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September 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Josephine Chau, Senior Lecturer in Public Health, Macquarie University Shutterstock In modern life, many of us spend the majority of our waking hours sitting. A recent review of the research has reiterated the harmful health impacts of prolonged, unbroken periods of sitting. Many workplaces have adopted sit-stand ... <a title="Is standing at your desk actually better than sitting? Here’s what the evidence says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/12/is-standing-at-your-desk-actually-better-than-sitting-heres-what-the-evidence-says-212618/" aria-label="Read more about Is standing at your desk actually better than sitting? Here’s what the evidence says">Read more</a>
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September 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David M Watson, Professor in Ecology, Charles Sturt University David M Watson Until recently, mistletoes were regarded as problematic pests across Australia. They were seen as having been introduced from elsewhere, exploiting helpless trees and driving their premature demise. Around the world, arborists and plantation managers used ... <a title="How we brought mistletoes back to the trees of Melbourne – while warding off hungry possums" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/12/how-we-brought-mistletoes-back-to-the-trees-of-melbourne-while-warding-off-hungry-possums-211742/" aria-label="Read more about How we brought mistletoes back to the trees of Melbourne – while warding off hungry possums">Read more</a>
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September 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marg Rogers, Senior Lecturer, Early Childhood Education, University of New England Parents have no doubt heard all the classic grumbles from children and teenagers. From “It’s not fair!” to “Not spinach again!” and our personal favourite, “Why do I have to do all the work?” All children ... <a title="‘It’s not fair!’ Kids grumble and complain for a reason, here’s how to handle it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/12/its-not-fair-kids-grumble-and-complain-for-a-reason-heres-how-to-handle-it-212621/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It’s not fair!’ Kids grumble and complain for a reason, here’s how to handle it">Read more</a>
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September 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Douglas, Honorary Senior Lecturer, UNSW Aviation and Fellow of the University of Wollongong, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock Federal Transport Minister Catherine King has offered several explanations for the decision to deny the Qatari government’s request to fly extra flights into Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth. None of ... <a title="Under ‘open skies’, the market, not the minister, would decide how often airlines could fly into Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/12/under-open-skies-the-market-not-the-minister-would-decide-how-often-airlines-could-fly-into-australia-213214/" aria-label="Read more about Under ‘open skies’, the market, not the minister, would decide how often airlines could fly into Australia">Read more</a>
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September 12, 2023
Stuff New Zealand’s Stuff media group has joined other leading news organisations around the world in restricting Open AI from using its content to power artificial intelligence tool Chat GPT. A growing number of media companies globally have taken action to block access to Open AI bots from crawling and scraping content from their news ... <a title="Stuff joins global media groups curbing Open AI from using news sites" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/12/stuff-joins-global-media-groups-curbing-open-ai-from-using-news-sites/" aria-label="Read more about Stuff joins global media groups curbing Open AI from using news sites">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dee Ninis, Earthquake Scientist, Monash University As locals continue to mourn the loss of more than 2,100 people, a mammoth search and rescue effort is underway in quake-struck Morocco. The 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck at 11:11 pm on Friday night, local time, with an epicentre in the ... <a title="Morocco earthquake: experts explain why buildings couldn’t withstand the force of the 6.8 magnitude quake" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/11/morocco-earthquake-experts-explain-why-buildings-couldnt-withstand-the-force-of-the-6-8-magnitude-quake-213245/" aria-label="Read more about Morocco earthquake: experts explain why buildings couldn’t withstand the force of the 6.8 magnitude quake">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2023
By Henry Pope Fiji’s government has taken the local leader of an influential South Korean doomsday sect into immigration custody after he and several other members of the Grace Road Church were declared “prohibited migrants” based on charges filed in 2018. Fiji had announced last Thursday that it was taking steps to deport Daniel Kim ... <a title="Korean doomsday sect Grace Road saga deepens with leader in Fiji custody" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/11/korean-doomsday-sect-grace-road-saga-deepens-with-leader-in-fiji-custody/" aria-label="Read more about Korean doomsday sect Grace Road saga deepens with leader in Fiji custody">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government has provided another $1 billion for public and community housing to secure a deal with the Greens to finally pass the Housing Australia Future Fund. After months of stalling, the Greens agreed to pass the legislation through the ... <a title="Government provides another $1 billion to finally win Greens’ support for long-delayed housing bill" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/11/government-provides-another-1-billion-to-finally-win-greens-support-for-long-delayed-housing-bill-213248/" aria-label="Read more about Government provides another $1 billion to finally win Greens’ support for long-delayed housing bill">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2023
By Aroha Awarau Christina Dawa Kutsmana Thomas is on a mission to save her indigenous language from extinction. There are only eight people from her reservation in the state of Nevada who are fluent in Numu Yadooana — Northern Paiute, and they’re aged 70+. “I feel like I’m under immense pressure. If I don’t do ... <a title="Te reo Māori inspires Native American to save her own indigenous language from extinction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/11/te-reo-maori-inspires-native-american-to-save-her-own-indigenous-language-from-extinction/" aria-label="Read more about Te reo Māori inspires Native American to save her own indigenous language from extinction">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erica Mealy, Lecturer in Computer Science, University of the Sunshine Coast Chris Yang/Unsplash Late last week, Google announced something called the Privacy Sandbox has been rolled out to a “majority” of Chrome users, and will reach 100% of users in the coming months. But what is it, ... <a title="Google Chrome just rolled out a new way to track you and serve ads. Here’s what you need to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/11/google-chrome-just-rolled-out-a-new-way-to-track-you-and-serve-ads-heres-what-you-need-to-know-213150/" aria-label="Read more about Google Chrome just rolled out a new way to track you and serve ads. Here’s what you need to know">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Huw Griffiths, Associate Professor of English Literature, University of Sydney Daniel Boud/Sydney Theatre Company It is easy to forget that when Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest was first written and performed in February 1895, Ibsen’s A Doll’s House was already 16 years old. Both plays, ... <a title="Sydney Theatre Company’s new The Importance of Being Earnest: fresh, funny and completely joyous" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/11/sydney-theatre-companys-new-the-importance-of-being-earnest-fresh-funny-and-completely-joyous-211906/" aria-label="Read more about Sydney Theatre Company’s new The Importance of Being Earnest: fresh, funny and completely joyous">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2023
RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has backtracked on his comments that PNG had “no right to comment” on human rights abuses in West Papua and has offered a clarification to “clear misconceptions and apprehension”. Last week, Marape met Indonesian President Joko Widodo at the sidelines of the 43rd ASEAN summit in ... <a title="PNG leader Marape denies Papua human rights comments were his" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/11/png-leader-marape-denies-papua-human-rights-comments-were-his/" aria-label="Read more about PNG leader Marape denies Papua human rights comments were his">Read more</a>
