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April 29, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Harrington, Senior Lecturer in English and Cultural Studies, University of Canterbury In the microbudget horror comedy The Weed Eaters, a group of bumbling townies get high on someone else’s supply with grisly and ridiculous consequences. Jules (Alice May Connolly) gives up partying with her friends for ... <a title="New NZ film The Weed Eaters asks: why bury a body when you can just eat it, maybe with some tomato sauce?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/new-nz-film-the-weed-eaters-asks-why-bury-a-body-when-you-can-just-eat-it-maybe-with-some-tomato-sauce-279551/" aria-label="Read more about New NZ film The Weed Eaters asks: why bury a body when you can just eat it, maybe with some tomato sauce?">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2026
By Christina Persico, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor A woman whose great-grandparents — all eight of them — were Girmitiya labourers has put their stories into her debut novel. The result is Banjara, a novel partly based on what she found, which is told through the eyes of two women more than 100 years apart. Author, ... <a title="Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/29/girmitiya-ancestry-the-inspiration-behind-fiji-writers-debut-novel/" aria-label="Read more about Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sophie Loy-Wilson, Senior Lecturer in Australian History, University of Sydney Taiwanese pop music superstar Jay Chou, known in Mandarin as Zhou Jielun (周杰倫), has put country Victoria’s Sovereign Hill on the map. Chou’s 25 albums have sold more than 30 million copies, and the music video for ... <a title="The Taiwanese pop megastar spreading the hidden Chinese history of Australia’s gold rush to a global audience" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/28/the-taiwanese-pop-megastar-spreading-the-hidden-chinese-history-of-australias-gold-rush-to-a-global-audience-281428/" aria-label="Read more about The Taiwanese pop megastar spreading the hidden Chinese history of Australia’s gold rush to a global audience">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Wood, Senior Fellow in Energy and Climate Change, Grattan Institute As Australia’s immediate fuel crunch eases after successful efforts to diversify supply, policymakers are turning their attention to dealing with the next energy security crisis. The question is, what would actually work? The Coalition this week ... <a title="Why Australia has to boost fuel supply – and electrify transport" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/28/why-australia-has-to-boost-fuel-supply-and-electrify-transport-281627/" aria-label="Read more about Why Australia has to boost fuel supply – and electrify transport">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Wood, Senior Fellow in Energy and Climate Change, Grattan Institute As Australia’s immediate fuel crunch eases after successful efforts to diversify supply, policymakers are turning their attention to dealing with the next energy security crisis. The question is, what would actually work? The Coalition this week ... <a title="Fuel now, electricity later: why Australia has to both boost fuel supply – and electrify transport" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/28/fuel-now-electricity-later-why-australia-has-to-both-boost-fuel-supply-and-electrify-transport-281627/" aria-label="Read more about Fuel now, electricity later: why Australia has to both boost fuel supply – and electrify transport">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Meghan Quinn will move from secretary of the Industry Department to head the high-profile Defence Department – the first woman to hold that post. She follows Greg Moriarty, who has become Australia’s ambassador to the United States. Quinn will oversee ... <a title="Meghan Quinn becomes first woman to head Defence Department" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/28/meghan-quinn-becomes-first-woman-to-head-defence-department-281637/" aria-label="Read more about Meghan Quinn becomes first woman to head Defence Department">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Farrell, Professor of Economics (Health Economist), RMIT University Petrol. Groceries. Electricity. Rent. The cost-of-living crisis is squeezing household budgets from every direction, and private health insurance premiums have just joined the list. From April 1, the average premium rose by 4.41%. Consumer group Choice notes average ... <a title="Fed up with health insurance costs? 5 expert tips to negotiate a better deal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/28/fed-up-with-health-insurance-costs-5-expert-tips-to-negotiate-a-better-deal-280575/" aria-label="Read more about Fed up with health insurance costs? 5 expert tips to negotiate a better deal">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gediminas Lipnickas, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Adelaide University There’s now a vast, rapidly expanding global trade in counterfeit goods: imitation clothes, shoes and electronics, and even fake cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. Some fake products can pose serious health risks to unsuspecting buyers. Health authorities have warned consumers to ... <a title="From fake medicines to watches, counterfeits are everywhere and getting harder to catch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/28/from-fake-medicines-to-watches-counterfeits-are-everywhere-and-getting-harder-to-catch-281525/" aria-label="Read more about From fake medicines to watches, counterfeits are everywhere and getting harder to catch">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bianca McBryde, PhD Candidate, Behavioural Ecology and Conservation, University of Sydney From brightly coloured birds to the much-loved sugar glider, Australia’s native animals are a sight to behold. The island continent is home to nearly 600,000 plants, animals and insects, many of which are found nowhere else ... <a title="Possums and gliders are pushing a native bird to extinction. What can we do?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/28/possums-and-gliders-are-pushing-a-native-bird-to-extinction-what-can-we-do-281431/" aria-label="Read more about Possums and gliders are pushing a native bird to extinction. What can we do?">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Imogen Richards, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Deakin University The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion will deliver its interim report to the governor-general by April 30. Public hearings will follow, defining antisemitism and its effects on Jewish Australians. As a researcher of political violence, I provided ... <a title="Banning protest slogans won’t end antisemitism. We need to understand the complex forces driving it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/28/banning-protest-slogans-wont-end-antisemitism-we-need-to-understand-the-complex-forces-driving-it-272151/" aria-label="Read more about Banning protest slogans won’t end antisemitism. We need to understand the complex forces driving it">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Rich, Director of the Curtin Extremism Research Network (CERN), Curtin University As the United States and Israel launched their war on Iran in late February, the social media posts by some US national security agencies took a particular turn. With missiles and bombs raining down, Pentagon ... <a title="You’d better start paying attention to the manosphere. You’re living in it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/28/youd-better-start-paying-attention-to-the-manosphere-youre-living-in-it-279547/" aria-label="Read more about You’d better start paying attention to the manosphere. You’re living in it">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2026
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samara Ranie, PhD Student, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland The quail is a small, unassuming bird that glides rather than flies and prefers to hide under bushes than to perch on top of a tree. And now, it’s also helping scientists understand serious birth ... <a title="Fluorescent quail embryos could help solve serious birth defects in humans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/28/fluorescent-quail-embryos-could-help-solve-serious-birth-defects-in-humans-277090/" aria-label="Read more about Fluorescent quail embryos could help solve serious birth defects in humans">Read more</a>
