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April 2, 2024
ANALYSIS: By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report On my office wall hangs a framed portrait of Shireen Abu Akleh, the inspiring and celebrated American-Palestinian journalist known across the Middle East to watchers of Al Jazeera Arabic, who was assassinated by an Israeli military sniper with impunity. State murder. She was gunned down in ... <a title="From Gaza to West Papua, the long struggle for justice and freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/02/from-gaza-to-west-papua-the-long-struggle-for-justice-and-freedom/" aria-label="Read more about From Gaza to West Papua, the long struggle for justice and freedom">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2024
OPEN LETTER: To Australia’s Foreign Minister Senator Penny Wong Dear Foreign Minister, I am writing to you on behalf of the Australia West Papua Association in Sydney concerning the brutal torture of a West Papuan man, Defianus Kogoya by Indonesian troops in West Papua in early February. Anybody watching the video footage of the Papuan ... <a title="Open letter: AWPA calls on Wong to protest to Jakarta over brutal torture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/01/open-letter-awpa-calls-on-wong-to-protest-to-jakarta-over-brutal-torture/" aria-label="Read more about Open letter: AWPA calls on Wong to protest to Jakarta over brutal torture">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk The signing of a “nickel pact” to salvage New Caledonia’s embattled industry has not been signed by the end of March, as initially announced by French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire. Le Maire had hinted at the date of March 25 last week, but New Caledonia’s ... <a title="French ‘nickel pact’ to bail out New Caledonia’s industry delayed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/01/french-nickel-pact-to-bail-out-new-caledonias-industry-delayed/" aria-label="Read more about French ‘nickel pact’ to bail out New Caledonia’s industry delayed">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Derek Arnold, Professor, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland Max4e Photo/Shutterstock Look at these pictures. Can you see a cube on the left and a face on the right? What do you see? Derek Arnold / Adobe Stock Can you imagine seeing things in your mind? ... <a title="‘A blind and deaf mind’: what it’s like to have no visual imagination or inner voice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/01/a-blind-and-deaf-mind-what-its-like-to-have-no-visual-imagination-or-inner-voice-226134/" aria-label="Read more about ‘A blind and deaf mind’: what it’s like to have no visual imagination or inner voice">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Shortis, Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University Being second in line for leadership of the most powerful country in the world is not an easy job. But for Mike Pence, vice president under Donald Trump, things were even harder than ... <a title="Who will Trump pick as his running mate? In 2024, the ‘Veepstakes’ are higher than usual" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/01/who-will-trump-pick-as-his-running-mate-in-2024-the-veepstakes-are-higher-than-usual-226510/" aria-label="Read more about Who will Trump pick as his running mate? In 2024, the ‘Veepstakes’ are higher than usual">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erika Penney, Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, University of Technology Sydney Photo by cottonbro studio/Pexels So Mum or Dad has died, or moved to aged care, and now you’ve got to pack up their house. It’s a huge job and you’re dreading it. It’s normal to feel grief, ... <a title="How to look after your mental health while packing up Mum or Dad’s home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/01/how-to-look-after-your-mental-health-while-packing-up-mum-or-dads-home-223956/" aria-label="Read more about How to look after your mental health while packing up Mum or Dad’s home">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vanessa Pirotta, Postdoctoral Researcher and Wildlife Scientist, Macquarie University Michael Smith ITWP, Shutterstock Thousands of bus-sized humpback whales are currently on their way to Australian waters. They’ve spent the summer feeding in the cold waters of Antarctica before heading north to breed and calve. You can see ... <a title="Sex, birth and whalesong: life on the humpback highway" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/01/sex-birth-and-whalesong-life-on-the-humpback-highway-225580/" aria-label="Read more about Sex, birth and whalesong: life on the humpback highway">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Menzies, Senior Lecturer in International Business, University of the Sunshine Coast Have you ever met someone, been handed a business card, and found yourself without one to hand back? Perhaps you offered an alternative, saying “let’s connect on LinkedIn”, or displayed a scannable QR code on ... <a title="Despite appearances, digital networking hasn’t killed the business card – yet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/01/despite-appearances-digital-networking-hasnt-killed-the-business-card-yet-223858/" aria-label="Read more about Despite appearances, digital networking hasn’t killed the business card – yet">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca J. Collie, Scientia Associate Professor of Educational Psychology, UNSW Sydney Research shows that students who are confident about their ability to succeed at school tend to be more academically successful. Researchers call the thoughts, actions and emotions behind this confidence “academic agency”. Essentially, it is about ... <a title="How do we help students from disadvantaged backgrounds feel confident about school?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/01/how-do-we-help-students-from-disadvantaged-backgrounds-feel-confident-about-school-222895/" aria-label="Read more about How do we help students from disadvantaged backgrounds feel confident about school?">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gary Mortimer, Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology Burger King France/YouTube/Screenshot This morning, breakfast television shows will be reporting obscure, although mildly believable, announcements from organisations and brands about new products, services or discoveries. Social media platforms will also be awash with similar ... <a title="Will you be this year’s ‘April fish’? Businesses have a long history of using April Fools’ Day to try and prank us all" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/01/will-you-be-this-years-april-fish-businesses-have-a-long-history-of-using-april-fools-day-to-try-and-prank-us-all-224861/" aria-label="Read more about Will you be this year’s ‘April fish’? Businesses have a long history of using April Fools’ Day to try and prank us all">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2024
Asia Pacific Report A New Zealand charity providing humanitarian aid for Gaza today revealed more details of the international Freedom Flotilla’s bid to break the Israeli siege of the enclave as mass starvation looms closer. Latest reports say 27 children have died from malnutrition so far and the death toll is expected to rise in ... <a title="Kia Ora Gaza reveals more on Freedom Flotilla plans to break Gaza siege" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/01/kia-ora-gaza-reveals-more-on-freedom-flotilla-plans-to-break-gaza-siege/" aria-label="Read more about Kia Ora Gaza reveals more on Freedom Flotilla plans to break Gaza siege">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2024
Hundreds of people holding empty plates gathered in central Auckland today demanding the New Zealand government call for a ceasefire in Gaza. Protesters at Aotea Square said the empty dinner-plates were to raise awareness for those going hungry within the warzone. A dozen police officers watched over the protest on Saturday afternoon, to ensure it ... <a title="‘Empty plate’ protesters call on NZ govt to demand Gaza ceasefire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/01/empty-plate-protesters-call-on-nz-govt-to-demand-gaza-ceasefire/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Empty plate’ protesters call on NZ govt to demand Gaza ceasefire">Read more</a>
