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August 28, 2023
New Zealand Politics Daily is a collation of the most prominent issues being discussed in New Zealand. It is edited by Dr Bryce Edwards of The Democracy Project. NZ Politics Daily: 28 August 2023 ELECTION, WORKING WITH NZ FIRST Jo Moir (Newsroom): Chris Hipkins unleashes as he prepares for dogfight Luke Malpass (Post): Chris Hipkins to Winston Peters: ... <a title="Newsletter: August 28 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/28/newsletter-august-28-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: August 28 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Agnew, Senior Lecturer of Economics, University of Canterbury Even as an economics student at university, I remember heading into town on a Friday night knowing what I needed to pay the bills before I could spend on socialising. But despite having the financial literacy to know ... <a title="Financial education has its limits – if we want New Zealanders to be better with money, we need to start at home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/28/financial-education-has-its-limits-if-we-want-new-zealanders-to-be-better-with-money-we-need-to-start-at-home-212098/" aria-label="Read more about Financial education has its limits – if we want New Zealanders to be better with money, we need to start at home">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yuting Zhang, Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock The more people take up private health insurance, the less pressure on the public hospital system, including shorter waiting lists for surgery. That’s one of the key messages we’ve been hearing from government and the private ... <a title="Does private health insurance cut public hospital waiting lists? We found it barely makes a dent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/28/does-private-health-insurance-cut-public-hospital-waiting-lists-we-found-it-barely-makes-a-dent-211680/" aria-label="Read more about Does private health insurance cut public hospital waiting lists? We found it barely makes a dent">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rohan Fisher, Information Technology for Development Researcher, Charles Darwin University KLC/Ewan Noakes, CC BY-ND Even though it’s still winter, the fire season has already started in Australia’s arid centre. About half of the Tjoritja West MacDonnell National Park west of Alice Springs has burnt this year. The ... <a title="Indigenous rangers are burning the desert the right way – to stop the wrong kind of intense fires from raging" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/28/indigenous-rangers-are-burning-the-desert-the-right-way-to-stop-the-wrong-kind-of-intense-fires-from-raging-211900/" aria-label="Read more about Indigenous rangers are burning the desert the right way – to stop the wrong kind of intense fires from raging">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucas Walsh, Professor and Director of the Centre for Youth Policy and Education Practice, Monash University Shutterstock As we pass the half way mark in term 3, many students in Year 12 will be thinking more and more about their future. Universities and TAFEs are having open ... <a title="‘So many things to consider’: how to help school leavers decide what to do next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/28/so-many-things-to-consider-how-to-help-school-leavers-decide-what-to-do-next-211189/" aria-label="Read more about ‘So many things to consider’: how to help school leavers decide what to do next">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janneke Blijlevens, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, RMIT University These shoes are perfect, made for me! I have to get them! But really, I should be paying off my car loan instead. I can’t justify this purchase. Or can I …? We all know this feeling, this tension ... <a title="#GirlMaths: a seemingly innocent and fun way to justify expenses that can have serious financial consequences" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/28/girlmaths-a-seemingly-innocent-and-fun-way-to-justify-expenses-that-can-have-serious-financial-consequences-211903/" aria-label="Read more about #GirlMaths: a seemingly innocent and fun way to justify expenses that can have serious financial consequences">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Phiddian, Professor of English, Flinders University After seven decades as a visual satirist provoking Australia as it is and might be, Bruce Petty passed away at 93 on April 6 this year. His career as a political cartoonist started with a trip to London in the ... <a title="How cartoonist Bruce Petty documented the Vietnam War – and how his great satire keeps finding its moment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/28/how-cartoonist-bruce-petty-documented-the-vietnam-war-and-how-his-great-satire-keeps-finding-its-moment-208952/" aria-label="Read more about How cartoonist Bruce Petty documented the Vietnam War – and how his great satire keeps finding its moment">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2023
The battle to stop the destruction in Australia of critical koala habitats in state forests in Northern NSW has escalated in recent weeks. Wendy Bacon reports on the campaign from daring lock-ons and vigils in the depth of forests to rallies, parliament and courts in Sydney which has led to a halt to logging in ... <a title="Australian fight to protect koala habitats in northern NSW heats up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/26/australian-fight-to-protect-koala-habitats-in-northern-nsw-heats-up/" aria-label="Read more about Australian fight to protect koala habitats in northern NSW heats up">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2023
By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report The Melanesian Spearhead Group has thrown away a golden chance for achieving a historical step towards justice and peace in West Papua by lacking the courage to accept the main Papuan self-determination advocacy movement as full members. Membership had been widely expected across the Pacific region and ... <a title="MSG throws away golden chance to reset peace and justice for West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/26/msg-throws-away-golden-chance-to-reset-peace-and-justice-for-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about MSG throws away golden chance to reset peace and justice for West Papua">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2023
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. National is not only winning the race towards the general election finish line, but is also miles ahead in raising money to campaign with. So far, the National Party has picked up $8.2m in big donations since the start of 2021. As RNZ reported this week, that’s seven times more ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Who is funding National?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/26/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-who-is-funding-national/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Who is funding National?">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John White, Associate Professor in Wildlife and Conservation Biology, Deakin University Imogen Warren, Shutterstock There’s nothing quite like having a rodent problem in your home. Most people will do anything to get rid of them. Australians usually reach for rat poison, without a second thought. Most of ... <a title="Rat poison is killing our beloved native owls and tawny frogmouths – and that’s the tip of the iceberg" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/25/rat-poison-is-killing-our-beloved-native-owls-and-tawny-frogmouths-and-thats-the-tip-of-the-iceberg-212184/" aria-label="Read more about Rat poison is killing our beloved native owls and tawny frogmouths – and that’s the tip of the iceberg">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Starling, Postdoctoral Researcher in Veterinary Science, University of Sydney Dogs are important to a lot of humans, but what makes them so? Apart from being warm, soft and capable of inspiring our unconditional love, there are a number of unique characteristics that set dogs apart from ... <a title="An expert’s top 5 reasons why dogs can be considered exceptional animals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/25/an-experts-top-5-reasons-why-dogs-can-be-considered-exceptional-animals-211832/" aria-label="Read more about An expert’s top 5 reasons why dogs can be considered exceptional animals">Read more</a>
