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December 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caitlin Fox-Harding, Lecturer/Researcher, Edith Cowan University dotshock/Shutterstock Men are dominant at most athletic events but ultra-endurance sports (exercising for six hours or more) represent a unique domain where the performance gap between men and women is narrowing significantly. In traditional endurance events like marathons, men consistently outperform ... <a title="The longer the race, the closer it gets: women are closing in on men when it comes to ultra-endurance events" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/30/the-longer-the-race-the-closer-it-gets-women-are-closing-in-on-men-when-it-comes-to-ultra-endurance-events-243799/" aria-label="Read more about The longer the race, the closer it gets: women are closing in on men when it comes to ultra-endurance events">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University Davor Geber/Shutterstock Have you ever wondered why most disinfectants indicate they kill 99.9% or 99.99% of germs, but never promise to wipe out all of them? Perhaps the thought has crossed your mind mid-way through cleaning your kitchen or bathroom. ... <a title="Why do disinfectants only kill 99.9% of germs? Here’s the science" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/30/why-do-disinfectants-only-kill-99-9-of-germs-heres-the-science-241127/" aria-label="Read more about Why do disinfectants only kill 99.9% of germs? Here’s the science">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Franklin, Professor of Public Health, James Cook University Dangar Falls in northern New South Wales Timothy M. Roberts/Flickr, CC BY-SA Every summer, Australians look for ways to cool down. Millions of us head to the beach. Those inland head for rivers, waterholes and waterfalls. But cooling ... <a title="Don’t go chasing waterfalls: slippery rocks, currents and daredevil jumpers make Australia’s waterways surprisingly deadly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/30/dont-go-chasing-waterfalls-slippery-rocks-currents-and-daredevil-jumpers-make-australias-waterways-surprisingly-deadly-243937/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t go chasing waterfalls: slippery rocks, currents and daredevil jumpers make Australia’s waterways surprisingly deadly">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kimberley Beasley, Lecturer and Academic Chair in Early Childhood, Murdoch University Photo by cottonbro studio/Pexels During school holidays, playdates can provide a brilliant opportunity for social interactions for both children and their parents. They can help children get to know kids at their current or future daycare ... <a title="Holiday playdates are great for kids – but ditch the stress and don’t compare milestones" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/30/holiday-playdates-are-great-for-kids-but-ditch-the-stress-and-dont-compare-milestones-243791/" aria-label="Read more about Holiday playdates are great for kids – but ditch the stress and don’t compare milestones">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Megan Grainger, Senior Lecturer in Analytical Chemistry, University of Waikato Getty Images As I write, the summer landscape is bright with pōhutukawa flowers. Sitting in the shade of the “New Zealand Christmas tree”, I can hear bees humming as they move between flowers collecting nectar. Pulling the ... <a title="Move over mānuka – here are 5 other delicious native NZ honeys to try this summer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/30/move-over-manuka-here-are-5-other-delicious-native-nz-honeys-to-try-this-summer-244284/" aria-label="Read more about Move over mānuka – here are 5 other delicious native NZ honeys to try this summer">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Edwell, Associate Professor in Ancient History, Macquarie University Tsvetelina Dyankova/Shutterstock Therefore, who would not know that effrontery hijacks the public interest? […] It ratchets up the prices of things for sale, not fourfold or eightfold but so much that the human tongue’s reckoning cannot untangle what ... <a title="Skyrocketing prices are an age-old problem. Here’s how Roman emperors battled runaway inflation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/30/skyrocketing-prices-are-an-age-old-problem-heres-how-roman-emperors-battled-runaway-inflation-243921/" aria-label="Read more about Skyrocketing prices are an age-old problem. Here’s how Roman emperors battled runaway inflation">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anita Manfreda, Senior Lecturer in Tourism, Torrens University Australia surachet khamsuk/Shutterstock About ten years ago, while working at Badrutt’s Palace Hotel in the Swiss town of St Moritz, I was shocked to learn a guest once requested an elephant be brought in to deliver a birthday gift ... <a title="What cost-of-living crisis? Luxury travel is booming – and set to grow further" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/30/what-cost-of-living-crisis-luxury-travel-is-booming-and-set-to-grow-further-244727/" aria-label="Read more about What cost-of-living crisis? Luxury travel is booming – and set to grow further">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Siobhan McHugh, Honorary Associate Professor, Journalism, Consulting Producer, The Greatest Menace, Walkley-winning podcast, University of Wollongong This year saw podcasts attract widespread attention for their influence on the political agenda (a hack that goes back to 2015, when Obama caused outrage with his raw take on race ... <a title="Elon Musk, Gauguin and are we Australia fair? The 10 best podcasts of 2024" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/30/elon-musk-gauguin-and-are-we-australia-fair-the-10-best-podcasts-of-2024-244155/" aria-label="Read more about Elon Musk, Gauguin and are we Australia fair? The 10 best podcasts of 2024">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk New Overseas Minister Manuel Valls, who was appointed yesterday as part of the new French government of Prime Minister François Bayrou, intends to tackle New Caledonia’s numerous issues in the spirit of dialogue of former Socialist Prime Minister Michel Rocard. Rocard is credited as the main ... <a title="Valls hopes to tackle New Caledonia in Rocard-style ‘spirit of dialogue’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/30/valls-hopes-to-tackle-new-caledonia-in-rocard-style-spirit-of-dialogue/" aria-label="Read more about Valls hopes to tackle New Caledonia in Rocard-style ‘spirit of dialogue’">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2024
By Ella Stewart, (Ngāpuhi, Te Māhurehure, Ngāti Manu), RNZ longform journalist, Te Ao Māori On a sticky day in January, dozens of nannies and aunties from Tainui shook and waved fronds of greenery as they called manuhiri onto Tuurangawaewae Marae. More than 10,000 people had responded to a rare call for unity from the Māori ... <a title="Hui, protests, kotahitanga, and a new Kuini – a historic year for Māoridom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/29/hui-protests-kotahitanga-and-a-new-kuini-a-historic-year-for-maoridom/" aria-label="Read more about Hui, protests, kotahitanga, and a new Kuini – a historic year for Māoridom">Read more</a>
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December 27, 2024
RNZ Pacific Fiji MP Lynda Tabuya has been dismissed as the country’s Minister for Women, Children and Social Protection. Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka said in a statement that in light of the recent events concerning the conduct of Lynda Tabuya, and in consideration of: the Oath she has taken as a Minister; and standards expected ... <a title="Fiji’s PM dismisses Tabuya as Minister for Women and Children" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/27/fijis-pm-dismisses-tabuya-as-minister-for-women-and-children/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s PM dismisses Tabuya as Minister for Women and Children">Read more</a>
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December 27, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent, French Pacific desk New Caledonia’s territorial government has been toppled on Christmas Eve, due to a mass resignation within its ranks. Environment and Sustainable Development Minister Jérémie Katidjo-Monnier said he was resigning from the cabinet, with immediate effect. Katidjo-Monnier was the sole representative from Calédonie Ensemble (a moderately pro-France ... <a title="‘Block’ resignation over riots recovery plan topples New Caledonia’s government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/27/block-resignation-over-riots-recovery-plan-topples-new-caledonias-government/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Block’ resignation over riots recovery plan topples New Caledonia’s government">Read more</a>
