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May 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael J. I. Brown, Associate professor in astronomy, Monash University UFOs over Cairns. Lights over Leiden. Glints above Seattle. What’s going on? [embedded content]Starlink satellites travel silently across the skies of Leiden. The launch of 60 Starlink satellites by Elon Musk’s SpaceX has grabbed the attention of ... <a title="Lights in the sky from Elon Musk’s new satellite network has stargazers worried" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/27/lights-in-the-sky-from-elon-musks-new-satellite-network-has-stargazers-worried-117829/" aria-label="Read more about Lights in the sky from Elon Musk’s new satellite network has stargazers worried">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2019
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Sir Julius Chan says there has been a huge misunderstanding over yesterday’s press conference, reports EMTV News. His comments follow a media frenzy that had him being called “Acting Prime Minister”. “I have not been designated any ministerial role by Peter O’Neill”, he said today. READ MORE: Embattled O’Neill ‘handing over’ ... <a title="‘I’m not PNG’s acting PM,’ caretaker Sir Julius Chan tells nation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/27/im-not-pngs-acting-pm-caretaker-sir-julius-chan-tells-nation/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I’m not PNG’s acting PM,’ caretaker Sir Julius Chan tells nation">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Tregear, Honorary Principal Fellow, University of Melbourne Review: Il Viaggio a Reims, Opera Australia In 1864, four years before his death, Italian composer Gioachino Rossini recalled to his biographer Alexis Azevedo that he would probably have ended up a “chemist or an olive oil salesman” had ... <a title="A night at the opera: art comes alive in a modern twist on Rossini’s Il Viaggio a Reims" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/27/a-night-at-the-opera-art-comes-alive-in-a-modern-twist-on-rossinis-il-viaggio-a-reims-117807/" aria-label="Read more about A night at the opera: art comes alive in a modern twist on Rossini’s Il Viaggio a Reims">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catriona Vi Nguyen-Robertson, PhD Candidate, University of Melbourne Australia has a fashion problem. More than 500,000 tonnes of clothing waste is sent to landfill each year. But a new way of recycling could redirect some of our unwanted textiles from polluting the environment, by repurposing cotton waste ... <a title="Circular fashion: turning old clothes into everything from new cotton to fake knees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/27/circular-fashion-turning-old-clothes-into-everything-from-new-cotton-to-fake-knees-115636/" aria-label="Read more about Circular fashion: turning old clothes into everything from new cotton to fake knees">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carla Pascoe Leahy, Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow, University of Melbourne Over the past few decades of Australian life, government policies have gradually offered more support to working mothers, particularly through childcare subsidies and parental leave. But what motivates Australian parents in their choices around work and ... <a title="Mothers explain how they navigated work and childcare, from the 1970s to today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/27/mothers-explain-how-they-navigated-work-and-childcare-from-the-1970s-to-today-117617/" aria-label="Read more about Mothers explain how they navigated work and childcare, from the 1970s to today">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Lindsey, Malcolm Smith Professor of Asian Law and Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, University of Melbourne The violent riots that shook Jakarta last week led to at least six deaths, over 700 injured and more than 200 arrests. Demonstrations and rallies ... <a title="Jakarta riots reveal Indonesia’s deep divisions on religion and politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/27/jakarta-riots-reveal-indonesias-deep-divisions-on-religion-and-politics-117818/" aria-label="Read more about Jakarta riots reveal Indonesia’s deep divisions on religion and politics">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lorenzo Buscicchi, PhD Candidate, Teaching assistant, University of Waikato New Zealand will release its first well-being budget this week, based on a suite of measures that track how New Zealanders are doing, including how happy they are. The latest World Happiness Report, issued by the UN Sustainable ... <a title="The paradox of happiness: the more you chase it the more elusive it becomes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/27/the-paradox-of-happiness-the-more-you-chase-it-the-more-elusive-it-becomes-112217/" aria-label="Read more about The paradox of happiness: the more you chase it the more elusive it becomes">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darren Curnoe, Associate Professor and Chief Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, University of New South Wales, UNSW Curious Kids is a series for children. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au You might also ... <a title="Curious Kids: are humans going to evolve again?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/27/curious-kids-are-humans-going-to-evolve-again-116990/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: are humans going to evolve again?">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2019
Prime Minister Peter O’Neill steps down from the top job and hands over the reigns to Sir Julius Chan, leader of Peoples Progress Party. Video: EMTV News By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinean Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has announced that he will step down from the role, after weeks of defections from ... <a title="Embattled O’Neill ‘handing over’ PNG’s leadership to Chan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/27/embattled-oneill-handing-over-pngs-leadership-to-chan/" aria-label="Read more about Embattled O’Neill ‘handing over’ PNG’s leadership to Chan">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Zerilli, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Otago New Zealand is a leader in government use of artificial intelligence (AI). It is part of a global network of countries that use predictive algorithms in government decision making, for anything from the optimal scheduling of public hospital beds to ... <a title="Call for independent watchdog to monitor NZ government use of artificial intelligence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/27/call-for-independent-watchdog-to-monitor-nz-government-use-of-artificial-intelligence-117589/" aria-label="Read more about Call for independent watchdog to monitor NZ government use of artificial intelligence">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2019
By Kristen Lyons of the University of Queensland Climate change threatens Australia in many different ways, and can devastate rural and urban communities alike. For Torres Strait Islanders, it is a crisis that is washing away their homes, infrastructure and even cemeteries. The failure to take action on this crisis has led a group of ... <a title="Torres Strait Islanders in UN challenge over Australian climate ‘rights abuses’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/27/torres-strait-islanders-in-un-challenge-over-australian-climate-rights-abuses/" aria-label="Read more about Torres Strait Islanders in UN challenge over Australian climate ‘rights abuses’">Read more</a>
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May 27, 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 Wellbeing Budget Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Economics aside, the Budget rules were self-imposed for entirely political reasons Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Budget 2019: Goodbye ‘NZ Inc’ and welcome to the world of wellbeing Simon Wilson ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 27 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/27/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-27-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 27 2019">Read more</a>
