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June 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Vlcek, Lecturer in inclusive education, RMIT University Karolina Grabowska/Pexels, CC BY We know children often miss more school days in the winter months, as sickness sets in. But at this time of year, parents and teachers can also notice children disengaging from preferred activities and finding ... <a title="Is your child experiencing ‘winter burnout’? Here’s what to look out for" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/17/is-your-child-experiencing-winter-burnout-heres-what-to-look-out-for-231830/" aria-label="Read more about Is your child experiencing ‘winter burnout’? Here’s what to look out for">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Supporters of Yang Hengjun, the Australian citizen incarcerated in China, have urged Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to ask Chinese Premier Li Qiang to have the ailing author released “on medical parole” or otherwise transferred to Australia. Ahead of the Albanese-Li ... <a title="Anthony Albanese to raise differences while stressing positives in talks with Chinese premier" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/17/anthony-albanese-to-raise-differences-while-stressing-positives-in-talks-with-chinese-premier-232569/" aria-label="Read more about Anthony Albanese to raise differences while stressing positives in talks with Chinese premier">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2024
PNG Post-Courier New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon will stop over in Port Moresby today for a quick bilateral with Prime Minister James Marape before setting off to Japan. Luxon hosted Chinese Premier Li Qiang in New Zealand this week before flying off to Japan through Port Moresby. Luxon has recently returned from a trip ... <a title="NZ’s Luxon briefly stopping over to see Marape in Port Moresby" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/16/nzs-luxon-briefly-stopping-over-to-see-marape-in-port-moresby/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Luxon briefly stopping over to see Marape in Port Moresby">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2024
Asia Pacific Report New Zealand activists Youssef Sammour and Rana Hamida have been selected to join the volunteer crew on the international Freedom Flotilla ship Handala, currently visiting European ports and heading to break Israel’s siege of Gaza. Youssef Sammour at a recent Auckland rally for Palestine. Image: Kia Ora Gaza They will be farewelled ... <a title="Latest Kiwi crew to join Gaza Freedom Flotilla leaves on Sunday" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/16/latest-kiwi-crew-to-join-gaza-freedom-flotilla-leaves-on-sunday/" aria-label="Read more about Latest Kiwi crew to join Gaza Freedom Flotilla leaves on Sunday">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2024
The new secretary-general of the Pacific Islands Forum, Baron Waqa, is “well equipped” for the role, Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says. Waqa, a former Nauru president is the first Nauruan national to assume the top job at the Forum. He began his tenure last week and was welcomed during a special ceremony on Thursday ... <a title="Baron Waqa ‘more than able’ to lead Pacific Islands Forum, says Rabuka" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/15/baron-waqa-more-than-able-to-lead-pacific-islands-forum-says-rabuka/" aria-label="Read more about Baron Waqa ‘more than able’ to lead Pacific Islands Forum, says Rabuka">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2024
Asia Pacific Report Israel’s targeting of educational institutes across Gaza is “shameful” and contributing to a global crisis for students, says the head of an educational foundation. Talal al-Hathal, director of the Al Fakhoora Programme at Education Above All foundation in Qatar, said: “War has exacerbated the plight of Gaza’s educational sector.” Israel’s targeting of ... <a title="Education head condemns Israel’s ‘shameful’ ruin of UN schools in Gaza" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/15/education-head-condemns-israels-shameful-ruin-of-un-schools-in-gaza/" aria-label="Read more about Education head condemns Israel’s ‘shameful’ ruin of UN schools in Gaza">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2024
COMMENTARY: By John Hobbs The New Zealand government remains disturbingly quiet on the unfolding genocide in Gaza. New Zealand’s silence is clearly undermining its self-image as a principled and independent state within the United Nations. It is following its Anglosphere English-speaking partners (United States, UK, Canada, and Australia) in avoiding putting in place any sanctions ... <a title="Why is NZ being so obstinate over its weak position on Gaza and Palestine? " class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/15/why-is-nz-being-so-obstinate-over-its-weak-position-on-gaza-and-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about Why is NZ being so obstinate over its weak position on Gaza and Palestine? ">Read more</a>
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June 15, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk French Polynesia has just played host to a 15-nation “Marara” military exercise aimed at increasing “interoperability” between participating armed forces. From May 27 to June 8, the exercise involved about 1000 military from Australia, New Zealand, United States, Malaysia, Japan, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Cook Islands, Vanuatu, ... <a title="French Polynesia hosts ‘Marara’ military exercise for Asia-Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/15/french-polynesia-hosts-marara-military-exercise-for-asia-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about French Polynesia hosts ‘Marara’ military exercise for Asia-Pacific">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sharon Goldfeld, Director, Center for Community Child Health Royal Children’s Hospital; Professor, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne; Theme Director Population Health, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute It’s well-known that children raised in families experiencing financial stress face greater risks of psychological and educational difficulties and behavioural problems ... <a title="What happens when you give a low-income family $26,000 in their child’s first year? We think we’ve found out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/14/what-happens-when-you-give-a-low-income-family-26-000-in-their-childs-first-year-we-think-weve-found-out-219104/" aria-label="Read more about What happens when you give a low-income family $26,000 in their child’s first year? We think we’ve found out">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jaya Dantas, Deputy Chair, Academic Board; Dean International, Faculty of Health Sciences, and Professor of International Health, Curtin University Aleksandar Malivuk/Shutterstock Earlier this week, Moderna announced positive results for its phase 3 clinical trial of a combined vaccine against COVID and influenza. So what exactly did the trial ... <a title="Results are looking promising for a combined COVID and flu vaccine. Here’s how it could benefit public health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/14/results-are-looking-promising-for-a-combined-covid-and-flu-vaccine-heres-how-it-could-benefit-public-health-232278/" aria-label="Read more about Results are looking promising for a combined COVID and flu vaccine. Here’s how it could benefit public health">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Irina Ponomareva, Adjunct Research Fellow in Griffith Center for Social and Cultural Research (GCSCR), Griffith University Irina Ponomareva Investigation of a sacred area at Avon Downs in Jangga Country, Central Queensland, has uncovered evidence of stone tool production in a place that was traditionally restricted to women. ... <a title="We dated a sacred Aboriginal women’s site used for birthing ceremonies and discovered 7,000 years of tool making" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/14/we-dated-a-sacred-aboriginal-womens-site-used-for-birthing-ceremonies-and-discovered-7-000-years-of-tool-making-231717/" aria-label="Read more about We dated a sacred Aboriginal women’s site used for birthing ceremonies and discovered 7,000 years of tool making">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darius von Guttner Sporzynski, Historian, Australian Catholic University Netflix Last night, millions of people will have tuned into Netflix and other streaming services to binge their favourite shows, including the (much anticipated) second part of Bridgerton season three. Streaming services such as Netflix, Disney+, Stan and Prime ... <a title="Don’t feel bad about bingeing TV. Humans have binged stories for thousands of years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/14/dont-feel-bad-about-bingeing-tv-humans-have-binged-stories-for-thousands-of-years-231713/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t feel bad about bingeing TV. Humans have binged stories for thousands of years">Read more</a>
