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November 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aaron Gilbert, Professor of Finance, Auckland University of Technology Lynn Grieveson/ Newsroom via Getty Images On the face of it, the National Party’s proposal to lift KiwiSaver contributions to 12% over the next six years sounds reasonable. There’s broad agreement that contributions are too low, and even ... <a title="Lifting Kiwisaver contributions to 12% makes sense – when the whole scheme is fixed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/25/lifting-kiwisaver-contributions-to-12-makes-sense-when-the-whole-scheme-is-fixed-270442/" aria-label="Read more about Lifting Kiwisaver contributions to 12% makes sense – when the whole scheme is fixed">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh, Professor, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Sydney Moonika Widjajana If you dissolve sugar in hot water and then cool it down, you’ll see pure sugar crystals form while impurities stay in the liquid. You can even watch the beautiful sugar crystals slowly ... <a title="Scientists can now watch metal crystals grow inside liquid metal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/scientists-can-now-watch-metal-crystals-grow-inside-liquid-metal-270451/" aria-label="Read more about Scientists can now watch metal crystals grow inside liquid metal">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Pacific Media Watch The Fijian Media Association (FMA) has demanded better police protection after a journalist working for the state broadcaster Fiji Broadcasting Corporation (FBC) was violently attacked outside a courthouse In a statement today, the FMA again called for police to be more vigilant in managing security and threats outside the Suva High Court ... <a title="Fiji journalists condemn police over lack of courtroom security after another reporter attacked" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/fiji-journalists-condemn-police-over-lack-of-courtroom-security-after-another-reporter-attacked/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji journalists condemn police over lack of courtroom security after another reporter attacked">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As federal parliament began its last sitting week for 2025, those around Sussan Ley were confident her fragile leadership would survive into next year. There was no sign there’d be a challenge on Tuesday morning, when the last Liberal Party ... <a title="View from The Hill: Niki Savva outlines Andrew Hastie’s ambition ‘to restore the Menzian big tent’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/view-from-the-hill-niki-savva-outlines-andrew-hasties-ambition-to-restore-the-menzian-big-tent-269917/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Niki Savva outlines Andrew Hastie’s ambition ‘to restore the Menzian big tent’">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Mehmet, Associate Professor in Marketing, University of Wollongong Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty In June 1967, the world’s first “automated teller machine” or “ATM” was unveiled at a branch of Barclays Bank in north London in a grand ceremony. That very first system looked a bit different to the ... <a title="Your bank is already using AI. But what’s coming next could be radically new" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/your-bank-is-already-using-ai-but-whats-coming-next-could-be-radically-new-270270/" aria-label="Read more about Your bank is already using AI. But what’s coming next could be radically new">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Pacific Media Watch Prime Minister La’aulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt has defended his decision to ban the Samoa Observer in response to a joint letter from the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) and the Pacific Freedom Forum (PFF). In a statement issued by the Press Secretary, Nanai Lave Tuiletufuga yesterday, the office of the Prime Minister acknowledged ... <a title="PM hits back at PINA and PFF over Samoa Observer ‘ethics’ ban" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/pm-hits-back-at-pina-and-pff-over-samoa-observer-ethics-ban/" aria-label="Read more about PM hits back at PINA and PFF over Samoa Observer ‘ethics’ ban">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqueline Peel, Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne Australia is rewriting its national environment laws, and Environment Minister Murray Watt has vowed the legislation will pass the parliament this week, despite not yet reaching agreement with either the Coalition or the Greens. But the current draft ... <a title="Long-awaited environment laws might get Australia sued. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/long-awaited-environment-laws-might-get-australia-sued-heres-why-270453/" aria-label="Read more about Long-awaited environment laws might get Australia sued. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maddy McAllister, Senior Lecturer – Maritime Archaeology, James Cook University Wikimedia/Etching by Robert Batty (1789–1848). In 1791, the British naval vessel HMS Pandora sank on the Great Barrier Reef while pursuing the mutineers from the HMS Bounty. The mutineers, led by Christian Fletcher, staged an uprising against ... <a title="HMS Pandora is Australia’s most scientifically excavated shipwreck – yet it still holds secrets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/hms-pandora-is-australias-most-scientifically-excavated-shipwreck-yet-it-still-holds-secrets-267629/" aria-label="Read more about HMS Pandora is Australia’s most scientifically excavated shipwreck – yet it still holds secrets">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen A Stockin, Professor of Marine Ecology, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University Getty Images Nowhere in the ocean is now left untouched by a type of “forever chemicals” called “per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances”, known simply as PFAS. Our new research shows PFAS contaminate a far ... <a title="‘Forever chemicals’ contaminate more dolphins and whales than we thought – new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/forever-chemicals-contaminate-more-dolphins-and-whales-than-we-thought-new-research-269928/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Forever chemicals’ contaminate more dolphins and whales than we thought – new research">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Wolpe, Non-resident Senior Fellow, United States Study Centre, University of Sydney Everyone knew that once Congress passed legislation requiring the Justice Department to release all the Jeffrey Epstein files, US President Donald Trump would go on a tear to “flood the zone” with other distractions so ... <a title="Trump’s attacks are worsening. Why is he becoming even more vengeful?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/trumps-attacks-are-worsening-why-is-he-becoming-even-more-vengeful-270445/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s attacks are worsening. Why is he becoming even more vengeful?">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
By Teuila Fuatai, RNZ Pacific senior journalist As Tonga’s 26 newly elected representatives turn to choosing a prime minister among them, one potential candidate is identifying economic development and raising the standard of living as necessary priorities for the next government and its leader. Lord Fakafanua was re-elected as a nobles’ representative for Ha’apai in ... <a title="Potential Tonga PM candidate: ‘Low-hanging fruits available’ to improve people’s lives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/potential-tonga-pm-candidate-low-hanging-fruits-available-to-improve-peoples-lives/" aria-label="Read more about Potential Tonga PM candidate: ‘Low-hanging fruits available’ to improve people’s lives">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katherine M. FitzGerald, PhD Candidate, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology Benoit Beaumatin/Unsplash Since early chatbots were first conceived more than 50 years go, they have become increasingly sophisticated – in large part, thanks to the development of artificial intelligence (AI) technology. They also seem ... <a title="AI chatbots are encouraging conspiracy theories – new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/ai-chatbots-are-encouraging-conspiracy-theories-new-research-267615/" aria-label="Read more about AI chatbots are encouraging conspiracy theories – new research">Read more</a>
