• Lung cancer screening is about to start. What you need to know if you smoke or have quit
    Friday, June 27, 2025 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    The aim is to find and treat lung cancers early, before they grow and spread, to improve the chance of survival. Here’s what’s involved.
  • Tenancy advocate says $7200 fine for landlords breaching Healthy Homes standards too low
    Monday, June 30, 2025 from nzherald.co.nz - National
    'Purpose not to deliver healthy homes but to set minimum standards for habitability.'
  • Beyond playgrounds: how less structured city spaces can nurture children’s creativity and independence
    Friday, June 27, 2025 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    NZ playgrounds are often separated from city life, constraining children’s spontaneous play. Planners can learn from car-free urban spaces where children are free to roam.
  • Trump says ‘very wealthy’ group to buy TikTok
    Monday, June 30, 2025 from nzherald.co.nz - World
    The US President said approval by Xi Jinping is likely needed for the sale to proceed.
  • Remote cave discovery shows ancient voyagers brought rice across 2,300km of Pacific Ocean
    Thursday, June 26, 2025 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    Rice is difficult to grow in the Pacific, so how did it end up in a cave? Archaeologists reveal the hidden history of this ancient and well-travelled grain.
  • Mommy dearest? Molly Jong-Fast’s blistering memoir of her ‘always performing’ mother Erica is hilarious and moving
    Friday, June 27, 2025 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    Don’t, whatever you do, parent like Erica Jong. Her daughter’s memoir of the ‘worst year’ of her life is fiercely loving – but she’s horrified at how she was raised.
  • Not just family violence: New report highlights NZ femicide crisis, exposes unaccounted victims
    Monday, June 30, 2025 from nzherald.co.nz - National
    A new report highlights systemic issues, urging a shift to prevention over reaction.
  • Bougainville finally gets all Rio shares in Bougainville Copper
    Friday, June 27, 2025 from Radio New Zealand Pacific Headlines
    PNG had long promised to give its portion of the shares to the people of Bougainville.
  • Fijian government unveils US$2b budget as deficit widens
    Monday, June 30, 2025 from Radio New Zealand Pacific Headlines
    Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Biman Prasad told parliament that his government has guided the country to a better economic position than where he found it.
  • RFK Junior is stoking fears about vaccine safety. Here’s why he’s wrong – and the impact it could have
    Saturday, June 28, 2025 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    The Conversation The situation in the US is deeply concerning – for vaccine uptake and for the impacts globally.
  • Gaza rescuers say Israeli forces kill 17, including children
    Monday, June 30, 2025 from nzherald.co.nz - World
    Israeli military ordered Gaza City residents to evacuate to Al-Mawasi.
  • US Proud Boys no longer terrorists in NZ as designation lapses
    Monday, June 30, 2025 from nzherald.co.nz - National
    Members were pardoned by Donald Trump for their part in the Capitol riot in 2021.
  • Grattan on Friday: Jim Chalmers juggles expectations and ambition in pursuing tax reform
    Thursday, June 26, 2025 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    The Conversation Next week will be the 40th anniversary of the Hawke government’s tax summit, will Chalmers learn the lesson of his idol Paul Keating?
  • ‘I’m not going to give up’: how to help more disadvantaged young people go to uni and TAFE
    Thursday, June 26, 2025 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    The Albanese government wants to see 80% of Australian workers have a TAFE or uni qualification by 2050, up from the current 60%.
  • Streaming giants have helped bring Korean dramas to the world – but much is lost in translation
    Friday, June 27, 2025 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    The global rise of a small subset of K-dramas is impacting the entire Korean TV landscape – and it’s not all for the best.
  • Papua New Guinea welcomes UAE-backed takeover of Australian oil and gas giant
    Friday, June 27, 2025 from Radio New Zealand Pacific Headlines
    Papua New Guinea has expressed excitement about the prospect of Dubai-owned investment firms taking over Australian oil and gas giant Santos Limited.
  • 'I can't see how we can survive': Sydney builders locked out of the worksite predict dire consequences if construction doesn't resume on July 31
    Thursday, July 22, 2021 from Business Insider Australia (Australian Stories)
    Sydney construction firms will be driven out of business if the industry shutdown carries past July 30, concerned business owners say. Premier Gladys Berejiklian has signaled that construction will be allowed again from July 31....
  • ‘I’m dreading birthing in such a system’: what Indigenous women globally think of birth care and what they’d like to see instead
    Thursday, June 26, 2025 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    The Conversation Many Indigenous families around the world say hospital staff often don’t understand their cultures or even give them basic rights during maternity care.
  • Progress results of Kapiti Coast District Council election announced
    Saturday, October 14, 2023 from Voxy: Most popular today feed
    Over the last 24 hours, Kāpiti Coast District Council has received over 2000 hand-delivered voting papers. This volume of last-minute votes means we won’t know the preliminary results until tomorrow evening.
  • Do all Iranians hate the regime? Hate America? Life inside the country is more complex than that
    Friday, June 27, 2025 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    The Conversation News reporting on Iran encourages a view of the regime as homogeneous, ideological and separate from the people. But many Iranians have ambivalent views on the state.
  • Earth is trapping much more heat than climate models forecast – and the rate has doubled in 20 years
    Friday, June 27, 2025 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    Real world measurements of how much extra heat the Earth is trapping are well beyond most climate models. That’s a real problem.
  • Technology is transforming the face of modern warfare, but some things never change
    Thursday, June 26, 2025 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    Drones, AI-targeting systems and the jostle for power in space raise a host of ethical questions about how, when, where and why we should fight.
  • Mr Smith or Gary? Why some teachers ask students to call them by their first name
    Monday, June 30, 2025 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    For many of us, calling our teachers by their first names would have been unthinkable. But some teachers are changing the centuries-old practice of formal names.
  • Brands want us to trust them. But as the SPF debacle shows, they need to earn it
    Friday, June 27, 2025 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    The Conversation Brands don’t always deliver what they promise. Regulation needs to focus on preventing harm rather than managing fallout.
  • 1 in 3 Tuvaluans is bidding for a new ‘climate visa’ to Australia – here’s why everyone may ultimately end up applying
    Friday, June 27, 2025 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    The rush for ‘climate visas’ to escape Tuvalu shows the extraordinary need for schemes that enable people to migrate in a warmer world.
  • Could we live with a nuclear-armed Iran? Reluctantly, yes
    Monday, June 30, 2025 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    The Conversation Both Israel and the US claim a nuclear-armed Iran would pose an existential threat. It wouldn’t. Here’s why.
  • Sydney's lockdown could become 'permanent' until widespread vaccination, economists warn, as fears of a recession emerge
    Thursday, July 22, 2021 from Business Insider Australia (Australian Stories)
    The Greater Sydney lockdown looks like it will be extended beyond next week, as case numbers and community transmissions continue to climb. With two other states also under stay-at-home orders, one of the Commonwealth Bank's head...
  • Fiji govt says shipping company violated maritime and environment obligations
    Friday, June 27, 2025 from Radio New Zealand Pacific Headlines
    "We will not allow Fiji's ports and waters to become dumping grounds."
  • Cats at 40: a dazzling cast – stuck in an outdated show
    Friday, June 27, 2025 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    In this re-launch, the score, direction and choreography are almost identical to what we saw back in 1985. And the choreography remains the heart and soul.
  • Scientists look to black holes to know exactly where we are in the Universe. But phones and wifi are blocking the view
    Monday, June 30, 2025 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    The satellites the world relies on for navigation, communication and more get their bearings from distant black holes – but radio noise is blurring the picture.
  • New ‘rules of engagement’ with alcohol lobby after alarm at ‘way too friendly’ interactions
    Monday, June 30, 2025 from nzherald.co.nz - National
    Alcohol lobbyists gave input on FASD plans, with some submissions fully redacted.
  • Para Kore receives Waste Minimisation funding for Te Waipounamu
    Saturday, October 14, 2023 from Voxy: Most popular today feed
    Para Kore Marae Incorporated are excited to announce support from the Government’s Waste Minimisation Fund to expand their services to Te Waipounamu.
  • 'CBOT wheat prices spike overnight on escalation of Black Sea conflict'
    Saturday, October 14, 2023 from Voxy: Most popular today feed
    CBOT (Chicago Board of Trade) wheat prices soared eight per cent overnight, after Ukrainian ports were hit by Russian missiles and Russia’s Ministry of Defence warned that all vessels travelling to Ukraine’s Black Sea ports will be...
  • A strange bright burst in space baffled astronomers for more than a year. Now, they’ve solved the mystery
    Friday, June 27, 2025 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    The quest to pin down the source of the burst led to a derelict 60-year-old satellite.
  • Politics with Michelle Grattan: Treasury veteran Ken Henry on the “enormous damage” the tax system does to young people
    Thursday, June 26, 2025 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    The Conversation Former secretary of the Treasury Ken Henry joins us to talk about his 40+ years experience in working to reform Australia’s tax system.
  • Tahiti prepares for its first Matari'i public holiday
    Monday, June 30, 2025 from Radio New Zealand Pacific Headlines
    In November, Tahiti will mark Matari'i as a national public holiday for the first time, following in the footsteps of Matariki in Aotearoa.
  • 500,000 Australians live with mental illness but don’t qualify for the NDIS. A damning new report says they need more support
    Thursday, June 26, 2025 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    The Productivity Commission has found governments’ agreements to improve mental health care and reduce suicides are ‘not fit for purpose’.
  • Celebrities, blue jeans and couture: how Anna Wintour changed fashion over 37 years at Vogue
    Friday, June 27, 2025 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    Wintour’s legacy at Vogue involved elevating fashion from a frivolous runway to a powerful industry which is not scared to make a statement.
  • The British doctor selling sick notes on demand
    Monday, June 30, 2025 from nzherald.co.nz - World
    Authorities are investigating Asif Munaf's practices amid rising sick note concerns.
  • ‘Do not eat’: what’s in those little desiccant sachets and how do they work?
    Thursday, June 26, 2025 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    Preventing mould, decay and saving your phone after dropping it in water. What else can desiccants do?
  • Trump’s bill faces some Republican opposition in Senate as its estimated debt cost rises
    Monday, June 30, 2025 from nzherald.co.nz - World
    The legislation would cause the national debt to soar even more than previous estimates.
  • Talks result in PNG and Bougainville signing 'Melanesian Agreement'
    Friday, June 27, 2025 from Radio New Zealand Pacific Headlines
    The leaders of Bougainville and Papua New Guinea have signed a deal that may bring the autonomous region's quest for independence closer.
  • The drought in southern Australia is not over – it just looks that way
    Friday, June 27, 2025 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    Yes, it’s been raining in southeast Australia – but it’s too little, too late. Now it’s too cold to grow decent pasture. This is called a ‘green drought’.
  • Whatever happened to the Albanese government’s wellbeing agenda?
    Friday, June 27, 2025 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    It was a passion project for the treasurer, meant to help account for fairness and wellbeing while developing policy. Why has the government stopped talking about it?
  • Travelling with food allergies? These 8 tips can help you stay safer in the skies
    Friday, June 27, 2025 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    Reassuringly, documented allergic reactions during flights are very rare. But there are precautions you can take to reduce any risk.
  • Govt's 2010 tax cuts 'costing $2 billion and counting'
    Saturday, October 14, 2023 from Voxy: Most popular today feed
    The Green Party has today revealed that the National Government has so far had to borrow an additional $2 billion dollars to fund their 2010 tax cut package for upper income earners.
  • The ARIA charts are about to undergo a big change. It could be a boost for local artists
    Thursday, June 26, 2025 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    The Conversation Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours album has been in the Top 50 albums chart for more than 400 weeks – but it won’t be there for much longer.
  • What do the Bible, the Quran and the Torah say about the justification for war?
    Friday, June 27, 2025 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    These three key religious texts all offer justifications for defensive wars. But they also stress the importance of peace.
  • Indian authorities investigate sabotage in Air India crash that killed 260
    Monday, June 30, 2025 from nzherald.co.nz - World
    The crash killed 260 and was the first fatal accident involving a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner.
  • Norfolk Island Council defends waste management amid illegal asbestos dumping fears
    Friday, June 27, 2025 from Radio New Zealand Pacific Headlines
    It says the illegal dumping of asbestos-contaminated material is creating health risks for those who dump the material and potentially to others.
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