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Year: 2023

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French Polynesia plans journalism study grants to combat disinformation

January 12, 2023

Pacific Media Watch President Édouard Fritch of French Polynesia says he wants to boost funds to study journalism in French Polynesia in a bid to help strengthen the media industry quality, reports RNZ Pacific. According to the local Ministry of Education, the amount given for study grants will vary from US$536 to US$1341 per month, ... <a title="French Polynesia plans journalism study grants to combat disinformation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/12/french-polynesia-plans-journalism-study-grants-to-combat-disinformation/" aria-label="Read more about French Polynesia plans journalism study grants to combat disinformation">Read more</a>

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What does climate change mean for extreme waves? In 80% of the world, we don’t really know

January 12, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Young, Kernot Professor of Engineering, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Across much of the world’s oceans, waves are getting bigger. In the Southern Ocean, where storm-driven swell can propagate halfway across the world to California, the average wave has grown about 20cm in the past 30 ... <a title="What does climate change mean for extreme waves? In 80% of the world, we don’t really know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/12/what-does-climate-change-mean-for-extreme-waves-in-80-of-the-world-we-dont-really-know-197526/" aria-label="Read more about What does climate change mean for extreme waves? In 80% of the world, we don’t really know">Read more</a>

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What now for Brazil? President Lula strengthened, but Bolsonaro supporters won’t go quietly

January 12, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deborah Barros Leal Farias, Senior lecturer, UNSW Sydney On Sunday January 8, radical supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro invaded and vandalised buildings that house Brazil’s congress, supreme court and presidential palace. Since then, over 1,500 people have been detained. The Governor of the Federal District, legally ... <a title="What now for Brazil? President Lula strengthened, but Bolsonaro supporters won’t go quietly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/12/what-now-for-brazil-president-lula-strengthened-but-bolsonaro-supporters-wont-go-quietly-197530/" aria-label="Read more about What now for Brazil? President Lula strengthened, but Bolsonaro supporters won’t go quietly">Read more</a>

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Stop hating on pasta – it actually has a healthy ratio of carbs, protein and fat

January 12, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Beckett, Senior Lecturer (Food Science and Human Nutrition), School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle Pexels, CC BY New year, new you, new diet. It’s a familiar refrain. One popular dieting technique is to create a food blacklist. Quitting “carbs” or packaged foods is ... <a title="Stop hating on pasta – it actually has a healthy ratio of carbs, protein and fat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/12/stop-hating-on-pasta-it-actually-has-a-healthy-ratio-of-carbs-protein-and-fat-197416/" aria-label="Read more about Stop hating on pasta – it actually has a healthy ratio of carbs, protein and fat">Read more</a>

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New report shows alarming changes in the entire global water cycle

January 12, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Albert Van Dijk, Professor, Water and Landscape Dynamics, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University Anjum Naveed/AP In 2022, a third La Niña year brought much rain to Australia and Southeast Asia and dry conditions to the other side of the Pacific. These patterns were ... <a title="New report shows alarming changes in the entire global water cycle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/12/new-report-shows-alarming-changes-in-the-entire-global-water-cycle-197535/" aria-label="Read more about New report shows alarming changes in the entire global water cycle">Read more</a>

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The housing wealth gap between older and younger Australians has widened alarmingly in the past 30 years. Here’s why

January 12, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Ong ViforJ, ARC Future Fellow & Professor of Economics, Curtin University Shutterstock The housing wealth gap between younger and older Australians is undeniably growing. Our newly published study attempts to find out how much it has grown by estimating the gap in the home equity of ... <a title="The housing wealth gap between older and younger Australians has widened alarmingly in the past 30 years. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/12/the-housing-wealth-gap-between-older-and-younger-australians-has-widened-alarmingly-in-the-past-30-years-heres-why-197027/" aria-label="Read more about The housing wealth gap between older and younger Australians has widened alarmingly in the past 30 years. Here’s why">Read more</a>

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Sizzling New Year but blackouts continue to hold PNG to ransom

January 12, 2023

By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea began New Year 2023 with sizzling fireworks that lit up the skies. But our hopes of shrugging off the “power blackout” tag ended just as the year was a few hours old. An hour into New Year celebrations in the capital Port Moresby, like a perennial ... <a title="Sizzling New Year but blackouts continue to hold PNG to ransom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/12/sizzling-new-year-but-blackouts-continue-to-hold-png-to-ransom/" aria-label="Read more about Sizzling New Year but blackouts continue to hold PNG to ransom">Read more</a>

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Papua governor Enembe arrested on ‘lavish’ bribery charges

January 12, 2023

RNZ Pacific Indonesian anti-curruption authorities have arrested Papua Governor Lukas Enembe on allegations of bribery. The Jakarta Globe called the arrest by the Corruption Eradication Commission in a restaurant in the provincial capital Jayapura yesterday as “dramatic” saying it came four months after he had been named a suspect. The arrest led to his supporters ... <a title="Papua governor Enembe arrested on ‘lavish’ bribery charges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/12/papua-governor-enembe-arrested-on-lavish-bribery-charges/" aria-label="Read more about Papua governor Enembe arrested on ‘lavish’ bribery charges">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: January 11 2023 – Items of interest and importance today

January 11, 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 PARLIAMENT Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Te Pāti Māori plans for a big 2023, but happy to stay cross bench Toby Manhire (Spinoff): In which we ... <a title="Newsletter: January 11 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/11/newsletter-january-11-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: January 11 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>

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George Pell: a ‘political bruiser’ whose church legacy will be overshadowed by child abuse allegations

January 11, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Miles Pattenden, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University Former senior Vatican figure George Pell has died in Rome from complications following hip surgery. He was 81. Pell, often described as a conservative Catholic, was jailed for 13 months for child sexual ... <a title="George Pell: a ‘political bruiser’ whose church legacy will be overshadowed by child abuse allegations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/11/george-pell-a-political-bruiser-whose-church-legacy-will-be-overshadowed-by-child-abuse-allegations-197613/" aria-label="Read more about George Pell: a ‘political bruiser’ whose church legacy will be overshadowed by child abuse allegations">Read more</a>

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Is it OK to kick a robot dog?

January 11, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Sparrow, Professor, Department of Philosophy; Adjunct Professor, Centre for Human Bioethics, Monash University Shutterstock Last Saturday night, a young woman out on the town in Brisbane saw a dog-shaped robot trotting towards her and did what many of us might have felt an urge to do: ... <a title="Is it OK to kick a robot dog?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/11/is-it-ok-to-kick-a-robot-dog-197538/" aria-label="Read more about Is it OK to kick a robot dog?">Read more</a>

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How does methadone work as a heroin-replacement therapy? And what about the longer-acting buprenorphine?

January 11, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Lee, Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne), Curtin University Tbel Abuseridze Around 1% of Australian adults have tried heroin in their lifetime and 2.7% have used pharmaceutical opioids for non-medical purposes in the past 12 months. These drugs attach to the opioid receptors in ... <a title="How does methadone work as a heroin-replacement therapy? And what about the longer-acting buprenorphine?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/11/how-does-methadone-work-as-a-heroin-replacement-therapy-and-what-about-the-longer-acting-buprenorphine-189692/" aria-label="Read more about How does methadone work as a heroin-replacement therapy? And what about the longer-acting buprenorphine?">Read more</a>