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June 9, 2025
COMMENTARY: By John Hobbs It is difficult to understand what sits behind the New Zealand government’s unwillingness to sanction, or threaten to sanction, the Israeli government for its genocide against the Palestinian people. The United Nations, human rights groups, legal experts and now genocide experts have all agreed it really is “genocide” which is being ... <a title="New Zealand’s foreign policy stance on Palestine lacks transparency" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/09/new-zealands-foreign-policy-stance-on-palestine-lacks-transparency/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s foreign policy stance on Palestine lacks transparency">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Henry Maher, Lecturer in Politics, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney A no-holds-barred and very public blow-up between the world’s richest man and the president of the United States has had social media agog in recent days, with each making serious accusations against the ... <a title="The blow-up between Elon Musk and Donald Trump has been entertaining, but how did things go so bad, so fast?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/08/the-blow-up-between-elon-musk-and-donald-trump-has-been-entertaining-but-how-did-things-go-so-bad-so-fast-258394/" aria-label="Read more about The blow-up between Elon Musk and Donald Trump has been entertaining, but how did things go so bad, so fast?">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2025
Pacific Media Watch More than 150 press freedom advocacy groups and international newsrooms have joined Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) in issuing a public appeal demanding that Israel grant foreign journalists immediate, independent and unrestricted access to the Gaza Strip. The organisations are also calling for the full protection ... <a title="Gaza plea: RSF, CPJ and 150+ media outlets call on Israel to open Strip to foreign journalists, protect Palestinian reporters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/08/gaza-plea-rsf-cpj-and-150-media-outlets-call-on-israel-to-open-strip-to-foreign-journalists-protect-palestinian-reporters/" aria-label="Read more about Gaza plea: RSF, CPJ and 150+ media outlets call on Israel to open Strip to foreign journalists, protect Palestinian reporters">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2025
Asia Pacific Report The community is up in arms over another local post office in Aotearoa New Zealand about to be closed down, this time in the iconic and historic Auckland inner city suburb of Ponsonby. A local author and founder of Greenstone Pictures, John Harris, has led a pushback against plans to close the ... <a title="Ponsonby community up in arms over impending post office closure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/07/ponsonby-community-up-in-arms-over-impending-post-office-closure/" aria-label="Read more about Ponsonby community up in arms over impending post office closure">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2025
Pacific Media Watch One of the 12 activists on board the Gaza Freedom Flotilla aid vessel Madleen has posted an update on their progress, saying the mission would not be deterred by Israel’s threats to block them. In a video posted to X, Thiago Ávila said the crew, which includes high-profile Swedish climate activist Greta ... <a title="‘They cannot block us,’ says activist on Madleen flotilla aid ship to Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/07/they-cannot-block-us-says-activist-on-madleen-flotilla-aid-ship-to-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about ‘They cannot block us,’ says activist on Madleen flotilla aid ship to Gaza">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2025
By Giff Johnson, editor, Marshall Islands Journal, and RNZ Pacific correspondent A new report on the United States nuclear weapons testing legacy in the Marshall Islands highlights the lack of studies into important health concerns voiced by Marshallese for decades that make it impossible to have a clear understanding of the impacts of the 67 ... <a title="Marshall Islands nuclear legacy: report highlights lack of health research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/06/marshall-islands-nuclear-legacy-report-highlights-lack-of-health-research/" aria-label="Read more about Marshall Islands nuclear legacy: report highlights lack of health research">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Rudge, Law lecturer, University of Sydney BearFoto/Shutterstock New guidelines to regulate Australia’s booming cosmetic procedures industry have been called “tough” and “a crackdown” in media reports this week. On Tuesday, the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) announced the new guidelines – one for procedures, the ... <a title="New rules for cosmetic injectables aim to make the industry safer. Will they work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/06/new-rules-for-cosmetic-injectables-aim-to-make-the-industry-safer-will-they-work-257898/" aria-label="Read more about New rules for cosmetic injectables aim to make the industry safer. Will they work?">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2025
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Capitalism is in crisis, and our species’ imagination to save ourselves is sorely lacking. There are of course understandings out there, and solutions; but they are so heavily gate-kept that conversations about saving ourselves are well-nigh impossible. It remains a puzzle why those political and intellectual leaders who would most benefit ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Equity Rights: UBI, SUI, BUI, HUI, or GUI?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/06/keith-rankin-analysis-equity-rights-ubi-sui-bui-hui-or-gui/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Equity Rights: UBI, SUI, BUI, HUI, or GUI?">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Armin Chitizadeh, Lecturer, School of Computer Science, University of Sydney fran_kie/Shutterstock This week the US Federal Bureau of Investigation revealed two men suspected of bombing a fertility clinic in California last month allegedly used artificial intelligence (AI) to obtain bomb-making instructions. The FBI did not disclose the ... <a title="‘Godfather of AI’ now fears it’s unsafe. He has a plan to rein it in" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/06/godfather-of-ai-now-fears-its-unsafe-he-has-a-plan-to-rein-it-in-258288/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Godfather of AI’ now fears it’s unsafe. He has a plan to rein it in">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Legg, Professor of Law, UNSW Sydney Victorian MP Moira Deeming attracted headlines recently when news broke she’s intending to sue three former Liberal premiers, among other party figures. Why? Deeming is trying to recoup millions of dollars in legal costs after a successful defamation case. Who ... <a title="John Pesutto owes Moira Deeming $2.3m, but he doesn’t have it. Can former premiers be forced to pick up the tab?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/06/john-pesutto-owes-moira-deeming-2-3m-but-he-doesnt-have-it-can-former-premiers-be-forced-to-pick-up-the-tab-258059/" aria-label="Read more about John Pesutto owes Moira Deeming $2.3m, but he doesn’t have it. Can former premiers be forced to pick up the tab?">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sasha Grishin, Adjunct Professor of Art History, Australian National University The kimono garment, the national dress of Japan, carries within itself all of the magic and traditions of Japanese culture. The basic features of the kimono are fairly simple. It is a wrapped front garment with square ... <a title="The kimono is more than an artefact and more than clothing. It is a concept artists will make their own" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/06/the-kimono-is-more-than-an-artefact-and-more-than-clothing-it-is-a-concept-artists-will-make-their-own-253030/" aria-label="Read more about The kimono is more than an artefact and more than clothing. It is a concept artists will make their own">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University For many years now, Australian political scientists have pointed out that that established partisan allegiance is in decline. In 1967, 36% of Coalition supporters and 32% of Labor voters reported lifetime voting ... <a title="Defections are fairly common in Australian politics. But history shows they are rarely a good career move" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/06/defections-are-fairly-common-in-australian-politics-but-history-shows-they-are-rarely-a-good-career-move-258177/" aria-label="Read more about Defections are fairly common in Australian politics. But history shows they are rarely a good career move">Read more</a>
