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April 23, 2026
By Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific senior journalist Jone Vakarisi was heard screaming and begging before he was “brutalised to death” in Fiji military custody last week, according to his sister. Melehola Tagaga told RNZ Pacific Waves that the well-known drug pusher was asked if he was planning a coup, before the military arrested him at ... <a title="‘His life mattered’: Family of man who died in Fiji military custody says he begged for his life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/his-life-mattered-family-of-man-who-died-in-fiji-military-custody-says-he-begged-for-his-life/" aria-label="Read more about ‘His life mattered’: Family of man who died in Fiji military custody says he begged for his life">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David J. Galbreath, Professor of War and Technology, University of Bath Donald Trump’s deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face a renewal of American bombardment was due to expire this week, but was extended at the last moment, this time with no defined ... <a title="Middle East conflict: how the US and Iran could step back from the brink" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/middle-east-conflict-how-the-us-and-iran-could-step-back-from-the-brink-281203/" aria-label="Read more about Middle East conflict: how the US and Iran could step back from the brink">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Haslett, Emeritus Professor of Statistics, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University The old New Zealand Census – first conducted in 1851 – is to be no more. In its place will be a new and largely untried system that could potentially undermine the statistical basis ... <a title="The NZ Census guided vital economic and social planning. What happens now it’s gone?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/the-nz-census-guided-vital-economic-and-social-planning-what-happens-now-its-gone-280269/" aria-label="Read more about The NZ Census guided vital economic and social planning. What happens now it’s gone?">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brent Keogh, Lecturer in the School of Communications, University of Technology Sydney On April 15, United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth led a prayer session at the Pentagon. But instead of quoting from any recognised canon of sacred scripture, Hegseth’s prayer sounded unmistakably like Samuel L. ... <a title="How the Trump administration co-opts pop culture and religion for political gain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/how-the-trump-administration-co-opts-pop-culture-and-religion-for-political-gain-281011/" aria-label="Read more about How the Trump administration co-opts pop culture and religion for political gain">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Van Amber, Senior Lecturer in Fashion & Textiles, RMIT University As the weather cools in the southern hemisphere and energy prices climb, many of us are trying to stay warm without cranking the heating. The doona – or duvet, if you prefer – is central to ... <a title="The science of cosiness: a textiles expert explains feather down, bamboo, polyester duvets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/the-science-of-cosiness-a-textiles-expert-explains-feather-down-bamboo-polyester-duvets-280450/" aria-label="Read more about The science of cosiness: a textiles expert explains feather down, bamboo, polyester duvets">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Romain Fathi, Associate Professor, School of History, ANU / Chercheur Associé at the Centre d’Histoire de Sciences Po, Australian National University The United States under President Donald Trump and the European Union have a complicated relationship. On one hand, European countries and the US have built some ... <a title="How the war in Iran has brought European countries closer together – without Trump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/how-the-war-in-iran-has-brought-european-countries-closer-together-without-trump-281025/" aria-label="Read more about How the war in Iran has brought European countries closer together – without Trump">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Duygu Yengin, Associate Professor of Economics, Adelaide University Right now, courts across Australia are grappling with a difficult legal question. How do you put a dollar value on the cultural and spiritual harm done to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples when their Country has been damaged ... <a title="Why Native Title rulings need a system to value cultural loss" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/why-native-title-rulings-need-a-system-to-value-cultural-loss-279743/" aria-label="Read more about Why Native Title rulings need a system to value cultural loss">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rowan Light, Lecturer in History, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau In 1916, in the middle of the Great War, 2nd Lieutenant Leonard (Len) James Shaw of the 2nd Auckland Battalion sent a pressed Flanders poppy in folded paper to his niece Jessie Osborne in Waikato. Shaw ... <a title="Anzac Day 2026: how the poppy has endured as our symbol of war and remembrance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/23/anzac-day-2026-how-the-poppy-has-endured-as-our-symbol-of-war-and-remembrance-280911/" aria-label="Read more about Anzac Day 2026: how the poppy has endured as our symbol of war and remembrance">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Dickinson, Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW Sydney In sweeping reforms to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) announced today, the government will cut 160,000 participants from the scheme over the next four years and reduce funding for the average plan by A$5,000 in the next two ... <a title="Tightened eligibility and cuts to plans: what the NDIS changes mean for participants" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/tightened-eligibility-and-cuts-to-plans-what-the-ndis-changes-mean-for-participants-281147/" aria-label="Read more about Tightened eligibility and cuts to plans: what the NDIS changes mean for participants">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Updated research has shown up lingering headaches over the impacts of decades-long nuclear testing in the Pacific islands and interventions of outside powers, amid growing threats from climate change, writes Dr Lee Duffield. REVIEW: By Lee Duffield The journalist, professor and peace activist Dr David Robie, was one of a media party on the ill-fated ... <a title="Nuclear – now climate change: New book on how great powers have plagued the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/nuclear-now-climate-change-new-book-on-how-great-powers-have-plagued-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Nuclear – now climate change: New book on how great powers have plagued the Pacific">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
University of Sydney’s vice-chancellor Mark Scott appointed a special advisor for the institution’s antisemitism training programme, but forgot to tell anyone until months later. The first of a two-part series on Zionist influence in Australian universities for Michael West Media. By Wendy Bacon and Cathy Peters in Sydney The person chosen for the role of ... <a title="Sydney Uni appoints antisemitism ‘lecturer’, forgets to tell anybody" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/sydney-uni-appoints-antisemitism-lecturer-forgets-to-tell-anybody/" aria-label="Read more about Sydney Uni appoints antisemitism ‘lecturer’, forgets to tell anybody">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government will slash spending in real terms on the National Disability Insurance Scheme over four years, as it undertakes a massive “reset” of the program. People with lower support needs will be moved off the scheme and over the ... <a title="NDIS slashed and higher health insurance subsidy for over 65s scrapped, in Health Minister Butler’s package" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/ndis-slashed-and-higher-health-insurance-subsidy-for-over-65s-scrapped-in-health-minister-butlers-package-281143/" aria-label="Read more about NDIS slashed and higher health insurance subsidy for over 65s scrapped, in Health Minister Butler’s package">Read more</a>
