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January 30, 2019
By Dan McGarry The government of Vanuatu has convened three major tourism and travel stakeholders this week to announce a major shakeup in the sector. Dubbed Shared Vision 2030, the plan commits Air Vanuatu, the Vanuatu Tourism Office, and Airports Vanuatu Ltd to an ambitious expansion strategy. The Vanuatu Daily Post reported yesterday that Air ... <a title="Vanuatu’s ‘shared vision 2013’ tourism shakeup – pipe dream or survival plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/30/vanuatus-shared-vision-2013-tourism-shakeup-pipe-dream-or-survival-plan/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu’s ‘shared vision 2013’ tourism shakeup – pipe dream or survival plan">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2019
Dr Janet Tupou … injecting diversity into university communications space. Image: AUT Pacific By Dr Janet Tupou Hand over heart, speaking life into your goals and dreams can see them come true. After sitting in my first ever lecture at university, I knew that I wanted to be the one on the other side of ... <a title="Janet Tupou: Speaking life into your goals and seeing dreams come true" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/30/janet-tupou-speaking-life-into-your-goals-and-seeing-dreams-come-true/" aria-label="Read more about Janet Tupou: Speaking life into your goals and seeing dreams come true">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aaron Burton, Lecturer in Media Arts, University of Wollongong SBS’s suite of slow TV programs, “Slow Summer”, arrived at a fortuitous time in our annual media trajectory, when we were briefly relieved of the busyness plaguing our lives. On the back of last year’s successful trip on ... <a title="Why slow TV deserves our (divided) attention" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/30/why-slow-tv-deserves-our-divided-attention-110695/" aria-label="Read more about Why slow TV deserves our (divided) attention">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Usman W. Chohan, Economist, UNSW The seat of World Bank president is becoming vacant. Its president, Jim Yong Kim, will step down on January 31, three years earlier than his term formally ends. His move – described as “sudden” and a “shock,” particularly since the World Bank ... <a title="A Trump-aligned World Bank may be bad for climate action and trade, but good for Chinese ambitions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/30/a-trump-aligned-world-bank-may-be-bad-for-climate-action-and-trade-but-good-for-chinese-ambitions-110265/" aria-label="Read more about A Trump-aligned World Bank may be bad for climate action and trade, but good for Chinese ambitions">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne This week’s Newspoll, conducted January 24-27 from a sample of 1,630, gave Labor a 53-47 lead, a two-point gain for the Coalition since the last Newspoll in early December. Primary votes were 38% Labor (down ... <a title="Poll wrap: Coalition gains in first Newspoll of 2019, but big swings to Labor in Victorian seats; NSW is tied" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/30/poll-wrap-coalition-gains-in-first-newspoll-of-2019-but-big-swings-to-labor-in-victorian-seats-nsw-is-tied-110684/" aria-label="Read more about Poll wrap: Coalition gains in first Newspoll of 2019, but big swings to Labor in Victorian seats; NSW is tied">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2019
Political Roundup: KiwiBuild – fix it or ditch it by Dr Bryce Edwards Given the ongoing problems with the Government’s flagship housing policy, it seems inevitable that a major change of direction is required for KiwiBuild. A consensus is growing that the policy either needs to be revamped or replaced with something more effective and ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: KiwiBuild – fix it or ditch it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/30/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-kiwibuild-fix-it-or-ditch-it/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: KiwiBuild – fix it or ditch it">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2019
Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 30 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 Insurance industry report Bernard Hickey (Newsroom): Another big, fat and wet bus ticket Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Damning report seals case ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 30 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/30/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-january-30-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 30 2019">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lorraine Finlay, Lecturer in Law, Murdoch University The arrest and detention of former Bahraini national, footballer Hakeem Al-Araibi, has gained international attention. Al-Araibi fled Bahrain in 2014 and was subsequently granted refugee status in Australia. He was arrested after travelling to Thailand on his honeymoon late last ... <a title="Explainer: what is an Interpol red notice and how does it work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/30/explainer-what-is-an-interpol-red-notice-and-how-does-it-work-110688/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what is an Interpol red notice and how does it work?">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ana-Maria Bliuc, Senior Lecturer in Social Psychology, Western Sydney University Living in a networked world has many advantages. We get our news online almost as soon as it happens, we stay in touch with friends via social media, and we advance our careers through online professional networks. ... <a title="Racism in a networked world: how groups and individuals spread racist hate online" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/30/racism-in-a-networked-world-how-groups-and-individuals-spread-racist-hate-online-109072/" aria-label="Read more about Racism in a networked world: how groups and individuals spread racist hate online">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sky Croeser, Lecturer, School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry, Curtin University Online petitions are often seen as a form of “slacktivism” – small acts that don’t require much commitment and are more about helping us feel good than effective activism. But the impacts of online ... <a title="Not another online petition! But here’s why you should think before deleting it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/30/not-another-online-petition-but-heres-why-you-should-think-before-deleting-it-110029/" aria-label="Read more about Not another online petition! But here’s why you should think before deleting it">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Robert, Lecturer in Law, La Trobe University The family courts have historically treated legal parentage as a question of who has “begotten or borne” a child. But increasingly complex family situations created as a result of donor conception, surrogacy, IVF and DNA testing are sorely testing ... <a title="Sperm donation is testing what it means to be a legal parent, all the way to the High Court" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/30/sperm-donation-is-testing-what-it-means-to-be-a-legal-parent-all-the-way-to-the-high-court-109140/" aria-label="Read more about Sperm donation is testing what it means to be a legal parent, all the way to the High Court">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By April Reside, Researcher, Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, The University of Queensland Nearly 20 years ago, Australia adopted national environmental legislation that was celebrated widely as a balanced response to Australia’s threatened species crisis. In the same year, Queensland introduced its Vegetation Management Act. Together, these ... <a title="Death by 775 cuts: how conservation law is failing the black-throated finch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/30/death-by-775-cuts-how-conservation-law-is-failing-the-black-throated-finch-110704/" aria-label="Read more about Death by 775 cuts: how conservation law is failing the black-throated finch">Read more</a>
