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August 9, 2022
RNZ Pacific A Japanese sailor has been stabbed at Bloody Ridge in Solomon Islands during a World War II remembrance ceremony in Honiara. Witnesses say the man, who was part of the Japanese Navy media team, was stabbed in the neck with a pair of scissors. Bloody Ridge community chief Wesley Ramo said the culprit ... <a title="Japanese sailor stabbed during Guadalcanal remembrance event" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/09/japanese-sailor-stabbed-during-guadalcanal-remembrance-event/" aria-label="Read more about Japanese sailor stabbed during Guadalcanal remembrance event">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2022
By Rusiate Baleilevuka of Fijivillage in Suva “We need to scrap or reform the Media Industry Development Act.” This is one of the key recommendations in the National Media Reporting of the 2018 Fijian General Elections Report. Co-author and University of the South Pacific (USP) journalism coordinator, Associate Professor Shailendra Singh, said the Act was ... <a title="Scrap or reform Fiji’s media law, says new elections report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/09/scrap-or-reform-fijis-media-law-says-new-elections-report/" aria-label="Read more about Scrap or reform Fiji’s media law, says new elections report">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Henry Maher, Lecturer in Politics, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney Dan Himbrechts/AAP The much-debated term “neoliberalism” again entered the political debate last week, with Greens leader Adam Bandt using a National Press Club speech to decry neoliberalism in the Labor Party. Bandt claimed ... <a title="Explainer: how neoliberalism became an insult in Australian politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/09/explainer-how-neoliberalism-became-an-insult-in-australian-politics-188291/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: how neoliberalism became an insult in Australian politics">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tara McAllister, Research Fellow, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images Given most New Zealand universities have goals for increasing Māori and Pacific student and staff numbers, we need to ask why their numbers still remain stubbornly low in the research sector – and ... <a title="Racism, exclusion and tokenism: how Māori and Pacific science graduates are still marginalised at university" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/09/racism-exclusion-and-tokenism-how-maori-and-pacific-science-graduates-are-still-marginalised-at-university-188052/" aria-label="Read more about Racism, exclusion and tokenism: how Māori and Pacific science graduates are still marginalised at university">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Patrick Taylor, Chief Environmental Scientist, EPA Victoria; Honorary Professor, Macquarie University Shutterstock There’s nothing like the fresh eggs from your own hens, the more than 400,000 Australians who keep backyard chooks will tell you. Unfortunately, it’s often not just freshness and flavour that set their eggs ... <a title="Backyard hens’ eggs contain 40 times more lead on average than shop eggs, research finds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/09/backyard-hens-eggs-contain-40-times-more-lead-on-average-than-shop-eggs-research-finds-187442/" aria-label="Read more about Backyard hens’ eggs contain 40 times more lead on average than shop eggs, research finds">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2022
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup: The Uffindell scandal raises big questions about integrity in National National is dripping “blue blood” again. The revelations over Sam Uffindell’s violent assault indicate that the National Party under Christopher Luxon hasn’t quite shed the toxicity and internal damage of the last few years. The crises besetting the party ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Uffindell scandal raises big questions about integrity in National" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/09/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-uffindell-scandal-raises-big-questions-about-integrity-in-national/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Uffindell scandal raises big questions about integrity in National">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By A J Brown, Professor of Public Policy & Law, Centre for Governance & Public Policy, Griffith University Last Friday’s twist in the long prosecution of Australian Taxation Office whistleblower Richard Boyle – now headed for its fifth year – brings into relief the serious flaws in our ... <a title="Tax office whistleblowing saga points to reforms needed in three vital areas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/09/tax-office-whistleblowing-saga-points-to-reforms-needed-in-three-vital-areas-187608/" aria-label="Read more about Tax office whistleblowing saga points to reforms needed in three vital areas">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erik Eklund, Professor of History, Australian National University Uranium concentrate, known as yellowcake Nuclear Regulatory Commission/Flickr, CC BY-SA Last week, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton sought to revive the hoary old debate of nuclear power in Australia, announcing an internal review into whether the Liberals should back the ... <a title="Uranium prices are soaring, and Australia’s hoary old nuclear debate is back in the headlines. Here’s what it all means" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/09/uranium-prices-are-soaring-and-australias-hoary-old-nuclear-debate-is-back-in-the-headlines-heres-what-it-all-means-188149/" aria-label="Read more about Uranium prices are soaring, and Australia’s hoary old nuclear debate is back in the headlines. Here’s what it all means">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janelle K Johnstone, PhD Candidate, La Trobe University Photo by Carlin Stiehl for The Boston Globe via Getty Images The iconic Joni Mitchell’s recent surprise performance at the 2022 Newport Folk Festival prompted a world-wide outpouring of love and respect. This was her first musical performance since ... <a title="With the strokes of a guitar solo, Joni Mitchell showed us how our female music elders are super punks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/09/with-the-strokes-of-a-guitar-solo-joni-mitchell-showed-us-how-our-female-music-elders-are-super-punks-188075/" aria-label="Read more about With the strokes of a guitar solo, Joni Mitchell showed us how our female music elders are super punks">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucas Cernusak, Associate Professor, Plant Physiology, James Cook University Hasan Almasi / Unsplash Have you ever wondered just how much water plants need to grow, or indeed why they need it? Plants lose a lot of water when they take in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, so ... <a title="15 years of experiments have overturned a major assumption about how thirsty plants actually are" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/09/15-years-of-experiments-have-overturned-a-major-assumption-about-how-thirsty-plants-actually-are-188072/" aria-label="Read more about 15 years of experiments have overturned a major assumption about how thirsty plants actually are">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natasha Yates, Assistant Professor, General Practice, Bond University Shutterstock Everyone feels tired sometimes. But how do you know whether your tiredness is a problem worth seeing a doctor about? And with all the mental and emotional strain we have been under from the pandemic, isn’t it just ... <a title="Why am I so tired and when is it time to see the doctor about it? A GP explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/09/why-am-i-so-tired-and-when-is-it-time-to-see-the-doctor-about-it-a-gp-explains-187984/" aria-label="Read more about Why am I so tired and when is it time to see the doctor about it? A GP explains">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Hilton, Academic Chair Secondary Education, Murdoch University www.shutterstock.com There is no shortage of articles about how teachers are stressed, due to their complex jobs and high workloads. But what is happening before they make it to the classroom? There are lots of reasons why Australia has ... <a title="‘It hurt my heart and my wallet’: the unnecessary test stressing teachers before they even make it to the classroom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/09/it-hurt-my-heart-and-my-wallet-the-unnecessary-test-stressing-teachers-before-they-even-make-it-to-the-classroom-187860/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It hurt my heart and my wallet’: the unnecessary test stressing teachers before they even make it to the classroom">Read more</a>
