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January 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fiannuala Morgan, PhD Candidate, Australian National University Australia’s Black Summer bushfires of 2019 and 2020 wreaked destruction across South-Eastern Australia. Images of flames crowned trees, engulfed fire trucks and people crowded on beaches and packed in boats were broadcast into our homes. For European colonists in 19th ... <a title="Mythologised, memorialised then forgotten: a history of Australia’s bushfire reporting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/18/mythologised-memorialised-then-forgotten-a-history-of-australias-bushfire-reporting-170778/" aria-label="Read more about Mythologised, memorialised then forgotten: a history of Australia’s bushfire reporting">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Whitby, Postgraduate Lead in the School of Natural Sciences and Associate Professor in Chemistry, Massey University Shutterstock Every year thousands of students enrol in PhD degrees at universities in New Zealand. The government funds their degrees because the advanced knowledge and innovations they develop benefit our ... <a title="Pandemic disruption to PhD research is bad for society and the economy – but there are solutions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/18/pandemic-disruption-to-phd-research-is-bad-for-society-and-the-economy-but-there-are-solutions-173982/" aria-label="Read more about Pandemic disruption to PhD research is bad for society and the economy – but there are solutions">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Deuchar, Postdoctoral Researcher, Australia India Institute and Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock As Australia welcomes back international students, it’s a time for education providers to re-imagine how they cater to these students. Our research shows helping them to build strong connections ... <a title="As international students return, let’s not return to the status quo of isolation and exploitation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/18/as-international-students-return-lets-not-return-to-the-status-quo-of-isolation-and-exploitation-173489/" aria-label="Read more about As international students return, let’s not return to the status quo of isolation and exploitation">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leyla Asadi, PhD candidate and infectious diseases doctor, University of Alberta Shutterstock With the rapid spread of Omicron, many countries are rethinking their COVID mask advice for the community. Respirators have been mandatory in public places in Austria for a year. Now, the United States Centers for ... <a title="Time to upgrade from cloth and surgical masks to respirators? Your questions answered" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/18/time-to-upgrade-from-cloth-and-surgical-masks-to-respirators-your-questions-answered-174877/" aria-label="Read more about Time to upgrade from cloth and surgical masks to respirators? Your questions answered">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2022
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 Covid, MIQ, border Michael Baker, Jennifer Summers, Amanda Kvalsvig, Matire Harwood, Nick Wilson ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 18 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/18/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-january-18-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 18 2022">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Beatrice Alba, Lecturer, Deakin University Shutterstock It is customary in many Western cultures for men to offer a range of special courtesies to women. This includes paying on dates, carrying heavy objects, pulling out chairs, opening doors, and allowing women to go first, even when the man ... <a title="No, chivalry is not dead – but it’s about time it was" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/18/no-chivalry-is-not-dead-but-its-about-time-it-was-174197/" aria-label="Read more about No, chivalry is not dead – but it’s about time it was">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robin Canniford, Department of Management & Marketing, The University of Melbourne Fossil fuel and carbon-intensive industries have an image problem. As awareness of their environmental impact grows, energy and mining companies in particular are desperate to maintain control over spiralling levels of public esteem. For decades, greenwashing ... <a title="Sportswashing: how mining and energy companies sponsor your favourite sports to help clean up their image" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/18/sportswashing-how-mining-and-energy-companies-sponsor-your-favourite-sports-to-help-clean-up-their-image-173589/" aria-label="Read more about Sportswashing: how mining and energy companies sponsor your favourite sports to help clean up their image">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Bell, Professor of Marine Biology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Valerio Micaroni Sponges are ancient marine animals, very common throughout the world’s oceans and seem less affected by ocean warming and acidification. Our latest research shows they can also survive low levels of ... <a title="Sponges can survive low oxygen and warming waters. They could be the main reef organisms in the future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/18/sponges-can-survive-low-oxygen-and-warming-waters-they-could-be-the-main-reef-organisms-in-the-future-173912/" aria-label="Read more about Sponges can survive low oxygen and warming waters. They could be the main reef organisms in the future">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Giselle Bastin, Associate Professor of English, Flinders University Pablo Larraín/Roadshow Since the earliest Princess Diana biopics appeared soon after the royal wedding in 1981, there have been repeated attempts to bring to the screen the story of Diana’s journey from blue-blooded ingenue through to tragic princess trapped ... <a title="From fairytale to gothic ghost story: how 40 years of biopics showed Princess Diana on screen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/18/from-fairytale-to-gothic-ghost-story-how-40-years-of-biopics-showed-princess-diana-on-screen-173648/" aria-label="Read more about From fairytale to gothic ghost story: how 40 years of biopics showed Princess Diana on screen">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Power, Associate Professor in Coastal and Marine Science, University of Newcastle Bianca De Marchi The eruption of the underwater volcano Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apai created a tsunami felt across the Pacific Ocean. This includes Australia, where small but measurable tsunami waves were still being recorded as ... <a title="Waves from the Tonga tsunami are still being felt in Australia – and even a 50cm surge could knock you off your feet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/17/waves-from-the-tonga-tsunami-are-still-being-felt-in-australia-and-even-a-50cm-surge-could-knock-you-off-your-feet-175056/" aria-label="Read more about Waves from the Tonga tsunami are still being felt in Australia – and even a 50cm surge could knock you off your feet">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dale Dominey-Howes, Professor of Hazards and Disaster Risk Sciences, University of Sydney In the wake of a violent volcanic eruption in Tonga, much of the communication with residents on the islands remains at a standstill. In our modern, highly-connected world, more than 95% of global data transfer ... <a title="The Tonga volcanic eruption has revealed the vulnerabilities in our global telecommunication system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/17/the-tonga-volcanic-eruption-has-revealed-the-vulnerabilities-in-our-global-telecommunication-system-175048/" aria-label="Read more about The Tonga volcanic eruption has revealed the vulnerabilities in our global telecommunication system">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liam Phelan, Senior Lecturer, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle As the world shifts to renewable energy, helping the communities that have depended on fossil fuels for jobs is becoming ever more pressing. The 2015 Paris Agreement notes the imperative of a “just transition” ... <a title="3 local solutions to replace coal jobs and ensure a just transition for mining communities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/17/3-local-solutions-to-replace-coal-jobs-and-ensure-a-just-transition-for-mining-communities-174883/" aria-label="Read more about 3 local solutions to replace coal jobs and ensure a just transition for mining communities">Read more</a>
