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Year: 2023

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Puma Energy shuts down PNG nationwide – seeks US$100m to resume fuel supplies

February 20, 2023

PNG Post-Courier Puma Energy has shut down its operations nationwide in Papua New Guinea while Prime Minister James Marape leaves overseas again to Fiji as the nation is left scraping for what is left in the oil tanks of its ailing economy. The country will be on total shut down today. Assuring the country that ... <a title="Puma Energy shuts down PNG nationwide – seeks US$100m to resume fuel supplies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/20/puma-energy-shuts-down-png-nationwide-seeks-us100m-to-resume-fuel-supplies/" aria-label="Read more about Puma Energy shuts down PNG nationwide – seeks US$100m to resume fuel supplies">Read more</a>

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APMN calls for ‘urgent rethink’ over PNG draft media regulation plan

February 20, 2023

Pacific Media Watch A New Zealand-based media research and publication group has called for an “urgent rethink” on Papua New Guinea’s draft media development policy, saying its proposed regulation plan for the country’s media council and journalists threatened a free press. The Asia Pacific Media Network Inc. (APMN), publishers of the research journal Pacific Journalism ... <a title="APMN calls for ‘urgent rethink’ over PNG draft media regulation plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/20/apmn-calls-for-urgent-rethink-over-png-draft-media-regulation-plan/" aria-label="Read more about APMN calls for ‘urgent rethink’ over PNG draft media regulation plan">Read more</a>

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From the dingo to the Tasmanian devil – why we should be rewilding carnivores

February 20, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Euan Ritchie, Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Dominic Jeanmaire/Shutterstock No matter where you live, apex predators and large carnivores inspire awe as well as instil fear. Large predators have been heavily persecuted and removed from areas where they ... <a title="From the dingo to the Tasmanian devil – why we should be rewilding carnivores" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/20/from-the-dingo-to-the-tasmanian-devil-why-we-should-be-rewilding-carnivores-199879/" aria-label="Read more about From the dingo to the Tasmanian devil – why we should be rewilding carnivores">Read more</a>

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Covering your baby’s pram with a dry cloth can increase the temperature by almost 4 degrees. Here’s what to do instead

February 20, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Smallcombe, Post-doctoral Research Associate, University of Sydney Shutterstock We like to think of babies as tiny versions of ourselves. But babies aren’t simply miniature adults, especially when it comes to coping in the heat. Babies are at greater risk of overheating and need different cooling strategies ... <a title="Covering your baby’s pram with a dry cloth can increase the temperature by almost 4 degrees. Here’s what to do instead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/20/covering-your-babys-pram-with-a-dry-cloth-can-increase-the-temperature-by-almost-4-degrees-heres-what-to-do-instead-199099/" aria-label="Read more about Covering your baby’s pram with a dry cloth can increase the temperature by almost 4 degrees. Here’s what to do instead">Read more</a>

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What Australia learned from recent devastating floods – and how New Zealand can apply those lessons now

February 20, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Iftekhar Ahmed, Associate Professor, University of Newcastle Flooding caused by Cyclone Gabrielle has left communities devastated, with many homes completely destroyed. Getty Images Australia and New Zealand have both faced a series of devastating floods triggered by climate change and the return of the La Niña weather ... <a title="What Australia learned from recent devastating floods – and how New Zealand can apply those lessons now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/20/what-australia-learned-from-recent-devastating-floods-and-how-new-zealand-can-apply-those-lessons-now-200078/" aria-label="Read more about What Australia learned from recent devastating floods – and how New Zealand can apply those lessons now">Read more</a>

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Illegal Sydney warehouse parties, lives lost to AIDS, and gay liberation: photographer William Yang captured it all

February 20, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Edward Scheer, Professor of Performance and Visual Culture, Head of School of Art and Design, UNSW Sydney Men at Ken’s Karate Klub, Kensington in 1977. William Yang Review: William Yang’s Sydneyphiles Reimagined, State Library of New South Wales. We are all photographers now, since the advent of ... <a title="Illegal Sydney warehouse parties, lives lost to AIDS, and gay liberation: photographer William Yang captured it all" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/20/illegal-sydney-warehouse-parties-lives-lost-to-aids-and-gay-liberation-photographer-william-yang-captured-it-all-199181/" aria-label="Read more about Illegal Sydney warehouse parties, lives lost to AIDS, and gay liberation: photographer William Yang captured it all">Read more</a>

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Cyclone Gabrielle: Historic shot tower to be demolished as storm risk

February 20, 2023

RNZ News The historic shot tower in Aotearoa New Zealand’s Auckland suburb of Mt Eden which caused concern that it could fall during the worst of Cyclone Gabrielle last week will be demolished from tomorrow. Residents from about 50 housing units surrounding the former Colonial Ammunition Company Shot Tower on Normanby Road were evacuated last ... <a title="Cyclone Gabrielle: Historic shot tower to be demolished as storm risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/20/cyclone-gabrielle-historic-shot-tower-to-be-demolished-as-storm-risk/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Gabrielle: Historic shot tower to be demolished as storm risk">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: February 20 2023 – Items of interest and importance today

February 20, 2023

  New Zealand Politics Daily is a collation of the most prominent issues being discussed in New Zealand. It is edited by Dr Bryce Edwards of The Democracy Project. Items of interest and importance today CYCLONE GABRIELLE, CLIMATE CHANGE, INFRASTRUCTURE Chris Trotter (Interest): Gabrielle’s lesson Andrea Vance (Stuff): Passively waiting for climate change has cost us time, options, ... <a title="Newsletter: February 20 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/20/newsletter-february-20-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: February 20 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>

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We pitted ChatGPT against tools for detecting AI-written text, and the results are troubling

February 20, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Armin Alimardani, Lecturer, University of Wollongong Melanie Deziel / Unsplash As the “chatbot wars” rage in Silicon Valley, the growing proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) tools specifically designed to generate human-like text has left many baffled. Educators in particular are scrambling to adjust to the availability of ... <a title="We pitted ChatGPT against tools for detecting AI-written text, and the results are troubling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/20/we-pitted-chatgpt-against-tools-for-detecting-ai-written-text-and-the-results-are-troubling-199774/" aria-label="Read more about We pitted ChatGPT against tools for detecting AI-written text, and the results are troubling">Read more</a>

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Long before the Voice vote, the Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association called for parliamentary representation

February 20, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Maynard, Director/Chair of Aboriginal History – The Wollotuka Institute, University of Newcastle John Maynard, Author provided Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names and/or images of deceased people. The most startling point on the referendum for a Voice to parliament is ... <a title="Long before the Voice vote, the Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association called for parliamentary representation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/20/long-before-the-voice-vote-the-australian-aboriginal-progressive-association-called-for-parliamentary-representation-198064/" aria-label="Read more about Long before the Voice vote, the Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association called for parliamentary representation">Read more</a>

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Disability and dignity – 4 things to think about if you want to ‘help’

February 20, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angel Dixon, Researcher, Griffith University Disabled and Here, CC BY The prevailing public perception is that everything people with disability do is a challenge. Sometimes, that is true. In those times, we may ask or say “yes” to a kind and respectful offer of assistance. Other times, ... <a title="Disability and dignity – 4 things to think about if you want to ‘help’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/20/disability-and-dignity-4-things-to-think-about-if-you-want-to-help-198993/" aria-label="Read more about Disability and dignity – 4 things to think about if you want to ‘help’">Read more</a>

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NZ cities urgently need to become ‘spongier’ – but system change will be expensive

February 20, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Lo, Senior Lecturer in Climate Change, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images Two extreme and deadly weather events within the first two months of 2023 have brought the consequences of climate change into sharp focus. Auckland’s January 27 flood is the most ... <a title="NZ cities urgently need to become ‘spongier’ – but system change will be expensive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/20/nz-cities-urgently-need-to-become-spongier-but-system-change-will-be-expensive-200061/" aria-label="Read more about NZ cities urgently need to become ‘spongier’ – but system change will be expensive">Read more</a>