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May 24, 2021
By Jamie Tahana, RNZ Pacific journalist Samoa’s constitutional crisis deepened today with the party that commands the majority of seats locked out of Parliament, but still insisting it can form a government today. The FAST party, its leader Fiame Naomi Mata’afa and a large number of supporters gathered in a tent on the lawn in ... <a title="FAST party locked out of Samoa’s Fale Fono as election turmoil continues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/fast-party-locked-out-of-samoas-fale-fono-as-election-turmoil-continues/" aria-label="Read more about FAST party locked out of Samoa’s Fale Fono as election turmoil continues">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2021
By Michael Field of The Pacific Newsroom New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has appealed for people in Samoa to uphold its democracy and institutions. Speaking on RNZ’s Morning Report today, she said New Zealand was closely watching events. “We have faith in Samoa’s democracy and institutions,” she said. [embedded content]The scene outside the Fale ... <a title="NZ’s Ardern appeals to Samoans to uphold democracy as crisis deepens" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/nzs-ardern-appeals-to-samoans-to-uphold-democracy-as-crisis-deepens/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Ardern appeals to Samoans to uphold democracy as crisis deepens">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2021
COMMENT: By Rukuwai Tīpene-Allan “Welfare dependent”, “inferior”, “savages”, “natives”… Walking through Parliament, I head to my office in the press gallery, passing gilded portraits of reporters who came before, and I recall that the people who adorn these walls were the same people who published some of the most racist rhetoric that has ever been ... <a title="Māori in the gallery: Coping with daily racism in the Beehive as a Māori journalist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/maori-in-the-gallery-coping-with-daily-racism-in-the-beehive-as-a-maori-journalist/" aria-label="Read more about Māori in the gallery: Coping with daily racism in the Beehive as a Māori journalist">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2021
Editor’s Note: This NZ Politics Daily newsletter will be the last from Bryce Edwards for a time. Bryce will be focussing more on his own analysis, Political Roundup, which you can subscribe to here. Evening Report thanks Bryce for having made his Politics Daily available for republishing on ER. It has been a most valuable ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 24 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-24-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 24 2021">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonine Jancey, Academic and Director Collaboration for Evidence, Research and Impact in Public Health, Curtin University Despite their widespread reputation as a “safer” alternative to cigarettes, e-cigarettes (also known as electronic cigarettes or vapes) are far from harmless, particularly for adolescents, whose developing brains may suffer lifelong ... <a title="Vaping and e-cigarettes are glamourised on social media, putting young people in harm’s way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/vaping-and-e-cigarettes-are-glamourised-on-social-media-putting-young-people-in-harms-way-159436/" aria-label="Read more about Vaping and e-cigarettes are glamourised on social media, putting young people in harm’s way">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maximilian de Courten, Professor in Global Public Health and Director of the Mitchell Institute, Victoria University Alarm bells rang internationally last week when Taiwan announced it was moving to its second highest COVID alert level after a recent surge of cases. The country last year recorded zero ... <a title="COVID is surging in unvaccinated Taiwan. Australia should take heed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/covid-is-surging-in-unvaccinated-taiwan-australia-should-take-heed-161341/" aria-label="Read more about COVID is surging in unvaccinated Taiwan. Australia should take heed">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deepika Mathur, Research Fellow, Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University Installing solar panels is an easy way to lower your carbon footprint and cut electricity bills. But our recent research found there are many incentives to remove them prematurely, adding to Australia’s massive waste problem. Researchers predict Australia ... <a title="Stop removing your solar panels early, please. It’s creating a huge waste problem for Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/stop-removing-your-solar-panels-early-please-its-creating-a-huge-waste-problem-for-australia-160546/" aria-label="Read more about Stop removing your solar panels early, please. It’s creating a huge waste problem for Australia">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simone Dennis, Professor of Anthropology and Head of School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University It won’t come as a surprise to anyone that women are underrepresented in leadership roles in many industries. This has led to a proliferation of women-only mentoring programs designed to challenge ... <a title="Why mentoring for women risks propping up patriarchal structures instead of changing them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/why-mentoring-for-women-risks-propping-up-patriarchal-structures-instead-of-changing-them-157965/" aria-label="Read more about Why mentoring for women risks propping up patriarchal structures instead of changing them">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Coates, Program Director, Household Finances, Grattan Institute Victorian treasurer Tim Pallas’s three-pronged strategy to raise an extra A$2.7 billion in property taxes over the next four years is a case of two out of three ain’t bad. Land tax ✅ First, Pallas will raise $1.5 billion ... <a title="The lesson for Australia out of Victoria’s property tax hikes: two out of three ain’t bad" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/the-lesson-for-australia-out-of-victorias-property-tax-hikes-two-out-of-three-aint-bad-161353/" aria-label="Read more about The lesson for Australia out of Victoria’s property tax hikes: two out of three ain’t bad">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter McNeil, Distinguished Professor of Design History, UTS, University of Technology Sydney In this series we pay tribute to the art we wish could visit — and hope to see once travel restrictions are lifted. Along a dusty path on the outskirts of the Château de Versailles ... <a title="If I could go anywhere: Marie Antoinette’s private boudoir and mechanical mirror room at Versailles" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/if-i-could-go-anywhere-marie-antoinettes-private-boudoir-and-mechanical-mirror-room-at-versailles-160599/" aria-label="Read more about If I could go anywhere: Marie Antoinette’s private boudoir and mechanical mirror room at Versailles">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2021
By Sina Retzlaff in Apia Samoa’s Parliament will convene tomorrow as originally planned The Supreme Court has issued orders to uphold the original proclamation, dated 20 May 2021, by the Head of State of Samoa to convene the country’s 17th Parliament following the April 9 general election. The orders of the court were signed and ... <a title="Supreme Court upholds original proclamation in Samoan crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/supreme-court-upholds-original-proclamation-in-samoan-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Supreme Court upholds original proclamation in Samoan crisis">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2021
RNZ Pacific An urgent legal challenge against a shock proclamation by the Samoan head of state is being heard in the Supreme Court Chambers in Apia. Without explanation, the Head of State Tuimalealiifano Va’aletoa Sualauvi announced he was suspending tomorrow’s sitting of Parliament. The opposition FAST party had been expected to secure a majority of ... <a title="Samoa Supreme Court hears FAST party challenge over shock edict" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/24/samoa-supreme-court-hears-fast-party-challenge-over-shock-edict/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa Supreme Court hears FAST party challenge over shock edict">Read more</a>
