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February 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brian Tweed, Senior lecturer, Massey University Shutterstock/Renata Apanaviciene As we approach another Waitangi Day, we should be thinking again about what Te Tiriti o Waitangi means. As the late Moana Jackson commented, the meaning of Te Tiriti will be talked about in each generation because it is ... <a title="A growing number of non-Māori New Zealanders are embracing learning te reo — but there’s more to it than language" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/03/a-growing-number-of-non-maori-new-zealanders-are-embracing-learning-te-reo-but-theres-more-to-it-than-language-198154/" aria-label="Read more about A growing number of non-Māori New Zealanders are embracing learning te reo — but there’s more to it than language">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Wolf, Associate Professor, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Australian National University Somchat Parkaythong/Shutterstock Black holes are bizarre things, even by the standards of astronomers. Their mass is so great, it bends space around them so tightly that nothing can escape, even light itself. And yet, despite their famous ... <a title="Why do black holes twinkle? We studied 5,000 star-eating behemoths to find out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/03/why-do-black-holes-twinkle-we-studied-5-000-star-eating-behemoths-to-find-out-198996/" aria-label="Read more about Why do black holes twinkle? We studied 5,000 star-eating behemoths to find out">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Revell, Associate Professor in Environmental Physics, University of Canterbury Getty Images The ozone layer is on track to heal within four decades, according to a recent UN report, but this progress could be undone by an upsurge in rocket launches expected during the same period. The ... <a title="A rapidly growing rocket industry could undo decades of work to save the ozone layer — unless we act now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/03/a-rapidly-growing-rocket-industry-could-undo-decades-of-work-to-save-the-ozone-layer-unless-we-act-now-198982/" aria-label="Read more about A rapidly growing rocket industry could undo decades of work to save the ozone layer — unless we act now">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Clune, Honorary Associate, Government and International Relations, University of Sydney At the New South Wales election on March 25 a 12-year-old Coalition government will be seeking re-election. Hoping to return as premier is Liberal leader Dominic Perrottet – a political conservative and devout Catholic with seven ... <a title="It’ll be tough for Perrottet to win the NSW election. But Labor won’t romp home either" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/03/itll-be-tough-for-perrottet-to-win-the-nsw-election-but-labor-wont-romp-home-either-198892/" aria-label="Read more about It’ll be tough for Perrottet to win the NSW election. But Labor won’t romp home either">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Trauer, Associate Professor, Monash University Anastelfy/Shutterstock The XBB.1.5 subvariant, known informally as “Kraken”, is the latest in a menagerie of Omicron subvariants to dominate the headlines, following increasing detection in the United States and United Kingdom. But there have been few cases of XBB.1.5 in Australia ... <a title="The ‘Kraken’ subvariant XBB.1.5 sounds scary. But behind the headlines are clues to where COVID’s heading" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/03/the-kraken-subvariant-xbb-1-5-sounds-scary-but-behind-the-headlines-are-clues-to-where-covids-heading-198158/" aria-label="Read more about The ‘Kraken’ subvariant XBB.1.5 sounds scary. But behind the headlines are clues to where COVID’s heading">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Madeline Combe, Doctoral student, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock As the economist Herman Daly pithily said, the economy is a wholly owned subsidiary of the environment – not the reverse. Nature makes our lives possible through what scientists call ecosystem services. Think healthy food, clean water, feed ... <a title="Losing the natural world comes with major risks for your super fund and bank" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/03/losing-the-natural-world-comes-with-major-risks-for-your-super-fund-and-bank-198669/" aria-label="Read more about Losing the natural world comes with major risks for your super fund and bank">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Jefferson, Lecturer in Education, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock Grit. Don’t quit. That’s the mantra many parents may have in mind when they, like me, spend what feels like years ferrying children to a seemingly endless variety of sports and activities. From enduring sheets of almost vertical ... <a title="Grit or quit? How to help your child develop resilience" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/03/grit-or-quit-how-to-help-your-child-develop-resilience-195195/" aria-label="Read more about Grit or quit? How to help your child develop resilience">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Humphery-Jenner, Associate Professor of Finance, UNSW Sydney Sam Shere/Wikimedia Commons A few weeks ago, Gautam Adani was indisputably India’s richest man. Now his fortune is slipping away as the stocks of his many companies crash, thanks to the efforts of a relatively obscure US company named ... <a title="Short selling Adani: how an obscure US firm profited from triggering the Indian giant’s price plunge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/03/short-selling-adani-how-an-obscure-us-firm-profited-from-triggering-the-indian-giants-price-plunge-198991/" aria-label="Read more about Short selling Adani: how an obscure US firm profited from triggering the Indian giant’s price plunge">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Divna Haslam, Senior Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology Shutterstock Have you ever found yourself scrolling through social media and noticed you felt a bit down? Maybe a little envious? Why aren’t you on a yacht? Running a startup? Looking amazing 24/7? The good news is you ... <a title="Why social media makes you feel bad – and what to do about it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/03/why-social-media-makes-you-feel-bad-and-what-to-do-about-it-197691/" aria-label="Read more about Why social media makes you feel bad – and what to do about it">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2023
Airstrikes ordered against civilian targets, destruction of thousands of buildings, millions displaced, nearly 3000 civilians murdered, more than 13,000 jailed, the country’s independent media banished, and the country locked in a deadly nationwide civil war. Myanmar civilians now ask what else must happen before they receive international support in line with Ukraine, writes Phil Thornton. ... <a title="Myanmar’s military has ‘turned whole country into a prison’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/03/myanmars-military-has-turned-whole-country-into-a-prison/" aria-label="Read more about Myanmar’s military has ‘turned whole country into a prison’">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2023
By Nick Young of Greenpeace My family and I are lucky to have come through it unscathed, but my neighbourhood in Titirangi has been ravaged. Many people here and around the wider region have lost their homes altogether. I’ve seen people’s belongings out on the streets in piles ruined beyond repair, houses swamped and whole ... <a title="Nick Young: NZ’s climate floods expose stark truth – people paying price of corporate greed crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/03/nick-young-nzs-climate-floods-expose-stark-truth-people-paying-price-of-corporate-greed-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Nick Young: NZ’s climate floods expose stark truth – people paying price of corporate greed crisis">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2023
By Jonty Dine, RNZ News reporter While Auckland residents enjoy a brief reprieve from the rain, the rubbish continues to pile up as the full cost of the New Zealand flash floods continues to be counted. Some streets in Auckland are littered with items damaged and discarded from Friday’s freak flooding — causing a health ... <a title="NZ flash floods: Residents slam council inaction over rubbish disposal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/02/nz-flash-floods-residents-slam-council-inaction-over-rubbish-disposal/" aria-label="Read more about NZ flash floods: Residents slam council inaction over rubbish disposal">Read more</a>
