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Year: 2023

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Working with kids, being passionate about a subject, making a difference: what makes people switch careers to teaching?

May 26, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Siostrom, Associate Lecturer in Science Education, University of the Sunshine Coast Yan Krukau/Pexels Teacher shortages around Australia mean there is an ongoing debate about how to attract, retain and educate more teachers. One part of the push to increase teacher numbers is encouraging people to swap ... <a title="Working with kids, being passionate about a subject, making a difference: what makes people switch careers to teaching?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/26/working-with-kids-being-passionate-about-a-subject-making-a-difference-what-makes-people-switch-careers-to-teaching-205999/" aria-label="Read more about Working with kids, being passionate about a subject, making a difference: what makes people switch careers to teaching?">Read more</a>

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I helped expose insurers for denying medical claims. 15 years on, a court has found what they did is illegal

May 26, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Koh, Honorary Associate, Faculty of Business, School of Management, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock A court judgement handed down last Friday has delivered what years of promises from Australia’s life insurance industry have not – insurance that pays out on what it says it will. I ... <a title="I helped expose insurers for denying medical claims. 15 years on, a court has found what they did is illegal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/26/i-helped-expose-insurers-for-denying-medical-claims-15-years-on-a-court-has-found-what-they-did-is-illegal-206078/" aria-label="Read more about I helped expose insurers for denying medical claims. 15 years on, a court has found what they did is illegal">Read more</a>

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Fiji’s Great Council of Chiefs reinstates native land lease policy

May 26, 2023

By Iliesa Tora, RNZ Pacific senior journalist, and Kelvin Anthony, lead digital and social media journalist Fiji’s Great Council of Chiefs has endorsed the reinstatement of a lease distribution policy with the iTaukei Land Trust Board. The decision was reached by interim council members who met on Bau Island yesterday shortly after the historic re-establishment ... <a title="Fiji’s Great Council of Chiefs reinstates native land lease policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/26/fijis-great-council-of-chiefs-reinstates-native-land-lease-policy/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s Great Council of Chiefs reinstates native land lease policy">Read more</a>

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Grattan on Friday: Labor’s national conference looms but the party’s rank and file has lost its bite

May 25, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Stuart Robert, one of the ministers involved in the notorious Robodebt scheme, can anticipate some sharp criticism when the royal commission’s findings come. Robert won’t be able to avoid the flak, but he has made sure he is out of ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Labor’s national conference looms but the party’s rank and file has lost its bite" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/25/grattan-on-friday-labors-national-conference-looms-but-the-partys-rank-and-file-has-lost-its-bite-206413/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Labor’s national conference looms but the party’s rank and file has lost its bite">Read more</a>

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Empowerment, individual strength and the many facets of love: why I fell for Tina Turner

May 25, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leigh Carriage, Senior Lecturer in Music, Southern Cross University For singers – amateur and professional alike – the name Tina Turner evokes instant reverence: Turner is a singer’s singer and perhaps the performer’s performer. A highly successful songwriter, the consummate dancer and fittingly ranked as one of ... <a title="Empowerment, individual strength and the many facets of love: why I fell for Tina Turner" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/25/empowerment-individual-strength-and-the-many-facets-of-love-why-i-fell-for-tina-turner-206395/" aria-label="Read more about Empowerment, individual strength and the many facets of love: why I fell for Tina Turner">Read more</a>

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What was behind Australia’s potato shortage? Wet weather and hard-to-control diseases

May 25, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ronika Thapa, PhD Student, University of Tasmania Shutterstock If you’ve been into a fish and chip shop in the last 12 months, you may well have seen a notice tacked to the wall about the impact of the potato shortage. Supermarkets, too, slapped temporary limits on frozen ... <a title="What was behind Australia’s potato shortage? Wet weather and hard-to-control diseases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/25/what-was-behind-australias-potato-shortage-wet-weather-and-hard-to-control-diseases-205847/" aria-label="Read more about What was behind Australia’s potato shortage? Wet weather and hard-to-control diseases">Read more</a>

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Why is climbing Mount Everest so dangerous?

May 25, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brad Clark, Senior research fellow, University of Canberra Shutterstock The recent death of Australian man Jason Kennison after reaching the summit of Mount Everest highlights how dangerous mountain climbing can be. Details of what went wrong as Kennison descended from the summit have yet to be confirmed ... <a title="Why is climbing Mount Everest so dangerous?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/25/why-is-climbing-mount-everest-so-dangerous-206099/" aria-label="Read more about Why is climbing Mount Everest so dangerous?">Read more</a>

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Labor’s Julian Hill on employment, AI, Julian Assange and TikTok

May 25, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The federal budget gave a much-needed, but very modest, increase to those on JobSeeker and associated payments. However, it didn’t address that other important issue of the unemployed: how to help as many JobSeekers as possible to get into work, ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Labor’s Julian Hill on employment, AI, Julian Assange and TikTok" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/25/politics-with-michelle-grattan-labors-julian-hill-on-employment-ai-julian-assange-and-tiktok-206399/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Labor’s Julian Hill on employment, AI, Julian Assange and TikTok">Read more</a>

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Expansive, exciting and free: how Zelda’s Tears of the Kingdom unlocks the potential of open world gaming

May 25, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Birt, Associate Professor of Computer Games and Associate Dean Engagement, Bond University Nintendo Whether you’re an experienced gamer or simply curious about the allure of open world games, Nintendo’s latest installment in the long-running (35-year) Zelda franchise, Tears of the Kingdom provides a captivating single-player journey ... <a title="Expansive, exciting and free: how Zelda’s Tears of the Kingdom unlocks the potential of open world gaming" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/25/expansive-exciting-and-free-how-zeldas-tears-of-the-kingdom-unlocks-the-potential-of-open-world-gaming-206176/" aria-label="Read more about Expansive, exciting and free: how Zelda’s Tears of the Kingdom unlocks the potential of open world gaming">Read more</a>

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Working from home immoral? A lesson in ethics, and history, for Elon Musk

May 25, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dale Tweedie, Senior lecturer, Macquarie University Lewis Hine/Shutterstock Elon Musk doesn’t like people working from home. A year ago he declared the end of remote work for employees at car maker Tesla. Now he has called the desire of the “laptop classes” to work from home “immoral”. ... <a title="Working from home immoral? A lesson in ethics, and history, for Elon Musk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/25/working-from-home-immoral-a-lesson-in-ethics-and-history-for-elon-musk-205992/" aria-label="Read more about Working from home immoral? A lesson in ethics, and history, for Elon Musk">Read more</a>

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Court acquits Tahitian politician Oscar Temaru in anti-nuclear radio case

May 25, 2023

RNZ Pacific The Appeal Court in French Polynesia has acquitted the pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru and two others in the case of the funding of community Radio Tefana. Pro-independence community station Radio Tefana … acquitted over the US$1 million broadcast case. Image: Radio Tefana/RNZ In 2019, Temaru was given a six-month suspended prison sentence and ... <a title="Court acquits Tahitian politician Oscar Temaru in anti-nuclear radio case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/25/court-acquits-tahitian-politician-oscar-temaru-in-anti-nuclear-radio-case/" aria-label="Read more about Court acquits Tahitian politician Oscar Temaru in anti-nuclear radio case">Read more</a>