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February 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Margaret Kristin Merga, Senior Lecturer in Education, Edith Cowan University Words are powerful, and a rich vocabulary can provide young people with significant advantages. Successful vocabulary development is associated with better vocational, academic and health outcomes. When parents read books aloud to their children from an early ... <a title="Read aloud to your children to boost their vocabulary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/13/read-aloud-to-your-children-to-boost-their-vocabulary-111427/" aria-label="Read more about Read aloud to your children to boost their vocabulary">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Wright, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University This is the second of two articles looking at the increasing reliance of Australian cities on desalination plants to supply drinking water, with less emphasis on the alternatives of water recycling and demand management. So what is ... <a title="When water is scarce, we can’t afford to neglect the alternatives to desalination" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/13/when-water-is-scarce-we-cant-afford-to-neglect-the-alternatives-to-desalination-111249/" aria-label="Read more about When water is scarce, we can’t afford to neglect the alternatives to desalination">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carley Ruiz, Research Assistant, Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University A teenager’s first job can be deeply rewarding, a step towards independence and building skills. But that job may also involve an early taste of exploitative workplace behaviours, including abuse, bullying and harassment. There are numerous cases of ... <a title="Welcome to your first job: expect to be underpaid, bullied, harassed or exploited in some way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/13/welcome-to-your-first-job-expect-to-be-underpaid-bullied-harassed-or-exploited-in-some-way-110438/" aria-label="Read more about Welcome to your first job: expect to be underpaid, bullied, harassed or exploited in some way">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra An extraordinary amount of hype and some confected hysteria preceded Tuesday’s vote on the medical transfer legislation. The government threw everything at trying to avoid a defeat. In a last stand, it fell back on a constitutional argument – backed ... <a title="View from the Hill: Shorten’s victory will bring dangerous counter strikes from a desperate government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/13/view-from-the-hill-shortens-victory-will-bring-dangerous-counter-strikes-from-a-desperate-government-111666/" aria-label="Read more about View from the Hill: Shorten’s victory will bring dangerous counter strikes from a desperate government">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Sydney The Morrison government has been defeated in the House of Representatives by the passage of a government bill containing amendments made against its wishes that allow for the medical evacuation of asylum-seekers from Manus Island and Nauru. At ... <a title="The government was defeated on the ‘medivac’ bill, but that does not mean the end of the government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/13/the-government-was-defeated-on-the-medivac-bill-but-that-does-not-mean-the-end-of-the-government-111635/" aria-label="Read more about The government was defeated on the ‘medivac’ bill, but that does not mean the end of the government">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Chinna, Senior Honorary Research Fellow, University of Western Australia Review: Sunset, Perth Festival 2019 On a humid night with strong easterlies blowing across the river, the opening night audience for dance-theatre performance Sunset was ushered towards the Sunset Heritage Precinct, on the banks of the Swan ... <a title="Sunset, a danced evocation of love, loss, and rebirth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/12/sunset-a-danced-evocation-of-love-loss-and-rebirth-111531/" aria-label="Read more about Sunset, a danced evocation of love, loss, and rebirth">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2019
Political Roundup: Will National burn its Bridges? by Dr Bryce Edwards There’s no doubt about it. The latest political poll is terrible news for the National Party and Simon Bridges. The only question is whether it signals the end of Bridges’ leadership of the party. The Newshub Reid Research poll was described last night by ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Will National burn its Bridges?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/12/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-will-national-burn-its-bridges/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Will National burn its Bridges?">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kim Ransley, Postdoctoral researcher, University of Sydney Optical illusions are cleverly designed to distort reality, but did you know that the same distortions occur frequently in everyday life? Our ability to see involves the brain moulding raw sensory data into a refined form. Some of the refinements ... <a title="Why visual illusions appear in everyday objects – from nature to architecture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/12/why-visual-illusions-appear-in-everyday-objects-from-nature-to-architecture-111178/" aria-label="Read more about Why visual illusions appear in everyday objects – from nature to architecture">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bill Laurance, Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University Climate change gets blamed for a lot of things these days: inundating small islands, fueling catastrophic fires, amping-up hurricanes and smashing Arctic sea ice. But a global review of insect research has found another casualty: 40% ... <a title="Climate change is killing off Earth’s little creatures" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/12/climate-change-is-killing-off-earths-little-creatures-109719/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change is killing off Earth’s little creatures">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2019
“King Faipopo”, as he appeared in a video sent to the Samoa Observer last year. Image: Samoa Observer Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Samoan anti-government blogger Malele Paulo has been arrested, reports RNZ Pacific. Malele, who uses the pseudonym “King Faipopo”, is being held in police custody. RNZ reported Malele had been charged with making threatening ... <a title="Samoan police arrest anti-government blogger ‘King Faipopo’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/12/samoan-police-arrest-anti-government-blogger-king-faipopo/" aria-label="Read more about Samoan police arrest anti-government blogger ‘King Faipopo’">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2019
Anote’s Ark trailer By RNZ Pacific A Canadian film about climate change in Kiribati and the Pacific has won the top prize at the 16th Pacific Documentary Film Festival in French Polynesia. The film, Anote’s Ark by Matthieu Rytz, looked at the plight of Kiribati and former President Anote Tong who championed the Pacific human ... <a title="Climate change documentary about Kiribati wins top FIFO prize" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/12/climate-change-documentary-about-kiribati-wins-top-fifo-prize/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change documentary about Kiribati wins top FIFO prize">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2019
Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 12 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 China-NZ relations, Air NZ flight to Shanghai Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): NZ feeling the heat of the Chinese dragon ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 12 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/12/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-12-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 12 2019">Read more</a>
