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January 8, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah McColl-Gausden, Research fellow, The University of Melbourne The Longwood fire on the night of January 7, 2026 Getty Across Australia there are a number of fire districts facing extreme or catastrophic fire danger ratings in this ongoing heatwave. In Victoria, the Wimmera, Northern Country and North ... <a title="My home is in a district facing extreme or catastrophic fire danger. What should I do?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/08/my-home-is-in-a-district-facing-extreme-or-catastrophic-fire-danger-what-should-i-do-273000/" aria-label="Read more about My home is in a district facing extreme or catastrophic fire danger. What should I do?">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Digital Storytelling Team, The Conversation The Sassafras-Ferny Creek Fire Brigade is dispatched to the Longwood fire on January 7, 2026. Sassafras-Ferny Creek Fire Brigade CFA/Facebook Victoria is bracing for potentially catastrophic bushfire conditions on Friday, with temperatures expected to top 40°C for the third day in a ... <a title="Victoria bushfires at a glance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/08/victoria-bushfires-at-a-glance-273002/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria bushfires at a glance">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Saige England What happened at New Zealand human rights campaigner John Minto’s home? Let me tell you. Let me tell you that he wrote about it and Facebook took it down. Yep. Wrong after wrong. Minto, national co-chair of the Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) advocacy and protest group, has been arrested at ... <a title="Photos of attack on Palestine activist’s property ‘censored’ by Facebook" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/08/photos-of-attack-on-palestine-activists-property-censored-by-facebook/" aria-label="Read more about Photos of attack on Palestine activist’s property ‘censored’ by Facebook">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aaron Bach, Researcher and Lecturer in Exercise Science, Griffith University solidcolours/Getty Southeast Australia is enduring a record-breaking heatwave, with temperatures rising above 40ºC in many areas. For vulnerable people, particularly older Australians, this heat is not only uncomfortable but dangerous. High temperatures can worsen existing health problems ... <a title="Older people are more vulnerable in heatwaves. Here’s why – and how to stay safe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/08/older-people-are-more-vulnerable-in-heatwaves-heres-why-and-how-to-stay-safe-272900/" aria-label="Read more about Older people are more vulnerable in heatwaves. Here’s why – and how to stay safe">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milad Haghani, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne Munbaik Cycling Clothing/Unsplash During heatwaves, everyday life tends to feel more difficult than on an average day. Travel and daily movement are no exception. But while most of us know rain, ... <a title="Roads can become more dangerous on hot days – especially for pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/08/roads-can-become-more-dangerous-on-hot-days-especially-for-pedestrians-cyclists-and-motorcyclists-272995/" aria-label="Read more about Roads can become more dangerous on hot days – especially for pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charlie White, PhD Candidate, Behaviour and Evolution Lab, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University Thermal image of an adult bottlenose dolphin captured by a drone-mounted thermal camera. Charlie White/CEBEL Marine mammals are sentinels of the sea. When dolphins and whales show signs of stress or illness, ... <a title="Thermal drones can track dolphin health without having to touch or disturb them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/08/thermal-drones-can-track-dolphin-health-without-having-to-touch-or-disturb-them-272701/" aria-label="Read more about Thermal drones can track dolphin health without having to touch or disturb them">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2026
By Jake Johnson US President Donald Trump has claimed that Venezuela’s interim leadership will turn over to the United States as many as 50 million barrels of sanctioned oil to be sold at market price, part of a broader, unlawful administration effort to seize the South American nation’s natural resources. Trump, who authorised the illegal ... <a title="‘Straight-up piracy and extortion’: Trump says he will control money from sale of Venezuelan oil" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/08/straight-up-piracy-and-extortion-trump-says-he-will-control-money-from-sale-of-venezuelan-oil/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Straight-up piracy and extortion’: Trump says he will control money from sale of Venezuelan oil">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natasha Lindstaedt, Professor in the Department of Government, University of Essex During a recent interview with CNN host Jake Tapper, the White House deputy chief of staff, Stephen Miller, laid out what appears to be the core of the new ideology driving US foreign policy: the notion ... <a title="Stephen Miller: portrait of Donald Trump’s ideologue-in-chief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/08/stephen-miller-portrait-of-donald-trumps-ideologue-in-chief-272869/" aria-label="Read more about Stephen Miller: portrait of Donald Trump’s ideologue-in-chief">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Serdy, Professor of the Public International Law of the Sea, University of Southampton Relations between the US and Russia have hit a fresh bump after the US coastguard boarded a vessel sailing in the Icelandic waters, claiming it was in breach of sanctions on Venezuela. The ... <a title="US boards a ship sailing under a Russian flag: what we know and don’t know about the legal position" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/08/us-boards-a-ship-sailing-under-a-russian-flag-what-we-know-and-dont-know-about-the-legal-position-272957/" aria-label="Read more about US boards a ship sailing under a Russian flag: what we know and don’t know about the legal position">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Smith, Associate Professor and Discipline Lead (Paramedicine), La Trobe University Solovyova/Getty For many of us, pets are more than just animals. They are family. So, when a beloved pet dies, the grief can feel overwhelming. For some, like me, it does more than break your heart. ... <a title="Why grieving a pet can be as hard as grieving a person" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/08/why-grieving-a-pet-can-be-as-hard-as-grieving-a-person-269501/" aria-label="Read more about Why grieving a pet can be as hard as grieving a person">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2026
ANALYSIS: By Bryce Edwards When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, New Zealand responded with unusual speed. Sanctions followed. Condemnations were issued. The language was unambiguous. We were told this was about defending the “rules-based international order” — a phrase our politicians have grown remarkably fond of. Winston Peters has deployed it frequently in his time ... <a title="Bryce Edwards: NZ’s craven stance on the US invasion of Venezuela" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/07/bryce-edwards-nzs-craven-stance-on-the-us-invasion-of-venezuela/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards: NZ’s craven stance on the US invasion of Venezuela">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Malcolm Evans What have we become if to survive in our so-called “free world” we must turn a blind eye to cold-blooded genocide, must arm ourselves to oppose our major trading partner, must support a contrived war to defeat an adversary that no longer exists, (lest its new form otherwise achieves its potential) ... <a title="Malcolm Evans: What have we become that we accept such brigandry?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/07/malcolm-evans-what-have-we-become-that-we-accept-such-brigandry/" aria-label="Read more about Malcolm Evans: What have we become that we accept such brigandry?">Read more</a>
