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September 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Harcourt, Industry Professor and Chief Economist, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock When Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visits China later this year he will encounter a nation whose future is about as uncertain as it was 50 years ago when Gough Whitlam became the first Australian prime ... <a title="In China, Albanese might find an economy as uncertain as Japan’s 30 years ago" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/19/in-china-albanese-might-find-an-economy-as-uncertain-as-japans-30-years-ago-213539/" aria-label="Read more about In China, Albanese might find an economy as uncertain as Japan’s 30 years ago">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paige Donaghy, Early career researcher, The University of Queensland The placenta and umbilical cord. Watercolour image, unknown artist, 19th century. Wellcome Collection, CC BY-SA Ever wondered where the placenta got its name? In Italy in the 1500s, the anatomist Matteo Realdo Colombo coined this term to describe ... <a title="How a 16th century Italian anatomist came up with the word ‘placenta’: it reminded him of a cake" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/19/how-a-16th-century-italian-anatomist-came-up-with-the-word-placenta-it-reminded-him-of-a-cake-207323/" aria-label="Read more about How a 16th century Italian anatomist came up with the word ‘placenta’: it reminded him of a cake">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Allen, Research Fellow, Monash University United Nations This week world leaders are gathering at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York to review progress against the Sustainable Development Goals. We’re halfway between when the goals were set in 2015 and when they need to be ... <a title="Well behind at halftime: here’s how to get the UN Sustainable Development Goals back on track" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/18/well-behind-at-halftime-heres-how-to-get-the-un-sustainable-development-goals-back-on-track-206677/" aria-label="Read more about Well behind at halftime: here’s how to get the UN Sustainable Development Goals back on track">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2023
MEDIAWATCH: By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter Aotearoa New Zealand’s public television broadcaster TVNZ is planning significant cuts to content production, programmes and operational spending in response to commercial clients’ reduced spending on advertising. Future projects are under review and pay rises for executives and top-earning staff have also been scrapped at the state-owned broadcaster. ... <a title="TVNZ tightens its belt with ‘tough calls’ citing ad revenue slump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/18/tvnz-tightens-its-belt-with-tough-calls-citing-ad-revenue-slump/" aria-label="Read more about TVNZ tightens its belt with ‘tough calls’ citing ad revenue slump">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2023
PNG Post-Courier Vice-Minister of Planning James Nomane has called on Prime Minister James Marape to put Papua New Guinea first and reshuffle cabinet to bring together the best of both government and opposition MPs. In his 48th Independence message at the weekend, Nomane said that this Independence Day must trigger change in the way Marape’s ... <a title="‘Quit lip service’ and reshuffle PNG cabinet for national benefit, says Nomane" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/18/quit-lip-service-and-reshuffle-png-cabinet-for-national-benefit-says-nomane/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Quit lip service’ and reshuffle PNG cabinet for national benefit, says Nomane">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2023
By Iliesa Tora, RNZ Pacific sports reporter in Saint Etienne, France The Flying Fijians won its Rugby World Cup Pool C match against Australia 22-15 in Saint Etienne with the team’s fourth choice kicker, Simione Kuruvoli, leading them. And the win came after 69 long years since Fiji last defeated the Wallabies in 1954. Kuruvoli, ... <a title="RWC2023: Simi Kuruvoli’s boot helps ‘best ever’ Flying Fijians beat Wallabies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/18/rwc2023-simi-kuruvolis-boot-helps-best-ever-flying-fijians-beat-wallabies/" aria-label="Read more about RWC2023: Simi Kuruvoli’s boot helps ‘best ever’ Flying Fijians beat Wallabies">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Celeste Young, Collaborative Research Fellow, Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities (ISILC), Victoria University Shutterstock The Northern Hemisphere summer brought catastrophic fires and floods to many countries. Down south, the winter was the hottest ever recorded in Australia, fuelled by record ocean temperatures. Small wonder many Australians are ... <a title="Worried about heat and fire this summer? Here’s how to to prepare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/18/worried-about-heat-and-fire-this-summer-heres-how-to-to-prepare-212443/" aria-label="Read more about Worried about heat and fire this summer? Here’s how to to prepare">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Gerace, Senior Lecturer and Head of Course – Positive Psychology, CQUniversity Australia Have you either felt a sense of loss after binging the final episodes of a television series? Perhaps you’ve experienced this sadness on reaching the last page of a book that you’d been reading ... <a title="Neighbours vs Friends: we found out which beloved show fans mourned more when it ended" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/18/neighbours-vs-friends-we-found-out-which-beloved-show-fans-mourned-more-when-it-ended-212843/" aria-label="Read more about Neighbours vs Friends: we found out which beloved show fans mourned more when it ended">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Collins, Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle Shutterstock Travelling on a train recently you couldn’t help but overhear two women deep in conversation about a mutual obsession with food, including emotional triggers that pushed them towards chocolate and pizza. They shared feeling guilty ... <a title="What does having a ‘good relationship with food’ mean? 4 ways to know if you’ve got one" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/18/what-does-having-a-good-relationship-with-food-mean-4-ways-to-know-if-youve-got-one-202622/" aria-label="Read more about What does having a ‘good relationship with food’ mean? 4 ways to know if you’ve got one">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christine Braid, Professional Learning and Development Facilitator in Literacy Education, Massey University If it wins the election, the National Party has vowed to shake up how children are taught to read and write. Part of this education overhaul includes a pledge to require the teaching of “structured ... <a title="National wants to change how NZ schools teach reading – but ‘structured literacy’ must be more than just a classroom checklist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/18/national-wants-to-change-how-nz-schools-teach-reading-but-structured-literacy-must-be-more-than-just-a-classroom-checklist-213251/" aria-label="Read more about National wants to change how NZ schools teach reading – but ‘structured literacy’ must be more than just a classroom checklist">Read more</a>
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September 18, 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: 18 September 2023 ELECTION, WEEK IN POLITICS Chris Trotter (Interest): Failing to hold back the flood: The edgy politics of the twenty-first century Andrea Vance (Post): Why ... <a title="Newsletter: September 18 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/18/newsletter-september-18-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: September 18 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2023
Analysis by Geoffrey Miller. A shakeup of the ministers responsible for New Zealand’s international relations seems almost guaranteed, irrespective of the country’s election result on October 14. Coalition politics are likely to play a key role in appointments related to foreign affairs. On current opinion polling, a government led by the centre-right National Party would ... <a title="Geoffrey Miller Analysis – Who will be New Zealand’s next foreign minister?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/18/geoffrey-miller-analysis-who-will-be-new-zealands-next-foreign-minister/" aria-label="Read more about Geoffrey Miller Analysis – Who will be New Zealand’s next foreign minister?">Read more</a>