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January 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natasha Heap, Program Director for the Bachelor of Aviation, University of Southern Queensland mtreasure/Getty Images You arrive at the airport in plenty of time to check in. You reach the departure gate early. You board, walking down to your seat – and that’s when you discover the ... <a title="How do airlines set bag and weight limits? An ex-pilot explains new changes on the way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/13/how-do-airlines-set-bag-and-weight-limits-an-ex-pilot-explains-new-changes-on-the-way-267527/" aria-label="Read more about How do airlines set bag and weight limits? An ex-pilot explains new changes on the way">Read more</a>
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January 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karin Hammarberg, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Global and Women’s Health, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University globalmoments/Getty Most women experience some nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy. Although this is called morning sickness, it can happen at any time of day. Up to 80% ... <a title="What causes ‘extreme morning sickness’? What we know, don’t know and suspect about hyperemesis gravidarum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/13/what-causes-extreme-morning-sickness-what-we-know-dont-know-and-suspect-about-hyperemesis-gravidarum-267746/" aria-label="Read more about What causes ‘extreme morning sickness’? What we know, don’t know and suspect about hyperemesis gravidarum">Read more</a>
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January 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Albert Van Dijk, Professor, Water and Landscape Dynamics, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University Floods, droughts and heatwaves continue to dominate headlines around the world and in Australia. In the past few days, hundreds of bushfires have ignited in south-east Australia during an extreme ... <a title="What is the global water cycle and how is it amplifying climate disasters?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/13/what-is-the-global-water-cycle-and-how-is-it-amplifying-climate-disasters-272806/" aria-label="Read more about What is the global water cycle and how is it amplifying climate disasters?">Read more</a>
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January 13, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kasey Symons, Lecturer of Communication, Sports Media, Deakin University HBO Heated Rivalry has taken the world by a storm. The series tells the story of rivals-to-lovers hockey players Japanese-Canadian Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Russian Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie), and their yearslong relationship navigating falling in love ... <a title="Could Heated Rivalry bring a whole new fanbase to ice hockey – and can the sport embrace them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/13/could-heated-rivalry-bring-a-whole-new-fanbase-to-ice-hockey-and-can-the-sport-embrace-them-272702/" aria-label="Read more about Could Heated Rivalry bring a whole new fanbase to ice hockey – and can the sport embrace them?">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
Indonesia needs a fundamental shift in perspective: seeing Papuans not as a problem to be managed, but as equal partners and full subjects of their own destiny within the Republic, writes Laurens Ikinia. COMMENTARY: By Laurens Ikinia in Jakarta The island of Papua is a land of profound paradox. Beneath its ancient, cathedral-like forests and ... <a title="Papua in the Pacific mirror: A path to recognition and reconciliation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/papua-in-the-pacific-mirror-a-path-to-recognition-and-reconciliation/" aria-label="Read more about Papua in the Pacific mirror: A path to recognition and reconciliation">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
By Mark Rabago, RNZ Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas correspondent Leaders in the Northern Marianas have warned that a deepening economic crisis in the US territory could begin to undermine civilian systems that support America’s long-term strategic presence in the Indo-Pacific. In joint letters sent to US President Donald Trump and Admiral Samuel Paparo, ... <a title="CNMI leaders warn economic slide could affect US strategic presence in Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/cnmi-leaders-warn-economic-slide-could-affect-us-strategic-presence-in-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about CNMI leaders warn economic slide could affect US strategic presence in Pacific">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Guangyi Pan, Lecturer in International Political Studies at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, UNSW Canberra, UNSW Sydney When Labor was returned to power in 2022, the China-Australia relationship began to stabilise after what had been a rocky few years. So, where do things stand now, ... <a title="Can the China-Australia relationship stay on track in 2026? This is how experts in China see it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/can-the-china-australia-relationship-stay-on-track-in-2026-this-is-how-experts-in-china-see-it-271941/" aria-label="Read more about Can the China-Australia relationship stay on track in 2026? This is how experts in China see it">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luis Gómez Romero, Senior Lecturer in Human Rights, Constitutional Law and Legal Theory, University of Wollongong US President Donald Trump has insisted the United States will now be “running” Venezuela after US forces bombed the capital on January 3 and whisked Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his ... <a title="Venezuela’s leader may be gone, but his regime remains – with a new chief in Washington" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/venezuelas-leader-may-be-gone-but-his-regime-remains-with-a-new-chief-in-washington-273211/" aria-label="Read more about Venezuela’s leader may be gone, but his regime remains – with a new chief in Washington">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Stevens, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Adelaide University _Womerleymeria bicornis_, a springtail from Tasmania. Cyrille D’Haese In virtually every piece of land on Earth – from near the summit of Mount Everest to Antarctica to caves nearly 2,000 metres underground – live tiny critters ... <a title="Meet the springtails: little-known fantastic beasts that live everywhere on Earth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/meet-the-springtails-little-known-fantastic-beasts-that-live-everywhere-on-earth-270667/" aria-label="Read more about Meet the springtails: little-known fantastic beasts that live everywhere on Earth">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chaya Kasif, PhD Candidate; Assyriologist, Macquarie University An 8th century BCE gypsum relief from modern-day Iraq depicts a king and his chief ša rēši. Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago. OIM A7366. Daderot/Wikimedia Commons/Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago. OIM A7366 Today, trans people face politicisation of ... <a title="Not just ‘eunuchs’ or sex workers: in ancient Mesopotamia, gender-diverse people held positions of power" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/not-just-eunuchs-or-sex-workers-in-ancient-mesopotamia-gender-diverse-people-held-positions-of-power-270269/" aria-label="Read more about Not just ‘eunuchs’ or sex workers: in ancient Mesopotamia, gender-diverse people held positions of power">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
RNZ Pacific A proposal by Sāmoa’s Prime Minister to ban all non-Christian religions from the country is being met with mixed reactions. The Samoa Observer reported church ministers and members of the public voicing views both for and against the proposal. Prime Minister La’aulialemalietoa Polataivao Schmidt said he raised the issue with Samoa’s Council of ... <a title="Mixed reactions over Samoan PM’s proposal to ban non-Christian religions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/mixed-reactions-over-samoan-pms-proposal-to-ban-non-christian-religions/" aria-label="Read more about Mixed reactions over Samoan PM’s proposal to ban non-Christian religions">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rod McNaughton, Professor of Entrepreneurship, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images For decades, we have heard a familiar story about why New Zealand’s firms choose to stay small. Business owners prefer comfort, control and lifestyle over ambition, summed up in the old notion of the ... <a title="NZ’s low productivity is often blamed on businesses staying small. That could be a strength in 2026" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/nzs-low-productivity-is-often-blamed-on-businesses-staying-small-that-could-be-a-strength-in-2026-271177/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s low productivity is often blamed on businesses staying small. That could be a strength in 2026">Read more</a>
