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January 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Chapple, Director, Institute for Governance and Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington Two hundred and fifty years ago this year, James Cook’s ship the Endeavour arrived off the eastern coast of New Zealand. The following circumnavigation marked the beginning of ongoing European contact with the indigenous ... <a title="250 years after Captain Cook’s arrival, we still can’t be sure how many Māori lived in Aotearoa at the time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/03/250-years-after-captain-cooks-arrival-we-still-cant-be-sure-how-many-maori-lived-in-aotearoa-at-the-time-107707/" aria-label="Read more about 250 years after Captain Cook’s arrival, we still can’t be sure how many Māori lived in Aotearoa at the time">Read more</a>
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January 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frederik Juliaan Vervaet, Associate Professor of Ancient History, University of Melbourne On his 2012 honeymoon to Rome, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg took so many photos of the Roman Emperor Augustus’s sculptures that his wife joked it was like there were three people on the honeymoon. The couple ... <a title="Mark Zuckerberg’s admiration for Emperor Augustus is misplaced. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/03/mark-zuckerbergs-admiration-for-emperor-augustus-is-misplaced-heres-why-108172/" aria-label="Read more about Mark Zuckerberg’s admiration for Emperor Augustus is misplaced. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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January 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dr Suzanne Hudson, School Director, Professional Experience, Southern Cross University Teaching is hard. Staying in the teaching profession can sometimes be even harder. There’s a lack of national data about attrition, but the Queensland College of Teachers estimates anywhere between 8-50% of new teachers leave the profession ... <a title="Six ways to support new teachers to stay in the profession" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/03/six-ways-to-support-new-teachers-to-stay-in-the-profession-106934/" aria-label="Read more about Six ways to support new teachers to stay in the profession">Read more</a>
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January 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Broomhall, Professor of History, University of Western Australia In a new series, we look at under acknowledged women through the ages. A 17th-century dolls’ house must number among the more unusual source “texts” through which we can find out about women’s lives in the past. Yet, ... <a title="Hidden women of history: Petronella Oortman and her giant dolls’ house" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/03/hidden-women-of-history-petronella-oortman-and-her-giant-dolls-house-108248/" aria-label="Read more about Hidden women of history: Petronella Oortman and her giant dolls’ house">Read more</a>
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January 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Davina Jackson, Honorary Academic, School of Architecture, University of Kent Today’s smart cities rely on networks: squillions of semiconductor devices that constantly pulse electromagnetic waves (light and radio frequencies) through telecommunications satellites. Data Cities, by the author. Lund Humphries (2018), Author provided Another genre of satellites, equipped ... <a title="Digital Earth: the paradigm now shaping our world’s data cities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/02/digital-earth-the-paradigm-now-shaping-our-worlds-data-cities-104938/" aria-label="Read more about Digital Earth: the paradigm now shaping our world’s data cities">Read more</a>
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January 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julia Kindt, Professor, Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Sydney This is an article from Curious Kids, a series for children. The Conversation is asking kids to send in questions they’d like an expert to answer. All questions are welcome: find out how to enter ... <a title="Curious Kids: who were the Spartans?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/02/curious-kids-who-were-the-spartans-108606/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: who were the Spartans?">Read more</a>
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January 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Tuffin, Research Fellow, University of New England It’s our experience that most people think archaeology mainly means digging in the dirt. Admit to strangers that you are of the archaeological persuasion, and the follow-up question is invariably “what’s the best thing you’ve found?”. Start to tell ... <a title="Why archaeology is so much more than just digging" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/02/why-archaeology-is-so-much-more-than-just-digging-108679/" aria-label="Read more about Why archaeology is so much more than just digging">Read more</a>
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January 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rick Sarre, Adjunct Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia The warm days of summer are almost upon us. Nudity on some Australian beaches is inevitable. But exactly how much of our flesh can we bare, and when, and where? It should surprise no-one ... <a title="Avoid a bum steer this summer: here’s what Australian law says about public nudity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/02/avoid-a-bum-steer-this-summer-heres-what-australian-law-says-about-public-nudity-107525/" aria-label="Read more about Avoid a bum steer this summer: here’s what Australian law says about public nudity">Read more</a>
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January 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marnie Campbell, Chevron Harry Butler Chair in Biosecurity and Environmental Science, Murdoch University Our beaches are our summer playgrounds, yet beach litter and marine debris injures one-fifth of beach users, particularly children and older people. Our research, published in the journal Science of the Total Environment, found ... <a title="Forget sharks… here’s why you are more likely to be injured by litter at the beach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/02/forget-sharks-heres-why-you-are-more-likely-to-be-injured-by-litter-at-the-beach-109002/" aria-label="Read more about Forget sharks… here’s why you are more likely to be injured by litter at the beach">Read more</a>
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January 2, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Judith Armstrong, Honorary Fellow of the School of Languages and Linguistics, University of Melbourne In a new series, we look at under acknowledged women through the ages. The Russian poet Anna Akhmatova is too tragic and striking a figure ever to be forgotten. A famous portrait depicts ... <a title="Hidden women of history: Lydia Chukovskaya, editor, writer, heroic friend" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/02/hidden-women-of-history-lydia-chukovskaya-editor-writer-heroic-friend-108509/" aria-label="Read more about Hidden women of history: Lydia Chukovskaya, editor, writer, heroic friend">Read more</a>
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January 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonti Horner, Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland The year gets off to a bang with the Quadrantids, the first of the annual big three meteor showers. Active while the Moon is new, it gives northern hemisphere observers a show to enjoy during the cold nights of ... <a title="Look up! Your guide to some of the best meteor showers for 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/01/look-up-your-guide-to-some-of-the-best-meteor-showers-for-2019-106863/" aria-label="Read more about Look up! Your guide to some of the best meteor showers for 2019">Read more</a>
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January 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University On the morning of Monday, March 4 1996, the young treasurer in the Howard government, Peter Costello, and his press secretary, Tony Smith – now the speaker of the House of Representatives ... <a title="1996-1997 cabinet papers show how Howard and Costello faced a budget black hole" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/01/1996-1997-cabinet-papers-show-how-howard-and-costello-faced-a-budget-black-hole-107273/" aria-label="Read more about 1996-1997 cabinet papers show how Howard and Costello faced a budget black hole">Read more</a>
