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May 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Donna West Brett, Associate Professor in Art History, University of Sydney A ‘swansong’ is a metaphor for an action or a performance prior to an ending. The term conveys the notion of something both grand and final. This was the opening paragraph, written by curator Victoria Lynn, ... <a title="The sensuous, yet unsettling: remembering the groundbreaking Australian photographer Rosemary Laing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/29/the-sensuous-yet-unsettling-remembering-the-groundbreaking-australian-photographer-rosemary-laing-231157/" aria-label="Read more about The sensuous, yet unsettling: remembering the groundbreaking Australian photographer Rosemary Laing">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Giselle Natassia Woodley, Researcher and Phd Candidate, Edith Cowan University Brett Sayles/Pexels The Australian government’s new campaign Consent Can’t Wait challenges us all to improve our understanding of consent. It asks a series of questions to illustrate this issue is more complex than simplistic “no means no” ... <a title="Wondering how to teach your kids about consent? Here’s an age-based guide to get you started" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/29/wondering-how-to-teach-your-kids-about-consent-heres-an-age-based-guide-to-get-you-started-230976/" aria-label="Read more about Wondering how to teach your kids about consent? Here’s an age-based guide to get you started">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Boxshall, Enterprise Fellow, The University of Melbourne KarenHBlack/Shutterstock The vast majority of Australians (87%) live within 50 kilometres of a coastline. The coast offers scenery, swimming and cooling from the sea. But the problem is, coastlines as we know them are going to change. Sea-level rise ... <a title="We know the seas are rising – so why are Australian governments not planning for it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/29/we-know-the-seas-are-rising-so-why-are-australian-governments-not-planning-for-it-230944/" aria-label="Read more about We know the seas are rising – so why are Australian governments not planning for it?">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kirsten Locke, Associate Professor, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Choreograph/Getty Images How New Zealand trains teachers is about to change with the government’s push to increase the workforce by 1,500. The plan, announced ahead of the 2024 budget, includes funding 1,200 places for aspiring teachers to ... <a title="Profession or trade? Why training NZ’s teachers in the classroom is not the right answer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/29/profession-or-trade-why-training-nzs-teachers-in-the-classroom-is-not-the-right-answer-230862/" aria-label="Read more about Profession or trade? Why training NZ’s teachers in the classroom is not the right answer">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2024
Asia Pacific Report A New Zealand solidarity group for Palestine with a focus on settler colonialism has condemned the latest atrocities by the Israeli military in its attack on Rafah — in defiance of the International Court of Justice order last Friday to halt the assault — and also French brutality in Kanaky New Caledonia. ... <a title="Palestine solidarity group condemns ‘colonial violence’ in Rafah, Kanaky" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/29/palestine-solidarity-group-condemns-colonial-violence-in-rafah-kanaky/" aria-label="Read more about Palestine solidarity group condemns ‘colonial violence’ in Rafah, Kanaky">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kolaia Raisele, PhD candidate, youth leadership in the Pacific, La Trobe University Members of the ‘Muvmen Red’ rally in Port Vila, Vanuatu, holding a banner that reads ‘Voes Blong Yumi: Stopem Instabiliti Tede’ (Our Voice: Stop Instability Today). Voes Blong Yumi/Facebook Vanuatu’s young people are tired of ... <a title="Vanuatu is holding its first-ever referendum – here’s what’s at stake" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/29/vanuatu-is-holding-its-first-ever-referendum-heres-whats-at-stake-228192/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu is holding its first-ever referendum – here’s what’s at stake">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emrah Baki Ulas, Associate Professor of Practice, University of Sydney Hika Rakuyo by Art Space Eternal hovers above the waters of Cockle Bay as part of Vivid Sydney 2024. Destination NSW It’s the year 2008, and some members of the International Association of Lighting Designers are gathered ... <a title="Vivid Sydney’s future seems bright if it can balance spectacle with subtlety – but challenges abound" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/29/vivid-sydneys-future-seems-bright-if-it-can-balance-spectacle-with-subtlety-but-challenges-abound-226507/" aria-label="Read more about Vivid Sydney’s future seems bright if it can balance spectacle with subtlety – but challenges abound">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Derek Arnold, Professor, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland fizkes/Shutterstock Can you imagine hearing yourself speak? A voice inside your head – perhaps reciting a shopping list or a phone number? What would life be like if you couldn’t? Some people, including me, cannot have imagined ... <a title="The voice in your head may help you recall and process words. But what if you don’t have one?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/29/the-voice-in-your-head-may-help-you-recall-and-process-words-but-what-if-you-dont-have-one-230973/" aria-label="Read more about The voice in your head may help you recall and process words. But what if you don’t have one?">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne Striking the balance between journalists’ private free speech rights and the public duty they owe to impartiality and their employer’s reputation is one of the most complex ethical issues confronting the media today. It ... <a title="The coverage of Laura Tingle’s comments on racism is a textbook beat-up, but she’s not in the wrong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/29/the-coverage-of-laura-tingles-comments-on-racism-is-a-textbook-beat-up-but-shes-not-in-the-wrong-231051/" aria-label="Read more about The coverage of Laura Tingle’s comments on racism is a textbook beat-up, but she’s not in the wrong">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2024
By Pretoria Gordon, RNZ News journalist Jessie Ounei is following in her mum’s footsteps as a Kanak pro-independence activist. Last Wednesday, Ounei organised a rally outside the French Embassy in Wellington to “shed light on what is happening in New Caledonia“. She said there was not enough information, and the information that had been reported ... <a title="‘I can’t just stand back’: Kanak pro-independence activist follows mum’s footsteps" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/29/i-cant-just-stand-back-kanak-pro-independence-activist-follows-mums-footsteps/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I can’t just stand back’: Kanak pro-independence activist follows mum’s footsteps">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Hirsch, Senior Lecturer in Zoology and Ecology, James Cook University Tim Herbert/Shutterstock Thanks to our large brains, humans and non-human primates are smarter than most mammals. But why do some species develop large brains in the first place? The leading hypothesis for how primates evolved large ... <a title="Why did primates evolve such big brains? First study of its kind says it wasn’t for finding food" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/29/why-did-primates-evolve-such-big-brains-first-study-of-its-kind-says-it-wasnt-for-finding-food-228892/" aria-label="Read more about Why did primates evolve such big brains? First study of its kind says it wasn’t for finding food">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dennis Wesselbaum, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Otago LazingBee/Getty Images On the eve of the first budget from the National-ACT-New Zealand First coalition government, there is ongoing debate over whether borrowing while offering tax cuts could trigger a rise in inflation. Finance minister Nicola Willis ... <a title="NZ Budget 2024: tax cuts and borrowing don’t always fuel inflation – but Nicola Willis has to get the balance right" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/29/nz-budget-2024-tax-cuts-and-borrowing-dont-always-fuel-inflation-but-nicola-willis-has-to-get-the-balance-right-229715/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Budget 2024: tax cuts and borrowing don’t always fuel inflation – but Nicola Willis has to get the balance right">Read more</a>
