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April 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tess Newton Cain, Adjunct Associate Professor, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University AAP/Mick Tsikas I was once asked “why should Australians care about what happens in the Pacific? and my response was (or started with) “This is where you live”. Being in the neighbourhood is a fact of ... <a title="This is where we live: has Australia been a good neighbour in the Pacific?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/28/this-is-where-we-live-has-australia-been-a-good-neighbour-in-the-pacific-182040/" aria-label="Read more about This is where we live: has Australia been a good neighbour in the Pacific?">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Diesendorf, Honorary Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock Many climate activists, scientists, engineers and politicians are trying to reassure us the climate crisis can be solved rapidly without any changes to lifestyle, society or the economy. To make the vast scale of change palatable, advocates suggest all ... <a title="Net zero by 2050 will hit a major timing problem technology can’t solve. We need to talk about cutting consumption" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/28/net-zero-by-2050-will-hit-a-major-timing-problem-technology-cant-solve-we-need-to-talk-about-cutting-consumption-181951/" aria-label="Read more about Net zero by 2050 will hit a major timing problem technology can’t solve. We need to talk about cutting consumption">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cher McGillivray, Assistant Professor, Bond University © 2022 Disney/Pixar. All Rights Reserved In the film Turning Red (2022), a young 13-year-old girl, Meilin “Mei” Lee, turns into a red panda whenever she has strong emotions: when she is angry, when she is sad and when she is ... <a title="You can’t be happy all the time: how Encanto and Turning Red can help families wrestle with anger and sadness" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/28/you-cant-be-happy-all-the-time-how-encanto-and-turning-red-can-help-families-wrestle-with-anger-and-sadness-181782/" aria-label="Read more about You can’t be happy all the time: how Encanto and Turning Red can help families wrestle with anger and sadness">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Richard Shaw, Massey University; Andrew Dickson, Massey University; Bevan Erueti, Massey University; Glenn Banks, Massey University; John O’Neill, Massey University, and Roger McEwan, Massey University Threats, intimidation and misogyny have long been a reality for women in public life around the world, and the pandemic appears to have amplified this toxic reality. Aotearoa ... <a title="Who will call out the misogyny and abuse undermining women’s academic freedom in NZ universities?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/28/who-will-call-out-the-misogyny-and-abuse-undermining-womens-academic-freedom-in-nz-universities/" aria-label="Read more about Who will call out the misogyny and abuse undermining women’s academic freedom in NZ universities?">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2022
By Mar-Vic Cagurangan in Tumon, Guam The United States would “respond” if China takes steps to establish a permanent military presence in the Solomon Islands, says a US official, noting the “potential regional security implications” of a newly signed pact between the two countries. “We outlined clear areas of concern with respect to the purpose ... <a title="US issues vague warning ‘to respond’ if China builds military base in Solomons" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/28/us-issues-vague-warning-to-respond-if-china-builds-military-base-in-solomons/" aria-label="Read more about US issues vague warning ‘to respond’ if China builds military base in Solomons">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2022
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Any deferral of Papua New Guinea’s national general election 2022 will be unconstitutional, warns former Electoral Commissioner Patilias Gamato. He said statutory timelines gazetted in the National Gazette for the national elections could not be breached to accommodate a deferral. “It is important that the 2022 NGE is not ... <a title="Any poll delay ‘unconstitutional’, warns former PNG elections chief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/28/any-poll-delay-unconstitutional-warns-former-png-elections-chief/" aria-label="Read more about Any poll delay ‘unconstitutional’, warns former PNG elections chief">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2022
COMMENTARY: By Graham Davis If you’re as confused as most people by the exact circumstances surrounding the continuing presence in Fiji of the Russian super yacht Amadea, join the club. Here’s our modest attempt to cut through the fog. Twelve days ago — on April 14 — the CJ Patel Fiji Sun newspaper trumpeted an ... <a title="Graham Davis: Behind the saga of the ‘seized’ Russian super yacht Amadea" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/28/graham-davis-behind-the-saga-of-the-seized-russian-super-yacht-amadea/" aria-label="Read more about Graham Davis: Behind the saga of the ‘seized’ Russian super yacht Amadea">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Terence Wood A spectre is haunting the Pacific. It is focused on Solomon Islands today, but has eyes everywhere and might pounce anywhere next. No, I’m not talking about China. I am talking about us. More specifically, I’m talking about a particular type of Western security pundit, who hypes danger and itches for ... <a title="Solomons security shambles, and now it’s time for realism over hype" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/28/solomons-security-shambles-and-now-its-time-for-realism-over-hype/" aria-label="Read more about Solomons security shambles, and now it’s time for realism over hype">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2022
By Mara Cepeda in Manila Philippine presidential candidate and Vice-President Leni Robredo issued her marching orders for the crucial homestretch of the election campaign before hundreds of thousands of supporters, in a behemoth show of force meant to boost her numbers in the Philippines’ most vote-rich region Metro Manila. Local organisers said some 412,000 “Kakampink” ... <a title="Robredo’s plea to 412,000 in Pasay – 200 in Auckland: Fight fake news" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/28/robredos-plea-to-412000-in-pasay-200-in-auckland-fight-fake-news/" aria-label="Read more about Robredo’s plea to 412,000 in Pasay – 200 in Auckland: Fight fake news">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2022
RNZ Pacific Pacific countries held dawn services today to commemorate Anzac Day and recognise the 107th anniversary of the landings at Gallipoli in Turkey. Tonga paid tribute to its war veterans with a dawn ceremony held in Nuku’alofa this morning. The ceremony took place on the Royal Palace grounds of King Tupou VI with prayers ... <a title="Anzac Day remembered at dawn services across the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/28/anzac-day-remembered-at-dawn-services-across-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Anzac Day remembered at dawn services across the Pacific">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra “The world has moved past Matt Canavan,” Nationals deputy leader David Littleproud declared on Wednesday, tossing his party colleague and former resources minister firmly under the bus as the “climate wars” exploded within the Coalition. These wars have damaged Coalition ... <a title="View from The Hill: Warring within Coalition over 2050 target brings some gold dust for ‘teals’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/27/view-from-the-hill-warring-within-coalition-over-2050-target-brings-some-gold-dust-for-teals-181944/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Warring within Coalition over 2050 target brings some gold dust for ‘teals’">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2022
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