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Year: 2021

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Cleo Smith has been gone almost a week. Why missing children cases grip the nation

October 22, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Xanthe Mallett, Forensic Criminologist, University of Newcastle The smiling, pigtailed toddler in the gold heart top. A picture of innocence, and sadly the image many people will now recognise – Cleo Smith, the latest Australian child to vanish without a trace. Four-year-old Cleo disappeared from her family’s ... <a title="Cleo Smith has been gone almost a week. Why missing children cases grip the nation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/22/cleo-smith-has-been-gone-almost-a-week-why-missing-children-cases-grip-the-nation-170363/" aria-label="Read more about Cleo Smith has been gone almost a week. Why missing children cases grip the nation">Read more</a>

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A cinema of intimacy: the enduring beauty of Wong Kar Wai

October 22, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Moran, PHD Candidate, Monash University Wong Kar-Wai’s In The Mood for Love (2000) Mercury Cinema The influence of Hong Kong director Wong Kar Wai on global cinema is difficult to overstate. Wong emerged from the creative ferment of the Hong Kong film industry of the 1980s ... <a title="A cinema of intimacy: the enduring beauty of Wong Kar Wai" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/22/a-cinema-of-intimacy-the-enduring-beauty-of-wong-kar-wai-170217/" aria-label="Read more about A cinema of intimacy: the enduring beauty of Wong Kar Wai">Read more</a>

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‘If you want summer, get vaccinated’ – Jacinda Ardern sets the target for re-opening New Zealand

October 22, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Plank, Professor in Applied Mathematics, University of Canterbury GettyImages The New Zealand government has bet heavily on vaccination targets and certificates to move the country into the re-opening phase of its COVID-19 response. As part of today’s major announcement, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said 90% of ... <a title="‘If you want summer, get vaccinated’ – Jacinda Ardern sets the target for re-opening New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/22/if-you-want-summer-get-vaccinated-jacinda-ardern-sets-the-target-for-re-opening-new-zealand-170098/" aria-label="Read more about ‘If you want summer, get vaccinated’ – Jacinda Ardern sets the target for re-opening New Zealand">Read more</a>

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Curious Kids: why do we see the ‘sky’ during the day, but the galaxy at night?

October 22, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Schunker, Lecturer of Physics, University of Newcastle Bruno Gilli/ESO/Wiki Commons, CC BY-SA Why do we see the sky during the day, but the galaxy at night? — Gary, age 9, Auckland Hi Gary! Thank you for this great question. To put it simply, the reason the ... <a title="Curious Kids: why do we see the ‘sky’ during the day, but the galaxy at night?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/22/curious-kids-why-do-we-see-the-sky-during-the-day-but-the-galaxy-at-night-170096/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why do we see the ‘sky’ during the day, but the galaxy at night?">Read more</a>

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Restrictions on cultural hunting practices are limiting Indigenous people’s access to food during the pandemic

October 22, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stewart Sutherland, Senior Lecturer Indigenous Health, Australian National University Smoke and dust as food is prepared for a traditional Māori feast or Hangi, Rotorua New Zealand. Shutterstock Indigenous people are some of the most food insecure people in Australia and Aotearoa (New Zealand). The COVID-19 pandemic and ... <a title="Restrictions on cultural hunting practices are limiting Indigenous people’s access to food during the pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/22/restrictions-on-cultural-hunting-practices-are-limiting-indigenous-peoples-access-to-food-during-the-pandemic-168267/" aria-label="Read more about Restrictions on cultural hunting practices are limiting Indigenous people’s access to food during the pandemic">Read more</a>

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With more Tokelauan speakers in New Zealand than in Tokelau, it remains a unique but endangered language

October 22, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Middleton, Doctoral Candidate, University of Auckland Nukunonu atoll. GettyImages If you didn’t know Tokelau Language Week begins this weekend, you can probably be forgiven. Spoken by fewer than 5,000 people worldwide, Tokelauan has been designated “severely endangered” by UNESCO, its second-most at-risk category. You simply don’t ... <a title="With more Tokelauan speakers in New Zealand than in Tokelau, it remains a unique but endangered language" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/22/with-more-tokelauan-speakers-in-new-zealand-than-in-tokelau-it-remains-a-unique-but-endangered-language-169536/" aria-label="Read more about With more Tokelauan speakers in New Zealand than in Tokelau, it remains a unique but endangered language">Read more</a>

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Long read: reflections of a volcanologist as a science organisation faces charges in the wake of the 2019 Whakaari eruption

October 22, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Kennedy, University of Canterbury Author provided This week, a case review hearing sought to set a trial date – now likely in 2023 – for 13 organisations and individuals facing charges in the wake of the Whakaari White Island eruption of December 9 2019. The volcano ... <a title="Long read: reflections of a volcanologist as a science organisation faces charges in the wake of the 2019 Whakaari eruption" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/22/long-read-reflections-of-a-volcanologist-as-a-science-organisation-faces-charges-in-the-wake-of-the-2019-whakaari-eruption-162082/" aria-label="Read more about Long read: reflections of a volcanologist as a science organisation faces charges in the wake of the 2019 Whakaari eruption">Read more</a>

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Australia’s prison rates are up but crime is down. What’s going on?

October 22, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rick Sarre, Emeritus Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia www.shutterstock.com Imprisonment rates in Australia are currently the highest they have been in a century, despite a significant fall in crime, and the Productivity Commission is stepping in to determine why. The commission is ... <a title="Australia’s prison rates are up but crime is down. What’s going on?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/22/australias-prison-rates-are-up-but-crime-is-down-whats-going-on-170210/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s prison rates are up but crime is down. What’s going on?">Read more</a>

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When native title fails: First Nations people are turning to human rights law to keep access to cultural sites

October 22, 2021

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shelley Marshall, Associate Professor and Director of the RMIT Business and Human Rights Centre, RMIT University For over six weeks, Wangan and Jagalingou Traditional Owners have been performing continuous cultural ceremony at the edge of Adani’s Carmichael mine in central Queensland. Leah Light Photography In a shift ... <a title="When native title fails: First Nations people are turning to human rights law to keep access to cultural sites" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/22/when-native-title-fails-first-nations-people-are-turning-to-human-rights-law-to-keep-access-to-cultural-sites-169634/" aria-label="Read more about When native title fails: First Nations people are turning to human rights law to keep access to cultural sites">Read more</a>

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Vax for visas: ‘Overstayers would come out of woodwork’, say Pacific leaders

October 22, 2021

By Gill Bonnett, RNZ News immigration reporter Pacific leaders say offering “visas for vaccinations’ would be the ultimate incentive for New Zealand overstayers to get the covid-19 jab, as Auckland struggles to stop delta variant infections spreading through the community. It comes as epidemiologists say the government needs to pull out all the stops to ... <a title="Vax for visas: ‘Overstayers would come out of woodwork’, say Pacific leaders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/22/vax-for-visas-overstayers-would-come-out-of-woodwork-say-pacific-leaders/" aria-label="Read more about Vax for visas: ‘Overstayers would come out of woodwork’, say Pacific leaders">Read more</a>

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Early easing of covid restrictions ‘could be lethal for Māori/Pasifika’

October 22, 2021

RNZ Pacific A Pacific public health expert says a premature transition of covid-19 restrictions in New Zealand could be lethal for Māori and Pasifika communities. The government is under increasing pressure to ease restrictions in Auckland with National saying it would set a six-week deadline for ending lockdowns and that a target of 85-90 percent ... <a title="Early easing of covid restrictions ‘could be lethal for Māori/Pasifika’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/22/early-easing-of-covid-restrictions-could-be-lethal-for-maori-pasifika/" aria-label="Read more about Early easing of covid restrictions ‘could be lethal for Māori/Pasifika’">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – October 22 2021

October 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. You can sign up to NZ Politics Daily as well as New Zealand Political Roundup columns for free here. Today’s content Trade Geoffrey Miller (Democracy Project): Geopolitics behind NZ-UK free trade deal Liam Dann: ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – October 22 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/22/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-october-22-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – October 22 2021">Read more</a>