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October 8, 2020
Welcome to Evening Report’s A View from Afar As always, we are joined by political scientist Paul Buchanan and this week we will discuss: How United States polls indicate it’s increasingly less-probable for Donald Trump to be re-elected. But, what are the immediate dangers facing the US in this pre-vote period? Right now, it appears, ... <a title="LIVE: A View from Afar – With Paul Buchanan + Selwyn Manning – Four Weeks to the US Elections: Is its National Security in Danger?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/08/live-a-view-from-afar-with-paul-buchanan-selwyn-manning-four-weeks-to-the-us-elections-is-its-national-security-in-danger/" aria-label="Read more about LIVE: A View from Afar – With Paul Buchanan + Selwyn Manning – Four Weeks to the US Elections: Is its National Security in Danger?">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2020
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter A third referendum on independence from France looms in New Caledonia unless talks over the next six months satisfy the aspirations of the Kanak people for more self-rule. On Saturday, the French Overseas Minister Sebastien Lecornu is due in New Caledonia to gauge the positions of local politicians while ... <a title="Opponents scramble to avoid New Caledonia’s third referendum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/08/opponents-scramble-to-avoid-new-caledonias-third-referendum/" aria-label="Read more about Opponents scramble to avoid New Caledonia’s third referendum">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2020
By AUT News Television New Zealand Breakfast host John Campbell has highlighted the essential work that translators and interpreters do. Associate Professor Ineke Crezee and Auckland University of Technology (AUT) interpreting graduate Dr Mustafa Derbashi were interviewed on Breakfast on International Translation Day, September 30, to help raise awareness of the profession. “Translators are vital ... <a title="TVNZ Breakfast host talks up ‘diversity’ role of interpreters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/08/tvnz-breakfast-host-talks-up-diversity-role-of-interpreters/" aria-label="Read more about TVNZ Breakfast host talks up ‘diversity’ role of interpreters">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2020
By AUT Pacific It is Fijian Language Week in Aotearoa New Zealand, and to celebrate, Auckland University of Technology (AUT) has launched the Fiji episode in its Pacific language video series – “Adapting to a changing world, shaping resilient futures”. Narrated in Fijian (with English subtitles) by an 18-year-old-girl speaking to her grandparents, the video ... <a title="Fijian Language Week – critical for NZ Pacific grandparents to be looked after" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/08/fijian-language-week-critical-for-nz-pacific-grandparents-to-be-looked-after/" aria-label="Read more about Fijian Language Week – critical for NZ Pacific grandparents to be looked after">Read more</a>
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October 8, 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 National Simon Wilson (Herald): Election diary: The real reason Judith Collins went to church (paywalled) Ben Thomas (Spinoff): Keen to see Judith Collins jettisoned? Careful what you wish for Thomas Manch (Stuff): A terrible day ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – October 08 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/08/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-october-08-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – October 08 2020">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julien Louys, ARC Future Fellow, Griffith University Thinking of Southeast Asia today may conjure up images of dense tropical rainforests teeming with iconic jungle animals such as orangutans, tigers and monkeys. Perhaps less well known, but just as important to these ecosystems, are a host of other ... <a title="It was growing rainforests, not humans, that killed off Southeast Asia’s giant hyenas and other megafauna" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/08/it-was-growing-rainforests-not-humans-that-killed-off-southeast-asias-giant-hyenas-and-other-megafauna-147656/" aria-label="Read more about It was growing rainforests, not humans, that killed off Southeast Asia’s giant hyenas and other megafauna">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Stoljar, Professor, Australian National University Social media algorithms, artificial intelligence, and our own genetics are among the factors influencing us beyond our awareness. This raises an ancient question: do we have control over our own lives? This article is part of The Conversation’s series on the ... <a title="We might not be able to understand free will with science. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/08/we-might-not-be-able-to-understand-free-will-with-science-heres-why-132898/" aria-label="Read more about We might not be able to understand free will with science. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pep Canadell, Chief research scientist, Climate Science Centre, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere; and Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO Nitrous oxide from agriculture and other sources is accumulating in the atmosphere so quickly it puts Earth on track for a dangerous 3℃ warming this century, our new ... <a title="New research: nitrous oxide emissions 300 times more powerful than CO₂ are jeopardising Earth’s future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/08/new-research-nitrous-oxide-emissions-300-times-more-powerful-than-co-are-jeopardising-earths-future-147208/" aria-label="Read more about New research: nitrous oxide emissions 300 times more powerful than CO₂ are jeopardising Earth’s future">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese will highlight the potential of spending on social housing as a job creator in his Thursday night budget reply. He says if Labor were in government now it would be investing $500 million to fast-track repairs to social ... <a title="We’d be spending $500 million on social housing repairs: Albanese’s alternative budget" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/07/wed-be-spending-500-million-on-social-housing-repairs-albaneses-alternative-budget-147685/" aria-label="Read more about We’d be spending $500 million on social housing repairs: Albanese’s alternative budget">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2020
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Three Papua New Guineans have been killed and another man is recovering in hospital after 16 armed bandits ambushed a vehicle they were travelling in with a priest and others in West Sepik. Provincial police commander Chief Inspector Moses Ibsagi said two men were shot at point blank range ... <a title="16 armed robbers kill three, wound one in remote PNG highway ambush" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/07/16-armed-robbers-kill-three-wound-one-in-remote-png-highway-ambush/" aria-label="Read more about 16 armed robbers kill three, wound one in remote PNG highway ambush">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ken Murray, Associate Professor in Guitar, Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, University of Melbourne The legendary guitarist Eddie Van Halen has died aged 65. One of the most influential guitarists of the modern age, Van Halen was known for his mastery of the two-handed tapping technique and for ... <a title="With his signature guitar style, Eddie Van Halen changed rock music" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/07/with-his-signature-guitar-style-eddie-van-halen-changed-rock-music-147652/" aria-label="Read more about With his signature guitar style, Eddie Van Halen changed rock music">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland When it comes to action on climate change, Tuesday’s federal budget delivered by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg was a real – though not unexpected – disappointment which favoured polluting technologies over a clean energy future. It included money ... <a title="‘Backwards’ federal budget: Morrison government never fails to disappoint on climate action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/07/backwards-federal-budget-morrison-government-never-fails-to-disappoint-on-climate-action-147659/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Backwards’ federal budget: Morrison government never fails to disappoint on climate action">Read more</a>
