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June 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Hurlimann, Associate Professor in Urban Planning, The University of Melbourne Quality Stock Arts/Shutterstock Cities have a central role to play tackling climate change. They contribute 67–72% of the greenhouse gas emissions which are heating up the planet. At the same time, cities are increasingly at risk ... <a title="Cities are heating up the planet – how they can do more to fight climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/30/cities-are-heating-up-the-planet-how-they-can-do-more-to-fight-climate-change-259391/" aria-label="Read more about Cities are heating up the planet – how they can do more to fight climate change">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2025
RNZ Te Manu Korihi Tahiti will mark Matari’i as a national public holiday for the first time in November, following in the footsteps of Matariki in Aotearoa New Zealand. Matari’i refers to the same star cluster as Matariki. And for Tahitians, November 20 will mark the start of Matari’i i ni’a — the “season of ... <a title="Tahiti prepares for its first Matari’i public holiday" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/30/tahiti-prepares-for-its-first-matarii-public-holiday/" aria-label="Read more about Tahiti prepares for its first Matari’i public holiday">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucia McCallum, Senior Scientist in Geodesy, University of Tasmania ESA / Hubble / L. Calçada (ESO), CC BY The scientists who precisely measure the position of Earth are in a bit of trouble. Their measurements are essential for the satellites we use for navigation, communication and Earth ... <a title="Scientists look to black holes to know exactly where we are in the Universe. But phones and wifi are blocking the view" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/30/scientists-look-to-black-holes-to-know-exactly-where-we-are-in-the-universe-but-phones-and-wifi-are-blocking-the-view-259977/" aria-label="Read more about Scientists look to black holes to know exactly where we are in the Universe. But phones and wifi are blocking the view">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Zala, Senior Lecturer, Politics & International Relations, Monash University As the ceasefire between Israel and Iran seems to be holding for now, it is important to reflect on whether this whole episode was worth the risks. Wider escalation was (and remains) possible, and we do not ... <a title="Could we live with a nuclear-armed Iran? Reluctantly, yes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/30/could-we-live-with-a-nuclear-armed-iran-reluctantly-yes-259905/" aria-label="Read more about Could we live with a nuclear-armed Iran? Reluctantly, yes">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Bennett, Disability Program Director, Grattan Institute Australia is spending more than ever on disability services – and yet many people with disability still aren’t receiving the support they need. Since the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) began in 2013, it has transformed the lives of hundreds ... <a title="How to reform the NDIS and better support disabled people who don’t qualify for it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/30/how-to-reform-the-ndis-and-better-support-disabled-people-who-dont-qualify-for-it-258799/" aria-label="Read more about How to reform the NDIS and better support disabled people who don’t qualify for it">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Brownlie, Lecturer in Education, University of Southern Queensland Johnny Greig/ Getty Images When you went to school, did you call your teacher Mrs, Ms or Mr, followed by their surname? Perhaps you even called them Sir or Miss. The tradition of addressing teachers in a formal ... <a title="Mr Smith or Gary? Why some teachers ask students to call them by their first name" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/30/mr-smith-or-gary-why-some-teachers-ask-students-to-call-them-by-their-first-name-259790/" aria-label="Read more about Mr Smith or Gary? Why some teachers ask students to call them by their first name">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Welch, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images Stand on any car park on a sunny day in February and the heat will radiate through your shoes. At 30°C air temperature, that asphalt hits 50–55°C – hot enough to cause ... <a title="NZ cities are getting hotter: 5 things councils can do now to keep us cooler when summer comes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/30/nz-cities-are-getting-hotter-5-things-councils-can-do-now-to-keep-us-cooler-when-summer-comes-259885/" aria-label="Read more about NZ cities are getting hotter: 5 things councils can do now to keep us cooler when summer comes">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roberta Esbitt, Associate, RMIT University If you want to advertise a house online in Australia, you don’t have many options. Just two companies dominate the market. Australia’s largest property listings platform, realestate.com.au, belongs to digital media company REA Group, which is majority-owned by Rupert Murdoch’s US-based media ... <a title="Murdoch’s News Corp has moved into the mortgage business. Where are the regulators?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/30/murdochs-news-corp-has-moved-into-the-mortgage-business-where-are-the-regulators-259039/" aria-label="Read more about Murdoch’s News Corp has moved into the mortgage business. Where are the regulators?">Read more</a>
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June 30, 2025
Asia Pacific Report Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark has warned the country needs to maintain its nuclear-free policy as a “fundamental tenet” of its independent foreign policy in the face of gathering global storm clouds. Writing in a new book being published next week, she says “nuclear war is an existential threat to ... <a title="Clark warns in new Pacific book renewed nuclear tensions pose ‘existential threat to humanity’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/30/clark-warns-in-new-pacific-book-renewed-nuclear-tensions-pose-existential-threat-to-humanity/" aria-label="Read more about Clark warns in new Pacific book renewed nuclear tensions pose ‘existential threat to humanity’">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2025
By Bryan Manabat in Saipan Advocacy groups in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) disrupted the US Department of Defense’s public meeting this week, which tackled proposed military training plans on Tinian, voicing strong opposition to further militarisation in the Marianas. Members of the Marianas for Palestine, Prutehi Guahan and Commonwealth670 burst into ... <a title="‘Bridge for peace – not more bombs,’ say CNMI Gaza protesters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/29/bridge-for-peace-not-more-bombs-say-cnmi-gaza-protesters/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Bridge for peace – not more bombs,’ say CNMI Gaza protesters">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Ahmad Ibsais On June 22, American warplanes crossed into Iranian airspace and dropped 14 massive bombs. The attack was not in response to a provocation; it came on the heels of illegal Israeli aggression that took the lives of more than 600 Iranians. This was a return to something familiar and well-practised: an ... <a title="Why manufacturing consent for war with Iran failed this time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/29/why-manufacturing-consent-for-war-with-iran-failed-this-time/" aria-label="Read more about Why manufacturing consent for war with Iran failed this time">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2025
Headline: A return to Nature. – 36th Parallel Assessments Thomas Hobbes wrote his seminal work Leviathan in 1651. In it he describes the world system as it was then as being in “a state of nature,” something that some have interpreted as anarchy. However, anarchy has order and purpose. It is not chaos. In fact, ... <a title="A return to Nature." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/29/a-return-to-nature/" aria-label="Read more about A return to Nature.">Read more</a>
