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May 16, 2023
EDITORIAL: By The Fiji Times editor-in-chief Fred Wesley Sunday — May 14 — was an important date for Fiji. It is recorded in history as a day set aside to commemorate the Girmitiya. Sometimes we need a reminder to appreciate the importance of history, and what it means to us as a nation. THE FIJI ... <a title="Girmit Day – Shaping Fiji through hard work, blood, sweat and tears" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/16/girmit-day-shaping-fiji-through-hard-work-blood-sweat-and-tears/" aria-label="Read more about Girmit Day – Shaping Fiji through hard work, blood, sweat and tears">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2023
Pacific Media Watch More than 100 media leaders from around the world have joined Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in signing an unprecedented joint statement expressing support for detained Apple Daily founder and publisher Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong. They have called for his immediate release. Among the signatories are publishers, editors-in-chief, and senior editors from ... <a title="‘Free Jimmy Lai now’ plea by RSF and 100 global media leaders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/16/free-jimmy-lai-now-plea-by-rsf-and-100-global-media-leaders/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Free Jimmy Lai now’ plea by RSF and 100 global media leaders">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Miller, Senior Lecturer in Education, University of Newcastle Shutterstock Students from schools in low-income communities did not suffer significant “learning loss” during the pandemic years of 2020-2021, but instead improved in certain areas of study. That’s one key finding from our research, published recently in the ... <a title="A pandemic silver lining: how kids in some disadvantaged schools improved their results during COVID" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/16/a-pandemic-silver-lining-how-kids-in-some-disadvantaged-schools-improved-their-results-during-covid-203047/" aria-label="Read more about A pandemic silver lining: how kids in some disadvantaged schools improved their results during COVID">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tessa Morris-Suzuki, Professor Emerita, Australian National University shutterstock During an official visit to Australia in 2016, US President Joe Biden assured America’s Pacific allies that “We’re not trying to contain China”. That assurance is looking very shaky now. The Biden administration’s energetic promotion of the Quad grouping ... <a title="Joe Biden has said the US wasn’t trying to ‘contain’ China, but the evidence suggests otherwise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/16/joe-biden-has-said-the-us-wasnt-trying-to-contain-china-but-the-evidence-suggests-otherwise-204809/" aria-label="Read more about Joe Biden has said the US wasn’t trying to ‘contain’ China, but the evidence suggests otherwise">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Treasurer Jim Chalmers is the first in decades to declare war on what he calls the “pain of rising rents”. His first budget, in October, and his second, this month, contained a suite of measures ... <a title="4 ways to bring down rent and build homes faster than Labor’s $10 billion housing fund" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/16/4-ways-to-bring-down-rent-and-build-homes-faster-than-labors-10billion-housing-fund-205643/" aria-label="Read more about 4 ways to bring down rent and build homes faster than Labor’s $10 billion housing fund">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Smith, Professor of Archaeology (World Rock Art), School of Social Sciences, The University of Western Australia Three rock art panels were this month removed from Murujuga/Burrup in Western Australia to make way for a new A$6.4 billion fertiliser factory. Moving Indigenous rock art anywhere in the ... <a title="Murujuga’s rock art is being destroyed – where is the outrage?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/16/murujugas-rock-art-is-being-destroyed-where-is-the-outrage-205476/" aria-label="Read more about Murujuga’s rock art is being destroyed – where is the outrage?">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martin Williams, Research fellow, Swinburne University of Technology Shutterstock Kambô is an oozy substance harvested from the defensive skin secretions of the Amazonian giant monkey tree frog. In the traditional medicine of some indigenous peoples of the Amazon, Kambô is applied to superficial burns on the skin ... <a title="Illegal, occasionally deadly, and not much fun. What is the frog toxin Kambô and why do people use it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/16/illegal-occasionally-deadly-and-not-much-fun-what-is-the-frog-toxin-kambo-and-why-do-people-use-it-205401/" aria-label="Read more about Illegal, occasionally deadly, and not much fun. What is the frog toxin Kambô and why do people use it?">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elise Stephenson, Deputy Director, Global Institute for Women’s Leadership, Australian National University This week, the Australian Space Summit is celebrating some of our nation’s strengths and achievements in the space sector. But it’s taking place under the shadow of significant cuts to space technology investment announced in ... <a title="Just 1 in 5 employees in the space industry are women. This lack of diversity is holding us back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/16/just-1-in-5-employees-in-the-space-industry-are-women-this-lack-of-diversity-is-holding-us-back-205393/" aria-label="Read more about Just 1 in 5 employees in the space industry are women. This lack of diversity is holding us back">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Bean, Senior Lecturer in Microbiology and Fermentation Technology, Federation University Australia Shutterstock It’s estimated coeliac disease affects 1.4% of the world’s population – a staggering 112,000,000 people or so in total. People with this condition develop an abnormal immune reaction when they consume gluten – a ... <a title="An expert’s guide to drinking beer for people who don’t do well with gluten" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/16/an-experts-guide-to-drinking-beer-for-people-who-dont-do-well-with-gluten-201460/" aria-label="Read more about An expert’s guide to drinking beer for people who don’t do well with gluten">Read more</a>
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May 16, 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 WELLINGTON HOSTEL FIRE TRAGEDY Stuff: Live: Dozens of people feared dead in Wellington hostel fire Herald: Wellington fire at Newtown’s Loafers Lodge: Multiple people dead after large fire ... <a title="Newsletter: May 16 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/16/newsletter-may-16-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: May 16 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kristin Graham, Lecturer in Podiatry, University of South Australia Shutterstock Ankle sprain is one of the most common musculoskeletal injuries, particularly in sports like netball, basketball and football where jumping, landing on one foot and sudden direction changes are part of the game. Ankle sprains can be ... <a title="Do high top shoes actually reduce ankle sprain risk? Here’s what the research says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/16/do-high-top-shoes-actually-reduce-ankle-sprain-risk-heres-what-the-research-says-202852/" aria-label="Read more about Do high top shoes actually reduce ankle sprain risk? Here’s what the research says">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Grant Duncan, Associate Professor, School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University Prime Minister Chris Hipkins with Minister of Finance Grant Robertson: ‘doing the basics’. Getty Images If the recent flood of sleep-inducing pre-budget speeches and commentary is any indication, New Zealand voters can expect largely unimaginative ... <a title="Wellbeing is so last year – Labour’s ‘no frills’ budget points to an uninspiring NZ election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/16/wellbeing-is-so-last-year-labours-no-frills-budget-points-to-an-uninspiring-nz-election-205118/" aria-label="Read more about Wellbeing is so last year – Labour’s ‘no frills’ budget points to an uninspiring NZ election">Read more</a>
