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April 17, 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. Today’s content POLITICAL DEBATE, FREE SPEECH, CULTURE WARS Chris Trotter (Interest): Debating debating Laura Frykberg (1News): Can we still debate? Disagreement in the digital age 1News: Q+A: NZ should further loosen ... <a title="Newsletter: April 17 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/17/newsletter-april-17-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: April 17 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aaron Robotham, Research Associate Professor & UWA Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia Antikythera mechanism in National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece. Viacheslav Lopatin/Shutterstock The coastal town of Exmouth in Western Australia is due to experience one of the most spectacular astronomical phenomena on April 20 2023 ... <a title="Humans have been predicting eclipses for thousands of years, but it’s harder than you might think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/17/humans-have-been-predicting-eclipses-for-thousands-of-years-but-its-harder-than-you-might-think-202034/" aria-label="Read more about Humans have been predicting eclipses for thousands of years, but it’s harder than you might think">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sally Young, Professor of Political Science, The University of Melbourne South Sea Islander women, Cairns, circa 1895 National Museum of Australia In a splash of articles published over the past two weeks, the British Guardian has acknowledged and apologised for its historical links with slavery. The Scott ... <a title="Unpapering the cracks: sugar, slavery and the Sydney Morning Herald" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/17/unpapering-the-cracks-sugar-slavery-and-the-sydney-morning-herald-202828/" aria-label="Read more about Unpapering the cracks: sugar, slavery and the Sydney Morning Herald">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joshua Pate, Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy, University of Technology Sydney Pexels, CC BY For every feeling we experience, there is a lot of complex biology going on underneath our skin. Pain involves our whole body. When faced with possible threats, the feeling of pain develops in a ... <a title="Turning down the volume of pain – how to retrain your brain when you get sensitised" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/17/turning-down-the-volume-of-pain-how-to-retrain-your-brain-when-you-get-sensitised-202850/" aria-label="Read more about Turning down the volume of pain – how to retrain your brain when you get sensitised">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan N Williams, Associate Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, UNSW Sydney Joseph Lycett, Aborigines using fire to hunt kangaroo (c.1817) National Library of Australia Indigenous Australians have conducted cultural burning for at least ten millenia and the practice helped reduce bushfire risk ... <a title="A dive into the deep past reveals Indigenous burning helped suppress bushfires 10,000 years ago" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/17/a-dive-into-the-deep-past-reveals-indigenous-burning-helped-suppress-bushfires-10-000-years-ago-203754/" aria-label="Read more about A dive into the deep past reveals Indigenous burning helped suppress bushfires 10,000 years ago">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Tai, Senior Research Fellow, Deakin University Ketut Subiyanto/Pexels This article is part of our series on big ideas for the Universities Accord. The federal government is calling ideas to “reshape and reimagine higher education, and set it up for the next decade and beyond”. A review ... <a title="We need to change the way universities assess students, starting with these 3 things" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/17/we-need-to-change-the-way-universities-assess-students-starting-with-these-3-things-203048/" aria-label="Read more about We need to change the way universities assess students, starting with these 3 things">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2023
RNZ News Epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker says Aotearoa New Zealand is experiencing its fourth wave of covid-19 infection and warns people to stay vigilant. He said it was not as intense as the previous waves but it was definite, with a gradual rise in the number of self-reported cases every day, as seen in RNZ’s ... <a title="‘Mask up’ – warns epidemiologist over NZ’s rising fourth wave of covid-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/17/mask-up-warns-epidemiologist-over-nzs-rising-fourth-wave-of-covid-19/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Mask up’ – warns epidemiologist over NZ’s rising fourth wave of covid-19">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2023
Pacific Media Watch A media network publishing an international research journal has vowed to expand its activities into community media and training initiatives. The non-profit Asia Pacific Media Network, publisher of the ranked Pacific Journalism Review, says media and community advocates believe there is a need for minority and marginalised groups that feel neglected by ... <a title="Asia Pacific media network plans wider community brief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/15/asia-pacific-media-network-plans-wider-community-brief/" aria-label="Read more about Asia Pacific media network plans wider community brief">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2023
Public opinion will dictate how Japanese seafood is received after the wastewater is disposed of into the Pacific Ocean. The global seafood market faces turmoil with the release of the Fukushima nuclear wastewater from Japan into the Pacific Ocean, computer modelling predicts. Japan announced in 2021 it will release more than 1.25 million tonnes of ... <a title="How Fukushima wastewater into Pacific will disrupt seafood trade" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/15/how-fukushima-wastewater-into-pacific-will-disrupt-seafood-trade/" aria-label="Read more about How Fukushima wastewater into Pacific will disrupt seafood trade">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2023
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist Several Pasifika were among dozens of New Zealanders to receive the Order of Merit this week. Recipients comprised leading figures across various industries from social work to entertainment. TV show producer, writer, and director Lisa Taouma received the insignia of a member of the NZ Order of Merit at ... <a title="Medal awards ‘shows the impact Pasifika are having on NZ society’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/15/medal-awards-shows-the-impact-pasifika-are-having-on-nz-society/" aria-label="Read more about Medal awards ‘shows the impact Pasifika are having on NZ society’">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2023
Asia Pacific Report A West Papuan leader has accused Indonesia of imposing a “martial law” on the Melanesian region in response to the kidnapping of a New Zealand pilot by rebels fighting Jakarta’s contested rule. “It is clear that Indonesia is using the kidnap of New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens as a pretext to strengthen ... <a title="Wenda accuses Indonesia of imposing ‘martial law’ abuses on West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/14/wenda-accuses-indonesia-of-imposing-martial-law-abuses-on-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Wenda accuses Indonesia of imposing ‘martial law’ abuses on West Papua">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2023
By Diane Wilson in Kokopo Deputy Prime Minister John Rosso has described the late Sir Rabbie Namaliu as a “shining example” of what politicians and leaders of today should aspire to be. Paying his tribute yesterday at the Vunapope Conference Centre, Kokopo, yesterday, Rosso said: “We should learn from people like Sir Rabbie, in terms ... <a title="Rosso pays tribute to former PM Sir Rabbie’s ‘great legacy of integrity’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/14/rosso-pays-tribute-to-former-pm-sir-rabbies-great-legacy-of-integrity/" aria-label="Read more about Rosso pays tribute to former PM Sir Rabbie’s ‘great legacy of integrity’">Read more</a>
