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November 12, 2019
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 by Dr Bryce Edwards. Zero Carbon Bill, climate change Henry Cooke (Stuff): NZ First kept methane target from exiting Zero Carbon Bill Zane Small (Newshub): Simon Bridges blasts New Zealand First as ‘no ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 12 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/12/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-november-12-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 12 2019">Read more</a>
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November 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justin Sinclair, Research Fellow, NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University Endometriosis is a chronic, inflammatory condition where tissue similar to the lining of the uterus is found outside of the womb. It affects around one in ten women of reproductive age, causing pain, infertility and gastrointestinal ... <a title="1 in 10 women with endometriosis report using cannabis to ease their pain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/12/1-in-10-women-with-endometriosis-report-using-cannabis-to-ease-their-pain-126516/" aria-label="Read more about 1 in 10 women with endometriosis report using cannabis to ease their pain">Read more</a>
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November 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Fisher, Professor of Cattle & Sheep Production Medicine, University of Melbourne The plight of Australia’s dairy farmers is on the political agenda this week, after One Nation leader Pauline Hanson narrowly failed in her Senate bid for a minimum milk price. But getting fair payment for ... <a title="Australia’s Dairy Industry: The milk, the whole milk and nothing but the milk: the story behind Australia’s dairy woes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/12/the-milk-the-whole-milk-and-nothing-but-the-milk-the-story-behind-our-dairy-woes-124290/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s Dairy Industry: The milk, the whole milk and nothing but the milk: the story behind Australia’s dairy woes">Read more</a>
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November 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katina Zammit, Deputy Dean, School of Education, Western Sydney University When I was younger I decided to learn Greek. I learnt the letter-sound correspondences and could say the words – the sounds, that is. But although I could and still can decode these words, I can’t actually ... <a title="Reading is more than sounding out words and decoding. That’s why we use the whole language approach to teaching it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/12/reading-is-more-than-sounding-out-words-and-decoding-thats-why-we-use-the-whole-language-approach-to-teaching-it-126606/" aria-label="Read more about Reading is more than sounding out words and decoding. That’s why we use the whole language approach to teaching it">Read more</a>
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November 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pamela Snow, Professor and Head, Rural Health School, La Trobe University Being able to read means being able to make meaning from printed words. At a functional level, we read to get the message – such as how many times per day to take our medication – ... <a title="Why every child needs explicit phonics instruction to learn to read" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/12/why-every-child-needs-explicit-phonics-instruction-to-learn-to-read-125065/" aria-label="Read more about Why every child needs explicit phonics instruction to learn to read">Read more</a>
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November 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thijs Dhollander, Post-doctoral neuroscientist, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health While looking at the MRI brain scan of a 29-year-old woman that had been taken for a different study, researchers in Israel recently stumbled upon a scientific mystery. The woman appears to have no olfactory bulbs. ... <a title="Some women seem to lack a key brain structure for smell — but their sense of smell is fine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/12/some-women-seem-to-lack-a-key-brain-structure-for-smell-but-their-sense-of-smell-is-fine-126496/" aria-label="Read more about Some women seem to lack a key brain structure for smell — but their sense of smell is fine">Read more</a>
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November 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Holland, Senior Lecturer in Australian History, Macquarie University When the minister for Indigenous Australians, Ken Wyatt, recently announced a co-design process for creating an Indigenous “voice to government”, it was characterised as a shift in rhetoric. Yet, on closer inspection, it was less a shift than ... <a title="The government’s ‘new page’ on Indigenous policy is actually just more of the same" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/12/the-governments-new-page-on-indigenous-policy-is-actually-just-more-of-the-same-126179/" aria-label="Read more about The government’s ‘new page’ on Indigenous policy is actually just more of the same">Read more</a>
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November 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joshua Zadro, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Sydney Patients might not be getting the best advice about which treatments do or don’t work, according to our study published today. We found professional societies are more likely to call out other health professionals for providing low-value treatments rather ... <a title="Dodgy treatment: it’s not us, it’s the other lot, say the experts. So who do we believe?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/12/dodgy-treatment-its-not-us-its-the-other-lot-say-the-experts-so-who-do-we-believe-124638/" aria-label="Read more about Dodgy treatment: it’s not us, it’s the other lot, say the experts. So who do we believe?">Read more</a>
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November 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Abou-Nemeh, Lecturer in Early Modern History, Victoria University of Wellington This week New Zealand’s parliamentarians will vote on the third reading of the End of Life Choice Bill. Much public discussion on the merits of euthanasia has centred around the role of the medical practitioner as ... <a title="As NZ votes on euthanasia bill, here is a historical perspective on a ‘good death’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/12/as-nz-votes-on-euthanasia-bill-here-is-a-historical-perspective-on-a-good-death-126580/" aria-label="Read more about As NZ votes on euthanasia bill, here is a historical perspective on a ‘good death’">Read more</a>
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November 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cris Brack, Associate Professor, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University Trees die. You don’t have to like it, but they do. And this comes as a surprise to some. A senior public servant once told one of us (Brack): “Trees don’t die; people kill ... <a title="When a tree dies, don’t waste your breath. Rescue the wood to honour its memory" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/12/when-a-tree-dies-dont-waste-your-breath-rescue-the-wood-to-honour-its-memory-125137/" aria-label="Read more about When a tree dies, don’t waste your breath. Rescue the wood to honour its memory">Read more</a>
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November 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elaine Stratford, Professor, University of Tasmania In this series, we look at under-acknowledged women through the ages. We are all touched by relationships with animals — as domestic and working companions, wild inspirations, threats, or pests. Some of us may know about the enduring worth of organisations ... <a title="Hidden women of history: Frances Levvy, Australia’s quietly radical early animal rights campaigner" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/12/hidden-women-of-history-frances-levvy-australias-quietly-radical-early-animal-rights-campaigner-125940/" aria-label="Read more about Hidden women of history: Frances Levvy, Australia’s quietly radical early animal rights campaigner">Read more</a>
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November 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Warren Staples, Senior Lecturer in Management, RMIT University In the wake of systemic corporate misconduct scandals such as those brought to light in the banking royal commission, and issues such as income inequality and climate change, there are growing public demands for increased corporate accountability and less ... <a title="Shareholder activism might sound good, but it’s delusional to think it will change anything much" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/11/shareholder-activism-might-sound-good-but-its-delusional-to-think-it-will-change-anything-much-125807/" aria-label="Read more about Shareholder activism might sound good, but it’s delusional to think it will change anything much">Read more</a>
