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December 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Liu, Visiting Scholar: School of Architecture and School of Engineering, University of Technology Sydney In March 1911, in a garment factory in Manhattan, over 100 people, mostly Jewish and Italian women migrants, some as young as 14, were trapped inside and died as the factory burnt ... <a title="How we can use the law to make the fashion industry fairer to women and the earth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/15/how-we-can-use-the-law-to-make-the-fashion-industry-fairer-to-women-and-the-earth-173235/" aria-label="Read more about How we can use the law to make the fashion industry fairer to women and the earth">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Shutterstock As school and university students ponder their end-of-year results, it’s only fair we cast a critical eye over the country, too. Using international and domestic indices and figures, it’s possible to get an idea of how well – ... <a title="NZ report card 2021: from COVID to housing and happiness, it was a tale of two countries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/15/nz-report-card-2021-from-covid-to-housing-and-happiness-it-was-a-tale-of-two-countries-173726/" aria-label="Read more about NZ report card 2021: from COVID to housing and happiness, it was a tale of two countries">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as Michelle Grattan’s usual interviews with experts and politicians about the news of the day, Politics with Michelle Grattan now includes “Word from The Hill”, where all things political will be discussed with members of The Conversation’s politics ... <a title="Word from The Hill: Government and Labor end 2021 on tenterhooks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/14/word-from-the-hill-government-and-labor-end-2021-on-tenterhooks-173748/" aria-label="Read more about Word from The Hill: Government and Labor end 2021 on tenterhooks">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chay Brown, Research and Partnerships Manager, The Equality Institute, & Postdoctoral fellow, Australian National University GettyImages For many First Nations women living in remote and regional areas, the internet, mobile smartphones and social media platforms are a lifeline for connection and support. However our research, funded by ... <a title="Technology-facilitated abuse of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women is rife in regional and remote areas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/14/technology-facilitated-abuse-of-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-women-is-rife-in-regional-and-remote-areas-171727/" aria-label="Read more about Technology-facilitated abuse of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women is rife in regional and remote areas">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2021
RNZ Pacific New Caledonia’s pro-independence umbrella organisation says it does not recognise the legitimacy and validity of the third and final referendum on independence from France. The statement by the organisation grouping seven parties and unions — the Strategic Independence Committee of Non-Particioation (CSIMP) — is the first since 96.5 percent of voters rejected independence ... <a title="New Caledonian referendum result rejected – not wish of ‘silent majority’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/14/new-caledonian-referendum-result-rejected-not-wish-of-silent-majority/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonian referendum result rejected – not wish of ‘silent majority’">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Ena Manuireva Following the publication of the book Toxic some 9 months ago and President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to French Polynesia last July, the response from the French administration has been to send French nuclear experts to Tahiti. Their mission was to give clear and transparent answers about the state of former nuclear ... <a title="French nuclear experts offer reassuring but contradictory ‘clear answers’ to investigative book Toxic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/14/french-nuclear-experts-offer-reassuring-but-contradictory-clear-answers-to-investigative-book-toxic/" aria-label="Read more about French nuclear experts offer reassuring but contradictory ‘clear answers’ to investigative book Toxic">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2021
RNZ News A New Zealand nurse has been referred to a professional conduct committee by the Nursing Council after posting threats online against medical professionals involved in the national covid-19 vaccine rollout. Multiple agencies are investigating after the registered Dunedin nurse posted a video to social media “declaring war” against covid-19 vaccinators and calling medical ... <a title="NZ nurse referred to Nursing Council over online threats to attack vax buses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/14/nz-nurse-referred-to-nursing-council-over-online-threats-to-attack-vax-buses/" aria-label="Read more about NZ nurse referred to Nursing Council over online threats to attack vax buses">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2021
ANALYSIS: By David Robie “Loyalist” New Caledonians handed France the decisive victory in the third and final referendum on independence it wanted in Sunday’s vote. But it was a hollow victory, with pro-independence Kanaks delivering Paris a massive rebuke for its three-decade decolonisation strategy. The referendum is likely to be seen as a failure, a ... <a title="New Caledonia votes to stay with France, but it’s a hollow victory that will only ratchet up tensions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/14/new-caledonia-votes-to-stay-with-france-but-its-a-hollow-victory-that-will-only-ratchet-up-tensions/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia votes to stay with France, but it’s a hollow victory that will only ratchet up tensions">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2021
RNZ Pacific A law professor in Noumea says New Caledonia is now faced with a period of high uncertainty — be it political, economic or institutional. Mathias Chauchat said referendum voters were made to believe that with yesterday’s no vote, the provisions of the 1998 Noumea Accord had become void. The Noumea Accord lapsed with ... <a title="New Caledonia faced with uncertainty over Noumea Accord legacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/14/new-caledonia-faced-with-uncertainty-over-noumea-accord-legacy/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia faced with uncertainty over Noumea Accord legacy">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2021
RNZ Pacific Leading French politicians have welcomed New Caledonia’s rejection of independence, but pro-independence leaders have dismissed the result. More than 96 percent voted against independence in a poll boycotted by the pro-independence camp. Senate president Gerard Larcher said the challenge now was to make New Caledonia a land of harmony and progress, respectful of ... <a title="Paris delighted at New Caledonia result, but Kanaks dismiss it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/14/paris-delighted-at-new-caledonia-result-but-kanaks-dismiss-it/" aria-label="Read more about Paris delighted at New Caledonia result, but Kanaks dismiss it">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeffrey Robertson, Associate Professor of Diplomatic Studies, Yonsei University South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s visit to Australia this week comes at a critical point in the relationship between the countries. Moon is the first world leader to visit Australia since the COVID pandemic began and the federal ... <a title="In a changing region, Australia’s relationship with South Korea has been ignored for too long" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/14/in-a-changing-region-australias-relationship-with-south-korea-has-been-ignored-for-too-long-173737/" aria-label="Read more about In a changing region, Australia’s relationship with South Korea has been ignored for too long">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2021
OP-ED by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana; UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Transport ministers from across Asia and the Pacific are meeting this week to consider a potentially transformational agenda for how people and goods are moved around the region and across the globe. Pre-COVID-19 ... <a title="OP-ED: A new transport agenda to carry Asia and the Pacific towards sustainable development" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/14/op-ed-a-new-transport-agenda-to-carry-asia-and-the-pacific-towards-sustainable-development/" aria-label="Read more about OP-ED: A new transport agenda to carry Asia and the Pacific towards sustainable development">Read more</a>
