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March 4, 2024
A Pasifika health leader says high obesity rates in the Pacific are not new, but an increase in childhood obesity is concerning. A study on worldwide trends in underweight and obesity, just published in The Lancet medical journal showed that the highest rates of obesity for women were in Tonga and American Samoa, and Nauru ... <a title="Food industry, lack of exercise key to childhood obesity, says Sir Collin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/04/food-industry-lack-of-exercise-key-to-childhood-obesity-says-sir-collin/" aria-label="Read more about Food industry, lack of exercise key to childhood obesity, says Sir Collin">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Rendall, Lecturer in Conservation Biology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University John Gould/Wikimedia, CC BY The eastern barred bandicoot was once found in abundance across the basalt plains of western Victoria. But habitat destruction and predation by introduced red foxes drove the species to ... <a title="Why move species to islands? Saving wildlife as the world changes means taking calculated risks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/04/why-move-species-to-islands-saving-wildlife-as-the-world-changes-means-taking-calculated-risks-223446/" aria-label="Read more about Why move species to islands? Saving wildlife as the world changes means taking calculated risks">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Flavio Macau, Associate Dean – School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University CGN089/Shutterstock Before the cost of living hit Australian families hard, a group of consumers were already paying top dollar for their staples. Whether it be gluten free, dairy free or lactose free, people with ... <a title="Why is gluten-free bread so expensive? A food supply chain expert explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/04/why-is-gluten-free-bread-so-expensive-a-food-supply-chain-expert-explains-223648/" aria-label="Read more about Why is gluten-free bread so expensive? A food supply chain expert explains">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Baron, Associate Professor, Philosophy of Science, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Just over a week ago, European physicists announced they had measured the strength of gravity on the smallest scale ever. In a clever tabletop experiment, researchers at Leiden University in the Netherlands, the University of ... <a title="Gravity experiments on the kitchen table: why a tiny, tiny measurement may be a big leap forward for physics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/04/gravity-experiments-on-the-kitchen-table-why-a-tiny-tiny-measurement-may-be-a-big-leap-forward-for-physics-224372/" aria-label="Read more about Gravity experiments on the kitchen table: why a tiny, tiny measurement may be a big leap forward for physics">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Farrelly, Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of Tasmania This year marks 50 years since Australia established diplomatic ties with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the political bloc that represents over 650 million people across 10 countries in the region. Over the years, the relationship has benefited ... <a title="‘We take this for granted’: why the ASEAN-Australia relationship needs a jolt of youthful leadership" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/04/we-take-this-for-granted-why-the-asean-australia-relationship-needs-a-jolt-of-youthful-leadership-224501/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We take this for granted’: why the ASEAN-Australia relationship needs a jolt of youthful leadership">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vikki McLeod, PhD Graduate, Centre for Clean Energy Technologies and Practices, Queensland University of Technology Trong Nguyen/Shutterstock Rooftop solar is Australia’s cheapest source of electricity. The consumer can get electricity from rooftop solar at less than a fifth of the average cost per kwh of buying it ... <a title="The National Electricity Market wasn’t made for a renewable energy future. Here’s how to fix it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/04/the-national-electricity-market-wasnt-made-for-a-renewable-energy-future-heres-how-to-fix-it-215067/" aria-label="Read more about The National Electricity Market wasn’t made for a renewable energy future. Here’s how to fix it">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Anderson, Professor and Director, Indigenous Research Unit, Griffith University The federal government has released the final report on a Universities Accord. Taking more than a year to prepare, it is billed as a “blueprint” for reform for the next decade and beyond. It contains 47 recommendations ... <a title="Universities Accord: there’s a push to increase Indigenous students and voices in higher education. But we need more detail and funding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/04/universities-accord-theres-a-push-to-increase-indigenous-students-and-voices-in-higher-education-but-we-need-more-detail-and-funding-224739/" aria-label="Read more about Universities Accord: there’s a push to increase Indigenous students and voices in higher education. But we need more detail and funding">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yogi Vidyattama, Associate Professor, Faculty of Business, Government and Law, University of Canberra This article is the first in The Conversation’s series examining the housing crisis. Read the other articles in the series here. The paradox of Australian housing is the abundance of land – 7.5 million ... <a title="Urbanisation and tax have driven the housing crisis. It’s hard to see a way back but COVID provides an important lesson" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/04/urbanisation-and-tax-have-driven-the-housing-crisis-its-hard-to-see-a-way-back-but-covid-provides-an-important-lesson-223548/" aria-label="Read more about Urbanisation and tax have driven the housing crisis. It’s hard to see a way back but COVID provides an important lesson">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phoebe Hart, Associate Professor, Film Screen & Animation, Queensland University of Technology Four Daughters/Chrysaor This year, all the Oscar nominees for best documentary feature come from outside of the United States. The dominance of international nonfiction films has some in Hollywood concerned. The North American market has ... <a title="A truly international slate: your guide to the 2024 Oscar nominees for best documentary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/04/a-truly-international-slate-your-guide-to-the-2024-oscar-nominees-for-best-documentary-222271/" aria-label="Read more about A truly international slate: your guide to the 2024 Oscar nominees for best documentary">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2024
COMMENTARY: By David Robie New Zealand has taken another shameful act in its tone deaf approach to Israel’s War on Gaza this week by declaring Hamas a “terrorist entity” at a time when millions are marching worldwide for an immediate ceasefire and a lasting peace founded on an independent state of Palestine. It would have ... <a title="NZ’s shameful act over Hamas in defiance of Gaza atrocities reality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/04/nzs-shameful-act-over-hamas-in-defiance-of-gaza-atrocities-reality/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s shameful act over Hamas in defiance of Gaza atrocities reality">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Depending how you want to read it, you can say not a great deal happened in Saturday’s Dunkley byelection, or you find there are messages in it for everyone. On the first view, Labor’s comfortable win suggests people are feeling ... <a title="View from The Hill: Does Dunkley tell Peter Dutton he should give more attention to the former Liberal heartland?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/03/view-from-the-hill-does-dunkley-tell-peter-dutton-he-should-give-more-attention-to-the-former-liberal-heartland-224936/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Does Dunkley tell Peter Dutton he should give more attention to the former Liberal heartland?">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2024
For years news media bosses warned the creaking business model backing journalism would fail at a major local outlet. It finally happened this week when Newshub’s owners proposed scrapping it. Then TVNZ posted losses prompting warnings of more cuts to come there. Can TV broadcasters pull a crowd without news? And what might the so-far ... <a title="RNZ Mediawatch: NZ media facing an apocalypse now?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/03/rnz-mediawatch-nz-media-facing-an-apocalypse-now/" aria-label="Read more about RNZ Mediawatch: NZ media facing an apocalypse now?">Read more</a>
