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January 19, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natalina Zlatevska, Professor of Marketing, University of Technology Sydney The scope and breadth of natural disasters facing Australia right now can feel overwhelming. Victoria, still reeling from disastrous, widespread bushfires, faced a new threat last week as a “historic deluge” caused flash flooding in several coastal towns. ... <a title="What makes people more likely to give to charity after a disaster: new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/19/what-makes-people-more-likely-to-give-to-charity-after-a-disaster-new-research-273217/" aria-label="Read more about What makes people more likely to give to charity after a disaster: new research">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has capitulated on the most controversial part of his omnibus post-Bondi bill to minimise political damage and maximise his chances of salvaging what he can at parliament’s special sitting on Tuesday. His Saturday announcement that he ... <a title="View from The Hill: Albanese retreats on post-Bondi bill, as he takes poll hit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/18/view-from-the-hill-albanese-retreats-on-post-bondi-bill-as-he-takes-poll-hit-272436/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Albanese retreats on post-Bondi bill, as he takes poll hit">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brian Robert Cook, Associate Professor of Geography, The University of Melbourne Weekend storms and flooding in New South Wales led to the NSW State Emergency Service responding to more than 1,600 incidents across the state. This follows last week’s flash floods in Victoria, where cars were swept ... <a title="More floods are coming. Here’s what actually works to help people prepare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/18/more-floods-are-coming-heres-what-actually-works-to-help-people-prepare-273694/" aria-label="Read more about More floods are coming. Here’s what actually works to help people prepare">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2026
Asia Pacific Report A pro-Palestian campaigner today accused the Israeli military forces of “once again trying to sanitise its” image in Aotearoa New Zealand, condemning a “shameful” visa programme enabling soldiers to holiday in this country. Leeann Wahanui-Peters branded the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) “more accurately as the Israeli Offence Force (IOF) because it is ... <a title="Israel accused over ‘shameful whitewashing’ bid to sanitise soldier holidays in NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/18/israel-accused-over-shameful-whitewashing-bid-to-sanitise-soldier-holidays-in-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Israel accused over ‘shameful whitewashing’ bid to sanitise soldier holidays in NZ">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2026
By Kaya Selby, RNZ Pacific journalist From heavy visa bonds to suspended applications to straight-up travel bans, the United States has implemented or announced sweeping restrictions on Pacific travel in just the first two weeks of 2026. Confirmed on Thursday, Fiji is among a list of 75 countries for which the US will suspend the ... <a title="Bonds, blockings and bans – a massive new-year US shakeup for Pacific travel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/17/bonds-blockings-and-bans-a-massive-new-year-us-shakeup-for-pacific-travel/" aria-label="Read more about Bonds, blockings and bans – a massive new-year US shakeup for Pacific travel">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anya Arthurs, Research Fellow in Cell and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University If you’ve been pregnant in the past few months, you may have faced a dilemma. You wake up with a fever, a pounding headache or back pain – and then ... <a title="Taking paracetamol in pregnancy doesn’t increase your baby’s risk of autism or ADHD – new review" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/17/taking-paracetamol-in-pregnancy-doesnt-increase-your-babys-risk-of-autism-or-adhd-new-review-273702/" aria-label="Read more about Taking paracetamol in pregnancy doesn’t increase your baby’s risk of autism or ADHD – new review">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2026
Team Zeteo The cost of telling the truth from inside a society that has become “completely genocidal” is very high, says Yuli Novak, executive director of the human rights watchdog B’Tselem. Novak, one of the most uncompromising dissident voices within Israel, speaks frankly in this latest episode of Zeteo’s Beyond Israelism with Simone Zimmerman in ... <a title="Israeli society has ‘become completely genocidal’, says B’Tselem head" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/17/israeli-society-has-become-completely-genocidal-says-btselem-head/" aria-label="Read more about Israeli society has ‘become completely genocidal’, says B’Tselem head">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle If you want to understand what’s going on in Iran, abandon what the Persians invented centuries ago: Manichaeism. We use the term today to denote political framing which is simplistic, black-and-white, two-dimensional — a world of Angels (us) and Demons (them). This article recognises multiple perspectives, including those of an activist ... <a title="Eugene Doyle: Iran in the vortex – what’s really going on and the ‘invisible hand’ of Israel?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/16/eugene-doyle-iran-in-the-vortex-whats-really-going-on-and-the-invisible-hand-of-israel/" aria-label="Read more about Eugene Doyle: Iran in the vortex – what’s really going on and the ‘invisible hand’ of Israel?">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Larkin, Senior Lecturer in Musicology, University of Sydney Opera Australia © Keith Saunders Were operas to be identified like episodes of Friends, Turandot would be “the one with Nessun Dorma”. This beloved tenor aria has achieved a life of its own away from its parent opera. ... <a title="In a new production of Turandot, Opera Australia has found a star vehicle for Young Woo Kim" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/16/in-a-new-production-of-turandot-opera-australia-has-found-a-star-vehicle-for-young-woo-kim-271301/" aria-label="Read more about In a new production of Turandot, Opera Australia has found a star vehicle for Young Woo Kim">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rory Nathan, Honorary Professor Hydrology and Water Resources, The University of Melbourne The images and stories of flash flooding coming out of Victoria’s Great Ocean Road overnight have been described as “terrifying”. It’s easy to see why. Holidaymakers at Victoria’s Wye River watched as cars were swept ... <a title="As Victoria’s Great Ocean Road flash floods show, we need to get better at taking warnings seriously" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/16/as-victorias-great-ocean-road-flash-floods-show-we-need-to-get-better-at-taking-warnings-seriously-273695/" aria-label="Read more about As Victoria’s Great Ocean Road flash floods show, we need to get better at taking warnings seriously">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hammond Pearce, Senior Lecturer, School of Computer Science & Engineering, UNSW Sydney Antoni Shkraba Studio/Pexels On December 14 2025, a terrorist attack occurred at Bondi Beach in Sydney Australia, leaving 15 civilians and one gunman dead. While Australia was still reeling in shock, social media saw the ... <a title="World-first social media wargame reveals how AI bots can swing elections" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/16/world-first-social-media-wargame-reveals-how-ai-bots-can-swing-elections-273358/" aria-label="Read more about World-first social media wargame reveals how AI bots can swing elections">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hoani Kristin Smith, Lecturer in Sport Management and Sport Science, Lincoln University, New Zealand Hannah Peters/Getty Images With Scott Robertson’s departure as All Blacks coach, New Zealand Rugby finds itself at a familiar crossroads. Yet, while coaching appointments come and go in elite sport, this moment demands ... <a title="After Scott Robertson, the All Blacks face a deeper question than who coaches next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/16/after-scott-robertson-the-all-blacks-face-a-deeper-question-than-who-coaches-next-273582/" aria-label="Read more about After Scott Robertson, the All Blacks face a deeper question than who coaches next">Read more</a>
