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March 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Niall Edwards-FitzSimons, PhD Candidate in Ethnomusicology, University of Sydney Since its launch in 2016, the online video sharing platform TikTok has grown at an astonishing rate. The app has been downloaded more than a billion times, and more than 700 million people around the world (most of ... <a title="The secret of TikTok’s success? Humans are wired to love imitating dance moves" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/10/the-secret-of-tiktoks-success-humans-are-wired-to-love-imitating-dance-moves-133057/" aria-label="Read more about The secret of TikTok’s success? Humans are wired to love imitating dance moves">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2020
By Sofia Tomacruz in Manila President Rodrigo Duterte has rejected calls to place Metro Manila on lockdown after health officials recorded a spike in Covid-19 novel coronavirus cases. In a late night press conference yesterday, Duterte said it was still “too early” to implement the sweeping restrictions that would limit people’s movements. “We have not ... <a title="Duterte rejects Metro Manila coronavirus lockdown for now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/10/duterte-rejects-metro-manila-coronavirus-lockdown-for-now/" aria-label="Read more about Duterte rejects Metro Manila coronavirus lockdown for now">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Ghezelbash, Associate Professor, Macquarie University Asylum seekers with legal representation are seven times more likely to succeed before the government tribunal tasked with reviewing refugee cases than those who represent themselves. Where refugees come from and which individual member is reviewing their case on the Administrative ... <a title="How to succeed in refugee review cases: new research reveals the factors that matter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/10/how-to-succeed-in-refugee-review-cases-new-research-reveals-the-factors-that-matter-131763/" aria-label="Read more about How to succeed in refugee review cases: new research reveals the factors that matter">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tereza Hendl, Research Associate, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich In an age of gender-reveal parties, baby bumps on Instagram, and hyper-gendered toys and clothing, learning about a baby’s sex is big news. But having a boy rather than a girl, or vice versa, makes some people sad. ... <a title="Sad about having a boy not a girl? Your distress might be real but ‘gender disappointment’ is no mental illness" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/10/sad-about-having-a-boy-not-a-girl-your-distress-might-be-real-but-gender-disappointment-is-no-mental-illness-131300/" aria-label="Read more about Sad about having a boy not a girl? Your distress might be real but ‘gender disappointment’ is no mental illness">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicky Wright, Research Fellow, Australian National University Weather-wise, 2019 was a crazy way to end a decade. Fires spread through much of southeast Australia, fuelled by dry vegetation from the ongoing drought and fanned by hot, windy fire weather. On the other side of the Indian Ocean, ... <a title="A rare natural phenomenon brings severe drought to Australia. Climate change is making it more common" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/10/a-rare-natural-phenomenon-brings-severe-drought-to-australia-climate-change-is-making-it-more-common-133058/" aria-label="Read more about A rare natural phenomenon brings severe drought to Australia. Climate change is making it more common">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Munro, Professor, Faculty of Education and Arts, Australian Catholic University One of the most influential phenomena in education over the last two decades has been that of the “growth mindset”. This refers to the beliefs a student has about various capacities such as their intelligence, their ... <a title="You can do it! A ‘growth mindset’ helps us learn" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/10/you-can-do-it-a-growth-mindset-helps-us-learn-127710/" aria-label="Read more about You can do it! A ‘growth mindset’ helps us learn">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Maund, Research Affiliate, School of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Newcastle With more than 3,500 homes destroyed by disastrous bushfires, the willingness of government and community to work together to find ways to house people has been heartwarming. Australians showed great concern for people who ... <a title="We’re innovative when housing bushfire victims. Why not all the homeless?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/10/were-innovative-when-housing-bushfire-victims-why-not-all-the-homeless-132268/" aria-label="Read more about We’re innovative when housing bushfire victims. Why not all the homeless?">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Raja Junankar, Honorary Professor, Industrial Relations Research Centre, UNSW The world economy is teetering on a knife edge: the Chinese and Indian economies were slowing even before the COVID-19 Coronavirus, and as Australia was recovering from one of its worst bushfires. Share markets around the world collapsed ... <a title="This is more than a health crisis: here’s a 10-point plan for avoiding recession" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/10/this-is-more-than-a-health-crisis-heres-a-10-point-plan-for-avoiding-recession-133073/" aria-label="Read more about This is more than a health crisis: here’s a 10-point plan for avoiding recession">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Lee, Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne), Curtin University Who deserves our compassion and medical care? Does a person who has used drugs deserve a liver transplant … and then a second? What if she’s 24 years old and a mother of small children? ... <a title="Wild Butterfly film review: Claire Murray’s story gives a human face to trauma, drug use and blame culture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/10/wild-butterfly-film-review-claire-murrays-story-gives-a-human-face-to-trauma-drug-use-and-blame-culture-132596/" aria-label="Read more about Wild Butterfly film review: Claire Murray’s story gives a human face to trauma, drug use and blame culture">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison will urge big businesses to display “patriotism” as Australia grapples with the coronavirus crisis, which he warns could hit the economy harder than the global financial crisis. Addressing a business audience in the run up to this week’s ... <a title="Morrison tells big business to show ‘patriotism’ as COVID-19 threatens to hit harder than GFC" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/10/morrison-tells-big-business-to-show-patriotism-as-covid-19-threatens-to-hit-harder-than-gfc-133255/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison tells big business to show ‘patriotism’ as COVID-19 threatens to hit harder than GFC">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sunanda Creagh, Head of Digital Storytelling Are we alone in the Universe? The expert opinion on that, it turns out, is surprisingly consistent. “Is there other life in the Universe? I would say: probably,” Daniel Zucker, Associate Professor of astronomy at Macquarie University, tells astrophysics student and ... <a title="We asked astronomers: are we alone in the Universe? The answer was surprisingly consistent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/09/we-asked-astronomers-are-we-alone-in-the-universe-the-answer-was-surprisingly-consistent-132088/" aria-label="Read more about We asked astronomers: are we alone in the Universe? The answer was surprisingly consistent">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Shane Jones John Armstrong (1News): True measure of NZ First’s plight glaringly obvious in Shane Jones’ racist spiel Bryce Edwards (Herald): Political Roundup: Shane Jones’ Trumpian play for popularity (paywalled) Newstalk ZB: Jason Walls: What ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 09 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/09/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-march-09-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 09 2020">Read more</a>
