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Month: December 2022

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Voters turn up in numbers as Fiji’s 2022 election gets underway

December 14, 2022

By Ioane Asioli, Cooper Williams and Geraldine Panapasa of Wansolwara in Suva Scores of people along the Nasinu-Suva corridor lined the premises of their designated polling stations as early as 6am today to cast their votes in the Fiji 2022 general election. While polling venues opened at 7.30am, the light morning drizzle did little to ... <a title="Voters turn up in numbers as Fiji’s 2022 election gets underway" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/14/voters-turn-up-in-numbers-as-fijis-2022-election-gets-underway/" aria-label="Read more about Voters turn up in numbers as Fiji’s 2022 election gets underway">Read more</a>

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A major ‘fusion breakthrough’ was just officially announced in the US. But what does it actually mean?

December 14, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Garland, Lecturer in Applied Mathematics and Physics, Griffith University Artist’s depiction of ions in the inertial confinement experiment. John Jett and Jake Long/LLNL For the first time, scientists in the US have confirmed a fusion energy experiment achieved net gain. This means releasing more energy than ... <a title="A major ‘fusion breakthrough’ was just officially announced in the US. But what does it actually mean?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/14/a-major-fusion-breakthrough-was-just-officially-announced-in-the-us-but-what-does-it-actually-mean-196474/" aria-label="Read more about A major ‘fusion breakthrough’ was just officially announced in the US. But what does it actually mean?">Read more</a>

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Is it OK to prank your kids? Do they get it? And where’s the line?

December 14, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachael Sharman, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of the Sunshine Coast Shutterstock We all lie to our kids. Some lies – telling them their artwork is wonderful, or that Wiggles band-aids are infused with anaesthetic – benefit the child. Others are just a bit of fun. Take ... <a title="Is it OK to prank your kids? Do they get it? And where’s the line?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/14/is-it-ok-to-prank-your-kids-do-they-get-it-and-wheres-the-line-195932/" aria-label="Read more about Is it OK to prank your kids? Do they get it? And where’s the line?">Read more</a>

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What is a goblin?

December 14, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marguerite Johnson, Professor of Classics, University of Newcastle By John Dickson Batten/Wikimedia The 2022 word of the year from the folks at the Oxford English Dictionary is “goblin mode”. Voted by the public and coming in at 93%, “goblin mode” – a phrase, rather than a word, ... <a title="What is a goblin?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/14/what-is-a-goblin-196135/" aria-label="Read more about What is a goblin?">Read more</a>

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Fijians heading to the polls today for third post-coup election

December 14, 2022

RNZ Pacific More than 606,000 Fijians are expected to head to the polls today to elect a new Parliament for a four-year term. This is the country’s third election under the 2013 constitution and since the 2006 military coup. In the race are 343 candidates from nine political parties and two independents vying for a ... <a title="Fijians heading to the polls today for third post-coup election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/14/fijians-heading-to-the-polls-today-for-third-post-coup-election/" aria-label="Read more about Fijians heading to the polls today for third post-coup election">Read more</a>

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New Caledonia township Canala marks independence referendum anniversary

December 14, 2022

RNZ Pacific The local administration in the New Caledonian township of Canala stayed shut on Monday to mark the first anniversary of the last referendum on independence from France. A year ago, more than 96 percent voted against full sovereignty but the pro-independence parties had advised their supporters to abstain, which lowered turnout to 43 ... <a title="New Caledonia township Canala marks independence referendum anniversary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/14/new-caledonia-township-canala-marks-independence-referendum-anniversary/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia township Canala marks independence referendum anniversary">Read more</a>

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PNG Treasurer explains K2.6b ‘miscellaneous’ budget costs

December 14, 2022

PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinean Treasurer Ian Ling-Stuckey has clarified that the miscellaneous item of K2.6 billion in the budget will be spent on settling superannuation payments for government employees, unpaid rental bills and final entitlements to retired public servants, among other expenses. “The budget is broken up into many lines of expenditure,” he said. ... <a title="PNG Treasurer explains K2.6b ‘miscellaneous’ budget costs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/14/png-treasurer-explains-k2-6b-miscellaneous-budget-costs/" aria-label="Read more about PNG Treasurer explains K2.6b ‘miscellaneous’ budget costs">Read more</a>

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Everyone’s having a field day with ChatGPT – but nobody knows how it actually works

December 14, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Toby Walsh, Professor of AI at UNSW, Research Group Leader, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock ChatGPT is the latest and most impressive artificially intelligent chatbot yet. It was released two weeks ago, and in just five days hit a million users. It’s being used so much that its servers ... <a title="Everyone’s having a field day with ChatGPT – but nobody knows how it actually works" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/14/everyones-having-a-field-day-with-chatgpt-but-nobody-knows-how-it-actually-works-196378/" aria-label="Read more about Everyone’s having a field day with ChatGPT – but nobody knows how it actually works">Read more</a>

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Are you and your partner thinking of separating? Here’s how to protect the kids’ mental health

December 14, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachael Sharman, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of the Sunshine Coast luemen rutkowski /unsplash, CC BY-SA There’s an annual underground phenomena happening right now around Australia: couples who have decided to separate, but are putting on a happy face to perform their final Christmas as an intact ... <a title="Are you and your partner thinking of separating? Here’s how to protect the kids’ mental health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/14/are-you-and-your-partner-thinking-of-separating-heres-how-to-protect-the-kids-mental-health-194912/" aria-label="Read more about Are you and your partner thinking of separating? Here’s how to protect the kids’ mental health">Read more</a>

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Without Indigenous leadership, attempts to stop the tide of destruction against nature will fail

December 14, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zsofia Korosy, Postdoctoral Fellow in Law, UNSW Sydney Craig Stennett/Getty Images At the crucial COP15 nature summit in Canada, almost 200 countries are reckoning with the world’s extraordinary loss of the variety of life. Climate change, mining, urban development and more are threatening Earth’s biodiversity to an ... <a title="Without Indigenous leadership, attempts to stop the tide of destruction against nature will fail" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/14/without-indigenous-leadership-attempts-to-stop-the-tide-of-destruction-against-nature-will-fail-196208/" aria-label="Read more about Without Indigenous leadership, attempts to stop the tide of destruction against nature will fail">Read more</a>

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To clean up Australia’s power grid, we’re going to need many thousands more skilled workers – and fast

December 14, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jay Rutovitz, Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock To get Australia’s grid 82% powered by renewables by 2030 is a huge increase. At present, the electricity powering eastern and southern states is around 33% renewable. To get there means a lot of ... <a title="To clean up Australia’s power grid, we’re going to need many thousands more skilled workers – and fast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/14/to-clean-up-australias-power-grid-were-going-to-need-many-thousands-more-skilled-workers-and-fast-195906/" aria-label="Read more about To clean up Australia’s power grid, we’re going to need many thousands more skilled workers – and fast">Read more</a>

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Naur, yeah: Australia, you’re performing linguistic magic when you pronounce the two-letter word ‘no’. Here’s why

December 14, 2022

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Hume, Lecturer In Theatre (Voice), Victorian College of the Arts, The University of Melbourne Have you ever thought about your pronunciation of the word “no”? If you say it out loud now, can you sense the movement of your tongue and lips as you form the ... <a title="Naur, yeah: Australia, you’re performing linguistic magic when you pronounce the two-letter word ‘no’. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/14/naur-yeah-australia-youre-performing-linguistic-magic-when-you-pronounce-the-two-letter-word-no-heres-why-194519/" aria-label="Read more about Naur, yeah: Australia, you’re performing linguistic magic when you pronounce the two-letter word ‘no’. Here’s why">Read more</a>