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Month: March 2025

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‘Shoot it like Steph’: why young athletes shouldn’t try to copy the world’s best

March 12, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dylan Hicks, Lecturer Active Communities & Social Impact / PhD Sports Biomechanics, Flinders University For decades, sport coaching has been built on the idea that there is one correct way to perform a skill. This has often been referred to as a gold standard technique that every ... <a title="‘Shoot it like Steph’: why young athletes shouldn’t try to copy the world’s best" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/12/shoot-it-like-steph-why-young-athletes-shouldnt-try-to-copy-the-worlds-best-250619/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Shoot it like Steph’: why young athletes shouldn’t try to copy the world’s best">Read more</a>

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Kultarrs are tiny, cryptic creatures that only come out at night. Scientists are finally learning how they live

March 12, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hayley Stannard, Senior Lecturer in Animal Anatomy and Physiology, Charles Sturt University A kultarr. ptrybyrnes/iNaturalist, CC BY-SA In Australia’s arid and semi-arid zones lives a highly elusive predator. It’s small but fierce and feisty, with big eyes, long hind legs and a pointy nose. A carnivorous marsupial, ... <a title="Kultarrs are tiny, cryptic creatures that only come out at night. Scientists are finally learning how they live" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/12/kultarrs-are-tiny-cryptic-creatures-that-only-come-out-at-night-scientists-are-finally-learning-how-they-live-251270/" aria-label="Read more about Kultarrs are tiny, cryptic creatures that only come out at night. Scientists are finally learning how they live">Read more</a>

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How New Zealand is venturing down the road of political upheaval

March 12, 2025

With the sudden departure of New Zealand’s Reserve Bank Governor, one has to ask whether there is a pattern here — of a succession of public sector leaders leaving their posts in uncertain circumstances and a series of decisions being made without much regard for due process. It brings to mind the current spectacle of ... <a title="How New Zealand is venturing down the road of political upheaval" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/12/how-new-zealand-is-venturing-down-the-road-of-political-upheaval/" aria-label="Read more about How New Zealand is venturing down the road of political upheaval">Read more</a>

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Rainbow Warrior back in Marshall Islands on nuclear justice mission

March 12, 2025

By Reza Azam of Greenpeace Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior has arrived back in the Marshall Islands yesterday for a six-week mission around the Pacific nation to support independent scientific research into the impact of decades-long nuclear weapons testing by the US government. Forty years ago in May 1985, its namesake, the original Rainbow Warrior, took ... <a title="Rainbow Warrior back in Marshall Islands on nuclear justice mission" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/12/rainbow-warrior-back-in-marshall-islands-on-nuclear-justice-mission/" aria-label="Read more about Rainbow Warrior back in Marshall Islands on nuclear justice mission">Read more</a>

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Does conflict with friends make you squirm? Doing it right might make the relationship stronger

March 12, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Raquel Peel, Research Supervisor, University of Technology Sydney, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, University of Southern Queensland and Senior Lecturer, University of Notre Dame Australia Krakenimages.com/Shutterstock Some friendships outlast romantic connections and can prove to be more meaningful. Friends help us get through day-to-day challenges and make the tough ... <a title="Does conflict with friends make you squirm? Doing it right might make the relationship stronger" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/12/does-conflict-with-friends-make-you-squirm-doing-it-right-might-make-the-relationship-stronger-248884/" aria-label="Read more about Does conflict with friends make you squirm? Doing it right might make the relationship stronger">Read more</a>

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Australia – like everyone else – fails to win exemption from Trump’s tariffs on aluminium and steel

March 12, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Australia has failed to win an exemption from Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on aluminium and steel, but the government has vowed to fight on for a carve out. The White House spokeswoman, Karoline Leavitt, told Australian media in Washington “there ... <a title="Australia – like everyone else – fails to win exemption from Trump’s tariffs on aluminium and steel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/12/australia-like-everyone-else-fails-to-win-exemption-from-trumps-tariffs-on-aluminium-and-steel-251623/" aria-label="Read more about Australia – like everyone else – fails to win exemption from Trump’s tariffs on aluminium and steel">Read more</a>

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Opinion Analysis by Keith Rankin – Dodgy Democracy, the Fiscal Double Standard, and the application of the Domino Theory to Ukraine

March 12, 2025

Opinion Analysis by Keith Rankin. This story, Germany to ease government debt limits in major step aimed at boosting economy, defense spending,AP, 6 March 2015, reflects my comments in Germany’s Election 2025. (And note Reforming the debt brake: Now or never! Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, 28 Feb 2025. And Germany’s election victor must ditch its debt rules—immediately, ... <a title="Opinion Analysis by Keith Rankin – Dodgy Democracy, the Fiscal Double Standard, and the application of the Domino Theory to Ukraine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/12/opinion-analysis-by-keith-rankin-dodgy-democracy-the-fiscal-double-standard-and-the-application-of-the-domino-theory-to-ukraine/" aria-label="Read more about Opinion Analysis by Keith Rankin – Dodgy Democracy, the Fiscal Double Standard, and the application of the Domino Theory to Ukraine">Read more</a>

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Fresh fruit down, junk food up: our modelling suggests Australians’ diets will get worse by 2030

March 12, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Ryan, Postdoctoral CERC Fellow, Human Health, CSIRO Farknot Architect/Shutterstock The age-old saying “you are what you eat” rings true – diet quality affects our health from the inside out. While a healthy diet can improve health and wellbeing, a poor diet increases the risk of chronic ... <a title="Fresh fruit down, junk food up: our modelling suggests Australians’ diets will get worse by 2030" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/12/fresh-fruit-down-junk-food-up-our-modelling-suggests-australians-diets-will-get-worse-by-2030-250406/" aria-label="Read more about Fresh fruit down, junk food up: our modelling suggests Australians’ diets will get worse by 2030">Read more</a>

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‘Benevolent’ bosses are also more generous with their company tax information

March 12, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kerrie Sadiq, Professor of Taxation, QUT Business School, and ARC Future Fellow, Queensland University of Technology Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock For over a decade, there has been an increase in calls for multinational corporations to be forced to disclose tax information publicly. The idea is that enhanced transparency reduces tax ... <a title="‘Benevolent’ bosses are also more generous with their company tax information" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/12/benevolent-bosses-are-also-more-generous-with-their-company-tax-information-251372/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Benevolent’ bosses are also more generous with their company tax information">Read more</a>

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Australia’s superb lyrebirds ‘farm’ the forest floor to increase their prey – a behaviour rarely seen in nature

March 12, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Maisey, Postdoctoral research fellow, Research Centre for Future Landscapes, La Trobe University Miles Clifford Triniman/Shutterstock In wet forests of southeastern Australia, superb lyrebirds engage in extraordinary behaviour – tilling the soil to create habitats for their prey to flourish. The superb lyreird scratches through the leaf ... <a title="Australia’s superb lyrebirds ‘farm’ the forest floor to increase their prey – a behaviour rarely seen in nature" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/12/australias-superb-lyrebirds-farm-the-forest-floor-to-increase-their-prey-a-behaviour-rarely-seen-in-nature-247908/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s superb lyrebirds ‘farm’ the forest floor to increase their prey – a behaviour rarely seen in nature">Read more</a>

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Hey big spenders: what foreign investors will really want from the infrastructure summit

March 12, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Tookey, Professor of Construction Management, Auckland University of Technology New Zealand is struggling to stay ahead of its vital infrastructure needs, and the numbers show it. The New Zealand Infrastructure Commission recently identified NZ$204 billion of required infrastructural spend, most of which is currently unfunded. At ... <a title="Hey big spenders: what foreign investors will really want from the infrastructure summit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/12/hey-big-spenders-what-foreign-investors-will-really-want-from-the-infrastructure-summit-251798/" aria-label="Read more about Hey big spenders: what foreign investors will really want from the infrastructure summit">Read more</a>

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Drug war victims’ families celebrate Duterte’s arrest, vow to keep fighting

March 12, 2025

By Jodesz Gavilan in Manila Paolo* was just 15 years old when he witnessed the Philippine National Police (PNP) mercilessly kill his father in 2016. Nearly nine years later, the scales are shifting as Rodrigo Duterte, the man who unleashed death upon his family and thousands of others, now faces the weight of justice before ... <a title="Drug war victims’ families celebrate Duterte’s arrest, vow to keep fighting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/12/drug-war-victims-families-celebrate-dutertes-arrest-vow-to-keep-fighting/" aria-label="Read more about Drug war victims’ families celebrate Duterte’s arrest, vow to keep fighting">Read more</a>