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March 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christine Braid, Professional Learning and Development Facilitator in Literacy Education, Massey University The recently reported decline in student performance in international tests for literacy, science and maths confirmed a view in some quarters that New Zealand’s curriculum is in need of an overhaul. Notably, the New Zealand ... <a title="Has a gap in old-school handwriting and spelling tuition contributed to NZ’s declining literacy scores?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/18/has-a-gap-in-old-school-handwriting-and-spelling-tuition-contributed-to-nzs-declining-literacy-scores-155371/" aria-label="Read more about Has a gap in old-school handwriting and spelling tuition contributed to NZ’s declining literacy scores?">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra ASIO is changing the language it uses to describe violent threats, because it says the current labels are “no longer fit for purpose.” This means terms including “left”, “right”, and “Islamic extremism” will be avoided. Announcing the update in his ... <a title="ASIO to avoid ‘left’, ‘right’ and ‘Islamic’ in an overhaul of its descriptions of extremism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/18/asio-to-avoid-left-right-and-islamic-in-an-overhaul-of-its-descriptions-of-extremism-157345/" aria-label="Read more about ASIO to avoid ‘left’, ‘right’ and ‘Islamic’ in an overhaul of its descriptions of extremism">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2021
I stayed away from the livestream that we in EMTV produced out of Port Moresby. I did watch parts of it. But it has been hard to watch a full session without becoming emotional and emotion is something that has been in abundance over the last 16 days. There are a thousand and one narratives ... <a title="Scott Waide: Grand Chief Somare and the wisdom he left for everyone" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/17/scott-waide-grand-chief-somare-and-the-wisdom-he-left-for-everyone/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Waide: Grand Chief Somare and the wisdom he left for everyone">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kerith Duncanson, Senior Research Fellow, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle The trend towards vegetarian and vegan diets means more people are looking for meat-free protein alternatives. Enter seitan (pronounced say-tan), the latest food trend that’s going viral online. Seitan can be made by ... <a title="What is seitan? The vegan protein alternative going viral online" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/17/what-is-seitan-the-vegan-protein-alternative-going-viral-online-157231/" aria-label="Read more about What is seitan? The vegan protein alternative going viral online">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Lotz, Professor of Media Studies, Queensland University of Technology This week, actors such as Simon Baker, Bryan Brown and Marta Dusseldorp were in Canberra. Their aim was to convince parliament to introduce rules requiring streaming services such as Netflix and Disney+ to spend 20% of their ... <a title="How local content rules on streamers could seriously backfire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/17/how-local-content-rules-on-streamers-could-seriously-backfire-157233/" aria-label="Read more about How local content rules on streamers could seriously backfire">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marcus Carter, Senior Lecturer in Digital Cultures, SOAR Fellow., University of Sydney When the children’s digital game Roblox launched on the New York Stock Exchange last week, the company’s share price rapidly took off. By the end of the day, it was valued at US$38 billion. How ... <a title="Why is kids’ video game Roblox worth $38 billion and what do parents need to know?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/17/why-is-kids-video-game-roblox-worth-38-billion-and-what-do-parents-need-to-know-157133/" aria-label="Read more about Why is kids’ video game Roblox worth $38 billion and what do parents need to know?">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2021
A View from Afar: Political scientist and former Pentagon analysis Paul G. Buchanan and investigative journalist Selwyn Manning and debate security, intelligence, and foreign policy trends and issues. This week’s episode: Paul Buchanan and host Selwyn Manning discuss this week’s revelations by Paula Penfold and the Stuff Circuit team that a New Zealand tech company ... <a title="VIDEO: Buchanan + Manning: Ethical Trade and China + Myanmar’s Descent into Military Rule" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/17/coming-up-live-buchanan-manning-ethical-trade-and-china-myanmars-descent-into-military-rule/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Buchanan + Manning: Ethical Trade and China + Myanmar’s Descent into Military Rule">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Greste, Professor of Journalism and Communications, The University of Queensland Like dogs and cats, snakes and rats, journalists and the government are not supposed to be friends. It is always going to be a fractious, difficult relationship. We, the voters and taxpayers, grant politicians enormous power ... <a title="Journalists and security agencies don’t need to be friends. But can they at least talk to each other?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/17/journalists-and-security-agencies-dont-need-to-be-friends-but-can-they-at-least-talk-to-each-other-156751/" aria-label="Read more about Journalists and security agencies don’t need to be friends. But can they at least talk to each other?">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Morrison government is gifting 8,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Papua New Guinea, and demanding AstraZeneca and European authorities urgently provide one million doses of Australia’s contracted supplies to help the country deal with its escalating pandemic crisis. In ... <a title="Australia sends 8,000 vaccine doses to help Papua New Guinea’s pandemic crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/17/australia-sends-8-000-vaccine-doses-to-help-papua-new-guineas-pandemic-crisis-157310/" aria-label="Read more about Australia sends 8,000 vaccine doses to help Papua New Guinea’s pandemic crisis">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Blundell-Wignall, Adjunct Professor, School of Economics, University of Sydney Australia’s longest-serving finance minister Mathias Cormann has been appointed Secretary General of the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Australian Adrian Blundell-Wignall is a former senior official of the OECD, serving for nine years as deputy ... <a title="Six questions about Mathias Cormann, newly appointed Secretary General of the OECD" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/17/six-questions-about-mathias-cormann-newly-appointed-secretary-general-of-the-oecd-157305/" aria-label="Read more about Six questions about Mathias Cormann, newly appointed Secretary General of the OECD">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katrina Lee-Koo, Associate professor of International Relations, Monash University In response to reports of surging COVID cases in Papua New Guinea, the Australian government will provide greater emergency support to deliver vaccines, increased testing capacity and clinical advice to our near neighbours. This is part of a ... <a title="COVID is forcing millions of girls out of school in South-east Asia and the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/17/covid-is-forcing-millions-of-girls-out-of-school-in-south-east-asia-and-the-pacific-157230/" aria-label="Read more about COVID is forcing millions of girls out of school in South-east Asia and the Pacific">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Lueck, Professor of Tourism, Auckland University of Technology International tourism has clearly been hit hard by COVID-19. But despite the desperation of the travel and airline industries, people are already questioning whether it should ever return to pre-pandemic levels. One who thinks not is Air New ... <a title="A green tax on long-haul flights favours rich tourists. NZ needs a fairer strategy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/17/a-green-tax-on-long-haul-flights-favours-rich-tourists-nz-needs-a-fairer-strategy-156847/" aria-label="Read more about A green tax on long-haul flights favours rich tourists. NZ needs a fairer strategy">Read more</a>
