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December 17, 2020
Essay by Keith Rankin. I recently watched Season Four of ‘The Crown’. Yes, it’s a drama, not a documentary. The two dominant characters – outside of the Windsor bloodline – were Princess Diana and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Both characters were probably overplayed, but only slightly. Diana was a social but shallow ‘girl’ (“younger than ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Queen of Hearts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/17/keith-rankin-essay-queen-of-hearts/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Queen of Hearts">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Plank, Professor in Mathematics, University of Canterbury Recent announcements on travel bubbles and quarantine-free travel between New Zealand and Australia from early next year will be welcome news for whānau and friends as well as businesses and the tourism industry. But as the prime minister made ... <a title="How to keep COVID-19 at bay during the summer holidays — and help make travel bubbles a reality in 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/17/how-to-keep-covid-19-at-bay-during-the-summer-holidays-and-help-make-travel-bubbles-a-reality-in-2021-152014/" aria-label="Read more about How to keep COVID-19 at bay during the summer holidays — and help make travel bubbles a reality in 2021">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Barton, Senior lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University Why are tears salty? — Aarna, aged 6 Hi Aarna, thanks for your great question! I’m going to start off by telling you a little bit of a story about sea turtles. That might seem strange, ... <a title="Curious Kids: why are our tears salty?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/17/curious-kids-why-are-our-tears-salty-151369/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why are our tears salty?">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Leif, Senior Lecturer, Educational Psychology & Inclusive Education, Monash University New South Wales recently introduced a draft Student Behaviour Strategy. This was released on the heels of a report suggesting Indigenous students and students with disabilities are more likely to experience exclusionary practices, such as suspension ... <a title="5 evidence-based ways teachers can help struggling students" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/17/5-evidence-based-ways-teachers-can-help-struggling-students-151478/" aria-label="Read more about 5 evidence-based ways teachers can help struggling students">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2020
Live at 12:05pm (NZ DST or 6pm US EST) Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will present A View from Afar to discuss: The US Electoral College Vote confirms Joe Biden as president-elect What does this mean for the South-Pacific? China + US are global powers operating in the SOPAC. But how does France fit ... <a title="LIVE: A View from Afar with Paul Buchanan + Selwyn Manning on a Biden-led USA in SOPAC" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/17/live-a-view-from-afar-with-paul-buchanan-selwyn-manning-on-a-biden-led-usa-in-sopac/" aria-label="Read more about LIVE: A View from Afar with Paul Buchanan + Selwyn Manning on a Biden-led USA in SOPAC">Read more</a>
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December 17, 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 Speaker Trevor Mallard’s rape allegations Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): Trevor Mallard has made things worse Barry Soper (Herald): Trevor Mallard raises more questions than he answers Claire Trevett (Herald): National’s attacks water off a Mallard’s back (paywalled) Newstalk ZB: Barry Soper ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 17 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/17/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-december-17-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 17 2020">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Mather, Computational Geophysicist, University of Sydney The landscape of eastern Australia is dotted with hundreds of extinct volcanoes. They gave rise to an environment to which Aboriginal people have been connected for tens of thousands of years, and the rich soils upon which modern Australia has ... <a title="Eastern Australia has hundreds of enigmatic volcanoes. New research shows how they formed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/17/eastern-australia-has-hundreds-of-enigmatic-volcanoes-new-research-shows-how-they-formed-151578/" aria-label="Read more about Eastern Australia has hundreds of enigmatic volcanoes. New research shows how they formed">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Musgrave, Senior lecturer in Pharmacology, University of Adelaide “You’re cooking with gas” is a familiar term associated with doing the right thing and doing it well. But is cooking with gas doing the wrong thing for our health? Increasing evidence suggests cooking with gas may make ... <a title="Gas cooking is associated with worsening asthma in kids. But proper ventilation helps" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/17/gas-cooking-is-associated-with-worsening-asthma-in-kids-but-proper-ventilation-helps-151591/" aria-label="Read more about Gas cooking is associated with worsening asthma in kids. But proper ventilation helps">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jamie Burton, PhD Candidate, University of Melbourne The 2020-21 fire season is well underway, and we’ve watched in horror as places like K’gari (Fraser Island) burn uncontrollably, threatening people and their homes and devastating the environment. Read more: The K’gari-Fraser Island bushfire is causing catastrophic damage. What ... <a title="How the size and shape of dried leaves can turn small flames into colossal bushfires" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/17/how-the-size-and-shape-of-dried-leaves-can-turn-small-flames-into-colossal-bushfires-150951/" aria-label="Read more about How the size and shape of dried leaves can turn small flames into colossal bushfires">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Harris Rimmer, Professor and Director of the Policy Innovation Hub, Griffith Business School, Griffith University It’s a tough time to be a university student. Amid a global pandemic, overstretched mental health services and sweeping university staff cuts, students have had to attend classes and hand in ... <a title="Stressed out, dropping out: COVID has taken its toll on uni students" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/17/stressed-out-dropping-out-covid-has-taken-its-toll-on-uni-students-152004/" aria-label="Read more about Stressed out, dropping out: COVID has taken its toll on uni students">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Krystian Seibert, Industry Fellow, Centre for Social Impact, Swinburne University of Technology Christmas is nearly here, and as we enjoy buying presents for family and friends, it’s also a time when many of us think about donating to charity. As last summer’s bushfires showed, the devastation caused ... <a title="The dos and don’ts of donating — how to give wisely this Christmas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/17/the-dos-and-donts-of-donating-how-to-give-wisely-this-christmas-150530/" aria-label="Read more about The dos and don’ts of donating — how to give wisely this Christmas">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Isaac Gross, Lecturer in Economics, Monash University A week ahead of Thursday’s budget update, it finally happened. Instead of the government paying to borrow in a way that would add to the burden on the budget (as has happened since time immemorial) it actually got paid to ... <a title="Negative rates explained: how money for (less than) nothing is helping out the budget" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/17/negative-rates-explained-how-money-for-less-than-nothing-is-helping-out-the-budget-152082/" aria-label="Read more about Negative rates explained: how money for (less than) nothing is helping out the budget">Read more</a>
