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August 6, 2023
By David Robie Two researchers examining responses to conspiratorial pandemic narratives have warned Aotearoa New Zealand not to be complacent over the risk of fringe views over climate crisis becoming populist. Byron C. Clark, a video essayist and author of the recent book Fear: New Zealand’s Hostile Underworld of Extremists, and Emmanuel Stokes, a postgraduate ... <a title="Researchers warn over climate crisis ‘fringe views’ danger as NZ election nears" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/06/researchers-warn-over-climate-crisis-fringe-views-danger-as-nz-election-nears/" aria-label="Read more about Researchers warn over climate crisis ‘fringe views’ danger as NZ election nears">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2023
The Paradise Bombed documentary about West Papua by Kristo Langker. Asia Pacific Report A new documentary and human rights report have documented savage attacks in 2021 by Indonesian security forces on a remote West Papuan village close to the Papua New Guinea border as part of an ongoing crackdown against growing calls for independence. The ... <a title="New documentary, human rights report allege Indonesian atrocities in West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/05/new-documentary-human-rights-report-allege-indonesian-atrocities-in-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about New documentary, human rights report allege Indonesian atrocities in West Papua">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2023
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital and social media journalist Pacific anti-nuclear advocacy groups and campaigners have condemned Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka’s backing of Japan’s plans to release over one million tonnes of treated nuclear wastewater from Fukushima into the Pacific Ocean. On Thursday, Rabuka announced he was “satisfied” with Japan’s efforts to ... <a title="Anti-nuclear group condemns Fiji PM Rabuka’s Fukushima wastewater stance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/05/anti-nuclear-group-condemns-fiji-pm-rabukas-fukushima-wastewater-stance/" aria-label="Read more about Anti-nuclear group condemns Fiji PM Rabuka’s Fukushima wastewater stance">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Nelson, Plant Geneticist, CSIRO Shutterstock If you walk into a bar in Italy, you might be served a dish of salty, nutritious snacks: lupin beans, a legume that has been eaten around the Mediterranean and in parts of the Middle East and Africa for thousands of ... <a title="Is this the protein plant of the future? New study finds ‘sweetness gene’ that makes lupins tastier" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/05/is-this-the-protein-plant-of-the-future-new-study-finds-sweetness-gene-that-makes-lupins-tastier-210985/" aria-label="Read more about Is this the protein plant of the future? New study finds ‘sweetness gene’ that makes lupins tastier">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2023
RNZ News The integration of RNZ’s digital team with the wider news team was meant to take place during the merger with TVNZ that never eventuated, the organisation’s board says. It comes after an investigation into the inappropriate edits being written into news stories blamed differences between news teams, a lack of supervision and inconsistent ... <a title="RNZ review: Changes to be made as ‘promptly as possible’, says chair" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/04/rnz-review-changes-to-be-made-as-promptly-as-possible-says-chair/" aria-label="Read more about RNZ review: Changes to be made as ‘promptly as possible’, says chair">Read more</a>
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August 4, 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 DEFENCE, FOREIGN AFFAIRS Adam Pearse (Herald): Threat of China’s Pacific pursuit driving New Zealand’s new defence and national security strategy Thomas Manch (Stuff): Defence Force needs to become ... <a title="Newsletter: August 4 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/04/newsletter-august-4-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: August 4 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato When Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022, German Chancellor Olaf Scholtz proclaimed a “Zeitenwende”, or historical turning point. It resulted in Germany’s first ever official national security strategy. The equivalent wake-up call in New Zealand was the 2019 Christchurch ... <a title="NZ’s first national security strategy signals a ‘turning point’ and the end of old certainties" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/04/nzs-first-national-security-strategy-signals-a-turning-point-and-the-end-of-old-certainties-210885/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s first national security strategy signals a ‘turning point’ and the end of old certainties">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bartholomew Stanford, Lecturer (Indigenous Knowledges) , Charles Darwin University Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article mentions people who have passed away. Names have been withheld out of respect for Sorry Business. The Garma Festival in Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory begins today. ... <a title="Garma is a festival of political discussion and celebration of culture. Will the Voice be a central theme?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/04/garma-is-a-festival-of-political-discussion-and-celebration-of-culture-will-the-voice-be-a-central-theme-210715/" aria-label="Read more about Garma is a festival of political discussion and celebration of culture. Will the Voice be a central theme?">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Md Safiullah (Safi), Senior Lecturer in Finance, RMIT University Islamic banks have become an integral part of the financial system in many Muslim-majority countries, as well as in nations with sizeable Muslim minorities such as the United Kingdom, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Australia is poised ... <a title="Australia will soon have its first Islamic bank. What does this mean, and what are the challenges?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/04/australia-will-soon-have-its-first-islamic-bank-what-does-this-mean-and-what-are-the-challenges-201867/" aria-label="Read more about Australia will soon have its first Islamic bank. What does this mean, and what are the challenges?">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samar Aoun, Perron Institute Research Chair in Palliative Care, The University of Western Australia Shutterstock Although it is associated with dying, palliative care is an approach focused on improving quality of life – or how people feel about and respond to facing a life-threatening illness. Palliative care ... <a title="What actually is palliative care? And how is it different to end-of-life care?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/04/what-actually-is-palliative-care-and-how-is-it-different-to-end-of-life-care-205488/" aria-label="Read more about What actually is palliative care? And how is it different to end-of-life care?">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Tingay, John Curtin Distinguished Professor (Radio Astronomy), Curtin University NASA/Eyes on Asteroids Asteroids are chunks of rock left over from the formation of our Solar System. Approximately half a billion asteroids with sizes greater than four metres in diameter orbit the Sun, travelling through our Solar ... <a title="‘City killers’ and half-giraffes: how many scary asteroids really go past Earth every year?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/04/city-killers-and-half-giraffes-how-many-scary-asteroids-really-go-past-earth-every-year-208838/" aria-label="Read more about ‘City killers’ and half-giraffes: how many scary asteroids really go past Earth every year?">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Mary Clancy, Lecturer, School of Psychology, Deakin University Shutterstock The sending and receiving of intimate images and videos is increasingly becoming a part of people’s sexual relationships – particularly for teenagers and young adults. Image-based “sexting” has steadily increased over the past few years. Aggregated data ... <a title="20% of young people who forwarded nudes say they had permission – but only 8% gave it. Why the gap?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/04/20-of-young-people-who-forwarded-nudes-say-they-had-permission-but-only-8-gave-it-why-the-gap-207913/" aria-label="Read more about 20% of young people who forwarded nudes say they had permission – but only 8% gave it. Why the gap?">Read more</a>
