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August 19, 2021
By Kālino Latu in Auckland The challenges experienced by Tongan students having to study overseas will soon be over after the government has announced plans for the establishment of the kingdom’s first national university. The news has been hailed as a solution to the financial, social and mental stresses Tonga’s international students have faced. The ... <a title="Tonga announces plans for national university with new bill" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/19/tonga-announces-plans-for-national-university-with-new-bill/" aria-label="Read more about Tonga announces plans for national university with new bill">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabriela Tavella, Research Officer, UNSW School of Psychiatry, UNSW Shutterstock With more than half the country in lockdown and many of the social support systems we rely on having been put on hold, it’s no wonder people are feeling overwhelmed and exhausted. For some, such feelings may ... <a title="We’re all exhausted but are you experiencing burnout? Here’s what to look out for" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/19/were-all-exhausted-but-are-you-experiencing-burnout-heres-what-to-look-out-for-164393/" aria-label="Read more about We’re all exhausted but are you experiencing burnout? Here’s what to look out for">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeremy Moss, Professor of Political Philosophy, UNSW When BHP announced it would sell its stake in its oil and gas business to Woodside Petroleum to form a merged oil and gas business, it appeared welcome news. A big miner finally takes climate change seriously. But decisions to ... <a title="BHP is selling its dirty oil and gas assets, but hold the applause" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/19/bhp-is-selling-its-dirty-oil-and-gas-assets-but-hold-the-applause-166333/" aria-label="Read more about BHP is selling its dirty oil and gas assets, but hold the applause">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Peters, Senior Lecturer in Drama, Flinders University Matt Byrne/State Theatre Company South Australia Review: Hibernation by Finegan Kruckemeyer, State Theatre Company South Australia What lengths would you go to in order to save the planet from climate crisis? Stop eating meat and start composting? Recycle and ... <a title="Could sending humans to sleep for a year help solve the climate crisis? A new play, Hibernation, asks this question" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/19/could-sending-humans-to-sleep-for-a-year-help-solve-the-climate-crisis-a-new-play-hibernation-asks-this-question-165736/" aria-label="Read more about Could sending humans to sleep for a year help solve the climate crisis? A new play, Hibernation, asks this question">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mai Sato, Associate Professor, Director of Eleos Justice, Faculty of Law, Monash University Shutterstock On July 30 2021, the Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea (PNG) quashed the National Court’s temporary stay of executions for all people sentenced to death. The judgment has cleared a major obstacle ... <a title="After nearly 70 years, the death penalty again becomes a real prospect in Papua New Guinea" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/19/after-nearly-70-years-the-death-penalty-again-becomes-a-real-prospect-in-papua-new-guinea-166096/" aria-label="Read more about After nearly 70 years, the death penalty again becomes a real prospect in Papua New Guinea">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Welch, Senior Lecturer, University of Auckland Shutterstock/Zita We knew the Delta variant would eventually arrive in Aotearoa, but real-time sequencing, which produces full genomes from positive cases in less than 12 hours, will ensure the lockdown is as short and effective as possible. There are now ... <a title="Why rapid genome sequencing is key to finding out how long Delta has been in NZ, and how large this outbreak might be" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/19/why-rapid-genome-sequencing-is-key-to-finding-out-how-long-delta-has-been-in-nz-and-how-large-this-outbreak-might-be-166340/" aria-label="Read more about Why rapid genome sequencing is key to finding out how long Delta has been in NZ, and how large this outbreak might be">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Foster, Associate Professor, Media Studies, Monash University Twenty years ago, Australian forces followed the US into Afghanistan in the wake of the September 11 attacks with a simple mission: to hunt down Osama bin Laden and the al-Qaeda leadership and remove the Taliban government that had ... <a title="Owning up: Australia must admit its involvement in Afghanistan has been an abject failure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/19/owning-up-australia-must-admit-its-involvement-in-afghanistan-has-been-an-abject-failure-166213/" aria-label="Read more about Owning up: Australia must admit its involvement in Afghanistan has been an abject failure">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Donna Green, Associate Professor, Investigator for Digital Grid Futures Institute, UNSW; Affiliated Investigator NHMRC Centre for Air Pollution, Energy and Health Research, Associate Investigator the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, UNSW Shutterstock The smell of hazard reduction burn smoke in Sydney this week is an ... <a title="We should install air purifiers with HEPA filters in every classroom. It could help with COVID, bushfire smoke and asthma" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/19/we-should-install-air-purifiers-with-hepa-filters-in-every-classroom-it-could-help-with-covid-bushfire-smoke-and-asthma-166332/" aria-label="Read more about We should install air purifiers with HEPA filters in every classroom. It could help with COVID, bushfire smoke and asthma">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dale Nimmo, Associate Professor in Ecology, Charles Sturt University Shutterstock The new report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change paints a sobering picture of the warming climate in coming decades. Among the projections is an increase in fire weather, which will expose Earth’s landscapes to more ... <a title="Some animals have excellent tricks to evade bushfire. But flames might be reaching more animals naive to the dangers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/19/some-animals-have-excellent-tricks-to-evade-bushfire-but-flames-might-be-reaching-more-animals-naive-to-the-dangers-164894/" aria-label="Read more about Some animals have excellent tricks to evade bushfire. But flames might be reaching more animals naive to the dangers">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ritesh Chugh, Senior Lecturer – Information Systems and Analysis, CQUniversity Australia Anna Shvets/Pexels, FAL Giving good feedback is an art. It can be challenging for supervisors and managers, whether in an educational setting or any other workplace. Our newly published review of the past decade’s research on ... <a title="Feedback from supervisors can be a good or bad experience. Here’s how to get it right" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/19/feedback-from-supervisors-can-be-a-good-or-bad-experience-heres-how-to-get-it-right-165757/" aria-label="Read more about Feedback from supervisors can be a good or bad experience. Here’s how to get it right">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Davis, Emeritus Professor of Finance, The University of Melbourne hidesy/Shutterstock On May 29, the government announced by way of media release the extension of an emergency COVID measure. The temporary halving of minimum drawdown rates for retirement superannuation accounts — introduced in March 2020 while the ... <a title="No longer a temporary COVID measure, the government’s super changes will most help wealthy tax dodgers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/19/no-longer-a-temporary-covid-measure-the-governments-super-changes-will-most-help-wealthy-tax-dodgers-166037/" aria-label="Read more about No longer a temporary COVID measure, the government’s super changes will most help wealthy tax dodgers">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jodi McAlister, Lecturer in Writing, Literature and Culture, Deakin University A 2007 photo shoot from The Bold and The Beautiful in a time before social distancing. 10play In a new series, our writers nominate the TV series keeping them entertained during a time of COVID. In The ... <a title="Kissing mannequins: watching The Bold and The Beautiful during a pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/19/kissing-mannequins-watching-the-bold-and-the-beautiful-during-a-pandemic-165954/" aria-label="Read more about Kissing mannequins: watching The Bold and The Beautiful during a pandemic">Read more</a>
