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May 7, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content Public sector pay freeze Stuff: Editorial – Pay freeze stretches public sector loyalty Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Pay freeze shows Government ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 7 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/07/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-7-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 7 2021">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martien Lubberink, Associate Professor of Economics, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Set against the backdrop of an economy healing from 2020’s annus horribilis, this week’s Financial Stability Report (FSR) from the Reserve Bank (RBNZ) was cautiously reassuring: the country’s financial system is sound, though ... <a title="Why now would be a good time for the Reserve Bank to publish stress test results for individual banks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/07/why-now-would-be-a-good-time-for-the-reserve-bank-to-publish-stress-test-results-for-individual-banks-160249/" aria-label="Read more about Why now would be a good time for the Reserve Bank to publish stress test results for individual banks">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Hocking, Curator of Vertebrate Zoology and Palaeontology, Monash University Few fish can outswim a seal. Seals fly through the waves, predators in their natural element. But, unlike fish, seals are air-breathing mammals whose ancestors only returned to the water from a life on land some 30 ... <a title="Swim like a sea lion, splash like a seal: how evolution engineered nature’s underwater acrobats" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/07/swim-like-a-sea-lion-splash-like-a-seal-how-evolution-engineered-natures-underwater-acrobats-160090/" aria-label="Read more about Swim like a sea lion, splash like a seal: how evolution engineered nature’s underwater acrobats">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carla Pascoe Leahy, Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow, The University of Melbourne Mothers have often been associated with conservatism: linked to cloyingly sentimental cultural ideals or depicted as victims of patriarchal oppression. In the 19th century, the middle-class mother was idealised as the “angel in the house”, ... <a title="Looking for the perfect Mother’s Day gift? Why not smash the patriarchy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/07/looking-for-the-perfect-mothers-day-gift-why-not-smash-the-patriarchy-159335/" aria-label="Read more about Looking for the perfect Mother’s Day gift? Why not smash the patriarchy">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kristy Hess, Associate Professor (Communication), Deakin University Newspaper readers in rural and regional Australia are five times more likely to go directly to their local newspaper website than Google or Facebook for local information, and almost 10 times as likely to go to their local news website ... <a title="Print isn’t dead: major survey reveals local newspapers vastly preferred over Google among country news consumers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/07/print-isnt-dead-major-survey-reveals-local-newspapers-vastly-preferred-over-google-among-country-news-consumers-160353/" aria-label="Read more about Print isn’t dead: major survey reveals local newspapers vastly preferred over Google among country news consumers">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachael Murrihy, Director, The Kidman Centre, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney Two female Australian comedians recently revealed they’ve been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). In an interview before her shows at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Fiona O’Loughlin alluded to lifelong challenges including ... <a title="ADHD affects girls too, and it can present differently to the way it does in boys. Here’s what to look out for" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/07/adhd-affects-girls-too-and-it-can-present-differently-to-the-way-it-does-in-boys-heres-what-to-look-out-for-158635/" aria-label="Read more about ADHD affects girls too, and it can present differently to the way it does in boys. Here’s what to look out for">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zoe Doubleday, ARC Future Fellow and marine biologist, University of South Australia This article is part of the “Who would win?” series, where wildlife experts dream up hypothetical battles between predators (all in the name of science). If you’re anything like us, you may have wondered if ... <a title="Who would win in a fight between an octopus and a seabird? Two marine biologists place their bets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/07/who-would-win-in-a-fight-between-an-octopus-and-a-seabird-two-marine-biologists-place-their-bets-158520/" aria-label="Read more about Who would win in a fight between an octopus and a seabird? Two marine biologists place their bets">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Duffy, Lecturer, School of Business, Western Sydney University Issues that matter to families on a daily basis, such as childcare, parental leave and flexible working arrangements, are often referred to as “women’s issues”. This focuses policy interventions solely on mothers, limiting the solutions that are possible ... <a title="The fatherhood penalty: how parental leave policies perpetuate the gender gap (even in our ‘progressive’ universities)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/07/the-fatherhood-penalty-how-parental-leave-policies-perpetuate-the-gender-gap-even-in-our-progressive-universities-160102/" aria-label="Read more about The fatherhood penalty: how parental leave policies perpetuate the gender gap (even in our ‘progressive’ universities)">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mohammed Makki, Senior Lecturer in Architecture, University of Technology Sydney “Among all species, it is perhaps only humans who create habitats that are not fit to live in.” – Stephen Marshall It’s a damning statement but one that can be reasonably argued to be true. We don’t ... <a title="Farewell the utopian city. To cope with climate change we must learn from how nature adapts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/07/farewell-the-utopian-city-to-cope-with-climate-change-we-must-learn-from-how-nature-adapts-157878/" aria-label="Read more about Farewell the utopian city. To cope with climate change we must learn from how nature adapts">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leonora Risse, Lecturer in Economics, RMIT University Australia’s COVID recession hurt women more than men, and not only in job numbers. With schools and childcare centres closed, many women who remained in paid work had no choice but to take on more unpaid work, effectively working double ... <a title="Applying a gender lens on the budget is not about pitting women against men" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/07/applying-a-gender-lens-on-the-budget-is-not-about-pitting-women-against-men-160261/" aria-label="Read more about Applying a gender lens on the budget is not about pitting women against men">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hugh Breakey, President, Australian Association for Professional & Applied Ethics. Senior Research Fellow, Moral philosophy, Institute for Ethics, Governance & Law, Law Futures Centre., Griffith University Love can seem a primal force, an intoxicating mix of desire, care, ecstasy and jealousy hard-wired into our hearts. The polar ... <a title="Friday essay: 3 ways philosophy can help us understand love" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/07/friday-essay-3-ways-philosophy-can-help-us-understand-love-155374/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: 3 ways philosophy can help us understand love">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra It became clear this week repatriation flights for Australians stranded in India would have to resume ASAP after May 15, whatever the COVID situation in that country. By going too far in its effort to stop individuals using a third-country ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Unblocking the passage from India" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/06/grattan-on-friday-unblocking-the-passage-from-india-160472/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Unblocking the passage from India">Read more</a>
