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February 23, 2024
By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent, and Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist Women’s rights advocates in Papua New Guinea are calling for peace and for the men in Parliament to act against the violence in the country. The call comes following tribal fighting in Enga Province ended in a mass massacre at the weekend, ... <a title="‘National crisis’: PNG women demand MPs act against all forms of violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/23/national-crisis-png-women-demand-mps-act-against-all-forms-of-violence/" aria-label="Read more about ‘National crisis’: PNG women demand MPs act against all forms of violence">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dwan Vilcins, Group leader, Environmental Epidemiology, Children’s Health Environment Program, The University of Queensland Bushfires are currently burning in Australian states including Victoria, Tasmania, Western Australia and South Australia. In some areas, fire authorities have warned residents about the presence of smoke. Bushfire smoke is harmful to ... <a title="Bushfire smoke affects children differently. Here’s how to protect them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/23/bushfire-smoke-affects-children-differently-heres-how-to-protect-them-215535/" aria-label="Read more about Bushfire smoke affects children differently. Here’s how to protect them">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Edith Jennifer Hill, Associate Lecturer, Flinders University Warren/Unsplash Mother and family YouTube creator Ruby Franke was this week sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to four counts of aggravated child abuse. Franke came under fire from viewers many times throughout her time on YouTube ... <a title="YouTube influencer Ruby Franke will go to prison for child abuse. What are the ethics of family vlogging?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/23/youtube-influencer-ruby-franke-will-go-to-prison-for-child-abuse-what-are-the-ethics-of-family-vlogging-220847/" aria-label="Read more about YouTube influencer Ruby Franke will go to prison for child abuse. What are the ethics of family vlogging?">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily Booth, Research assistant, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock As misinformation and radicalisation rise, it’s tempting to look for something to blame: the internet, social media personalities, sensationalised political campaigns, religion, or conspiracy theories. And once we’ve settled on a cause, solutions usually follow: do more fact-checking, ... <a title="How people get sucked into misinformation rabbit holes – and how to get them out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/23/how-people-get-sucked-into-misinformation-rabbit-holes-and-how-to-get-them-out-223717/" aria-label="Read more about How people get sucked into misinformation rabbit holes – and how to get them out">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liyana Kayali, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Sydney Around 1.5 million Palestinian civilians are currently squeezed into the southern Gaza city of Rafah after repeatedly being forced by Israeli bombardment and ground assaults to evacuate further and further south. The town, which originally had a population of ... <a title="Why Egypt refuses to open its border to Palestinians forcibly displaced from Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/23/why-egypt-refuses-to-open-its-border-to-palestinians-forcibly-displaced-from-gaza-223735/" aria-label="Read more about Why Egypt refuses to open its border to Palestinians forcibly displaced from Gaza">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sian Troath, Postdoctoral Fellow, Political Science and International Relations, University of Canterbury There is little doubt the National-led coalition is showing greater interest in the AUKUS security agreement, with Australian officials due to visit New Zealand later this year to brief the government. So far, much of ... <a title="Joining AUKUS could boost NZ’s poor research and technology spending – but at what cost?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/23/joining-aukus-could-boost-nzs-poor-research-and-technology-spending-but-at-what-cost-223719/" aria-label="Read more about Joining AUKUS could boost NZ’s poor research and technology spending – but at what cost?">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Abby Mellick Lopes, Associate Professor, Design Studies, Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building, University of Technology Sydney Sebastian Pfautsch/Western Sydney University Weather extremes driven by climate change hit low-income communities harder. The reasons include poor housing and lack of access to safe and comfortable public spaces. This ... <a title="When homes already hit 40°C inside, it’s better to draw on residents’ local know-how than plan for climate change from above" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/23/when-homes-already-hit-40-c-inside-its-better-to-draw-on-residents-local-know-how-than-plan-for-climate-change-from-above-221870/" aria-label="Read more about When homes already hit 40°C inside, it’s better to draw on residents’ local know-how than plan for climate change from above">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2024
By Lucy Xia, RNZ News reporter The family of Green MP Fa’anānā Efeso Collins say they are “devastated” at his loss and have thanked the public for their patience during a “difficult time”. Fa’anānā, 49, collapsed and died during a charity event in the Auckland CBD on Wednesday. In their first statement since his death, his ... <a title="Efeso Collins . . . ’empowering our rangatahi to think beyond the lines’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/23/efeso-collins-empowering-our-rangatahi-to-think-beyond-the-lines/" aria-label="Read more about Efeso Collins . . . ’empowering our rangatahi to think beyond the lines’">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Kate Kelly, PhD Candidate, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, RMIT University Coles and Woolworths, the supermarket chains that together control almost two-thirds of the Australian grocery market, are facing unprecedented scrutiny. One recent inquiry, commissioned by the Australian Council of Trade Unions ... <a title="The secret sauce of Coles’ and Woolworths’ profits: high-tech surveillance and control" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/23/the-secret-sauce-of-coles-and-woolworths-profits-high-tech-surveillance-and-control-224076/" aria-label="Read more about The secret sauce of Coles’ and Woolworths’ profits: high-tech surveillance and control">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily Roycroft, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Australian National University The newly described western delicate mouse. Ian Bool Australia can lay claim to two new native mammal species, discovered as part of our collaborative research published today in the journal Molecular Ecology. Australia has some of the most unique ... <a title="We discovered two new Australian native mammals – the first of their kind this century" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/23/we-discovered-two-new-australian-native-mammals-the-first-of-their-kind-this-century-223740/" aria-label="Read more about We discovered two new Australian native mammals – the first of their kind this century">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Marchese, PhD Student at the Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University YesPhotographers/Shutterstock If you’re thinking about buying plant-based foods, a trip to the supermarket can leave you bewildered. There are plant-based burgers, sausages and mince. The fridges are loaded with non-dairy milk, cheese and ... <a title="We looked at 700 plant-based foods to see how healthy they really are. Here’s what we found" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/23/we-looked-at-700-plant-based-foods-to-see-how-healthy-they-really-are-heres-what-we-found-222991/" aria-label="Read more about We looked at 700 plant-based foods to see how healthy they really are. Here’s what we found">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cris Townley, Postdoctoral research fellow, Western Sydney University Alexander Grey/ Unsplash, CC BY A new group of young children has just started school for the first time, with many excited about new friends, uniforms and being at “big school”. But for trans kids, starting school can be ... <a title="‘Why can’t I wear a dress?’ What schools can learn from preschools about supporting trans children" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/23/why-cant-i-wear-a-dress-what-schools-can-learn-from-preschools-about-supporting-trans-children-223859/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Why can’t I wear a dress?’ What schools can learn from preschools about supporting trans children">Read more</a>
