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April 22, 2021
This week, New Zealand's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nanaia Mahuta, anchored New Zealand within the Asia Pacific region as an independent Pacific Island state, with independence being the foundation of how it will engage with the outside world, and with multilateralism being the thread that knits this foreign policy together. How is this rekindled statement of independence being received by global and regional powers?
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April 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Douglass S Rovinsky, Associate research scientist, Monash University The thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus), commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger, is an Aussie icon. It was the largest historical marsupial predator and a powerful example of human-caused extinction. And despite being extinct since 1936, it still gets featured in ... <a title="Like a jackal in wolf’s clothing: the Tasmanian tiger was no wolfish predator — it hunted small prey" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/22/like-a-jackal-in-wolfs-clothing-the-tasmanian-tiger-was-no-wolfish-predator-it-hunted-small-prey-159343/" aria-label="Read more about Like a jackal in wolf’s clothing: the Tasmanian tiger was no wolfish predator — it hunted small prey">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Davis, Emeritus Professor of Finance, The University of Melbourne After the Bank of Queensland agreed to buy ME Bank from Australia’s industry superannuation funds in February, it needed to raise A$1.35 billion quickly. The way it did it depleted the wealth of quite a few retail ... <a title="Small shareholders can be left worse off when companies raise funds. Here’s how to protect them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/22/small-shareholders-can-be-left-worse-off-when-companies-raise-funds-heres-how-to-protect-them-159346/" aria-label="Read more about Small shareholders can be left worse off when companies raise funds. Here’s how to protect them">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2021
RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea’s parliament has adjourned for almost four months, dashing an attempt to oust Prime Minister James Marape. The adjournment allows Marape to avoid a no confidence vote. Earlier, the opposition had tabled a motion of no confidence against Marape. The opposition listed the former prime minister Peter O’Neill as its nominee ... <a title="PNG parliament adjourns amid covid surge and attempt to remove PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/22/png-parliament-adjourns-amid-covid-surge-and-attempt-to-remove-pm/" aria-label="Read more about PNG parliament adjourns amid covid surge and attempt to remove PM">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic O’Sullivan, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology and Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University As part of a major overhaul of the health system, health minister Andrew Little yesterday announced a new Māori health authority. The authority will be ... <a title="New authority could transform Māori health, but only if it’s a leader, not a partner" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/22/new-authority-could-transform-maori-health-but-only-if-its-a-leader-not-a-partner-159425/" aria-label="Read more about New authority could transform Māori health, but only if it’s a leader, not a partner">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content Health reforms: Analysis Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Labour’s health reforms: Boldly going where it might not be wise to venture Luke Malpass ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 22 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/22/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-april-22-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 22 2021">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephanie Brown, Senior Principal Research Fellow, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Childhood should be a happy and carefree time, but often it doesn’t work out that way. Children are exposed to all the stresses and strains that affect the families and communities in which they grow up. Recent ... <a title="How intimate partner violence affects children’s health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/22/how-intimate-partner-violence-affects-childrens-health-159132/" aria-label="Read more about How intimate partner violence affects children’s health">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matt McDonald, Associate Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland Days out from a much-anticipated climate summit convened by US President Joe Biden, the federal government has moved to position itself as serious about emissions reduction. On Wednesday Prime Minister Scott Morrison pledged A$539 million to ... <a title="Scott Morrison can’t spin this one: Australia’s climate pledges at this week’s summit won’t convince the world we’re serious" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/22/scott-morrison-cant-spin-this-one-australias-climate-pledges-at-this-weeks-summit-wont-convince-the-world-were-serious-159381/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Morrison can’t spin this one: Australia’s climate pledges at this week’s summit won’t convince the world we’re serious">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicolas Pirsoul, Policy Analyst and Research Assistant, University of Auckland Since the fatal Havelock North campylobacter outbreak in 2016, freshwater quality has rightfully been a major political issue in Aotearoa New Zealand. Pipes bursting in Wellington, lead contamination in Otago and concerns about tolerable levels of nitrates ... <a title="If we want to improve NZ’s freshwater quality, first we need to improve the quality of our democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/22/if-we-want-to-improve-nzs-freshwater-quality-first-we-need-to-improve-the-quality-of-our-democracy-159322/" aria-label="Read more about If we want to improve NZ’s freshwater quality, first we need to improve the quality of our democracy">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Carroll, Researcher and Senior Manager, Strategic Information, Monash University Career-related motivations are among the most important factors in Australian students’ decision to undertake higher education. This means universities must demonstrate their graduates’ ability to find work when seeking to recruit students in an increasingly competitive tertiary ... <a title="Want to improve your chances of getting a full-time job? A double degree can do that" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/22/want-to-improve-your-chances-of-getting-a-full-time-job-a-double-degree-can-do-that-157306/" aria-label="Read more about Want to improve your chances of getting a full-time job? A double degree can do that">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julia Prendergast, Senior Lecturer, Writing and Literature, Swinburne University of Technology Each year, The Stella Prize honours writing by women. Good. We’ve come a long way. We’ve a long way to go. The 2021 shortlist encompasses contemporary fiction, historical fiction, and non-fiction, and undertakes impressive trapeze acts ... <a title="The Stella shortlist: your guide to 2021’s powerful, emotional books" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/22/the-stella-shortlist-your-guide-to-2021s-powerful-emotional-books-158782/" aria-label="Read more about The Stella shortlist: your guide to 2021’s powerful, emotional books">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Morrison government has cancelled the belt and road agreements Victoria has with China. In the first decisions under the government’s new foreign arrangements scheme allowing it to quash arrangements states, territories and public universities have with foreign governments, Foreign ... <a title="Morrison government quashes Victoria’s belt and road deal with China." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/22/morrison-government-quashes-victorias-belt-and-road-deal-with-china-159480/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison government quashes Victoria’s belt and road deal with China.">Read more</a>
