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October 12, 2023
Asia Pacific Report A progressive foreign policy group is calling for the New Zealand government to condemn the siege of Gaza, and demand an immediate ceasefire to allow the establishment of a humanitarian aid corridor in the region. Israel’s complete siege on the Gaza Strip has cut off power, food, water, electricity and fuel to ... <a title="Foreign policy group Te Kuaka calls on NZ to urge immediate Gaza ceasefire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/12/foreign-policy-group-te-kuaka-calls-on-nz-to-urge-immediate-gaza-ceasefire/" aria-label="Read more about Foreign policy group Te Kuaka calls on NZ to urge immediate Gaza ceasefire">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kirk Dodd, Lecturer in English and Writing, University of Sydney Kate Williams/Seymour Centre and Sport For Jove Shakespeare wrote his famous narrative poem Venus and Adonis in a lockdown era when, in 1593, the bubonic plague closed the theatres in London for 18 months. In Shakespeare’s poem ... <a title="Venus and Adonis: this ‘play within a plague’ about Shakespeare is wildly romantic, erotic and colourful" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/12/venus-and-adonis-this-play-within-a-plague-about-shakespeare-is-wildly-romantic-erotic-and-colourful-212705/" aria-label="Read more about Venus and Adonis: this ‘play within a plague’ about Shakespeare is wildly romantic, erotic and colourful">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Graves, Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Vice Chancellor’s Fellow, La Trobe University Shutterstock Since gay couples have fewer children, the high frequency of same-sex relationships in humans is puzzling from an evolutionary point of view. Perhaps there are social advantages such relationships confer on a group, ... <a title="How – and why – did homosexual behaviour evolve in humans and other animals?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/12/how-and-why-did-homosexual-behaviour-evolve-in-humans-and-other-animals-215331/" aria-label="Read more about How – and why – did homosexual behaviour evolve in humans and other animals?">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2023
By Lawrence Fong in Port Moresby Cheaper loans will be a key agenda for Papua New Guinea officials when Prime Minister James Marape leads a delegation of government and business leaders to China for bilateral talks next week. Treasurer Ian Ling-Stuckey, who is going to be part of the delegation, made the announcement earlier this ... <a title="PNG eyes China for more ‘cheaper’ loans as ties gain momentum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/12/png-eyes-china-for-more-cheaper-loans-as-ties-gain-momentum/" aria-label="Read more about PNG eyes China for more ‘cheaper’ loans as ties gain momentum">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lewis Ingram, Lecturer in Physiotherapy, University of South Australia Chiociolla/Shutterstock Cardio, short for cardiovascular exercise, refers to any form of rhythmic physical activity that increases your heart rate and breathing so the heart and lungs can deliver oxygen to the working muscles. Essentially, it’s the type of ... <a title="Treadmill, exercise bike, rowing machine: what’s the best option for cardio at home?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/12/treadmill-exercise-bike-rowing-machine-whats-the-best-option-for-cardio-at-home-213352/" aria-label="Read more about Treadmill, exercise bike, rowing machine: what’s the best option for cardio at home?">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kirk Dodd, Lecturer in English and Writing, University of Sydney Kate Williams/Seymour Centre and Sport For Jove Shakespeare wrote his famous narrative poem Venus and Adonis in a lockdown era when, in 1593, the bubonic plague closed the theatres in London for 18 months. In Shakespeare’s poem ... <a title="Venus and Adonis: this ‘plague within a play’ about Shakespeare is wildly romantic, erotic and colourful" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/12/venus-and-adonis-this-plague-within-a-play-about-shakespeare-is-wildly-romantic-erotic-and-colourful-212705/" aria-label="Read more about Venus and Adonis: this ‘plague within a play’ about Shakespeare is wildly romantic, erotic and colourful">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Isabella Reeves, PhD Candidate, Flinders University Whalers and Old Tom on the hunt Charles Eden Wellings/WIkimedia Commons, CC BY-SA For generations, the Thaua people worked with killer whales to hunt large whales in the water of Twofold Bay, on the southern coast of New South Wales. Killer ... <a title="For generations, killer whales and First Nations hunted whales together. Now we suspect the orca group has gone extinct" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/12/for-generations-killer-whales-and-first-nations-hunted-whales-together-now-we-suspect-the-orca-group-has-gone-extinct-213556/" aria-label="Read more about For generations, killer whales and First Nations hunted whales together. Now we suspect the orca group has gone extinct">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mati Keynes, McKenzie Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne shutterstock I never learned about this in school! This is an all-too familiar response from those learning Indigenous histories in Australia. The recent take-up of false claims – such as that a Voice to Parliament would result ... <a title="3 key moments in Indigenous political history Victorian school students didn’t learn about" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/12/3-key-moments-in-indigenous-political-history-victorian-school-students-didnt-learn-about-213756/" aria-label="Read more about 3 key moments in Indigenous political history Victorian school students didn’t learn about">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoffrey Robinson, Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University The academic study of public opinion is a well-developed area. One foundational finding is that while the views of voters often seem contradictory and incoherent, these apparent inconsistencies have a pattern. The views that voters ... <a title="When it comes to Indigenous affairs, Australian voters’ opinions are complicated" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/12/when-it-comes-to-indigenous-affairs-australian-voters-opinions-are-complicated-215426/" aria-label="Read more about When it comes to Indigenous affairs, Australian voters’ opinions are complicated">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bartholomew Stanford, Lecturer (Indigenous Knowledges) , Charles Darwin University This weekend, Australia will vote on the enshrinement in the Constitution of the Voice to Parliament. The “no” campaign has expressed many concerns about how the Voice to Parliament will operate as a First Nations advisory body. But ... <a title="Some states already have Indigenous advisory bodies. What are they, and how would the Voice be different?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/12/some-states-already-have-indigenous-advisory-bodies-what-are-they-and-how-would-the-voice-be-different-214726/" aria-label="Read more about Some states already have Indigenous advisory bodies. What are they, and how would the Voice be different?">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Thomas, Lecturer in Middle East Studies, Deakin University Hamas’ attack on the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War was the deadliest single day in Israeli history. Showers of rockets, kidnappings and indiscriminate killings have led to a death toll already over 1,200 Israelis, leading many ... <a title="What’s at stake now for legitimacy in both Israel and the push for Palestinian self-determination?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/12/whats-at-stake-now-for-legitimacy-in-both-israel-and-the-push-for-palestinian-self-determination-215341/" aria-label="Read more about What’s at stake now for legitimacy in both Israel and the push for Palestinian self-determination?">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2023
Analysis by Keith Rankin. This chart shows the anomalous economy which is Ireland. In tradingeconomics.com, Ireland and New Zealand are shown as having exactly the same population (5.15m). Yet Ireland has a GDP of $US529 billion, whereas New Zealand has a GDP of $US247 billion, less than half. (Even Sweden, with double Ireland’s population, has ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Economic Growth: Ireland compared to Australasia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/12/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-economic-growth-ireland-compared-to-australasia/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Economic Growth: Ireland compared to Australasia">Read more</a>
