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February 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Intifar Chowdhury, Associate Lecturer, School of Politics and International Relations, Australian National University A referendum on a First Nations Voice to Parliament is set to be held in the second half of this year. Australians will be asked if they agree to a constitutional amendment to give ... <a title="Young people may decide the outcome of the Voice referendum – here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/16/young-people-may-decide-the-outcome-of-the-voice-referendum-heres-why-199599/" aria-label="Read more about Young people may decide the outcome of the Voice referendum – here’s why">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Breen, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Getty Images The latest report into the rights of children in Aotearoa New Zealand has painted a mixed picture of how the country treats young people. The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child recently published its sixth ... <a title="Children can now report rights violations directly to the UN – it’s progress, but Aotearoa New Zealand still needs to do more" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/16/children-can-now-report-rights-violations-directly-to-the-un-its-progress-but-aotearoa-new-zealand-still-needs-to-do-more-199677/" aria-label="Read more about Children can now report rights violations directly to the UN – it’s progress, but Aotearoa New Zealand still needs to do more">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Whitehouse, Bennett Chair of Autism, Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia Shutterstock Australian’s first national guideline outlining the best ways of providing clinical support to autistic children and their families will be launched in Canberra today. The guideline, which we co-authored with others, represents ... <a title="New national autism guideline will finally give families a roadmap for therapy decisions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/16/new-national-autism-guideline-will-finally-give-families-a-roadmap-for-therapy-decisions-199786/" aria-label="Read more about New national autism guideline will finally give families a roadmap for therapy decisions">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Senior Research Associate, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne John Jennings/Flickr, CC BY When we think of weeds, often what comes to mind are small, quick-growing plants such as the dandelions or couch grass we might find in our gardens. You ... <a title="Trees can be weeds too – here’s why that’s a problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/16/trees-can-be-weeds-too-heres-why-thats-a-problem-182599/" aria-label="Read more about Trees can be weeds too – here’s why that’s a problem">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Harcourt, Industry Professor and Chief Economist, University of Technology Sydney Andrew Chapman/National Library of Australia The election of the Hawke Labor government on March 5 1983 began an era of once-in-a-century economic reforms that opened the Australian economy to world. It floated the dollar, eliminated controls ... <a title="40 years on, does Australia need another Prices and Incomes Accord?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/16/40-years-on-does-australia-need-another-prices-and-incomes-accord-199784/" aria-label="Read more about 40 years on, does Australia need another Prices and Incomes Accord?">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Beth Spacey, Associate Lecturer, The University of Queensland A depiction of an earthquake in a 14th-century Apocalypse. British Library The catastrophic earthquakes of February 6 2023 in Turkey and Syria are so far known to have claimed the lives of over 41,000 people. This number will likely ... <a title="Buildings tumbling, survivors living in tents: medieval descriptions of an 1114 CE earthquake in present-day Turkey and Syria feel eerily familiar" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/16/buildings-tumbling-survivors-living-in-tents-medieval-descriptions-of-an-1114-ce-earthquake-in-present-day-turkey-and-syria-feel-eerily-familiar-199866/" aria-label="Read more about Buildings tumbling, survivors living in tents: medieval descriptions of an 1114 CE earthquake in present-day Turkey and Syria feel eerily familiar">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2023
BACKGROUNDER: By David Robie Papuan independence rebels are playing a desperate game of cat and mouse with Indonesian authorities over their hostage taking last week with a New Zealand pilot caught in the middle. Christchurch-raised Philip Mehrtens, 37, a pilot for the national feeder airline Susi Air owned by a former cabinet minister and with ... <a title="Papuan cat-and-mouse over NZ pilot taken captive by ‘freedom’ rebels" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/16/papuan-cat-and-mouse-over-nz-pilot-taken-captive-by-freedom-rebels/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan cat-and-mouse over NZ pilot taken captive by ‘freedom’ rebels">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2023
RNZ News A NZ Defence Force operation was beginning tonight to supply Wairoa in New Zealand’s North Island with food and water after being cut off by Cyclone Gabrielle floodwaters. A rapid relief team flown in by the airforce was organising a drop of bottled water for 3000 people from a helicopter this evening. Prime ... <a title="NZ Defence Force starts supplying stricken Wairoa with food, water" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/16/nz-defence-force-starts-supplying-stricken-wairoa-with-food-water/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Defence Force starts supplying stricken Wairoa with food, water">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christina N. Zdenek, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Venom Evolution Lab, The University of Queensland Christina Zdenek, Author provided Experts have long understood that snakes can feel sound vibrations through the ground – what we call “tactile” sensing – but we’ve puzzled over whether they can also hear airborne ... <a title="Snakes can hear you scream, new research reveals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/15/snakes-can-hear-you-scream-new-research-reveals-199958/" aria-label="Read more about Snakes can hear you scream, new research reveals">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christina N. Zdenek, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Venom Evolution Lab, The University of Queensland Christina Zdenek, Author provided Experts have long understood that snakes can feel sound vibrations through the ground – what we call “tactile” sensing – but we’ve puzzled over whether they can also hear airborne ... <a title="Snakes can hear you talking about them, new research reveals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/15/snakes-can-hear-you-talking-about-them-new-research-reveals-199958/" aria-label="Read more about Snakes can hear you talking about them, new research reveals">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Prema Arasu, Postdoctoral research fellow, The University of Western Australia Warner Bros. Games The controversial and keenly anticipated open-world role-playing game Hogwarts Legacy was released a week ago, and reviews have been mixed. Some have praised the sweeping expanses of Hogwarts castle and its surrounds, and others ... <a title="Hogwarts Legacy’s game mechanics reflect the gender essentialism at the heart of Harry Potter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/15/hogwarts-legacys-game-mechanics-reflect-the-gender-essentialism-at-the-heart-of-harry-potter-199604/" aria-label="Read more about Hogwarts Legacy’s game mechanics reflect the gender essentialism at the heart of Harry Potter">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwyn Hemsley, Professor of Speech Pathology, University of Technology Sydney Alexander Egizarov/Shutterstock Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, reportedly had it before marrying Prince Harry. Jennifer Lopez is also apparently a fan. We’re talking about a type of facial called a “buccal massage”. But what exactly is a buccal ... <a title="Could buccal massage – the latest celebrity beauty trend – make you look older, not younger?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/15/could-buccal-massage-the-latest-celebrity-beauty-trend-make-you-look-older-not-younger-198990/" aria-label="Read more about Could buccal massage – the latest celebrity beauty trend – make you look older, not younger?">Read more</a>
