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Month: February 2022

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Covid-19: NZ protesters camped at Parliament warned over trespass

February 10, 2022

RNZ News More than 50 police have formed a ring around the front of New Zealand’s Parliament today edging up to a line of protesters who have linked arms lining up in front of the Cenotaph. One person speaking said he would walk up the Parliament steps at 3pm and get arrested, inviting others in ... <a title="Covid-19: NZ protesters camped at Parliament warned over trespass" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/10/covid-19-nz-protesters-camped-at-parliament-warned-over-trespass/" aria-label="Read more about Covid-19: NZ protesters camped at Parliament warned over trespass">Read more</a>

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Suspension of EMTV’s news chief sparks PNG journo protests

February 10, 2022

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Suspension of the news manager of Papua New Guinea’s major television channel, EMTV, has sparked a flurry of protest from senior news personalities and independent who condemn the apparent political pressure on the broadcaster. Long standing and experienced news manager Sincha Dimara has reportedly been suspended over news judgement in a ... <a title="Suspension of EMTV’s news chief sparks PNG journo protests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/10/suspension-of-emtvs-news-chief-sparks-png-journo-protests/" aria-label="Read more about Suspension of EMTV’s news chief sparks PNG journo protests">Read more</a>

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Latest covid-19 reports roundup across the Pacific

February 10, 2022

RNZ Pacific Several hundred more cases of covid in Solomon Islands … Kiribati records first covid death …nearly 12,000 in isolation in New Caledonia … French Polynesia records first covid death in nearly four months … Federated States of Micronesia calls a halt to flights from neighbouring Guam … a partial border re-opening in the ... <a title="Latest covid-19 reports roundup across the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/10/latest-covid-19-reports-roundup-across-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Latest covid-19 reports roundup across the Pacific">Read more</a>

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Temaru defence controversy in Radio Tefana political case revisited

February 10, 2022

RNZ Pacific Investigators in French Polynesia have reassessed their case against the pro-independence leader Oscar Manutahi Temaru, who has challenged the seizure of his US$100,000 savings. The money was taken at the behest of the French prosecutor as part of a probe into the community radio station funding of Temaru’s defence in a trial in ... <a title="Temaru defence controversy in Radio Tefana political case revisited" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/10/temaru-defence-controversy-in-radio-tefana-political-case-revisited/" aria-label="Read more about Temaru defence controversy in Radio Tefana political case revisited">Read more</a>

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Mary Argue: Why have scholarships dried up for Papuan ‘band of brothers’?

February 10, 2022

COMMENTARY: By Mary Argue of the Wairarapa Times-Age In 2016, I was on a yacht in the Bahamas. Every morning I woke surrounded by postcard-perfect azure water — so crystal clear you could count the sharks sweeping the seafloor. From my porthole in the laundry, my 1x2m kingdom, I would watch the rain clouds gather ... <a title="Mary Argue: Why have scholarships dried up for Papuan ‘band of brothers’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/10/mary-argue-why-have-scholarships-dried-up-for-papuan-band-of-brothers/" aria-label="Read more about Mary Argue: Why have scholarships dried up for Papuan ‘band of brothers’?">Read more</a>

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Making change, making history, making noise: Brittany Higgins and Grace Tame at the National Press Club

February 9, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Arrow, Professor of History, Macquarie University As an historian of the Australian women’s movement, the past two years have been extraordinary to witness. Not only are we living through a once-in-a-century pandemic, which has had profoundly gendered effects, we have also experienced a feminist insurgency that ... <a title="Making change, making history, making noise: Brittany Higgins and Grace Tame at the National Press Club" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/09/making-change-making-history-making-noise-brittany-higgins-and-grace-tame-at-the-national-press-club-176252/" aria-label="Read more about Making change, making history, making noise: Brittany Higgins and Grace Tame at the National Press Club">Read more</a>

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School anxiety in the time of COVID: how parents and teachers can help kids cope

February 9, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christine Grové, Educational and Developmental Psychologist & Academic, Monash University Shutterstock With COVID-related school closures and long periods of remote learning, many kids across Australia have not physically been at school for most of the past two years. Because of the time away, some children might get ... <a title="School anxiety in the time of COVID: how parents and teachers can help kids cope" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/09/school-anxiety-in-the-time-of-covid-how-parents-and-teachers-can-help-kids-cope-176448/" aria-label="Read more about School anxiety in the time of COVID: how parents and teachers can help kids cope">Read more</a>

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Autism is still underdiagnosed in girls and women. That can compound the challenges they face

February 9, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tamara May, Senior Research Fellow, Monash University Shutterstock Being autistic, but not diagnosed, can lead to a lifetime of struggles and being misunderstood for women. This issue has been highlighted in the last few years by celebrity women including Hannah Gadsby, Daryl Hannah, British reality star Christine ... <a title="Autism is still underdiagnosed in girls and women. That can compound the challenges they face" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/09/autism-is-still-underdiagnosed-in-girls-and-women-that-can-compound-the-challenges-they-face-176036/" aria-label="Read more about Autism is still underdiagnosed in girls and women. That can compound the challenges they face">Read more</a>

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The stunning recovery of a heavily polluted river in the heart of the Blue Mountains World Heritage area

February 9, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Wright, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University Water science researcher Callum Fleming in the Wollangambe River, deep within the World Heritage area Ian Wright, Author provided For more than 40 years, an underground coal mine discharged poorly treated wastewater directly into the Wollangambe River, ... <a title="The stunning recovery of a heavily polluted river in the heart of the Blue Mountains World Heritage area" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/09/the-stunning-recovery-of-a-heavily-polluted-river-in-the-heart-of-the-blue-mountains-world-heritage-area-176246/" aria-label="Read more about The stunning recovery of a heavily polluted river in the heart of the Blue Mountains World Heritage area">Read more</a>

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Your guide to the best figure skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics – through the eyes of a dancer

February 9, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Val Hooper, Associate Professor, and Head of the School of Marketing and International Business, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Kyodo via AP Images For dancers and ex-dancers like myself, the figure skating at the Winter Olympics is a particularly irresistible drawcard: the speed of ... <a title="Your guide to the best figure skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics – through the eyes of a dancer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/09/your-guide-to-the-best-figure-skating-at-the-beijing-winter-olympics-through-the-eyes-of-a-dancer-176229/" aria-label="Read more about Your guide to the best figure skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics – through the eyes of a dancer">Read more</a>

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How not to build a capital: what Indonesia can learn from other master-planned cities’ mistakes

February 9, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dorina Pojani, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, The University of Queensland Nur-Sultan, the master-planned capital of Kazakhstan Shutterstock In 1900, there were only about 40 capital cities in the world, and now there are nearly 200. About 40% of all countries have also considered relocating their capital ... <a title="How not to build a capital: what Indonesia can learn from other master-planned cities’ mistakes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/09/how-not-to-build-a-capital-what-indonesia-can-learn-from-other-master-planned-cities-mistakes-175318/" aria-label="Read more about How not to build a capital: what Indonesia can learn from other master-planned cities’ mistakes">Read more</a>

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A gutful of lunchbox hype – has selling ‘good bugs not drugs’ for kids’ health gone too far?

February 9, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Mayes, Senior Research Fellow, Alfred Deakin Institute, Deakin University Shutterstock Does your child have a “gut-friendly” lunchbox? It’s Healthy Lunchbox Week, a back-to-school initiative of Nutrition Australia. School lunches are essential for long-term child health and well-being, according to some researchers. There are even media reports ... <a title="A gutful of lunchbox hype – has selling ‘good bugs not drugs’ for kids’ health gone too far?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/09/a-gutful-of-lunchbox-hype-has-selling-good-bugs-not-drugs-for-kids-health-gone-too-far-176251/" aria-label="Read more about A gutful of lunchbox hype – has selling ‘good bugs not drugs’ for kids’ health gone too far?">Read more</a>