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July 17, 2025
SPECIAL REPORT: By Te Aniwaniwa Paterson of Te Ao Māori News Forty years ago today, French secret agents bombed the Greenpeace campaign flagship Rainbow Warrior in an attempt to stop the environmental organisation’s protest against nuclear testing at Moruroa Atoll in Mā’ohi Nui. People gathered on board Rainbow Warrior III to remember photographer Fernando Pereira, ... <a title="Rainbow Warrior bombing by French secret agents remembered 40 years on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/17/rainbow-warrior-bombing-by-french-secret-agents-remembered-40-years-on/" aria-label="Read more about Rainbow Warrior bombing by French secret agents remembered 40 years on">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeff Borland, Professor of Economics, The University of Melbourne New figures show Australia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate unexpectedly rose to 4.3% – its highest level since late 2021 – in June this year, up from 4.1% in May. While this is bad news, it’s not as bad ... <a title="Why a surprise jump in unemployment isn’t as bad as it sounds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/17/why-a-surprise-jump-in-unemployment-isnt-as-bad-as-it-sounds-261375/" aria-label="Read more about Why a surprise jump in unemployment isn’t as bad as it sounds">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wesley Morgan, Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney This week, the Federal Court found the Australian government has no legal duty to protect Torres Strait Islanders from climate change. The ruling was disappointing, but it’s not the end of the matter. The plaintiffs, ... <a title="Australia got off on a technicality for its climate inaction. But there are plenty more judgement days to come" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/17/australia-got-off-on-a-technicality-for-its-climate-inaction-but-there-are-plenty-more-judgement-days-to-come-261305/" aria-label="Read more about Australia got off on a technicality for its climate inaction. But there are plenty more judgement days to come">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amelia Scott, Honorary Affiliate and Clinical Psychologist at the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, and Macquarie University Research Fellow, Macquarie University klebercordeiro/Getty If you spend any time in the wellness corners of TikTok or Instagram, you’ll see claims women need one to two hours more sleep than ... <a title="Do women really need more sleep than men? A sleep psychologist explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/17/do-women-really-need-more-sleep-than-men-a-sleep-psychologist-explains-259985/" aria-label="Read more about Do women really need more sleep than men? A sleep psychologist explains">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Miriama Young, Associate Professor Music Composition, Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, The University of Melbourne Marco Zorzanello It was late January when I got the call. I’m asked to bring my sound art to a collaborative ecology and design project, Song of the Cricket, for the Venice Biennale ... <a title="I created a Vivaldi-inspired sound artwork for the Venice Biennale. The star of the show is an endangered bush-cricket" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/17/i-created-a-vivaldi-inspired-sound-artwork-for-the-venice-biennale-the-star-of-the-show-is-an-endangered-bush-cricket-259681/" aria-label="Read more about I created a Vivaldi-inspired sound artwork for the Venice Biennale. The star of the show is an endangered bush-cricket">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Faisal Hai, Professor and Head of School of Civil, Mining, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Wollongong Avocado_studio/Shutterstock The kettle is a household staple practically everywhere – how else would we make our hot drinks? But is it okay to re-boil water that’s already in the kettle ... <a title="Is it okay to boil water more than once, or should you empty the kettle every time?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/17/is-it-okay-to-boil-water-more-than-once-or-should-you-empty-the-kettle-every-time-260293/" aria-label="Read more about Is it okay to boil water more than once, or should you empty the kettle every time?">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Madeleine Perrett, PhD Candidate in Law, University of Adelaide Armed with obscure legal jargon and fringe interpretations of the law, “sovereign citizens” are continuing to test the limits of the Australian justice system’s patience and power. A few weeks ago, two Western Australians were jailed for 30 ... <a title="What does Australian law have to say about sovereign citizens and ‘pseudolaw’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/17/what-does-australian-law-have-to-say-about-sovereign-citizens-and-pseudolaw-260289/" aria-label="Read more about What does Australian law have to say about sovereign citizens and ‘pseudolaw’?">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Dahlen, Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University A study published this week in the international obstetrics and gynaecology journal BJOG has raised concerns among women due to give birth in Australia’s public hospitals. The study compared the outcomes ... <a title="Is childbirth really safer for women and babies in private hospitals?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/17/is-childbirth-really-safer-for-women-and-babies-in-private-hospitals-261179/" aria-label="Read more about Is childbirth really safer for women and babies in private hospitals?">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jo McDonald, Professor, Director of Centre for Rock Art Research + Management, The University of Western Australia Senior Ranger, Mardudunhera man Peter Cooper, oversees the Murujuga landscape Jo McDonald, CC BY-SA On Friday, the Murujuga Cultural Landscape in northwest Western Australia was inscribed on the UNESCO World ... <a title="We were part of the world heritage listing of Murujuga. Here’s why all Australians should be proud" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/17/we-were-part-of-the-world-heritage-listing-of-murujuga-heres-why-all-australians-should-be-proud-261066/" aria-label="Read more about We were part of the world heritage listing of Murujuga. Here’s why all Australians should be proud">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Hobbs, Associate Professor and Transforming Lives Fellow, Spatial Data Science and Planetary Health, Sheffield Hallam University Photon-Photos/Getty Images Ever felt like where you live is having an impact on your mental health? Turns out, you’re not imagining things. Our new analysis of eight years of data ... <a title="Is our mental health determined by where we live – or is it the other way round? New research sheds more light" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/17/is-our-mental-health-determined-by-where-we-live-or-is-it-the-other-way-round-new-research-sheds-more-light-260491/" aria-label="Read more about Is our mental health determined by where we live – or is it the other way round? New research sheds more light">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Senior Research Associate, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, The University of Melbourne Magda Ehlers/Pexels, CC BY Have you ever examined timber floorboards and pondered why they look the way they do? Perhaps you admired the super-fine grain, a stunning red hue or a ... <a title="The secret stories of trees are written in the knots and swirls of your floorboards. An expert explains how to read them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/17/the-secret-stories-of-trees-are-written-in-the-knots-and-swirls-of-your-floorboards-an-expert-explains-how-to-read-them-250776/" aria-label="Read more about The secret stories of trees are written in the knots and swirls of your floorboards. An expert explains how to read them">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Hortle, Deputy Director, Tasmanian Policy Exchange, University of Tasmania In the darkest and coldest months of the year, Tasmanians have been slogging through an election campaign no one wanted. It’s been a curious mix of humdrum plodding laced with cyanide levels of bitterness, with the most ... <a title="Tasmania is limping towards an election nobody wants. Here’s the state of play" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/07/17/tasmania-is-limping-towards-an-election-nobody-wants-heres-the-state-of-play-260504/" aria-label="Read more about Tasmania is limping towards an election nobody wants. Here’s the state of play">Read more</a>
