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  • Naked corruption
    When National passed its corrupt, Muldoonist fast-track law, they were criticised for accepting donations from fast-track applicants. You'd think that after such criticism, and the consequent effect on the reputation of our state, they might have ceased the practice - but of course not. Instead, they're still taking money from ...
    No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant
    37 minutes ago

  • ER Report: A Roundup of Significant Articles on EveningReport.nz for May 12, 2025
    ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on May 12, 2025. Victoria’s planning reforms could help solve the housing crisis. But they are under threatSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Coates, Program Director, Housing and Economic Security, Grattan Institute An aerial drone ...
    Evening ReportBy Evening Report
    44 minutes ago

  • Victoria’s planning reforms could help solve the housing crisis. But they are under threat
    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 ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    55 minutes ago

  • Is ‘cunt’ still the worst thing a woman can call another woman?
    It’s angry, powerful and shocking, but any reaction to its use is steeped in gender politics. Earlier this year, education minister Erica Stanford allegedly called Labour’s Jan Tinetti a “stupid bitch” in parliament. She apologised, but for a few days after, chat among many women I know focused on why ...
    The SpinoffBy Anna Rawhiti-Connell
    1 hour ago

  • Release: Peeni Henare takes over foreign affairs
    Labour’s Peeni Henare will pick up the foreign affairs portfolio, following David Parker’s departure from Parliament. ...
    Labour Blog
    1 hour ago

  • Footy’s ‘code wars’ are back, but which is actually the No. 1 Australian sport: the NRL or AFL...
    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 ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    2 hours ago

  • A prisoner voting ban shows again how few checks there are on parliamentary power
    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. ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    2 hours ago

  • Nicola Willis Calls Pay Equity “A Grievance Industry”
    Nicola Willis pulled the sympathy and sexism card this morning in an opinion piece for Stuff/The Post.In it, claimed she had been much maligned by, well, everyone, on pay equity, and “mainstream” journalists were guilty of “sexist slurs” and misinformation against her.The offending piece was Andrea Vance’s “The girl-math budget ...
    Mountain TuiBy Mountain Tūī
    2 hours ago

  • ‘We’re just doing our best’ – cultural backlash hits Auckland kava business
    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 ...
    Evening ReportBy Asia Pacific Report
    2 hours ago

  • ‘Fighting more frequent now’ – researcher warns of escalating West Papua conflict
    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 ...
    Evening ReportBy Asia Pacific Report
    3 hours ago

  • Review: Atomic 2.0 was just what we needed
    The local femme rock supergroup, reviewed in two cities. Alex Casey in Christchurch I peeped the posters for last year’s Atomic concert and was thrilled by the novelty concept: some of the most talented women in New Zealand music, rocking out to the likes of Blondie, Hole, Alanis Morissette and ...
    The SpinoffBy Alex Casey
    3 hours ago

  • India-Pakistan ceasefire shouldn’t disguise fact that norms have changed in South Asia, making fut...
    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 ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    4 hours ago

  • Homer’s Iliad is a rap battle
    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 ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    4 hours ago

  • Major brands don’t need to kowtow to Trump: they have the power to bring people together
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Beverland, Professor of Brand Management, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex Whatever you think of his personality or politics, it’s impossible to deny the success of Donald Trump as a brand. Supporters and detractors across the world are transfixed ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    4 hours ago

  • Rhys Williams – Arsehole of the Week
    It’s time to shine the spotlight on a particularly vile specimen slithering through New Zealand’s political underbelly: Rhys Williams, this week’s Arsehole Award winner. Williams is a NZ First party activist (who didn’t renew his membership), and has carved out a niche as a homophobic, defamatory troll, hiding behind the ...
    The Jackal
    4 hours ago

  • Bookshelf: Australia in a fragmenting and deglobalising world
    Elisabeth Braw’s insightful 2024 book, Goodbye Globalization: The Return of a Divided World, has proven remarkably prescient in understanding the turbulent global landscape of 2025. While the era of globalisation promised unprecedented interconnectedness and prosperity, ...
    The StrategistBy Marc Ablong
    4 hours ago

  • What it’s like to watch a stranger sleep
    The audacious art of Kalisolaite ‘Uhila’s Mohe.  When was the last time you watched someone sleep? I peeked into my niece’s room to check if she was breathing while babysitting last weekend, but I didn’t stay or look at her for long. Occasionally, I stare at my husband sleeping, ...
    The SpinoffBy Anna Rawhiti-Connell
    5 hours ago

  • Luxon on the phone with global leaders about Ukraine talks
    The prime minister said Russia started the conflict, and it needed to agree to a new ceasefire proposal so negotiations could begin. ...
    Radio NZ – political
    5 hours ago

  • Christopher Luxon won’t say if Ministry for Women consulted on pay equity changes rushed into ...
    The PM says advice was received from several officials but he won't say who they represented. ...
    Radio NZ – political
    6 hours ago

  • Release: Govt better at crushing women’s rights than cars
    Rehashing old laws around boy racers is not going to make our communities safer, or distract New Zealanders from the appalling decision to cut women’s pay. ...
    Labour Blog
    6 hours ago

  • Police minister Mark Mitchell says second firearms registry review not needed
    It comes after the ACT Party formally invoked its "agree to disagree" clause in its coalition agreement with National over the firearms registry on Sunday. ...
    Radio NZ – political
    6 hours ago

  • Meteorites and marsquakes hint at an underground ocean of liquid water on the Red Planet
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hrvoje Tkalčić, Professor, Head of Geophysics, Director of Warramunga Array, Australian National University UAESA / MBRSC / Hope Mars Mission / EXI / Andrea Luck, CC BY Evidence is mounting that a secret lies beneath the dusty red plains of Mars, ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    6 hours ago

  • Why doesn’t Australia make more medicines? Wouldn’t that fix drug shortages?
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Coomber, PhD Candidate, Pharmaceutical Supply Chains, The University of Queensland IM Imagery/Shutterstock About 400 medicines are in short supply in Australia. Of these, about 30 are categorised as critical. These are ones with a life-threatening or serious impact on ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    6 hours ago

  • Announcing Law & Order
    Poets, priests and politiciansHave words to thank for their positionsWords that scream for your submissionAnd no one's jamming their transmissionAnd when their eloquence escapes youTheir logic ties you up and rapes you!Songwriter: Sting. Read more ...
    Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
    6 hours ago

  • Culturally unsafe healthcare is unsafe healthcare – we cannot pretend otherwise
    As a doctor, medical educator and iwi health advocate, Mataroria Lyndon has seen how cultural safety transforms health outcomes. The government’s proposal to remove cultural requirements from workforce regulation, he writes, risks undoing decades of progress and putting lives at risk. As a doctor and medical educator, I teach clinicians ...
    The SpinoffBy Mataroria Lyndon
    6 hours ago

  • Nearly $3m Wasted On Consultants Hired To Plan Axing Of Health Workers
    The public health system has been starved of money by this government. It should have been expanding the Health NZ workforce and not paying expensive consultants to help lay off so many loyal workers. It’s a slap in the face for those shown ...
    Scoop politics
    7 hours ago

  • Farmers fear dingoes are eating their livestock – but predator poo tells an unexpected story
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Mason, PhD candidate in Conservation Biology, Deakin University Kristian Bell/Shutterstock Killing carnivores to protect livestock, wildlife and people is an emotive and controversial issue that can cause community conflict. Difficult decisions about managing predators must be supported by strong scientific ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    7 hours ago

  • A counter to drone swarms: high-power microwave weapons
    Military forces must prioritise a counter to drone swarming tactics with which inexpensive, mass-produced drones can overwhelm defences. What is needed is a layered defensive system that includes systems that can neutralise many threats within ...
    The StrategistBy Neil Hart
    7 hours ago

  • Pay equity shock to have unintended consequences
    Briefly in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Monday, May 12:The gutting of pay equity laws may force hospices to close, pushing extra patients and extra cost into hospitals, the sector says at the start of Hospice Awareness Week. Barnados’ CEO says the law change will hit ...
    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    8 hours ago

  • Australian politician who sparked social media ban says it’s ‘worth it’ even if ki...
    New Zealand will be a "fast follower" because "immense harm" is being done, the Education Minister says. ...
    Radio NZ – political
    8 hours ago

  • Government’s political gamble backfires as backlash to pay equity reform grows
    Nationwide protests and a wave of critical commentary have followed the government’s sudden overhaul of pay equity legislation, writes Catherine McGregor in today’s extract from The Bulletin. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, sign up here. Anger spills into the streets Hundreds of people turned out across the country ...
    The SpinoffBy Catherine McGregor
    8 hours ago

  • Kiwi aims to bring the world to our snooker tables
    Agnes Kimura is fundraising hard to head to China for the 2025 World Women’s Snooker Championship, but playing against her peers isn’t the most important part of the trip. Instead, she has a much bigger goal in mind.With the men’s world championships just completed in England, it’s less than a ...
    NewsroomBy Aiden McLaughlin
    9 hours ago

  • Budget 2025: What’s in it for the youth?
    Hamilton has been the country's youngest city since 1998. RNZ spoke to the young, and the young adjacent, in the city to find out what they would like to see in Budget 2025. ...
    Radio NZ – political
    9 hours ago

  • The Death of a Deer
    Edit: This stuff is fascinating - and for the record you are definitely OK to disagree with me on any of this in the comments. This community rules, and you’re respectful and great even when disagreeing.With that said — this email just landed in my inbox from a Webworm subscriber ...
    David FarrierBy David Farrier
    9 hours ago

  • Wellington mayoral race: Who wants the top job?
    Andrew Little is a high profile entrant in the battle for the capital's mayoral chains - so who are the other contenders? ...
    Radio NZ – political
    9 hours ago

  • US cuts back on generals to boost ‘lethality’ – should NZDF follow suit?
    Critics say the NZ Defence Force is top heavy and combat light. ...
    Radio NZ – political
    9 hours ago

  • In the wings: Desley Simpson is biding her time
    Will she or won’t she? Desley Simpson is still waiting to say whether she will run for the mayorality in October. Only 3.2% of The Spinoff’s readership supports us financially. We need to grow that to 4% this year to keep creating the work you love. Sign up to be ...
    The SpinoffBy Gabi Lardies
    10 hours ago

  • Lessons from a very wet day in Christchurch
    Floods in Christchurch and Banks Peninsula earlier this month closed roads and damaged businesses. Shanti Mathias explores how local authorities have been preparing for extreme weather events, and whether it made any difference. Between April 30 and May 1, Christchurch had its fourth-heaviest day of rainfall on record. More than ...
    The SpinoffBy Shanti Mathias
    10 hours ago

  • Govt mulled, then scratched, home solar incentive
    Then-energy minister Simeon Brown pushed back against efforts to introduce new climate policies in ministerial discussions last year, new documents reveal The post Govt mulled, then scratched, home solar incentive appeared first on Newsroom. ...
    NewsroomBy Marc Daalder
    11 hours ago

  • ‘Substantial progress’ in US-China trade talks but no details
    Business & investing: Gulf between countries will make finalising a meaningful agreement particularly difficult The post ‘Substantial progress’ in US-China trade talks but no details appeared first on Newsroom. ...
    NewsroomBy Andrew Patterson
    11 hours ago

  • Daily crossword, Monday 12 May
    The post Daily crossword, Monday 12 May appeared first on Newsroom. ...
    NewsroomBy Newsroom Puzzles
    11 hours ago

  • Never mind ‘big investors’, regular workers crave stability too
    Comment: Let’s think about those who are simply investing their lives in their families and communities The post Never mind ‘big investors’, regular workers crave stability too appeared first on Newsroom. ...
    NewsroomBy Rob Campbell
    11 hours ago

  • Vocational education hit with ‘change fatigue’
    It’s been called ‘change fatigue’ and the tertiary sector covering vocational education is exhausted by the meddling of successive governments.Since 2020 there have been major upheavals with vocational training and polytechnics, and the key word for those in the industry is uncertainty.There’s also frustration at the amount of money spent ...
    NewsroomBy Alexia Russell
    11 hours ago

  • Defiant Zespri vows to grow kiwifruit sales in ‘challenging’ trade war
    Americans will pay more than three times what New Zealanders do for gold kiwifruit; it’s too lucrative a market to ignore The post Defiant Zespri vows to grow kiwifruit sales in ‘challenging’ trade war appeared first on Newsroom. ...
    NewsroomBy Jonathan Milne
    11 hours ago

  • Govt take closer look at loosening US pork restrictions
    NZ will look further at loosening restrictions on US pork imports, as a close partner sticks to its own ‘red lines’ The post Govt take closer look at loosening US pork restrictions appeared first on Newsroom. ...
    NewsroomBy Sam Sachdeva
    11 hours ago

  • Newsroom daily quiz, Monday 12 May
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    NewsroomBy Newsroom Puzzles
    11 hours ago

  • The bra-stealing rascals of Aquinas
    In 1956 Aquinas students raided Knox College and stole the cutlery and cooking utensils before dumping them at Selwyn and Arana halls. The police were called and the culprits eventually confessed. James Ng, a resident from 1954 to 1958, described a recurring prank that involved fishing line to pull the ...
    NewsroomBy Susannah Grant
    11 hours ago

  • ‘Cutting off communications’ – did Trump really just turn his back on Israel?
    ANALYSIS: By Robert Inlakesh Israel is in a weak position and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s extremism knows no bounds. The only other way around an eventual regional war is the ousting of the Israeli prime minister. US President Donald Trump has closed his line of communication with Israeli Prime Minister ...
    Evening ReportBy Asia Pacific Report
    14 hours ago

  • View from The Hill: if Jacinta Nampijinpa Price became Liberal deputy it would be a wild ride
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s confirmation she will run for Liberal deputy has put the members of an already shell-shocked party into a new spin. Tuesday’s leadership contest, where the numbers are said to be tight, is ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    19 hours ago

  • 2025 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #19
    A listing of 27 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, May 4, 2025 thru Sat, May 10, 2025. This week's roundup is again published by category and sorted by number of articles included in each. The formatting is a ...
    Skeptical Science
    20 hours ago

  • Dumped minister Ed Husic labels Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles ‘factional assassin’
    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Industry Minister Ed Husic, dumped from the frontbench ahead of Anthony Albanese’s announcement of his new ministry, has made an excoriating attack on Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles, describing him as a “factional assassin”. ...
    Evening ReportBy The Conversation
    23 hours ago

  • Social media ban for young people to be investigated – Luxon
    The government says it will start investigating how to reduce harm to young people with potential new rules about social media access. ...
    Radio NZ – political
    23 hours ago

  • Philippine advocacy group condemns NZ military pact with Manila, rejects election violence
    Asia Pacific Report The Aotearoa Philippines Solidarity national assembly has condemned the National Party-led Coalition government in New Zealand over signing a “deplorable” visiting forces agreement with the Philippine government “Given the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ appalling human rights record and continuing attacks on activists in the Philippines, it ...
    Evening ReportBy Asia Pacific Report
    1 day ago

  • ER Report: A Roundup of Significant Articles on EveningReport.nz for May 11, 2025
    ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on May 11, 2025. Indonesia’s Pacific manoeuvres – money, military, and silencing West PapuaANALYSIS: By Ali Mirin On April 24, 2025, Indonesia made a masterful geopolitical move. Jakarta granted Fiji US$6 million in financial aid and offered to ...
    Evening ReportBy Evening Report
    1 day ago

  • Firearm Registry Is An “Expensive Illusion” Of Safety
    COLFO recommends the Government reviews the registry each year, looking for a downward trend in firearm crime once half the licensed firearm owners are registered. This was the premise on which the registry was introduced; that registering firearms would ...
    Scoop politics
    1 day ago

  • India-Pakistan crisis: military operations intensify before ceasefire
    The past 36 hours on the India-Pakistan front have been tumultuous. Where the confrontation is headed is unclear. Although things seemed to be calming down early on Friday, May 9, intense developments followed. A series ...
    The StrategistBy Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
    1 day ago

  • Women’s Rights Party On The Pay Equity Issue
    The Women’s Rights Party says that cutting back on pay equity for women workers will have a long-lasting effect. ...
    Scoop politics
    1 day ago

  • NZ First Resorts To Dirty Politics 2.0
    It’s a grim day for New Zealand when the stench of dirty politics once again wafts back into the public domain, and NZ First, under Winston Peters’ befuddled leadership, appears to be at the heart of it. An exposé by The Post today lays bare a coordinated campaign of online ...
    The Jackal
    1 day ago

  • ACT invokes ‘agree to disagree’ clause over firearms registry review
    ACT has invoked its coalition agreement's "agree to disagree" clause, citing National's refusal to support a more thorough review of the firearms registry. ...
    Radio NZ – political
    1 day ago

  • Indonesia’s Pacific manoeuvres – money, military, and silencing West Papua
    ANALYSIS: By Ali Mirin On April 24, 2025, Indonesia made a masterful geopolitical move. Jakarta granted Fiji US$6 million in financial aid and offered to cooperate with them on military training — a seemingly benign act of diplomacy that conceals a darker purpose. This strategic manoeuvre is the latest in ...
    Evening ReportBy Asia Pacific Report
    1 day ago

  • Mother’s Day
    My mama saidThat it's good to be fruitfulBut my mama saidDon't take more than a mouthfulAnd my mama saidThat it's good to be naturalAnd my mama saidThat it's good to be factualAlways on the Run, by Lenny Kravitz & Slash.Morena folks, let me begin by acknowledging that Mother’s Day can ...
    Nick’s KōreroBy Nick Rockel
    1 day ago

  • Dunedin Mayor Calls On Government To Help Homeless
    Last week, a fire tore through a homeless camp at Dunedin’s Oval, destroying tents and makeshift shelters in a stark reminder of New Zealand’s soul-destroying housing crisis. This isn’t just a tragedy, it’s a predictable outcome of the Coalition of Chaos’s reckless policies, which have gutted funding for emergency accommodation ...
    The Jackal
    1 day ago

  • Council calls on Māori candidates to stand in local election
    The Whanganui District Council is organising a candidate information evening with a Māori focus ahead of local body elections later this year. ...
    Radio NZ – political
    1 day ago

  • The House: Labour’s ‘conviction politician’ waves Parliament goodbye
    After over two decades, Labour stalwart David Parker is calling time on a long career with just a few things left unachieved. ...
    Radio NZ – political
    1 day ago

  • Bernard’s Soliloquy for the week to May 11
    Brooke van Velden says she had proposed the repeal of the Pay Equity Act in a letter to PM Christopher Luxon as soon as she became Workplace Relations and Safety Minister in late 2023. Photo: Lynn Grieveson/Getty ImagesBriefly in Aotearoa’s political economy in the week to Sunday, May 11:PM Christopher ...
    The KakaBy Bernard Hickey
    1 day ago

  • Shouting out, singing in: Rockquest at Parliament
    In Parliament, MPs were shouting in the House about pay equity and wildlife protection - next door, the mood was more upbeat and louder. ...
    Radio NZ – political
    1 day ago

  • Mothers’ Day
    In honour of those who have come, those who are, and those who will come to be.Kate SheppardKate Sheppard is famous for leading the successful campaign that made New Zealand the first self-governing nation to grant women the right to vote in 1893. CorrespondenceMarilyn WaringDame Marilyn Joy Waring DNZM is ...
    Mountain TuiBy Mountain Tūī
    1 day ago

  • Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – NERMEEN SHAIKH: We begin today’s show looking at Israel’s ongoing targeting of Palestinian journalists. A recent report by the Costs of War Project at Brown University described the war in Gaza as the “worst ever conflict for reporters” in history. ...
    Evening ReportBy David Robie
    2 days ago

  • An Ode to … King Lux
    There was bad news to deliverTo the lady peasants, the fishwives,The witches, the serving wenches, and the nuns.King Lux had to pay for his score of Grand Estates.Specifically, the ladies were to pay for his Grand EstatesOut of their meagre, hard-won kopecks.King Lux didn’t want to deliver the bad news ...
    NewsroomBy Victor Billot
    2 days ago

  • Pope Leo XIV, the least American of the Americans
    Hailing from the diocese furthest away from the Vatican, the Catholic Diocese of Dunedin, patriotic Kiwi representation is not something you pray for when thinking of a new Pope. But I must admit that when I saw the headline ‘America’s first Pope’, I thought “Oh dear”. American representation was not ...
    NewsroomBy Timothy O’Farrell
    2 days ago

  • Charity donation tax incentives not as generous as we think
    Analysis: Charitable giving feels good – it brings a sense of fulfilment and joy, knowing your contribution has made a positive difference in someone’s life. Governments support the idea too, offering tax incentives to encourage philanthropy. But here’s the catch: my recent research suggests these tax incentives may not be ...
    NewsroomBy Amy Cruickshank
    2 days ago

  • Who killed Shireen Abu Akleh? Film names Israeli soldier but Israel ‘did best to cover up’
    Democracy Now! NERMEEN SHAIKH: We begin today’s show looking at Israel’s ongoing targeting of Palestinian journalists. A recent report by the Costs of War Project at Brown University described the war in Gaza as the “worst ever conflict for reporters” in history. By one count, Israel has killed 214 Palestinian ...
    Evening ReportBy Asia Pacific Report
    2 days ago

  • Pacific region hopes for ‘climate-conscious’ pope, says PCC leader
    By Christina Persico, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor The leader of the Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) has reacted to the election of the new pope. Pope Leo XIV was elected by his fellow cardinals in the Conclave on Thursday evening, Rome time. Leo, 69, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost, is originally ...
    Evening ReportBy Asia Pacific Report
    2 days ago

  • Absurd attack on free speech by Israel Institute over social media comment
    By Gordon Campbell The calls by the Israel Institute of New Zealand for Peter Davis to resign from the Helen Clark Foundation because of comments he made with regard to an ugly, hateful piece of graffiti are absurd. The graffiti in question said “I hated Jews before it was cool!” ...
    Evening ReportBy Asia Pacific Report
    2 days ago

  • Fact brief – Is the climate as unpredictable as the weather?
    Skeptical Science is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. You can submit claims you think need checking via the tipline. Is the climate as unpredictable as the weather? Climate predictions are more reliable than weather forecasts because they model long-term trends driven by ...
    Skeptical Science
    2 days ago

  • Fact brief – Is the climate as unpredictable as the weather?
    Skeptical Science is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. You can submit claims you think need checking via the tipline. Is the climate as unpredictable as the weather? Climate predictions are more reliable than weather forecasts because they model long-term trends driven by ...
    Skeptical Science
    2 days ago

  • Watch Ozzy Man Destroy Some White Supremacist
    Gather round, you bloody legends, and let’s talk about a true Aussie icon who’s taken a wild detour from his usual topics. Ethan Marrell, better known as Ozzy Man, has been a YouTube juggernaut since 2014, dishing out side-splitting commentary with that larrikin charm and a voice that could make ...
    The Jackal
    2 days ago

  • New cancer drugs get Pharmac boost
    Cancer specialists and patients have welcomed news that three potentially life-saving skin cancer medicines are to be funded. ...
    Radio NZ – political
    2 days ago

  • No Justice for State Abuse Survivors- Kapa-Kingi
    Te Pāti Māori MP for Te Tai Tokerau calls out the government’s decision to keep funding state abuse, turning their backs on justice and real change for abuse in care survivors. “The government has committed to throwing $744 million down the drain, reinforcing a violent regime of disrespect against the ...
    Māori Party
    2 days ago

  • Wellington Queer Communities Protest Against NZ First’s Anti-Trans Bill
    Now more than ever, trans communities need support. Join Queer Endurance in Defiance, or your local queer organisation, and help us demonstrate that we will not be defined out of existence. ...
    Scoop politics
    2 days ago

  • Protests Against New Pay Equity Legislation Continue
    The pay equity legislation backlash continues, with one march in Nelson on Saturday attracting 1500 protesters. ...
    Scoop politics
    2 days ago

  • ER Report: A Roundup of Significant Articles on EveningReport.nz for May 10, 2025
    ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on May 10, 2025. Tracing radiation through the Marshall Islands: Reflections from a veteran Greenpeace nuclear campaignerSPECIAL REPORT: By Shaun Burnie of Greenpeace We’ve visited Ground Zero. Not once, but three times. But for generations, before these locations ...
    Evening ReportBy Evening Report
    2 days ago

  • Tracing radiation through the Marshall Islands: Reflections from a veteran Greenpeace nuclear campai...
    SPECIAL REPORT: By Shaun Burnie of Greenpeace We’ve visited Ground Zero. Not once, but three times. But for generations, before these locations were designated as such, they were the ancestral home to the people of the Marshall Islands. As part of a team of Greenpeace scientists and specialists from the ...
    Evening ReportBy Asia Pacific Report
    2 days ago

  • Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka assures outcome of Waitangi Tribunal review won’t be p...
    "I am certainly not predetermined, and this government is not predetermined over this outcome," Tama Potaka told Saturday Morning. ...
    Radio NZ – political
    2 days ago

  • Government puts $35m towards keeping drugs out of the country
    In a pre-Budget announcement, Customs Minister Casey Costello says the extra funding would boost staffing and improve technology. ...
    Radio NZ – political
    2 days ago

  • Daily Blog Backs Compulsory Military Service
    While advertising itself as “liberal” and “left wing,” the Daily Blog promotes the same nationalist and militarist agenda as the entire parliamentary establishment, the union bureaucracy and the corporate media. ...
    Scoop politics
    2 days ago

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