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April 5, 2023
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist in Port Vila Communities in Vanuatu continue to rely on government for basic necessities and still lack access to clean water sources almost a month after severe tropical cyclones Judy and Kevin made landfall. Sisead village community council chairman Paul Fred in Port Vila lives in one of the ... <a title="Ni-Vanuatu villagers need more help after cyclones Judy and Kevin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/05/ni-vanuatu-villagers-need-more-help-after-cyclones-judy-and-kevin/" aria-label="Read more about Ni-Vanuatu villagers need more help after cyclones Judy and Kevin">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2023
RNZ News Former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been appointed as Special Envoy for the Christchurch Call. Ardern established the initiative to eliminate violent extremist content online in the wake of the March 15 mosque attacks. Her successor as Prime Minister, Chris Hipkins, appointed Ardern to the newly created position. He had previously hinted she ... <a title="Ex-PM Ardern named Christchurch Call envoy against online violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/ex-pm-ardern-named-christchurch-call-envoy-against-online-violence/" aria-label="Read more about Ex-PM Ardern named Christchurch Call envoy against online violence">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan includes “Word from The Hill”, where she discusses the news with members of The Conversation’s politics team. In this podcast Michelle and Amanda Dunn, politics + society ... <a title="Word from The Hill: Interest rate pause, Aston, Liberals looking for their voice on the Voice, Yunupingu, TikTok" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/word-from-the-hill-interest-rate-pause-aston-liberals-looking-for-their-voice-on-the-voice-yunupingu-tiktok-203240/" aria-label="Read more about Word from The Hill: Interest rate pause, Aston, Liberals looking for their voice on the Voice, Yunupingu, TikTok">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2023
Asia Pacific Report Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama today condemned a visiting Papua New Guinean member of Parliament for “mocking” the autonomous region’s independence aspirations during a drunken exchange in Buka last week, saying that he must “atone for his blunder”. A video of Ijivitari MP David Arore allegedly abusing security guards and airport staff while ... <a title="Bougainville president slams ‘mocking’ by drunken MP over independence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/bougainville-president-slams-mocking-by-drunken-mp-over-independence/" aria-label="Read more about Bougainville president slams ‘mocking’ by drunken MP over independence">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND Australia’s Reserve Bank has hit pause on interest rates after ten successive hikes, but for many Australians, the pain it has inflicted is about to begin. The Bank says more ... <a title="Sure, the RBA froze interest rates this time, but there’s plenty of pain to come" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/sure-the-rba-froze-interest-rates-this-time-but-theres-plenty-of-pain-to-come-203223/" aria-label="Read more about Sure, the RBA froze interest rates this time, but there’s plenty of pain to come">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sue Watt, Associate Professor in Psychology, University of New England Shutterstock When we think of regional towns in Australia, some of us might think “close-knit”, “conservative”, or “resistant to change”. Our new research flips these stereotypes. Over four years, we examined a regional town’s attitudes before and ... <a title="More than 650 refugees arrived in this regional town. Locals’ welcoming attitudes flipped the stereotype" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/more-than-650-refugees-arrived-in-this-regional-town-locals-welcoming-attitudes-flipped-the-stereotype-202140/" aria-label="Read more about More than 650 refugees arrived in this regional town. Locals’ welcoming attitudes flipped the stereotype">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND Australia’s Reserve Bank hit pause on interest rates after ten successive hikes on Tuesday, but for many Australians, the pain it has inflicted is about to begin. The Bank says ... <a title="Sure, the RBA froze interest rates on Tuesday, but there’s plenty of pain to come" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/sure-the-rba-froze-interest-rates-on-tuesday-but-theres-plenty-of-pain-to-come-203223/" aria-label="Read more about Sure, the RBA froze interest rates on Tuesday, but there’s plenty of pain to come">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yvette Grant, PhD (Dance) Candidate and dance history tutor, The University of Melbourne Exposed by Restless Dance Theatre. Roy Vandervegt/Arts House Staying true to its objectives of representing dance artists from across practices and lineages, the inaugural FRAME Dance Festival offered a diversity of performance styles and ... <a title="Choreographic legacies, human connectivity, and a psychedelic rainbow celebration: FRAME is a joyous festival of dance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/choreographic-legacies-human-connectivity-and-a-psychedelic-rainbow-celebration-frame-is-a-joyous-festival-of-dance-199779/" aria-label="Read more about Choreographic legacies, human connectivity, and a psychedelic rainbow celebration: FRAME is a joyous festival of dance">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rodolfo Ocampo, PhD student, Human–AI Creative Collaboration, UNSW Sydney Chuttersnap / Unsplash Is it time to put the brakes on the development of artificial intelligence (AI)? If you’ve quietly asked yourself that question, you’re not alone. In the past week, a host of AI luminaries signed an ... <a title="I used to work at Google and now I’m an AI researcher. Here’s why slowing down AI development is wise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/i-used-to-work-at-google-and-now-im-an-ai-researcher-heres-why-slowing-down-ai-development-is-wise-202944/" aria-label="Read more about I used to work at Google and now I’m an AI researcher. Here’s why slowing down AI development is wise">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Hodgson, Professor, Curtin Law School and Curtin Business School, Curtin University Sutterstock Superannuation is never far from the headlines lately, with the government recently calling for views from the public on what the objective of super should be. The basic idea behind super is you set ... <a title="Should I put more money into my super? What are the benefits and can I take it out before retirement if I need it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/should-i-put-more-money-into-my-super-what-are-the-benefits-and-can-i-take-it-out-before-retirement-if-i-need-it-201950/" aria-label="Read more about Should I put more money into my super? What are the benefits and can I take it out before retirement if I need it?">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mahima Kalla, Digital Health Transformation Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne Hermes Rivera/Unsplash Microaggressions are seemingly innocuous verbal, behavioural or environmental slights against members of minority communities. The term microaggressions was coined by American psychiatrist Chester Pierce in his 1970 essay Offensive Mechanisms. He explained: Most offensive ... <a title="What are microaggressions? And how can they affect our health?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/what-are-microaggressions-and-how-can-they-affect-our-health-193309/" aria-label="Read more about What are microaggressions? And how can they affect our health?">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stefan Maier, Head of School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University Tobias Carlsson / Unsplash More than 200 years ago, the English scientist Thomas Young carried out a famous test known as the “double-slit experiment”. He shone a beam of light at a screen with two slits ... <a title="Famous double-slit experiment recreated in fourth dimension by physicists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/famous-double-slit-experiment-recreated-in-fourth-dimension-by-physicists-203060/" aria-label="Read more about Famous double-slit experiment recreated in fourth dimension by physicists">Read more</a>
