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May 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Fruhen, Lecturer, School of Psychological Science, The University of Western Australia To protect cyclists on the roads, state governments in Australia have introduced laws that set a minimum space drivers must give cyclists when overtaking them. These laws are now in place nationwide, with Victoria the ... <a title="Minimum space for passing cyclists is now law Australia-wide. It increases safety – but possibly road rage too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/minimum-space-for-passing-cyclists-is-now-law-australia-wide-it-increases-safety-but-possibly-road-rage-too-159926/" aria-label="Read more about Minimum space for passing cyclists is now law Australia-wide. It increases safety – but possibly road rage too">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University We got an awful lot right during the COVID crisis — an awful lot that we couldn’t have got right just a few years earlier. Which is another way of saying we were incredibly lucky. ... <a title="The GFC provided the secret sauce we used to ward off the COVID recession" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/the-gfc-provided-the-secret-sauce-we-used-to-ward-off-the-covid-recession-160989/" aria-label="Read more about The GFC provided the secret sauce we used to ward off the COVID recession">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel M Campbell, Academic, University of Canberra Dame Nellie Melba, who appears on our $100 note, was born Helen Porter Mitchell in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond on May 19, 1861. An operatic soprano with a voice described as sparklingly clear, her career would take her across ... <a title="Happy 160th birthday Dame Nellie Melba: 5 surprising facts about the canny songstress" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/happy-160th-birthday-dame-nellie-melba-5-surprising-facts-about-the-canny-songstress-160993/" aria-label="Read more about Happy 160th birthday Dame Nellie Melba: 5 surprising facts about the canny songstress">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jagadish Thaker, Senior Lecturer, School of Communication, Journalism and Marketing, Massey University More than two in five New Zealanders (41%) say incidents of racism have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a national survey carried out in February and March this year. The experience of racism ... <a title="A year after New Zealand’s first COVID-19 lockdown, discrimination and racism are on the rise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/a-year-after-new-zealands-first-covid-19-lockdown-discrimination-and-racism-are-on-the-rise-160858/" aria-label="Read more about A year after New Zealand’s first COVID-19 lockdown, discrimination and racism are on the rise">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate C. Prickett, Director of the Roy McKenzie Centre for the Study of Families and Children, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Finance Minister Grant Robertson’s promise of a “recovery and well-being budget” is an apt recognition of the current social and economic reality. Although ... <a title="NZ’s second ‘Well-being Budget’ must deliver for the families that sacrificed most during the pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/nzs-second-well-being-budget-must-deliver-for-the-families-that-sacrificed-most-during-the-pandemic-160528/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s second ‘Well-being Budget’ must deliver for the families that sacrificed most during the pandemic">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
RNZ Pacific The struggle to decide Samoa’s government is headed back to court, as both main political parties continue to stand firm on their beliefs following a Supreme Court ruling dismissing a call for a second election. The Supreme Court yesterday threw out the Head of State’s move toward a second election to break a ... <a title="FAST leader delighted but struggle for political control in Samoa drags on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/fast-leader-delighted-but-struggle-for-political-control-in-samoa-drags-on/" aria-label="Read more about FAST leader delighted but struggle for political control in Samoa drags on">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
COMMENTARY: By Golriz Ghahraman Tomorrow I will move a motion calling on the New Zealand Parliament to join the Green Party in recognising the rights of the Palestinian people to self-determination and statehood. This is about acknowledging the humanity and dignity of Palestinians at a time when they are facing extreme violence and degradation, once ... <a title="Golriz Ghahraman: Our stand for the statehood rights of Palestinians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/golriz-ghahraman-our-stand-for-the-statehood-rights-of-palestinians/" aria-label="Read more about Golriz Ghahraman: Our stand for the statehood rights of Palestinians">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
Israeli settlers’ aggressive takeover of Palestinian homes in Jerusalem is part of a decades-long struggle, writesأيمن حسونة about Israel’s system of apartheid leading up to the current crisis, translated by Yasmeen Omera. “If I don’t steal your house, someone else will.” This is how an Israeli settler called “Yakob” responded to the Jerusalemite journalist Muna ... <a title="Illegal Israeli settler: ‘If I don’t steal your house, someone else will’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/illegal-israeli-settler-if-i-dont-steal-your-house-someone-else-will/" aria-label="Read more about Illegal Israeli settler: ‘If I don’t steal your house, someone else will’">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Geoffrey Miller So far, the New Zealand government has been remarkably silent about the Gaza-Israel conflict. Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta could be helping meditate for peace, Geoffrey Miller writes. The growing Gaza crisis is testing Nanaia Mahuta’s recent assertion that New Zealand has an independent foreign policy. The conflict between Israel and Hamas-controlled ... <a title="NZ could play mediating role in Gaza conflict – but does it want to?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/nz-could-play-mediating-role-in-gaza-conflict-but-does-it-want-to/" aria-label="Read more about NZ could play mediating role in Gaza conflict – but does it want to?">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
By Justin Wong in Auckland Auckland University of Technology has denied it is sidelining the Pacific Media Centre in the School of Communication Studies, but it is yet to announce the new leadership following disputes over office space and a succession plan. The multi-disciplinary research and professional development unit was founded in 2007 by Professor ... <a title="Future of AUT’s Pacific Media Centre still up in the air" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/future-of-auts-pacific-media-centre-still-up-in-the-air/" aria-label="Read more about Future of AUT’s Pacific Media Centre still up in the air">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
By Lagi Keresoma in Apia The new elections in Samoa called by the Head of State for this Friday, May 21, cannot proceed as they were not called under any legal authority and is accordingly voided, the Supreme Court has ruled. So concluded the 28-page court ruling delivered by Chief Justice Satiu Simativa Perese this ... <a title="No new elections in Samoa as Head of State doesn’t have power, rules court" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/no-new-elections-in-samoa-as-head-of-state-doesnt-have-power-rules-court/" aria-label="Read more about No new elections in Samoa as Head of State doesn’t have power, rules court">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
RNZ News Samoa’s Supreme Court has thrown out the Head of State’s decision to call a second election, clearing the path for the newcomer FAST party to form a government. Announcing the second election earlier this month, Tuimaleali’ifano Va’aletoa Sualauvi II told Samoans it was the best way to break the political deadlock that emerged ... <a title="Samoa’s Supreme Court dismisses Head of State’s call for fresh election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/samoas-supreme-court-dismisses-head-of-states-call-for-fresh-election/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa’s Supreme Court dismisses Head of State’s call for fresh election">Read more</a>
