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April 24, 2023
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter Politicians in French Polynesia have reacted with scorn over the ruling party’s hastily-convened electoral alliance with an opposition party, which has been eliminated from the territorial elections after failing to reach the 12.5 percent threshold. Under the deal, President Édouard Fritch’s Tapura Huiraatira ceded four positions to Amuitahiraa on ... <a title="Hasty Tahiti electoral alliance accused of serving up ‘same soup’ by rival" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/24/hasty-tahiti-electoral-alliance-accused-of-serving-up-same-soup-by-rival/" aria-label="Read more about Hasty Tahiti electoral alliance accused of serving up ‘same soup’ by rival">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mike Lee, Associate Professor of Marketing, University of Auckland Getty Images Ten years to the day after the collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory in Bangladesh, a disaster that killed more than 1,100 workers and injured another 2,500, the global addiction to cheap clothing remains strong. ... <a title="A decade after the Rana Plaza garment factory disaster, New Zealanders still rely on fast fashion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/24/a-decade-after-the-rana-plaza-garment-factory-disaster-new-zealanders-still-rely-on-fast-fashion-204192/" aria-label="Read more about A decade after the Rana Plaza garment factory disaster, New Zealanders still rely on fast fashion">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne Mick Tsikas/AAP A federal Newspoll, conducted April 19-22 from a sample of 1,514, gave Labor a 56-44 lead, a one-point gain for Labor since the previous Newspoll, ... <a title="Labor gains in Newspoll but Voice support slumps in other polls; NSW final results and Queensland polls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/24/labor-gains-in-newspoll-but-voice-support-slumps-in-other-polls-nsw-final-results-and-queensland-polls-204107/" aria-label="Read more about Labor gains in Newspoll but Voice support slumps in other polls; NSW final results and Queensland polls">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carolyn Holbrook, Senior Lecturer in History, Deakin University The recent media rounds of the new chair of the Australian War Memorial Council, Kim Beazley, appear to presage a major shift in the institution’s attitude to the frontier wars. Beazley explained it is “enormously important” that the current ... <a title="The Australian War Memorial must deal properly with the frontier wars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/24/the-australian-war-memorial-must-deal-properly-with-the-frontier-wars-203851/" aria-label="Read more about The Australian War Memorial must deal properly with the frontier wars">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thea van de Mortel, Professor, Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University Shutterstock If you have respiratory symptoms as we head towards winter and flu season, could it be COVID or the flu? Or something else entirely? Now, we have a range of home tests that ... <a title="Flu or COVID? You can now test for both at home with a single swab. Here’s what you need to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/24/flu-or-covid-you-can-now-test-for-both-at-home-with-a-single-swab-heres-what-you-need-to-know-204119/" aria-label="Read more about Flu or COVID? You can now test for both at home with a single swab. Here’s what you need to know">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathleen Smithers, Lecturer, Charles Sturt University ThisIsEngineering/Pexels This article is part of our series on big ideas for the Universities Accord. The federal government is calling for ideas to “reshape and reimagine higher education, and set it up for the next decade and beyond”. A review team ... <a title="Australian unis could not function without casual staff: it is time to treat them as ‘real’ employees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/24/australian-unis-could-not-function-without-casual-staff-it-is-time-to-treat-them-as-real-employees-203053/" aria-label="Read more about Australian unis could not function without casual staff: it is time to treat them as ‘real’ employees">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gwyn McClelland, Senior Lecturer, Japanese Studies, University of New England IMDB Makoto Shinkai has found a winning formula with the release of his newest anime Suzume, already the fourth-highest-grossing anime film of all time. Shinkai released his debut animated feature film, The Place Promised in our Early ... <a title="Suzume builds on a long line of Japanese art exploring the impacts of trauma on the individual and the collective" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/24/suzume-builds-on-a-long-line-of-japanese-art-exploring-the-impacts-of-trauma-on-the-individual-and-the-collective-203920/" aria-label="Read more about Suzume builds on a long line of Japanese art exploring the impacts of trauma on the individual and the collective">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ralph Sims, Emeritus Professor, Energy and Climate Mitigation, Massey University Gary Hershorn/Getty Images Emissions from human activities are substantially increasing the atmospheric concentrations of the greenhouse gases CO₂, methane, CFCs and nitrous oxide. These increases will enhance the greenhouse effect, resulting on average in an additional warming ... <a title="The IPCC’s calls for emissions cuts have gone unheeded for too long – should it change the way it reports on climate change?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/24/the-ipccs-calls-for-emissions-cuts-have-gone-unheeded-for-too-long-should-it-change-the-way-it-reports-on-climate-change-202837/" aria-label="Read more about The IPCC’s calls for emissions cuts have gone unheeded for too long – should it change the way it reports on climate change?">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2023
By Shayal Devi in Suva Any attempt to review or change Fiji’s existing taxation system will be done with proper consideration of all reports and recommendations on the issue, says Fiji’s finance minister. Professor Biman Prasad, who is also co-deputy Prime Minister, said that any decision to make such changes lay solely with the government. ... <a title="Fiji tax system – ‘we’ll look after our vulnerable people’, says Prasad" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/23/fiji-tax-system-well-look-after-our-vulnerable-people-says-prasad/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji tax system – ‘we’ll look after our vulnerable people’, says Prasad">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2023
By Giles Dexter, RNZ News political reporter The Australian government has announced a direct pathway to citizenship for New Zealanders, ending a tension between the two countries that has lasted for more than 20 years. Since 2001, New Zealanders in Australia have been able to reside there on a Special Category Visa. While it has ... <a title="Australia announces pathway to citizenship for New Zealanders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/23/australia-announces-pathway-to-citizenship-for-new-zealanders/" aria-label="Read more about Australia announces pathway to citizenship for New Zealanders">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2023
RNZ Pacific Daycare centres have been shut down in American Samoa following confirmation of an eight-year-old girl with measles. The territory’s Department of Health (DOH) said samples from the child, who was seen at a community centre with symptoms on March 27, were sent for testing in California and returned positive. Day cares are now ... <a title="American Samoa confirms a case of measles – day care centres close" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/23/american-samoa-confirms-a-case-of-measles-day-care-centres-close/" aria-label="Read more about American Samoa confirms a case of measles – day care centres close">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2023
Asia Pacific Report Indonesian security forces have intensified operations in various conflict areas in West Papua, reports Human Rights Monitor. According to information received by the international watchdog, security force members have raided villages and set residential houses on fire. The raids reportedly occurred in conflict hotspots in West Papua, predominantly in the Puncak, Nduga, ... <a title="Indonesian security crackdown in West Papua – ‘traumatising raids, torture’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/23/indonesian-security-crackdown-in-west-papua-traumatising-raids-torture/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian security crackdown in West Papua – ‘traumatising raids, torture’">Read more</a>
