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January 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Stokes, Senior Lecturer in Digital and Information Literacy (Education Futures), University of South Australia The opening shot of the new Mean Girls provides a literal reframing of the 2004 cult classic. Recording vertical video through a phone, Janis (Auli’i Cravalho) and Damian (Jaquel Spivey) introduce the ... <a title="‘That filter you use looks just like me’: what the new Mean Girls film gets right about social media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/23/that-filter-you-use-looks-just-like-me-what-the-new-mean-girls-film-gets-right-about-social-media-221206/" aria-label="Read more about ‘That filter you use looks just like me’: what the new Mean Girls film gets right about social media">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2024
By Giff Johnson, editor of the Marshall Islands Journal and RNZ Pacific correspondent Powerful waves, driven by offshore storm surges, hit an important United States military installation in the Marshall Islands on Saturday night, causing damage and resulting in the evacuation of all “non-mission personnel” from the island. Flooding caused by the waves also hit ... <a title="Freak waves cause damage at US army base at Roi-Namur, shut airports" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/23/freak-waves-cause-damage-at-us-army-base-at-roi-namur-shut-airports/" aria-label="Read more about Freak waves cause damage at US army base at Roi-Namur, shut airports">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2024
By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report A Palestinian advocate has appealed to the New Zealand government to call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and to back the South African genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). “A sovereign state like New Zealand that has historically stood for what ... <a title="Back SA over genocide case, ‘don’t yield to pressure’, Hania tells NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/23/back-sa-over-genocide-case-dont-yield-to-pressure-hania-tells-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Back SA over genocide case, ‘don’t yield to pressure’, Hania tells NZ">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2024
By Temalesi Vono in Suva Fiji’s fired Education Minister Aseri Radrodro rebuffed three letters from the Prime Minister and legal advice from the Solicitor-General that led to his sacking as a cabinet minister, Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka revealed yesterday. Rabuka also said he wrote twice to the Social Democratic Liberal Party (SODELPA) leader Viliame Gavoka ... <a title="Rabuka stands firm on sacking decision – coalition at risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/23/rabuka-stands-firm-on-sacking-decision-coalition-at-risk/" aria-label="Read more about Rabuka stands firm on sacking decision – coalition at risk">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2024
Opinion by Keith Rankin. Last week, at the end of the long summer shutdown of Auckland’s train services, messages came through from AT about a limited restart on 15 January, though there would be no trains between Waitematā and Newmarket. Waitematā? When I looked it up in Google maps the top entry was of course ... <a title="OPINION – Keith Rankin on Communication Studies: Keeping the Public in the Loop" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/22/opinion-keith-rankin-on-communication-studies-keeping-the-public-in-the-loop/" aria-label="Read more about OPINION – Keith Rankin on Communication Studies: Keeping the Public in the Loop">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Lee, Professor at the National Drug Research Institute Curtin University (Melbourne based), Curtin University Halfpoint/Shutterstock With several drug overdoses already this festival season, and recent news of three new recreational drugs identified by the drug checking service in Canberra, many parents of teenagers will be wondering ... <a title="Wondering how to talk to your teen about drugs? Start the conversation early, be honest and avoid judgement" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/22/wondering-how-to-talk-to-your-teen-about-drugs-start-the-conversation-early-be-honest-and-avoid-judgement-221211/" aria-label="Read more about Wondering how to talk to your teen about drugs? Start the conversation early, be honest and avoid judgement">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah G. Phillips, Professor of Global Conflict and Development at The University of Sydney; Non-Resident Fellow at the Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies, University of Sydney As the Houthi militant group in Yemen ramps up its attacks on vessels in the Red Sea – ostensibly in response ... <a title="Why US strikes will only embolden the Houthis, not stop their attacks on ships in the Red Sea" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/22/why-us-strikes-will-only-embolden-the-houthis-not-stop-their-attacks-on-ships-in-the-red-sea-221588/" aria-label="Read more about Why US strikes will only embolden the Houthis, not stop their attacks on ships in the Red Sea">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carol Oliver, Professor in Science Communication and Astrobiology, UNSW Sydney When NASA attempted to return to the Moon for the first time in 50 years on January 8, more was at risk than just US$108 million worth of development and equipment. The agency earned the ire of ... <a title="You can pay to have your ashes buried on the moon. Just because you can doesn’t mean you should" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/22/you-can-pay-to-have-your-ashes-buried-on-the-moon-just-because-you-can-doesnt-mean-you-should-220664/" aria-label="Read more about You can pay to have your ashes buried on the moon. Just because you can doesn’t mean you should">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Webb, Lecturer, Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology Shutterstock Some of us remember August 24 2006 like it was yesterday. It was the day Pluto got booted from the exclusive “planets club”. I (Sara) was 11 years old, and my entire class began ... <a title="The Solar System used to have nine planets. Maybe it still does? Here’s your catch-up on space today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/22/the-solar-system-used-to-have-nine-planets-maybe-it-still-does-heres-your-catch-up-on-space-today-219396/" aria-label="Read more about The Solar System used to have nine planets. Maybe it still does? Here’s your catch-up on space today">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2024
RNZ Pacific East Sepik Governor Allan Bird says Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape must take responsibility for the Port Moresby riots two weeks ago. The National reports Governor Bird saying the police cannot be punished for the looting and burning, the government is totally responsible for what happened. “You can’t just pass the ... <a title="Marape ‘can’t pass the buck’ for PNG riots, says East Sepik governor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/22/marape-cant-pass-the-buck-for-png-riots-says-east-sepik-governor/" aria-label="Read more about Marape ‘can’t pass the buck’ for PNG riots, says East Sepik governor">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patti Shih, Senior Lecturer, Australian Centre for Health Engagement, Evidence and Values, University of Wollongong Elena.Katkova/Shutterstock Many of us have done countless rapid antigen tests (RATs) over the course of the pandemic. Testing ourselves at home has become second nature. But there’s also a growing worldwide market ... <a title="You can now order all kinds of medical tests online. Our research shows this is (mostly) a bad idea" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/22/you-can-now-order-all-kinds-of-medical-tests-online-our-research-shows-this-is-mostly-a-bad-idea-219805/" aria-label="Read more about You can now order all kinds of medical tests online. Our research shows this is (mostly) a bad idea">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Flannery, Honorary fellow, The University of Melbourne The global effort to keep climate change to safe levels – ideally within 1.5°C above pre-industrial temperatures – is moving far too slowly. And even if we stopped emitting CO² today, the long-term impacts of the gas already in ... <a title="It is time to draw down carbon dioxide but shut down moves to play God with the climate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/22/it-is-time-to-draw-down-carbon-dioxide-but-shut-down-moves-to-play-god-with-the-climate-220422/" aria-label="Read more about It is time to draw down carbon dioxide but shut down moves to play God with the climate">Read more</a>
