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December 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James A. T. Lancaster, Lecturer in Studies in Western Religious Traditions, The University of Queensland The Feast of the Bean King, painted by Jacob Jordaens around 1640-1645. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna When English Puritans outlawed Christmas in 1647, it was not without good reason. When American Puritans, in ... <a title="The sordid underbelly of Christmas past" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/23/the-sordid-underbelly-of-christmas-past-172873/" aria-label="Read more about The sordid underbelly of Christmas past">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Politics Daily as well as New Zealand Political Roundup columns for free here. Today’s content Omicron, NZ border changes, MIQ Henry Cooke (Stuff): New Zealand decides to keep ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 22 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/22/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-december-22-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 22 2021">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2021
RNZ News More moves to tighten the New Zealand’s borders may be needed on top of the decision to delay the start of the self-isolation scheme for Australian travellers, a professor of public health says. Today, the government announced cabinet has decided to delay the self-isolation scheme. Instead of travellers being allowed to self-isolate from ... <a title="NZ may need to tighten borders further to keep omicron at bay, says professor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/22/nz-may-need-to-tighten-borders-further-to-keep-omicron-at-bay-says-professor/" aria-label="Read more about NZ may need to tighten borders further to keep omicron at bay, says professor">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicola Yelland, Professor of Early Childhood Studies, The University of Melbourne Getty Images It’s that time of the year again, and besides the new COVID-era concerns about retail supply chains comes the age-old question: what’s the best educational toy to buy for the child (or grandchild) in ... <a title="Don’t fret about buying the ‘right’ toy – any toy is educational if you support kids in their play" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/22/dont-fret-about-buying-the-right-toy-any-toy-is-educational-if-you-support-kids-in-their-play-173174/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t fret about buying the ‘right’ toy – any toy is educational if you support kids in their play">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Blair Williams, Research Fellow, Global Institute for Women’s Leadership (GIWL), Australian National University Lukas Coch/AAP It has been a momentous year in Australia as the #MeToo movement made its way across the globe and into Australian federal politics. After years of silence and rumours, federal parliament was ... <a title="In 2021 #MeToo finally made it to #Auspol – what happens next?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/22/in-2021-metoo-finally-made-it-to-auspol-what-happens-next-173153/" aria-label="Read more about In 2021 #MeToo finally made it to #Auspol – what happens next?">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Kyne, Senior Research Fellow in conservation biology, Charles Darwin University Andrew Fox If you’re heading to the beach this summer, the thought of sharks might cross your mind. I don’t mean wondering whether a shark will take you for dinner (that’s very, very unlikely) but rather, ... <a title="The real reason to worry about sharks in Australian waters this summer: 1 in 8 are endangered" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/22/the-real-reason-to-worry-about-sharks-in-australian-waters-this-summer-1-in-8-are-endangered-161352/" aria-label="Read more about The real reason to worry about sharks in Australian waters this summer: 1 in 8 are endangered">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrei Lux, Lecturer in Leadership and Course Coordinator (Management and International Business), Edith Cowan University Shutterstock Left-brain or right-brain? Creative or critical? Analytic or holistic? We love to divide the world into simple dichotomies. You’ve probably heard that right-brain dominant people are supposed to be more logical, ... <a title="Are you a more holistic or analytic thinker? Take this quiz to find out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/22/are-you-a-more-holistic-or-analytic-thinker-take-this-quiz-to-find-out-170018/" aria-label="Read more about Are you a more holistic or analytic thinker? Take this quiz to find out">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gary Mortimer, Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology Much to the delight of children (and maybe some adults), Santa arriving in shopping centres all around Australia signals the beginning of Christmas shopping. Santa has become a mainstay of shopping centres in December, driven ... <a title="The history of the shopping centre Santa, and how he became a staple of the festive season" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/22/the-history-of-the-shopping-centre-santa-and-how-he-became-a-staple-of-the-festive-season-170544/" aria-label="Read more about The history of the shopping centre Santa, and how he became a staple of the festive season">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adele Wessell, Discipline Chair, Humanities and Social Science, Southern Cross University Blue Pebble Boxed wine is one of Australia’s most extraordinary contributions to the wine industry, also known as cardboardeaux, bag-in-box (BiB) or more commonly, goon (from flagon). Australian winemaker Thomas Angrove patented the design for a ... <a title="Cardboardeaux, bag-in-box, and goon: why Australia’s love affair with boxed wine endures" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/22/cardboardeaux-bag-in-box-and-goon-why-australias-love-affair-with-boxed-wine-endures-171484/" aria-label="Read more about Cardboardeaux, bag-in-box, and goon: why Australia’s love affair with boxed wine endures">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Politics Daily as well as New Zealand Political Roundup columns for free here. Today’s content 2021 reviews, 2022 predictions, Parliament, parties Spinoff: NZ politics in 2021: We pick the ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 21 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/21/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-december-21-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 21 2021">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Public policy has a number of biases. One is that certain real or alleged emergencies require (or seem to require) an urgent policy intervention. The result is a consortium of elected politicians, bureaucrat officials, and expert technocrats get on board, and assume a drivers’ role in a society which would otherwise ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Visualising a Way out of the Pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/21/keith-rankin-analysis-visualising-a-way-out-of-the-pandemic/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Visualising a Way out of the Pandemic">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2021
By Hezron Kising in Lae It takes up to 6 km for women from Milampipi and Kaisia villages in the mountainous hinterlands of Papua New Guinea’s Nabak local government in Nawaeb district, Morobe province, to reach the nearest roads by foot. For more than 40 years they have had to do this before they could ... <a title="‘We’ve dreamed for a road into the villages and now it has happened’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/21/weve-dreamed-for-a-road-into-the-villages-and-now-it-has-happened/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We’ve dreamed for a road into the villages and now it has happened’">Read more</a>
