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June 30, 2019
By RNZ Pacific Murder charges have been laid in the case of the French Polynesian journalist Jean-Pascal Couraud, who vanished in 1997. The accused are Couraud’s ex-partner Miri Tatarata and a friend, Francis Stein, who are said to have had an affair at the time. The two, who are both top officials in the French ... <a title="Murder charges laid in case of Tahiti journalist missing for 22 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/30/murder-charges-laid-in-case-of-tahiti-journalist-missing-for-22-years/" aria-label="Read more about Murder charges laid in case of Tahiti journalist missing for 22 years">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2019
By Gemma Holliani Cahya in Jakarta Silas Papare Air Force base in Sentani, Jayapura, has reported that an Mi-17 helicopter belonging to the Indonesian Army lost contact after departing from Oksibil airport in Pegunungan Bintang regency, Papua, yesterday afternoon. The helicopter took off from Oksibil, where it had stopped to refuel, at 11:44 a.m. local ... <a title="Indonesian Army helicopter with 12 on board goes missing in Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/29/indonesian-army-helicopter-with-12-on-board-goes-missing-in-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian Army helicopter with 12 on board goes missing in Papua">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany, University of Melbourne Sign up to the Beating Around the Bush newsletter here, and suggest a plant we should cover at batb@theconversation.edu.au. White cedar (Melia azedarach) grows naturally across Queensland and northern New South Wales, but is widely planted as an ornamental ... <a title="White cedar is a rare bird: a winter deciduous Australian tree" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/28/white-cedar-is-a-rare-bird-a-winter-deciduous-australian-tree-118837/" aria-label="Read more about White cedar is a rare bird: a winter deciduous Australian tree">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2019
Yesterday the Prime Minister sent a clear message to voters: the Government has not given up on fixing the housing crisis. It was communicated via the sacking of the Housing Minister, and a serious re-organisation of the housing portfolio so that a team of five ministers now share responsibility for fixing what is becoming an ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Government suggests it hasn’t given up on the housing crisis (yet)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/28/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-government-suggests-it-hasnt-given-up-on-the-housing-crisis-yet/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Government suggests it hasn’t given up on the housing crisis (yet)">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fiona R Martin, Senior Lecturer in Convergent and Online Media, University of Sydney After a NSW Supreme court judge ruled this week that Australian publishers are liable for defamatory comments on their Facebook sites, it’s clear that page owners need to get serious about social media management. ... <a title="After defamation ruling, it’s time Facebook provided better moderation tools" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/28/after-defamation-ruling-its-time-facebook-provided-better-moderation-tools-119526/" aria-label="Read more about After defamation ruling, it’s time Facebook provided better moderation tools">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mike Armour, Post-doctoral research fellow, Western Sydney University Menstrual symptoms including pain, heavy bleeding and low mood may be linked to nearly nine days of lost productivity per woman every year, according to a new study published in the British Medical Journal this week. The researchers evaluated ... <a title="Period pain is impacting women at school, uni and work. Let’s be open about it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/28/period-pain-is-impacting-women-at-school-uni-and-work-lets-be-open-about-it-118824/" aria-label="Read more about Period pain is impacting women at school, uni and work. Let’s be open about it">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Davina Jackson, Honorary Academic, School of Architecture, University of Kent Australia’s architectural historians have struggled to explain the “Sydney School” of nature-responsive modern houses built after the second world war. As well as arguing about whether any “school” existed, they also overlooked some of the movement’s pioneering ... <a title="How the ‘Sydney School’ changed postwar Australian architecture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/28/how-the-sydney-school-changed-postwar-australian-architecture-114367/" aria-label="Read more about How the ‘Sydney School’ changed postwar Australian architecture">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2019
ANALYSIS: By Bates Gill of Macquarie University As China solidifies its new status as superpower and cementing its influence in the Pacific, The Conversation is launching a series looking at what this means for the world – how China maintains its power, how it wields its power and how its power might be threatened. Chinese ... <a title="Xi Jinping’s grip on power is absolute, but new threats to his ‘Chinese dream’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/28/xi-jinpings-grip-on-power-is-absolute-but-new-threats-to-his-chinese-dream/" aria-label="Read more about Xi Jinping’s grip on power is absolute, but new threats to his ‘Chinese dream’">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2019
By Michael Andrew A Pacific Media Centre collaborator has won the inaugural Sean Dorney Grant for Pacific Journalism at the 2019 Walkley Mid-Year Celebration. Vanuatu-based Australian photojournalist Ben Bohane was awarded the $10,000 grant out of 22 applicants for his ongoing work in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea. According to academic ... <a title="PMC collaborator wins $10,000 grant for Pacific journalism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/28/pmc-collaborator-wins-10000-grant-for-pacific-journalism/" aria-label="Read more about PMC collaborator wins $10,000 grant for Pacific journalism">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2019
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Cabinet reshuffle Audrey Young (Herald): Jacinda Ardern shows ruthless streak in Cabinet reshuffle (paywalled) Henry Cooke (Stuff): KiwiBuild: Can Megan Woods do what Phil Twyford could not? Dan Satherley (Newshub): Housing job split despite Bill ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 28 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/28/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-june-28-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 28 2019">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Keith Bannister, Astronomer, CSIRO Astronomers have spent the past dozen years hunting for fast radio bursts (FRBs) – flashes of radio waves that come from outer space and last just milliseconds. And after a dozen years of work we still don’t know exactly what causes them, only ... <a title="How we closed in on the location of a fast radio burst in a galaxy far, far away" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/28/how-we-closed-in-on-the-location-of-a-fast-radio-burst-in-a-galaxy-far-far-away-119177/" aria-label="Read more about How we closed in on the location of a fast radio burst in a galaxy far, far away">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Sydney Who decides who is to be prime minister? When Malcom Turnbull was challenged by Peter Dutton in August 2018 for the leadership of the Liberal Party, and ultimately the prime ministership, Turnbull apparently asserted that the governor-general would ... <a title="If Dutton had defeated Turnbull, could the governor-general have stopped him becoming prime minister?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/28/if-dutton-had-defeated-turnbull-could-the-governor-general-have-stopped-him-becoming-prime-minister-119524/" aria-label="Read more about If Dutton had defeated Turnbull, could the governor-general have stopped him becoming prime minister?">Read more</a>
