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December 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kai Riemer, Professor of Information Technology and Organisation, University of Sydney “Tik-a-Tok-a-Who?”, was Adele’s response to her management’s suggestion to promote her music to younger audiences on Tiktok, the video-sharing platform owned by Chinese company ByteDance. “If everyone’s making music for the TikTok, who’s making music for ... <a title="Love it or hate it, TikTok is changing the music industry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/02/love-it-or-hate-it-tiktok-is-changing-the-music-industry-171482/" aria-label="Read more about Love it or hate it, TikTok is changing the music industry">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Smith, Associate Professor in Disaster and Emergency Response, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts As Australia braces for another bushfire season, new research from Edith Cowan University has revealed how our volunteer firefighters are still reeling from the effects of ... <a title="‘I was told if I couldn’t hack it, I should hand in my uniform.’ Volunteers share suicidal thoughts after fighting bushfires" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/02/i-was-told-if-i-couldnt-hack-it-i-should-hand-in-my-uniform-volunteers-share-suicidal-thoughts-after-fighting-bushfires-171486/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I was told if I couldn’t hack it, I should hand in my uniform.’ Volunteers share suicidal thoughts after fighting bushfires">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Graeme Beardsmore, Senior Fellow in Crustal Heat Flow, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock About 650 metres beneath the Latrobe Valley, the heart of Victoria’s coal country, lies a little-known, naturally hot 65℃ pool of water in an enormous aquifer. This aquifer is a source of geothermal energy ... <a title="There’s an enormous geothermal pool under the Latrobe Valley that can give us cheap, clean energy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/02/theres-an-enormous-geothermal-pool-under-the-latrobe-valley-that-can-give-us-cheap-clean-energy-166829/" aria-label="Read more about There’s an enormous geothermal pool under the Latrobe Valley that can give us cheap, clean energy">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2021
A View from Afar – In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning consider and analyse the most significant global issues that define 2021. The topics include: - Leadership: Trump, Putin, Xi, Biden; - Pandemic: Impact of Covid-19 & variants on global security; - Security: Afghanistan, AUKUS, Autonomous Weapons, Cyber-Hackers/Attackers.
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December 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Camilla Nelson, Associate Professor in Media, University of Notre Dame Australia Lukas Coch/AAP The final days of parliament for 2021 have been marked by a spate of floor crossings. This includes Tasmanian Liberal Bridget Archer who backed Independent Helen Haines’ integrity commission bill and conservative Coalition MPs ... <a title="A sign of healthy democracy or a ‘rudderless’ nation? How crossing the floor has changed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/02/a-sign-of-healthy-democracy-or-a-rudderless-nation-how-crossing-the-floor-has-changed-172849/" aria-label="Read more about A sign of healthy democracy or a ‘rudderless’ nation? How crossing the floor has changed">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2021
By Robert Iroga in Honiara Opposition leader Matthew Wale has rejected the prime minister’s claim that he and other opposition members were behind last week’s rioting in the Solomon Islands capital of Honiara. Wale claimed that the false statements were aimed towards diverting the public’s attention from Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare’s “own failures” in dealing ... <a title="PM ‘must take responsibility’ for Honiara tragedy, says Wale" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/02/pm-must-take-responsibility-for-honiara-tragedy-says-wale/" aria-label="Read more about PM ‘must take responsibility’ for Honiara tragedy, says Wale">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk From Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau in Aotearoa New Zealand to Paris, France, and from Wellington Te Whanganui-a-Tara to Jayapura and far beyond, thousands of people across the world today raised the Morning Star flag — banned by Indonesian authorities — in simple acts of defiance and solidarity with West Papuans. They honoured ... <a title="Raising West Papua’s banned Morning Star flag – a global act of solidarity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/02/raising-west-papuas-banned-morning-star-flag-a-global-act-of-solidarity/" aria-label="Read more about Raising West Papua’s banned Morning Star flag – a global act of solidarity">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2021
By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia-Pacific ReportIncoming new vice-chancellor for Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Toelesulusulu Dr Damon Ieremia Salesa is keenly aware that he has broken through another glass ceiling. The son of a factory worker made New Zealand history last week, as the first Pacific person to be ... <a title="AUT’s new academic head seeks to build relationships around Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/02/auts-new-academic-head-seeks-to-build-relationships-around-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about AUT’s new academic head seeks to build relationships around Pacific">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2021
RNZ Pacific The New Zealand government is deploying dozens of Defence Force and police personnel to Honiara in the coming days “to help restore peace and stability”. Since rioting and looting started in the Solomon Islands last week, Australia, Fiji and Papua New Guinea have sent troops to help keep the peace there. An initial ... <a title="New Zealand forces deployed to Solomon Islands in wake of riots" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/02/new-zealand-forces-deployed-to-solomon-islands-in-wake-of-riots/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand forces deployed to Solomon Islands in wake of riots">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2021
RNZ Pacific Fiji is the latest regional country to announce it is sending security forces to Solomon Islands where major unrest rocked the capital. Days of rioting in Honiara by mobs who torched buildings and looted shops prompted the government to call for outside help. In what’s shaping up as a Pacific regional response, Fiji ... <a title="Pacific regional response to Solomons post-riots crisis takes shape" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/02/pacific-regional-response-to-solomons-post-riots-crisis-takes-shape/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific regional response to Solomons post-riots crisis takes shape">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Chen, Research Fellow at Koi Tū: The Centre for Informed Futures, University of Auckland Hannah Peters/Getty Images When New Zealand switches to the COVID-19 Protection Framework tomorrow, people will have to present vaccine passes to access many public spaces and venues. At this point, more than ... <a title="Verification will be essential as New Zealanders start using vaccine passes — to stop fraud and the spread of COVID" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/02/verification-will-be-essential-as-new-zealanders-start-using-vaccine-passes-to-stop-fraud-and-the-spread-of-covid-172940/" aria-label="Read more about Verification will be essential as New Zealanders start using vaccine passes — to stop fraud and the spread of COVID">Read more</a>
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December 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Westaway, Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Archaeology, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland Rio Tinto’s destruction of the 46,000 year old Juukan Gorge rock shelters has led to recommendations by the Parliamentary Inquiry on how Australia can better conserve Aboriginal heritage sites. Around the ... <a title="Australia has a heritage conservation problem. Can farming and Aboriginal heritage protection co-exist?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/02/australia-has-a-heritage-conservation-problem-can-farming-and-aboriginal-heritage-protection-co-exist-170956/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has a heritage conservation problem. Can farming and Aboriginal heritage protection co-exist?">Read more</a>
