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July 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meena Jha, Course Coordinator, Information Communications Technology (ICT), CQUniversity Australia Shutterstock While face-to-face classes are back after the COVID disruptions of the past two years, our research suggests at least some Australian universities intend to continue with fully online assessment. Students say they think cheating is easier ... <a title="If unis stick with online assessment after COVID, they’ll have do more to stop cheating" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/04/if-unis-stick-with-online-assessment-after-covid-theyll-have-do-more-to-stop-cheating-185762/" aria-label="Read more about If unis stick with online assessment after COVID, they’ll have do more to stop cheating">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra Shutterstock The dream that decentralised finance – or “DeFi” – can free the monetary system from the clutches of governments and banks has helped launch 20,000 cryptocurrencies. But with 2022 proving to be ... <a title="Cryptocurrencies are great for gambling – but lousy at liberating our money from big central banks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/04/cryptocurrencies-are-great-for-gambling-but-lousy-at-liberating-our-money-from-big-central-banks-173901/" aria-label="Read more about Cryptocurrencies are great for gambling – but lousy at liberating our money from big central banks">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Esther Suckling, Research Associate, Grattan Institute Mackay Regional Council Australia’s mining and heavy industry sectors are on the cusp of a revolution as the world shifts to net-zero. Demand for traditional industrial commodities – coal, oil, and gas – is set to slide. The International Energy Agency ... <a title="Regional towns are at risk of being wiped out by the move to net-zero. Here’s their best chance for survival" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/04/regional-towns-are-at-risk-of-being-wiped-out-by-the-move-to-net-zero-heres-their-best-chance-for-survival-186279/" aria-label="Read more about Regional towns are at risk of being wiped out by the move to net-zero. Here’s their best chance for survival">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darren Jorgensen, Senior lecturer in art history, The University of Western Australia Tracker Nat, holding his hat on the far left, with Paul Hasluck standing next to him, holding Nat’s shield in this picture from 1958. National Archives of Australia. NAA: A1200, L28199. Aboriginal and Torres Strait ... <a title="Rediscovering the art of Tracker Nat: ‘the Namatjira of carving’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/04/rediscovering-the-art-of-tracker-nat-the-namatjira-of-carving-184749/" aria-label="Read more about Rediscovering the art of Tracker Nat: ‘the Namatjira of carving’">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dale Dominey-Howes, Honorary Professor of Hazards and Disaster Risk Sciences, University of Sydney Mick Tsikas/AAP Again, thousands of residents in Western Sydney face a life-threatening flood disaster. At the time of writing, evacuation orders spanned southwest and northwest Sydney and residents of the Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley were being ... <a title="What’s causing Sydney’s monster flood crisis – and 3 ways to stop it from happening again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/03/whats-causing-sydneys-monster-flood-crisis-and-3-ways-to-stop-it-from-happening-again-186285/" aria-label="Read more about What’s causing Sydney’s monster flood crisis – and 3 ways to stop it from happening again">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2022
By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer Some said the US Supreme Court’s controversial ruling on abortion was none of our business, because we don’t have the same legal or political set-up, let alone its religious cleavages and cultural conflicts. Opinion leaders in our media didn’t agree — and provoked a significant political response. Days after ... <a title="Controversial Roe v Wade ruling triggers intense NZ media reaction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/03/controversial-roe-v-wade-ruling-triggers-intense-nz-media-reaction/" aria-label="Read more about Controversial Roe v Wade ruling triggers intense NZ media reaction">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2022
By Theckla Gunga of Inside PNG Papua New Guineans, your future is in your hands, vote wisely. As the campaign trail wound up its last hours at the weekend, voters were being urged to keep their future in mind when choosing and voting this election starting tomorrow. Alvin Gia Huk, an independent candidate, and runner ... <a title="‘Vote wisely – not with cargo cult mentality’ PNG election eve warning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/03/vote-wisely-not-with-cargo-cult-mentality-png-election-eve-warning/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Vote wisely – not with cargo cult mentality’ PNG election eve warning">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2022
By Stephen Forbes, Local Democracy Reporter Manukau Urban Māori Authority (MUMA) is welcoming the government’s health reforms as an important first step to improving Māori and Pasifika health in south Auckland. But some in the health sector say the jury is still out on what will be achieved in Counties Manukau. Under the reforms, the ... <a title="Māori authority welcomes NZ health system reform as important first step" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/03/maori-authority-welcomes-nz-health-system-reform-as-important-first-step/" aria-label="Read more about Māori authority welcomes NZ health system reform as important first step">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2022
PNG Post-Courier Today is officially the last day of campaigning in Papua New Guinea’s 2022 National General Election. Count tomorrow until Monday as rest days, but in politically charged PNG, anything is possible, including illegal last-minute clandestine campaigning. Polling is set to begin Tuesday, July 4, when millions will exercise their democratic right at the ... <a title="Titanic power struggle tipped for PNG’s ‘game changer’ election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/02/titanic-power-struggle-tipped-for-pngs-game-changer-election/" aria-label="Read more about Titanic power struggle tipped for PNG’s ‘game changer’ election">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2022
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Greenpeace Aotearoa has condemned New Zealand for “standing by” while “deep wounds are inflicted on its Pacific neighbours” by silence over deep sea mining. Greenpeace’s seabed mining campaigner James Hita made the critical statement today after a dramatic shift at the UN Oceans conference in Lisbon this week when several Pacific ... <a title="Greenpeace condemns NZ silence on Pacific deep sea mining risks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/02/greenpeace-condemns-nz-silence-on-pacific-deep-sea-mining-risks/" aria-label="Read more about Greenpeace condemns NZ silence on Pacific deep sea mining risks">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Suze Wilson, Massey University The US Supreme Court’s recent ruling to throw out Roe v Wade is an issue of relevance to political leaders in Aotearoa New Zealand. The decision was met with enthusiasm by those opposed to abortion here, including opposition National MP for Tāmaki Simon O’Connor. Pro-choice groups such as Abortion ... <a title="Luxon’s dilemma: when politics and morals don’t match in response to the overturning of Roe v Wade" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/02/luxons-dilemma-when-politics-and-morals-dont-match-in-response-to-the-overturning-of-roe-v-wade/" aria-label="Read more about Luxon’s dilemma: when politics and morals don’t match in response to the overturning of Roe v Wade">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2022
By Jane Patterson, RNZ News political editor, and Katie Scotcher, political reporter, in Brussels New Zealand and the European Union have struck an historic free trade deal, “unlocking access to one of the world’s biggest and most lucrative markets” after four years of tough negotiating. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and President of the European Union ... <a title="New Zealand and European Union secure historic free trade deal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/02/new-zealand-and-european-union-secure-historic-free-trade-deal/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand and European Union secure historic free trade deal">Read more</a>
