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April 14, 2022
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. To help keep Political Roundup going, contribute via Victoria University of Wellington: https://bit.ly/VUWDemocracyProject To sign up for the email service: https://democracyproject.nz/nz-politics-daily/ Political Roundup: NZ’s remarkable rush to war New Zealand is now part of the war with Russia. And our independent foreign policy is virtually dead. That’s the upshot of the Government’s definitive ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: 14 April 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/14/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-14-april-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: 14 April 2022">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Kilah, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Tasmania Shutterstock The words “chocolate” and “disappointment” don’t often go together. But you may have experienced some disappointment if you’ve ever unwrapped the bright foil of an Easter egg to discover white, chalky chocolate inside. What is this white ... <a title="What’s the white stuff on my Easter chocolate, and can I still eat it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/14/whats-the-white-stuff-on-my-easter-chocolate-and-can-i-still-eat-it-181274/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the white stuff on my Easter chocolate, and can I still eat it?">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philipp Kastner, Senior Lecturer in International Law, The University of Western Australia Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is unlikely to be resolved on the battlefield. An end to the bloodshed and destruction of Ukraine can be negotiated, but such negotiations need to be mediated carefully. So far, all ... <a title="How can Russia’s invasion of Ukraine end? Here’s how peace negotiations have worked in past wars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/14/how-can-russias-invasion-of-ukraine-end-heres-how-peace-negotiations-have-worked-in-past-wars-180778/" aria-label="Read more about How can Russia’s invasion of Ukraine end? Here’s how peace negotiations have worked in past wars">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Morgan Harrington, Research Fellow, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University The rate of voter participation in federal elections by people living in remote Indigenous communities has been lower than the national average since First Nations people were granted the right to vote in 1962. ... <a title="Past policies have created barriers to voting in remote First Nations communities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/14/past-policies-have-created-barriers-to-voting-in-remote-first-nations-communities-181194/" aria-label="Read more about Past policies have created barriers to voting in remote First Nations communities">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2022
A View from Afar - In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will discuss how numerous countries have committed aid, intelligence expertise, military hardware and weapons to a multilateral effort in support of Ukraine.
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April 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Kilah, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Tasmania Shutterstock The words “chocolate” and “disappointment” don’t often go together. But you may have experienced some disappointment if you’ve ever unwrapped the bright foil of an Easter egg to discover white, chalky chocolate inside. What is this white ... <a title="What’s this white stuff on my Easter chocolate, and can I still eat it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/14/whats-this-white-stuff-on-my-easter-chocolate-and-can-i-still-eat-it-181274/" aria-label="Read more about What’s this white stuff on my Easter chocolate, and can I still eat it?">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gorana Grgić, Senior Lecturer, Department of Government and International Relations and US Studies Centre, University of Sydney AAP/EPA/Michael Reynolds Any sort of analysis that tries to draw lessons from an evolving event such as an ongoing major war is a potentially futile task. On the one hand, ... <a title="How the Ukraine war has exposed faultlines in the way the US conducts itself on the world stage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/14/how-the-ukraine-war-has-exposed-faultlines-in-the-way-the-us-conducts-itself-on-the-world-stage-180136/" aria-label="Read more about How the Ukraine war has exposed faultlines in the way the US conducts itself on the world stage">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ken Aldren S. Usman, PhD Candidate, Deakin University Shuttershock How is fabric made? – Saskia, age 5, Sydney Hi Saskia, that’s a great question! From clothes to curtains, towels and sheets, fabrics are everywhere in our daily lives. You might also hear people call them “textiles”. People ... <a title="Curious Kids: how is fabric made?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/14/curious-kids-how-is-fabric-made-178783/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: how is fabric made?">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Williams, Associate Professor, Griffith University, Griffith University Joey Csunyo/Unsplash Over the next six weeks, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Labor leader Anthony Albanese will dash around the country, trying to secure as many precious votes as they can. We know from previous elections that different parts ... <a title="State of the states: six politics experts take us on a trip around Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/14/state-of-the-states-six-politics-experts-take-us-on-a-trip-around-australia-180861/" aria-label="Read more about State of the states: six politics experts take us on a trip around Australia">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Laurenceson, Director and Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI), University of Technology Sydney This is the first piece in a foreign policy election series looking at how Australia’s relations with the world have changed under the Morrison government. Official relations between Australia and China are worse now ... <a title="From handshakes to threats: can the election bring a fresh start in our fractured relationship with China?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/14/from-handshakes-to-threats-can-the-election-bring-a-fresh-start-in-our-fractured-relationship-with-china-178415/" aria-label="Read more about From handshakes to threats: can the election bring a fresh start in our fractured relationship with China?">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Breen, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Shutterstock The revelation that women’s KiwiSaver retirement savings lag 20% behind men’s represents a double threat: not only are women paid less during their working lives, they will also be poorer when they retire. This is perhaps to be ... <a title="Fewer than 1% of New Zealand men take paid parental leave – would offering them more to stay at home help?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/14/fewer-than-1-of-new-zealand-men-take-paid-parental-leave-would-offering-them-more-to-stay-at-home-help-180777/" aria-label="Read more about Fewer than 1% of New Zealand men take paid parental leave – would offering them more to stay at home help?">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Forbes, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Singing, University of Southern Queensland Miguel Bautista on Unsplash Singing with others feels amazing. Group singing promotes social bonding and has been shown to raise oxytocin (the “bonding hormone”) and decrease cortisol (the “stress hormone”). But it’s not just about singing ... <a title="Flow state, exercise and healthy ageing: 5 unexpected benefits of singing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/14/flow-state-exercise-and-healthy-ageing-5-unexpected-benefits-of-singing-180415/" aria-label="Read more about Flow state, exercise and healthy ageing: 5 unexpected benefits of singing">Read more</a>
