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March 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joelle Gergis, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, Australian National University Solheimajokull, a glacier in Southern Iceland. whatafoto/flickr, CC BY-NC Last week, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its Synthesis Report of the Sixth Assessment Report, delivering a sobering assessment of the state of ... <a title="Fear and Wonder podcast: how scientists know the sea is rising" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/30/fear-and-wonder-podcast-how-scientists-know-the-sea-is-rising-202512/" aria-label="Read more about Fear and Wonder podcast: how scientists know the sea is rising">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Crystal Abidin, Professor & ARC DECRA Fellow, Internet Studies, Curtin University Cottonbro Studio/Pexels, CC BY-NC Before social media, students rarely knew their teachers beyond their professional position in the classroom. Perhaps we might bump into them in the neighbourhood, at a supermarket, or in a restaurant. But ... <a title="How ‘TeachTok’ is helping teachers connect with their students on TikTok" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/30/how-teachtok-is-helping-teachers-connect-with-their-students-on-tiktok-202240/" aria-label="Read more about How ‘TeachTok’ is helping teachers connect with their students on TikTok">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Evan Smith, Lecturer in History, Flinders University Twitter/ Wikimedia Last weekend, anti-trans campaigner Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, better known as Posie Parker, arrived to speak at a rally in Auckland, which was surrounded by supporters of trans rights. During this rally and counter-protest, Keen-Minshull was doused in tomato juice, ... <a title="The yolk’s on you: a brief history of throwing food and drink on people as protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/30/the-yolks-on-you-a-brief-history-of-throwing-food-and-drink-on-people-as-protest-202724/" aria-label="Read more about The yolk’s on you: a brief history of throwing food and drink on people as protest">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessa Rogers, First Nations Senior Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology Author provided It’s well understood that the digital divide disproportionately affects people living in regional Australian communities. Remote Aboriginal communities in particular are among the most digitally excluded, yet there is little research looking at how ... <a title="For remote Aboriginal families, limited phone and internet services make life hard. Here’s what they told us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/30/for-remote-aboriginal-families-limited-phone-and-internet-services-make-life-hard-heres-what-they-told-us-201295/" aria-label="Read more about For remote Aboriginal families, limited phone and internet services make life hard. Here’s what they told us">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Donne Potter, Professor, Research Centre for Hauora and Health, Massey University Getty Images Lasting damage to the heart and brain is an aspect of long COVID that should receive much more attention than it has so far. We have sufficient evidence now to call for ongoing ... <a title="Long COVID puts some people at higher risk of heart disease — they need better long-term monitoring" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/30/long-covid-puts-some-people-at-higher-risk-of-heart-disease-they-need-better-long-term-monitoring-202596/" aria-label="Read more about Long COVID puts some people at higher risk of heart disease — they need better long-term monitoring">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2023
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby Communication Minister Timothy Masiu has hit back at recent reports termed as “inaccurate” over the control of media in Papua New Guinea from his ministerial statement in Parliament. He said it was not true that the government was trying to control the media by setting up a Media Council. ... <a title="PNG’s Masiu denies ‘control of media’ but calls for ‘accountability’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/29/pngs-masiu-denies-control-of-media-but-calls-for-accountability/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s Masiu denies ‘control of media’ but calls for ‘accountability’">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2023
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital and social media journalist The Fiji government has announced it will repeal the controversial Media Industry Development Act 2010. Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka said cabinet had approved the tabling of a bill to repeal the Act “as a whole.” “The decision is pursuant to the People’s Coalition Government’s ... <a title="Fiji to scrap ‘dead in water’ media law with pledge to back independent journalism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/29/fiji-to-scrap-dead-in-water-media-law-with-pledge-to-back-independent-journalism/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji to scrap ‘dead in water’ media law with pledge to back independent journalism">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2023
By Giff Johnson in MajuroBig picture conversations about the future of the Pacific islands should be happening, but they are not, says one of the region’s foremost commentators in an interview published n the Marshall Islands Journal. Breaking down barriers between Pacific islands to spur economic development, visioning 21st century skills that island youth must ... <a title="‘Big picture vision’ conversations missing in Pacific, says Aqorau" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/29/big-picture-vision-conversations-missing-in-pacific-says-aqorau/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Big picture vision’ conversations missing in Pacific, says Aqorau">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock Asked to find an extra A$20 billion per year to fund government priorities like building nuclear submarines and responding to climate change, Australia’s top economists overwhelmingly back land tax, increased resource taxes, an attack ... <a title="Inheritance taxes, resource taxes and an attack on negative gearing: how top economists would raise $20 billion per year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/29/inheritance-taxes-resource-taxes-and-an-attack-on-negative-gearing-how-top-economists-would-raise-20-billion-per-year-202630/" aria-label="Read more about Inheritance taxes, resource taxes and an attack on negative gearing: how top economists would raise $20 billion per year">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brett Carter, Associate Professor, RMIT University Lightscape / Unsplash Over millennia, humans have observed and been inspired by beautiful displays of light bands dancing across dark night skies. Today, we call these lights the aurora: the aurora borealis in the northern hemisphere, and the aurora australis in ... <a title="What are auroras, and why do they come in different shapes and colours? Two experts explain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/29/what-are-auroras-and-why-do-they-come-in-different-shapes-and-colours-two-experts-explain-202618/" aria-label="Read more about What are auroras, and why do they come in different shapes and colours? Two experts explain">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter K. Lee, Research Fellow, Foreign Policy and Defence Program, USSC, University of Sydney The AUKUS submarine announcement earlier this month reignited a long-running debate about how to best preserve Australia’s sovereignty. The announcement addressed some key concerns. For example, the United States will sell (rather than ... <a title="Fears AUKUS will undermine Australia’s defence sovereignty are misplaced" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/29/fears-aukus-will-undermine-australias-defence-sovereignty-are-misplaced-202607/" aria-label="Read more about Fears AUKUS will undermine Australia’s defence sovereignty are misplaced">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christine Braid, Professional Learning and Development Facilitator in Literacy Education, Massey University Getty Images Anyone watching the debate over the National Party’s recent curriculum policy announcement could be forgiven for thinking there is a deep divide in education philosophy and best practice in New Zealand. The truth ... <a title="Teaching the ‘basics’ is critical – but what teachers really want are clear guidelines and expectations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/29/teaching-the-basics-is-critical-but-what-teachers-really-want-are-clear-guidelines-and-expectations-202714/" aria-label="Read more about Teaching the ‘basics’ is critical – but what teachers really want are clear guidelines and expectations">Read more</a>
