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June 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Laird, Honorary Principal Fellow, University of Wollongong The Tokaido Shinkansen in Japan. Philip Laird, Author provided Australia’s new High Speed Rail Authority comes into being today. Created by the Albanese government, the authority and its newly named board have been set a challenging task: “bring high-speed ... <a title="Can the new High Speed Rail Authority deliver after 4 decades of costly studies?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/13/can-the-new-high-speed-rail-authority-deliver-after-4-decades-of-costly-studies-206287/" aria-label="Read more about Can the new High Speed Rail Authority deliver after 4 decades of costly studies?">Read more</a>
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June 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christine McCarthy, Senior Lecturer in Interior Architecture, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images It is hard to find much joy in the Prison Inspectorate’s report on segregation and cell confinement released today. It finds many prisoners in New Zealand are kept in solitary ... <a title="A watershed report on solitary confinement in NZ prisons must now trigger real reform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/13/a-watershed-report-on-solitary-confinement-in-nz-prisons-must-now-trigger-real-reform-207597/" aria-label="Read more about A watershed report on solitary confinement in NZ prisons must now trigger real reform">Read more</a>
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June 13, 2023
RNZ News The RNZ board is meeting tonight to begin setting up an independent review on how pro-Russian sentiment was inserted into a number of its online stories. An RNZ digital journalist has been placed on leave after it came to light he had changed copy from news agency Reuters on the war in Ukraine ... <a title="RNZ board to begin setting up independent review of pro-Russia edits to stories" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/13/rnz-board-to-begin-setting-up-independent-review-of-pro-russia-edits-to-stories/" aria-label="Read more about RNZ board to begin setting up independent review of pro-Russia edits to stories">Read more</a>
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June 13, 2023
Analysis by Geoffrey Miller Timing is everything. After months of mixed signals, Chris Hipkins will head to China at the end of June. The New Zealand Prime Minister’s long-awaited visit to Beijing will come shortly before he attends July’s NATO summit in Vilnius. The careful timing of the PM’s China trip – billed as a ... <a title="Geoffrey Miller’s Political Roundup: What to expect from Chris Hipkins’ trip to China" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/13/geoffrey-millers-political-roundup-what-to-expect-from-chris-hipkins-trip-to-china/" aria-label="Read more about Geoffrey Miller’s Political Roundup: What to expect from Chris Hipkins’ trip to China">Read more</a>
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June 13, 2023
Headline: Geopolitical balancing in the W/SW Pacific. – 36th Parallel Assessments Last year the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Solomon Islands signed a bilateral security agreement that includes police training and port visits by Chinese security advisors and naval vessels. This includes training in “crowd control” and protection of Chinese investments in the ... <a title="Geopolitical balancing in the W/SW Pacific." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/13/geopolitical-balancing-in-the-w-sw-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Geopolitical balancing in the W/SW Pacific.">Read more</a>
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June 13, 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 ELECTION, PARLIAMENT Brent Edwards (NBR): The NBR List 2023: National, Act benefit from Lister donations (paywalled) Brent Edwards (NBR): Threat to New Zealand’s social cohesion (paywalled) Greg Hurrell (BusinessDesk): Trust and ... <a title="Newsletter: June 13 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/13/newsletter-june-13-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: June 13 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
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June 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Trenberth, Distinguished Scholar, NCAR; Affiliate Faculty, University of Auckland Getty Images El Niño is officially here, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and with it comes a change from the La Niña weather patterns New Zealand has experienced for the past three years. ... <a title="El Niño combined with global warming means big changes for New Zealand’s weather" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/13/el-nino-combined-with-global-warming-means-big-changes-for-new-zealands-weather-207493/" aria-label="Read more about El Niño combined with global warming means big changes for New Zealand’s weather">Read more</a>
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June 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Evangeline Mantzioris, Program Director of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Accredited Practising Dietitian, University of South Australia Shutterstock Rice is a staple food for billions of people in Asia and Africa. It’s also a versatile ingredient for many iconic dishes from around the world, including dolmades from Greece, ... <a title="Do you need to wash rice before cooking? Here’s the science" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/13/do-you-need-to-wash-rice-before-cooking-heres-the-science-204692/" aria-label="Read more about Do you need to wash rice before cooking? Here’s the science">Read more</a>
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June 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liquan Liu, Senior lecturer, Western Sydney University Shutterstock None of us is a stranger to the downsides of the pandemic. For families with kids, kindergartens and schools closed during the lockdown, and parents had to manage schooling and working from home. Yet there is a silver lining: ... <a title="A silver lining from the pandemic: how lockdowns helped kids learn the languages their parents speak" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/13/a-silver-lining-from-the-pandemic-how-lockdowns-helped-kids-learn-the-languages-their-parents-speak-205012/" aria-label="Read more about A silver lining from the pandemic: how lockdowns helped kids learn the languages their parents speak">Read more</a>
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June 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Wood, Professor, epidemiological modelling of infectious diseases, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock Each Omicron wave so far in Australia has had distinguishing features – the sharp rise and fall of BA.1, the widespread transmission among children and families in BA.2, a shift to more infections in older people ... <a title="We’re in another COVID wave. But it’s not like the others" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/13/were-in-another-covid-wave-but-its-not-like-the-others-206493/" aria-label="Read more about We’re in another COVID wave. But it’s not like the others">Read more</a>
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June 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susanne Schmidt, Professor – School of Agriculture and Food Science, The University of Queensland New Africa, Shutterstock Most food and garden waste in Australia comes from homes. Australian households waste 3.1 million tonnes of food each year. That’s more than five kilograms each household per week. Over ... <a title="The case for compost: why recycling food waste is so much better than sending it to landfill" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/13/the-case-for-compost-why-recycling-food-waste-is-so-much-better-than-sending-it-to-landfill-205583/" aria-label="Read more about The case for compost: why recycling food waste is so much better than sending it to landfill">Read more</a>
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June 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Russell Tytler, Professor of science education, Deakin University Bianca De Marchi/AAP The case for action on climate change no longer needs to be laid out. We see, almost daily, disturbing images of bushfires, floods or a mass extinction crisis. But however widespread that sense of urgency may ... <a title="How should we teach climate change in schools? It starts with ‘turbo charging’ teacher education" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/13/how-should-we-teach-climate-change-in-schools-it-starts-with-turbo-charging-teacher-education-207221/" aria-label="Read more about How should we teach climate change in schools? It starts with ‘turbo charging’ teacher education">Read more</a>
