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July 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gail Pacheco, Professor of Economics, Director of the NZ Work Research Institute, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images Literacy and numeracy are under the spotlight as Aotearoa New Zealand grapples with how to improve student performance in these basic skills. At the beginning of 2023, the government ... <a title="Curriculum changes must tackle the lifelong consequences of NZ’s alarming literacy and numeracy declines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/20/curriculum-changes-must-tackle-the-lifelong-consequences-of-nzs-alarming-literacy-and-numeracy-declines-209326/" aria-label="Read more about Curriculum changes must tackle the lifelong consequences of NZ’s alarming literacy and numeracy declines">Read more</a>
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July 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alyson Crozier, Senior Lecturer, Exercise and Sport Psychology, University of South Australia The FIFA Women’s World Cup is held just once every four years, and for the first time ever, it’s on home soil for Australia and New Zealand. So will the host nations’ sides, the Matildas ... <a title="Will the Matildas and Football Ferns have a home ground advantage?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/20/will-the-matildas-and-football-ferns-have-a-home-ground-advantage-205201/" aria-label="Read more about Will the Matildas and Football Ferns have a home ground advantage?">Read more</a>
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July 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Prudence Flowers, Senior Lecturer in US History, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Flinders University Production on US film and television sets has ground to a halt as Hollywood actors have joined writers in walking off sets. At issue are residuals (or royalties), streaming services and ... <a title="How Ronald Reagan led the 1960 actors’ strike – and then became an anti-union president" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/20/how-ronald-reagan-led-the-1960-actors-strike-and-then-became-an-anti-union-president-209800/" aria-label="Read more about How Ronald Reagan led the 1960 actors’ strike – and then became an anti-union president">Read more</a>
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July 20, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Peter C. Pugsley, University of Adelaide While Christopher Nolan’s new film Oppenheimer is opening in much of the world this week, a Japanese release date has not yet been announced. A delay in naming a release date is nothing new for Japan, where Hollywood releases often take place weeks or months later than ... <a title="Yes, Oppenheimer isn’t opening in Japan this week – but the country has a long history of cinema about the war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/20/yes-oppenheimer-isnt-opening-in-japan-this-week-but-the-country-has-a-long-history-of-cinema-about-the-war/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, Oppenheimer isn’t opening in Japan this week – but the country has a long history of cinema about the war">Read more</a>
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July 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shreya Mcleod, Course Coordinator & Lecturer, Physiotherapy, Australian Catholic University The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup starts today, and more teams are taking part than ever before. The number of women and girls playing soccer around the world has also increased from about five million in 2014 ... <a title="Do women soccer players have more concussions? This world cup and beyond, here’s how to keep our players safe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/20/do-women-soccer-players-have-more-concussions-this-world-cup-and-beyond-heres-how-to-keep-our-players-safe-208292/" aria-label="Read more about Do women soccer players have more concussions? This world cup and beyond, here’s how to keep our players safe">Read more</a>
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July 20, 2023
RNZ News Two people have been killed in a shooting in Auckland central business district today. At least six people are also wounded, including police officers. Police say the situation is now contained and the shooter is dead. They were alerted to the incident when someone discharged a firearm inside a construction site at about ... <a title="Two people killed in Auckland CBD shooting, gunman dead, NZ police confirm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/20/two-people-killed-in-auckland-cbd-shooting-gunman-dead-nz-police-confirm/" aria-label="Read more about Two people killed in Auckland CBD shooting, gunman dead, NZ police confirm">Read more</a>
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July 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natasha Hurley-Walker, Radio Astronomer, Curtin University The International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, Author provided Last year, we made an intriguing discovery – a radio signal in space that switched on and off every 18 minutes. Astronomers expect to see some repeating radio signals in space, but ... <a title="A mysterious interstellar radio signal has been blinking on and off every 22 minutes for over 30 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/20/a-mysterious-interstellar-radio-signal-has-been-blinking-on-and-off-every-22-minutes-for-over-30-years-205237/" aria-label="Read more about A mysterious interstellar radio signal has been blinking on and off every 22 minutes for over 30 years">Read more</a>
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July 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam "Ben" Rohrlach, Mathematics Lecturer and Ancient DNA Researcher, University of Adelaide Nomadic animal-herders from the Eurasian steppe mingled with Copper Age farmers in southeastern Europe centuries earlier than previously thought. In a new study published in Nature, we used ancient DNA to gain new insights into ... <a title="Ancient DNA reveals the earliest evidence of the last massive human migration to Western Europe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/20/ancient-dna-reveals-the-earliest-evidence-of-the-last-massive-human-migration-to-western-europe-210056/" aria-label="Read more about Ancient DNA reveals the earliest evidence of the last massive human migration to Western Europe">Read more</a>
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July 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Victoria Cooper, Research editor, United States Study Centre, University of Sydney Why, in a country of more than 330 million people, does it appear that Americans will have to choose between Joe Biden or Donald Trump at the 2024 US presidential election? Sure, not everyone can run ... <a title="Why the 2024 US presidential election will likely be a choice between Biden and Trump again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/20/why-the-2024-us-presidential-election-will-likely-be-a-choice-between-biden-and-trump-again-209408/" aria-label="Read more about Why the 2024 US presidential election will likely be a choice between Biden and Trump again">Read more</a>
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July 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Collins, Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle Jose Ignacio Pompe/Unsplash The cost of groceries has risen substantially over the last year. Food and non-alcoholic drinks rose by 7.9% in the year to May, with biggest increases in dairy products (15.1%), breads and cereals ... <a title="The cost of living is biting. Here’s how to spend less on meat and dairy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/20/the-cost-of-living-is-biting-heres-how-to-spend-less-on-meat-and-dairy-206703/" aria-label="Read more about The cost of living is biting. Here’s how to spend less on meat and dairy">Read more</a>
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July 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brandon Michael Sideleau, PhD student studying human-saltwater crocodile conflict, Charles Darwin University Shutterstock Last week, a 67-year-old man was bitten on the arm by a saltwater crocodile at a waterhole in the Northern Territory’s Top End. Predictably, the incident has prompted debate over whether a crocodile cull ... <a title="The Northern Territory does not have a crocodile problem – and ‘salties’ do not need culling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/20/the-northern-territory-does-not-have-a-crocodile-problem-and-salties-do-not-need-culling-209863/" aria-label="Read more about The Northern Territory does not have a crocodile problem – and ‘salties’ do not need culling">Read more</a>
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July 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter C. Pugsley, Associate professor, Department of English, Creative Writing and Film, University of Adelaide © Universal Pictures. All Rights Reserved. While Christopher Nolan’s new film Oppenheimer is opening in much of the world this week, a Japanese release date has not yet been announced. A delay ... <a title="Yes, Oppenheimer isn’t opening in Japan this week – but the country has a long history of cinema about the war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/20/yes-oppenheimer-isnt-opening-in-japan-this-week-but-the-country-has-a-long-history-of-cinema-about-the-war-209876/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, Oppenheimer isn’t opening in Japan this week – but the country has a long history of cinema about the war">Read more</a>
