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September 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cynthia Faye Isley, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Environmental Science, Macquarie University We know forests absorb carbon dioxide, but, like a sponge, they also soak up years of pollutants from human activity. When bushfires strike, these pollutants are re-released into the air with smoke and ash. Our new ... <a title="Our toxic legacy: bushfires release decades of pollutants absorbed by forests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/23/our-toxic-legacy-bushfires-release-decades-of-pollutants-absorbed-by-forests-145542/" aria-label="Read more about Our toxic legacy: bushfires release decades of pollutants absorbed by forests">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lena Wang, Senior Lecturer in Management, RMIT University With unemployment at its highest rate in three decades, almost a million Australians are experiencing the anxiety of being out of work. Even more are underemployed, and more still holding on to jobs for now, not knowing if that ... <a title="More neurotic, less agreeable, less conscientious: how job insecurity shapes your personality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/23/more-neurotic-less-agreeable-less-conscientious-how-job-insecurity-shapes-your-personality-146019/" aria-label="Read more about More neurotic, less agreeable, less conscientious: how job insecurity shapes your personality">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Olaf Meynecke, Research Fellow in Marine Science, Griffith University A desperate rescue effort is underway after hundreds of long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) became stranded in Macquarie Harbour on Tasmania’s west coast. Yesterday, more than 250 pilot whales were reported to have stranded, with one-third presumed dead. ... <a title="‘Like trying to find the door in a dark room while hearing your relatives scream for help’: Tasmania’s whale stranding tragedy explained" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/23/like-trying-to-find-the-door-in-a-dark-room-while-hearing-your-relatives-scream-for-help-tasmanias-whale-stranding-tragedy-explained-146674/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Like trying to find the door in a dark room while hearing your relatives scream for help’: Tasmania’s whale stranding tragedy explained">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daryl Sparkes, Senior Lecturer (Media Studies and Production), University of Southern Queensland This year’s Emmy Awards saw some surprising and not so surprising moments. Perhaps the most astonishing event was the Canadian-produced comedy Schitt’s Creek winning seven major awards, including best comedy series, director and writing. Schitt’s ... <a title="Schitt’s Creek: the TV show has been showered with Emmys but is it worth the hype?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/23/schitts-creek-the-tv-show-has-been-showered-with-emmys-but-is-it-worth-the-hype-146681/" aria-label="Read more about Schitt’s Creek: the TV show has been showered with Emmys but is it worth the hype?">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Murdoch, Dean and Head of Campus, University of Otago, Christchurch, University of Otago Despite being at opposite ends of the Earth, Iceland and New Zealand have many similarities. Both are small island nations, heavily reliant on tourism and currently led by young female prime ministers. Both ... <a title="COVID-19 and small island nations: what we can learn from New Zealand and Iceland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/23/covid-19-and-small-island-nations-what-we-can-learn-from-new-zealand-and-iceland-145303/" aria-label="Read more about COVID-19 and small island nations: what we can learn from New Zealand and Iceland">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Keith Jackson Ishmael Toroama built his reputation as a bold fighter and later a commander in the Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA) in its struggle to close the Panguna copper and gold mine and gain independence for Bougainville from Papua New Guinea in the 10-year civil war of the 1990s. Later, in 2001, he ... <a title="Bougainville president-elect Ishmael Toroama – rebel, peacemaker, farmer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/23/bougainville-president-elect-ishmael-toroama-rebel-peacemaker-farmer/" aria-label="Read more about Bougainville president-elect Ishmael Toroama – rebel, peacemaker, farmer">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2020
Video we cross LIVE to author and film-maker Barbara Sumner to discuss her new book Tree of Strangers. But first, in this book, Barbara has laid bare her own life experiences to illustrate why New Zealand’s 65 year-old adoption laws must be fixed. It’s a beautifully written story of a child’s journey through the early ... <a title="Video: Selwyn Manning talks with Barbara Sumner about her new book and why adoption laws must change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/23/live-special-at-8pm-selwyn-manning-talks-with-barbara-sumner-about-her-new-book-and-why-adoption-laws-must-change/" aria-label="Read more about Video: Selwyn Manning talks with Barbara Sumner about her new book and why adoption laws must change">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2020
COMMENT: By Ziena Jalil Diversity was in the spotlight last week. Te Wiki o te Reo Māori and Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori were embraced throughout organisations and homes. We also had the annual Diversity Awards NZ celebrating the organisations championing diversity and inclusion in workplaces. Tellingly, most award recipients talked about ensuring our workplaces ... <a title="Ziena Jalil: Why ticking the diversity boxes keeps missing the mark" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/23/ziena-jalil-why-ticking-the-diversity-boxes-keeps-missing-the-mark/" aria-label="Read more about Ziena Jalil: Why ticking the diversity boxes keeps missing the mark">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2020
COMMENT: By Bryan Bruce I’ll be honest, it was a long day yesterday so I only watched the first 10 minutes of the Leader’s debate in the New Zealand general election 2020 last night. What I saw confirmed the view I expressed some weeks ago that in Judith Collins National have chosen someone who will ... <a title="Bryan Bruce: Poll dancing in NZ election – the choice is clear" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/23/bryan-bruce-poll-dancing-in-nz-election-the-choice-is-clear/" aria-label="Read more about Bryan Bruce: Poll dancing in NZ election – the choice is clear">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content TVNZ leaders debate Tim Watkin (Pundit): A Rabbit-Hole Election Debate: So Do You Want More Avocado Orchards? Steve Braunias (Guardian): First TV debate between Ardern and Collins avoids being a horror show Luke ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 23 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/23/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-september-23-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 23 2020">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Reilly, Professor, University of Adelaide The Morrison government has announced plans to revamp the Australian citizenship test. From November 15, there will be new test questions on “Australian values”. What does this new, “clear focus” on values involve? And what is the best way to assess ... <a title="The new Australian citizenship test: can you really test ‘values’ via multiple choice?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/23/the-new-australian-citizenship-test-can-you-really-test-values-via-multiple-choice-146574/" aria-label="Read more about The new Australian citizenship test: can you really test ‘values’ via multiple choice?">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jayashri Kulkarni, Professor of Psychiatry, Monash University The COVID-19 pandemic has spawned some of the most dramatic changes to Australian life in recent memory. We’ve had to adapt to a vastly different way of life to curb the spread of the virus, featuring unfamiliar challenges such as ... <a title="5 things the pandemic has revealed about the Australian psyche" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/23/5-things-the-pandemic-has-revealed-about-the-australian-psyche-146215/" aria-label="Read more about 5 things the pandemic has revealed about the Australian psyche">Read more</a>
