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January 18, 2022
RNZ Pacific French Polynesia’s former president Gaston Flosse says he is in mourning because the French state has signed his political death by banning him from political office for five years for abusing public funds. Flosse made the statement after France’s highest appeal court upheld a 2020 conviction over a long-running corrupt water supply arrangement ... <a title="Veteran Tahiti politician Flosse accuses France of causing his ‘political death’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/18/veteran-tahiti-politician-flosse-accuses-france-of-causing-his-political-death/" aria-label="Read more about Veteran Tahiti politician Flosse accuses France of causing his ‘political death’">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2022
The video of the tsunami wave crashing into the gate of the Heilala Tangitangi royal palace in ‘Eua. Video: Kaniva Tonga By Kalino Latu in Auckland Tonga’s King Tupou VI is reportedly still on ‘Eua island despite reports yesterday that he had been evacuated to the royal villa at Mataki’eua in Tongatapu. The latest information ... <a title="Tsunami wave hits Tonga’s ‘Eua royal palace gate as vehicles try to flee" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/18/tsunami-wave-hits-tongas-eua-royal-palace-gate-as-vehicles-try-to-flee/" aria-label="Read more about Tsunami wave hits Tonga’s ‘Eua royal palace gate as vehicles try to flee">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Hocking, Emeritus Professor, Monash University More than a year after the High Court’s decision in the “Palace letters” case, which said the queen’s correspondence with Governor-General Sir John Kerr is not “personal”, more letters have now been made public. The letters between a further six governors-general ... <a title="New, exclusive letters between the queen and 6 governors-general show the evolution of a relationship of equals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/18/new-exclusive-letters-between-the-queen-and-6-governors-general-show-the-evolution-of-a-relationship-of-equals-174965/" aria-label="Read more about New, exclusive letters between the queen and 6 governors-general show the evolution of a relationship of equals">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne In the first national poll of the new year, a Resolve survey for the Nine newspapers, Labor had 35% of the primary vote (up three percentage points since November), the Coalition 34% (down five), ... <a title="Coalition slumps in first poll of 2022 as voters lose confidence in Morrison’s handling of pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/18/coalition-slumps-in-first-poll-of-2022-as-voters-lose-confidence-in-morrisons-handling-of-pandemic-175138/" aria-label="Read more about Coalition slumps in first poll of 2022 as voters lose confidence in Morrison’s handling of pandemic">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fiannuala Morgan, PhD Candidate, Australian National University Australia’s Black Summer bushfires of 2019 and 2020 wreaked destruction across South-Eastern Australia. Images of flames crowned trees, engulfed fire trucks and people crowded on beaches and packed in boats were broadcast into our homes. For European colonists in 19th ... <a title="Mythologised, memorialised then forgotten: a history of Australia’s bushfire reporting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/18/mythologised-memorialised-then-forgotten-a-history-of-australias-bushfire-reporting-170778/" aria-label="Read more about Mythologised, memorialised then forgotten: a history of Australia’s bushfire reporting">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Whitby, Postgraduate Lead in the School of Natural Sciences and Associate Professor in Chemistry, Massey University Shutterstock Every year thousands of students enrol in PhD degrees at universities in New Zealand. The government funds their degrees because the advanced knowledge and innovations they develop benefit our ... <a title="Pandemic disruption to PhD research is bad for society and the economy – but there are solutions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/18/pandemic-disruption-to-phd-research-is-bad-for-society-and-the-economy-but-there-are-solutions-173982/" aria-label="Read more about Pandemic disruption to PhD research is bad for society and the economy – but there are solutions">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Deuchar, Postdoctoral Researcher, Australia India Institute and Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock As Australia welcomes back international students, it’s a time for education providers to re-imagine how they cater to these students. Our research shows helping them to build strong connections ... <a title="As international students return, let’s not return to the status quo of isolation and exploitation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/18/as-international-students-return-lets-not-return-to-the-status-quo-of-isolation-and-exploitation-173489/" aria-label="Read more about As international students return, let’s not return to the status quo of isolation and exploitation">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leyla Asadi, PhD candidate and infectious diseases doctor, University of Alberta Shutterstock With the rapid spread of Omicron, many countries are rethinking their COVID mask advice for the community. Respirators have been mandatory in public places in Austria for a year. Now, the United States Centers for ... <a title="Time to upgrade from cloth and surgical masks to respirators? Your questions answered" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/18/time-to-upgrade-from-cloth-and-surgical-masks-to-respirators-your-questions-answered-174877/" aria-label="Read more about Time to upgrade from cloth and surgical masks to respirators? Your questions answered">Read more</a>
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January 18, 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 Covid, MIQ, border Michael Baker, Jennifer Summers, Amanda Kvalsvig, Matire Harwood, Nick Wilson ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 18 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/18/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-january-18-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 18 2022">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Beatrice Alba, Lecturer, Deakin University Shutterstock It is customary in many Western cultures for men to offer a range of special courtesies to women. This includes paying on dates, carrying heavy objects, pulling out chairs, opening doors, and allowing women to go first, even when the man ... <a title="No, chivalry is not dead – but it’s about time it was" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/18/no-chivalry-is-not-dead-but-its-about-time-it-was-174197/" aria-label="Read more about No, chivalry is not dead – but it’s about time it was">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robin Canniford, Department of Management & Marketing, The University of Melbourne Fossil fuel and carbon-intensive industries have an image problem. As awareness of their environmental impact grows, energy and mining companies in particular are desperate to maintain control over spiralling levels of public esteem. For decades, greenwashing ... <a title="Sportswashing: how mining and energy companies sponsor your favourite sports to help clean up their image" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/18/sportswashing-how-mining-and-energy-companies-sponsor-your-favourite-sports-to-help-clean-up-their-image-173589/" aria-label="Read more about Sportswashing: how mining and energy companies sponsor your favourite sports to help clean up their image">Read more</a>
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January 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Bell, Professor of Marine Biology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Valerio Micaroni Sponges are ancient marine animals, very common throughout the world’s oceans and seem less affected by ocean warming and acidification. Our latest research shows they can also survive low levels of ... <a title="Sponges can survive low oxygen and warming waters. They could be the main reef organisms in the future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/18/sponges-can-survive-low-oxygen-and-warming-waters-they-could-be-the-main-reef-organisms-in-the-future-173912/" aria-label="Read more about Sponges can survive low oxygen and warming waters. They could be the main reef organisms in the future">Read more</a>
