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June 20, 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 State care of children Laura Walters and Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): How the three inquiries into Oranga Tamariki will work Michael Neilson (Herald): Uplifted babies: Public outcry at state taking Māori infants RNZ: Checkpoint: Ombudsman ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 20 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/20/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-june-20-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 20 2019">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Papua New Guinea’s Police Minister Bryan Kramer has used social media to arrest a man accused of sexually abusing his granddaughter. Kramer wrote a Facebook post in which he described being notified of a post about a young girl being sexually abused. “On Sunday I received a notification on Facebook that ... <a title="PNG police minister uses social media to arrest alleged sex offender" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/20/png-police-minister-uses-social-media-to-arrest-alleged-sex-offender/" aria-label="Read more about PNG police minister uses social media to arrest alleged sex offender">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Larkin, Senior Lecturer in Musicology, University of Sydney Review: Indies & Idols, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Sydney Opera House “The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence together”: what Samuel Johnson wrote about metaphysical poetry might have seemed transferrable to the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s Indies & Idols ... <a title="Cross-over cocktail: Indies & Idols mixes rock stars with modern Polish composers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/20/cross-over-cocktail-indies-and-idols-mixes-rock-stars-with-modern-polish-composers-118992/" aria-label="Read more about Cross-over cocktail: Indies & Idols mixes rock stars with modern Polish composers">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alina Donea, Senior Lecturer, Monash Centre for Astrophysics, Monash University Curious Kids is a series for children. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production between ABC KIDS listen and ... <a title="Curious Kids: how is the Sun burning?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/20/curious-kids-how-is-the-sun-burning-112415/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: how is the Sun burning?">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2019
By RNZ Pacific One of Vanuatu’s leading journalists has said the right to information law has contributed to an air of openness in the country. The Right to Information Act was passed two years ago and will be extended to cover all government departments from August. Over the coming months all departments and agencies will ... <a title="Vanuatu government more open under information law, says journalist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/20/vanuatu-government-more-open-under-information-law-says-journalist/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu government more open under information law, says journalist">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Oliver Griffith, ARC DECRA Fellow, University of Melbourne Many women realise they are pregnant before they’ve even done the test – perhaps feeling a touch of nausea, or tender, larger-than-usual breasts. For a long time, biologists had thought most marsupials lacked a way to recognise a pregnancy. ... <a title="New research could lead to a pregnancy test for endangered marsupials" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/20/new-research-could-lead-to-a-pregnancy-test-for-endangered-marsupials-118772/" aria-label="Read more about New research could lead to a pregnancy test for endangered marsupials">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacki Montgomery, Lecturer, Advertising and Media, Western Sydney University Increasing numbers of women lack a safe and secure place to call home. But most women who are homeless are “invisible”. You don’t see these vulnerable women sleeping on the streets – most are forced into “couch-surfing”, staying ... <a title="‘I didn’t want to be homeless with a baby’: young women share their stories of homelessness" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/20/i-didnt-want-to-be-homeless-with-a-baby-young-women-share-their-stories-of-homelessness-118180/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I didn’t want to be homeless with a baby’: young women share their stories of homelessness">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julaine Allan, Senior research fellow, Charles Sturt University A young man recently turned up at a rural drug and alcohol service in New South Wales seeking help because of an infection in his arm. He said he had injected the drug Krokodil, which had not previously been ... <a title="Weekly Dose: Krokodil, the Russian ‘flesh-eating’ drug, makes a rare appearance in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/20/weekly-dose-krokodil-the-russian-flesh-eating-drug-makes-a-rare-appearance-in-australia-117594/" aria-label="Read more about Weekly Dose: Krokodil, the Russian ‘flesh-eating’ drug, makes a rare appearance in Australia">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Graham, PhD Candidate, Charles Darwin University Many parents believe teaching their child to read is the best way to get them ready to start school, but teachers often disagree. Teachers generally consider it more important for children to know how to regulate their emotions, be confident ... <a title="Here’s what teachers look for when kids start school" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/20/heres-what-teachers-look-for-when-kids-start-school-116523/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s what teachers look for when kids start school">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Hanmer, Adjunct Lecturer in Architecture, UNSW Hundreds of residents in a Sydney apartment complex, the 122-unit Mascot Towers, were evacuated last Sunday when cracks began to appear due to a serious structural failure. And it isn’t clear when the residents can return. This crisis echoes the ... <a title="Buck-passing on apartment building safety leaves residents at risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/20/buck-passing-on-apartment-building-safety-leaves-residents-at-risk-119000/" aria-label="Read more about Buck-passing on apartment building safety leaves residents at risk">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Coates, Program Director, Household Finances, Grattan Institute It is often claimed that Australia’s superannuation system will ease the budgetary burden of an ageing population. It’s certainly the impression put about by those pushing for an increase in employers’ compulsory contributions from 9.5% to 12%. But new ... <a title="Myth busted. Boosting super would cost the budget more than it saved on age pensions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/20/myth-busted-boosting-super-would-cost-the-budget-more-than-it-saved-on-age-pensions-119002/" aria-label="Read more about Myth busted. Boosting super would cost the budget more than it saved on age pensions">Read more</a>
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June 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darren Paul Fisher, Head of Directing, Department of Film, Screen and Creative Media, Bond University “Elsa, the past is not what it seems.” The opening line from the latest Frozen II trailer invites us to revisit not only the original world of the film but to re-think ... <a title="Frozen was our most important feminist film but the sequel won’t have the same impact" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/20/frozen-was-our-most-important-feminist-film-but-the-sequel-wont-have-the-same-impact-118915/" aria-label="Read more about Frozen was our most important feminist film but the sequel won’t have the same impact">Read more</a>
