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Month: October 2022

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Should athletes just shut up and play ball? No – society is changing and sport sponsorship must too

October 25, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ashlee Morgan, Lecturer in Sport Business & Marketing, Edith Cowan University First Nations people please be advised this article contains mentions of racist comments against First Nations people. While the International Olympic Committee espouses that sport is about solidarity, fair play and friendship, the commercial investment in ... <a title="Should athletes just shut up and play ball? No – society is changing and sport sponsorship must too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/25/should-athletes-just-shut-up-and-play-ball-no-society-is-changing-and-sport-sponsorship-must-too-192959/" aria-label="Read more about Should athletes just shut up and play ball? No – society is changing and sport sponsorship must too">Read more</a>

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What makes a great footpath? The answer is key to our happiness and wellbeing as we age

October 25, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fatemeh Aminpour, Associate Lecturer, School of Built Environment, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock As people age, they often become less confident about walking. Fear of falling can limit the activity of older people, leading them to become isolated. So what, exactly, makes for a great footpath to walk on? ... <a title="What makes a great footpath? The answer is key to our happiness and wellbeing as we age" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/25/what-makes-a-great-footpath-the-answer-is-key-to-our-happiness-and-wellbeing-as-we-age-191537/" aria-label="Read more about What makes a great footpath? The answer is key to our happiness and wellbeing as we age">Read more</a>

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Floods and other emergencies can be extra tough for people with dementia and their carers. Here’s how to help

October 25, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sabrina Pit, Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Sydney, Honorary Adjunct Research Fellow, Western Sydney University AAP Image/Jason O’Brien As we write from New South Wales’ Northern Rivers region, other parts of eastern Australia are facing conditions that recall uncomfortable memories from the 2017 floods ... <a title="Floods and other emergencies can be extra tough for people with dementia and their carers. Here’s how to help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/25/floods-and-other-emergencies-can-be-extra-tough-for-people-with-dementia-and-their-carers-heres-how-to-help-193096/" aria-label="Read more about Floods and other emergencies can be extra tough for people with dementia and their carers. Here’s how to help">Read more</a>

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Paris talks on Kanaky New Caledonia’s future to go ahead without pro-independence camp

October 25, 2022

RNZ Pacific None of the parties making up New Caledonia’s pro-independence Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) will attend this week’s talks in France about New Caledonia’s new political statute. The previously undecided UNI faction also said it would be absent after the FLNKS had already said it would not send an official delegation ... <a title="Paris talks on Kanaky New Caledonia’s future to go ahead without pro-independence camp" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/25/paris-talks-on-kanaky-new-caledonias-future-to-go-ahead-without-pro-independence-camp/" aria-label="Read more about Paris talks on Kanaky New Caledonia’s future to go ahead without pro-independence camp">Read more</a>

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Bougainville’s Toroama blasts Australia: ‘No foreigner will dictate outcome’

October 25, 2022

By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama says Bougainville’s future as an independent sovereign nation is inevitable and nothing can change the resolve of the government and people from achieving sovereignty. And he warned in the Autonomous Bougainville Parliament that no foreign government or foreign leader would dictate to Bougainville the outcome ... <a title="Bougainville’s Toroama blasts Australia: ‘No foreigner will dictate outcome’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/25/bougainvilles-toroama-blasts-australia-no-foreigner-will-dictate-outcome/" aria-label="Read more about Bougainville’s Toroama blasts Australia: ‘No foreigner will dictate outcome’">Read more</a>

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Do hypoallergenic cats even exist? 3 myths dispelled about cat allergies

October 25, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Hazel, Senior Lecturer, School of Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Adelaide Sergey Belsky/Shutterstock Cats are great companions, but for some people their company comes at a cost. Up to 1 in 5 people have an allergic response to cats, and this figure is increasing. There ... <a title="Do hypoallergenic cats even exist? 3 myths dispelled about cat allergies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/25/do-hypoallergenic-cats-even-exist-3-myths-dispelled-about-cat-allergies-191662/" aria-label="Read more about Do hypoallergenic cats even exist? 3 myths dispelled about cat allergies">Read more</a>

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Financial adviser ‘reforms’ will undermine yet another royal commission recommendation

October 25, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gurbinder Gill, Teaching Scholar, Financial Planning – Department of Accounting, Faculty of Business and Law, Deakin University Shutterstock If you were facing open-heart surgery you’d want to know your surgeon was qualified. Or, if you were going to court, that your lawyer was specialised in the relevant ... <a title="Financial adviser ‘reforms’ will undermine yet another royal commission recommendation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/25/financial-adviser-reforms-will-undermine-yet-another-royal-commission-recommendation-192325/" aria-label="Read more about Financial adviser ‘reforms’ will undermine yet another royal commission recommendation">Read more</a>

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What is – and what isn’t – ‘brain fog’?

October 25, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Hellewell, Research Fellow, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, and The Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science, Curtin University Unsplash/Uday Mittal, CC BY The COVID pandemic has introduced many scientific and medical terms into our everyday language. Many of us are now fluent in conversations ... <a title="What is – and what isn’t – ‘brain fog’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/25/what-is-and-what-isnt-brain-fog-190537/" aria-label="Read more about What is – and what isn’t – ‘brain fog’?">Read more</a>

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Who is Rishi Sunak, the new UK prime minister?

October 25, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Wellings, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Monash University Tolga Akmen/EPA/AAP When Rishi Sunak was elected by Conservative MPs as their new leader and hence prime minister of the United Kingdom, the British nation breathed a sigh of relief: thank God it wasn’t Boris Johnson. ... <a title="Who is Rishi Sunak, the new UK prime minister?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/25/who-is-rishi-sunak-the-new-uk-prime-minister-193104/" aria-label="Read more about Who is Rishi Sunak, the new UK prime minister?">Read more</a>

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Some councils still rely on outdated paper maps as supercharged storms make a mockery of flood planning

October 25, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Ellis, PhD Candidate in Planning, Bond University Whole towns and cities are seemingly locked into more frequent and severe flooding. Business-as-usual development continues despite extreme weather and sea-level rises due to climate change. While some local councils have online mapping, others are still using outdated paper ... <a title="Some councils still rely on outdated paper maps as supercharged storms make a mockery of flood planning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/25/some-councils-still-rely-on-outdated-paper-maps-as-supercharged-storms-make-a-mockery-of-flood-planning-192856/" aria-label="Read more about Some councils still rely on outdated paper maps as supercharged storms make a mockery of flood planning">Read more</a>

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Clampdown on chip exports is the most consequential US move against China yet

October 25, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Professor Johanna Weaver, Director, Tech Policy Design Centre, Australian National University When Nancy Pelosi travelled to Taiwan in August, it made front page news around the world and raised the spectre of all-out war between the US and China. Early in October, the Biden administration made a ... <a title="Clampdown on chip exports is the most consequential US move against China yet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/25/clampdown-on-chip-exports-is-the-most-consequential-us-move-against-china-yet-192738/" aria-label="Read more about Clampdown on chip exports is the most consequential US move against China yet">Read more</a>

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Older people who get lost sometimes sadly lose their lives. But those with dementia are more likely to survive

October 25, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marta Woolford, PhD Candidate and Research Officer at the Department of Forensic Medicine, Monash University Being lost in an unfamiliar place is an unsettling feeling most of us have experienced. It requires cognitive and physical skills, and potentially other resources, to find our way and safely arrive ... <a title="Older people who get lost sometimes sadly lose their lives. But those with dementia are more likely to survive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/25/older-people-who-get-lost-sometimes-sadly-lose-their-lives-but-those-with-dementia-are-more-likely-to-survive-192938/" aria-label="Read more about Older people who get lost sometimes sadly lose their lives. But those with dementia are more likely to survive">Read more</a>