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September 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Conley Tyler, Research Fellow, Asia Institute, University of Melbourne As the General Assembly’s 75th session wraps up on Wednesday, it’s been a dramatic time at the United Nations. Usually, this is the time of year when world leaders come to New York to mingle and mix. ... <a title="‘Our own 1945 moment’. What do rising China-US tensions mean for the UN?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/29/our-own-1945-moment-what-do-rising-china-us-tensions-mean-for-the-un-146835/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Our own 1945 moment’. What do rising China-US tensions mean for the UN?">Read more</a>
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September 29, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Lamb, Associate Professor in Geophysics, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Have you ever wondered why the Earth’s surface is separated into two distinct worlds – the oceans and large tracts of land? Why aren’t land and water more mixed up, forming a landscape ... <a title="Rocky icebergs and deep anchors – new research on how planetary forces shape the Earth’s surface" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/29/rocky-icebergs-and-deep-anchors-new-research-on-how-planetary-forces-shape-the-earths-surface-146576/" aria-label="Read more about Rocky icebergs and deep anchors – new research on how planetary forces shape the Earth’s surface">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Prudence Flowers, Lecturer in US History, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Flinders University Last week, US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died of metastatic pancreatic cancer. Ginsburg’s “most fervent wish”, revealed by her granddaughter, was that she “not be replaced until a new president ... <a title="What would Amy Coney Barrett, Trump’s pick for the Supreme Court, mean for abortion rights in the US?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/27/what-would-amy-coney-barrett-trumps-pick-for-the-supreme-court-mean-for-abortion-rights-in-the-us-146931/" aria-label="Read more about What would Amy Coney Barrett, Trump’s pick for the Supreme Court, mean for abortion rights in the US?">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The most recent TVNZ Colmar Brunton poll felt about right: Labour/Green on 54% and National/Act on 38% of decided voters. But I sense that Labour is losing momentum. What needs to happen to make Judith Collins the Prime Minister in October? National/Act need just five percentage points more, and Green to ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – The 2020 New Zealand Election is Not a Foregone Conclusion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/25/keith-rankin-analysis-the-2020-new-zealand-election-is-not-a-foregone-conclusion/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – The 2020 New Zealand Election is Not a Foregone Conclusion">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra McEwan, Lecturer: Law, CQUniversity Australia It’s been more than four years since New South Wales greyhound racing was rocked by a special inquiry that found overwhelming evidence of systemic animal cruelty, including mass killings. Overbreeding and euthanasia of healthy dogs is still one of the industry’s ... <a title="Greyhound pups must be tracked from birth to death, so we know how many are killed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/25/greyhound-pups-must-be-tracked-from-birth-to-death-so-we-know-how-many-are-killed-144868/" aria-label="Read more about Greyhound pups must be tracked from birth to death, so we know how many are killed">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra On October 17, New Zealanders will head to the polls to vote in a general election and also on referendum questions for the legalisation of cannabis and euthansia. In a head-to-head between two women, Labour’s Jacinda Ardern appears to be ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: New Zealand’s Helen Clark on the pandemic inquiry and avoiding election ‘cat fights’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/24/politics-with-michelle-grattan-new-zealands-helen-clark-on-the-pandemic-inquiry-and-avoiding-election-cat-fights-146836/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: New Zealand’s Helen Clark on the pandemic inquiry and avoiding election ‘cat fights’">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2020
Hi I’m Selwyn Manning and you are watching… A View from Afar. Today we examine how a dispute between Turkey and Greece has its parallel in South East Asia with hostilities intensifying between China and Taiwan. It appears both disputes have origins in forcible partitions, and, of course, a battle to control exploitable mineral resources. ... <a title="LIVE: A View from Afar – Regional Disputes on the Increase: Turkey-Greece + China-Taiwan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/24/live-a-view-from-afar-regional-disputes-on-the-increase-turkey-greece-china-taiwan/" aria-label="Read more about LIVE: A View from Afar – Regional Disputes on the Increase: Turkey-Greece + China-Taiwan">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2020
Video we cross LIVE to author and film-maker Barbara Sumner to discuss her new book Tree of Strangers. But first, in this book, Barbara has laid bare her own life experiences to illustrate why New Zealand’s 65 year-old adoption laws must be fixed. It’s a beautifully written story of a child’s journey through the early ... <a title="Video: Selwyn Manning talks with Barbara Sumner about her new book and why adoption laws must change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/23/live-special-at-8pm-selwyn-manning-talks-with-barbara-sumner-about-her-new-book-and-why-adoption-laws-must-change/" aria-label="Read more about Video: Selwyn Manning talks with Barbara Sumner about her new book and why adoption laws must change">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2020
COMMENT: By Bryan Bruce I’ll be honest, it was a long day yesterday so I only watched the first 10 minutes of the Leader’s debate in the New Zealand general election 2020 last night. What I saw confirmed the view I expressed some weeks ago that in Judith Collins National have chosen someone who will ... <a title="Bryan Bruce: Poll dancing in NZ election – the choice is clear" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/23/bryan-bruce-poll-dancing-in-nz-election-the-choice-is-clear/" aria-label="Read more about Bryan Bruce: Poll dancing in NZ election – the choice is clear">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2020
By The Conversation Prime Minister and Labour leader Jacinda Ardern and National Party leader Judith Collins met tonight for the first televised debate of the 2020 election campaign. With the results of the latest 1 News-Colmar Brunton poll released only an hour earlier, there was much at stake. While down slightly on previous polls, Labour ... <a title="Labour and National leaders contest debate ‘draw’ but sharply different" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/23/labour-and-national-leaders-contest-debate-draw-but-sharply-different/" aria-label="Read more about Labour and National leaders contest debate ‘draw’ but sharply different">Read more</a>
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September 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Theodore E. (Ted) Zorn, Professor of Organisational Communication and Head of Massey Executive Development, Massey University When New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was named the “world’s most eloquent leader” last month it raised the question of just how important eloquence is within a politician’s arsenal. With ... <a title="Ardern versus Collins: ahead of their first TV debate, how much will charisma and eloquence matter?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/22/ardern-versus-collins-ahead-of-their-first-tv-debate-how-much-will-charisma-and-eloquence-matter-145840/" aria-label="Read more about Ardern versus Collins: ahead of their first TV debate, how much will charisma and eloquence matter?">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex James, Associate professor, University of Canterbury New Zealand’s government today announced that after seven days of no new community cases linked to the Auckland cluster, most of the country will return to almost normal life, at alert level 1, from midnight. But restrictions in Auckland will ... <a title="New Zealand relaxes COVID-19 restrictions, except for Auckland. How much longer will the city have to wait?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/21/new-zealand-relaxes-covid-19-restrictions-except-for-auckland-how-much-longer-will-the-city-have-to-wait-146111/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand relaxes COVID-19 restrictions, except for Auckland. How much longer will the city have to wait?">Read more</a>
