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February 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robin Gauld, Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Dean, University of Otago Getty Images As New Zealand’s COVID cases rose in 2021, we were warned the virus would put significant pressure on our health system. But, in reality, New Zealand’s medical system has been struggling for a long time. Over and ... <a title="NZ’s health system has been under pressure for decades. Reforms need to think big and long-term to be effective" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/07/nzs-health-system-has-been-under-pressure-for-decades-reforms-need-to-think-big-and-long-term-to-be-effective-198495/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s health system has been under pressure for decades. Reforms need to think big and long-term to be effective">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kalinda Griffiths, Scientia lecturer, UNSW Sydney Getty/Marianne Purdie Cancer figures provide stark evidence of the gap between the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and non-Indigenous people in Australia. The difference is confronting – and it’s increasing over time. Cancer is the leading broad cause ... <a title="The cancer gap between First Nations and non-Indigenous people is widening – but better data could help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/07/the-cancer-gap-between-first-nations-and-non-indigenous-people-is-widening-but-better-data-could-help-199186/" aria-label="Read more about The cancer gap between First Nations and non-Indigenous people is widening – but better data could help">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Alcohol bans are being reimposed on Northern Territory Indigenous communities, as the federal and territory governments grapple with intractable problems in Alice Springs and elsewhere in the NT. The situation in Alice Springs and the surrounding communities has come into ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Senator Malarndirri McCarthy on Alice Springs and the Voice." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/07/politics-with-michelle-grattan-senator-malarndirri-mccarthy-on-alice-springs-and-the-voice-199306/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Senator Malarndirri McCarthy on Alice Springs and the Voice.">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By C Raina MacIntyre, Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney Pexels/Uriel Mont The question of whether and to what extent face masks work to prevent respiratory infections such as COVID and influenza has split the scientific community for decades. ... <a title="Yes, masks reduce the risk of spreading COVID, despite a review saying they don’t" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/07/yes-masks-reduce-the-risk-of-spreading-covid-despite-a-review-saying-they-dont-198992/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, masks reduce the risk of spreading COVID, despite a review saying they don’t">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Mackinnon, Professor and Director, Centre for Clean Energy Technologies and Practices, Queensland University of Technology Superconducting cables transmit electicity without losses Shutterstock For most of us, transmitting power is an invisible part of modern life. You flick the switch and the light goes on. But the ... <a title="A tenth of all electricity is lost in the grid. Superconducting cables can help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/07/a-tenth-of-all-electricity-is-lost-in-the-grid-superconducting-cables-can-help-199001/" aria-label="Read more about A tenth of all electricity is lost in the grid. Superconducting cables can help">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Munro, Professor, Faculty of Education and Arts, Australian Catholic University Shutterstock Many students are returning to school this year face a renewed focus on grammar. Just before Christmas, the NSW curriculum was overhauled to include the “explicit teaching of grammar, sentence structure and punctuation in high ... <a title="Learning grammar is just as important as it always was but the way we teach it has changed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/07/learning-grammar-is-just-as-important-as-it-always-was-but-the-way-we-teach-it-has-changed-196285/" aria-label="Read more about Learning grammar is just as important as it always was but the way we teach it has changed">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Debra Dudek, Associate professor, School of Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University Universal Life is full of surprises – some pleasant and some painful – but there can be no surprises without expectations. We expect the sun to come up every morning. We expect our dog to ... <a title="What’s behind the door? The best narrative twists in television and film, and why we love them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/07/whats-behind-the-door-the-best-narrative-twists-in-television-and-film-and-why-we-love-them-198998/" aria-label="Read more about What’s behind the door? The best narrative twists in television and film, and why we love them">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Greening, Professor, Microbiology, Monash University Sunset over New Zealand from the ocean sampling voyage Guy Shelley/Monash University, Author provided There are more than a billion bacteria in just one litre of seawater. How do all of these organisms find the energy and nutrients they need to ... <a title="Bacteria use life’s original energy source to thrive in the ocean’s lightless depths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/07/bacteria-use-lifes-original-energy-source-to-thrive-in-the-oceans-lightless-depths-199177/" aria-label="Read more about Bacteria use life’s original energy source to thrive in the ocean’s lightless depths">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2023
RNZ News New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has described today’s Waitangi Day dawn service as moving and says he welcomes the shift away from a focus on politics. Hundreds of people gathered before dawn to commemorate 183 years since Te Tiriti o Waitangi was signed. Hipkins said the national day had a greater focus ... <a title="Prime Minister Hipkins welcomes less politics, more commemoration on Waitangi Day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/07/prime-minister-hipkins-welcomes-less-politics-more-commemoration-on-waitangi-day/" aria-label="Read more about Prime Minister Hipkins welcomes less politics, more commemoration on Waitangi Day">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2023
By Hilaire Bule, RNZ Pacific Vanuatu correspondent in Port Vila Vanuatu’s prime minister has stressed any future employment within the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Secretariat must be from MSG member countries. Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau, who is also chair of the MSG Secretariat, made the statement following the recruitment of two Indonesian consultants to work ... <a title="Kalsakau wants Melanesian staff to work at MSG secretariat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/07/kalsakau-wants-melanesian-staff-to-work-at-msg-secretariat/" aria-label="Read more about Kalsakau wants Melanesian staff to work at MSG secretariat">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2023
SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya On Friday 10 February 2023, it will be one month since the Papua Governor Lukas Enembe was “kidnapped” at a local restaurant during his lunch hour by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and security forces. The crisis began in September 2022, when Governor Enembe was named a suspect by the ... <a title="Yamin Kogoya: The fate of Papua’s governor Enembe – where is he now?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/06/yamin-kogoya-the-fate-of-papuas-governor-enembe-where-is-he-now/" aria-label="Read more about Yamin Kogoya: The fate of Papua’s governor Enembe – where is he now?">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2023
By Kālino Lātū, editor of Kaniva News Dr Sitiveni Halapua, former deputy leader of Tonga’s Democratic Movement, has died aged 74. Born on February 13, 1949, he was a respected academic, a pioneer of Tonga’s democratic reforms and pioneer of a conflict resolution system based on traditional practices. Halapua earned a doctorate in economics from ... <a title="Tongan politician, democracy reformer and scholar Dr Sitiveni Halapua dies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/06/tongan-politician-democracy-reformer-and-scholar-dr-sitiveni-halapua-dies/" aria-label="Read more about Tongan politician, democracy reformer and scholar Dr Sitiveni Halapua dies">Read more</a>
