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June 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marek Tesar, Professor, Head of School of Learning Development and Professional Practice, Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Despite a NZ$1 billion increase in spending on education in the 2024 budget, there was a noticeable absence of any substantial investment in ... <a title="Early childhood education was largely missing from the budget, undermining other education spending" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/05/early-childhood-education-was-largely-missing-from-the-budget-undermining-other-education-spending-231583/" aria-label="Read more about Early childhood education was largely missing from the budget, undermining other education spending">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sigi Goode, Professor of Information Systems, Australian National University Waniza/Shutterstock In recent days, both Ticketek Australia and Ticketmaster have experienced breaches which have exposed customer details to hackers. They join a growing list of high-profile data breaches that have put the privacy of millions at risk. For ... <a title="Are data breaches the new normal? Should we just assume our data isn’t safe?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/05/are-data-breaches-the-new-normal-should-we-just-assume-our-data-isnt-safe-231396/" aria-label="Read more about Are data breaches the new normal? Should we just assume our data isn’t safe?">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Bean, Research Fellow, School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, The University of Queensland YuryKara/Shutterstock The gender gap in urban cycling worldwide is staggering. Most cyclists are young to middle-aged men – hence phenomena such as “lycra cyclists” or “mamils”. In Anglo countries, including Australia, only ... <a title="Bad weather, hills and the dark deter cyclists, particularly women. So what can we do about it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/05/bad-weather-hills-and-the-dark-deter-cyclists-particularly-women-so-what-can-we-do-about-it-230306/" aria-label="Read more about Bad weather, hills and the dark deter cyclists, particularly women. So what can we do about it?">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2024
By Giles Dexter, RNZ News reporter, in Niue Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says he wants New Zealand to be a partner of choice in the Pacific, as other countries make moves in the region. Luxon is in Niue ahead of bilateral talks with Premier Dalton Tagalagi, and to celebrate 50 years of free association between ... <a title="NZ’s prime minister Luxon in Niue: ‘This is the Pacific family’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/05/nzs-prime-minister-luxon-in-niue-this-is-the-pacific-family/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s prime minister Luxon in Niue: ‘This is the Pacific family’">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gabriel C Rau, Lecturer in Hydrogeology, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle Gabriel C. Rau, CC BY-SA Under your feet lies the world’s biggest reservoir. Groundwater makes up a whopping 97% of all usable freshwater. Where is it? In the voids between grains and ... <a title="Groundwater is heating up, threatening life below and above the surface" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/05/groundwater-is-heating-up-threatening-life-below-and-above-the-surface-229177/" aria-label="Read more about Groundwater is heating up, threatening life below and above the surface">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stuart Murray, Bond University Writing of the unique place of sport in Australian society, the celebrated US travel writer Bill Bryson once wrote “truly, never has there been a more sporting nation … it is a wonder in such a vigorous and active society that there is ... <a title="Why ‘Team Australia’ needs a new sports diplomacy game plan as other countries gain an edge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/05/why-team-australia-needs-a-new-sports-diplomacy-game-plan-as-other-countries-gain-an-edge-231494/" aria-label="Read more about Why ‘Team Australia’ needs a new sports diplomacy game plan as other countries gain an edge">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Haslam, Professor of Psychology, The University of Melbourne Engin Akyurt/Pexels We talk about mental health more than ever, but the language we should use remains a vexed issue. Should we call people who seek help patients, clients or consumers? Should we use “person-first” expressions such as ... <a title="Mental illness, psychiatric disorder or psychological problem. What should we call mental distress?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/05/mental-illness-psychiatric-disorder-or-psychological-problem-what-should-we-call-mental-distress-226748/" aria-label="Read more about Mental illness, psychiatric disorder or psychological problem. What should we call mental distress?">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Bradley, Professor Emeritus (Psychology), Charles Sturt University Ling Chor/ Unsplash, CC BY When parents are starting their babies in daycare, a common concern is whether it is good for little ones to be away from their primary carers for long periods of time. But as our ... <a title="Worried about sending your baby to daycare? Our research shows they like being in groups" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/05/worried-about-sending-your-baby-to-daycare-our-research-shows-they-like-being-in-groups-220658/" aria-label="Read more about Worried about sending your baby to daycare? Our research shows they like being in groups">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Konstantine Panegyres, McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Melbourne Mosaic at the Villa Romana del Casale near Piazza Armerina in Sicily. Wikimedia Commons Many people today worry about how to find time to keep fit and healthy in the midst of their busy lives. Believe it or ... <a title="How can busy people also keep fit and healthy? Here’s what the ancient Greeks and Romans did" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/05/how-can-busy-people-also-keep-fit-and-healthy-heres-what-the-ancient-greeks-and-romans-did-230005/" aria-label="Read more about How can busy people also keep fit and healthy? Here’s what the ancient Greeks and Romans did">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lachlan Schomburgk, PhD Researcher in Marketing, University of Adelaide MultifacetedGirl/Shutterstock Cash is in crisis. In Australia, it’s now only used for 16% of in-person transactions, down from about 70% in 2007. The situation is so dire that on Monday, independent federal MP Andrew Gee introduced a private ... <a title="Trying to save money? Our research suggests paying in cash – while you still can" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/05/trying-to-save-money-our-research-suggests-paying-in-cash-while-you-still-can-231499/" aria-label="Read more about Trying to save money? Our research suggests paying in cash – while you still can">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Chay_Tee/Shutterstock What is it with the Coalition and wages? When, in the final days of the 2022 election campaign, the then opposition leader Anthony Albanese backed an increase in award wages to keep pace with ... <a title="Spare us the talk about a wages explosion. There’s nothing wrong with lifting Australia’s lowest wages in line with inflation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/05/spare-us-the-talk-about-a-wages-explosion-theres-nothing-wrong-with-lifting-australias-lowest-wages-in-line-with-inflation-231492/" aria-label="Read more about Spare us the talk about a wages explosion. There’s nothing wrong with lifting Australia’s lowest wages in line with inflation">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martin Brook, Associate Professor of Applied Geology, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images When Resources Minister Shane Jones recently unveiled his draft strategy for mineral mining, it was quickly criticised by the Labour opposition as “taking New Zealand backwards”. One environmental group even called it ... <a title="By not mining vital minerals, NZ is ‘offshoring its own environmental footprint’ – is that fair?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/05/by-not-mining-vital-minerals-nz-is-offshoring-its-own-environmental-footprint-is-that-fair-231166/" aria-label="Read more about By not mining vital minerals, NZ is ‘offshoring its own environmental footprint’ – is that fair?">Read more</a>
