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May 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charles Corke, Associate Professor of Medicine, Deakin University Advances in medical technology have dramatically altered the process of dying. It’s now possible to prolong life, with the frightening reality that this may simply extend our dying process. Advance care planning is designed to empower us to retain ... <a title="Choosing the care you’ll receive at the end of your life doesn’t always go to plan. Here are some tips to make sure it does" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/21/choosing-the-care-youll-receive-at-the-end-of-your-life-doesnt-always-go-to-plan-here-are-some-tips-to-make-sure-it-does-160983/" aria-label="Read more about Choosing the care you’ll receive at the end of your life doesn’t always go to plan. Here are some tips to make sure it does">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Davis, Senior Lecturer in Wildlife Ecology, Edith Cowan University It’s the smell that hits you first. The scent of urine and decomposing bodies. Then you notice other signs: scuttles and squeaks, small dead bodies leaking blood, tails sticking out of hubcaps. If you’ve lived through a ... <a title="Mouse plague: bromadialone will obliterate mice, but it’ll poison eagles, snakes and owls, too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/21/mouse-plague-bromadialone-will-obliterate-mice-but-itll-poison-eagles-snakes-and-owls-too-160995/" aria-label="Read more about Mouse plague: bromadialone will obliterate mice, but it’ll poison eagles, snakes and owls, too">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Charles Deneen, Senior Lecturer in Higher Education Curriculum & Assessment, The University of Melbourne With some universities returning to face-to-face teaching this year, ANU Vice Chancellor Brian Schmidt noted that, while his university was one of them, lectures would be much less common and not a ... <a title="Good riddance to boring lectures? Technology isn’t the answer – understanding good teaching is" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/21/good-riddance-to-boring-lectures-technology-isnt-the-answer-understanding-good-teaching-is-158217/" aria-label="Read more about Good riddance to boring lectures? Technology isn’t the answer – understanding good teaching is">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Tranter, Honorary Associate Professor, School of Science, UNSW Slowing transport in cities provides immense benefits for the health of people, economies and the planet, so why are we still obsessed with speed? As Mahatma Gandhi observed: There is more to life than increasing its speed. This ... <a title="Slaves to speed, we’d all benefit from ‘slow cities’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/21/slaves-to-speed-wed-all-benefit-from-slow-cities-152756/" aria-label="Read more about Slaves to speed, we’d all benefit from ‘slow cities’">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW The key narrative in Josh Frydenberg’s 2021 budget was the need to use more aggressive fiscal policy to drive unemployment down and wages up. Two key pieces of data this week indicate how things are tracking. On Wednesday the Australian Bureau ... <a title="Vital Signs: wages growth desultory, unemployment stunning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/21/vital-signs-wages-growth-desultory-unemployment-stunning-161099/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: wages growth desultory, unemployment stunning">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sally Breen, Senior Lecturer in Writing and Publishing, Griffith University When town planners mapped Byron Bay in 1884 they mistakenly believed Captain James Cook had named Cape Byron after the English poet Lord Byron — when in fact it was named after the poet’s grandfather, a navy ... <a title="Friday essay: why there’s still something about Byron, beyond Insta influencers and beige linen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/21/friday-essay-why-theres-still-something-about-byron-beyond-insta-influencers-and-beige-linen-159055/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: why there’s still something about Byron, beyond Insta influencers and beige linen">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2021
By Sela Jane Hopgood, RNZ Pacific journalist In the New Zealand 2021 Budget, a big investment of NZ$108 million has been signalled to support the wellbeing of the Pacific population through the rebuild and recovery from the covid-19 pandemic. Pacific Peoples Minister ‘Aupito William Sio said this was a significant investment for Pacific communities who ... <a title="NZ budget 2021: What does $108m mean for Pasifika ‘wellbeing’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/21/nz-budget-2021-what-does-108m-mean-for-pasifika-wellbeing/" aria-label="Read more about NZ budget 2021: What does $108m mean for Pasifika ‘wellbeing’?">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Australians of Indian heritage are not just trying to get back home — many are attempting to go to India. Scott Morrison revealed on Wednesday that since April 23, more more than 1,000 people had sought to travel there. “Now ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Morrison locked Australia’s border gate and now he’s hiding the key" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/20/grattan-on-friday-morrison-locked-australias-border-gate-and-now-hes-hiding-the-key-161284/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Morrison locked Australia’s border gate and now he’s hiding the key">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2021
By Antonio Sampaio in Dili Timor-Leste today registered 172 more cases of covid-19 infection with the majority in Dili – passing the barrier of 5000 cases since the beginning of the pandemic. On the day that the country celebrated 19 years of the restoration of independence, the Integrated Crisis Management Center (CIGC) announced 126 more ... <a title="Covid-19: Timor-Leste registers 172 more cases – tops 5000 barrier" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/20/covid-19-timor-leste-registers-172-more-cases-tops-5000-barrier/" aria-label="Read more about Covid-19: Timor-Leste registers 172 more cases – tops 5000 barrier">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Amid uncertainty and a court battle over the University of Goroka’s vice-chancellor seat, Higher Education Minister Wesley Raminai surprised staff and students by leading the university’s interim council members onto the campus to be “sworn in”. The usually quiet study-friendly Humilaveka campus atmosphere was disrupted by a chanting group of Huli ... <a title="Goroka ‘swears in’ new officers in defiance of PNG court order" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/20/goroka-swears-in-new-officers-in-defiance-of-png-court-order/" aria-label="Read more about Goroka ‘swears in’ new officers in defiance of PNG court order">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2021
By Janet Kari in Lae, PNG Prosecution of perpetrators of gender-based violence around the country still remains a massive problem for Papua New Guinea, says National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop. He said while the issue of GBV continued to escalate in the country, perpetrators were not being brought to account and this gave them ... <a title="Prosecuting gender violence culprits still a problem, Parkop tells women" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/20/prosecuting-gender-violence-culprits-still-a-problem-parkop-tells-women/" aria-label="Read more about Prosecuting gender violence culprits still a problem, Parkop tells women">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2021
ANALYSIS: By John Minto When Nanaia Mahuta was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, there were hopes for a change in government thinking towards the struggles of indigenous people. The minister said she hoped to bring her experience and cultural identity as an indigenous woman to her role on international issues. Palestine, West Papua and Western ... <a title="John Minto: Time for NZ to speak up clearly for Palestinian rights and international law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/20/john-minto-time-for-nz-to-speak-up-clearly-for-palestinian-rights-and-international-law/" aria-label="Read more about John Minto: Time for NZ to speak up clearly for Palestinian rights and international law">Read more</a>
