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November 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato This week, Māori in the Taranaki region remembered the “day of plunder” – the 1881 government invasion of Parihaka, the small settlement that had come to symbolise peaceful resistance to the confiscation of Māori land. It was one of ... <a title="How NZ’s colonial government misused laws to crush non-violent dissent at Parihaka" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/08/how-nzs-colonial-government-misused-laws-to-crush-non-violent-dissent-at-parihaka-126495/" aria-label="Read more about How NZ’s colonial government misused laws to crush non-violent dissent at Parihaka">Read more</a>
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November 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University The media have been itching for a report that blamed Labor’s defeat on a dud leader. But the Review of Labor’s 2019 Federal Election Campaign, chaired by former Rudd and Gillard government ... <a title="Nuance and nostalgia: Labor’s election review provides useful insights and inevitable harking back to Hawke" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/08/nuance-and-nostalgia-labors-election-review-provides-useful-insights-and-inevitable-harking-back-to-hawke-126584/" aria-label="Read more about Nuance and nostalgia: Labor’s election review provides useful insights and inevitable harking back to Hawke">Read more</a>
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November 8, 2019
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 by Dr Bryce Edwards. Climate change Audrey Young (Herald): Zero Carbon Bill passes with almost unanimous support in Parliament Anna Whyte (1News): Ardern hails ‘historic moment’ for NZ as Zero Carbon Bill passes ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 08 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/08/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-november-08-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 08 2019">Read more</a>
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November 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zoe Rathus, Senior Lecturer in Law, Griffith University One Nation leader Pauline Hanson’s unfounded claim women that lie about domestic abuse to deny fathers access to their children is what’s driving the latest parliamentary inquiry into the family law system. But this isn’t a new idea. Hanson’s ... <a title="‘Parental alienation’: the debunked theory that women lie about violence is still used in court" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/08/parental-alienation-the-debunked-theory-that-women-lie-about-violence-is-still-used-in-court-125823/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Parental alienation’: the debunked theory that women lie about violence is still used in court">Read more</a>
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November 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lin Fritschi, Professor of Epidemiology, Curtin University The National Dust Disease Taskforce is preparing to read submissions next week on how best to handle the resurgence of the fatal lung disease silicosis. This can develop after breathing in silica dust when cutting artificial stone — also known ... <a title="Engineered stone benchtops are killing our tradies. Here’s why a ban’s the only answer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/08/engineered-stone-benchtops-are-killing-our-tradies-heres-why-a-bans-the-only-answer-126489/" aria-label="Read more about Engineered stone benchtops are killing our tradies. Here’s why a ban’s the only answer">Read more</a>
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November 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jon Altman, Emeritus professor, School of Regulation and Global Governance, ANU, Australian National University Land titling in Australia has undergone a revolutionary shift over the past four decades. The return of diverse forms of title to Indigenous Australians has produced some semblance of land justice. About half ... <a title="Remote Indigenous Australia’s ecological economies give us something to build on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/08/remote-indigenous-australias-ecological-economies-give-us-something-to-build-on-123917/" aria-label="Read more about Remote Indigenous Australia’s ecological economies give us something to build on">Read more</a>
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November 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Monteath, Flinders University Even the sound of a bayonet could be frightening. The audible whetting of blades in the enemy’s trenches could puncture a night’s rest with premonitions of steely death. The sight of gleaming blades, too, turned the stomach of many a soldier. For all ... <a title="Friday essay: a short, sharp history of the bayonet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/08/friday-essay-a-short-sharp-history-of-the-bayonet-126010/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: a short, sharp history of the bayonet">Read more</a>
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November 8, 2019
By Moale James “West Papuans are being denied their basic human rights … Human beings have a right to freedom. Freedom to be treated fairly like a human being. Freedom to be respected. To have your own dignity and pride. This is being taken away from West Papuans.” Richard Mogu is a Papua New Guinean ... <a title="The genocide next door – West Papuan band spreading message of freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/08/the-genocide-next-door-west-papuan-band-spreading-message-of-freedom/" aria-label="Read more about The genocide next door – West Papuan band spreading message of freedom">Read more</a>
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November 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The messages for next time from Labor’s 2019 election post-mortem are clear. Have a better strategy. Have a stronger narrative, fewer policies, greater emphasis on economic growth. Have a better leader. Obvious. Incontestable. Just, as a package, devilishly hard to ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Labor’s post-mortem leaves the hard work still to be done" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/08/grattan-on-friday-labors-post-mortem-leaves-the-hard-work-still-to-be-done-126596/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Labor’s post-mortem leaves the hard work still to be done">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute In the past, when you needed chemotherapy or intravenous (in-the-vein) treatments such as antibiotics or hydration, you needed to be admitted to hospital. These days, it’s possible to have such treatments in the comfort of your home, with nursing or ... <a title="Private health insurers should start paying for hospital-type care at home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/07/private-health-insurers-should-start-paying-for-hospital-type-care-at-home-126345/" aria-label="Read more about Private health insurers should start paying for hospital-type care at home">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2019
Winston Peters is well known for being belligerent, complaining and prone to political conspiracies. It’s easy to write-off his current High Court trial as hubris and score-settling. Peters is suing former National Cabinet Ministers and heads of government departments for their alleged role in his embarrassing 2017 scandal when his pension overpayments were made public ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Winston Peters puts dirty politics on trial" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/07/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-winston-peters-puts-dirty-politics-on-trial/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Winston Peters puts dirty politics on trial">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Merkel, Lecturer in Software Engineering, Monash University A directive ordering Queensland Health staff to avoid upgrades to the state’s hospital electronic medical record system during parliamentary sitting weeks was recently reversed. After the email containing the directive was leaked, the state’s health minister Steven Miles revoked ... <a title="Queensland Health’s history of software mishaps is proof of how hard e-health can be" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/07/queensland-healths-history-of-software-mishaps-is-proof-of-how-hard-e-health-can-be-126272/" aria-label="Read more about Queensland Health’s history of software mishaps is proof of how hard e-health can be">Read more</a>