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February 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yimin Xu, Ph.D student at School of Humanities & Language, Faculty of Arts, Design & Architecture, UNSW Sydney CMC Pictures A prequel to the 2019 film Wandering Earth, the Chinese blockbuster hit Wandering Earth II opens on a futuristic dystopia where the dying Sun is about to ... <a title="What the sci-fi blockbuster Wandering Earth II can teach us about China’s global and local aspirations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/13/what-the-sci-fi-blockbuster-wandering-earth-ii-can-teach-us-about-chinas-global-and-local-aspirations-198785/" aria-label="Read more about What the sci-fi blockbuster Wandering Earth II can teach us about China’s global and local aspirations">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2023
By Geraldine Panapasa in Suva While steps are being taken behind the scenes by Fiji’s coalition government to review the country’s existing media legislation, civil society organisation Dialogue Fiji says coming up with a law that protects media freedom and safeguards against reporting that can have negative implications is difficult. Speaking at the launch of ... <a title="Turaga applauds Dialogue Fiji media law report, reaffirms review plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/13/turaga-applauds-dialogue-fiji-media-law-report-reaffirms-review-plan/" aria-label="Read more about Turaga applauds Dialogue Fiji media law report, reaffirms review plan">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Suzanne Wilkinson, Professor of Construction Management, Massey University Getty Images Flooded roads, our largest international airport underwater, overwhelmed storm water systems and significant sewage discharge into the sea and streams. The recent floods and then cyclone in Auckland are a stark reminder that our basic infrastructure lacks ... <a title="Flood warning: NZ’s critical infrastructure is too important to fail – greater resilience is urgently needed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/13/flood-warning-nzs-critical-infrastructure-is-too-important-to-fail-greater-resilience-is-urgently-needed-198872/" aria-label="Read more about Flood warning: NZ’s critical infrastructure is too important to fail – greater resilience is urgently needed">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Camellia Webb-Gannon, University of Wollongong “Phil Mehrtens is the nicest guy, he genuinely is — no one ever had anything bad to say about him,” says a colleague of the New Zealand pilot taken hostage last week by members of the West Papuan National Liberation Army (TPN-PB) in the mountainous Nduga Regency. How ... <a title="Why a NZ pilot is a pawn in the West Papua conflict that the world ignores" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/13/why-a-nz-pilot-is-a-pawn-in-the-west-papua-conflict-that-the-world-ignores/" aria-label="Read more about Why a NZ pilot is a pawn in the West Papua conflict that the world ignores">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2023
Analysis by Geoffrey Miller. Political Roundup: New Zealand resets relationships with Australia and India The first clues to New Zealand’s foreign policy after Jacinda Ardern are beginning to emerge. Chris Hipkins, the new Prime Minister, decided to retain Nanaia Mahuta as his foreign minister – and both Hipkins and Mahuta took to the skies last ... <a title="Geoffrey Miller – Political Roundup: New Zealand resets relationships with Australia and India " class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/13/geoffrey-miller-political-roundup-new-zealand-resets-relationships-with-australia-and-india/" aria-label="Read more about Geoffrey Miller – Political Roundup: New Zealand resets relationships with Australia and India ">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Rich, Senior lecturer in History and International Relations, Curtin University Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND Mega-influencer Andrew Tate is once again back in the news as he battles charges of organised crime and human trafficking in Romania. Tate gained infamy last year after being banned on ... <a title="The draw of the ‘manosphere’: understanding Andrew Tate’s appeal to lost men" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/13/the-draw-of-the-manosphere-understanding-andrew-tates-appeal-to-lost-men-199179/" aria-label="Read more about The draw of the ‘manosphere’: understanding Andrew Tate’s appeal to lost men">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Breadon, Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute marcelo leal/unsplash, CC BY-SA For the land of the fair go, Australia has work to do on our health. Although the average Australian’s life expectancy is very high, that’s not true for everyone. Indigenous Australians, and Australians ... <a title="Fair health outcomes start with prevention. The new Centre for Disease Control can make it happen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/13/fair-health-outcomes-start-with-prevention-the-new-centre-for-disease-control-can-make-it-happen-199387/" aria-label="Read more about Fair health outcomes start with prevention. The new Centre for Disease Control can make it happen">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Divya Narain, PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland Shutterstock In a remote archipelago at the southernmost tip of India lies the Great Nicobar Island. This pristine ecosystem is a globally important nesting site of the largest turtles on Earth – leatherback turtles. But now, the site is ... <a title="A mega port in India threatens the survival of the largest turtles on Earth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/13/a-mega-port-in-india-threatens-the-survival-of-the-largest-turtles-on-earth-197021/" aria-label="Read more about A mega port in India threatens the survival of the largest turtles on Earth">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert McLachlan, Professor in Applied Mathematics, Massey University A recent parliamentary inquiry into passenger rail drew 1700 submissions, suggesting growing support for the return of long-distance trains in Aotearoa. The government has committed the country to decarbonisation targets that require significant cuts to transport-related emissions. But decarbonising ... <a title="Why restoring long-distance passenger rail makes sense in New Zealand — for people and the climate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/13/why-restoring-long-distance-passenger-rail-makes-sense-in-new-zealand-for-people-and-the-climate-199381/" aria-label="Read more about Why restoring long-distance passenger rail makes sense in New Zealand — for people and the climate">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anika Stobart, Senior Associate, Grattan Institute Shutterstock If you step into a newly built school these days, chances are you will see classrooms that look very different to the classrooms most of us spent our school years in as children. On a recent visit to a new ... <a title="Open-plan classrooms are trendy but there is little evidence to show they help students learn" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/13/open-plan-classrooms-are-trendy-but-there-is-little-evidence-to-show-they-help-students-learn-199591/" aria-label="Read more about Open-plan classrooms are trendy but there is little evidence to show they help students learn">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Davidson, Research Associate, Gender and Women’s History Research Centre, Australian Catholic University Mirror case, ivory, a Lady Crowning her Lover, Paris, France, ca. 1300 Victoria and Albert Museum For Valentine’s Day, some couples only roll their eyes at each other in mutual cynicism. The capitalisation of ... <a title="From Chaucer to chocolates: how Valentine’s Day gifts have changed over the centuries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/13/from-chaucer-to-chocolates-how-valentines-day-gifts-have-changed-over-the-centuries-198512/" aria-label="Read more about From Chaucer to chocolates: how Valentine’s Day gifts have changed over the centuries">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Albanese government has unveiled a new implementation plan for Closing the Gap with $424 million over several years in additional money for “practical action”. “The gap is not closing fast enough and on some measures it is going backwards,” ... <a title="Albanese government announces $424 million to narrow a gap that is not closing fast enough" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/13/albanese-government-announces-424-million-to-narrow-a-gap-that-is-not-closing-fast-enough-199750/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese government announces $424 million to narrow a gap that is not closing fast enough">Read more</a>
