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August 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Felicity Jensz, Research associate professor, University of Münster Donald Trump is not the first US President to make an offer of buying Greenland from Denmark – but he might be the last. Home of some 56,000 people and around 80% covered by ice, Greenland is culturally connected ... <a title="Greenland isn’t Denmark’s to sell: some essential reading for Trump on Colonialism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/22/greenland-isnt-denmarks-to-sell-some-essential-reading-for-trump-on-colonialism-122193/" aria-label="Read more about Greenland isn’t Denmark’s to sell: some essential reading for Trump on Colonialism">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2019
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The 2018 census has had such a low compliance rate, that it really acted as a large convenience sample (therefore a biased sample) of the New Zealand population. (See my Census Survey from March 2018.) Despite the assurances we are getting, many researchers will have little confidence in its population tallies ... <a title="Keith Rankin’s Chart of the Month – Auckland and New Zealand’s Population Dynamics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/22/keith-rankins-chat-of-the-month-auckland-and-new-zealands-population-dynamics/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin’s Chart of the Month – Auckland and New Zealand’s Population Dynamics">Read more</a>
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August 22, 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 by Dr Bryce Edwards. Housing Bernard Hickey (Newsroom): Lecturing councils won’t work for Labour either Marc Daalder (Newsroom): ‘Nice pointers, but show us the money,’ say councils Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): No Phil Twyford, ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 22 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/22/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-22-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 22 2019">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Prudence Flowers, Lecturer in US History, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Flinders University As the abortion decriminalisation bill gradually makes its way through the NSW parliament, opponents have been increasingly drawing on their long relationship with the right-to-life movement in the United States to lobby ... <a title="How the US right-to-life movement is influencing the abortion debate in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/22/how-the-us-right-to-life-movement-is-influencing-the-abortion-debate-in-australia-121974/" aria-label="Read more about How the US right-to-life movement is influencing the abortion debate in Australia">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra Hansen, Chief of Staff, The Conversation With the advent of online ancestry DNA testing, and advancements in genetic screening for various medical aliments, we’re able to know more than ever about the genes that make us who we are. But is there a point to knowing ... <a title="Should I get my DNA tested? We asked five experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/22/should-i-get-my-dna-tested-we-asked-five-experts-120664/" aria-label="Read more about Should I get my DNA tested? We asked five experts">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Linda Galligan, Associate professor, University of Southern Queensland If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au. How was maths discovered? Who made up the numbers and rules? – Bianca, age 12, Strathfield, Sydney. We are all born with a brain ... <a title="Curious Kids: how was maths discovered? Who made up the numbers and rules?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/22/curious-kids-how-was-maths-discovered-who-made-up-the-numbers-and-rules-121509/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: how was maths discovered? Who made up the numbers and rules?">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Baumann, Casual Academic, School of Social Sciences & Psychology, Western Sydney University Many of us do not need to hear any more warnings from the IPCC, David Attenborough or climate activists like Greta Thunberg. We have seen enough to be convinced that limitless economic growth and ... <a title="Access to land is a barrier to simpler, sustainable living. Public housing could offer a way forward" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/22/access-to-land-is-a-barrier-to-simpler-sustainable-living-public-housing-could-offer-a-way-forward-121246/" aria-label="Read more about Access to land is a barrier to simpler, sustainable living. Public housing could offer a way forward">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Borroz, PhD candidate in international business and comparative political economy, University of Auckland India’s Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft has settled into lunar orbit, ahead of its scheduled Moon landing on September 7. If it succeeds India will join a very select club, now comprising the former Soviet Union, ... <a title="India has it right: nations either aim for the Moon or get left behind in the space economy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/22/india-has-it-right-nations-either-aim-for-the-moon-or-get-left-behind-in-the-space-economy-121497/" aria-label="Read more about India has it right: nations either aim for the Moon or get left behind in the space economy">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2019
By Michael Andrew Journalists across Papua New Guinea have spoken out in support of EMTV news director Neville Choi after his “unacceptable” termination from a role he had held for six years. A public statement released on Monday listed the reasons for his termination, one of which was his refusal to bury a February 2019 ... <a title="Journalists, media unite against ‘unacceptable’ Choi sacking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/21/journalists-media-unite-against-unacceptable-choi-sacking/" aria-label="Read more about Journalists, media unite against ‘unacceptable’ Choi sacking">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Camellia Webb-Gannon, Lecturer, University of Wollongong Last weekend, the Indonesian police took 43 West Papuan students into custody for allegedly disrespecting the Indonesian flag during an independence day celebration (an allegation the students deny). Police stormed the students’ dorm and used teargas to force them out, while ... <a title="Riots in West Papua: why Indonesia needs to answer for its broken promises" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/21/riots-in-west-papua-why-indonesia-needs-to-answer-for-its-broken-promises-122127/" aria-label="Read more about Riots in West Papua: why Indonesia needs to answer for its broken promises">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natalie Klein, Professor, UNSW Prime Minister Scott Morrison has confirmed that Australia will lend military support to protect shipping in the Middle East. The commitment has been long expected, with Australia sending a frigate, an aircraft and some headquarters staff as part of a US-led coalition in ... <a title="Infographic: what is the conflict between the US and Iran about and how is Australia now involved?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/21/infographic-what-is-the-conflict-between-the-us-and-iran-about-and-how-is-australia-now-involved-121490/" aria-label="Read more about Infographic: what is the conflict between the US and Iran about and how is Australia now involved?">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2019
By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific Protests are spreading in Indonesia-ruled West Papua in response to harassment of Papuans during explosive incidents in Javanese cities last week. Indonesia’s president has urged calm after some of the protests turned violent, but he’s been criticised for not directly addressing a festering racism problem. The unrest was triggered ... <a title="Papuans continue protests against racism and hatred" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/21/papuans-continue-protests-against-racism-and-hatred/" aria-label="Read more about Papuans continue protests against racism and hatred">Read more</a>
