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September 4, 2023
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific journalist A young Samoan climate activist says the UN’s new guidance on children’s rights to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is “the first step to global change”. The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child have affirmed for the first time that climate change is affecting children’s rights ... <a title="Samoan climate activist welcomes UN’s recognition of children’s rights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/04/samoan-climate-activist-welcomes-uns-recognition-of-childrens-rights/" aria-label="Read more about Samoan climate activist welcomes UN’s recognition of children’s rights">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Sanderson, Professor of Information Retrieval, RMIT University Flickr/sergio m mahugo, Edited by The Conversation, CC BY-NC-SA Today marks an important milestone in the history of the internet: Google’s 25th birthday. With billions of search queries submitted each day, it’s difficult to remember how we ever lived ... <a title="Google turns 25: the search engine revolutionised how we access information, but will it survive AI?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/04/google-turns-25-the-search-engine-revolutionised-how-we-access-information-but-will-it-survive-ai-212367/" aria-label="Read more about Google turns 25: the search engine revolutionised how we access information, but will it survive AI?">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Suman Majumdar, Chief Health Officer, Burnet Institute Pexels/Engin Akyurt Around 5–10% of people who get infected with SARS-CoV-2 will experience symptoms that persist way beyond the initial acute period, a clinical syndrome we are learning more about, known widely as long COVID. Shortness of breath, brain fog, ... <a title="Long COVID symptoms can improve, but their resolution is slow and imperfect" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/04/long-covid-symptoms-can-improve-but-their-resolution-is-slow-and-imperfect-212015/" aria-label="Read more about Long COVID symptoms can improve, but their resolution is slow and imperfect">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Stevens, Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Adelaide Macronatura.es, Shutterstock When you think of moths, do you see holes in your clothes, pests in the pantry, or pesky insects drawn to night lights spoiling your social BBQ? Or worse, do you have an irrational fear of moths? ... <a title="Unveiling the enigmatic world of moths: from ancient pollinators to whistling wonders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/04/unveiling-the-enigmatic-world-of-moths-from-ancient-pollinators-to-whistling-wonders-209590/" aria-label="Read more about Unveiling the enigmatic world of moths: from ancient pollinators to whistling wonders">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marnee Shay, Associate Professor, Principal Research Fellow, The University of Queensland Co-design is the new buzz word being applied to relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. It has been used as a key part of the Indigenous Voice process. But it is also talked about when it ... <a title="‘Co-design’ is the latest buzzword in Indigenous education policy. Does it live up to the hype?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/04/co-design-is-the-latest-buzzword-in-indigenous-education-policy-does-it-live-up-to-the-hype-212194/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Co-design’ is the latest buzzword in Indigenous education policy. Does it live up to the hype?">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leah Ruppanner, Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of The Future of Work Lab, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock In the toughest days of the pandemic, many dual-income families made the difficult choice to drop down to one income. With dads being the primary earners in many ... <a title="Being the main breadwinner didn’t necessarily keep married mums in work during the pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/04/being-the-main-breadwinner-didnt-necessarily-keep-married-mums-in-work-during-the-pandemic-210897/" aria-label="Read more about Being the main breadwinner didn’t necessarily keep married mums in work during the pandemic">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Strong, Associate professor, Music Industry, RMIT University Shutterstock Women participate in Australia’s music industries – as musicians and workers – at rates well below men. On average, women receive less airplay on Australian radio, less pay and less representation on music boards, awards and line-ups than ... <a title="‘You are left flailing to try and look after yourself’: the music industry still constrains mothers’ careers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/04/you-are-left-flailing-to-try-and-look-after-yourself-the-music-industry-still-constrains-mothers-careers-210978/" aria-label="Read more about ‘You are left flailing to try and look after yourself’: the music industry still constrains mothers’ careers">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2023
By Shayal Devi in Suva Fiji owes the Export-Import (Exim) Bank of China about $374.9 million, states the Ministry of Finance’s government debt report for the third quarter of 2022/2023. This comes as China has drawn a spate of criticism regarding the motivations behind its assistance to Pacific island countries. The Chinese Embassy in Fiji ... <a title="Fiji owes $374.9m to Exim Bank, but China says ‘no strings’ attached to aid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/04/fiji-owes-374-9m-to-exim-bank-but-china-says-no-strings-attached-to-aid/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji owes $374.9m to Exim Bank, but China says ‘no strings’ attached to aid">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2023
Pacific Media Watch Vanuatu Daily Post civil society correspondents have written in unison condemning the failure of the Melanesian Spearhead Group to admit West Papua as full members of the organisation at last month’s leaders’ summit in Port Vila. The Australia West Papua Association (AWPA) says that “it’s tragic that the MSG leaders did not ... <a title="Letters on West Papua – ‘united voices for justice will not be silenced’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/03/letters-on-west-papua-united-voices-for-justice-will-not-be-silenced/" aria-label="Read more about Letters on West Papua – ‘united voices for justice will not be silenced’">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2023
RNZ News Labour has officially kicked off its Aotearoa New Zealand election 2023 campaign with a promise to extend free dental care to all those under 30. The party is pitching the dental policy as beginning “the journey” towards universal free dental, while making provision for training more dentists over coming years. Free dental care ... <a title="Election 2023: Labour kicks off campaign with free dental promise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/03/election-2023-labour-kicks-off-campaign-with-free-dental-promise/" aria-label="Read more about Election 2023: Labour kicks off campaign with free dental promise">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2023
By Venkat Raman, editor of Indian Newslink Fiji is on the road to economic recovery and the government looks forward to the support and assistance of the Fijian diaspora in its progress, says Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Professor Biman Prasad. Inaugurating the Fiji Centre, an entity established at the premises of the Whānau ... <a title="Fiji’s Prasad reaches out to the NZ diaspora to help rebuild nation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/02/fijis-prasad-reaches-out-to-the-nz-diaspora-to-help-rebuild-nation/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s Prasad reaches out to the NZ diaspora to help rebuild nation">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2023
An Australian academic has lit the fuse of diplomatic fury by publicly criticising Indonesia’s brutal response to the Papuan independence movement, a sensitive topic for governments of both countries. Duncan Graham reports from Indonesia on the silent war to the north. ANALYSIS: By Duncan Graham An Australian academic is risking an eruption of diplomatic fury ... <a title="The silent war – Australia and Indonesia mum on Papuan human right abuses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/01/the-silent-war-australia-and-indonesia-mum-on-papuan-human-right-abuses/" aria-label="Read more about The silent war – Australia and Indonesia mum on Papuan human right abuses">Read more</a>
