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June 22, 2023
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Michael Wood has become a victim of his own complacency about conflicts of interest. He simply didn’t take integrity rules meant to protect the New Zealand political system from corruption seriously. And that’s rightly led to his downfall. Wood’s complacency about corruption-prevention is hardly unique. The whole country has generally ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Era of complacency over political conflicts of interest is over" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/22/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-era-of-complacency-over-political-conflicts-of-interest-is-over/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Era of complacency over political conflicts of interest is over">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Hardy, Associate Professor, Tourism and Society, University of Tasmania Alan Berner/The Seattle Times/AP The world has watched in shock as rescue crews feverishly search for the Titan submersible vehicle, which disappeared while attempting to take tourists to view the wreckage of the Titanic in the North ... <a title="Why is extreme ‘frontier travel’ booming despite the risks?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/22/why-is-extreme-frontier-travel-booming-despite-the-risks-208201/" aria-label="Read more about Why is extreme ‘frontier travel’ booming despite the risks?">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kristie Patricia Flannery, Research Fellow, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University Royal Museums Greenwich The question on many minds this week is why did some of the world’s richest men risk death to venture to the bottom of the sea in a cold and ... <a title="Disaster, opulence, and the merciless ocean: why the Titanic disaster continues to enthral" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/22/disaster-opulence-and-the-merciless-ocean-why-the-titanic-disaster-continues-to-enthral-208200/" aria-label="Read more about Disaster, opulence, and the merciless ocean: why the Titanic disaster continues to enthral">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian A Wright, Associate Professor in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University Shutterstock Are you ever tempted to pour used cooking oil down the sink? Just turn on the tap and flush it all away. What about that half-used tin of paint in the cupboard? It would be ... <a title="Why shouldn’t I pour oil or paint down the sink? And what should I do instead?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/22/why-shouldnt-i-pour-oil-or-paint-down-the-sink-and-what-should-i-do-instead-206604/" aria-label="Read more about Why shouldn’t I pour oil or paint down the sink? And what should I do instead?">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian A Wright, Associate Professor in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University For the past 15 months, I have been helping residents living near the massive Cadia gold and copper mine in NSW to verify their concerns about pollution from the mine. The findings of alarming levels of ... <a title="Huge Cadia gold mine ordered to reduce polluting dust. Is it safe to live near a mine like this?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/22/huge-cadia-gold-mine-ordered-to-reduce-polluting-dust-is-it-safe-to-live-near-a-mine-like-this-208111/" aria-label="Read more about Huge Cadia gold mine ordered to reduce polluting dust. Is it safe to live near a mine like this?">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eric Fusil, Associate Professor, School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, University of Adelaide OceanGate The oxygen supply of the missing Titan submersible is expected to run out today around 10am GMT, or 8pm AEST. A frantic search continues for the Titan and its five occupants, with sonar ... <a title="As the clock ticks on the Titan sub, an expert explains what safety features a submersible should have" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/22/as-the-clock-ticks-on-the-titan-sub-an-expert-explains-what-safety-features-a-submersible-should-have-208187/" aria-label="Read more about As the clock ticks on the Titan sub, an expert explains what safety features a submersible should have">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2023
Asia Pacific Report The pro-independence United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has welcomed Vanuatu Deputy Prime Minister Jotham Napat’s comments on West Papua during this week’s diplomatic visit to Indonesia. In a joint press conference with Indonesian Vice-President Ma’ruf Amin, Napat restated his commitment to the “Melanesian way”. Movement president Benny Wenda has issued ... <a title="ULMWP welcomes Vanuatu leader’s ‘Melanesian way’ vow in Jakarta" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/22/ulmwp-welcomes-vanuatu-leaders-melanesian-way-vow-in-jakarta/" aria-label="Read more about ULMWP welcomes Vanuatu leader’s ‘Melanesian way’ vow in Jakarta">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2023
Paul and Selwyn deep dive into the battle to control a narrative, waged by all sides in a polarised combative world, and how modern mainstream media institutions, like Radio New Zealand, fall vulnerable in the absence of robust all-sides-considered analysis and debate.
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June 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Wheatley, Laboratory Head, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock In early 2021, recommendations about COVID vaccines were pretty straightforward – get two doses, as soon as you are eligible. A year later, we knew getting a third dose was important for protection ... <a title="Do I need a booster vaccine if I recently had COVID? What if I’m not sure what I had?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/22/do-i-need-a-booster-vaccine-if-i-recently-had-covid-what-if-im-not-sure-what-i-had-207724/" aria-label="Read more about Do I need a booster vaccine if I recently had COVID? What if I’m not sure what I had?">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Austin, Lecturer in Theatre, The University of Melbourne Tracker, from Australian Dance Theatre and Ilbijerri Theatre. Pedro Greig/Rising Rising has just completed its second run across Melbourne. The newest addition to the city’s festival scene, Rising replaced the much-loved White Night festival and the much-celebrated Melbourne ... <a title="Rising has yet to establish its voice – but this year’s festival gave us significant and thrilling work by First Nations artists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/22/rising-has-yet-to-establish-its-voice-but-this-years-festival-gave-us-significant-and-thrilling-work-by-first-nations-artists-207719/" aria-label="Read more about Rising has yet to establish its voice – but this year’s festival gave us significant and thrilling work by First Nations artists">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ananish Chaudhuri, Professor of Behavioural and Experimental Economics, University of Auckland Getty Images As recent headlines have made clear, New Zealand universities are in an existential crisis for a variety of reasons, including a sharp drop in international student numbers and chronic underfunding. But there is another ... <a title="With campus numbers plummeting due to online learning, do we need two categories of university degree?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/22/with-campus-numbers-plummeting-due-to-online-learning-do-we-need-two-categories-of-university-degree-208172/" aria-label="Read more about With campus numbers plummeting due to online learning, do we need two categories of university degree?">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2023
COMMENTARY: By Donna Miles-Mojab Recently, there was a serious revelation that some wire service reports were edited, without attribution, by an individual employee of our national broadcaster, RNZ. Now, let’s examine the way I composed the above sentence. I included the word “serious” to signal to readers that this news is of significant importance. The ... <a title="Donna Miles-Mojab: Is there such a thing as unbiased reporting?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/22/donna-miles-mojab-is-there-such-a-thing-as-unbiased-reporting/" aria-label="Read more about Donna Miles-Mojab: Is there such a thing as unbiased reporting?">Read more</a>
