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January 30, 2019
Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 30 2019 Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. The Beehive and Parliament Buildings.Today’s content Insurance industry report Bernard Hickey (Newsroom): Another big, fat and wet bus ticket Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Damning report seals case ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 30 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/30/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-january-30-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 30 2019">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lorraine Finlay, Lecturer in Law, Murdoch University The arrest and detention of former Bahraini national, footballer Hakeem Al-Araibi, has gained international attention. Al-Araibi fled Bahrain in 2014 and was subsequently granted refugee status in Australia. He was arrested after travelling to Thailand on his honeymoon late last ... <a title="Explainer: what is an Interpol red notice and how does it work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/30/explainer-what-is-an-interpol-red-notice-and-how-does-it-work-110688/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what is an Interpol red notice and how does it work?">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ana-Maria Bliuc, Senior Lecturer in Social Psychology, Western Sydney University Living in a networked world has many advantages. We get our news online almost as soon as it happens, we stay in touch with friends via social media, and we advance our careers through online professional networks. ... <a title="Racism in a networked world: how groups and individuals spread racist hate online" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/30/racism-in-a-networked-world-how-groups-and-individuals-spread-racist-hate-online-109072/" aria-label="Read more about Racism in a networked world: how groups and individuals spread racist hate online">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sky Croeser, Lecturer, School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry, Curtin University Online petitions are often seen as a form of “slacktivism” – small acts that don’t require much commitment and are more about helping us feel good than effective activism. But the impacts of online ... <a title="Not another online petition! But here’s why you should think before deleting it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/30/not-another-online-petition-but-heres-why-you-should-think-before-deleting-it-110029/" aria-label="Read more about Not another online petition! But here’s why you should think before deleting it">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Robert, Lecturer in Law, La Trobe University The family courts have historically treated legal parentage as a question of who has “begotten or borne” a child. But increasingly complex family situations created as a result of donor conception, surrogacy, IVF and DNA testing are sorely testing ... <a title="Sperm donation is testing what it means to be a legal parent, all the way to the High Court" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/30/sperm-donation-is-testing-what-it-means-to-be-a-legal-parent-all-the-way-to-the-high-court-109140/" aria-label="Read more about Sperm donation is testing what it means to be a legal parent, all the way to the High Court">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By April Reside, Researcher, Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, The University of Queensland Nearly 20 years ago, Australia adopted national environmental legislation that was celebrated widely as a balanced response to Australia’s threatened species crisis. In the same year, Queensland introduced its Vegetation Management Act. Together, these ... <a title="Death by 775 cuts: how conservation law is failing the black-throated finch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/30/death-by-775-cuts-how-conservation-law-is-failing-the-black-throated-finch-110704/" aria-label="Read more about Death by 775 cuts: how conservation law is failing the black-throated finch">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Monique Retamal, Research Principal, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney Last year many Australians were surprised to learn that around half of our plastic waste collected for recycling is exported, and up to 70% was going to China. So much of the world’s plastic was ... <a title="Here’s what happens to our plastic recycling when it goes offshore" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/30/heres-what-happens-to-our-plastic-recycling-when-it-goes-offshore-110356/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s what happens to our plastic recycling when it goes offshore">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Trivess Moore, Lecturer, RMIT University Summer in Australia seems to bite harder each year. Adelaide set a record maximum temperature for the nation’s capital cities of 46.6°C last week and there have been extreme heatwaves around Australia. The challenge to remain at a comfortable temperature in our ... <a title="When the heat hits: how to make our homes comfortable without cranking up the aircon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/30/when-the-heat-hits-how-to-make-our-homes-comfortable-without-cranking-up-the-aircon-110496/" aria-label="Read more about When the heat hits: how to make our homes comfortable without cranking up the aircon">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Reid Boyd, Senior Lecturer School of Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University She had quite forgotten the Duchess by this time, and was a little startled when she heard her voice close to her ear. “You’re thinking about something, my dear, and that makes you forget ... <a title="How creativity can help us cultivate moral imagination" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/30/how-creativity-can-help-us-cultivate-moral-imagination-101968/" aria-label="Read more about How creativity can help us cultivate moral imagination">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Barron, Associate Professor, Macquarie University We’ve known for a while that honey bees are smart cookies. They have excellent navigation skills, they communicate symbolically through dance, and they’re the only insects that have been shown to learn abstract concepts. Honey bees might also add the title ... <a title="Bees can learn the difference between European and Australian Indigenous art styles in a single afternoon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/29/bees-can-learn-the-difference-between-european-and-australian-indigenous-art-styles-in-a-single-afternoon-110494/" aria-label="Read more about Bees can learn the difference between European and Australian Indigenous art styles in a single afternoon">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vincent Ho, Senior Lecturer and clinical academic gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University Your trousers fit when you put them on in the morning. But come mid-afternoon, they’re uncomfortably tight – and you didn’t even overdo it at lunchtime. Sound familiar? Around one in six people without a health ... <a title="Health Check: what causes bloating and gassiness?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/29/health-check-what-causes-bloating-and-gassiness-107605/" aria-label="Read more about Health Check: what causes bloating and gassiness?">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2019
Analysis by Keith Rankin. While our traditional economic indicators all seem positive and on target, it is nevertheless clear to almost everyone that something is very wrong with the economic health of New Zealand and other liberal-capitalist economies. Far too many people – especially young people – are poor. Many are trapped in their poverty. ... <a title="Keith Rankin’s Chart of the Month – The Unsurprising Problem of the Poor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/29/keith-rankins-chart-of-the-month-the-unsurprising-problem-of-the-poor/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin’s Chart of the Month – The Unsurprising Problem of the Poor">Read more</a>
