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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>
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May 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lynda Goldsworthy, Research Associate, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania Mozgova/Shutterstock President Donald Trump has begun eroding the United States presence in Antarctica by announcing deep funding cuts to his nation’s science and logistics on the icy continent. The Trump administration has significantly reduced ... <a title="As Donald Trump cuts funding to Antarctica, will the US be forced off the icy continent?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/12/as-donald-trump-cuts-funding-to-antarctica-will-the-us-be-forced-off-the-icy-continent-254786/" aria-label="Read more about As Donald Trump cuts funding to Antarctica, will the US be forced off the icy continent?">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael J. I. Brown, Associate Professor in Astronomy, Monash University A blaze of light streaks across the sky, but what is it? Wendy Miller/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND There’s a blaze of light across the sky! A fireball is seen by thousands, and mobile phone and dashcam footage soon ... <a title="Comet, rocket, space junk or meteor? Here’s how to tell your fireballs apart" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/12/comet-rocket-space-junk-or-meteor-heres-how-to-tell-your-fireballs-apart-213083/" aria-label="Read more about Comet, rocket, space junk or meteor? Here’s how to tell your fireballs apart">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Coates, Program Director, Housing and Economic Security, Grattan Institute An aerial drone view of northern Melbourne suburbs. Elias Bitar/Shutterstock The federal election campaign was dominated by the housing crisis. But the real power to solve it rests with the states. In Victoria, reforms are underway that ... <a title="Victoria’s planning reforms could help solve the housing crisis. But they are under threat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/12/victorias-planning-reforms-could-help-solve-the-housing-crisis-but-they-are-under-threat-255967/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria’s planning reforms could help solve the housing crisis. But they are under threat">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Harcourt, Industry Professor and Chief Economist, University of Technology Sydney NRL Photos, Matt Turner/AAP, Wikimedia, The Conversation, CC BY Every now and then, so-called “code wars” erupt between the major Australia winter football codes: the National Rugby League (NRL) and the Australian Football League (AFL). This ... <a title="Footy’s ‘code wars’ are back, but which is actually the No. 1 Australian sport: the NRL or AFL?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/12/footys-code-wars-are-back-but-which-is-actually-the-no-1-australian-sport-the-nrl-or-afl-256088/" aria-label="Read more about Footy’s ‘code wars’ are back, but which is actually the No. 1 Australian sport: the NRL or AFL?">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Winter, Associate Professor in Political Theory, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith’s recent announcement that the government would reinstate a total ban on prisoners voting was in keeping with the coalition’s overall tough-on-crime approach. The move was called “ridiculous” and ... <a title="A prisoner voting ban shows again how few checks there are on parliamentary power" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/12/a-prisoner-voting-ban-shows-again-how-few-checks-there-are-on-parliamentary-power-256226/" aria-label="Read more about A prisoner voting ban shows again how few checks there are on parliamentary power">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2025
By Coco Lance, RNZ Pacific digital journalist A new Auckland-based kava business has found itself at the heart of a cultural debate, with critics raising concerns about appropriation, authenticity, and the future of kava as a deeply rooted Pacific tradition. Vibes Kava, co-founded by Charles Byram and Derek Hillen, operates out of New Leaf Kombucha ... <a title="‘We’re just doing our best’ – cultural backlash hits Auckland kava business" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/12/were-just-doing-our-best-cultural-backlash-hits-auckland-kava-business/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We’re just doing our best’ – cultural backlash hits Auckland kava business">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2025
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist The escalation of violence in West Papua is on par with some of the most intense times of conflict over the past six decades, a human rights researcher says. The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) claims that Indonesia killed at least one civilian and severely injured another ... <a title="‘Fighting more frequent now’ – researcher warns of escalating West Papua conflict" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/12/fighting-more-frequent-now-researcher-warns-of-escalating-west-papua-conflict/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Fighting more frequent now’ – researcher warns of escalating West Papua conflict">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Farah N. Jan, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Pennsylvania A member of the Indian Border Security Force stands guard near the India-Pakistan border. Narinder Nanu/AFP via Getty Images India and Pakistan have seen the scenario play out before: a terror attack in which Indians are ... <a title="India-Pakistan ceasefire shouldn’t disguise fact that norms have changed in South Asia, making future de-escalation much harder" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/12/india-pakistan-ceasefire-shouldnt-disguise-fact-that-norms-have-changed-in-south-asia-making-future-de-escalation-much-harder-256285/" aria-label="Read more about India-Pakistan ceasefire shouldn’t disguise fact that norms have changed in South Asia, making future de-escalation much harder">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joshua Forstenzer, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Co-Director of the Centre for Engaged Philosophy, University of Sheffield The Anger of Achilles by Jacques-Louis David (1819). Kimbell Art Museum Homer’s Iliad is one of the foundational stories of European civilisation. The Iliad is a long poem – an ... <a title="Homer’s Iliad is a rap battle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/12/homers-iliad-is-a-rap-battle-252562/" aria-label="Read more about Homer’s Iliad is a rap battle">Read more</a>
