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March 14, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brian Tweed, Senior lecturer, Institute of Education, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University Laiotz/Shutterstock Since the start of this year, all New Zealand schools have been required to use structured literacy to teach reading and writing – including the country’s 310 primary and intermediate Māori-medium kura ... <a title="Language is a ‘central element in being Māori’ – using structured literacy to teach te reo misses the point" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/14/language-is-a-central-element-in-being-maori-using-structured-literacy-to-teach-te-reo-misses-the-point-250390/" aria-label="Read more about Language is a ‘central element in being Māori’ – using structured literacy to teach te reo misses the point">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Australian politicians on both sides of the house say protectionist policies are bad, right? That Australia, as a country, believes in and benefits from trade being as free as possible. But what about some voluntary protectionism in the wake of ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Will voters fear PM Peter Dutton would be a surprise packet?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/13/grattan-on-friday-will-voters-fear-pm-peter-dutton-would-be-a-surprise-packet-252174/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Will voters fear PM Peter Dutton would be a surprise packet?">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles, Professor of Sustainability, Environment & Education, Southern Cross University Many children in Queensland and northern New South Wales have had their lives disrupted by ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred. Schools were closed (about 14 were still shut as of Thursday afternoon), families hunkered down and then the ... <a title="We spoke to kids after the Lismore floods. To recover, they told us they need support, time and hugs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/13/we-spoke-to-kids-after-the-lismore-floods-to-recover-they-told-us-they-need-support-time-and-hugs-251911/" aria-label="Read more about We spoke to kids after the Lismore floods. To recover, they told us they need support, time and hugs">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra On current opinion polls, we are looking at a very close race at the May election. As voting day draws near, Peter Dutton will face more forensic questioning about his policies and how he would run government. At the same ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Peter Dutton on why he’s not Australia’s Trump – ‘I’m my own person’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/13/politics-with-michelle-grattan-peter-dutton-on-why-hes-not-australias-trump-im-my-own-person-252156/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Peter Dutton on why he’s not Australia’s Trump – ‘I’m my own person’">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Noel Morada, Visiting Professor, Nelson Mandela Centre, Chulalongkorn University; and Research Fellow, Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, The University of Queensland Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is now in the custody of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, to face charges of alleged ... <a title="Will Rodrigo Duterte be seen as a martyr – or a symbol of justice finally being carried out?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/13/will-rodrigo-duterte-be-seen-as-a-martyr-or-a-symbol-of-justice-finally-being-carried-out-252020/" aria-label="Read more about Will Rodrigo Duterte be seen as a martyr – or a symbol of justice finally being carried out?">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie Old, Associate Professor in Biology, Zoology and Animal Science, Western Sydney University Wombat joeys are dependent on their mothers for up to two years. Tom Wayman/Shutterstock It was hard to watch. In a now-deleted Instagram reel, American influencer Sam Jones is filmed picking up a young ... <a title="Yes, it’s a terrible idea to pick up or interfere with wild animals – especially baby wombats. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/13/yes-its-a-terrible-idea-to-pick-up-or-interfere-with-wild-animals-especially-baby-wombats-heres-why-252164/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, it’s a terrible idea to pick up or interfere with wild animals – especially baby wombats. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Martín-Francés, Postdoctoral Fellow, PalaeoDiet Research Lab, Monash University The newly found fossil (right) alongside a mirrored reconstruction (left). Maria D. Guillén / IPHES-CERCA / Elena Santos / CENIEH In a system of caves in the Atapuerca Mountains in Spain, nearly 50 years of systematic archaeological excavations ... <a title="Fragments of a million-year-old face found in Spain shed new light on ancient human migrations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/13/fragments-of-a-million-year-old-face-found-in-spain-shed-new-light-on-ancient-human-migrations-252146/" aria-label="Read more about Fragments of a million-year-old face found in Spain shed new light on ancient human migrations">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milad Haghani, Associate Professor & Principal Fellow in Urban Risk & Resilience, The University of Melbourne The recent rollover of two army trucks carrying Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel responding to ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred was unprecedented for a domestic emergency operation. Thirty-two soldiers were hospitalised in the ... <a title="We can’t keep relying on the ADF to respond to natural disasters – how to rebuild our emergency volunteer workforce" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/13/we-cant-keep-relying-on-the-adf-to-respond-to-natural-disasters-how-to-rebuild-our-emergency-volunteer-workforce-251907/" aria-label="Read more about We can’t keep relying on the ADF to respond to natural disasters – how to rebuild our emergency volunteer workforce">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shima Ziajahromi, Advance Queensland Research Fellow, Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University Gary D Chapman/Shutterstock Compost applied to agricultural soils in Australia each year contains tonnes of microplastics, our research has revealed. These microplastics can harm soil and plant health and eventually enter food crops, potentially posing a ... <a title="Tonnes of microplastics infiltrate Australia’s agricultural soils each year, study shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/13/tonnes-of-microplastics-infiltrate-australias-agricultural-soils-each-year-study-shows-250624/" aria-label="Read more about Tonnes of microplastics infiltrate Australia’s agricultural soils each year, study shows">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ferdi Botha, Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research, The University of Melbourne Australia already has the highest gambling losses globally. Now, new data show that between 2015 and 2022, the number of Australian men involved in sports betting has increased substantially. And for ... <a title="The rate of sports betting has surged more than 57% – and younger people are betting more" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/13/the-rate-of-sports-betting-has-surged-more-than-57-and-younger-people-are-betting-more-251902/" aria-label="Read more about The rate of sports betting has surged more than 57% – and younger people are betting more">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Jeffries, Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, Western Sydney University Pamela Au/Shutterstock News that a health worker at a Sydney hospital’s birth unit was infectious with hepatitis B for more than a decade has led to a health alert for mothers and babies. The staff member worked at ... <a title="What is hepatitis B, the virus at the centre of the recent hospital infection alert?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/13/what-is-hepatitis-b-the-virus-at-the-centre-of-the-recent-hospital-infection-alert-252037/" aria-label="Read more about What is hepatitis B, the virus at the centre of the recent hospital infection alert?">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tanya Hill, Honorary Fellow at University of Melbourne and Senior Curator (Astronomy), Museums Victoria Research Institute As the full moon rises tomorrow (Friday March 14), it will be a special sight for those in Aotearoa New Zealand. It will also be worth a look for people along ... <a title="A lunar eclipse is on tomorrow – NZ and parts of Australia are in for a spectacle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/13/a-lunar-eclipse-is-on-tomorrow-nz-and-parts-of-australia-are-in-for-a-spectacle-251369/" aria-label="Read more about A lunar eclipse is on tomorrow – NZ and parts of Australia are in for a spectacle">Read more</a>
