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May 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Warren, Associate Professor, College of Business and Economics, Australian National University Shutterstock Australia’s superannuation funds are getting bigger – and fewer. There were close to 400 funds in 2010. With mergers, it’s now closer to 120. By 2025, according to industry executives surveyed last year, there ... <a title="Are bigger super funds better? Actually no, despite what the industry is doing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/15/are-bigger-super-funds-better-actually-no-despite-what-the-industry-is-doing-203417/" aria-label="Read more about Are bigger super funds better? Actually no, despite what the industry is doing">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kim Toffoletti, Associate Professor of Sociology, Deakin University Getty Images The “Cost of Beauty”, a short video recently released by global beauty brand Dove, highlights the damaging effects of social media on young womens’ body image and self esteem. It forms part of a wider campaign that ... <a title="We have all heard social media can impact women’s body image – but it isn’t all bad" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/15/we-have-all-heard-social-media-can-impact-womens-body-image-but-it-isnt-all-bad-205214/" aria-label="Read more about We have all heard social media can impact women’s body image – but it isn’t all bad">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2023
SPECIAL REPORT: By Ena Manuireva Mā’ohi Nui and the Pacific region has witnessed a historical moment at the Territorial Assembly when Oscar Temaru, leader of the pro-independence party Tavini Huira’atira, sat briefly in the most important chair of the chamber. He presided over the election of the new Speaker (president) of the House. This honour ... <a title="Brotherson ushers in bold new era of Tavini governance for Mā’ohi Nui" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/13/brotherson-ushers-in-bold-new-era-of-tavini-governance-for-maohi-nui/" aria-label="Read more about Brotherson ushers in bold new era of Tavini governance for Mā’ohi Nui">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2023
PNG’s Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko steps aside. Video: ABC News ABC PACIFIC BEAT: By Marian Faa, Prianka Srinivasan and Belinda Kora Papua New Guinea’s Foreign Minister has stepped aside after a widespread backlash to comments he made in defence of a video his daughter posted on TikTok. Justin Tkatchenko called critics of the video “primitive ... <a title="PNG’s Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko steps aside over video row" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/13/pngs-foreign-minister-justin-tkatchenko-steps-aside-over-video-row/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko steps aside over video row">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas R Patton, Postdoctoral Researcher, Integrated Terrain Analysis Program, Desert Research Institute James Shulmeister, Author provided Sand dunes are not an obvious place to find high-quality fire records. For a start, anyone who walks on the forested sand dunes of South-East Queensland will be impressed by the ... <a title="A new source of fire records, hidden in the sands, gives us a bigger picture of the risks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/12/a-new-source-of-fire-records-hidden-in-the-sands-gives-us-a-bigger-picture-of-the-risks-205558/" aria-label="Read more about A new source of fire records, hidden in the sands, gives us a bigger picture of the risks">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan, Professor, Biological Sciences Department, University of Cape Town Peter Schouten, Author provided Although long dead, fossil skeletons provide an incredible window into the lifestyle and environment of an extinct animal. By analysing the various features of fossil bones we can reveal not only the overall ... <a title="These giant ‘drop bears’ with opposable thumbs once scaled trees in Australia. But how did they grow so huge?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/12/these-giant-drop-bears-with-opposable-thumbs-once-scaled-trees-in-australia-but-how-did-they-grow-so-huge-205117/" aria-label="Read more about These giant ‘drop bears’ with opposable thumbs once scaled trees in Australia. But how did they grow so huge?">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Renee Carey, Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University Shutterstock Social media platforms such as Instagram, TikTok and Facebook overwhelmingly show vaping in a positive light. This messaging makes it seem that e-cigarette use is common and socially accepted. Traditional tobacco advertising has been banned in Australia for decades. ... <a title="TikTok promotes vaping as a fun, safe and socially accepted pastime – and omits the harms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/12/tiktok-promotes-vaping-as-a-fun-safe-and-socially-accepted-pastime-and-omits-the-harms-203423/" aria-label="Read more about TikTok promotes vaping as a fun, safe and socially accepted pastime – and omits the harms">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2023
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Papua New Guinea’s opposition has called on Foreign Affairs Minister Justin Tkatchenko to resign after calling critics of his trip to London for King Charles’ coronation “primitive animals”. Minister Tkatchenko made the comment on ABC when addressing critics of his daughter’s TikTok video about attending the coronation in London ... <a title="Resign call to PNG’s foreign minister over his ‘primitive animals’ slur" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/12/resign-call-to-pngs-foreign-minister-over-his-primitive-animals-slur/" aria-label="Read more about Resign call to PNG’s foreign minister over his ‘primitive animals’ slur">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carmel Pascale, Visiting Research Fellow, School of Humanities, University of Adelaide Stan The first episode of Ten Pound Poms opens onto a bleak scene. As snow falls against a grey sky in Manchester, Terry Roberts (Warren Brown) works to repair buildings damaged during the second world war. ... <a title="What BBC and Stan series Ten Pound Poms gets right – and wrong – about the British migrant experience in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/12/what-bbc-and-stan-series-ten-pound-poms-gets-right-and-wrong-about-the-british-migrant-experience-in-australia-204764/" aria-label="Read more about What BBC and Stan series Ten Pound Poms gets right – and wrong – about the British migrant experience in Australia">Read more</a>
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May 12, 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 PARLIAMENT, ELECTION Steve Kilgallon (Post): Te Pāti Māori will become a permanent part of government – John Tamihere (paywalled) Steve Kilgallon (Stuff): No GST on food, no monarchy, tax ... <a title="Newsletter: May 12 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/12/newsletter-may-12-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: May 12 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brad E Tucker, Astrophysicist, Australian National University NASA / ESA / P Kelly How did we get here? Where are we going? And how long will it take? These questions are as old as humanity itself, and, if they’ve already been asked by other species elsewhere in ... <a title="How fast is the Universe really expanding? Multiple views of an exploding star raise new questions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/12/how-fast-is-the-universe-really-expanding-multiple-views-of-an-exploding-star-raise-new-questions-205242/" aria-label="Read more about How fast is the Universe really expanding? Multiple views of an exploding star raise new questions">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shi Dai, ARC DECRA Fellow, Western Sydney University Shutterstock Fast radio bursts – intense, milliseconds-long flashes of radio energy from outer space – have puzzled astronomers since they were first spotted in 2007. A single burst can emit as much energy in its brief life as the ... <a title="Flip-flopping magnetic fields hint at a solution for puzzling fast radio bursts from space" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/12/flip-flopping-magnetic-fields-hint-at-a-solution-for-puzzling-fast-radio-bursts-from-space-204902/" aria-label="Read more about Flip-flopping magnetic fields hint at a solution for puzzling fast radio bursts from space">Read more</a>
