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April 27, 2026
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor A Papua New Guinea National Court ruling to overturn a ban on Starlink has been widely welcomed, fresh off the back of a natural disaster which highlighted the need for low-orbit satellite services in the country. Last December, the National Information and Communications Technology Authority (NICTA) announced that ... <a title="Starlink set to return to PNG after court quashes ban, clearing path" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/27/starlink-set-to-return-to-png-after-court-quashes-ban-clearing-path/" aria-label="Read more about Starlink set to return to PNG after court quashes ban, clearing path">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2026
ANALYSIS: By Eugene Doyle If Iran succeeds in extracting reparations for the damage done to it in the US-Israeli war, it will be a world historic moment. Iran may be bloodied but it remains unbowed and is seeking compensation from the Arab states over “direct involvement” in the US-Israeli war of aggression. Iran sent a ... <a title="Eugene Doyle: Iran demands hundreds of billions in reparations for being attacked. Guess who’ll pay?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/27/eugene-doyle-iran-demands-hundreds-of-billions-in-reparations-for-being-attacked-guess-wholl-pay/" aria-label="Read more about Eugene Doyle: Iran demands hundreds of billions in reparations for being attacked. Guess who’ll pay?">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Connick, Postdoctoral Researcher in Paralympic Classification and Biomechanics, The University of Queensland; Queensland University of Technology On May 6 1954, Sir Roger Bannister did what was deemed impossible in athletics: he ran a mile in less than four minutes. The milestone was celebrated worldwide, not just ... <a title="How 2 men smashed through a marathon barrier long thought unbreakable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/27/how-2-men-smashed-through-a-marathon-barrier-long-thought-unbreakable-281522/" aria-label="Read more about How 2 men smashed through a marathon barrier long thought unbreakable">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Courtney P. McLean, Research Fellow, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University Raising children to have a good relationship with food and their bodies is one of the best ways to promote good self-esteem and protect them from developing disordered eating. But this can be tricky if you ... <a title="How to model good eating and body image habits for your kids" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/27/how-to-model-good-eating-and-body-image-habits-for-your-kids-279443/" aria-label="Read more about How to model good eating and body image habits for your kids">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robyn Eckersley, Redmond Barry Professor of Political Science, School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne The Coalition’s new leadership is undertaking a consequential shift to the right. This is bad news for climate policy. Nationals leader Matt Canavan has long opposed climate action. Most ... <a title="Why the Coalition’s lurch to the right is bad for the climate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/27/why-the-coalitions-lurch-to-the-right-is-bad-for-the-climate-280915/" aria-label="Read more about Why the Coalition’s lurch to the right is bad for the climate">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kai Riemer, Professor of Information Technology and Organisation, University of Sydney Meta and Microsoft are the latest software companies to announce big cuts to their global workforce. Both companies are also making big investments in artificial intelligence (AI). The link seems obvious. Meta’s chief people officer, Janelle ... <a title="Meta and Microsoft have joined the tech layoff tsunami. Is AI really to blame?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/27/meta-and-microsoft-have-joined-the-tech-layoff-tsunami-is-ai-really-to-blame-281436/" aria-label="Read more about Meta and Microsoft have joined the tech layoff tsunami. Is AI really to blame?">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2026
By Anish Chand in Suva Fiji Minister for Defence and Veterans Affairs Pio Tikoduadua has confirmed that a police officer seriously injured during a checkpoint incident in Laqere is his daughter. In a statement, Tikoduadua said the incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday at a joint checkpoint involving the Fiji Police Force and ... <a title="Injured Fiji police officer in checkpoint incident ‘is my daughter’, says Tikoduadua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/27/injured-fiji-police-officer-in-checkpoint-incident-is-my-daughter-says-tikoduadua/" aria-label="Read more about Injured Fiji police officer in checkpoint incident ‘is my daughter’, says Tikoduadua">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tegan Clark, PhD Candidate, College of Systems and Society, Australian National University Expert voices in Australian science news coverage are still more likely to be those of men, according to recent research, despite journalists themselves being fairly evenly spread between genders. Our study of print and online ... <a title="New research shows men still outnumber women as experts in science news" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/27/new-research-shows-men-still-outnumber-women-as-experts-in-science-news-281364/" aria-label="Read more about New research shows men still outnumber women as experts in science news">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Musgrave, Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology, Adelaide University The heady scent of tea tree is one of the iconic smells of the Australian bush. And the essential oils derived from tea trees have been used as medicines, first by Indigenous people, then by colonists. Today, many of ... <a title="Tea tree oil may affect fertility, the EU says. A pharmacologist explains why that’s so misleading" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/27/tea-tree-oil-may-affect-fertility-the-eu-says-a-pharmacologist-explains-why-thats-so-misleading-281125/" aria-label="Read more about Tea tree oil may affect fertility, the EU says. A pharmacologist explains why that’s so misleading">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tilman Ruff, Honorary Principal Fellow, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne This week in New York, diplomats from almost every nation will convene for a four-week review of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), the most comprehensive nuclear arms agreement ... <a title="A new nuclear arms race is accelerating. There’s only one way to stop it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/27/a-new-nuclear-arms-race-is-accelerating-theres-only-one-way-to-stop-it-281130/" aria-label="Read more about A new nuclear arms race is accelerating. There’s only one way to stop it">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Bongiorno, Director, Vice-Chancellor’s Centre for Public Ideas, University of Canberra The times might be bad, but they have suited Anthony Albanese. The explosions on the political right since the 2025 election have, in electoral terms, resulted so far mainly in a rearrangement of debris between the ... <a title="The times seem to suit Anthony Albanese. So why isn’t he more popular?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/27/the-times-seem-to-suit-anthony-albanese-so-why-isnt-he-more-popular-281021/" aria-label="Read more about The times seem to suit Anthony Albanese. So why isn’t he more popular?">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Guy C. Charlton, Associate Professor, School of Law, University of New England The US Supreme Court is poised to deliver its much anticipated and debated decision on the question of birthright citizenship. At the centre of the case (known as Trump v. Barbara) is an executive order ... <a title="A landmark US court ruling on birthright citizenship is coming. What does NZ law say?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/27/a-landmark-us-court-ruling-on-birthright-citizenship-is-coming-what-does-nz-law-say-280366/" aria-label="Read more about A landmark US court ruling on birthright citizenship is coming. What does NZ law say?">Read more</a>
