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March 18, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Sue Ahearn As China seeks greater influence in the South Pacific, its manipulation of local news outlets is having a serious impact on media independence. Most Pacific media organisations are struggling financially, many journalists have lost their jobs and China is offering a way for them to survive — at the cost of ... <a title="How China is manipulating the information war in the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/18/how-china-is-manipulating-the-information-war-in-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about How China is manipulating the information war in the Pacific">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2022
By Marena Mane of Māori Television Indigenous students from West Papua studying at universities across Aotearoa are defying an order from the Indonesian government to return home. In January, more than 40 students were told that Indonesia would no longer be funding autonomous West Papuan scholarships so they had to pack up and leave. Laurens ... <a title="West Papuan students fight to keep scholarships to study in Aotearoa" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/18/west-papuan-students-fight-to-keep-scholarships-to-study-in-aotearoa/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan students fight to keep scholarships to study in Aotearoa">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Gavin Ellis of Knightly Views The proposal for a new entity to replace Television New Zealand and RNZ has two fundamental flaws that must be fixed if it is to gain the public’s trust. The first flaw is the assumption that an existing legal structure — the Autonomous Crown Entity — is an ... <a title="Gavin Ellis: Fundamental flaws in public media plans call for big fixes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/18/gavin-ellis-fundamental-flaws-in-public-media-plans-call-for-big-fixes/" aria-label="Read more about Gavin Ellis: Fundamental flaws in public media plans call for big fixes">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maartje Abbenhuis, Professor of History, University of Auckland There’s a popular cartoon by Tom Toro that’s been doing the social media rounds since 2012, in which two historians sit in a book-lined library as one complains: Those who don’t study history are doomed to repeat it. Yet ... <a title="What does it mean to be ‘neutral’ over Ukraine – and what responsibilities come with it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/18/what-does-it-mean-to-be-neutral-over-ukraine-and-what-responsibilities-come-with-it-179457/" aria-label="Read more about What does it mean to be ‘neutral’ over Ukraine – and what responsibilities come with it?">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2022
Editor’s Note: Here below is Dr Bryce Edwards’ New Zealand Political Roundup – which analyses one prominent topic being debated in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Political Roundup for free here. Political Roundup: Labour’s sensible taihoa on hate speech law reform The Government has delayed the introduction of ... <a title="Newsletter – Political Roundup: Labour’s sensible taihoa on hate speech law reform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/18/newsletter-political-roundup-labours-sensible-taihoa-on-hate-speech-law-reform/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter – Political Roundup: Labour’s sensible taihoa on hate speech law reform">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stuart McFarlane, Researcher, Auditory Perception and Cognition, RMIT University Miriam Alonso Pexels With the return to office work – and no longer being able to roll out of bed and straight into a Zoom meeting – many of us will be waking up earlier to beat the ... <a title="Is there such a thing as the perfect alarm tone? We think so (and this is what it might sound like)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/18/is-there-such-a-thing-as-the-perfect-alarm-tone-we-think-so-and-this-is-what-it-might-sound-like-178902/" aria-label="Read more about Is there such a thing as the perfect alarm tone? We think so (and this is what it might sound like)">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Maguire, Associate Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle Russia’s war on Ukraine is driving some of the most rapid movement of refugees ever seen. Its invasion and increasingly intense bombardment is generating a dire humanitarian crisis. Over 3 million people have fled ... <a title="Russia’s bombardment and Ukraine’s departure ban leave children and those with disabilities most vulnerable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/18/russias-bombardment-and-ukraines-departure-ban-leave-children-and-those-with-disabilities-most-vulnerable-178991/" aria-label="Read more about Russia’s bombardment and Ukraine’s departure ban leave children and those with disabilities most vulnerable">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Pye, Associate Professor, School of Engineering, ANU, Australian National University Getty Australia is the world’s number one exporter of both iron ore and metallurgical coal, the key ingredients of traditional steel making. Together, these materials make up a very large part of Australia’s export income. But ... <a title="Red dirt, yellow sun, green steel: how Australia could benefit from a global shift to emissions-free steel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/18/red-dirt-yellow-sun-green-steel-how-australia-could-benefit-from-a-global-shift-to-emissions-free-steel-179286/" aria-label="Read more about Red dirt, yellow sun, green steel: how Australia could benefit from a global shift to emissions-free steel">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marg Rogers, Senior Lecturer, Early Childhood Education, University of New England Department of Defence/Commonwealth of Australia The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is about to get a lot bigger. Defence Minister Peter Dutton has announced plans to expand the ADF by 18,000 members by 2040. This nearly 30% ... <a title="A bigger defence force will affect more military families’ children – their well-being must be protected" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/18/a-bigger-defence-force-will-affect-more-military-families-children-their-well-being-must-be-protected-179312/" aria-label="Read more about A bigger defence force will affect more military families’ children – their well-being must be protected">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Burke, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University shutterstock Australia’s electricity system is on the road to becoming 100% renewable as coal-fired power stations close and wind and solar takes their place. But as a proportion of electricity consumed domestically, it’s on the road ... <a title="To really address climate change, Australia could make 27 times as much electricity and make it renewable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/18/to-really-address-climate-change-australia-could-make-27-times-as-much-electricity-and-make-it-renewable-179311/" aria-label="Read more about To really address climate change, Australia could make 27 times as much electricity and make it renewable">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phoebe Macrossan, Lecturer in Screen Media, University of the Sunshine Coast Ben Symons/Netflix © 2022 Netflix’s first ever Australian reality docu-soap series Byron Baes follows a bunch of young, beautiful Instagram influencers in NSW beachside town Byron Bay. As a reality series it ticks all the boxes ... <a title="From cringe to binge: the ingredients that make Byron Baes compelling reality television" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/18/from-cringe-to-binge-the-ingredients-that-make-byron-baes-compelling-reality-television-179284/" aria-label="Read more about From cringe to binge: the ingredients that make Byron Baes compelling reality television">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Breen, Professor of Psychology, Curtin University Shutterstock Last week marked the second anniversary of the World Health Organization’s declaration of a pandemic. In these two years, over 5,500 Australians have died from COVID, and approximately 300,000 Australians have lost their lives in total. Necessary public health ... <a title="COVID has changed how we live, how we die, and how we grieve" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/18/covid-has-changed-how-we-live-how-we-die-and-how-we-grieve-177731/" aria-label="Read more about COVID has changed how we live, how we die, and how we grieve">Read more</a>
