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February 22, 2023
PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinean security forces have been authorised to use the full force of the law to secure the four captives being held hostage by an armed gang in Bosavi, Nipa-Kutubu, Southern Highlands province since Sunday. Police Commissioner David Manning said the abductors were being offered “a way out”. Manning described the gang ... <a title="Failure to free PNG hostages could cost captors ‘their lives’, warns police chief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/22/failure-to-free-png-hostages-could-cost-captors-their-lives-warns-police-chief/" aria-label="Read more about Failure to free PNG hostages could cost captors ‘their lives’, warns police chief">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Belinda Ferrari, Professor of Microbiology, UNSW Sydney Scientists think Mars rovers may have some blind spots when it comes to finding signs of life. Shutterstock Robotic rovers are currently exploring the surface of Mars. Part of a rover’s mission is to survey the planet for signs of ... <a title="There could be alien life on Mars, but will our rovers be able to find it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/22/there-could-be-alien-life-on-mars-but-will-our-rovers-be-able-to-find-it-200338/" aria-label="Read more about There could be alien life on Mars, but will our rovers be able to find it?">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Wright, Practice Professor of Architecture, Monash University Our cities have altered their original landscapes so greatly that their natural systems are profoundly compromised. These systems – such as swamps, rivers, creeks, aquifers and bushland corridors – need more space to function properly. Sometimes they assert their ... <a title="What if urban plans gave natural systems the space to recover from the cities built over them? It can be done" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/22/what-if-urban-plans-gave-natural-systems-the-space-to-recover-from-the-cities-built-over-them-it-can-be-done-199388/" aria-label="Read more about What if urban plans gave natural systems the space to recover from the cities built over them? It can be done">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chari Larsson, Senior Lecturer of art history, Griffith University Botchway blacklivesmatter (Divine Protesting) (2020) ©Kwesi Botchway Review: Pop Masters: Art from the Mugrabi Collection, New York, HOTA Gallery. Drawn from the private collection of Jose Mugrabi, Pop Masters: Art from the Mugrabi Collection is the first international ... <a title="Did pop art have its heyday in the 1960s? Perhaps. But it is also utterly contemporary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/22/did-pop-art-have-its-heyday-in-the-1960s-perhaps-but-it-is-also-utterly-contemporary-198392/" aria-label="Read more about Did pop art have its heyday in the 1960s? Perhaps. But it is also utterly contemporary">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathy Boschen, Research Associate, Casual Academic, PhD Candidate, Flinders University Getty Official estimates predict that by 2032, more than one million Australians will be supported by the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Much of the focus on the NDIS has been with how much it will cost, ... <a title="The NDIS promises lifelong support – but what about end-of-life support for people with disability?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/22/the-ndis-promises-lifelong-support-but-what-about-end-of-life-support-for-people-with-disability-199990/" aria-label="Read more about The NDIS promises lifelong support – but what about end-of-life support for people with disability?">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Giuffre, Senior Lecturer in Communication, University of Technology Sydney “Shoey” is Australian slang for having a celebratory drink out of a shoe. Usually the beverage is alcoholic and the celebration follows a sweaty quest to victory. The shoey has become a popular part of some sports ... <a title="What is a ‘shoey’ and why did Harry Styles do one on stage in Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/22/what-is-a-shoey-and-why-did-harry-styles-do-one-on-stage-in-australia-200342/" aria-label="Read more about What is a ‘shoey’ and why did Harry Styles do one on stage in Australia?">Read more</a>
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February 22, 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. Items of interest and importance today PARLIAMENT Luke Malpass (Stuff): Chris Hipkins lays down gauntlet to Christopher Luxon as Parliament gets cracking Tim Watkin (Pundit): Mum Knows Better Than Maureen ... <a title="Newsletter: February 22 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/22/newsletter-february-22-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: February 22 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By William Partlett, Associate Professor, The University of Melbourne Emilio Morenatti/AP Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has now lasted for one year. As overwhelming victory for either side looks unlikely, many are now calling for a negotiated settlement to the war. For instance, China is promising details of a ... <a title="Peace in Ukraine doesn’t ultimately depend on Putin or Zelensky – it’s the Ukrainian people who must decide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/22/peace-in-ukraine-doesnt-ultimately-depend-on-putin-or-zelensky-its-the-ukrainian-people-who-must-decide-200072/" aria-label="Read more about Peace in Ukraine doesn’t ultimately depend on Putin or Zelensky – it’s the Ukrainian people who must decide">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2023
RNZ News A further 300 people listed as “uncontactable” in New Zealand in the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle have been found. About 800 people in Hawke’s Bay and Tai Rāwhiti were still registered as unaccounted for, Hawke’s Bay Urban Search and Rescue team leader Ken Cooper told RNZ Morning Report. Cooper said police and Fire ... <a title="Cyclone Gabrielle: Hundreds more NZ unaccounted for now located" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/22/cyclone-gabrielle-hundreds-more-nz-unaccounted-for-now-located/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Gabrielle: Hundreds more NZ unaccounted for now located">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Norton, Emeritus professor, University of Canterbury GettyImages During Cyclones Hale and Gabrielle the poor management of exotic plantations – primarily pine – has again led to extensive damage in Tairāwhiti. Critical public infrastructure destroyed; highly productive agricultural and horticultural land washed away or buried; houses, fences ... <a title="We planted pine in response to Cyclone Bola – with devastating consequences. It is now time to invest in natives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/22/we-planted-pine-in-response-to-cyclone-bola-with-devastating-consequences-it-is-now-time-to-invest-in-natives-200060/" aria-label="Read more about We planted pine in response to Cyclone Bola – with devastating consequences. It is now time to invest in natives">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2023
RNZ Pacific More than 400 workers from the Pacific evacuated to a Napier church during Cyclone Gabrielle should be able to return to more permanent accommodation in the next few days. Workers from Samoa, Fiji, Tuvalu and Solomon Islands had stayed at the Samoan Assembly of God church in Napier after being displaced by floodwaters ... <a title="Cyclone Gabrielle: Help for more than 400 evacuated Pacific RSE workers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/22/cyclone-gabrielle-help-for-more-than-400-evacuated-pacific-rse-workers/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Gabrielle: Help for more than 400 evacuated Pacific RSE workers">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2023
PNG Post-Courier An Australian-based anthropology professor and three Papua New Guinean women researchers are being held captive inside the jungles of the Southern Highlands after they were kidnapped at gunpoint in Fogoma’iu village in the Bosavi LLG. Four local guides who were also seized were told to jump into the Hegigio river after being released ... <a title="PNG police negotiators try to win freedom for hostage researchers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/22/png-police-negotiators-try-to-win-freedom-for-hostage-researchers/" aria-label="Read more about PNG police negotiators try to win freedom for hostage researchers">Read more</a>
