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May 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milica Stilinovic, PhD Candidate, School of Media and Communications; Managing Editor, Policy & Internet journal, University of Sydney cybermagician/Shutterstock Artificial intelligence (AI) might not have been created to enable new forms of sexual violence such as deepfake pornography. But that has been an unfortunate byproduct of the ... <a title="AI is moving fast. Climate policy provides valuable lessons for how to keep it in check" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/19/ai-is-moving-fast-climate-policy-provides-valuable-lessons-for-how-to-keep-it-in-check-255624/" aria-label="Read more about AI is moving fast. Climate policy provides valuable lessons for how to keep it in check">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Donald Rothwell, Professor of International Law, Australian National University As Israel continues to pound Gaza with airstrikes, killing scores of people a day, the two-month ceasefire that brought a halt to the violence earlier this year feels like a distant memory. Israel’s overall military and political objective ... <a title="1 in 5 Gazans face starvation. Can the law force Israel to act?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/19/1-in-5-gazans-face-starvation-can-the-law-force-israel-to-act-256695/" aria-label="Read more about 1 in 5 Gazans face starvation. Can the law force Israel to act?">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Suzanne Nielsen, Professor and Deputy Director, Monash Addiction Research Centre, Monash University PeopleImages.com – Yuri A/Shutterstock More Australians than ever are being prescribed medicinal cannabis. Medicinal cannabis refers to legally prescribed cannabis products. These are either the plant itself, or naturally occurring ingredients extracted from the plant. ... <a title="More people are trying medicinal cannabis for chronic pain. But does it work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/19/more-people-are-trying-medicinal-cannabis-for-chronic-pain-but-does-it-work-256471/" aria-label="Read more about More people are trying medicinal cannabis for chronic pain. But does it work?">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chiara Holgate, Senior Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Weather of the 21st Century, Australian National University Artic_photo/Shutterstock Swathes of South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and Western Australia are in the grip of drought as they experience some of the lowest rainfall totals on record. Farmers are ... <a title="Why is southern Australia in drought – and when will it end?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/19/why-is-southern-australia-in-drought-and-when-will-it-end-256443/" aria-label="Read more about Why is southern Australia in drought – and when will it end?">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Chad, Honorary Fellow, Faculty of Business and Law, School of Business, University of Wollongong kwest/Shutterstock Australia has become world-famous for its wine, but the industry faces an uncertain future. Too many grapes grown amid falling consumer demand, an oversupply of budget wine, and an undersupply of ... <a title="Wine is still Australia’s most popular alcoholic drink – but many producers face an uncertain future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/19/wine-is-still-australias-most-popular-alcoholic-drink-but-many-producers-face-an-uncertain-future-256320/" aria-label="Read more about Wine is still Australia’s most popular alcoholic drink – but many producers face an uncertain future">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jye Marshall, Lecturer, Fashion Design, School of Design and Architecture, Swinburne University of Technology Wedding Rebellion Workshop, London Ellie Cooper/unsplash The family and friends are all gathered, wedding bells are ringing, and the bride walks down the aisle in her beautiful bubblegum pink wedding dress. Twenty years ... <a title="Something borrowed, something blue? Why the reign of the traditional wedding dress may be over" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/19/something-borrowed-something-blue-why-the-reign-of-the-traditional-wedding-dress-may-be-over-254806/" aria-label="Read more about Something borrowed, something blue? Why the reign of the traditional wedding dress may be over">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Ryan, Lecturer in Economics, University of Waikato Javier Ghersi/Getty Images This year’s budget will be one of the tightest in a decade, with the New Zealand government halving its operating allowance – the new money it has available to spend – from NZ$2.4 billion to $1.3 ... <a title="NZ Budget 2025: economic forecasting is notoriously difficult, but global uncertainty is making it harder" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/19/nz-budget-2025-economic-forecasting-is-notoriously-difficult-but-global-uncertainty-is-making-it-harder-256469/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Budget 2025: economic forecasting is notoriously difficult, but global uncertainty is making it harder">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2025
Asia Pacific Report About 2000 New Zealand protesters marched through the heart of Auckland city today chanting “no justice, no peace” and many other calls as they demanded an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and an end to the Israeli atrocities in its brutal war on the besieged Palestinian enclave. For more than 73 days, Israel ... <a title="‘Cracks are opening up’ in Western complicity over Gaza genocide, says Minto" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/18/cracks-are-opening-up-in-western-complicity-over-gaza-genocide-says-minto/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Cracks are opening up’ in Western complicity over Gaza genocide, says Minto">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2025
By Anish Chand in Suva Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka and Fiji’s coalition government are “detached from the values that Fijians hold dear”, says the NGO Coalition on Human Rights in Fiji (NGOCHR). The rights coalition has expressed deep concern over Rabuka’s ongoing engagements with Indonesia. “History will judge how we respond as Fijians to this ... <a title="Fiji rights coalition slams ‘betrayal’ of West Papua for Indonesian benefits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/17/fiji-rights-coalition-slams-betrayal-of-west-papua-for-indonesian-benefits/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji rights coalition slams ‘betrayal’ of West Papua for Indonesian benefits">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2025
SPECIAL REPORT: By Moera Tuilaepa-Taylor, RNZ Pacific manager At this year’s May graduation ceremony, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University’s Luamanuvao Dame Winnie Laban, was awarded an honorary doctorate in recognition for her contribution to education. Although she has now stepped down from the role, Luamanuvao served as the university’s Assistant Vice-Chancellor, Pasifika, for 14 years. ... <a title="A life of service: celebrating the career of Luamanuvao Dame Winnie Laban" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/17/a-life-of-service-celebrating-the-career-of-luamanuvao-dame-winnie-laban/" aria-label="Read more about A life of service: celebrating the career of Luamanuvao Dame Winnie Laban">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pankaj Rohilla, Postdoctoral Fellow in Fluid Dynamics, Georgia Institute of Technology Maybe you’ve unknowingly tried to do a manu jump. Isabel Pavia/Moment via Getty Images Whether diving off docks, cannonballing into lakes or leaping off the high board, there’s nothing quite like the joy of jumping into ... <a title="‘Manu jumping’: The physics behind making humongous splashes in the pool" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/17/manu-jumping-the-physics-behind-making-humongous-splashes-in-the-pool-255837/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Manu jumping’: The physics behind making humongous splashes in the pool">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Saige England in Christchurch “RNZ is failing in its duty to inform the public of an entirely preventable humanitarian catastrophe.” Tautoko to Jeremy Rose, Ramon Das and Eugene Doyle for this critique of a review of RNZ’s coverage of a genocide. Sadly, this highlights RNZ’s failure to report the genocide from the perspective ... <a title="Time for NZ media to ditch the propaganda and stand against genocide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/17/time-for-nz-media-to-ditch-the-propaganda-and-stand-against-genocide/" aria-label="Read more about Time for NZ media to ditch the propaganda and stand against genocide">Read more</a>
