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January 25, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Margaret Stanley, Professor of Ecology, University of Auckland Shutterstock/AGCreations Birds sold in the pet trade are often colourful and charismatic creatures. Some can even be taught to talk, and they often provide owners with much-needed companionship. But there are negative aspects of the pet trade that warrant ... <a title="Escaped pet parrots threaten New Zealand’s vulnerable native birds – why a ban is the best solution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/25/escaped-pet-parrots-threaten-new-zealands-vulnerable-native-birds-why-a-ban-is-the-best-solution-197674/" aria-label="Read more about Escaped pet parrots threaten New Zealand’s vulnerable native birds – why a ban is the best solution">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2023
New Zealand Politics Daily is a collation of the most prominent issues being discussed in New Zealand. It is edited by Dr Bryce Edwards of The Democracy Project. Items of interest and importance today RĀTANA AND CO-GOVERNANCE Luke Malpass (Stuff): Rātana mission complete for Christopher Luxon, but outshone by Chris Hipkins Felix Desmarais (1News): Analysis: Co-governance casts shadow ... <a title="Newsletter: January 25 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/25/newsletter-january-25-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: January 25 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Kent, Senior Research Fellow in Urbanism, University of Sydney Shutterstock If you’re feeling lonely, you’re not alone. Loneliness is an increasingly common experience, and it can have severe consequences. People who feel lonely are at higher risk of serious health issues, including heart disease, immune deficiency ... <a title="Why loneliness is both an individual thing and a shared result of the cities we create" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/25/why-loneliness-is-both-an-individual-thing-and-a-shared-result-of-the-cities-we-create-198069/" aria-label="Read more about Why loneliness is both an individual thing and a shared result of the cities we create">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bethany Devenish, Research Fellow, School of Educational Psychology & Counselling, Monash University Shutterstock Why does one child experience excitement at the thought of starting the school year while another experiences debilitating anxiety? It’s rarely one thing and is often a combination of factors, including a child’s temperament ... <a title="Is your child anxious about starting school? The approaches we use for children with disability can help all families" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/25/is-your-child-anxious-about-starting-school-the-approaches-we-use-for-children-with-disability-can-help-all-families-197984/" aria-label="Read more about Is your child anxious about starting school? The approaches we use for children with disability can help all families">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stacey Pizzino, PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland A child receives treatment after an alleged chemical attack in Syria in 2017. IDLIB MEDIA CENTER/EPA The number of armed conflicts currently raging around the world is the greatest since the end of the Second World War. These wars ... <a title="War leaves a toxic legacy that lasts long after the guns go quiet. Can we stop it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/25/war-leaves-a-toxic-legacy-that-lasts-long-after-the-guns-go-quiet-can-we-stop-it-197051/" aria-label="Read more about War leaves a toxic legacy that lasts long after the guns go quiet. Can we stop it?">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wendy Hargreaves, Senior Learning Advisor, University of Southern Queensland David Neilson/ AAP I have one prayer as I watch the Australian cricket team sing Advance Australia Fair patriotically before a match – “Please don’t turn on their microphone.” Like many Australians, their “joyful strains” of our anthem ... <a title="The Australian National Anthem has a big problem – the average Aussie can’t sing it in tune" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/25/the-australian-national-anthem-has-a-big-problem-the-average-aussie-cant-sing-it-in-tune-197400/" aria-label="Read more about The Australian National Anthem has a big problem – the average Aussie can’t sing it in tune">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Johanna Reidy, Lecturer, Department of Public Health, University of Otago Getty Images This year’s perennial back-to-school uniform discussion happens during a cost of living crisis. And we already know that the upfront and maintenance costs of school uniforms are a stress for families on lower incomes, in ... <a title="The cost of school uniforms is a barrier to education – but there are ways to level the playing field" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/25/the-cost-of-school-uniforms-is-a-barrier-to-education-but-there-are-ways-to-level-the-playing-field-198153/" aria-label="Read more about The cost of school uniforms is a barrier to education – but there are ways to level the playing field">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra New temporary restrictions on takeaway sales and the prospect of reimposed bans on alcohol in Indigenous communities – with “opt-out” provisions – have followed Anthony Albanese’s Tuesday visit to crisis-ridden Alice Springs. After a brief round of talks with local ... <a title="‘Opt-out’ alcohol bans in prospect for Indigenous communities after PM’s Alice Springs visit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/25/opt-out-alcohol-bans-in-prospect-for-indigenous-communities-after-pms-alice-springs-visit-198410/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Opt-out’ alcohol bans in prospect for Indigenous communities after PM’s Alice Springs visit">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2023
By Dandy Koswaraputra and Pizaro Gozali Idrus A veteran journalist known for covering rights abuses in Indonesia’s militarised Papua region says a bomb exploded outside his home yesterday and a journalists group has called it an act of “intimidation” threatening press freedom. No one was injured in the blast near his home in the provincial ... <a title="‘Terror’ bomb explodes near Papua journalist Victor Mambor’s home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/24/terror-bomb-explodes-near-papua-journalist-victor-mambors-home/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Terror’ bomb explodes near Papua journalist Victor Mambor’s home">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2023
PNG Post-Courier There is a new twist in Papua New Guinea’s four-year drama surrounding the Maseratis bought for the 2018 APEC Summit. It has emerged that the Department of Foreign Affairs, which wants to send the luxury vehicles to foreign missions abroad, cannot do so, because the vehicles — which have been collecting dust in ... <a title="PNG’s ‘useless Maseratis’ – now a used car twist to the luxury car saga" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/24/pngs-useless-maseratis-now-a-used-car-twist-to-the-luxury-car-saga/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s ‘useless Maseratis’ – now a used car twist to the luxury car saga">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2023
COMMENTARY: By Myles Thomas How the RNZ/TVNZ merger went from its first reading in Parliament to the legislative extinction list is an example of why New Zealand actually needs more public media and not less. Let me explain. It has been labelled a grenade, a dog and a monolithic, monopolistic monster. Yet it is actually ... <a title="Myles Thomas: Debate over public media merger is the proof we need it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/24/myles-thomas-debate-over-public-media-merger-is-the-proof-we-need-it/" aria-label="Read more about Myles Thomas: Debate over public media merger is the proof we need it">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2023
By Rakesh Kumar in Suva Politicians can respond to the political rhetoric but claims that the new Fiji government has broken the law are a more serious matter, says prominent Suva lawyer Richard Naidu. Reacting to FijiFirst general secretary Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum’s claims that there have been a number of incursions into the separation of powers ... <a title="Who broke the law in Fiji? – Naidu responds to Sayed-Khaiyum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/24/who-broke-the-law-in-fiji-naidu-responds-to-sayed-khaiyum/" aria-label="Read more about Who broke the law in Fiji? – Naidu responds to Sayed-Khaiyum">Read more</a>
