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January 1, 2021
By RNZ Pacific Playwrights, teachers, reverends, advocates, athletes and a former boxer are among the 13 Pacific people who have received New Year’s Honours, a group the Pacific peoples’ minister has described as inspiring. Auckland early childhood educator, Afamasaga Vaafusuaga Telesia McDonald-Alipia is now an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit. Afamasaga has ... <a title="New Year’s Honours: Former boxing champion among 13 Pacific recipients" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/01/new-years-honours-former-boxing-champion-among-13-pacific-recipients/" aria-label="Read more about New Year’s Honours: Former boxing champion among 13 Pacific recipients">Read more</a>
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January 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonti Horner, Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland The best meteor showers are a spectacular sight but, unfortunately, 2021 starts with a whimper. Moonlight this January will wash out the first of the big three — the Quadrantids (seen above in 2020). After that, the year just ... <a title="Look up! Your guide to some of the best meteor showers for 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/01/look-up-your-guide-to-some-of-the-best-meteor-showers-for-2021-149146/" aria-label="Read more about Look up! Your guide to some of the best meteor showers for 2021">Read more</a>
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January 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Wallace, Associate Professor, 50/50 By 2030 Foundation, Faculty of Business Government & Law, University of Canberra Australian Cabinet papers from 2000, released today, reflect a relatively quiescent Australia where Islamic militancy and offshore detention were barely glimpses on the horizon, and climate science denialism was not ... <a title="Cabinet papers 2000: the Coalition before climate denialism, but on the path to offshore detention" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/01/cabinet-papers-2000-the-coalition-before-climate-denialism-but-on-the-path-to-offshore-detention-151576/" aria-label="Read more about Cabinet papers 2000: the Coalition before climate denialism, but on the path to offshore detention">Read more</a>
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January 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Swann, Associate Professor in Psychology, Southern Cross University It’s that time of year when many of us are setting goals for the year ahead. The most common New Year’s resolution – set by 59% of us – is to exercise more. But our research suggests the ... <a title="Want to exercise more? Try setting an open goal for your New Year’s resolution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/01/want-to-exercise-more-try-setting-an-open-goal-for-your-new-years-resolution-149172/" aria-label="Read more about Want to exercise more? Try setting an open goal for your New Year’s resolution">Read more</a>
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January 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katie Lee, Research assistant, The University of Queensland So you’re one of the 21% of Australians who got sunburnt last weekend. While we should be avoiding sunburn, it’s sometimes easier said than done in the Australian sun. What can you do once you realise you’re turning into ... <a title="How to treat sunburn pain, according to skin experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/01/how-to-treat-sunburn-pain-according-to-skin-experts-150070/" aria-label="Read more about How to treat sunburn pain, according to skin experts">Read more</a>
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January 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Norman Day, Lecturer in Architecture, Practice and Design, Swinburne University of Technology Throughout the world architects are designing green buildings, whether it’s in their sustainable construction, environmentally friendly operation or actually green by style. It’s broadly titled biophilia, connecting people with nature, and it can lead to ... <a title="Green buildings can bring fresh air to design, but they can also bring pests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/01/green-buildings-can-bring-fresh-air-to-design-but-they-can-also-bring-pests-147838/" aria-label="Read more about Green buildings can bring fresh air to design, but they can also bring pests">Read more</a>
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January 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katie Pickles, Professor of History, University of Canterbury What’s with those jandals, hokey pokey ice-creams, buzzy bees, Swanndris and gumboots? Far from being random and unrelated objects, these icons of so-called Kiwiana tell a story of late 20th-century nostalgia at a moment of rapid social transformation. Definitions ... <a title="Kiwiana is past its use-by date. Is it time to re-imagine our symbols of national identity?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/01/kiwiana-is-past-its-use-by-date-is-it-time-to-re-imagine-our-symbols-of-national-identity-149967/" aria-label="Read more about Kiwiana is past its use-by date. Is it time to re-imagine our symbols of national identity?">Read more</a>
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December 31, 2020
By Harlyne Joku in Port Moresby Bad weather has delayed the second relief supplies drop to Papua New Guinea’s landslide victims at Saki village near the former Tolukuma gold mine in Woitape, Goilala, in Central province. Acting Provincial Administrator Francis Koaba confirmed that yesterday a provincial disaster team and supplies, including digging tools and chainsaws, ... <a title="Bad weather hampers PNG landslide relief – two bodies found, 13 missing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/31/bad-weather-hampers-png-landslide-relief-two-bodies-found-13-missing/" aria-label="Read more about Bad weather hampers PNG landslide relief – two bodies found, 13 missing">Read more</a>
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December 31, 2020
By Rebecca Kuku in Kerema Gulf Province is only six hours away from Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea’s capital city, and is one of the most least developed provinces in the country. Its main town, Kerema, is in a sad state. The market has closed, forcing locals to sell their fresh fish and garden food ... <a title="Rebecca Kuku: PNG’s Gulf Province, ignored for too long but now I’m back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/31/rebecca-kuku-pngs-gulf-province-ignored-for-too-long-but-now-im-back/" aria-label="Read more about Rebecca Kuku: PNG’s Gulf Province, ignored for too long but now I’m back">Read more</a>
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December 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Warwick Smith, Research economist, University of Melbourne Before the recession we were on a collision course with environmental disaster. The recovery provides a rare opportunity to do things differently; to rebuild a better economy that can support living standards without irretrievably damaging the environment. The closer we ... <a title="Stay in the doughnut, not the hole: how to get out of the crisis with both our economy and environment intact" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/31/stay-in-the-doughnut-not-the-hole-how-to-get-out-of-the-crisis-with-both-our-economy-and-environment-intact-151917/" aria-label="Read more about Stay in the doughnut, not the hole: how to get out of the crisis with both our economy and environment intact">Read more</a>
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December 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hugh Breakey, President, Australian Association for Professional & Applied Ethics. Senior Research Fellow, Moral philosophy, Institute for Ethics, Governance & Law, Law Futures Centre., Griffith University 2020 has been a challenging year. For some challenges, such as the coronavirus, a light is appearing at the end of ... <a title="Conspiracy theories on the right, cancel culture on the left: how political legitimacy came under threat in 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/31/conspiracy-theories-on-the-right-cancel-culture-on-the-left-how-political-legitimacy-came-under-threat-in-2020-150844/" aria-label="Read more about Conspiracy theories on the right, cancel culture on the left: how political legitimacy came under threat in 2020">Read more</a>
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December 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Olive, ARC DECRA Fellow, The University of Queensland Summer is the season when we like to cool off with a plunge into water. For some it’s in the local or backyard swimming pool, but others prefer the salt water of the ocean. Sometimes referred to as ... <a title="Why going for a swim in the ocean can be good for you, and for nature" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/31/why-going-for-a-swim-in-the-ocean-can-be-good-for-you-and-for-nature-150281/" aria-label="Read more about Why going for a swim in the ocean can be good for you, and for nature">Read more</a>
