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November 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Masoumeh Sara Rahmani, Lecturer Study of Religion, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Religious beliefs among Māori have shifted significantly over the past two decades. The number of Māori identifying as having “no religion” in the census between 2006 and 2018 increased from 36.5% to ... <a title="Māori atheism on the rise: the legacy of colonisation is driving a decline in traditional Christian beliefs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/29/maori-atheism-on-the-rise-the-legacy-of-colonisation-is-driving-a-decline-in-traditional-christian-beliefs-214701/" aria-label="Read more about Māori atheism on the rise: the legacy of colonisation is driving a decline in traditional Christian beliefs">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Megan Nash, Casual Academic, School of Art, Communication and English, University of Sydney Disney In a 1950 essay on Charles Dickens, literary critic Dorothy Van Ghent suggested the author had an unusual way of writing about the human form. She identified his “habit of seeing the parts ... <a title="Spectacle, speed and savageness: Disney’s The Artful Dodger comes down under for a pop period spin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/29/spectacle-speed-and-savageness-disneys-the-artful-dodger-comes-down-under-for-a-pop-period-spin-218242/" aria-label="Read more about Spectacle, speed and savageness: Disney’s The Artful Dodger comes down under for a pop period spin">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Ellis, Medical Doctor. Interdisciplinary Lecturer. PhD Student, History and Philosophy of Science., University of Sydney Greg Rakozy / Unsplash The scientific worldview has made great contributions to humanity’s flourishing. But, as science advances into territory once firmly held by religion – attempting to answer questions about ... <a title="Science communicators need to stop telling everybody the universe is a meaningless void" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/29/science-communicators-need-to-stop-telling-everybody-the-universe-is-a-meaningless-void-215334/" aria-label="Read more about Science communicators need to stop telling everybody the universe is a meaningless void">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Grzeskowiak, Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation Fellow in Medicines Use and Safety – Flinders University & South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute, Flinders University Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will deliver a national apology to thalidomide survivors and their families today. More than 60 years since ... <a title="Thalidomide survivors are receiving an apology for the pharmaceutical disaster that changed pregnancy medicine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/29/thalidomide-survivors-are-receiving-an-apology-for-the-pharmaceutical-disaster-that-changed-pregnancy-medicine-218691/" aria-label="Read more about Thalidomide survivors are receiving an apology for the pharmaceutical disaster that changed pregnancy medicine">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Mackey, Director, Griffith Climate Action Beacon, Griffith University Shutterstock Eight years ago, the world agreed to an ambitious target in the Paris Agreement: hold warming to 1.5°C to limit further dangerous levels of climate change. Since then, greenhouse gas emissions have kept increasing – and climate disasters ... <a title="As disasters and heat intensify, can the world meet the urgency of the moment at the COP28 climate talks?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/29/as-disasters-and-heat-intensify-can-the-world-meet-the-urgency-of-the-moment-at-the-cop28-climate-talks-217063/" aria-label="Read more about As disasters and heat intensify, can the world meet the urgency of the moment at the COP28 climate talks?">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Saul Karnovsky, Senior Lecturer & Bachelor of Education (Secondary) Course Coordinator, Curtin University Katerina Holmes/Pexels, CC BY-SA As we approach the end of the school year, many families are thinking about what might be an appropriate gift to thank teachers. Meanwhile, teachers are preparing for an inundation ... <a title="What should I give my child’s teacher at the end of the year?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/29/what-should-i-give-my-childs-teacher-at-the-end-of-the-year-217687/" aria-label="Read more about What should I give my child’s teacher at the end of the year?">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Naish, Professor in Earth Sciences, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington As this year’s UN climate summit (COP28) gets under way in Dubai, scientists studying Earth’s frozen regions have been delivering an urgent call for action to policy makers. But is anyone listening? Throughout ... <a title="COP28: Earth’s frozen zones are in trouble – we’re already seeing the consequences" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/29/cop28-earths-frozen-zones-are-in-trouble-were-already-seeing-the-consequences-218119/" aria-label="Read more about COP28: Earth’s frozen zones are in trouble – we’re already seeing the consequences">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Ghezelbash, Associate Professor and Deputy Director, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney After ruling on November 8 that indefinite immigration detention is unlawful, the High Court today delivered its reasons for the decision that upturned 20 years of precedent. Its ... <a title="High Court reasons on immigration ruling pave way for further legislation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/28/high-court-reasons-on-immigration-ruling-pave-way-for-further-legislation-218699/" aria-label="Read more about High Court reasons on immigration ruling pave way for further legislation">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government will urgently legislate to enable some of those released from immigration detention to be preventatively detained. This follows the High Court on Tuesday outlining its reasons for its decision that indefinite immigration detention was unconstitutional. The judgment indicates ... <a title="Government readying to rush through more legislation on ex-detainees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/28/government-readying-to-rush-through-more-legislation-on-ex-detainees-218724/" aria-label="Read more about Government readying to rush through more legislation on ex-detainees">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2023
By Apenisa Waqairadovu in Suva The Association of the University of the South Pacific Staff (AUSPS) will now make necessary submissions to go on a strike. This comes after AUSPS president Elizabeth Read Fong confirmed that the USP Council had denied staff papers to be presented in this week’s USP Council meeting. Fong said this ... <a title="USP strike on the cards after council blocks staff papers in pay row" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/28/usp-strike-on-the-cards-after-council-blocks-staff-papers-in-pay-row/" aria-label="Read more about USP strike on the cards after council blocks staff papers in pay row">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2023
RNZ News Former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson has defended Aotearoa New Zealand’s public interest journalism fund that his government started during the covid-19 pandemic, after the new deputy prime minister characterised it as “bribery”. Speaking to media on Monday after his swearing in, Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters accused state-funded media organisations of a lack ... <a title="Former broadcast minister defends NZ journalism fund, state-funded media independence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/28/former-broadcast-minister-defends-nz-journalism-fund-state-funded-media-independence/" aria-label="Read more about Former broadcast minister defends NZ journalism fund, state-funded media independence">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2023
By Iliana Biutu in Suva University of the South Pacific Union (USPU) president Reuben Colata says industrial action will be the next step if USP does not approve their pay increment being sought. Colata said they did not know why the university did not want to negotiate a salary increase. He said the university had ... <a title="USP union warns of industrial action if fair pay is not approved" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/28/usp-union-warns-of-industrial-action-if-fair-pay-is-not-approved/" aria-label="Read more about USP union warns of industrial action if fair pay is not approved">Read more</a>
