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January 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Grant Duncan, Associate Professor, School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University Getty Images Following the surprise resignation of Jacinda Ardern on January 19, the New Zealand Labour Party already has a new leader: Chris Hipkins. The handover from Ardern to Hipkins has been achieved with the ... <a title="Chris Hipkins becomes NZ’s new prime minister – there are two ways it can go from here" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/21/chris-hipkins-becomes-nzs-new-prime-minister-there-are-two-ways-it-can-go-from-here-198229/" aria-label="Read more about Chris Hipkins becomes NZ’s new prime minister – there are two ways it can go from here">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Suze Wilson, Senior Lecturer, School of Management, Massey University Kerry Marshall/Getty Images “Uneasy is the head that wears the crown”, wrote Shakespeare, way back in the 1500s. It’s not a new idea that top-level leadership jobs are intensely stressful and pose a heavy toll. Extended periods of ... <a title="Jacinda Ardern’s resignation: gender and the toll of strong, compassionate leadership" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/20/jacinda-arderns-resignation-gender-and-the-toll-of-strong-compassionate-leadership-198152/" aria-label="Read more about Jacinda Ardern’s resignation: gender and the toll of strong, compassionate leadership">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Suze Wilson, Senior Lecturer, School of Management, Massey University Kerry Marshall/Getty Images “Uneasy is the head that wears the crown”, wrote Shakespeare, way back in the 1500s. It’s not a new idea that top-level leadership jobs are intensely stressful and pose a heavy toll. Extended periods of ... <a title="Ardern’s resignation: gender and the toll of strong, compassionate leadership" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/20/arderns-resignation-gender-and-the-toll-of-strong-compassionate-leadership-198152/" aria-label="Read more about Ardern’s resignation: gender and the toll of strong, compassionate leadership">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andreea Lachsz, PhD Candidate, University of Technology Sydney Today marks the (already twice extended) deadline for Australia to meet its international obligation to implement torture prevention bodies. The role of these bodies is to monitor treatment and conditions in places where people are deprived of their liberty, ... <a title="Australia’s twice extended deadline for torture prevention is today, but we’ve missed it again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/20/australias-twice-extended-deadline-for-torture-prevention-is-today-but-weve-missed-it-again-197793/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s twice extended deadline for torture prevention is today, but we’ve missed it again">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Josh Roose, Associate Professor of Politics, Deakin University Amid the growing threat of far-right extremism in Australia, Victoria recently became the first state to ban the Nazi swastika, (known as the Hakenkreuz). Publicly displaying the symbol is now a criminal offence and carries a penalty of up ... <a title="Would a law banning the Nazi salute be effective – or enforceable?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/20/would-a-law-banning-the-nazi-salute-be-effective-or-enforceable-198143/" aria-label="Read more about Would a law banning the Nazi salute be effective – or enforceable?">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rajkishore Nayak, Associate Professor , RMIT University Vietnam Shutterstock Ever considered the carbon footprint of manufacturing your favourite shirt? The average cotton shirt produces 2.1 kilograms of carbon dioxide – but a polyester shirt produces over twice as much (5.5 kilograms). It might come as no surprise ... <a title="What do oranges, coffee grounds and seaweed have in common? They outshine cotton in sustainable fashion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/20/what-do-oranges-coffee-grounds-and-seaweed-have-in-common-they-outshine-cotton-in-sustainable-fashion-196391/" aria-label="Read more about What do oranges, coffee grounds and seaweed have in common? They outshine cotton in sustainable fashion">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Olive, Senior Research Fellow & Clinical Psychologist, Deakin University Ferne Millen/Ocean Minds, Author provided Nothing clears the mind like going for a surf. With the escapism and simplicity of riding waves, it’s no secret that surfing feels good. Now our preliminary study in children and adolescents ... <a title="Why learning to surf can be great for your mental health, according to a psychologist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/20/why-learning-to-surf-can-be-great-for-your-mental-health-according-to-a-psychologist-196946/" aria-label="Read more about Why learning to surf can be great for your mental health, according to a psychologist">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Sherratt, Senior Research Fellow in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Adelaide A black-tailed jackrabbit. ranchorunner/Shutterstock What do you think when you hear the word “rabbit”? Does your mind conjure images of cartoon bunnies eating carrots? Or the fluffy tails and floppy ears of pet bunnies? ... <a title="In the Year of the Rabbit, spare a thought for all these wonderful endangered bunny species" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/20/in-the-year-of-the-rabbit-spare-a-thought-for-all-these-wonderful-endangered-bunny-species-197797/" aria-label="Read more about In the Year of the Rabbit, spare a thought for all these wonderful endangered bunny species">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Neil G Sipe, Honorary Professor of Planning, The University of Queensland With fewer people using public transport and more working from home due to the COVID pandemic, public transport agencies need to do everything they can to encourage more people to use their services. An essential step ... <a title="Victorians won’t miss myki, but what will ‘best practice’ transport ticketing look like?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/20/victorians-wont-miss-myki-but-what-will-best-practice-transport-ticketing-look-like-197620/" aria-label="Read more about Victorians won’t miss myki, but what will ‘best practice’ transport ticketing look like?">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mandy Hagstrom, Senior Lecturer, Exercise Physiology. Director of Teaching and Education, School of Health Sciences, UNSW Sydney Photo by Cliff Booth/Pexels, CC BY People asking for exercise advice are usually looking for a simple answer. Do this over that. Do this many of that thing, for this ... <a title="How often should you change up your exercise routine?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/20/how-often-should-you-change-up-your-exercise-routine-194905/" aria-label="Read more about How often should you change up your exercise routine?">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bill Bateman, Associate professor, Curtin University Shutterstock You might think evolution is glacially slow. At a species level, that’s true. But evolution happens every time organisms produce offspring. The everyday mixing of genes – combined with mutations – throws up new generations upon which “selection pressure” will act. This ... <a title="Could feral animals in Australia become distinct species? It’s possible – and we’re seeing some early signs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/20/could-feral-animals-in-australia-become-distinct-species-its-possible-and-were-seeing-some-early-signs-197522/" aria-label="Read more about Could feral animals in Australia become distinct species? It’s possible – and we’re seeing some early signs">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kaya Barry, Senior Lecturer & ARC DECRA Research Fellow, Griffith University Alice and Scott* have been running their two-storey pub-turned-backpacker hostel in Queensland’s Wide Bay region, north of Brisbane, for more a decade. Over the years they’ve provided accommodation for thousands of backpackers and itinerant workers who ... <a title="Reaping what we sow: cultural ignorance undermines Australia’s recruitment of Pacific Island workers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/20/reaping-what-we-sow-cultural-ignorance-undermines-australias-recruitment-of-pacific-island-workers-197910/" aria-label="Read more about Reaping what we sow: cultural ignorance undermines Australia’s recruitment of Pacific Island workers">Read more</a>
