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January 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Shaw, Professor of Politics, Massey University Getty Images In a tidy alignment of round numbers, this year’s general election will also mark the 30th anniversary of the binding referendum that ushered in the mixed member proportional (MMP) system of voting. It will also be the tenth ... <a title="MMP in New Zealand turns 30 at this year’s election – a work in progress, but still a birthday worth celebrating" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/03/mmp-in-new-zealand-turns-30-at-this-years-election-a-work-in-progress-but-still-a-birthday-worth-celebrating-194622/" aria-label="Read more about MMP in New Zealand turns 30 at this year’s election – a work in progress, but still a birthday worth celebrating">Read more</a>
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January 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Stephens, Senior Research Fellow Monash University Accident Research Centre, Monash University Shutterstock It’s hot, you’ve had a battle to get the kids in the car, and now you’re going to be late for the family lunch. You turn onto the freeway only to get stuck behind ... <a title="Why do people tailgate? A psychologist explains what’s behind this common (and annoying) driving habit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/03/why-do-people-tailgate-a-psychologist-explains-whats-behind-this-common-and-annoying-driving-habit-193462/" aria-label="Read more about Why do people tailgate? A psychologist explains what’s behind this common (and annoying) driving habit">Read more</a>
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January 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Olive, Vice Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow, RMIT University Shutterstock Every summer, many Australians head to the ocean to swim, surf, sail, kayak, and walk along the beach. But humans are not alone when we use the ocean. Fish, seals, dolphins, sharks, jellyfish, turtles, stingrays, cuttlefish, and ... <a title="When we swim in the ocean, we enter another animal’s home. Here’s how to keep us all safe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/03/when-we-swim-in-the-ocean-we-enter-another-animals-home-heres-how-to-keep-us-all-safe-193457/" aria-label="Read more about When we swim in the ocean, we enter another animal’s home. Here’s how to keep us all safe">Read more</a>
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January 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Elliot Noe, Postdoctoral Fellow, Lincoln University, New Zealand GettyImages Getty Images More than half of the world’s population lives in cities. In Aotearoa New Zealand, the proportion of people who live in towns or cities exceeds 86%. With our lives increasingly lived in urban environments, it’s ... <a title="Green streets: why protecting urban parks and bush is vital as our cities grow and become denser" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/03/green-streets-why-protecting-urban-parks-and-bush-is-vital-as-our-cities-grow-and-become-denser-196024/" aria-label="Read more about Green streets: why protecting urban parks and bush is vital as our cities grow and become denser">Read more</a>
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January 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cassy Dittman, Lecturer/Head of Course (Undergraduate Psychology), CQUniversity Australia Shutterstock The new year often means a new season of kids’ sports. Many families may be pondering whether to commit to another season or discovering their child is now saying they’d like to quit their usual sport. My ... <a title="What makes kids want to drop out of sport, and how should parents respond?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/03/what-makes-kids-want-to-drop-out-of-sport-and-how-should-parents-respond-195115/" aria-label="Read more about What makes kids want to drop out of sport, and how should parents respond?">Read more</a>
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January 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dean Hoi, PhD candidate and tutor in economics, The University of Melbourne US Library of Congress Politicians around the world tout immigration restrictions as a way to fight wage stagnation and boost the job prospects of low-paid or unemployed locals. The Trump administration pushed the message aggressively, ... <a title="Discovering the ‘honeypot’: the surprising way restricting immigration can turn out to hurt the working poor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/03/discovering-the-honeypot-the-surprising-way-restricting-immigration-can-turn-out-to-hurt-the-working-poor-195192/" aria-label="Read more about Discovering the ‘honeypot’: the surprising way restricting immigration can turn out to hurt the working poor">Read more</a>
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January 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter McNeil, Distinguished Professor of Design History, UTS, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock In today’s world it could be said, to a certain degree, that even a relatively impoverished person engages with luxury, in some way. If you enjoy regulated heating or cooling at home, regular lighting, ... <a title="The rich history of our love affair with luxury" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/03/the-rich-history-of-our-love-affair-with-luxury-192732/" aria-label="Read more about The rich history of our love affair with luxury">Read more</a>
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January 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joan Licata, Associate Professor, Mathematics, Australian National University Shutterstock/The Conversation Science and maths skills are widely celebrated as keys to economic and technological progress, but abstract mathematics may seem bafflingly far from industrial optimisation or medical imaging. Pure mathematics often yields unanticipated applications, but without a time ... <a title="Exploring the mathematical universe – connections, contradictions, and kale" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/02/exploring-the-mathematical-universe-connections-contradictions-and-kale-196053/" aria-label="Read more about Exploring the mathematical universe – connections, contradictions, and kale">Read more</a>
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January 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ken Nosaka, Professor of Exercise and Sports Science, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock One of the most popular new year’s resolutions is to exercise more. Many of us set ambitious goals requiring a big, regular commitment, but then abandon them because they’re too much to fit in. Plans ... <a title="It’s OK to aim lower with your new year’s exercise resolutions – a few minutes a day can improve your muscle strength" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/02/its-ok-to-aim-lower-with-your-new-years-exercise-resolutions-a-few-minutes-a-day-can-improve-your-muscle-strength-193713/" aria-label="Read more about It’s OK to aim lower with your new year’s exercise resolutions – a few minutes a day can improve your muscle strength">Read more</a>
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January 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter A. Heslin, Professor of Management and Scientia Education Academy Fellow, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock It’s that time of year to muse on what you hope to accomplish over the next 12 months. The best advice when making resolutions is to set goals that are “SMART” – specific, ... <a title="12 ways to finally achieve your most elusive goals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/02/12-ways-to-finally-achieve-your-most-elusive-goals-196482/" aria-label="Read more about 12 ways to finally achieve your most elusive goals">Read more</a>
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January 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Dickson, Professor of Psychology & Mental Health, Edith Cowan University Wikimedia As we welcome in the new year, a common activity across many cultures is the setting of new year resolutions. New year represents a significant temporal milestone in the calendar when many people set new ... <a title="Where did the new year’s resolution come from? Well, we’ve been making them for 4,000 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/02/where-did-the-new-years-resolution-come-from-well-weve-been-making-them-for-4-000-years-196661/" aria-label="Read more about Where did the new year’s resolution come from? Well, we’ve been making them for 4,000 years">Read more</a>
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January 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Lee, Associate Professor of History, UNSW Sydney NAA: A14482, 020309DI-03 AUSPIC/Photographer Peter West Every year, the National Archives of Australia releases the cabinet records from 20 years earlier, and this year’s batch is out today. This release, from the cabinet records of 2002, is framed by ... <a title="Tampa, Bali bombings, 9/11 and the Kyoto Protocol: today’s cabinet paper release shows what worried Australia in 2002" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/01/tampa-bali-bombings-9-11-and-the-kyoto-protocol-todays-cabinet-paper-release-shows-what-worried-australia-in-2002-195916/" aria-label="Read more about Tampa, Bali bombings, 9/11 and the Kyoto Protocol: today’s cabinet paper release shows what worried Australia in 2002">Read more</a>
