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February 14, 2019
Column: Barbara Sumner – 1960 was a big year for my adopting parents. First came the infertility diagnosis. Then a new baby arrived with little warning and no fanfare. Followed within days by a new refrigerator. I was one of over 103,000 New Zealand babies forcibly removed from my single mother. Her dying mother sent ... <a title="The baby or the fridge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/14/the-baby-or-the-fridge/" aria-label="Read more about The baby or the fridge">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Reid Boyd, Senior Lecturer School of Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University We must discover … the redemptive power of love. And when we do that, we will make of this whole world a new world. But love, love is the only way. In his spirited ... <a title="Love, Academically. Why scholarly hearts are beating for Love Studies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/14/love-academically-why-scholarly-hearts-are-beating-for-love-studies-104697/" aria-label="Read more about Love, Academically. Why scholarly hearts are beating for Love Studies">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brian Lovell, Research Director of the Security and Surveillance Research group; Professor, The University of Queensland Recently, the Victorian Government brought in new rules stating Victorian state schools will be banned from using facial recognition technology in classrooms unless they have the approval of parents, students and ... <a title="Face recognition technology in classrooms is here – and that’s ok" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/14/face-recognition-technology-in-classrooms-is-here-and-thats-ok-111351/" aria-label="Read more about Face recognition technology in classrooms is here – and that’s ok">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Albert Van Dijk, Professor, Water and Landscape Dynamics, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University Curious Kids is a series for children. Send your question to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au. You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production between ABC KIDS listen and The Conversation, based ... <a title="Curious Kids: why do we have a drought?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/14/curious-kids-why-do-we-have-a-drought-110592/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why do we have a drought?">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2019
Award-winning journalist, publisher and editor Maria Ressa (left) being arrested in Rappler’s newsroom yesterday. She was being kept in detention last night. Image: Maria Tan/AFP/RSF Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The Paris-based global media advocacy group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned yesterday’s arrest of Maria Ressa, editor of the independent Manila-based news website Rappler, on ... <a title="Philippine website editor Maria Ressa held on ‘cyber libel’ charge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/14/philippine-website-editor-maria-ressa-held-on-cyber-libel-charge/" aria-label="Read more about Philippine website editor Maria Ressa held on ‘cyber libel’ charge">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2019
By RNZ Pacific A short documentary which highlights the risks of being a journalist in Indonesian-ruled Papua region (West Papua) has won an international film award. Aprila, directed by Rohan Radheya, took out the best short film award at the 16th Pacific FIFO Documentary Film Festival in French Polynesia. The Dutch journalist and film-maker’s documentary ... <a title="West Papua film exposes plight of ‘ignored’ local journalists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/14/west-papua-film-exposes-plight-of-ignored-local-journalists/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua film exposes plight of ‘ignored’ local journalists">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2019
Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 14 2019 Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. The Beehive and Parliament Buildings.Today’s content China-NZ relations Robert Ayson (The Spinoff): New Zealand and China: time for clarity in a hall of mirrors Barry Soper (Herald): Souring relationship ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 14 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/14/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-14-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 14 2019">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Merlin Crossley, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic and Professor of Molecular Biology, UNSW University students, like many in society, demonstrate bias against women and particularly women from non-English speaking backgrounds. That’s the take home message from a new and comprehensive analysis of student experience surveys. The study examined a ... <a title="Male teachers are most likely to rate highly in university student feedback" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/14/male-teachers-are-most-likely-to-rate-highly-in-university-student-feedback-111741/" aria-label="Read more about Male teachers are most likely to rate highly in university student feedback">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leanda McKenna, Lecturer, Curtin University It’s the middle of the night. Your newborn baby is awake. Again. She wants to feed. You lift her to your breast and brace for the pain. Most mothers who breastfeed come to appreciate the convenience and the bonding it provides. But ... <a title="Explainer: what is mastitis?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/14/explainer-what-is-mastitis-108686/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what is mastitis?">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwyn Orr, Veterinarian and PhD candidate, University of Sydney Have you ever wondered what’s going through your dog’s mind when you say the word “walk”? And does your pup seem to show guilt when you ask them sternly “what have you done?” Their tail might drop between ... <a title="In an Australian first, the ACT may legally recognise animals’ feelings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/14/in-an-australian-first-the-act-may-legally-recognise-animals-feelings-111079/" aria-label="Read more about In an Australian first, the ACT may legally recognise animals’ feelings">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gigi Foster, Professor, School of Economics, UNSW After three years and 35 polls, the Economic Society of Australia has received its first-ever unanimous response to a survey question. It asked just over 50 of Australia’s leading economists to respond to this statement: There is no way to ... <a title="It’s unanimous: Economists’ poll says we can fix the banks. But that doesn’t mean we will" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/14/its-unanimous-economists-poll-says-we-can-fix-the-banks-but-that-doesnt-mean-we-will-111748/" aria-label="Read more about It’s unanimous: Economists’ poll says we can fix the banks. But that doesn’t mean we will">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samuel Wilson, Senior Lecturer in Management, Swinburne University of Technology The leaders of our banks and financial institutions are seen as the most self-serving in the nation, according to a national survey undertaken by researchers at Swinburne University of Technology. More than a third (35.4%) of respondents ... <a title="One-third of Australians think banks do nothing for the greater public good" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/14/one-third-of-australians-think-banks-do-nothing-for-the-greater-public-good-111346/" aria-label="Read more about One-third of Australians think banks do nothing for the greater public good">Read more</a>
