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December 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Mazzola, Lecturer Banking and Finance, Faculty of Business and Law, University of Wollongong Shutterstock Anthony* (a friend) called a few weeks ago, deeply worried. A deputy principal of a high school in Queensland, over the past year he spent hundreds of thousands of dollars buying cryptocurrencies, ... <a title="‘I thought crypto exchanges were safe’: the lesson in FTX’s collapse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/12/i-thought-crypto-exchanges-were-safe-the-lesson-in-ftxs-collapse-195800/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I thought crypto exchanges were safe’: the lesson in FTX’s collapse">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2022
Analysis by Geoffrey Miller. Political Roundup: What to expect from Volodymyr Zelensky’s address to the New Zealand Parliament By Geoffrey Miller As New Zealand’s foreign policy year draws to a close, it seems fitting that Volodymyr Zelensky will have the final word. Ukraine’s President is scheduled to address the New Zealand Parliament in Wellington by video ... <a title="Geoffrey Miller’s Political Roundup: What to expect from Volodymyr Zelensky’s address to the New Zealand Parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/12/geoffrey-millers-political-roundup-what-to-expect-from-volodymyr-zelenskys-address-to-the-new-zealand-parliament/" aria-label="Read more about Geoffrey Miller’s Political Roundup: What to expect from Volodymyr Zelensky’s address to the New Zealand Parliament">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sonia Lewycka, Epidemiologist, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU) Getty Images Racism in Aotearoa New Zealand has been increasingly under the spotlight in recent years. The 2019 Christchurch mosque attacks amplified conversations about racial equality that continued in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests. But ... <a title="A new study shows NZ’s young minorities feel racism differently – wealth or being able to ‘pass’ as white makes a difference" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/12/a-new-study-shows-nzs-young-minorities-feel-racism-differently-wealth-or-being-able-to-pass-as-white-makes-a-difference-194722/" aria-label="Read more about A new study shows NZ’s young minorities feel racism differently – wealth or being able to ‘pass’ as white makes a difference">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2022
By Ravindra Singh Prasad in Suva It is an ironic fact in Fiji, a multiethnic Pacific nation of under one million people, that coups don’t work and ultimately lead to constitutional reforms and democratic elections. As Fiji goes to the polls this Wednesday, the choice is between choosing one former coup leader or another to ... <a title="Showdown between two former coup leaders in fight for Fiji’s democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/12/showdown-between-two-former-coup-leaders-in-fight-for-fijis-democracy/" aria-label="Read more about Showdown between two former coup leaders in fight for Fiji’s democracy">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2022
Amnesty International Amnesty International Indonesia and Amnesty International Australia have condemned the repression used against the people in West Papua when they were commemorating Human Rights Day yesterday — December 10, which marks the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Indonesian authorities made 116 arrests and injured at least 17 people during multiple ... <a title="Amnesty condemns mass arrests of West Papuans on Human Rights Day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/12/amnesty-condemns-mass-arrests-of-west-papuans-on-human-rights-day/" aria-label="Read more about Amnesty condemns mass arrests of West Papuans on Human Rights Day">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Baron, Associate Professor, Philosophy of Science, Australian Catholic University Shutterstock Scientists made headlines last week for supposedly generating a wormhole. The research, reported in Nature, involves the use of a quantum computer to simulate a wormhole in a simplified model of physics. Soon after the news ... <a title="Did physicists make a wormhole in the lab? Not quite, but a new experiment hints at the future of quantum simulations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/12/did-physicists-make-a-wormhole-in-the-lab-not-quite-but-a-new-experiment-hints-at-the-future-of-quantum-simulations-195816/" aria-label="Read more about Did physicists make a wormhole in the lab? Not quite, but a new experiment hints at the future of quantum simulations">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thea van de Mortel, Professor, Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University Shutterstock You’ve tested negative for COVID using a rapid antigen test (RAT), but are a close contact of a positive family member and have symptoms. So you might be wondering if you’re really COVID-negative ... <a title="Is my RAT actually working? How to tell if your COVID test can detect Omicron" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/12/is-my-rat-actually-working-how-to-tell-if-your-covid-test-can-detect-omicron-196210/" aria-label="Read more about Is my RAT actually working? How to tell if your COVID test can detect Omicron">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Starling, Postdoctoral researcher, University of Sydney Shutterstock Over thousands of years of firm friendship between humans and dogs, we have successfully created about 350 different breeds. We’ve relied on terriers for hunting, sheepdogs for herding, and all for companionship – but how much are dog personalities ... <a title="Genetic research confirms your dog’s breed influences its personality — but so do you" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/12/genetic-research-confirms-your-dogs-breed-influences-its-personality-but-so-do-you-196274/" aria-label="Read more about Genetic research confirms your dog’s breed influences its personality — but so do you">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Arnold Lohmeyer, Lecturer in Social Work (Youth), Flinders University Shutterstock Content warning: this article contains explicit language. School bullying is a huge and distressing problem. In 2015, 43% of Australian year 8 students experienced bullying each month. A 2022 Mission Australia survey of Australians between 15 ... <a title="‘There’s a lot of places where you can’t be seen’: how bullying can be invisible to adults" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/12/theres-a-lot-of-places-where-you-cant-be-seen-how-bullying-can-be-invisible-to-adults-195926/" aria-label="Read more about ‘There’s a lot of places where you can’t be seen’: how bullying can be invisible to adults">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Mazzola, Lecturer Banking and Finance, Faculty of Business and Law, University of Wollongong Shutterstock Anthony* (a friend) called a few weeks ago, deeply worried. A deputy principal of a high school in Queensland, over the past year he spent hundreds of thousands of dollars buying cryptocurrencies, ... <a title="‘I thought crypto exchanges were safe’: the lesson for everyone in FTX’s collapse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/12/i-thought-crypto-exchanges-were-safe-the-lesson-for-everyone-in-ftxs-collapse-195800/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I thought crypto exchanges were safe’: the lesson for everyone in FTX’s collapse">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Green, Postdoctoral Fellow In Australian Sign Languages, The University of Melbourne Some people are surprised when they first hear about Australian Indigenous sign languages. While the broader community is increasingly aware of the richness of First Nations spoken languages, sign has generally been below the radar ... <a title="Tradition and innovation: how we are documenting sign language in a Gurindji community in northern Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/12/tradition-and-innovation-how-we-are-documenting-sign-language-in-a-gurindji-community-in-northern-australia-194524/" aria-label="Read more about Tradition and innovation: how we are documenting sign language in a Gurindji community in northern Australia">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2022
RNZ Nine To Noon Postgraduate students are petitioning Auckland University of Technology over academic staff cuts — saying it is hugely disruptive and will impact on New Zealand’s research sector. AUT planned to cut 170 academic positions — those affected had until last Thursday to take voluntary redundancy or face a compulsory layoff. The petition ... <a title="‘Huge distress’: Postgrad students feel impact of AUT academic staff cuts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/11/huge-distress-postgrad-students-feel-impact-of-aut-academic-staff-cuts/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Huge distress’: Postgrad students feel impact of AUT academic staff cuts">Read more</a>
