James Mccombs News Today

From buried mysteries to forgotten taonga, here are some of the best stories and interviews RNZ had to offer on historical topics in 2023.

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April 17, 2021 URBANA, Ill. - Education professionals and school support staff work in a profession challenged with a historically high burnout rate. Integrating restorative, healthy practices, such as meditation, into a weekly routine can help teachers and school professionals support their mental health and well-being. Meditation Mornings is a free, ongoing, 6-week meditation series for school staff, developed and led by Michele Crawford, University of Illinois Extension community health e...

Listen • 4:07 Occupy Wall Street participants march down Fifth Avenue in New York on May 1, 2012. Lingering anger over the 2008 global financial crisis has fueled several populist movements, including most recently, the battle waged by amateur investors coordinating in Reddit against hedge funds. James McCombs was 13 years old in 2008 when he found out the money set aside for his college tuition was gone. "I was old enough to know what was going on, and old enough to hear ...

PC Webb and Sidney George Holland/Alexander Turnbull Library Elizabeth McCombs was the first woman to be an elected member of New Zealands parliament in 1933. When strong-minded Elizabeth McCombs was elected to her late husband’s post as Lyttleton MP in 1933, she made history. But almost 90 years later, the strides she made for women in politics remain unsung among many, and the progress she sparked has been slow. Brittney Deguara writes. “Gap in ranks hard to fill,” were the words that ...