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December 15, 2022
RNZ Pacific The Fiji Elections Office app is back online after a glitch last night forced the suspension of provisional results. Supervisor of Elections Mohammed Saneem briefed media in the early hours of today saying attempts to restart a failed data transfer had caused the app to glitch out and give a disproportionate amount of ... <a title="Fiji elections: Poll data app back online after late night glitch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/15/fiji-elections-poll-data-app-back-online-after-late-night-glitch/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji elections: Poll data app back online after late night glitch">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kim Meredith-Jones, Senior Research Fellow, University of Otago Shutterstock/CSKN Breaking a bone in childhood is not just a rite of passage. It could be a warning sign of future fracture risk and osteoporosis. A history of prior fracture is one of the strongest predictors of future fractures, ... <a title="Breaking bones in childhood more than doubles the odds of it happening again as an adult, study finds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/15/breaking-bones-in-childhood-more-than-doubles-the-odds-of-it-happening-again-as-an-adult-study-finds-195008/" aria-label="Read more about Breaking bones in childhood more than doubles the odds of it happening again as an adult, study finds">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2022
LIVE@MIDDAY NZ Time – 6pm USEST – In this, the 25th episode of A View from Afar for 2022 political scientist Dr Paul Buchanan and host Selwyn Manning will examine how hostage taking, prisoner exchanges, and establishing diplomatic back-channels work and how they are used by states during times of conflict. Specifically, Paul and Selwyn will ... <a title="LIVE @ Midday – Hostage Taking, Prisoner Exchanges and Back-Channels – Buchanan and Manning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/15/live-midday-hostage-taking-prisoner-exchanges-and-back-channels-buchanan-and-manning/" aria-label="Read more about LIVE @ Midday – Hostage Taking, Prisoner Exchanges and Back-Channels – Buchanan and Manning">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Dickinson, Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock There has been a lot of debate recently about the quality, safety and cost of National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) services. Some of it relates to the types of providers people purchase services from. Some NDIS service providers ... <a title="Unregistered NDIS providers are in the firing line – but lots of participants have good reasons for using them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/15/unregistered-ndis-providers-are-in-the-firing-line-but-lots-of-participants-have-good-reasons-for-using-them-196375/" aria-label="Read more about Unregistered NDIS providers are in the firing line – but lots of participants have good reasons for using them">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cheng Cheng, Research Officer, School of Engineering, Australian National University Renewable energy’s share of Australia’s main electricity grid has more than doubled from 16% to 35% in five years, and the federal government wants this figure to reach 82% by 2030. Nearly all new power plants in ... <a title="Australia needs much more solar and wind power, but where are the best sites? We mapped them all" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/15/australia-needs-much-more-solar-and-wind-power-but-where-are-the-best-sites-we-mapped-them-all-196033/" aria-label="Read more about Australia needs much more solar and wind power, but where are the best sites? We mapped them all">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philipp Bayer, Adjunct Research Fellow, UWA Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia Shutterstock You’ve seen the art AI image generators can create, and you may have played with natural language AI chatbots. You’ve benefited from artificial intelligence tools recommending you music and suggesting your next streaming ... <a title="Spotting plastic waste from space and counting the fish in the seas: here’s how AI can help protect the oceans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/15/spotting-plastic-waste-from-space-and-counting-the-fish-in-the-seas-heres-how-ai-can-help-protect-the-oceans-196222/" aria-label="Read more about Spotting plastic waste from space and counting the fish in the seas: here’s how AI can help protect the oceans">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ama Samarasinghe, Lecturer, RMIT University Shutterstock The findings about advisers in the landmark 2019 financial services royal commission couldn’t have been more stark. Time after time financial advisers were found to have: lacked skill and judgement proposed actions that benefited the adviser been unwilling to find out ... <a title="Why would you dump a requirement for financial advisers to give advice that’s in their client’s best interests?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/15/why-would-you-dump-a-requirement-for-financial-advisers-to-give-advice-thats-in-their-clients-best-interests-193719/" aria-label="Read more about Why would you dump a requirement for financial advisers to give advice that’s in their client’s best interests?">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Piers Kelly, Linguistic anthropologist, University of New England Raychan on Unsplash At this very moment, the words you are reading are entering your mind at the speed of thought. Below your awareness, strings of letters are retrieving words and meanings as effortlessly as oxygen absorbed into the ... <a title="Most assume writing systems get simpler. But 3,600 years of Chinese writing show it’s getting increasingly complex" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/15/most-assume-writing-systems-get-simpler-but-3-600-years-of-chinese-writing-show-its-getting-increasingly-complex-194732/" aria-label="Read more about Most assume writing systems get simpler. But 3,600 years of Chinese writing show it’s getting increasingly complex">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ioana Ramia, Lecturer, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock There are many ways to teach school students. But research shows only some will significantly improve learning. While most teachers want to use evidence-based practices, they face many challenges that can limit their ability to use them in their classrooms. These ... <a title="We asked 900 Australian teachers if evidence informs how they teach – and found most use it, but there are key gaps" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/14/we-asked-900-australian-teachers-if-evidence-informs-how-they-teach-and-found-most-use-it-but-there-are-key-gaps-196117/" aria-label="Read more about We asked 900 Australian teachers if evidence informs how they teach – and found most use it, but there are key gaps">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Sydney Mick Tsikas/AAP The Constitutional Expert Group, appointed to advise on the proposed Voice to Parliament referendum, has concluded that the “draft amendment is constitutionally sound” and does not amount to a “veto” power or provide anyone with “special ... <a title="An Indigenous Voice to Parliament will not give ‘special rights’ or create a veto" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/14/an-indigenous-voice-to-parliament-will-not-give-special-rights-or-create-a-veto-196574/" aria-label="Read more about An Indigenous Voice to Parliament will not give ‘special rights’ or create a veto">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Marshall, Professor in Vaccinology, University of Adelaide Shutterstock Parents and doctors alike fear meningococcal infection, which has been in the news again. Doctors never want to miss a diagnosis, as early treatment with antibiotics may be life-saving. Parents fear the disease because up to 10% of ... <a title="What is meningococcal disease? What symptoms should I look out for? And how can I prevent it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/14/what-is-meningococcal-disease-what-symptoms-should-i-look-out-for-and-how-can-i-prevent-it-196393/" aria-label="Read more about What is meningococcal disease? What symptoms should I look out for? And how can I prevent it?">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2022
By Cooper Williams, Yasmine Wright-Gittins and Cindy Chand of Wansolwara in Suva Former politician Remesio Rogovakalali is hoping to see transparency and engagement in the next term of government, no matter which party is elected. The 77-year-old principal from Corpus Christi Teachers College in Nasese says he wants to see integrity and truth among politicians. ... <a title="Voters share ‘integrity and truth’ vision of a strong Fijian democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/14/voters-share-integrity-and-truth-vision-of-a-strong-fijian-democracy/" aria-label="Read more about Voters share ‘integrity and truth’ vision of a strong Fijian democracy">Read more</a>
