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May 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paola A. Magni, Associate Professor of Forensic Science, Murdoch University Microgen / Shutterstock When you think of a criminal investigation, you might picture detectives meticulously collecting and analysing evidence found at the scene: weapons, biological fluids, footprints and fingerprints. However, this is just the beginning of an ... <a title="You leave a ‘microbe fingerprint’ on every piece of clothing you wear – and it could help forensic scientists solve crimes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/24/you-leave-a-microbe-fingerprint-on-every-piece-of-clothing-you-wear-and-it-could-help-forensic-scientists-solve-crimes-229203/" aria-label="Read more about You leave a ‘microbe fingerprint’ on every piece of clothing you wear – and it could help forensic scientists solve crimes">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2024
ANALYSIS: By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk French President Emmanuel Macron has ended a meeting-packed whirlwind day in New Caledonia with back-to-back sessions including opposing leaders in the French Pacific territory. Macron left New Caledonia this morning, leaving some members of his entourage to deal with details in the still-inflamed situation. After ... <a title="Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: Macron ends day of political talks with both sides" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/24/kanaky-new-caledonia-unrest-macron-ends-day-of-political-talks-with-both-sides/" aria-label="Read more about Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: Macron ends day of political talks with both sides">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Barbara Mintzes, Professor, School of Pharmacy and Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney Monster Ztudio/Shutterstock Drug companies are paying Australian doctors millions of dollars a year to fly to overseas conferences and meetings, give talks to other doctors, and to serve on advisory boards, our research shows. ... <a title="Drug companies pay doctors over A$11 million a year for travel and education. Here’s which specialties received the most" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/24/drug-companies-pay-doctors-over-a-11-million-a-year-for-travel-and-education-heres-which-specialties-received-the-most-230303/" aria-label="Read more about Drug companies pay doctors over A$11 million a year for travel and education. Here’s which specialties received the most">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Trivess Moore, Associate Professor, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University The Victorian government is planning Australia’s largest urban renewal project. The plan is to knock down and rebuild 44 large public housing towers in Melbourne. The government says these towers, built in the 1960s ... <a title="Why knock down all public housing towers when retrofit can sometimes be better?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/24/why-knock-down-all-public-housing-towers-when-retrofit-can-sometimes-be-better-229186/" aria-label="Read more about Why knock down all public housing towers when retrofit can sometimes be better?">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen Scott, Professor in Law, University of Canterbury Christian Charisius/dpa/Getty Images In a significant development for small island nations threatened by rising seas, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) has found greenhouse gases constitute marine pollution. The tribunal handed down a unanimous advisory ... <a title="A new ruling says countries – including NZ – must take action on climate change under the law of the sea" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/24/a-new-ruling-says-countries-including-nz-must-take-action-on-climate-change-under-the-law-of-the-sea-230420/" aria-label="Read more about A new ruling says countries – including NZ – must take action on climate change under the law of the sea">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pi-Shen Seet, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Edith Cowan University William Fortunato/Pexels Entrepreneurs are the lifeblood of any innovative economy. New business creation has been shown to have a significant and positive impact on economic growth, innovation and job creation. But it isn’t easy, and most new ... <a title="Life’s big moments can impact an entrepreneur’s success – but not always in the way you’d expect" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/24/lifes-big-moments-can-impact-an-entrepreneurs-success-but-not-always-in-the-way-youd-expect-230436/" aria-label="Read more about Life’s big moments can impact an entrepreneur’s success – but not always in the way you’d expect">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Treena Clark, Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Indigenous Research Fellow, Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building, University of Technology Sydney Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains names, images and stories of deceased people. Around the world, fashion researchers, designers and artists are exploring the ... <a title="How First Nations fashion design can rewrite painful memories and be a powerful method of healing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/24/how-first-nations-fashion-design-can-rewrite-painful-memories-and-be-a-powerful-method-of-healing-227679/" aria-label="Read more about How First Nations fashion design can rewrite painful memories and be a powerful method of healing">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Thousands of students across Aotearoa New Zealand protested in a nationwide rally at seven universities across the country in a global day of solidarity with Palestine, calling on their universities to divest all partnerships with Israel. A combined group of students and academic staff from the country’s two largest universities chanted “AUT ... <a title="NZ students stage Gaza protests in global ‘take a stand’ rallies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/24/nz-students-stage-gaza-protests-in-global-take-a-stand-rallies/" aria-label="Read more about NZ students stage Gaza protests in global ‘take a stand’ rallies">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Rob Campbell Is it just me or is it not more than a little odd that coverage of current events in New Caledonia/Kanaky is dominated by the inconvenience of tourists and rescue flights out of the Pacific paradise. That the events are described as “disruption” or “riots” without any real reference to the ... <a title="Rob Campbell: Unrest in New Caledonia – as seen through moana or colonialist eyes?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/23/rob-campbell-unrest-in-new-caledonia-as-seen-through-moana-or-colonialist-eyes/" aria-label="Read more about Rob Campbell: Unrest in New Caledonia – as seen through moana or colonialist eyes?">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra While federal politics often seems “top down”, some issues are pushed onto the national agenda from lower levels. We’re seeing this with the increasing concern to protect kids from the harmful effects of social media. This week Prime Minister Anthony ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Growing momentum for governments to fight social media’s grip on children" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/23/grattan-on-friday-growing-momentum-for-governments-to-fight-social-medias-grip-on-children-230771/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Growing momentum for governments to fight social media’s grip on children">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific Desk French President Emmanuel Macron landed in Nouméa today under heavy security after pro-independence protests by indigenous Kanaks followed by rioting in the Pacific territory of New Caledonia. Speaking to a pool of journalists, he set as his top priority the return to peace with New Caledonia ... <a title="Macron says ‘peace, calm and security’ his top priority for New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/23/macron-says-peace-calm-and-security-his-top-priority-for-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about Macron says ‘peace, calm and security’ his top priority for New Caledonia">Read more</a>
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May 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katharine Balolia, Senior Lecturer in Biological Anthropology, Australian National University Slavianin/Shutterstock Of all the monkey species around the world, one stands out with its large, bizarre nose. In male proboscis monkeys, their bulbous noses will often hang past their mouths. But why evolve such a strange feature? ... <a title="Honk! These monkeys have truly legendary noses – now we better understand why they evolved" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/23/honk-these-monkeys-have-truly-legendary-noses-now-we-better-understand-why-they-evolved-230012/" aria-label="Read more about Honk! These monkeys have truly legendary noses – now we better understand why they evolved">Read more</a>
