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February 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katrina McFerran, Professor and Head of Creative Arts and Music Therapy Research Unit; Director of Researcher Development Unit, The University of Melbourne New York Public Library Many of us take pleasure in listening to music. Music accompanies important life events and lubricates social encounters. It represents aspects ... <a title="Different songs for different days: why it’s important to actively chose the music for your mood" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/10/different-songs-for-different-days-why-its-important-to-actively-chose-the-music-for-your-mood-246233/" aria-label="Read more about Different songs for different days: why it’s important to actively chose the music for your mood">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2025
The Cook Islands finds itself in a precarious dance — one between the promises of foreign investments and the integrity of our own sovereignty. As the country sways between partners China and Aotearoa New Zealand, the Cook Islands News asks: “Do we continue to haka with the Taniwha, our constitutional partner, or do we dance ... <a title="Cook Islands crisis: Haka with the taniwha or dance with the dragon?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/10/cook-islands-crisis-haka-with-the-taniwha-or-dance-with-the-dragon/" aria-label="Read more about Cook Islands crisis: Haka with the taniwha or dance with the dragon?">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Suvradip Maitra, PhD Student, Australian National University Tero Vesalainen/Shutterstock Late last year, ChatGPT was used by a Victorian child protection worker to draft documents. In a glaring error, ChatGPT referred to a “doll” used for sexual purposes as an “age-appropriate toy”. Following this, the Victorian information commissioner ... <a title="AI is being used in social services – but we must make sure it doesn’t traumatise clients" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/10/ai-is-being-used-in-social-services-but-we-must-make-sure-it-doesnt-traumatise-clients-248555/" aria-label="Read more about AI is being used in social services – but we must make sure it doesn’t traumatise clients">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Niven Winchester, Professor of Economics, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images Donald Trump has already made good on his threat to impose an additional 10% tax on Chinese goods, and is due to announce a 25% tariff on all steel and aluminium imports into the United States. ... <a title="NZ households will be slightly worse off if Trump triggers a trade war – new modelling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/10/nz-households-will-be-slightly-worse-off-if-trump-triggers-a-trade-war-new-modelling-249120/" aria-label="Read more about NZ households will be slightly worse off if Trump triggers a trade war – new modelling">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natarsha McPherson, PhD Candidate in Spatial Ecology, University of Adelaide Rob D / Shutterstock On the vast expanse of the Nullarbor Plain in South Australia, two very different creatures live side by side – but not always peacefully. One is the southern hairy-nosed wombat, a slow-moving nocturnal ... <a title="The Nullarbor is riddled with wombat and rabbit warrens. Scientists are watching them from space" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/10/the-nullarbor-is-riddled-with-wombat-and-rabbit-warrens-scientists-are-watching-them-from-space-249359/" aria-label="Read more about The Nullarbor is riddled with wombat and rabbit warrens. Scientists are watching them from space">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Neera Bhatia, Associate Professor in Law (Health Law), Deakin University Tim Samuel/Pexels People looking for a sperm donor can go to a fertility clinic, ask a friend to donate or look for a donor online, including on an app or via social media. Women in same-sex relationships, ... <a title="Looking for a sperm donor online? 4 things to think about first" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/10/looking-for-a-sperm-donor-online-4-things-to-think-about-first-246888/" aria-label="Read more about Looking for a sperm donor online? 4 things to think about first">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John White, Associate Professor in Wildlife and Conservation Biology, Deakin University Fire broke out in the Grampians National Park (Gariwerd) in December and raged for weeks. Then lightning strikes ignited fresh blazes late last month, which merged to form a mega-fire that’s not out yet. This 168,000-hectare ... <a title="Grampians National Park is still burning – here’s what we can expect will survive and recover" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/10/grampians-national-park-is-still-burning-heres-what-we-can-expect-will-survive-and-recover-249147/" aria-label="Read more about Grampians National Park is still burning – here’s what we can expect will survive and recover">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karley Beckman, Senior Lecturer in Digital Technologies for Learning, University of Wollongong If you are a parent of a school student, you may have received a form seeking permission to use your child’s image on school social media accounts. It’s very common for schools to share photos ... <a title="Schools need parent permission to put students’ photos on social media. 3 questions to ask before you say yes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/10/schools-need-parent-permission-to-put-students-photos-on-social-media-3-questions-to-ask-before-you-say-yes-249273/" aria-label="Read more about Schools need parent permission to put students’ photos on social media. 3 questions to ask before you say yes">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Garritt C. Van Dyk, Senior Lecturer in History, University of Waikato The day he took office for his second term, United States President Donald J. Trump unveiled his “America First” trade policy, including tariffs on imported goods from Mexico, Canada (both of which have since been paused) ... <a title="‘America First’ trade policy is pushing economic self-sufficiency – but history shows this is harder than it seems" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/10/america-first-trade-policy-is-pushing-economic-self-sufficiency-but-history-shows-this-is-harder-than-it-seems-248530/" aria-label="Read more about ‘America First’ trade policy is pushing economic self-sufficiency – but history shows this is harder than it seems">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jack McGrath, Lecturer in Animation, University of Newcastle Netflix The 2025 Academy Awards could shape up to be a big one for stop-motion animation. Australian director Adam Eliott’s Memoir of a Snail (2024) has raked in a nomination for Best Animated Feature Film, alongside Wallace & Gromit: ... <a title="A century in motion: how stop-motion films went from obscure ‘creature features’ to winning Oscars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/10/a-century-in-motion-how-stop-motion-films-went-from-obscure-creature-features-to-winning-oscars-248008/" aria-label="Read more about A century in motion: how stop-motion films went from obscure ‘creature features’ to winning Oscars">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Salter, Professor of Criminology, UNSW Sydney Australia’s LGBTIQA+SB* communities have long been overlooked in discussions about the prevention of and responses to sexual violence, despite evidence they are at increased risk. The National Survey on LGBTIQA+SB Experiences of Sexual Violence, which we carried out, is the ... <a title="Breaking the silence: new research highlights the impact of sexual violence on queer and gender-diverse Australians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/10/breaking-the-silence-new-research-highlights-the-impact-of-sexual-violence-on-queer-and-gender-diverse-australians-244290/" aria-label="Read more about Breaking the silence: new research highlights the impact of sexual violence on queer and gender-diverse Australians">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Coates, Program Director, Housing and Economic Security, Grattan Institute Marlinde/Shutterstock Most Australians can look forward to a comfortable retirement. More than three in four retirees own their own home, most report feeling comfortable financially, and few suffer financial stress. But our new Grattan Institute report paints ... <a title="Most retirees who rent live in poverty. Here’s how boosting rent assistance could help lift them out of it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/10/most-retirees-who-rent-live-in-poverty-heres-how-boosting-rent-assistance-could-help-lift-them-out-of-it-249134/" aria-label="Read more about Most retirees who rent live in poverty. Here’s how boosting rent assistance could help lift them out of it">Read more</a>
