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February 4, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Barnaby Joyce’s political career has hit the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. He’s been Nationals leader and deputy prime minister twice. As a senator, he was a maverick, often crossing the floor. As party leader, he had ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Barnaby Joyce on getting on with Pauline Hanson and One Nation’s rise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/politics-with-michelle-grattan-barnaby-joyce-on-getting-on-with-pauline-hanson-and-one-nations-rise-275072/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Barnaby Joyce on getting on with Pauline Hanson and One Nation’s rise">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor The New Zealand government says it hopes an electrification aid project that was halted in Papua New Guinea can still be completed if security improves. Work on the Enga Electrification Project in PNG’s Enga province has stopped due to ongoing violence around the project area in Tsak Valley. ... <a title="New Zealand holds out hope for halted PNG electrification aid project" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/new-zealand-holds-out-hope-for-halted-png-electrification-aid-project/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand holds out hope for halted PNG electrification aid project">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elle Bowd, Research Fellow, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University David Clode/Unsplash, CC BY-ND There has been much global discussion about the best ways to manage Earth’s forests in an era of climate change and more frequent bushfires. Some foresters and forest managers support ... <a title="Victoria’s mountain ash forests naturally thin their trees. So why do it with machines?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/victorias-mountain-ash-forests-naturally-thin-their-trees-so-why-do-it-with-machines-268201/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria’s mountain ash forests naturally thin their trees. So why do it with machines?">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meaghan O’Donnell, Professor and Head, Research, Phoenix Australia, Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, The University of Melbourne In their day-to-day work, first responders – including police, firefighters, paramedics and lifesavers – often witness terrible things happening to other people, and may be in danger themselves. For some ... <a title="Firefighters face repeat trauma. We learned how to reduce their risk of PTSD" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/firefighters-face-repeat-trauma-we-learned-how-to-reduce-their-risk-of-ptsd-269283/" aria-label="Read more about Firefighters face repeat trauma. We learned how to reduce their risk of PTSD">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rohann Irving, Research Fellow, Flinders University As a new parliamentary year resumes, politicians such as the ACT’s David Pocock have renewed their calls for legislation to tackle Australia’s gambling losses, which are the worst in the world per capita. When questioned about its lack of action on ... <a title="You spin some, you lose more: how Albanese’s gambling rhetoric falls short" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/you-spin-some-you-lose-more-how-albaneses-gambling-rhetoric-falls-short-271614/" aria-label="Read more about You spin some, you lose more: how Albanese’s gambling rhetoric falls short">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wellett Potter, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of New England ziphaus/Unsplash Would you create an interactive “digital twin” of yourself that can communicate with loved ones after your death? Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has made it possible to seemingly resurrect the dead. So-called griefbots or deathbots – ... <a title="An ‘AI afterlife’ is now a real option – but what becomes of your legal status?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/an-ai-afterlife-is-now-a-real-option-but-what-becomes-of-your-legal-status-274021/" aria-label="Read more about An ‘AI afterlife’ is now a real option – but what becomes of your legal status?">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meg Elkins, Associate Professor in Economics, RMIT University When the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board voted unanimously to lift the cash rate to 3.85% on Tuesday, the decision was driven by one overriding concern. It wants to stop the rising cost of living from becoming entrenched. ... <a title="What the RBA wants Australians to do next to fight inflation – or risk more rate hikes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/what-the-rba-wants-australians-to-do-next-to-fight-inflation-or-risk-more-rate-hikes-274984/" aria-label="Read more about What the RBA wants Australians to do next to fight inflation – or risk more rate hikes">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Asia Pacific Report Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi, a Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawai’ian) initiative for self-determination and self-governance formed in 1987, has sent a 17-member Indigenous delegation to Waitangi to stand in solidarity with Māori in defence of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. The delegation is present to “stand alongside Māori leadership, strengthen international solidarity, and affirm the ... <a title="Big Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi delegation joins Māori in solidarity over Te Tiriti" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/big-ka-lahui-hawai%ca%bbi-delegation-joins-maori-in-solidarity-over-te-tiriti/" aria-label="Read more about Big Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi delegation joins Māori in solidarity over Te Tiriti">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
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 South Australian state election will be held on March 21. Preferential voting will be used to elect members for all 47 single-member lower house seats. This ... <a title="Why preferential voting is superior to first past the post" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/why-preferential-voting-is-superior-to-first-past-the-post-264248/" aria-label="Read more about Why preferential voting is superior to first past the post">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicola Macaulay, Senior Tutor and PhD Candidate, Centre for Defence and Security Studies, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University NZ Defence Force Across the Pacific and the Southern Ocean, New Zealand has been trying to strike a careful balance in its defence and surveillance approach. While ... <a title="Is NZ defence and intelligence policy aligning with AUKUS in all but name?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/is-nz-defence-and-intelligence-policy-aligning-with-aukus-in-all-but-name-274609/" aria-label="Read more about Is NZ defence and intelligence policy aligning with AUKUS in all but name?">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor A court ruling in favour of Fiji’s dismissed anti-corruption chief has “embarrassed” Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, a New Zealand-based Fiji politics academic says. University of Canterbury distinguished professor Steven Ratuva told RNZ Pacific Waves that while the Fiji High Court decision on Barbara Malimali offered “clarity” on the separation ... <a title="High Court defeat piles pressure on ’embarrassed’ Fiji PM Rabuka’s leadership, says academic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/high-court-defeat-piles-pressure-on-embarrassed-fiji-pm-rabukas-leadership-says-academic/" aria-label="Read more about High Court defeat piles pressure on ’embarrassed’ Fiji PM Rabuka’s leadership, says academic">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martin Farr, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary British History, Newcastle University Peter Mandelson and Keir Starmer pictured in February 2025. Flickr/Number 10, CC BY-NC-ND No accident waiting to happen can ever have delivered on its promise so spectacularly as Lord Mandelson, with the continuous revelations of his ties ... <a title="The fall of Peter Mandelson and the many questions the UK government must now answer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/04/the-fall-of-peter-mandelson-and-the-many-questions-the-uk-government-must-now-answer-275011/" aria-label="Read more about The fall of Peter Mandelson and the many questions the UK government must now answer">Read more</a>
