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May 13, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A decision by the Broadcasting Standards Authority to uphold a complaint against a 1News broadcast last November is a warning to news media, says the Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa. The authority ruled that a TVNZ news item on violence in Amsterdam in the Netherlands breached BSA rules. 1News described violence in the ... <a title="PSNA says broadcast ruling a warning to NZ news media to be wary of ‘Israeli propaganda’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/13/psna-says-broadcast-ruling-a-warning-to-nz-news-media-to-be-wary-of-israeli-propaganda/" aria-label="Read more about PSNA says broadcast ruling a warning to NZ news media to be wary of ‘Israeli propaganda’">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, Distinguished Professor, Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, & Interim Head, Department of Sustainability, Rochester Institute of Technology President Donald Trump has long been preoccupied by the trade deficit — the gap between what the U.S. sells to the rest of the world and ... <a title="If you really want to close the US trade deficit, try boosting innovation in rural manufacturing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/13/if-you-really-want-to-close-the-us-trade-deficit-try-boosting-innovation-in-rural-manufacturing-255851/" aria-label="Read more about If you really want to close the US trade deficit, try boosting innovation in rural manufacturing">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Warwick Teague, Co-group Leader, Surgical Research, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute lev radin/Shutterstock Bindi Irwin has reportedly been rushed to hospital in the United States to undergo emergency surgery for a ruptured appendix. According to brother Robert Irwin, “she’s going to be OK”, however the 26-year-old was forced ... <a title="Bindi Irwin was rushed to hospital for appendix surgery. But what is appendicitis?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/12/bindi-irwin-was-rushed-to-hospital-for-appendix-surgery-but-what-is-appendicitis-256452/" aria-label="Read more about Bindi Irwin was rushed to hospital for appendix surgery. But what is appendicitis?">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A group of New Zealand academics at Otago University have drawn up a “Declaration on Palestine” against genocide, apartheid and scholasticide of Palestinians by Israel that has illegally occupied their indigenous lands for more than seven decades. The document, which had already drawn more than 300 signatures from staff, students and alumni ... <a title="Otago academics plan declaration on Palestine to ‘face daily horrors’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/12/otago-academics-plan-declaration-on-palestine-to-face-daily-horrors/" aria-label="Read more about Otago academics plan declaration on Palestine to ‘face daily horrors’">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The reshuffle announced by Anthony Albanese is a mix of continuity and change, with those in the government’s top rank staying in their previous ministries, as the prime minister had earlier flagged, but some big movements down the line. Tanya ... <a title="View from The Hill: Albanese shifts Tanya Plibersek from environment, in favour of ‘can-do’ Murray Watt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/12/view-from-the-hill-albanese-shifts-tanya-plibersek-from-environment-in-favour-of-can-do-murray-watt-255963/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Albanese shifts Tanya Plibersek from environment, in favour of ‘can-do’ Murray Watt">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeffrey Craig, Professor in Medical Sciences, Deakin University An interview with Paula and Bridgette Powers – identical twins who witnessed their mother’s carjacking – recently went viral. The way they spoke and gestured in unison has captivated global audiences. Bridgette and Paula Powers have gained global attention ... <a title="Genes, environment or a special bond? Why some twins talk and think in unison" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/12/genes-environment-or-a-special-bond-why-some-twins-talk-and-think-in-unison-256099/" aria-label="Read more about Genes, environment or a special bond? Why some twins talk and think in unison">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bianca Williams, Research Centre Manager, The Australian Centre, The University of Melbourne Pia Johnson/Melbourne Theatre Company A woman is tossed ashore, bedraggled and alone. She is believed to be a survivor of a shipwreck, possibly from the Britannia or the Britomart, both lost in the Bass Strait ... <a title="Grief, strength and resistance: The Black Woman of Gippsland is a powerful reckoning with colonial myths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/12/grief-strength-and-resistance-the-black-woman-of-gippsland-is-a-powerful-reckoning-with-colonial-myths-254609/" aria-label="Read more about Grief, strength and resistance: The Black Woman of Gippsland is a powerful reckoning with colonial myths">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2025
Fresh, stringent security measures have been imposed in New Caledonia following aborted political talks last week and ahead of the first anniversary of the deadly riots that broke out on 13 May 2024, which resulted in 14 deaths and 2.2 billion euros (NZ$4.2 billion) in damages. On Sunday, the French High Commission in Nouméa announced ... <a title="France tightens security for riots anniversary after aborted New Caledonia political talks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/12/france-tightens-security-for-riots-anniversary-after-aborted-new-caledonia-political-talks/" aria-label="Read more about France tightens security for riots anniversary after aborted New Caledonia political talks">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phoebe Hayman, PhD Candidate and Casual Academic in Politics, La Trobe University Tim Wilson’s victory over independent MP Zoe Daniel to reclaim his Melbourne seat of Goldstein has grabbed post-election headlines. He is the only Liberal to achieve such a feat since six Teals stormed inner-city blue-ribbon ... <a title="Liberal Party reclaims Goldstein – how Tim Wilson turned back the Teal tidal wave" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/12/liberal-party-reclaims-goldstein-how-tim-wilson-turned-back-the-teal-tidal-wave-256201/" aria-label="Read more about Liberal Party reclaims Goldstein – how Tim Wilson turned back the Teal tidal wave">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Niro Kandasamy, Lecturer in History, University of Sydney Brett Boardman/Belvoir S. Shakthidharan is one of Australian theatre’s most prominent writers and directors. His Counting and Cracking (2019) and The Jungle and the Sea (2022) received critical acclaim and toured internationally. These plays focused on armed conflict and ... <a title="S. Shakthidharan’s ambitious play The Wrong Gods is a profound critique of progress and modernity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/12/s-shakthidharans-ambitious-play-the-wrong-gods-is-a-profound-critique-of-progress-and-modernity-255512/" aria-label="Read more about S. Shakthidharan’s ambitious play The Wrong Gods is a profound critique of progress and modernity">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqueline Halpin, Associate Professor of Geology, University of Tasmania The Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains are hidden by deep ice. Merkushev Vasiliy/Shutterstock Have you ever imagined what Antarctica looks like beneath its thick blanket of ice? Hidden below are rugged mountains, valleys, hills and plains. Some peaks, like the ... <a title="Antarctica has a huge, completely hidden mountain range. New data reveals its birth over 500 million years ago" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/12/antarctica-has-a-huge-completely-hidden-mountain-range-new-data-reveals-its-birth-over-500-million-years-ago-256231/" aria-label="Read more about Antarctica has a huge, completely hidden mountain range. New data reveals its birth over 500 million years ago">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Howard, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney Brett Boardman/Sydney Theatre Company Samuel Beckett is justly regarded as one of the greatest playwrights of the 20th century – and unquestionably one of the most demanding. Few of his works illustrate this more clearly ... <a title="Pamela Rabe shines in this hypnotic revival of Samuel Beckett’s classic play Happy Days" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/12/pamela-rabe-shines-in-this-hypnotic-revival-of-samuel-becketts-classic-play-happy-days-254068/" aria-label="Read more about Pamela Rabe shines in this hypnotic revival of Samuel Beckett’s classic play Happy Days">Read more</a>
