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January 22, 2025
SPECIAL REPORT: By Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson and Lilomaiava Maina Vai The Speaker of the House, Papali’i Li’o Taeu Masipau, decisively addressed a letter from FAST, which informed him of the removal of Fiame along with Deputy Prime Minister Tuala Tevaga Ponifasio, Leatinu’u Wayne Fong, Olo Fiti Vaai, Faualo Harry Schuster, and Toeolesulusulu Cedric Schuster from ... <a title="Samoa political update: Fiame prevails in leadership crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/22/samoa-political-update-fiame-prevails-in-leadership-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa political update: Fiame prevails in leadership crisis">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Marie Brennan, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Waikato Shutterstock/KV4000 Every day, about 48.5 tonnes of space rock hurtle towards Earth. Meteorites that fall into the ocean are never recovered. But the ones that crash on land can spark debates about legal ownership. Globally, meteorite hunting ... <a title="Earth is bombarded with rocks from space – but who gets to keep these ultimate antiques?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/22/earth-is-bombarded-with-rocks-from-space-but-who-gets-to-keep-these-ultimate-antiques-245741/" aria-label="Read more about Earth is bombarded with rocks from space – but who gets to keep these ultimate antiques?">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Steven Cowan, editor of Against The Current New Zealand’s One News interviewed a Gaza journalist last week who has called out the Western media for its complicity in genocide. For some 15 months, the Western media have framed Israel’s genocidal rampage in Gaza as a “legitimate” war. Pretending to provide an objective and ... <a title="Gaza and the Western media – complicit in genocide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/22/gaza-and-the-western-media-complicit-in-genocide/" aria-label="Read more about Gaza and the Western media – complicit in genocide">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marta Yebra, Professor of Environmental Engineering, Australian National University Picture this. It’s a summer evening in Australia. A dry lightning storm is about to sweep across remote, tinder-dry bushland. The next day is forecast to be hot and windy. A lightning strike tonight could spark a fire ... <a title="It’s science, not fiction: high-tech drones may soon be fighting bushfires in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/22/its-science-not-fiction-high-tech-drones-may-soon-be-fighting-bushfires-in-australia-247789/" aria-label="Read more about It’s science, not fiction: high-tech drones may soon be fighting bushfires in Australia">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Orlando, Researcher, Digital Literacy and Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University Wachiwit/Shutterstock Roblox isn’t just another video game – it’s a massive virtual universe where nearly 90 million people from around the world create, play and socialise. This includes some 34 million children under 13 who spend ... <a title="‘Should I let my kid play Roblox?’ New safety features reduce risks – but more are needed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/22/should-i-let-my-kid-play-roblox-new-safety-features-reduce-risks-but-more-are-needed-246971/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Should I let my kid play Roblox?’ New safety features reduce risks – but more are needed">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Lee, Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne based), Curtin University Dragana Gordic/Shutterstock Anecdotal reports from some professionals have prompted concerns about young people using prescription benzodiazepines such as Xanax for recreational use. Border force detections of these drugs have almost doubled in the ... <a title="Why do some young people use Xanax recreationally? What are the risks?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/22/why-do-some-young-people-use-xanax-recreationally-what-are-the-risks-247242/" aria-label="Read more about Why do some young people use Xanax recreationally? What are the risks?">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Judy Lundy, Lecturer in Management, Edith Cowan University Vitalii Vodolazskyi/Shutterstock It’s been a significant day for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs in the United States. Such initiatives are about providing equality of opportunity and a sense of being valued for all members of an organisation. But ... <a title="Trump has begun dismantling America’s diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. Here’s why Australia may not follow suit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/22/trump-has-begun-dismantling-americas-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-initiatives-heres-why-australia-may-not-follow-suit-247694/" aria-label="Read more about Trump has begun dismantling America’s diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. Here’s why Australia may not follow suit">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kimberley Connor, Postdoctoral Scholar at Stanford Archaeology Center, Stanford University Sydney’s Hyde Park Barracks photographed in 1871, when the building served as a women’s immigration depot and asylum. City of Sydney Archives. Sydney’s Hyde Park Barracks was built between 1817 and 1819 to house male convicts. The ... <a title="History under the floorboards: decoding the diets of institutionalised women in 19th century Sydney" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/22/history-under-the-floorboards-decoding-the-diets-of-institutionalised-women-in-19th-century-sydney-244927/" aria-label="Read more about History under the floorboards: decoding the diets of institutionalised women in 19th century Sydney">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert McLachlan, Professor in Applied Mathematics, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University NASA/Earth Observatory, CC BY-SA It’s now official. Last year was the warmest year on record globally and the first to exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. This doesn’t mean it’s too late to rein in ... <a title="NZ’s climate policies are no longer enough to keep warming at 1.5°C – here’s what needs to happen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/22/nzs-climate-policies-are-no-longer-enough-to-keep-warming-at-1-5-c-heres-what-needs-to-happen-245829/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s climate policies are no longer enough to keep warming at 1.5°C – here’s what needs to happen">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2025
After sitting on the back benches as an MP for five terms, Lee was given the ethnic communities, economic development, and media and communications portfolios after the coalition government won the 2023 election. Lee was demoted from Cabinet in April last year, with Luxon stripping her of the media and communications portfolio. On Sunday, he ... <a title="Ethnic community leaders slam Lee’s removal from diversity portfolio" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/22/ethnic-community-leaders-slam-lees-removal-from-diversity-portfolio/" aria-label="Read more about Ethnic community leaders slam Lee’s removal from diversity portfolio">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra After rejecting calls for months, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese finally summoned a Tuesday national cabinet meeting to discuss Australia’s rising wave of antisemitic attacks and other incidents. This followed the torching of a childcare centre in Maroubra in Sydney overnight, ... <a title="Albanese finally summons national cabinet to consider antisemitism epidemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/21/albanese-finally-summons-national-cabinet-to-consider-antisemitism-epidemic-235637/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese finally summons national cabinet to consider antisemitism epidemic">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle A litmus test of Israel’s commitment to abandon genocide and start down the road towards lasting peace is whether they choose to release the most important of all the hostages, Marwan Barghouti. During the past 22 years in Israeli prisons he has been beaten, tortured, sexually molested and had limbs broken. ... <a title="Marwan Barghouti – the world’s most important hostage – must be freed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/21/marwan-barghouti-the-worlds-most-important-hostage-must-be-freed/" aria-label="Read more about Marwan Barghouti – the world’s most important hostage – must be freed">Read more</a>
