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April 16, 2026
RNZ Pacific Ten people have died in a landslide in Gazelle district in Papua New Guinea’s East New Britain Province following continuous heavy rain, according to local news media reports. The disaster occurred after the Toriu River burst its banks after intense rainfall and severe weather conditions experienced across the region over the past few ... <a title="Deadly landslide claims 10 lives in PNG’s East New Britain, reports local media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/16/deadly-landslide-claims-10-lives-in-pngs-east-new-britain-reports-local-media/" aria-label="Read more about Deadly landslide claims 10 lives in PNG’s East New Britain, reports local media">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Murat Ungor, Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Otago New Zealand and Australia like to think of themselves as food powerhouses. But right now, a war in the Middle East and China’s fertiliser export restrictions are exposing a dangerous blind spot: their farms depend on imported fertiliser, ... <a title="The Middle East crisis has exposed NZ to a global fertiliser shock. Where is its plan?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/16/the-middle-east-crisis-has-exposed-nz-to-a-global-fertiliser-shock-where-is-its-plan-280262/" aria-label="Read more about The Middle East crisis has exposed NZ to a global fertiliser shock. Where is its plan?">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Annabel Blake, PhD Candidate, Human-Computer Interaction, University of Sydney In 2022, the founders of chatbot startup Character.AI launched a platform where anyone could create interactive characters powered by artificial intelligence (AI). The app exploded, quickly growing to more than 20 million users who created more than 10 ... <a title="How do teens really use AI companions? With more creativity than you might think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/16/how-do-teens-really-use-ai-companions-with-more-creativity-than-you-might-think-278532/" aria-label="Read more about How do teens really use AI companions? With more creativity than you might think">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean Most of Iranian oil — 96.7 percent — is destined for China. If you note this figure, you will realise that the Americans are really trying to choke off the supply of Iranian oil to China by blockading the Strait of Hormuz. This is a major part of the American containment ... <a title="Trump’s naval blockade of Strait of Hormuz actually targets China" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/16/trumps-naval-blockade-of-strait-of-hormuz-actually-targets-china/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s naval blockade of Strait of Hormuz actually targets China">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Talar Moukhtarian, Assistant Professor in Mental Health, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick It’s 3am. The room is dark, the house is silent, but your brain is suddenly wide awake. Many people find themselves waking at roughly the same time each night and start to wonder whether ... <a title="Waking at 3am every night? Here’s what may be going on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/16/waking-at-3am-every-night-heres-what-may-be-going-on-278264/" aria-label="Read more about Waking at 3am every night? Here’s what may be going on">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Beers, Professor of History, American University At some point in the next several months, I am hoping to receive a modest check as a member of the class covered in the class-action settlement Bartz v. Anthropic. In 2025, the artificial intelligence company Anthropic, best known for ... <a title="Thousands of AI-written, edited or ‘polished’ books are being sold – an eerie echo of Orwell’s ‘novel-writing machines’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/16/thousands-of-ai-written-edited-or-polished-books-are-being-sold-an-eerie-echo-of-orwells-novel-writing-machines-276008/" aria-label="Read more about Thousands of AI-written, edited or ‘polished’ books are being sold – an eerie echo of Orwell’s ‘novel-writing machines’">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samarth Kulshrestha, Research Fellow in Molecular Biology, University of Canterbury Plants are often seen as passive organisms, rooted in one place and largely unable to react to the world around them. But a new field of research is challenging these assumptions and showing that plants are as ... <a title="The secret sensory life of plants: researchers are discovering how they see, hear, feel – and even remember" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/16/the-secret-sensory-life-of-plants-researchers-are-discovering-how-they-see-hear-feel-and-even-remember-277076/" aria-label="Read more about The secret sensory life of plants: researchers are discovering how they see, hear, feel – and even remember">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Evangeline Mantzioris, Program Director of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Accredited Practising Dietitian, Adelaide University Hot flushes, night sweats or swinging mood changes are some of the most common symptoms of menopause – the stage of a woman’s life when menstrual periods stop permanently, and she is no ... <a title="Thinking about acupuncture or herbs for menopause? Read this first" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/16/thinking-about-acupuncture-or-herbs-for-menopause-read-this-first-277612/" aria-label="Read more about Thinking about acupuncture or herbs for menopause? Read this first">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Lawson, Academic Registrar at St Barnabas College in the University of Divinity, PhD Candidate in Ancient Linguistics, Faculty of Arts and Education, CSU, Charles Sturt University Most of us are used to thinking of “religion” in terms of a belief in God or gods. Perhaps the ... <a title="Can we consider ‘play’ to be a religion? Bluey certainly thinks so" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/16/can-we-consider-play-to-be-a-religion-bluey-certainly-thinks-so-274977/" aria-label="Read more about Can we consider ‘play’ to be a religion? Bluey certainly thinks so">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Fioritti, Lecturer in Politics, School of Social Sciences, Monash University The appointment of former high profile Greens federal housing spokesperson and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s arch nemesis, Max Chandler-Mather, as executive director of the party’s think tank – the Green Institute – raises several important questions. ... <a title="The Greens are relaunching their party think tank. What do these organisations do?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/16/the-greens-are-relaunching-their-party-think-tank-what-do-these-organisations-do-280265/" aria-label="Read more about The Greens are relaunching their party think tank. What do these organisations do?">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily Bryson, Lecturer in Science, CQUniversity Australia Most of us want to recycle, but it can sometimes be hard to know exactly how. Do jar lids and bottle caps go in the yellow bin? What kinds of plastic can be recycled? And given that food residue can ... <a title="What can you actually put in your yellow recycling bin? An environmental scientist explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/16/what-can-you-actually-put-in-your-yellow-recycling-bin-an-environmental-scientist-explains-278077/" aria-label="Read more about What can you actually put in your yellow recycling bin? An environmental scientist explains">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clinton Free, Academic Director, Executive Education, Business School, University of Sydney There has been no shortage of bold claims recently about artificial intelligence (AI) and jobs — from mass unemployment to over-hyped distraction. Much of this debate is speculative. Often, coming from the tech giants promoting their ... <a title="Employment data shows the early signs of AI job disruption are already here" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/16/employment-data-shows-the-early-signs-of-ai-job-disruption-are-already-here-280273/" aria-label="Read more about Employment data shows the early signs of AI job disruption are already here">Read more</a>
