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September 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hanna Wilberg, Associate professor – Law, University of Auckland The National Party’s pledge to apply sanctions to unemployed people receiving a welfare payment, if they are “persistently” failing to meet the criteria for receiving the benefit, has attracted plenty of comment and criticism. Less talked about has ... <a title="Forcing people to repay welfare ‘loans’ traps them in a poverty cycle – where is the policy debate about that?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/28/forcing-people-to-repay-welfare-loans-traps-them-in-a-poverty-cycle-where-is-the-policy-debate-about-that-212528/" aria-label="Read more about Forcing people to repay welfare ‘loans’ traps them in a poverty cycle – where is the policy debate about that?">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2023
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific journalist Pacific youth and first time voters in Aotearoa New Zealand feel forgotten and ill equipped ahead of the election. Pasifika are the fastest growing youth population in New Zealand and their main concerns are the cost of living and beating the dire statistics stacked against them. Although Pasifika have ... <a title="NZ election 2023: First time Pacific voters want their voice heard" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/27/nz-election-2023-first-time-pacific-voters-want-their-voice-heard/" aria-label="Read more about NZ election 2023: First time Pacific voters want their voice heard">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2023
By Nic Maclellan In a major electoral upset, Kanak independence politician Robert Xowie has won one of Kanaky New Caledonia’s two seats in the French Senate in Paris. His second-round electoral victory over Loyalist leader Sonia Backès came on September 24, the 170th anniversary of France’s annexation of its Pacific dependency. Xowie is the Mayor ... <a title="FLNKS mayor wins run-off poll to take unprecedented French Senate seat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/27/flnks-mayor-wins-run-off-poll-to-take-unprecedented-french-senate-seat/" aria-label="Read more about FLNKS mayor wins run-off poll to take unprecedented French Senate seat">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zareh Ghazarian, Senior Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, Monash University With the sudden announcement that Daniel Andrews will be stepping down as premier of Victoria at 5pm today, the Labor Party has been working to find the best replacement. Deputy Premier Jacinta Allan, from the Socialist Left ... <a title="Who is Jacinta Allan, Victoria’s new premier?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/27/who-is-jacinta-allan-victorias-new-premier-214457/" aria-label="Read more about Who is Jacinta Allan, Victoria’s new premier?">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Ball, Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland Shutterstock A beauty trend gaining popularity on TikTok, dubbed the “carrot tan”, claims eating three carrots a day will give you a natural tan. But can this really give you a natural glow? And is ... <a title="Is TikTok right – will eating three carrots a day really give me a natural tan?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/27/is-tiktok-right-will-eating-three-carrots-a-day-really-give-me-a-natural-tan-214270/" aria-label="Read more about Is TikTok right – will eating three carrots a day really give me a natural tan?">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marina Yue Zhang, Associate Professor, University of Technology Sydney Earlier this year, China updated its anti-espionage law amid an intensifying rivalry with the US and growing distrust of the Western-led international order. The law broadens the scope beyond what it originally sought to prohibit – leaks of ... <a title="China’s new anti-espionage law is sending a chill through foreign corporations and citizens alike" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/27/chinas-new-anti-espionage-law-is-sending-a-chill-through-foreign-corporations-and-citizens-alike-212010/" aria-label="Read more about China’s new anti-espionage law is sending a chill through foreign corporations and citizens alike">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Bayne, Professor of Philosophy, Monash University Shutterstock Science is hard. The science of consciousness is particularly hard, beset with philosophical difficulties and a scarcity of experimental data. So in June, when the results of a head-to-head experimental contest between two rival theories were announced at the ... <a title="Nobody knows how consciousness works – but top researchers are fighting over which theories are really science" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/27/nobody-knows-how-consciousness-works-but-top-researchers-are-fighting-over-which-theories-are-really-science-214074/" aria-label="Read more about Nobody knows how consciousness works – but top researchers are fighting over which theories are really science">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Roger, Sector Lead, CSIRO Shutterstock Citizen science isn’t new anymore. For decades, keen amateur naturalists have been gathering data about nature and the environment around them – and sharing it. But what is new is the rate at which citizen scientists are collecting and sharing useful data. ... <a title="Citizen scientists collect more nature data than ever, showing us where common and threatened species live" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/27/citizen-scientists-collect-more-nature-data-than-ever-showing-us-where-common-and-threatened-species-live-212372/" aria-label="Read more about Citizen scientists collect more nature data than ever, showing us where common and threatened species live">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Holly Thorpe, Professor in Sociology of Sport and Gender, University of Waikato As a former competitive snowboarder and instructor, and later a researcher of snow sports, I’ve been lucky to enjoy ski resorts around the world. But nothing compares to Mount Ruapehu on a good day. Holidaying ... <a title="Ruapehu has had a great ski season – but we need to reimagine the future of NZ’s iconic volcano" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/27/ruapehu-has-had-a-great-ski-season-but-we-need-to-reimagine-the-future-of-nzs-iconic-volcano-214248/" aria-label="Read more about Ruapehu has had a great ski season – but we need to reimagine the future of NZ’s iconic volcano">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2023
A Charles Sturt University journalism academic says the evolving communication course at his institution in Australia continues to feed the ranks of the irrepressible “Mitchell Mafia’”. Jock Cheetham, senior lecturer in news and media in the Charles Sturt School of Information and Communication Studies in Bathurst, said recent “news” of the demise of the journalism ... <a title="Demise of CSU news journalism course was ‘greatly exaggerated’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/27/demise-of-csu-news-journalism-course-was-greatly-exaggerated/" aria-label="Read more about Demise of CSU news journalism course was ‘greatly exaggerated’">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2023
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist The New Zealand government has given its full blessing to Cook Islands and Niue establishing diplomatic relations with the United States. At the US-Pacific summit on Monday (Washington time), President Joe Biden said he recognised the two island nations as sovereign and independent states, an announcement which the US ... <a title="NZ govt ‘welcomes’ US diplomatic relations with Cook Islands, Niue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/27/nz-govt-welcomes-us-diplomatic-relations-with-cook-islands-niue/" aria-label="Read more about NZ govt ‘welcomes’ US diplomatic relations with Cook Islands, Niue">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2023
New Zealand Politics Daily is a collation of the most prominent issues being discussed in New Zealand. It is edited by Dr Bryce Edwards of The Democracy Project. NZ Politics Daily: 27 September 2023 ELECTION Gordon Campbell: On whether Winston Peters can be a moderating influence and bashing beneficiaries, again Jessica Mutch McKay (1News): Measuring the mood on ... <a title="Newsletter: September 27 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/27/newsletter-september-27-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: September 27 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
