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July 24, 2019
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Police have pepper-sprayed two dogs and arrested three more people at the site of controversial land dispute in South Auckland, reports RNZ. The site at Ihumātao near Auckland Airport is zoned for housing development but has been the subject of a bitter dispute between local wi and private construction company Fletcher ... <a title="Protestors arrested and dogs pepper-sprayed at ‘sacred’ South Auckland site" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/24/protestors-arrested-and-dogs-pepper-sprayed-at-sacred-south-auckland-site/" aria-label="Read more about Protestors arrested and dogs pepper-sprayed at ‘sacred’ South Auckland site">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Donna Lee Brien, Professor, Creative Industries, CQUniversity Australia Legendary Australian food writer Margaret Fulton has died aged 94. At the news of her death, many are noting her long career and her influence on cookery and eating habits in Australia. With a professional life spanning well over ... <a title="Vale Margaret Fulton: a role model for generations of Australian food writers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/24/vale-margaret-fulton-a-role-model-for-generations-of-australian-food-writers-120897/" aria-label="Read more about Vale Margaret Fulton: a role model for generations of Australian food writers">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2019
By RNZ Pacific Eight members of Britain’s House of Lords want to see their government take a strong stand on press freedom in West Papua. In an open letter, the members claimed Indonesia was trying to restrict information from West Papua amid allegations of widespread human rights abuses. In the letter published this week, the ... <a title="British Lords call for strong stand on press freedom in West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/24/british-lords-call-for-strong-stand-on-press-freedom-in-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about British Lords call for strong stand on press freedom in West Papua">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick Keyzer, Professor and Head of the La Trobe Law School, La Trobe University When the New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern met with Scott Morrison in Melbourne last Friday, Australia’s policy of deporting New Zealand citizens on character grounds was at the top of the agenda. ... <a title="No, Peter Dutton. Most deported Kiwis aren’t paedophiles and you’re hurting our relationship with NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/24/no-peter-dutton-most-deported-kiwis-arent-paedophiles-and-youre-hurting-our-relationship-with-nz-120655/" aria-label="Read more about No, Peter Dutton. Most deported Kiwis aren’t paedophiles and you’re hurting our relationship with NZ">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mary-Anne Kate, Adjunct Associate Lecturer, University of New England Dissociative disorders are often said to be rare. But our soon-to-be published analysis of international studies suggest they affect 10-11% of the population at some point in their lives. This makes them nearly as common as mood disorders ... <a title="Dissociative disorders are nearly as common as depression. So why haven’t we heard about them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/24/dissociative-disorders-are-nearly-as-common-as-depression-so-why-havent-we-heard-about-them-116731/" aria-label="Read more about Dissociative disorders are nearly as common as depression. So why haven’t we heard about them?">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Asanka Gunasekara, Lecturer in Management, Swinburne University of Technology In a multicultural country like Australia, it’s easy for migrants to keep their heritage culture alive. But our recent research that surveyed more than 300 migrants found those who adapt to Australian society, called “Australian acculturation”, have greater ... <a title="Migrants who adapt to Australian culture say they’re happier than those who don’t" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/24/migrants-who-adapt-to-australian-culture-say-theyre-happier-than-those-who-dont-117264/" aria-label="Read more about Migrants who adapt to Australian culture say they’re happier than those who don’t">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Leibold, Associate Professor of Politics and Asian Studies, La Trobe University As China grows more powerful and influential, our New Superpower series looks at what this means for the world – how China maintains its power, how it wields its power and how its power might ... <a title="Despite China’s defences, its treatment of the Uyghurs should be called what it is: cultural genocide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/24/despite-chinas-defences-its-treatment-of-the-uyghurs-should-be-called-what-it-is-cultural-genocide-120654/" aria-label="Read more about Despite China’s defences, its treatment of the Uyghurs should be called what it is: cultural genocide">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Renee Knake, RMIT Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Entrepreneurship and Innovation; Professor of Law at the University of Houston, RMIT University In this series, we look at under-acknowledged women through the ages. When Grata Flos Matilda Greig walked into her first law school class at the University of ... <a title="Hidden women of history: Flos Greig, Australia’s first female lawyer and early innovator" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/24/hidden-women-of-history-flos-greig-australias-first-female-lawyer-and-early-innovator-119990/" aria-label="Read more about Hidden women of history: Flos Greig, Australia’s first female lawyer and early innovator">Read more</a>
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July 24, 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 Climate change, environment Henry Cooke (Stuff): Government extends tax break for oil rigs, despite promise not to subsidise fossil fuel industry RNZ: Jacinda Ardern supports, does not commit to ‘climate emergency’ declaration Bryce ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 24 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/24/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-24-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 24 2019">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2019
COMMENTARY: By Phil Fitzpatrick in Tumby Bay The recent horrific events in Hela Province have brought the role of the police force in Papua New Guinea into sharp focus. Prime Minister James Marape is currently in Australia and has apparently discussed the issue with Prime Minister Scott Morrison. We can only hope that Morrison, if ... <a title="Phil Fitzpatrick: PNG’s Kramer ‘crucial’ law and order change maker" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/24/phil-fitzpatrick-pngs-kramer-crucial-law-and-order-change-maker/" aria-label="Read more about Phil Fitzpatrick: PNG’s Kramer ‘crucial’ law and order change maker">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra After a bruising election outcome, GetUp is regrouping around a batch of issues – with press freedom the big ticket item. The activist group’s national director Paul Oosting, who has been in Canberra for the parliamentary week, says this is ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Paul Oosting responds to GetUp’s critics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/24/politics-with-michelle-grattan-paul-oosting-responds-to-getups-critics-120886/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Paul Oosting responds to GetUp’s critics">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Mountain, Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University Last week the body that governs Australia’s energy market released a draft proposal to introduce a demand response mechanism to the wholesale electricity market. It argues the proposal will unearth some electricity users’ “latent flexibility” to prices in ... <a title="New demand-response energy rules sound good, but the devil is in the (hugely complicated) details" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/24/new-demand-response-energy-rules-sound-good-but-the-devil-is-in-the-hugely-complicated-details-120676/" aria-label="Read more about New demand-response energy rules sound good, but the devil is in the (hugely complicated) details">Read more</a>
