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May 20, 2023
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital and social media journalist Allegations of sexual harassment have emerged in the case of a senior United Nations manager at the Fiji multi-county office who has been put on “administrative leave” after complaints of “unsatisfactory behaviour”. On Thursday, the UN Resident Coordinator’s Office to Fiji, Solomon Islands, Tonga, ... <a title="Top UN Pacific official told to leave Fiji amid ‘harassment’ allegations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/20/top-un-pacific-official-told-to-leave-fiji-amid-harassment-allegations/" aria-label="Read more about Top UN Pacific official told to leave Fiji amid ‘harassment’ allegations">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steve Macfarlane, Head of Clinical Services, dementia Support Australia, & Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Monash University Shutterstock Today’s reporting about the alleged tasering of a 95-year-old woman living at the Yallambee Lodge aged care home in New South Wales has brought the issue of behaviours and psychological ... <a title="When someone living with dementia is distressed or violent, ‘de-escalation’ is vital" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/19/when-someone-living-with-dementia-is-distressed-or-violent-de-escalation-is-vital-205988/" aria-label="Read more about When someone living with dementia is distressed or violent, ‘de-escalation’ is vital">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2023
RNZ Pacific New Zealand’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is warning coastal areas are expected to experience strong and unusual currents and unpredictable surges following a magnitude 7.7 earthquake in the Pacific. A tsunami threat was issued for Vanuatu, Fiji and New Caledonia after the 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck southeast of the Loyalty Islands. The ... <a title="Magnitude 7.7 earthquake near Loyalty Islands triggers tsunami threat for Vanuatu, Fiji, New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/19/magnitude-7-7-earthquake-near-loyalty-islands-triggers-tsunami-threat-for-vanuatu-fiji-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about Magnitude 7.7 earthquake near Loyalty Islands triggers tsunami threat for Vanuatu, Fiji, New Caledonia">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2023
By Lawrence Fong and Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby United States President Joe Biden yesterday apologised to Prime Minister James Marape and the people of Papua New Guinea for abandoning his planned trip to Port Moresby, and instead is sending Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. Details of Blinken’s travel to PNG are still being finalised ... <a title="Biden apologises to PNG, Blinken being sent for Pacific dialogue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/19/biden-apologises-to-png-blinken-being-sent-for-pacific-dialogue/" aria-label="Read more about Biden apologises to PNG, Blinken being sent for Pacific dialogue">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Podger, Honorary Professor of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock The PwC scandal reveals appalling behaviour by an individual consultant and his company that provided consulting services to the federal government. PwC reportedly used its insider knowledge to advise multinational firms on how to continue to ... <a title="Consultants like PwC are loyal to profit, not the public. Governments should cut back on using them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/19/consultants-like-pwc-are-loyal-to-profit-not-the-public-governments-should-cut-back-on-using-them-205920/" aria-label="Read more about Consultants like PwC are loyal to profit, not the public. Governments should cut back on using them">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Conley Tyler, Honorary Fellow, Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne Antonio Dasiparu/AAP Sunday May 21 is election day in Timor-Leste, when voters decide on 65 members of parliament to represent them. Each election is a reminder of the successful regional and international cooperation that led to ... <a title="As Timor-Leste heads to the polls, here’s how Australia can support its democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/19/as-timor-leste-heads-to-the-polls-heres-how-australia-can-support-its-democracy-205676/" aria-label="Read more about As Timor-Leste heads to the polls, here’s how Australia can support its democracy">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charles Livingstone, Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University Turn on the TV and you’re four times more likely to see a gambling ad during a sports broadcast than during other programming. The number of gambling ads on TV has grown from 374 ... <a title="Sport is being used to normalise gambling. We should treat the problem just like smoking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/19/sport-is-being-used-to-normalise-gambling-we-should-treat-the-problem-just-like-smoking-205843/" aria-label="Read more about Sport is being used to normalise gambling. We should treat the problem just like smoking">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charles Livingstone, Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University Turn on the TV and you’re four times more likely to see a gambling ad during a sports broadcast than during other programming. The number of gambling ads on TV has grown from 374 ... <a title="Sport is being used normalise gambling. We should treat the problem just like smoking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/19/sport-is-being-used-normalise-gambling-we-should-treat-the-problem-just-like-smoking-205843/" aria-label="Read more about Sport is being used normalise gambling. We should treat the problem just like smoking">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2023
New Zealand Politics Daily is a collation of the most prominent issues being discussed in New Zealand. It is edited by Dr Bryce Edwards of The Democracy Project. Today’s content BUDGET ANALYSIS Danyl Mclauchlan (Spinoff): A kludgeocratic budget for the ages Toby Manhire (Spinoff): Bread and Breader: Watching the budget debate Spinoff: Budget 2023: The great Spinoff hot-take roundtable ... <a title="Newsletter: May 19 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/19/newsletter-may-19-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: May 19 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caitlyn Forster, Associate Lecturer, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney Kirill Demchenko/Shutterstock Bees are among the most important insects on Earth – vital pollinators of our crops and significant contributors to human societies for thousands of years. While visiting various plants, bees need to ... <a title="Bees can do so much more than you think – from dancing to being little art critics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/19/bees-can-do-so-much-more-than-you-think-from-dancing-to-being-little-art-critics-204039/" aria-label="Read more about Bees can do so much more than you think – from dancing to being little art critics">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Curtin, Professor of Politics and Policy, University of Auckland Senior cabinet minister Megan Woods, Minister of Finance Grant Robertson and Prime Minister Chris Hipkins prepare to deliver the May 18 budget. Getty Images All the pre-budget talk of “bread and butter”, “no frills”, targeting and reprioritisation ... <a title="NZ’s budget used a ‘gender lens’ for the first time – the result was a win for women" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/19/nzs-budget-used-a-gender-lens-for-the-first-time-the-result-was-a-win-for-women-205116/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s budget used a ‘gender lens’ for the first time – the result was a win for women">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eddie Wayuone Wadrawane, Associate Lecturer, Université de Nouvelle Calédonie The Customary Senate, Nouméa, New Caledonia. Eddie Wadrawane, Author provided As Australia prepares to vote in a referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to parliament later this year, what can we learn from similar models ... <a title="New Caledonia has had an indigenous body advise government since 1999. What can Australia learn?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/19/new-caledonia-has-had-an-indigenous-body-advise-government-since-1999-what-can-australia-learn-204906/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia has had an indigenous body advise government since 1999. What can Australia learn?">Read more</a>
