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May 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nina Lansbury, Associate Professor in Public Health, The University of Queensland Prostock-studio/Shutterstock Last week’s federal budget committed A$12.5 million over four years to deliver tampons, pads and other period care products to people who menstruate in rural and remote Indigenous communities. The provision of these products will ... <a title="The budget pledged $12.5 million for free menstrual products in Indigenous communities. Here’s why it’s needed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/21/the-budget-pledged-12-5-million-for-free-menstrual-products-in-indigenous-communities-heres-why-its-needed-230118/" aria-label="Read more about The budget pledged $12.5 million for free menstrual products in Indigenous communities. Here’s why it’s needed">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2024
RNZ Pacific A New Zealand author, journalist and media educator who has covered the Asia-Pacific region since the 1970s says liberation “must come” for Kanaky/New Caledonia. Professor David Robie sailed on board Greenpeace’s flagship Rainbow Warrior until it was bombed by French secret agents in New Zealand in July 1985 and wrote the book Eyes ... <a title="Liberation for New Caledonia’s Kanak people ‘must come’, says educator" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/21/liberation-for-new-caledonias-kanak-people-must-come-says-educator/" aria-label="Read more about Liberation for New Caledonia’s Kanak people ‘must come’, says educator">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Renwick, Professor of Agricultural Economics, Lincoln University, New Zealand Fonterra caught the business world by surprise last week with plans to sell off its consumer brands and businesses – including supermarket mainstays such as Anchor, Fresh’n Fruity and Mainland. The move has been described as the ... <a title="Farewell Anchor, Fresh’n Fruity and Mainland: what’s behind Fonterra’s decision to sell its consumer brands?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/21/farewell-anchor-freshn-fruity-and-mainland-whats-behind-fonterras-decision-to-sell-its-consumer-brands-230401/" aria-label="Read more about Farewell Anchor, Fresh’n Fruity and Mainland: what’s behind Fonterra’s decision to sell its consumer brands?">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Small, Senior lecturer, Above the Bar School of Educational Studies and Leadership, University of Canterbury With an air force plane on its way to rescue New Zealanders stranded by the violent uprising in New Caledonia, many familiar with the island’s history are experiencing an unwelcome sense ... <a title="Déjà vu in New Caledonia: why decades of political failure will make this uprising hard to contain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/21/deja-vu-in-new-caledonia-why-decades-of-political-failure-will-make-this-uprising-hard-to-contain-230397/" aria-label="Read more about Déjà vu in New Caledonia: why decades of political failure will make this uprising hard to contain">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2024
A New Zealand government plane is heading to New Caledonia to assist with bringing New Zealanders home. Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters today confirmed it was the first in a series of proposed flights. Peters said the flight would carry around 50 passengers with the most pressing needs from Nouméa to Auckland. Passengers for subsequent ... <a title="Plane heading for New Caledonia to bring NZ visitors home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/21/plane-heading-for-new-caledonia-to-bring-nz-visitors-home/" aria-label="Read more about Plane heading for New Caledonia to bring NZ visitors home">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Haskell-Dowland, Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University Yavdat/Shutterstock On Thursday last week, Australian media began reporting that an unnamed “commercial health information organisation” had been targeted by cyber criminals. Within hours, reports quickly confirmed that data relating to digital prescriptions for Australian patients had ... <a title="We still don’t know the extent of the MediSecure breach, but watch out for these potential scams" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/21/we-still-dont-know-the-extent-of-the-medisecure-breach-but-watch-out-for-these-potential-scams-230402/" aria-label="Read more about We still don’t know the extent of the MediSecure breach, but watch out for these potential scams">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ali Mamouri, Research fellow, Middle East studies, Deakin University The death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash this week occurred during one of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s most challenging periods. Raisi, a prominent figure in the political elite, held substantial sway over Iran’s domestic ... <a title="Can Iran avoid a political crisis after its president’s death?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/21/can-iran-avoid-a-political-crisis-after-its-presidents-death-230406/" aria-label="Read more about Can Iran avoid a political crisis after its president’s death?">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea Waling, Senior Lecturer & Research Fellow, Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University Netflix There has been much excitement in the lead up to the first four episodes of Bridgerton’s season three, featuring leading couple Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) and Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton). For anyone ... <a title="‘When I’m 80, I want to remember how f***ing hot I looked’: why Bridgerton’s steamy carriage scene breaks new ground" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/21/when-im-80-i-want-to-remember-how-f-ing-hot-i-looked-why-bridgertons-steamy-carriage-scene-breaks-new-ground-230395/" aria-label="Read more about ‘When I’m 80, I want to remember how f***ing hot I looked’: why Bridgerton’s steamy carriage scene breaks new ground">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa De Bortoli, Senior Research Fellow, Australian Council for Educational Research Taylor Flowe/Unsplash, CC BY Australian teenagers have more disruptive maths classrooms and experience bullying at greater levels than the OECD average, a new report shows. But in better news, Australian students report high levels of curiosity ... <a title="Australian teenagers are curious but have some of the most disruptive maths classes in the OECD" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/21/australian-teenagers-are-curious-but-have-some-of-the-most-disruptive-maths-classes-in-the-oecd-230411/" aria-label="Read more about Australian teenagers are curious but have some of the most disruptive maths classes in the OECD">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Marsh, Senior Research Fellow in Public Health, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Christoph Soeder/dpa New Zealand’s decision to no longer offer free influenza vaccines for all children under 12 will likely wipe out recent gains in uptake. And it will disproportionately affect those living in ... <a title="Flu vaccines are no longer free for all under-12s in NZ – children living in poverty and at higher risk will bear the brunt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/21/flu-vaccines-are-no-longer-free-for-all-under-12s-in-nz-children-living-in-poverty-and-at-higher-risk-will-bear-the-brunt-228095/" aria-label="Read more about Flu vaccines are no longer free for all under-12s in NZ – children living in poverty and at higher risk will bear the brunt">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben White, Professor of End-of-Life Law and Regulation, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology Inside Creative House/Shutterstock Dementia is the second leading cause of death for Australians aged over 65. More than 421,000 Australians currently live with dementia and this figure is expected ... <a title="People with dementia aren’t currently eligible for voluntary assisted dying. Should they be?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/21/people-with-dementia-arent-currently-eligible-for-voluntary-assisted-dying-should-they-be-224075/" aria-label="Read more about People with dementia aren’t currently eligible for voluntary assisted dying. Should they be?">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Theo Evans, Associate Professor of Applied Entomology, The University of Western Australia Erik Karits, Shutterstock German cockroaches thrive in buildings all over the world. They’re one of the most common cockroach species, causing trouble for people both here and overseas. But in nature, they’re nowhere to be ... <a title="A pest of our own making: revealing the true origins of the not-so-German cockroach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/21/a-pest-of-our-own-making-revealing-the-true-origins-of-the-not-so-german-cockroach-228001/" aria-label="Read more about A pest of our own making: revealing the true origins of the not-so-German cockroach">Read more</a>
