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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>
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January 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Penny Bailey, Lecturer in Japanese Studies, The University of Queensland A thrown tea bowl made by Hamada Shōji. Wikimedia, CC BY-SA On January 10 1926, Yanagi Sōetsu and the potters Hamada Shōji and Kawai Kanjirō sat talking excitedly late into the night at a temple on Mt ... <a title="Beauty in ordinary things: why this Japanese folk craft movement still matters 100 years on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/beauty-in-ordinary-things-why-this-japanese-folk-craft-movement-still-matters-100-years-on-269802/" aria-label="Read more about Beauty in ordinary things: why this Japanese folk craft movement still matters 100 years on">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Bowman, Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania Graeme Thomas/Facebook After a weekend of extreme heat and windy conditions, more than 30 blazes were still burning in Victoria and New South Wales as of Sunday evening, including major fires in the Otways, near the ... <a title="Rain one minute, heatwave the next. How climate ‘whiplash’ drives unpredictable fire weather" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/rain-one-minute-heatwave-the-next-how-climate-whiplash-drives-unpredictable-fire-weather-273104/" aria-label="Read more about Rain one minute, heatwave the next. How climate ‘whiplash’ drives unpredictable fire weather">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Laurikainen Gaete, PhD Candidate, Wollongong Isotope Geochronology Laboratory, University of Wollongong Today, rock wallabies are seen as secretive cliff-dwellers that rarely stray far from the safety of their rocky shelters. But the fossil record tells a very different story. New research suggests rock wallabies were once ... <a title="Modern rock wallabies seem to survive by sticking together in small areas. Fossils show they need to travel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/modern-rock-wallabies-seem-to-survive-by-sticking-together-in-small-areas-fossils-show-they-need-to-travel-272344/" aria-label="Read more about Modern rock wallabies seem to survive by sticking together in small areas. Fossils show they need to travel">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matteo Vergani, Associate Professor and Director of the Tackling Hate Lab, Deakin University What we currently know about antisemitism in Australia is pieced together from a fragmented body of information produced by community organisations, researchers and law enforcement. And it is largely interpreted and translated to the ... <a title="The antisemitism debate is already a political minefield. The royal commission must rise above it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/the-antisemitism-debate-is-already-a-political-minefield-the-royal-commission-must-rise-above-it-273018/" aria-label="Read more about The antisemitism debate is already a political minefield. The royal commission must rise above it">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kai Schweizer, PhD Candidate in Youth Mental Health, The University of Western Australia; The Kids Research Institute MDV Edwards/Getty When people picture someone with an eating disorder, many think of a thin, teenage girl with anorexia nervosa. This stereotype is so pervasive it can feel like a ... <a title="Why eating disorders are more common among LGBTQIA+ people and what can help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/why-eating-disorders-are-more-common-among-lgbtqia-people-and-what-can-help-270268/" aria-label="Read more about Why eating disorders are more common among LGBTQIA+ people and what can help">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Sachinthanee Dissanayake, PhD Candidate, University of Wollongong Pressmaster/Getty Have you ever felt delighted (perhaps secretly) when something went wrong for someone else? We may not openly admit it, but many of us have probably felt this way – sometimes intentionally, sometimes unconsciously. This feeling has ... <a title="Is it okay to feel ‘schadenfreude’ at work? Here’s how to navigate this complex emotion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/is-it-okay-to-feel-schadenfreude-at-work-heres-how-to-navigate-this-complex-emotion-269181/" aria-label="Read more about Is it okay to feel ‘schadenfreude’ at work? Here’s how to navigate this complex emotion">Read more</a>
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January 11, 2026
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese last week announced a Royal Commission into the Bondi Beach Attack and antisemitism. Andrew Brown weighs the evidence on Australia’s “antisemitism crisis” for Michael West Media. ANALYSIS: By Andrew Brown Australia is being told it faces an unprecedented wave of antisemitism — a crisis requiring extraordinary measures, including a Royal ... <a title="Australia’s ‘antisemitism crisis’ – examining what’s real and what isn’t" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/11/australias-antisemitism-crisis-examining-whats-real-and-what-isnt/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s ‘antisemitism crisis’ – examining what’s real and what isn’t">Read more</a>
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January 11, 2026
RNZ Pacific Sāmoa is set to become the third Pacific nation to have an embassy in Jerusalem. Prime Minister Laaulialemalietoa Polataivao Schmidt told a gathering of the Sāmoa branch of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem on Tuesday he had instructed the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to begin work on the opening of an office ... <a title="Sāmoa set to become third Pacific nation to open Jerusalem embassy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/11/samoa-set-to-become-third-pacific-nation-to-open-jerusalem-embassy/" aria-label="Read more about Sāmoa set to become third Pacific nation to open Jerusalem embassy">Read more</a>
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January 11, 2026
By Pretoria Gordon, RNZ News journalist A former head of the United Nations Development Programme is concerned that US President Donald Trump may set a precedent for other countries. The President has signed a memorandum ordering the withdrawal of the United States from 66 international organisations. These include the Framework Convention on Climate Change, the ... <a title="Clark condemns US withdrawal as ‘assault on international system of cooperation’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/11/clark-condemns-us-withdrawal-as-assault-on-international-system-of-cooperation/" aria-label="Read more about Clark condemns US withdrawal as ‘assault on international system of cooperation’">Read more</a>
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January 10, 2026
By Pokere Paewai, RNZ Māori issues reporter As 2025 ticked over into 2026, New Zealand’s popular Parakai Springs near Helensville officially became Kaipātiki Hot Springs, the traditional indigenous name for the area which reflects the whakapapa of tangata whenua Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara. The change comes as Te Poari o Kaipātiki ki Kaipara assumes management ... <a title="Popular Auckland hot springs gets name change to Kaipātiki" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/10/popular-auckland-hot-springs-gets-name-change-to-kaipatiki/" aria-label="Read more about Popular Auckland hot springs gets name change to Kaipātiki">Read more</a>
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January 10, 2026
The Australian government remains silent on Israel banning 37 international aid organisations in Gaza, despite warnings from humanitarian groups. Stephanie Tran reports. By Stephanie Tran of Michael West Media Under new registration requirements introduced by Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism, NGOs have been required to submit lists of their Palestinian employees for ... <a title="NGOs warn of catastrophic impact in Gaza – Penny Wong doesn’t care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/10/ngos-warn-of-catastrophic-impact-in-gaza-penny-wong-doesnt-care/" aria-label="Read more about NGOs warn of catastrophic impact in Gaza – Penny Wong doesn’t care">Read more</a>
