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July 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angsana A. Techatassanasoontorn, Associate Professor of Information Systems, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images We hear the phrase “digital transformation” a lot these days. It’s often used to describe the process of replacing functions and services that were once done face-to-face by human beings with online interactions ... <a title="The downside of digital transformation: why organisations must allow for those who can’t or won’t move online" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/18/the-downside-of-digital-transformation-why-organisations-must-allow-for-those-who-cant-or-wont-move-online-186905/" aria-label="Read more about The downside of digital transformation: why organisations must allow for those who can’t or won’t move online">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2022
By Geraldine Panapasa in Suva Climate change remains the single greatest existential threat facing the Blue Pacific, as leaders concluded the biggest diplomatic regional meeting in Suva last week with a plea for the world to take urgent action to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees. While renewed commitments by Australia to reduce its carbon ... <a title="Pacific leaders call on world to take urgent climate action for island region’s ‘survival’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/18/pacific-leaders-call-on-world-to-take-urgent-climate-action-for-island-regions-survival/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific leaders call on world to take urgent climate action for island region’s ‘survival’">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2022
By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer Covid has now killed around 1700 people in New Zealand, but much of our news reporting and commentary has focused on how we’re moving on from the pandemic. Why is there such a mismatch between that media coverage, and the reality of a virus that’s inflicting more suffering and death than ever before? ... <a title="Sick and tired of the sickness – some media try to downplay the pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/18/sick-and-tired-of-the-sickness-some-media-try-to-downplay-the-pandemic/" aria-label="Read more about Sick and tired of the sickness – some media try to downplay the pandemic">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2022
Analysis by Geoffrey Miller Joe Biden’s controversial fist-bump with Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), the Saudi crown prince, may help New Zealand to forge its own new direction in the Middle East. The US president’s trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia showed that despite real concerns over human rights, the Middle East’s strategic importance in the ... <a title="Political Roundup: Resetting NZ’s relationship with Saudi Arabia and the Middle East" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/18/political-roundup-resetting-nzs-relationship-with-saudi-arabia-and-the-middle-east/" aria-label="Read more about Political Roundup: Resetting NZ’s relationship with Saudi Arabia and the Middle East">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Webb, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology NASA/JWST It has been an exciting week with the release of breathtaking photos of our Universe by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Images such as the one below give us a chance ... <a title="A cosmic time machine: how the James Webb Space Telescope lets us see the first galaxies in the universe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/18/a-cosmic-time-machine-how-the-james-webb-space-telescope-lets-us-see-the-first-galaxies-in-the-universe-187015/" aria-label="Read more about A cosmic time machine: how the James Webb Space Telescope lets us see the first galaxies in the universe">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yen Ying Lim, Associate Professor, Monash University Shutterstock As part of a series on cycles of disadvantage, supported by a philanthropic grant from the Paul Ramsay Foundation, we’re publishing three articles on the social determinants of health. They look at how factors like income, where you live ... <a title="How your status, where you live and your family background affect your risk of dementia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/18/how-your-status-where-you-live-and-your-family-background-affect-your-risk-of-dementia-183922/" aria-label="Read more about How your status, where you live and your family background affect your risk of dementia">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Lewis, Senior Research Fellow, Australian Catholic University www.shutterstock.com Apple products are already a central part of our lives in so many ways. We use them to work, socialise, monitor our heart rates, pay for things and watch TV. But did you know they are also involved ... <a title="Why is tech giant Apple trying to teach our teachers?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/18/why-is-tech-giant-apple-trying-to-teach-our-teachers-186752/" aria-label="Read more about Why is tech giant Apple trying to teach our teachers?">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Dolgopolov, Senior Lecturer in Film, UNSW Sydney When 13 Ukrainian soldiers were defending Snake Island in March, Russian forces told them to lay down their weapons. In response, the Ukrainians said “Russian warship, go fuck yourself!”. This maritime call sign has its precursor in the naval ... <a title="U311 Cherkasy, the little minesweeper of a Ukrainian film that gave the finger to the Russian Navy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/18/u311-cherkasy-the-little-minesweeper-of-a-ukrainian-film-that-gave-the-finger-to-the-russian-navy-186559/" aria-label="Read more about U311 Cherkasy, the little minesweeper of a Ukrainian film that gave the finger to the Russian Navy">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Griffiths, Deputy Program Director, Grattan Institute Shutterstock Handing out a cushy job to a political mate might seem harmless – after all, everyone does it, right? – but the politicisation of public appointments has real, pervasive consequences for Australian democracy. Increasingly, many government boards, tribunals and ... <a title="Here’s a simple way to stop governments giving jobs to mates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/18/heres-a-simple-way-to-stop-governments-giving-jobs-to-mates-186816/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s a simple way to stop governments giving jobs to mates">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2022
By Reiner Brabar in Jayapura Papua People’s Petition (PRP) protesters have braved brutal police blockades, forced dispersals and assaults while staging simultaneous mass actions across Papua. The actions were held on Thursday to demonstrate the people’s opposition to revisions of the Special Autonomy Law on Papua (Otsus), the creation of new autonomous regions (DOB) and ... <a title="Papua People’s Petition protesters hold rallies against new Papuan provinces" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/17/papua-peoples-petition-protesters-hold-rallies-against-new-papuan-provinces/" aria-label="Read more about Papua People’s Petition protesters hold rallies against new Papuan provinces">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2022
RNZ Pacific A state of emergency has been declared in American Samoa because of severe weather conditions resulting in damage to roads, infrastructure, property, and coastal villages. American Samoa Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga declared the state of emergency after homes, the school and church on Aunu’u island were swamped by huge waves, the building housing ... <a title="American Samoa declares state of emergency over severe storms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/17/american-samoa-declares-state-of-emergency-over-severe-storms/" aria-label="Read more about American Samoa declares state of emergency over severe storms">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2022
COMMENTARY: By Megan Darby, editor of Climate Home News When it comes to the world’s two biggest emitters, we are caught between a secretive autocracy and an oversharing corrupted democracy. Most media attention is focused on the latter. The United States this week raised hopes of a compromise climate spending bill and quashed it again ... <a title="Climate rivalry between secretive autocracy and corrupted democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/17/climate-rivalry-between-secretive-autocracy-and-corrupted-democracy/" aria-label="Read more about Climate rivalry between secretive autocracy and corrupted democracy">Read more</a>
