elordi is. Is that a problem?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/brontes-heathcliff-wasnt-white-jacob-elordi-is-is-that-a-problem-276183/" aria-label="Read more about Brontë’s Heathcliff wasn’t white. Jacob Elordi is. Is that a problem?">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brodie Fraser, Senior Research Fellow in Housing and Health, University of Otago The government’s plan to empower police to “issue move-on orders as a tool to deal with disorderly behaviour in public places” will effectively apply to people as young as 14 who are experiencing homelessness and ... <a title="New police powers to ‘move on’ rough sleepers only mask NZ’s deeper homelessness problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/new-police-powers-to-move-on-rough-sleepers-only-mask-nzs-deeper-homelessness-problem-276621/" aria-label="Read more about New police powers to ‘move on’ rough sleepers only mask NZ’s deeper homelessness problem">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Kevin, Associate Professor in Australian History, Flinders University Gisèle Pelicot’s compelling and moving memoir begins with the day she learned that over the course of at least nine years, she had been raped by her husband Dominique and around 80 other men, while she was drugged ... <a title="‘I am the enemy of death’: Gisèle Pelicot’s memoir is a remarkable tale of survival" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/i-am-the-enemy-of-death-gisele-pelicots-memoir-is-a-remarkable-tale-of-survival-274628/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I am the enemy of death’: Gisèle Pelicot’s memoir is a remarkable tale of survival">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
The Palestine Chronicle New Zealand activist Roger Fowler, a longtime Gaza solidarity organiser and Palestine Chronicle contributor, who died last Saturday, leaves a legacy of principled resistance. Roger Fowler was a beloved figure in the global solidarity movement and a steadfast advocate for justice in Palestine. He leaves behind a legacy defined by courage, compassion, ... <a title="The Palestine Chronicle: Roger Fowler’s legacy – a Palestinian tribute" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/the-palestine-chronicle-roger-fowlers-legacy-a-palestinian-tribute/" aria-label="Read more about The Palestine Chronicle: Roger Fowler’s legacy – a Palestinian tribute">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Pacific Media Watch A world premiere of a new documentary revealing the devastation of rainforest in the southeastern part of West Papua is one of two films being screened in Auckland next month. Billed as “Sinéma Merdeka: Stories from West Papua”, the programme is showing the heart of a hidden Pacific conflict and will be ... <a title="West Papuan filmmakers expose Merauke rainforest destruction in ‘siege’ doco" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/west-papuan-filmmakers-expose-merauke-rainforest-destruction-in-siege-doco/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan filmmakers expose Merauke rainforest destruction in ‘siege’ doco">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James B. Dorey, Lecturer in Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong It’s a question that has sparked the curiosity of scholars and bee lovers for decades: how many species of bees are there in the world? This might, at first, seem like a silly question. But it is ... <a title="Science knows of 21,000 bee species. There are likely thousands more" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/science-knows-of-21-000-bee-species-there-are-likely-thousands-more-268195/" aria-label="Read more about Science knows of 21,000 bee species. There are likely thousands more">Read more</a>
