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March 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Jongenelis, Associate Professor, Melbourne Centre for Behaviour Change, The University of Melbourne Alexandru Chiriac/Shutterstock Vaping is on the rise among young Australians. Recent figures from the National Drug Strategy Household Survey show current use of e‑cigarettes among teenagers aged 14–17 increased five-fold from 1.8% in 2019 ... <a title="Could messages from social media influencers stop young people vaping? A look at the government’s new campaign" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/01/could-messages-from-social-media-influencers-stop-young-people-vaping-a-look-at-the-governments-new-campaign-224621/" aria-label="Read more about Could messages from social media influencers stop young people vaping? A look at the government’s new campaign">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lynda Goldsworthy, Research Associate, University of Tasmania Tara Lambourne/Shutterstock On February 1, senior Australian and New Zealand ministers signed a Joint Statement of Cooperation, acknowledging the long history of collaboration between the two nations. The same week, New Zealand rejected an Australian proposal on sustainable fishing at ... <a title="On fisheries, Australia must be prepared for New Zealand as opponent rather than ally" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/01/on-fisheries-australia-must-be-prepared-for-new-zealand-as-opponent-rather-than-ally-223305/" aria-label="Read more about On fisheries, Australia must be prepared for New Zealand as opponent rather than ally">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Hunter, Senior Lecturer in Art and Performance, Deakin University The Theatre of War video still, Stanislava Pinchuk, image courtesy of the artist. Through a nuanced exploration of place, time, and memory, a new video work invites audiences to reflect on landscape and its relationship to the ... <a title="‘An odd work that has borne the brunt of my grief’: the serenity and the grit of Stanislava Pinchuk’s The Theatre of War" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/01/an-odd-work-that-has-borne-the-brunt-of-my-grief-the-serenity-and-the-grit-of-stanislava-pinchuks-the-theatre-of-war-222498/" aria-label="Read more about ‘An odd work that has borne the brunt of my grief’: the serenity and the grit of Stanislava Pinchuk’s The Theatre of War">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Enzo Palombo, Professor of Microbiology, Swinburne University of Technology Annie Spratt/Unsplash From the bristles of brushes to the porous surfaces of sponges, your makeup kit can harbour a host of bacteria and fungi. These potentially hazardous contaminants can originate not only from the cosmetics themselves, but also ... <a title="Why and how often do I need to wash makeup brushes and sponges?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/01/why-and-how-often-do-i-need-to-wash-makeup-brushes-and-sponges-220280/" aria-label="Read more about Why and how often do I need to wash makeup brushes and sponges?">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Windsor, Professor, Director, Generations Research Initiative, College of Education, Psychology and Social Work, Flinders University Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock “What are the main factors in forming someone’s personality?” – Emma, age 10, from Shanghai Hello Emma, and thank you for this very interesting question! Let’s start by exploring what ... <a title="Curious Kids: what are the main factors in forming someone’s personality?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/01/curious-kids-what-are-the-main-factors-in-forming-someones-personality-222264/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: what are the main factors in forming someone’s personality?">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Morris, Professor, Institute for Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock For people on the long social housing waiting list, getting into secure, affordable housing is life-changing. Our study starkly illustrates what a difference it makes. We interviewed people who were on the waiting ... <a title="‘It was bloody amazing’: how getting into social housing transforms people’s lives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/01/it-was-bloody-amazing-how-getting-into-social-housing-transforms-peoples-lives-221972/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It was bloody amazing’: how getting into social housing transforms people’s lives">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic O’Sullivan, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, and Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University This week parliament acted urgently to disestablish the Māori Health Authority. The hurry was to circumvent an urgent Waitangi Tribunal hearing on whether the proposal ... <a title="Do the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi really give Māori too much power – or not enough?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/01/do-the-principles-of-the-treaty-of-waitangi-really-give-maori-too-much-power-or-not-enough-224728/" aria-label="Read more about Do the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi really give Māori too much power – or not enough?">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Kerry, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, James Cook University, Australia and Senior Marine and Climate Scientist, OceanCare, Switzerland, James Cook University Shutterstock The United Nations Environment Assembly this week considered a resolution on solar radiation modification, which refers to controversial technologies intended to mask the heating effect ... <a title="Not such a bright idea: cooling the Earth by reflecting sunlight back to space is a dangerous distraction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/01/not-such-a-bright-idea-cooling-the-earth-by-reflecting-sunlight-back-to-space-is-a-dangerous-distraction-223353/" aria-label="Read more about Not such a bright idea: cooling the Earth by reflecting sunlight back to space is a dangerous distraction">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2024
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist The 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) of members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is being held in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. Adam Wolfenden, who is there on behalf of Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG), says the concerns of small Pacific nations centre on the subsidy ... <a title="Pacific nations and civil society raise concerns at WTO conference" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/01/pacific-nations-and-civil-society-raise-concerns-at-wto-conference/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific nations and civil society raise concerns at WTO conference">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Poole, Associate Professor in Physiology, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock You were probably taught that we have five senses: sight, sound, smell, taste and touch. This is not quite right: “touch” is not a single sense, but rather several working together. Our bodies contain a network of sensory ... <a title="We discovered a ‘gentle touch’ molecule is essential for light tactile sensation in humans – and perhaps in individual cells" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/01/we-discovered-a-gentle-touch-molecule-is-essential-for-light-tactile-sensation-in-humans-and-perhaps-in-individual-cells-224494/" aria-label="Read more about We discovered a ‘gentle touch’ molecule is essential for light tactile sensation in humans – and perhaps in individual cells">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Rees, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, CSIRO Matthew Rees Foxes and cats kill about 2.6 billion mammals, birds and reptiles across Australia, every year. To save native species from extinction, we need to protect them from these introduced predators. But land managers tend to focus on foxes, which ... <a title="Baiting foxes can make feral cats even more ‘brazen’, study of 1.5 million forest photos shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/01/baiting-foxes-can-make-feral-cats-even-more-brazen-study-of-1-5-million-forest-photos-shows-223352/" aria-label="Read more about Baiting foxes can make feral cats even more ‘brazen’, study of 1.5 million forest photos shows">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jason Doyle, Senior Lecturer in Sport Management, Griffith University Australia’s National Rugby League will launch its 2024 season in Las Vegas this weekend, in the boldest attempt yet to capture the hearts and wallets of Americans. It’s been tried before. In the 1930s, legendary League administrator Harry ... <a title="On Sunday the National Rugby League goes to Vegas. It might just hit the jackpot" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/01/on-sunday-the-national-rugby-league-goes-to-vegas-it-might-just-hit-the-jackpot-224735/" aria-label="Read more about On Sunday the National Rugby League goes to Vegas. It might just hit the jackpot">Read more</a>
