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December 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By C Raina MacIntyre, Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney Matt Palmer/Unsplash It’s bushfire season. So you might be wondering about the best way to protect yourself from the health impacts of smoke. Guidelines suggest wearing respirators, avoiding outdoor ... <a title="How to protect yourself against bushfire smoke this summer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/28/how-to-protect-yourself-against-bushfire-smoke-this-summer-154720/" aria-label="Read more about How to protect yourself against bushfire smoke this summer">Read more</a>
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December 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ross Gordon, Professor, School of Advertising, Marketing & PR, Queensland University of Technology Shutterstock With energy prices and temperatures both rising, keeping cool in summer is an increasingly costly challenge for many Australians. Energy bills are predicted to increase by 50% over the next two years, adding ... <a title="Top 10 tips to keep cool this summer while protecting your health and your budget" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/28/top-10-tips-to-keep-cool-this-summer-while-protecting-your-health-and-your-budget-193723/" aria-label="Read more about Top 10 tips to keep cool this summer while protecting your health and your budget">Read more</a>
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December 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Grainne Cleary, Researcher, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND Whether they’re stealing your chips or screeching at your picnic table, seagulls are a hallmark of Australian summers. But how much do you really know about them? In Australia, the most ... <a title="4 facts about seagulls that will make you love these relentless chip thieves" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/28/4-facts-about-seagulls-that-will-make-you-love-these-relentless-chip-thieves-192092/" aria-label="Read more about 4 facts about seagulls that will make you love these relentless chip thieves">Read more</a>
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December 27, 2022
FBC News An official communication will be sent to Fiji’s President confirming the new People’s Alliance, National Federation Party and Sodelpa government is ready to lead under the new Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka. NFP leader Professor Biman Prasad said the leaders were pleased to give Fijians a Christmas present of a strong and united coalition ... <a title="Fijians have ‘chosen a new way, a new path’ under Rabuka, says Prasad" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/27/fijians-have-chosen-a-new-way-a-new-path-under-rabuka-says-prasad/" aria-label="Read more about Fijians have ‘chosen a new way, a new path’ under Rabuka, says Prasad">Read more</a>
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December 27, 2022
By Felix Chaudhary in Suva Exiled University of the South Pacific vice-chancellor Professor Pal Ahluwalia says he is thrilled at the prospect of returning to Fiji. Speaking to The Fiji Times from Los Angeles in the United States yesterday, he said Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka — when he was in opposition — made a commitment ... <a title="Professor thrilled over USP return – Fiji to pay $90m university debt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/27/professor-thrilled-over-usp-return-fiji-to-pay-90m-university-debt/" aria-label="Read more about Professor thrilled over USP return – Fiji to pay $90m university debt">Read more</a>
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December 27, 2022
RNZ Pacific Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark is supporting aid agencies’ decision to halt operations in Afghanistan, and a UN official has urged the Taliban to reverse its ban on women humanitarian workers. The country’s Taliban administration on Saturday ordered all local and foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) not to let female staff work ... <a title="Helen Clark condemns Taliban ban on female foreign aid workers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/27/helen-clark-condemns-taliban-ban-on-female-foreign-aid-workers/" aria-label="Read more about Helen Clark condemns Taliban ban on female foreign aid workers">Read more</a>
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December 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Langley, Associate Professor of Archaeology, Griffith University Shutterstock Each December, Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa, among others, take over our thoughts and our wallets as we participate in ceremonies our ancestors have practised for as long as we can remember. These are all example of traditions. And ... <a title="Why rituals have been crucial for humans throughout history – and why we still need them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/27/why-rituals-have-been-crucial-for-humans-throughout-history-and-why-we-still-need-them-193951/" aria-label="Read more about Why rituals have been crucial for humans throughout history – and why we still need them">Read more</a>
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December 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Watson, Research Associate, University of South Australia shutterstock Every parent knows kids spend their time differently when they’re on holidays. Our new research found out just how differently. During the school term, kids get up around 7am, get into their uniforms, make their way to school, ... <a title="Structured school days can keep kids healthy. How can we maintain it over school holidays?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/27/structured-school-days-can-keep-kids-healthy-how-can-we-maintain-it-over-school-holidays-189880/" aria-label="Read more about Structured school days can keep kids healthy. How can we maintain it over school holidays?">Read more</a>
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December 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Siostrom, Associate Lecturer in Science Education, University of the Sunshine Coast Shutterstock For Australians, memories of childhood Christmas often include gifts, prawns and shooing uninvited buzzing guests away from the pavlova. But have you ever wondered why the air is full of bugs some years and ... <a title="4 creepy crawlies you’ll see more of this wet summer – and one iconic beetle you’ll probably miss" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/27/4-creepy-crawlies-youll-see-more-of-this-wet-summer-and-one-iconic-beetle-youll-probably-miss-190915/" aria-label="Read more about 4 creepy crawlies you’ll see more of this wet summer – and one iconic beetle you’ll probably miss">Read more</a>
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December 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ashley Jameson Eriksmoen, Senior Lecturer, School of Art & Design, Australian National University Shutterstock Driving home recently, I encountered a familiar sight: four dining chairs on the kerb waiting for some sucker to rescue them. Loading them into the car (sucker!) I wondered: how long were these ... <a title="Rethinking the big spring clean chuck-out frenzy: how keeping old things away from the landfill can ‘spark joy’ in its own way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/27/rethinking-the-big-spring-clean-chuck-out-frenzy-how-keeping-old-things-away-from-the-landfill-can-spark-joy-in-its-own-way-195568/" aria-label="Read more about Rethinking the big spring clean chuck-out frenzy: how keeping old things away from the landfill can ‘spark joy’ in its own way">Read more</a>
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December 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Corbould, Associate Professor, Contemporary Histories Research Group, Deakin University Stan In 1994, the Australian federal government finally extended recognition to Australian South Sea Islander people as a distinct cultural group. This recognition was important: racism put Australian South Sea Islanders at a disadvantage, yet there was ... <a title="Black Snow, a new pacy murder mystery, addresses the complicated legacy of slavery in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/27/black-snow-a-new-pacy-murder-mystery-addresses-the-complicated-legacy-of-slavery-in-australia-194347/" aria-label="Read more about Black Snow, a new pacy murder mystery, addresses the complicated legacy of slavery in Australia">Read more</a>
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December 26, 2022
By Josefa Babitu in Suva The greenlight has been given to University of the South Pacific vice-chancellor, Professor Pal Ahluwalia, and Dr Padma Lal, to return to Fiji by Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka. Professor Ahluwalia was deported in 2021 and Dr Lal — widow of the late leading Fiji academic Professor Brij Lal — was ... <a title="Exiled USP chief, Dr Lal now free to enter Fiji, says Rabuka" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/26/exiled-usp-chief-dr-lal-now-free-to-enter-fiji-says-rabuka/" aria-label="Read more about Exiled USP chief, Dr Lal now free to enter Fiji, says Rabuka">Read more</a>
