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February 14, 2022
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Politics Daily as well as New Zealand Political Roundup columns for free here. Today’s content Parliamentary Grounds occupation Caitlan Johnston (Stuff): Former police negotiator says protesters aren’t ‘being heard or ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 14 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/14/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-14-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 14 2022">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan W. Marshall, Postgraduate Research Coordinator, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University Dana Weeks/Perth Festival Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names of people who have died. Review: Panawathi Girl, written by David Milroy and directed by Eve Grace ... <a title="A new musical, Panawathi Girl, is a fantasy of Australia’s past – and a critique of Australia’s present" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/14/a-new-musical-panawathi-girl-is-a-fantasy-of-australias-past-and-a-critique-of-australias-present-176696/" aria-label="Read more about A new musical, Panawathi Girl, is a fantasy of Australia’s past – and a critique of Australia’s present">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carly Steele, Lecturer, Curtin University Of the original 250-plus languages and over 750 dialects spoken by First Nations peoples before 1788, only 12 are being learned by children today. However, widely spoken contact languages – creoles and dialects – have emerged. One example is Aboriginal English, which ... <a title="Invisible language learners: what educators need to know about many First Nations children" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/14/invisible-language-learners-what-educators-need-to-know-about-many-first-nations-children-175917/" aria-label="Read more about Invisible language learners: what educators need to know about many First Nations children">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Portolan, PhD student, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University Chris Pizzelo/ AP The days of speedily updating your Facebook status the moment a new relationship is made official are long gone. In fact the Facebook relationship update could be described as somewhat passé, replaced ... <a title="What is a ‘soft’ or ‘hard’ relationship launch? Explaining the celebrity led trend" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/14/what-is-a-soft-or-hard-relationship-launch-explaining-the-celebrity-led-trend-176531/" aria-label="Read more about What is a ‘soft’ or ‘hard’ relationship launch? Explaining the celebrity led trend">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Reeve, Deputy Program Director, Energy and Climate Change, Grattan Institute Shutterstock In an analysis recently released to News Limited newspapers, the Morrison government claims banning new coal and gas projects in Queensland would risk 53,000 jobs and A$85 billion in investment. But we checked the job ... <a title="‘Highly exaggerated’: experts debunk Morrison government claim of 53,000 fewer jobs from coal and gas ban" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/14/highly-exaggerated-experts-debunk-morrison-government-claim-of-53-000-fewer-jobs-from-coal-and-gas-ban-176811/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Highly exaggerated’: experts debunk Morrison government claim of 53,000 fewer jobs from coal and gas ban">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wasim Awal, Doctor of Medicine, Griffith University Shutterstock Osteoarthritis is one of the leading causes of disability, affecting more than 500 million people globally. Most doctors encourage physical activity, maintaining a healthy weight and short-term use of a simple painkiller like paracetamol to manage the pain. Opioids, ... <a title="Opioids ease osteoarthritis pain only slightly. Their deadly risks need to be weighed against any benefit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/14/opioids-ease-osteoarthritis-pain-only-slightly-their-deadly-risks-need-to-be-weighed-against-any-benefit-171936/" aria-label="Read more about Opioids ease osteoarthritis pain only slightly. Their deadly risks need to be weighed against any benefit">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chiara Neto, Professor of Physical Chemistry and Australian Research Council Future Fellow, University of Sydney Dan Himbrechts/AAP Snow machines have exploited the laws of thermodynamics to paint the slopes of Beijing white for this year’s Winter Olympics. Beijing might seem like an odd place for the winter ... <a title="We couldn’t have the Beijing Olympics without snow machines. How do they work, and what’s the environmental cost?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/14/we-couldnt-have-the-beijing-olympics-without-snow-machines-how-do-they-work-and-whats-the-environmental-cost-176795/" aria-label="Read more about We couldn’t have the Beijing Olympics without snow machines. How do they work, and what’s the environmental cost?">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kenny Travouillon, Curator of Mammals, Western Australian Museum Kangaroos have such a taste for leaves that they have evolved the ability to eat them on at least four separate occasions during their evolutionary history, a new fossil discovery reveals. Today, there are more than 60 species of ... <a title="Quokka-sized fossil species show kangaroos evolving to eat leaves – for the fourth time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/14/quokka-sized-fossil-species-show-kangaroos-evolving-to-eat-leaves-for-the-fourth-time-176155/" aria-label="Read more about Quokka-sized fossil species show kangaroos evolving to eat leaves – for the fourth time">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ullrich Ecker, Professor of Cognitive Psychology and Australian Research Council Future Fellow, The University of Western Australia Mick Tsikas/AAP Claims Prime Minister Scott Morrison is a liar have been piling up. From French President Emmanuel Macron, to former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and most recently, Deputy Prime ... <a title="We know politicians lie – but do we care?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/14/we-know-politicians-lie-but-do-we-care-176578/" aria-label="Read more about We know politicians lie – but do we care?">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Brown, Science Strategy and Operations Manager, Victorian Heart Institute, Monash University Shutterstock We’ve seen it in our favourite romantic comedy – and for many of us, we’ve even felt it in real life. The door of the café swings open, in walks the person of your ... <a title="Is this love … or an arrhythmia? Your heart really can skip a beat when you’re in love" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/14/is-this-love-or-an-arrhythmia-your-heart-really-can-skip-a-beat-when-youre-in-love-176537/" aria-label="Read more about Is this love … or an arrhythmia? Your heart really can skip a beat when you’re in love">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lara Werbeloff, Program Director, Fire to Flourish, Monash University Many Australians who have survived a disaster feel more confident their communities are prepared for the next one. But a third of those living in disaster prone areas don’t feel at all prepared for a disaster, or confident ... <a title="Disaster survivors feel more prepared for the next one but are often left out of planning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/14/disaster-survivors-feel-more-prepared-for-the-next-one-but-are-often-left-out-of-planning-176674/" aria-label="Read more about Disaster survivors feel more prepared for the next one but are often left out of planning">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rupert Sutherland, Professor of tectonics and geophysics, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington forams We think of trees and soil as carbon sinks, but the world’s oceans hold far larger carbon stocks and are more effective at storing carbon permanently. In new research published today, ... <a title="Oceans are better at storing carbon than trees. In a warmer future, ocean carbon sinks could help stabilise our planet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/14/oceans-are-better-at-storing-carbon-than-trees-in-a-warmer-future-ocean-carbon-sinks-could-help-stabilise-our-planet-176154/" aria-label="Read more about Oceans are better at storing carbon than trees. In a warmer future, ocean carbon sinks could help stabilise our planet">Read more</a>
