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February 22, 2023
RNZ News A further 300 people listed as “uncontactable” in New Zealand in the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle have been found. About 800 people in Hawke’s Bay and Tai Rāwhiti were still registered as unaccounted for, Hawke’s Bay Urban Search and Rescue team leader Ken Cooper told RNZ Morning Report. Cooper said police and Fire ... <a title="Cyclone Gabrielle: Hundreds more NZ unaccounted for now located" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/22/cyclone-gabrielle-hundreds-more-nz-unaccounted-for-now-located/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Gabrielle: Hundreds more NZ unaccounted for now located">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Norton, Emeritus professor, University of Canterbury GettyImages During Cyclones Hale and Gabrielle the poor management of exotic plantations – primarily pine – has again led to extensive damage in Tairāwhiti. Critical public infrastructure destroyed; highly productive agricultural and horticultural land washed away or buried; houses, fences ... <a title="We planted pine in response to Cyclone Bola – with devastating consequences. It is now time to invest in natives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/22/we-planted-pine-in-response-to-cyclone-bola-with-devastating-consequences-it-is-now-time-to-invest-in-natives-200060/" aria-label="Read more about We planted pine in response to Cyclone Bola – with devastating consequences. It is now time to invest in natives">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2023
RNZ Pacific More than 400 workers from the Pacific evacuated to a Napier church during Cyclone Gabrielle should be able to return to more permanent accommodation in the next few days. Workers from Samoa, Fiji, Tuvalu and Solomon Islands had stayed at the Samoan Assembly of God church in Napier after being displaced by floodwaters ... <a title="Cyclone Gabrielle: Help for more than 400 evacuated Pacific RSE workers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/22/cyclone-gabrielle-help-for-more-than-400-evacuated-pacific-rse-workers/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Gabrielle: Help for more than 400 evacuated Pacific RSE workers">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2023
PNG Post-Courier An Australian-based anthropology professor and three Papua New Guinean women researchers are being held captive inside the jungles of the Southern Highlands after they were kidnapped at gunpoint in Fogoma’iu village in the Bosavi LLG. Four local guides who were also seized were told to jump into the Hegigio river after being released ... <a title="PNG police negotiators try to win freedom for hostage researchers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/22/png-police-negotiators-try-to-win-freedom-for-hostage-researchers/" aria-label="Read more about PNG police negotiators try to win freedom for hostage researchers">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2023
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist Regional leaders will meet this week at the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Special Leaders Retreat in Fiji. “We have come through a period of some fracture,” incoming PIF Chair Mark Brown, who is prime minister of Cook islands, said. “Re-establishing those ties, re-establishing relationships, that’s going to be an ... <a title="‘Our future looks secure’, says Puna on Pacific Islands Forum unity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/22/our-future-looks-secure-says-puna-on-pacific-islands-forum-unity/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Our future looks secure’, says Puna on Pacific Islands Forum unity">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2023
RNZ Pacific A West Papuan independence movement leader, Benny Wenda, says the release of New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens held hostage by armed rebels is out of his hands. The West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) fighters kidnapped Mehrtens on February 7 after he landed a small commercial passenger plane in Nduga regency. The group ... <a title="Wenda calls on West Papuan rebels to release kidnapped NZ pilot" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/22/wenda-calls-on-west-papuan-rebels-to-release-kidnapped-nz-pilot/" aria-label="Read more about Wenda calls on West Papuan rebels to release kidnapped NZ pilot">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2023
REVIEW: By Jenny Nicholls Peacemonger is a collection of essays about the much travelled Aotearoa peace activist and researcher Owen Wilkes, who died in May 2005. Wilkes was an extraordinary peace campaigner who discovered a foreign spy base at Tangimoana and was once charged with espionage in Norway and again while on a cycling holiday ... <a title="Tribute to a human comet who lit everything he touched" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/22/tribute-to-a-human-comet-who-lit-everything-he-touched/" aria-label="Read more about Tribute to a human comet who lit everything he touched">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thanh-Son Pham, Postdoctoral Fellow in Geophysics, Australian National University Rost9/Shutterstock Not so long ago, Earth’s interior was thought to be made up of four layers: the crust, mantle, (liquid) outer core and (solid) inner core. In a new study published today in Nature Communications, we provide further ... <a title="In a new study, we’ve observed clues that distinguish the very deepest part of Earth’s core" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/22/in-a-new-study-weve-observed-clues-that-distinguish-the-very-deepest-part-of-earths-core-200258/" aria-label="Read more about In a new study, we’ve observed clues that distinguish the very deepest part of Earth’s core">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mehmet Ozalp, Associate Professor in Islamic Studies, Director of The Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation and Executive Member of Public and Contextual Theology, Charles Sturt University Sedat Suna/EPA/AAP As the death toll in the Turkey-Syria earthquakes spirals past a record 46,000 – and a fresh earthquake ... <a title="Will the Turkish earthquakes affect how the country is governed?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/22/will-the-turkish-earthquakes-affect-how-the-country-is-governed-199946/" aria-label="Read more about Will the Turkish earthquakes affect how the country is governed?">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stewart Riddle, Associate Professor, School of Education, University of Southern Queensland Shutterstock Parents often worry about which school will be the best one for their children. Is the local public school the best option or would another public, faith-based or independent school be a better fit? The ... <a title="The My School website has just been updated. What makes a ‘good’ school?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/22/the-my-school-website-has-just-been-updated-what-makes-a-good-school-199979/" aria-label="Read more about The My School website has just been updated. What makes a ‘good’ school?">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Esmé Louise James, Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Melbourne Wikimedia Commons A headline bound to get you up in the morning — a 2,000 year old dildo from ancient Rome has just been discovered. The 16-centimetre wooden phallus was originally uncovered at the Roman fort of ... <a title="The long and satisfying 28,000-year history of the dildo" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/22/the-long-and-satisfying-28-000-year-history-of-the-dildo-200278/" aria-label="Read more about The long and satisfying 28,000-year history of the dildo">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Fuller, Charles Perkins Centre Research Program Leader, University of Sydney Shutterstock If you’ve ever tried to lose weight but found the kilos return almost as quickly as they left, you’re not alone. In fact, the challenge of maintaining weight loss is confirmed by research, including an ... <a title="What’s the ‘weight set point’, and why does it make it so hard to keep weight off?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/22/whats-the-weight-set-point-and-why-does-it-make-it-so-hard-to-keep-weight-off-195724/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the ‘weight set point’, and why does it make it so hard to keep weight off?">Read more</a>
