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August 10, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Senior Research Associate, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne Huon pine in Tasmania Shutterstock When you think of “conifers”, tall, conical shaped trees often found in public parks or front yards may spring to mind. But these impressive trees are far ... <a title="Southern conifers: meet this vast group of ancient trees with mysteries still unsolved" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/10/southern-conifers-meet-this-vast-group-of-ancient-trees-with-mysteries-still-unsolved-182600/" aria-label="Read more about Southern conifers: meet this vast group of ancient trees with mysteries still unsolved">Read more</a>
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August 10, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andy Marks, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Strategy, Government and Alliances, Western Sydney University The 1973 Watergate Committee hearings ran for 51 days. The televised revelations drew a huge audience. The pressure built with slow, devastating intensity, devouring then US President Richard Nixon’s agenda, eventually leaving him no option but ... <a title="How ‘fast’ politics has left the NSW government staring into the electoral abyss" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/10/how-fast-politics-has-left-the-nsw-government-staring-into-the-electoral-abyss-188429/" aria-label="Read more about How ‘fast’ politics has left the NSW government staring into the electoral abyss">Read more</a>
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August 10, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karin Hammarberg, Senior Research Fellow, Global and Women’s Health, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University Jeffery Erhunse/Unsplash Egg freezing is promoted as an empowering option for women who want to stop the biological clock and improve their chance of having a baby later in ... <a title="Thinking about freezing your eggs to have a baby later? Here are 3 numbers to help you decide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/10/thinking-about-freezing-your-eggs-to-have-a-baby-later-here-are-3-numbers-to-help-you-decide-187845/" aria-label="Read more about Thinking about freezing your eggs to have a baby later? Here are 3 numbers to help you decide">Read more</a>
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August 10, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Penelope Jones, Research Fellow in Environmental Health, University of Tasmania Shutterstock Savanna burning projects in northern Australia provide economic benefits to Indigenous communities and claim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But our research suggests smoke from these projects is harming human health. Northern Australia’s savannas cover about ... <a title="‘Unacceptable costs’: savanna burning under Australia’s carbon credit scheme is harming human health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/10/unacceptable-costs-savanna-burning-under-australias-carbon-credit-scheme-is-harming-human-health-186778/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Unacceptable costs’: savanna burning under Australia’s carbon credit scheme is harming human health">Read more</a>
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August 10, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Sciberras, Associate Professor, Deakin University Simeon Frank/Unsplash COVID lockdowns and home schooling seemed never-ending for a lot of families. But there were some silver linings. Our new research published in two papers looked at children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) during lockdowns to understand what home learning ... <a title="How can you support kids with ADHD to learn? Parents said these 3 things help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/10/how-can-you-support-kids-with-adhd-to-learn-parents-said-these-3-things-help-187012/" aria-label="Read more about How can you support kids with ADHD to learn? Parents said these 3 things help">Read more</a>
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August 10, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sian Mitchell, Lecturer, Film, Television and Animation, Deakin University Warner Bros Batgirl has become the latest film to be added to a growing list of movies we will never get to see. The US$90 million film had been shot and largely edited, but now the whole thing ... <a title="Never made, destroyed, in a locked safe for 100 years: with Batgirl cancelled, here are 5 other films we will never get to see" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/10/never-made-destroyed-in-a-locked-safe-for-100-years-with-batgirl-cancelled-here-are-5-other-films-we-will-never-get-to-see-188232/" aria-label="Read more about Never made, destroyed, in a locked safe for 100 years: with Batgirl cancelled, here are 5 other films we will never get to see">Read more</a>
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August 10, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Howe, Research Fellow, University of Auckland Getty Images Routine childhood immunisations have dropped so dramatically globally during the COVID-19 pandemic that the World Health Organization and UNICEF are raising the alarm. Internationally, 25 million children in 2021 alone have missed out on life-saving vaccinations. This is ... <a title="NZ children face a ‘perfect storm’ of dangerous diseases as immunisation rates fall" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/10/nz-children-face-a-perfect-storm-of-dangerous-diseases-as-immunisation-rates-fall-188157/" aria-label="Read more about NZ children face a ‘perfect storm’ of dangerous diseases as immunisation rates fall">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2022
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Papua New Guinea’s incumbent leader, James Marape, has been returned to the top job as the country’s ninth prime minister, reports the ABC’s Port Moresby correspondent Natalie Whiting. “Marape was voted in as prime minister unopposed, with unanimous support from all MPs present in the first parliamentary sitting following the country’s ... <a title="Marape has the numbers to keep PNG’s top post as prime minister" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/09/marape-has-the-numbers-to-keep-pngs-top-post-as-prime-minister/" aria-label="Read more about Marape has the numbers to keep PNG’s top post as prime minister">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2022
RNZ News New research details the extent of racism, othering and tokenism faced by Māori and Pacific postgraduate students in Aotearoa New Zealand. The paper, published in the Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, was based off responses of 43 Māori and Pacific students in science, technology, engineering, and maths (STEM) subjects. Many ... <a title="Māori and Pacific students ‘battle racism and tokenism’ at university" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/09/maori-and-pacific-students-battle-racism-and-tokenism-at-university/" aria-label="Read more about Māori and Pacific students ‘battle racism and tokenism’ at university">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2022
RNZ Pacific Pacific athletes have won a total of 13 medals at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, split among six nations. Samoa won the region’s only gold, through weightlifter Don Opolenge and the nation’s lifters also won three silver medals. They also gained a silver in boxing. Fiji won four medals overall, two of them ... <a title="Pacific takes impressive Games haul of 13 medals in Birmingham" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/09/pacific-takes-impressive-games-haul-of-13-medals-in-birmingham/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific takes impressive Games haul of 13 medals in Birmingham">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Encarnacao, Musician, lecturer, Western Sydney University Photo by Roger Allston/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images My default mental image of Olivia Newton-John is from the mid-1970s: long, flowing floral dresses; long, centre-parted light brown hair; big inquisitive eyes; and, when called for, an irresistible smile perfect for the ... <a title="Three lessons Olivia Newton-John taught me about music – and life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/09/three-lessons-olivia-newton-john-taught-me-about-music-and-life-188446/" aria-label="Read more about Three lessons Olivia Newton-John taught me about music – and life">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rodney Tiffen, Emeritus Professor, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney Police direct traffic outside an entrance to Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate after the former president said the FBI was conducting a search. Terry Renna/AP “These are dark times for our nation”, former US President ... <a title="As the FBI raids Mar-A-Lago, Donald Trump reaches for unconvincing historical parallels" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/09/as-the-fbi-raids-mar-a-lago-donald-trump-reaches-for-unconvincing-historical-parallels-188455/" aria-label="Read more about As the FBI raids Mar-A-Lago, Donald Trump reaches for unconvincing historical parallels">Read more</a>
