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February 6, 2024
By Kalino Latu, editor of Kaniva News Just days after the appointment of Dr Siale ‘Akau’ola as Tonga’s new Minister of Health, King Tupou VI has withdrawn his consent for two other Cabinet appointments. An undated memo from the Lord Privy Seal, Viliami Malolo, to Chief Secretary of the Cabinet Paula Ma’u seen by Kaniva ... <a title="Tongan govt tight-lipped about King’s withdrawal of consent for ministers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/06/tongan-govt-tight-lipped-about-kings-withdrawal-of-consent-for-ministers/" aria-label="Read more about Tongan govt tight-lipped about King’s withdrawal of consent for ministers">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vivienne Lewis, Assistant professor – Psychology, University of Canberra PeopleImages.com – Yuri A/Shutterstock How many of us recall having to calculate our body-mass index (BMI) as children at school, prompting comparisons of our weight with that of our peers? Or perhaps we remember references to calories and ... <a title="No more BMI, diets or ‘bad’ foods: why changing how we teach kids about weight and nutrition is long overdue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/06/no-more-bmi-diets-or-bad-foods-why-changing-how-we-teach-kids-about-weight-and-nutrition-is-long-overdue-222605/" aria-label="Read more about No more BMI, diets or ‘bad’ foods: why changing how we teach kids about weight and nutrition is long overdue">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Malcolm McCulloch, Professor, The University of Western Australia Global temperatures have already exceeded 1.5°C warming and may pass 2°C later this decade, according to a world-first study I led. The worrying findings, based on temperature records contained in sea sponge skeletons, suggest global climate change has progressed ... <a title="‘A deeply troubling discovery’: Earth may have already passed the crucial 1.5°C warming limit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/06/a-deeply-troubling-discovery-earth-may-have-already-passed-the-crucial-1-5-c-warming-limit-222601/" aria-label="Read more about ‘A deeply troubling discovery’: Earth may have already passed the crucial 1.5°C warming limit">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Kean, Lecturer in Gender and Cultural Studies, University of Sydney When students walked through the sandstone gates of Sydney’s Newington College for the first day of school last week, they were met by protesters. A group of parents and former students had gathered outside this prestigious ... <a title="Why do we have single sex schools? What’s the history behind one of the biggest debates in education?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/06/why-do-we-have-single-sex-schools-whats-the-history-behind-one-of-the-biggest-debates-in-education-222603/" aria-label="Read more about Why do we have single sex schools? What’s the history behind one of the biggest debates in education?">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Holland, Associate Professor, Macquarie University Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains the name and images of a deceased person. In the many tributes that have flowed since the announcement of Lowitja O’Donoghue’s death on February 4 at age 91, many commentators ... <a title="How Lowitja O’Donoghue’s activism and leadership changed advocacy on Indigenous affairs in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/05/how-lowitja-odonoghues-activism-and-leadership-changed-advocacy-on-indigenous-affairs-in-australia-222727/" aria-label="Read more about How Lowitja O’Donoghue’s activism and leadership changed advocacy on Indigenous affairs in Australia">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Donald Rothwell, Professor of International Law, Australian National University The Chinese-Australian academic and writer, Yang Hengjun, has been detained in China for five years on suspicion of spying for Australia. A secret trial was held in 2021 with no family, friends or Australian consular officials permitted in ... <a title="Does Yang Hengjun have any legal hopes left after receiving a suspended death sentence in China?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/05/does-yang-hengjun-have-any-legal-hopes-left-after-receiving-a-suspended-death-sentence-in-china-222750/" aria-label="Read more about Does Yang Hengjun have any legal hopes left after receiving a suspended death sentence in China?">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2024
RNZ News Aotearoa New Zealand coalition government leaders have rejected allegations they are degrading tino rangatiratanga, saying the proposed Treaty Principles Bill will not “delegitimise” Māori. The criticism was levelled by protesters at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds today. The leaders of National, ACT and NZ First faced a confronting reception, with the crowd booing NZ ... <a title="Waitangi Day 2024: NZ government denies it’s ‘delegitimising’ Māori" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/05/waitangi-day-2024-nz-government-denies-its-delegitimising-maori/" aria-label="Read more about Waitangi Day 2024: NZ government denies it’s ‘delegitimising’ Māori">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Ghin, Research fellow, Future Of Work Lab, Faculty of Business and Economics, The University of Melbourne Kat von Wood/Unsplash More than 20 million Australians have at least one long-term health condition, 63% of whom are in the workforce. The causes of chronic illness are complex and ... <a title="Millions of Australians have a chronic illness. So why aren’t employers accommodating them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/05/millions-of-australians-have-a-chronic-illness-so-why-arent-employers-accommodating-them-219612/" aria-label="Read more about Millions of Australians have a chronic illness. So why aren’t employers accommodating them?">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Tingay, John Curtin Distinguished Professor (Radio Astronomy), Curtin University Mars has been a source of myth, lore and inspiration since antiquity. It is also an interesting place to research – a legitimate candidate for us to find some form of alien life. Since the 1960s, Mars ... <a title="NASA is looking for commercial Mars missions. Do people still want to go to Mars?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/05/nasa-is-looking-for-commercial-mars-missions-do-people-still-want-to-go-to-mars-222607/" aria-label="Read more about NASA is looking for commercial Mars missions. Do people still want to go to Mars?">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Rose, Research Associate, University of Adelaide Michael Rose, Author provided In September, Timor-Leste will mark a quarter century since its vote for independence from Indonesia, the conclusion of a 24-year long struggle that left few Timorese families untouched. Reconciliation with its giant neighbour stands out as ... <a title="Sovereignty is sacred: in Timor-Leste’s remote Oecusse Enclave, a border dispute threatens to open old wounds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/05/sovereignty-is-sacred-in-timor-lestes-remote-oecusse-enclave-a-border-dispute-threatens-to-open-old-wounds-222384/" aria-label="Read more about Sovereignty is sacred: in Timor-Leste’s remote Oecusse Enclave, a border dispute threatens to open old wounds">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Larkin, Senior Lecturer in Musicology, University of Sydney The sheer familiarity of The Magic Flute, Mozart’s most-performed opera, can blind one to its inherent oddness. It draws on a range of influences, from ancient Egyptian symbolism and freemasonry to European politics (the character of the Queen ... <a title="Campy, playful and funny: Opera Australia finds the joy in The Magic Flute, Mozart’s most-performed opera" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/05/campy-playful-and-funny-opera-australia-finds-the-joy-in-the-magic-flute-mozarts-most-performed-opera-221595/" aria-label="Read more about Campy, playful and funny: Opera Australia finds the joy in The Magic Flute, Mozart’s most-performed opera">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2024
RNZ News The crowd booed a combative Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters and drowned out Associate Treaty Minister David Seymour, while Prime Minister Christopher Luxon sombrely reflected on history at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds today. It was a confronting reception for the coalition government. Thousands gathered for the annual commemorations and to carry on the ... <a title="Waitangi: Luxon faces questions after day of speeches at Treaty Grounds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/05/waitangi-luxon-faces-questions-after-day-of-speeches-at-treaty-grounds/" aria-label="Read more about Waitangi: Luxon faces questions after day of speeches at Treaty Grounds">Read more</a>
