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February 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pii-Tuulia Nikula, Principal Academic, Eastern Institute of Technology GettyImages An increasing number of businesses in Aotearoa New Zealand are changing how they operate to reduce their overall climate impact. These measures, which include reducing carbon emissions, are largely voluntary outside of specific sectors, such as the fuel, ... <a title="Business owners see cutting carbon emissions as ‘the right thing to do’, despite the challenges of making change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/02/business-owners-see-cutting-carbon-emissions-as-the-right-thing-to-do-despite-the-challenges-of-making-change-197675/" aria-label="Read more about Business owners see cutting carbon emissions as ‘the right thing to do’, despite the challenges of making change">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Birger Rasmussen, Adjunct Professor, The University of Western Australia Saul Shepstein, Author provided The Pilbara region of Western Australia is home to one of the most ancient surviving pieces of Earth’s crust, which has been geologically unchanged since its creation some 3.5 billion years ago. Some of ... <a title="The world’s oldest fossils or oily gunk? New research suggests these 3.5 billion-year-old rocks don’t contain signs of life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/02/the-worlds-oldest-fossils-or-oily-gunk-new-research-suggests-these-3-5-billion-year-old-rocks-dont-contain-signs-of-life-198865/" aria-label="Read more about The world’s oldest fossils or oily gunk? New research suggests these 3.5 billion-year-old rocks don’t contain signs of life">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Dickie, PhD Candidate in Public Health Nutrition, Deakin University Shutterstock For years, the term “junk food” has been used to refer to foods considered bad for you, and not very nutritious. But junk can mean different things to different people. Official dietary guidelines have used more ... <a title="8 everyday foods you might not realise are ultra processed – and how to spot them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/02/8-everyday-foods-you-might-not-realise-are-ultra-processed-and-how-to-spot-them-197993/" aria-label="Read more about 8 everyday foods you might not realise are ultra processed – and how to spot them">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Daniel, Tutor / Lecturer in Film and Media Studies, Western Sydney University Columbia Pictures “What would you do if you were stuck in one place, and every day was exactly the same, and nothing that you did mattered?” So asks time-stranded weatherman Phil Connors, played by ... <a title="The pleasure and pain of cinephilia: what happened when I watched Groundhog Day every day for a year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/02/the-pleasure-and-pain-of-cinephilia-what-happened-when-i-watched-groundhog-day-every-day-for-a-year-198668/" aria-label="Read more about The pleasure and pain of cinephilia: what happened when I watched Groundhog Day every day for a year">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2023
By Felix Chaudhary in Suva New Zealand-based Fijian academic Professor Steven Ratuva says that if the coalition government is strong, resilient and lasts, “this will reflect well as a future model for coalitions in Fiji”. “It’s a learning process for a new government and a new democracy and we expect teething problems in the beginning ... <a title="Future of Fiji’s democracy at stake over coalition, warns Ratuva" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/01/future-of-fijis-democracy-at-stake-over-coalition-warns-ratuva/" aria-label="Read more about Future of Fiji’s democracy at stake over coalition, warns Ratuva">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2023
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist Many Pasifika families affected by the flash floods and torrential rainfall that have lashed New Zealand’s North Island over the past few days were braced for more bad weather overnight. With four people dead and hundreds forced out of their homes over the weekend a state of emergency remained ... <a title="Flash flood impacted Pasifika communities in NZ on alert" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/01/flash-flood-impacted-pasifika-communities-in-nz-on-alert/" aria-label="Read more about Flash flood impacted Pasifika communities in NZ on alert">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2023
RNZ Pacific A New Zealand-based professor in comparative politics says the Fiji constitution needs to clear up the role of the military. Dr Jon Fraenkel of Victoria University, formerly of the University of the South Pacific, says the 2013 constitution revived the provision that existed in the 1990 constitution which gave the military responsibility for ... <a title="Sort out the uncertain Fiji military constitutional role, says professor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/01/sort-out-the-uncertain-fiji-military-constitutional-role-says-professor/" aria-label="Read more about Sort out the uncertain Fiji military constitutional role, says professor">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2023
By Repeka Nasiko in Lautoka Fiji’s Media Industry Development Act will soon be reviewed over the next few weeks. Speaking to The Fiji Times in Lautoka on Monday, Minister for Communications Manoa Kamikamica said the review was one of the main objectives of the coalition government when it came to freedom of the press. “The ... <a title="‘No secret’ that Fiji’s media law is target for free press review soon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/01/no-secret-that-fijis-media-law-is-target-for-free-press-review-soon/" aria-label="Read more about ‘No secret’ that Fiji’s media law is target for free press review soon">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Peter Wilson, political commentator for RNZ News Tuesday, February 7, at 2pm. That’s when New Zealand’s new Prime Minister Chris Hipkins’ parliamentary year begins and he faces National leader Christopher Luxon in the debating chamber for the first question time of 2023. He needs to “Win the House”, as the saying goes. That ... <a title="Chris Hipkins’ first question time as PM – will he ‘win the House’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/01/chris-hipkins-first-question-time-as-pm-will-he-win-the-house/" aria-label="Read more about Chris Hipkins’ first question time as PM – will he ‘win the House’?">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luciano Beheregaray, Matthew Flinders Professor of Biodiversity Genomics, Flinders University Shutterstock As the climate heats up rapidly, many species will struggle to avoid extinction. If they had time, they could evolve to the new environmental conditions. But they don’t. That’s where hybridisation could help. When related species ... <a title="Hybrid future? Interbreeding can make heat-averse species more resilient to climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/01/hybrid-future-interbreeding-can-make-heat-averse-species-more-resilient-to-climate-change-198877/" aria-label="Read more about Hybrid future? Interbreeding can make heat-averse species more resilient to climate change">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Madison Williams-Hoffman, PhD Candidate in Environmental Radioactivity, Edith Cowan University WA Department of Fire and Emergency Services By now, you’ve probably heard about a tiny radioactive capsule that went missing from the back of a truck somewhere in Western Australia. Inside is a small but dangerous amount ... <a title="I study how radiation interacts with the environment – and the capsule lost in WA is a whole new ballgame" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/01/i-study-how-radiation-interacts-with-the-environment-and-the-capsule-lost-in-wa-is-a-whole-new-ballgame-198870/" aria-label="Read more about I study how radiation interacts with the environment – and the capsule lost in WA is a whole new ballgame">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonti Horner, Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland Alessandro Bianconi/Edu INAF/Flickr , CC BY-SA Over the past few weeks, social media has been abuzz with excited posts about the green comet that is currently “whizzing” or “flying through the sky”. Now, comets don’t so much whizz as ... <a title="Australia is finally getting a last-chance view of a green comet not seen for 50,000 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/01/australia-is-finally-getting-a-last-chance-view-of-a-green-comet-not-seen-for-50-000-years-198867/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is finally getting a last-chance view of a green comet not seen for 50,000 years">Read more</a>
