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May 19, 2023
By Giff Johnson, Editor, Marshall Islands Journal and RNZ Pacific correspondent Two Pacific nations considered by Washington as crucial in its competition with China for influence in the region have agreed to 20-year extensions of funding arrangements as part of security and defence treaties. The Federated States of Micronesia signed off on a nearly-final Compact ... <a title="US envoy gets two of three north Pacific nations to sign defence deals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/19/us-envoy-gets-two-of-three-north-pacific-nations-to-sign-defence-deals/" aria-label="Read more about US envoy gets two of three north Pacific nations to sign defence deals">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2023
RNZ News Prominent environmental groups in Aotearoa New Zealand are less than impressed with what they describe as underwhelming budget investments in climate, but an expert says the government has taken a multifaceted approach. Among the announcements yesterday was $402.6 million to expand the duration and scope of the Warmer Kiwi Homes programme, $120 million ... <a title="Budget 2023: NZ’s climate and science sectors react to wins and losses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/19/budget-2023-nzs-climate-and-science-sectors-react-to-wins-and-losses/" aria-label="Read more about Budget 2023: NZ’s climate and science sectors react to wins and losses">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2023
By Craig McCulloch, RNZ’s deputy political editor Young families are the clear target of Labour’s election-year Budget, but its flagship promise – cheaper childcare – will not kick in until next year. The 2023 Budget — billed as a “no frills” affair — is set against a volatile economic backdrop with the government now forecast ... <a title="NZ’s ‘no frills’ cost-of-living Budget centres on cheaper childcare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/19/nzs-no-frills-cost-of-living-budget-centres-on-cheaper-childcare/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s ‘no frills’ cost-of-living Budget centres on cheaper childcare">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2023
RNZ News A man has been arrested and charged in relation to the fatal fire at Loafers Lodge in the capital Wellington’s Newtown suburb on Monday night when at least six people died. Authorities say it may be days before a final death toll is known. Two bodies were recovered from the scene today. In ... <a title="Loafers Lodge fire: Man arrested and charged with arson" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/19/loafers-lodge-fire-man-arrested-and-charged-with-arson/" aria-label="Read more about Loafers Lodge fire: Man arrested and charged with arson">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dr Ausma Bernot, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security, Charles Sturt University Shutterstock Australian government agencies’ use of Chinese-made technology has been making headlines again. This time, the potential threat comes from DJI drones produced by China-headquartered company Da Jiang Innovations. A cessation ... <a title="Is China out to spy on us through drones and other tech? Perhaps that’s not the question we should be asking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/19/is-china-out-to-spy-on-us-through-drones-and-other-tech-perhaps-thats-not-the-question-we-should-be-asking-205576/" aria-label="Read more about Is China out to spy on us through drones and other tech? Perhaps that’s not the question we should be asking">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Prince, Affiliate of the University of Sydney Law School, University of Sydney Note of warning: This article refers to deceased Aboriginal people, their words, names and images. Words attributed to them and images in the article are already in the public domain. Also, historical language is ... <a title="‘Habits of civilised life’: how one state forced Indigenous people to meet onerous conditions to obtain citizenship" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/19/habits-of-civilised-life-how-one-state-forced-indigenous-people-to-meet-onerous-conditions-to-obtain-citizenship-202352/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Habits of civilised life’: how one state forced Indigenous people to meet onerous conditions to obtain citizenship">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dion Enari, Lecturer in Sport and Recreation, Auckland University of Technology Black Ferns rugby star Ruby Tui after winning the 2022 women’s Rugby World Cup. Getty Images We’re becoming more used to hearing and seeing te reo Māori in everyday use these days. And Pacific languages are ... <a title="‘You can’t speak what you can’t hear’ – how Māori and Pacific sports stars are helping revitalise vulnerable languages" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/19/you-cant-speak-what-you-cant-hear-how-maori-and-pacific-sports-stars-are-helping-revitalise-vulnerable-languages-203411/" aria-label="Read more about ‘You can’t speak what you can’t hear’ – how Māori and Pacific sports stars are helping revitalise vulnerable languages">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lorelle Holland, PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Alcohol management in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities has been a deeply divisive issue, as seen recently in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. Indigenous leaders called for and welcomed emergency restrictions on the sale of alcohol ... <a title="To reduce harm from alcohol, we need Indigenous-led responses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/19/to-reduce-harm-from-alcohol-we-need-indigenous-led-responses-204030/" aria-label="Read more about To reduce harm from alcohol, we need Indigenous-led responses">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Diesendorf, Honorary Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney Holli, Shutterstock Collectively we are driving Earth and civilisation towards collapse. Human activities have exceeded planetary boundaries. We are changing the climate, losing biodiversity, degrading land, contaminating freshwater, and damaging the nitrogen and phosphorus cycles upon which we all depend. ... <a title="Saving humanity: here’s a radical approach to building a sustainable and just society" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/19/saving-humanity-heres-a-radical-approach-to-building-a-sustainable-and-just-society-205566/" aria-label="Read more about Saving humanity: here’s a radical approach to building a sustainable and just society">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah O’Shea, Professor and Higher Education Researcher, Curtin University Shutterstock This article is part of our series on big ideas for the Universities Accord. The federal government is calling for ideas to “reshape and reimagine higher education, and set it up for the next decade and beyond”. ... <a title="These 5 equity ideas should be at the heart of the Universities Accord" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/19/these-5-equity-ideas-should-be-at-the-heart-of-the-universities-accord-203418/" aria-label="Read more about These 5 equity ideas should be at the heart of the Universities Accord">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Reading Margaret Simons’ recently released biography of Tanya Plibersek brought to mind an interesting question. What sort of Labor government would we have if Plibersek, rather than Anthony Albanese, had become Labor leader in 2019, and then won the 2022 ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Albanese governs on softly-softly catchee monkey formula. Would Plibersek or Chalmers have been bolder?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/18/grattan-on-friday-albanese-governs-on-softly-softly-catchee-monkey-formula-would-plibersek-or-chalmers-have-been-bolder-205933/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Albanese governs on softly-softly catchee monkey formula. Would Plibersek or Chalmers have been bolder?">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wenju Cai, Chief Research Scientist, Oceans and Atmosphere, CSIRO, CSIRO Human-caused greenhouse gas emissions mean strong El Niño and La Niña events are occurring more often, according to our new research, which provides important new evidence of the human fingerprint on Earth’s climate. For more than 30 ... <a title="New study helps solve a 30-year-old puzzle: how is climate change affecting El Niño and La Niña?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/18/new-study-helps-solve-a-30-year-old-puzzle-how-is-climate-change-affecting-el-nino-and-la-nina-205128/" aria-label="Read more about New study helps solve a 30-year-old puzzle: how is climate change affecting El Niño and La Niña?">Read more</a>
