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November 20, 2025
By Teuila Fuatai, RNZ Pacific senior journalist in Tonga Two new noble representatives have been elected in Tonga, according to results announced today in Nuku’alofa. Lord Dalgety, chairman of the Tonga Electoral Commission, announced the results of the nobles election at the Palace Office in the Tongan capital shortly after midday. The two newly elected ... <a title="Tonga election: Two new lords as 9 noble seats decided" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/tonga-election-two-new-lords-as-9-noble-seats-decided/" aria-label="Read more about Tonga election: Two new lords as 9 noble seats decided">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shannon Bosch, Associate Professor (Law), Edith Cowan University In late December 2008, then-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert authorised Operation Cast Lead in response to rocket attacks from Hamas-controlled territory in Gaza. The three-week military assault killed around 1,400 Palestinians, including more than 300 children. Thousands of homes ... <a title="Why Israeli soldiers and their leaders may be increasingly at risk of arrest overseas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/why-israeli-soldiers-and-their-leaders-may-be-increasingly-at-risk-of-arrest-overseas-269697/" aria-label="Read more about Why Israeli soldiers and their leaders may be increasingly at risk of arrest overseas">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Richards, Senior Lecturer Sport Business Management, Western Sydney University The Matildas, Australia’s women’s soccer side, have become one of the nation’s most beloved teams, filling stadiums, breaking TV records and driving unprecedented growth at grassroots level. Federal government data reveals 21,000 additional women and girls have ... <a title="The Matildas keep soaring but the league, and players, beneath them are being left behind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/the-matildas-keep-soaring-but-the-league-and-players-beneath-them-are-being-left-behind-270148/" aria-label="Read more about The Matildas keep soaring but the league, and players, beneath them are being left behind">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Slade, Hugh Ramsay Chair in Australian Art History, School of Culture and Communications, The University of Melbourne Photographer: Christian Capurro © the artist, Geelong Gallery. On Saturday, I saw a man genuflecting at the traffic lights on Smith Street, in Melbourne’s suburb of Collingwood. It was ... <a title="Richard Lewer’s I Only Talk to God When I Want Something: a potent exploration of faith and suffering" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/richard-lewers-i-only-talk-to-god-when-i-want-something-a-potent-exploration-of-faith-and-suffering-270059/" aria-label="Read more about Richard Lewer’s I Only Talk to God When I Want Something: a potent exploration of faith and suffering">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Wilkins, Professor of Policy and Health, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University Sai Aung/Getty Images New Zealand’s mainstay drug law turned 50 this year – yet we still don’t have a clear, comprehensive picture of the social harms different drugs pose. When the Misuse of ... <a title="A new index challenges common beliefs about drug use and harm in NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/a-new-index-challenges-common-beliefs-about-drug-use-and-harm-in-nz-269174/" aria-label="Read more about A new index challenges common beliefs about drug use and harm in NZ">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wesley Morgan, Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney Francesco Riccardo Iacomino/Getty At the last possible minute, Australia has backed away from its bid to host the United Nations COP31 climate summit next year in Adelaide alongside Pacific nations. Under a compromise struck with ... <a title="Australia has dropped its bid to host the COP31 climate talks. Here’s what happened – and what’s next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/australia-has-dropped-its-bid-to-host-the-cop31-climate-talks-heres-what-happened-and-whats-next-270257/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has dropped its bid to host the COP31 climate talks. Here’s what happened – and what’s next">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Power, Principal Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University Deon Black/Pexels About one in ten perimenopausal or menopausal women masturbate to relieve their symptoms, according to a study that has generated media interest around the world. The attention is likely ... <a title="Does masturbating really help menopause symptoms? New research says yes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/does-masturbating-really-help-menopause-symptoms-new-research-says-yes-270146/" aria-label="Read more about Does masturbating really help menopause symptoms? New research says yes">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Schwarzkopf, Associate Professor of Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images Inspired by owls and their amazing ability to find their prey by hearing alone, my team decided to test how good humans are at discerning sounds. We were surprised to find just ... <a title="Auditory illusions: new research discovers how our ears play tricks on us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/auditory-illusions-new-research-discovers-how-our-ears-play-tricks-on-us-269479/" aria-label="Read more about Auditory illusions: new research discovers how our ears play tricks on us">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Australia has ceded next year’s United Nations climate conference – COP 31 – to Turkey, but has negotiated a fall back that gives Climate Minister Chris Bowen a prominent role. Under the arrangement, Australia has also secured a pre-COP meeting ... <a title="Australia cedes COP31 but negotiates role for Chris Bowen and Pacific countries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/australia-cedes-cop31-but-negotiates-role-for-chris-bowen-and-pacific-countries-270274/" aria-label="Read more about Australia cedes COP31 but negotiates role for Chris Bowen and Pacific countries">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Shackell, Adjunct Fellow, Centre for Policy Futures, The University of Queensland; Queensland University of Technology Fortune Live Media, CC BY-NC-ND The world’s most valuable publicly listed company, US microchip maker Nvidia, has reported record $US57 billion ($A88 billion) revenue in the third quarter of 2025, beating ... <a title="As AI leader Nvidia posts record results, Warren Buffett’s made a surprise bet on Google" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/as-ai-leader-nvidia-posts-record-results-warren-buffetts-made-a-surprise-bet-on-google-270140/" aria-label="Read more about As AI leader Nvidia posts record results, Warren Buffett’s made a surprise bet on Google">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
While Indonesians worry about President Prabowo Subianto’s undemocratic moves, the failures of his flagship “breakfast” policy, and a faltering economy, Australia enters into another “treaty” of little import. Duncan Graham reports. COMMENTARY: By Duncan Graham Under-reported in the Australian and New Zealand media, Indonesia has been gripped by protests this year, some of them violent. ... <a title="Canberra pandering to Prabowo, while ignoring unrest in West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/canberra-pandering-to-prabowo-while-ignoring-unrest-in-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Canberra pandering to Prabowo, while ignoring unrest in West Papua">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jochen Kaempf, Associate Professor of Natural Sciences (Oceanography), Flinders University An underwater bloom of toxic algae has wreaked havoc off the coast of South Australia since mid-March 2025. After eight months, this harmful algal bloom is the longest and one of the most environmentally devastating events ever ... <a title="Australia’s algal bloom catastrophe has left more than 87,000 animals dead. What will happen this summer?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/20/australias-algal-bloom-catastrophe-has-left-more-than-87-000-animals-dead-what-will-happen-this-summer-269609/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s algal bloom catastrophe has left more than 87,000 animals dead. What will happen this summer?">Read more</a>
