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Year: 2024

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Keith Rankin Analysis – New Zealand in Recession

March 20, 2024

Analysis by Keith Rankin. Recessions in the last Ten Years: New Zealand and Japan Tomorrow we will see the latest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) data for New Zealand. It’s worth looking today, however, at what the situation is before that data release (with its revisions as well as new data). And in context by comparing ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – New Zealand in Recession" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/20/keith-rankin-analysis-new-zealand-in-recession/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – New Zealand in Recession">Read more</a>

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If TikTok is banned in the US or Australia, how might the company – or China – respond?

March 20, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marina Yue Zhang, Associate Professor, University of Technology Sydney TikTok’s owner is once again navigating troubled waters in the United States, where the US House of Representatives has issued an ultimatum: divest or face shutdown within six months. In Australia, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and Senator James ... <a title="If TikTok is banned in the US or Australia, how might the company – or China – respond?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/20/if-tiktok-is-banned-in-the-us-or-australia-how-might-the-company-or-china-respond-225889/" aria-label="Read more about If TikTok is banned in the US or Australia, how might the company – or China – respond?">Read more</a>

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Squatting, kidnapping and collaboration: Australia’s first women’s shelters were acts of radical grassroots feminism

March 20, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma McNicol, Research Fellow at Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University 50 years ago, there wasn’t a single women’s shelter in Australia. Then feminists squatted two terraces in Sydney, opening “Elsie”, Australia’s first domestic and family violence refuge. Commissioned by Elsie co-founder Anne Summers, I’ve recorded oral ... <a title="Squatting, kidnapping and collaboration: Australia’s first women’s shelters were acts of radical grassroots feminism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/20/squatting-kidnapping-and-collaboration-australias-first-womens-shelters-were-acts-of-radical-grassroots-feminism-225895/" aria-label="Read more about Squatting, kidnapping and collaboration: Australia’s first women’s shelters were acts of radical grassroots feminism">Read more</a>

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NZ’s summer insects are packing up for autumn – here’s how our gardens can help them through the cold months

March 20, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janice Lord, Associate Professor in Botany, University of Otago Chillier mornings and higher heating bills aren’t the only signs of the changing seasons. Common insects, too, are having to adapt. One day we see them in our gardens and parks, the next they appear to have disappeared. ... <a title="NZ’s summer insects are packing up for autumn – here’s how our gardens can help them through the cold months" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/20/nzs-summer-insects-are-packing-up-for-autumn-heres-how-our-gardens-can-help-them-through-the-cold-months-226206/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s summer insects are packing up for autumn – here’s how our gardens can help them through the cold months">Read more</a>

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Is Dune an example of a white saviour narrative – or a critique of it?

March 20, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cherine Fahd, Associate Professor Visual Communication, University of Technology Sydney Courtesy Warner Bros Science-fiction film as a genre allows us to encounter hypothetical worlds in which to understand our own. These films often present utopian and dystopian worlds, exploring themes of nationalism and heroism. They often include ... <a title="Is Dune an example of a white saviour narrative – or a critique of it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/20/is-dune-an-example-of-a-white-saviour-narrative-or-a-critique-of-it-225656/" aria-label="Read more about Is Dune an example of a white saviour narrative – or a critique of it?">Read more</a>

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Now you can get UTI antibiotics from pharmacies without prescription. Here’s what to know

March 20, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacinta L. Johnson, Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice, University of South Australia Shutterstock Urinary tract infections can be a minor medical annoyance or lead to a hospital stay – especially for older people. If you think you might have a urinary tract infection (UTI) you need prompt ... <a title="Now you can get UTI antibiotics from pharmacies without prescription. Here’s what to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/20/now-you-can-get-uti-antibiotics-from-pharmacies-without-prescription-heres-what-to-know-224962/" aria-label="Read more about Now you can get UTI antibiotics from pharmacies without prescription. Here’s what to know">Read more</a>

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NZ media minister Melissa Lee says interviews would have been ‘boring’

March 20, 2024

RNZ News New Zealand’s media and communications minister is defending pulling out of pre-booked interviews about her portfolio, saying they would have been “boring” for the interviewers. Last week, Media Minister Melissa Lee cancelled interviews with NZME’s Media Insider and RNZ’s Mediawatch, despite initially agreeing to do them. It is a tumultuous time for media, ... <a title="NZ media minister Melissa Lee says interviews would have been ‘boring’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/20/nz-media-minister-melissa-lee-says-interviews-would-have-been-boring/" aria-label="Read more about NZ media minister Melissa Lee says interviews would have been ‘boring’">Read more</a>

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Sexual harassment of Fiji’s women journalists ‘concerningly widespread’

March 20, 2024

By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital and social media journalist Sexual harassment of women journalists continues to be a major problem in Fiji journalism and  “issues of power lie at the heart of this”, new research has revealed. The study, published in Journalism Practice by researchers from the University of Vienna and the University ... <a title="Sexual harassment of Fiji’s women journalists ‘concerningly widespread’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/20/sexual-harassment-of-fijis-women-journalists-concerningly-widespread/" aria-label="Read more about Sexual harassment of Fiji’s women journalists ‘concerningly widespread’">Read more</a>

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Can AI improve football teams’ success from corner kicks? Liverpool and others are betting it can

March 20, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Scanlan, Lecturer, Edith Cowan University Google DeepMind Last Sunday, Liverpool faced Manchester United in the quarter finals of the FA Cup – and in the final minute of extra time, with the score tied at three-all, Liverpool had the crucial opportunity of a corner kick. A ... <a title="Can AI improve football teams’ success from corner kicks? Liverpool and others are betting it can" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/20/can-ai-improve-football-teams-success-from-corner-kicks-liverpool-and-others-are-betting-it-can-225894/" aria-label="Read more about Can AI improve football teams’ success from corner kicks? Liverpool and others are betting it can">Read more</a>

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By the time they are 20, more than four in five men and two in three women have been exposed to pornography: new research

March 20, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Flood, Professor of Sociology, Queensland University of Technology Shutterstock Four in five young men and two in three young women have been exposed to pornography by the time they turn 20, according to the first nationally representative survey on this issue in Australia. Boys and young ... <a title="By the time they are 20, more than four in five men and two in three women have been exposed to pornography: new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/20/by-the-time-they-are-20-more-than-four-in-five-men-and-two-in-three-women-have-been-exposed-to-pornography-new-research-225573/" aria-label="Read more about By the time they are 20, more than four in five men and two in three women have been exposed to pornography: new research">Read more</a>

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Half of Australians in aged care have depression. Psychological therapy could help

March 20, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tanya Davison, Adjunct professor, Health & Ageing Research Group, Swinburne University of Technology sasirin pamai/Shutterstock While many people maintain positive emotional wellbeing as they age, around half of older Australians living in residential aged care have significant levels of depression. Symptoms such as low mood, lack of ... <a title="Half of Australians in aged care have depression. Psychological therapy could help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/20/half-of-australians-in-aged-care-have-depression-psychological-therapy-could-help-223544/" aria-label="Read more about Half of Australians in aged care have depression. Psychological therapy could help">Read more</a>

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Even far from the ocean, Australia’s drylands are riddled with salty groundwater. What can land managers do?

March 20, 2024

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nik Callow, Associate Professor – Geography, The University of Western Australia Nik Callow, Author provided In the 1890s, railway engineers noticed river water used by steam locomotives started to become salty when surrounding land was cleared for agriculture. Over the next decades, the problem worsened. In 1917, ... <a title="Even far from the ocean, Australia’s drylands are riddled with salty groundwater. What can land managers do?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/20/even-far-from-the-ocean-australias-drylands-are-riddled-with-salty-groundwater-what-can-land-managers-do-225277/" aria-label="Read more about Even far from the ocean, Australia’s drylands are riddled with salty groundwater. What can land managers do?">Read more</a>