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January 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laini Burton, Senior Lecturer, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University Balazs Mohai/ AP Celebrity has always existed in one form or another. Across history, the likeness of kings, queens and nobility, deities, popes, and saints have been the subject of countless works of art. Painted portraits, carvings ... <a title="The spectacle of anonymity: how the mask became a way for celebrities to control their image" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/04/the-spectacle-of-anonymity-how-the-mask-became-a-way-for-celebrities-to-control-their-image-195001/" aria-label="Read more about The spectacle of anonymity: how the mask became a way for celebrities to control their image">Read more</a>
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January 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Shaw, Professor of Politics, Massey University Getty Images In a tidy alignment of round numbers, this year’s general election will also mark the 30th anniversary of the binding referendum that ushered in the mixed member proportional (MMP) system of voting. It will also be the tenth ... <a title="MMP in New Zealand turns 30 at this year’s election – a work in progress, but still a birthday worth celebrating" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/03/mmp-in-new-zealand-turns-30-at-this-years-election-a-work-in-progress-but-still-a-birthday-worth-celebrating-194622/" aria-label="Read more about MMP in New Zealand turns 30 at this year’s election – a work in progress, but still a birthday worth celebrating">Read more</a>
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January 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Stephens, Senior Research Fellow Monash University Accident Research Centre, Monash University Shutterstock It’s hot, you’ve had a battle to get the kids in the car, and now you’re going to be late for the family lunch. You turn onto the freeway only to get stuck behind ... <a title="Why do people tailgate? A psychologist explains what’s behind this common (and annoying) driving habit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/03/why-do-people-tailgate-a-psychologist-explains-whats-behind-this-common-and-annoying-driving-habit-193462/" aria-label="Read more about Why do people tailgate? A psychologist explains what’s behind this common (and annoying) driving habit">Read more</a>
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January 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Olive, Vice Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow, RMIT University Shutterstock Every summer, many Australians head to the ocean to swim, surf, sail, kayak, and walk along the beach. But humans are not alone when we use the ocean. Fish, seals, dolphins, sharks, jellyfish, turtles, stingrays, cuttlefish, and ... <a title="When we swim in the ocean, we enter another animal’s home. Here’s how to keep us all safe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/03/when-we-swim-in-the-ocean-we-enter-another-animals-home-heres-how-to-keep-us-all-safe-193457/" aria-label="Read more about When we swim in the ocean, we enter another animal’s home. Here’s how to keep us all safe">Read more</a>
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January 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Elliot Noe, Postdoctoral Fellow, Lincoln University, New Zealand GettyImages Getty Images More than half of the world’s population lives in cities. In Aotearoa New Zealand, the proportion of people who live in towns or cities exceeds 86%. With our lives increasingly lived in urban environments, it’s ... <a title="Green streets: why protecting urban parks and bush is vital as our cities grow and become denser" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/03/green-streets-why-protecting-urban-parks-and-bush-is-vital-as-our-cities-grow-and-become-denser-196024/" aria-label="Read more about Green streets: why protecting urban parks and bush is vital as our cities grow and become denser">Read more</a>
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January 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cassy Dittman, Lecturer/Head of Course (Undergraduate Psychology), CQUniversity Australia Shutterstock The new year often means a new season of kids’ sports. Many families may be pondering whether to commit to another season or discovering their child is now saying they’d like to quit their usual sport. My ... <a title="What makes kids want to drop out of sport, and how should parents respond?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/03/what-makes-kids-want-to-drop-out-of-sport-and-how-should-parents-respond-195115/" aria-label="Read more about What makes kids want to drop out of sport, and how should parents respond?">Read more</a>
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January 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dean Hoi, PhD candidate and tutor in economics, The University of Melbourne US Library of Congress Politicians around the world tout immigration restrictions as a way to fight wage stagnation and boost the job prospects of low-paid or unemployed locals. The Trump administration pushed the message aggressively, ... <a title="Discovering the ‘honeypot’: the surprising way restricting immigration can turn out to hurt the working poor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/03/discovering-the-honeypot-the-surprising-way-restricting-immigration-can-turn-out-to-hurt-the-working-poor-195192/" aria-label="Read more about Discovering the ‘honeypot’: the surprising way restricting immigration can turn out to hurt the working poor">Read more</a>
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January 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter McNeil, Distinguished Professor of Design History, UTS, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock In today’s world it could be said, to a certain degree, that even a relatively impoverished person engages with luxury, in some way. If you enjoy regulated heating or cooling at home, regular lighting, ... <a title="The rich history of our love affair with luxury" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/03/the-rich-history-of-our-love-affair-with-luxury-192732/" aria-label="Read more about The rich history of our love affair with luxury">Read more</a>
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January 3, 2023
RNZ Pacific The Governor of Oro province in Papua New Guinea, Gary Juffa, says Prime Minister James Marape encourages “honest debate” and discussion within his government. The PNG coalition government is made up of 17 parties in an 118-seat Parliament. There are now only nine opposition MPs, after recent switches to government benches. With so ... <a title="Marape government encourages ‘honest debate, dissent’, says Juffa" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/03/marape-government-encourages-honest-debate-dissent-says-juffa/" aria-label="Read more about Marape government encourages ‘honest debate, dissent’, says Juffa">Read more</a>
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January 2, 2023
Pacific Media Watch With murders, contract killings, ambushes, war zone deaths and fatal injuries, a staggering total of 1668 journalists have been killed worldwide in connection with their work in the last two decades (2003-2022), according to the tallies by the Paris-based global media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) based on its annual round-ups. This ... <a title="1668 journalists killed in past 20 years (2003-2022), says RSF" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/02/1668-journalists-killed-in-past-20-years-2003-2022-says-rsf/" aria-label="Read more about 1668 journalists killed in past 20 years (2003-2022), says RSF">Read more</a>
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January 2, 2023
By Pauliasi Mateboto in Suva Fiji Deputy Prime Minister Viliame Gavoka says the Media Industry Development Act will be replaced soon. Speaking to members of the media after the coalition agreement signing for Fiji’s new government on Friday, he said the three leaders were in harmony in terms of repealing the Act. “Absolutely free, we ... <a title="Fiji’s draconian media law to be repealed for ‘free society’, says Gavoka" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/02/fijis-draconian-media-law-to-be-repealed-for-free-society-says-gavoka/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s draconian media law to be repealed for ‘free society’, says Gavoka">Read more</a>
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January 2, 2023
RNZ News Travellers from China to Australia will be required to have a negative pre-departure covid-19 test from January 5 — and New Zealand says it is now assessing the health risks. China has seen skyrocketing covid case numbers, and a range of other countries including the United Kingdom, the United States and France have ... <a title="Covid-19: NZ ‘assessing health risk’ after Australia announces China traveller testing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/02/covid-19-nz-assessing-health-risk-after-australia-announces-china-traveller-testing/" aria-label="Read more about Covid-19: NZ ‘assessing health risk’ after Australia announces China traveller testing">Read more</a>
