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September 2, 2020
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 Green private school grant row Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Green co-leader James Shaw refused to sign-off on $3bn of infrastructure projects unless Green School was included Jane Patterson (RNZ): Treasury opposed Green School grant ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 02 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/02/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-september-02-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 02 2020">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jack Anderson, Professor of Sports Law, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne Cricket Australia faces a summer of discontent. The disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed financial and governance tensions and mistrust involving its players’ and state associations. However, those issues are a distant second ... <a title="How COVID caused chaos for cricket – and may force a rethink of all sport broadcasting deals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/02/how-covid-caused-chaos-for-cricket-and-may-force-a-rethink-of-all-sport-broadcasting-deals-145246/" aria-label="Read more about How COVID caused chaos for cricket – and may force a rethink of all sport broadcasting deals">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Fuller, Charles Perkins Centre Research Program Leader, University of Sydney It’s pretty normal to feel full of energy for exercise some days, and as though you can’t be bothered on other days. For women, there’s a physiological explanation behind this. While men’s hormone levels do change ... <a title="From energy levels to metabolism: understanding your menstrual cycle can be key to achieving exercise goals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/02/from-energy-levels-to-metabolism-understanding-your-menstrual-cycle-can-be-key-to-achieving-exercise-goals-131561/" aria-label="Read more about From energy levels to metabolism: understanding your menstrual cycle can be key to achieving exercise goals">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert McLachlan, Professor in Applied Mathematics, Massey University CC BY-ND Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, please send it ... <a title="Climate explained: Sunspots do affect our weather, a bit, but not as much as other things" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/02/climate-explained-sunspots-do-affect-our-weather-a-bit-but-not-as-much-as-other-things-145101/" aria-label="Read more about Climate explained: Sunspots do affect our weather, a bit, but not as much as other things">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Sonter, Lecturer in Environmental Management, The University of Queensland A vast transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy is crucial to slowing climate change. But building solar panels, wind turbines and other renewable energy infrastructure requires mining for materials. If not done responsibly, this may damage ... <a title="Renewable energy can save the natural world – but if we’re not careful, it will also hurt it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/02/renewable-energy-can-save-the-natural-world-but-if-were-not-careful-it-will-also-hurt-it-145166/" aria-label="Read more about Renewable energy can save the natural world – but if we’re not careful, it will also hurt it">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Neville Hurst, Senior Lecturer, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University Most Australian homes have been built to notoriously poor standards. The energy performance of existing homes in Victoria, for instance, averages 1.8 stars – 6 stars is mandatory for newly built homes under the ... <a title="House hunters are rarely told the home energy rating – little wonder the average is as low as 1.8 stars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/02/house-hunters-are-rarely-told-the-home-energy-rating-little-wonder-the-average-is-as-low-as-1-8-stars-144873/" aria-label="Read more about House hunters are rarely told the home energy rating – little wonder the average is as low as 1.8 stars">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vanessa Russ, Adjunct Research Fellow , University of Western Australia In the race to build an iconic national centre celebrating Australian Aboriginal art and culture there are now three contenders. The Northern Territory and South Australian governments have had plans in place for one for some time. ... <a title="Perth already has a museum of Indigenous art and culture. With proper funding, it could be our national centre" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/02/perth-already-has-a-museum-of-indigenous-art-and-culture-with-proper-funding-it-could-be-our-national-centre-144280/" aria-label="Read more about Perth already has a museum of Indigenous art and culture. With proper funding, it could be our national centre">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The Brisbane-based Alliance for Journalists’ Freedom calls for Chinese authorities to provide due process to Australian television journalist Cheng Lei and release her immediately pending any judicial proceedings – in line with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (which China has signed). It has also called on the authorities ... <a title="AJF calls for Chinese authorities to free ‘hostage’ TV anchor Cheng Lei" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/02/ajf-calls-for-chinese-authorities-to-free-hostage-tv-anchor-cheng-lei/" aria-label="Read more about AJF calls for Chinese authorities to free ‘hostage’ TV anchor Cheng Lei">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison wants a commitment from national cabinet for Australia to return to as much normality as possible for Christmas, provided the medical advice supports it. As the Prime Minister continues his push to prise open the borders of what ... <a title="Scott Morrison is dreaming of an open Australia for Christmas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/scott-morrison-is-dreaming-of-an-open-australia-for-christmas-145404/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Morrison is dreaming of an open Australia for Christmas">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicolas Campione, Research Fellow/Lecturer, University of New England The most emblematic feature of dinosaurs is their body size. Some dinosaurs reached enormous sizes during the Mesozoic Era which ended 66 million years ago, with some species maybe even approaching 100 tonnes. The largest animals ever to walk ... <a title="How do you weigh a dinosaur? There are two ways, and it turns out they’re both right" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/how-do-you-weigh-a-dinosaur-there-are-two-ways-and-it-turns-out-theyre-both-right-144874/" aria-label="Read more about How do you weigh a dinosaur? There are two ways, and it turns out they’re both right">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
COMMENT: By Camille Nakhid How racially prejudiced is Aotearoa New Zealand? Well, we saw just how racially prejudiced it is a weekend ago when a Stuff reporter showed us pictures of the breaches of alert level 3 at the skate park and basketball court in Victoria Park. In one photo, there was a group of ... <a title="Camille Nakhid: Covid-19, community prejudice and humanity in NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/camille-nakhid-covid-19-community-prejudice-and-humanity-in-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Camille Nakhid: Covid-19, community prejudice and humanity in NZ">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
By Sri Krishnamurthi of Pacific Media Centre A New Zealand youth MP Shaneel Lal is speaking out against education policies that exclude some Pacific Island people from Pasifika programmes and scholarships as unfair. Lal, who is eighth generation Indo-Fijian, applied for a Pasifika scholarship at the University of Otago only to be told he had ... <a title="Youth MP speaks out against ‘unfair’ Pacific criteria in NZ education system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/youth-mp-speaks-out-against-unfair-pacific-criteria-in-nz-education-system/" aria-label="Read more about Youth MP speaks out against ‘unfair’ Pacific criteria in NZ education system">Read more</a>
