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Global media networks simplify Ethiopia’s conflicts: insights from 5 years of data
Global media coverage tends to focus on just one of Ethiopia’s conflicts.
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Pakistan’s voter turnout decline: Why more women registered, but fewer cast ballots in 2024
Pakistan added millions of women voters in 2024, but declining turnout reveals deeper barriers to meaningful political participation.
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New DNA analysis identifies more members of the ill-fated Franklin expedition
Researchers have revealed the identities of six sailors and shed new light on the expedition that went missing more than 170 years ago.
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The Sahel region is less secure than ever: foreign forces just add to the cycle of violence
After more than a decade, external security intervention has left the Sahel region more fragmented, militarised and violent.
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Being taught by people who know stuff instead of prepared teachers risks our children’s futures
We are trading one problem — not enough teachers — for another and much deeper problem: lesser qualified teachers.
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You don’t need an ATAR to go to uni. You can do an ‘enabling’ or ‘bridging’ course instead
School leavers used to have one main chance to get into university – by finishing their Year 12 exams with certain marks. This situation has changed.
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Nuns have always sat between freedom and control. Now they’re in the social media spotlight
Catholic nuns and religious sisters are gaining new visibility in digital spaces. These contemporary self-representations are connected to a complicated history.
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To avoid future road, rail and renewable blowouts costing billions, Australia needs these 3 big fixes
From Snowy Hydro to Inland Rail, projects get announced early, then costs soar tens of billions higher. Yet there are proven ways to stop that happening.
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Kids need to play — and how cities are designed and resourced affects their access
If we want cities where all children can thrive, we need to create conditions where play is part of daily life, not something that must be scheduled or purchased.
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Haka, waiata welcome for NZ’s Gaza flotilla activists after brutal ordeal at hands of Israeli military
Asia Pacific Report An emotional and inspiring welcome greeted two of Aotearoa New Zealand’s three Gaza Sumud Flotilla humanitarian activists who arrived home today after their ordeal at the hands of the brutal Israeli military and prison forces last week. About 60 whānau, supporters and well-wishers greeted Hāhona Ormsby and Mousa Taher with a waiata
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Was Auckland the cradle of the Kiwi accent? An old theory gets a new hearing
A rediscovered academic paper from 1921 suggests New Zealand’s classic ‘fush and chups’ vowel sounds may have emerged fastest in Auckland’s colonial melting pot.
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Mowing the lawn: the colonial ghosts haunting our suburban ritual
In this extract from his newly published essay collection, the author traces the imperial British origins of a quintessential Kiwi chore.