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May 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Konstantine Panegyres, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia Roman mosaics discovered in Sicily show women playing different sports. David Pineda Svenske/Shutterstock It’s almost impossible to go a day without seeing or hearing about sport. Walk around any city or town and you ... <a title="How did sport become so popular? The ancient history of a modern obsession" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/06/how-did-sport-become-so-popular-the-ancient-history-of-a-modern-obsession-254057/" aria-label="Read more about How did sport become so popular? The ancient history of a modern obsession">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Celeste Rodriguez Louro, Associate professor, Chair of Linguistics and Director of Language Lab, The University of Western Australia Reihaneh Golpayegani / Better Images of AI, CC BY An estimated 90% of the training data for current generative AI systems stems from English. However, English is an international ... <a title="AI systems are built on English – but not the kind most of the world speaks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/06/ai-systems-are-built-on-english-but-not-the-kind-most-of-the-world-speaks-249710/" aria-label="Read more about AI systems are built on English – but not the kind most of the world speaks">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ross Yates, Lecturer, Project Management, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock Ever tried to explain why a sausage would be referred to as a “snag” while overseas, or why the toilet is the “dunny”? If you found this challenging, spare a thought for large language models (LLMs) such as ... <a title="Crikey, ChatGPT’s gone bush! How AI is learning the art of Aussie slang" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/06/crikey-chatgpts-gone-bush-how-ai-is-learning-the-art-of-aussie-slang-253939/" aria-label="Read more about Crikey, ChatGPT’s gone bush! How AI is learning the art of Aussie slang">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christina Abdel Shaheed, Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University of Sydney Osteoarthritis is the most common joint disease, affecting more than 3 million Australians and over 500 million people worldwide. The knee is the most commonly affected joint, but osteoarthritis can also affect other joints including ... <a title="What are the key risk factors for developing knee osteoarthritis? We reviewed the evidence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/06/what-are-the-key-risk-factors-for-developing-knee-osteoarthritis-we-reviewed-the-evidence-253722/" aria-label="Read more about What are the key risk factors for developing knee osteoarthritis? We reviewed the evidence">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Cull, Associate Professor of Accounting and Financial Planning, Western Sydney University With a convincing win for a second term of government, the pressure is now on the new Labor government to deliver the economic policies central to its win. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is wary of ... <a title="We’ve heard the promises. Now it’s up to Labor to deliver its housing, wages and other economic policies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/06/weve-heard-the-promises-now-its-up-to-labor-to-deliver-its-housing-wages-and-other-economic-policies-255865/" aria-label="Read more about We’ve heard the promises. Now it’s up to Labor to deliver its housing, wages and other economic policies">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yee-Fui Ng, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Monash University Dan Breckwoldt/Shutterstock Labor’s historic election victory means the Albanese government has a rare opportunity to pursue a big, bold reform agenda. The scale of the victory all but guarantees a third term in office after the next election ... <a title="Labor has the chance to do something big in its second term. What policy reforms should it take on?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/06/labor-has-the-chance-to-do-something-big-in-its-second-term-what-policy-reforms-should-it-take-on-255849/" aria-label="Read more about Labor has the chance to do something big in its second term. What policy reforms should it take on?">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dougal Sutherland, Clinical Psychologist, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Leon Neal/Getty Images A new report from New Zealand’s Classification Office has revealed how young people are being exposed to harmful content online and what it is doing to their mental health. The Classification Office ... <a title="‘I got sent something of people shooting themselves’ – research shows young people can’t avoid harmful content online" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/06/i-got-sent-something-of-people-shooting-themselves-research-shows-young-people-cant-avoid-harmful-content-online-255773/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I got sent something of people shooting themselves’ – research shows young people can’t avoid harmful content online">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2025
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Benjamin Netanyahu said last Thursday that freeing the Israeli hostages in Gaza was not his top priority, suggesting instead that defeating Hamas should take precedence over a hostage deal. “We have many objectives, many goals in this war,” Netanyahu said. “We want ... <a title="Caitlin Johnstone: It was never about hostages. It was never about Hamas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/06/caitlin-johnstone-it-was-never-about-hostages-it-was-never-about-hamas/" aria-label="Read more about Caitlin Johnstone: It was never about hostages. It was never about Hamas">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2025
RNZ Pacific The head of Fiji’s prison service has been caught on camera involved in a fist fight that appears to have taken place at the popular O’Reilley’s Bar in the capital of Suva. Sevuloni Naucukidi, the acting Commissioner of the Fiji Corrections Service (FCS), can be seen in the viral video throwing punches at ... <a title="Viral video shows Fiji prison chief throwing punches at Suva bar" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/05/viral-video-shows-fiji-prison-chief-throwing-punches-at-suva-bar/" aria-label="Read more about Viral video shows Fiji prison chief throwing punches at Suva bar">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2025
By Kalafi Moala in Nuku’alofa On this World Press Freedom Day, we in the Pacific stand together to defend and promote the right to freedom of expression — now facing new and complex challenges in the age of Artificial Intelligence (AI). This year’s global theme is “Reporting a Brave New World: The impact of Artificial ... <a title="PINA on World Press Freedom Day – facing new and complex AI challenges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/05/pina-on-world-press-freedom-day-facing-new-and-complex-ai-challenges/" aria-label="Read more about PINA on World Press Freedom Day – facing new and complex AI challenges">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne With 78% of enrolled voters counted, the ABC is calling 85 of the 150 House of Representatives seats for Labor, 39 for the Coalition, zero for the ... <a title="Late counting continues in several seats, with Goldstein and Melbourne among those too close to call" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/05/late-counting-continues-in-several-seats-with-goldstein-and-melbourne-among-those-too-close-to-call-255868/" aria-label="Read more about Late counting continues in several seats, with Goldstein and Melbourne among those too close to call">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2025
By Michelle Curran of Pasifika TV World Press Freedom Day is a poignant reminder that journalists and media workers are essential for a healthy, functioning society — including the Pacific. Held annually on May 3, World Press Freedom Day prompts governments about the need to respect press freedom, while serving as a day of reflection ... <a title="Pacific ‘story sovereignty’ top of mind on World Press Freedom Day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/05/05/pacific-story-sovereignty-top-of-mind-on-world-press-freedom-day/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific ‘story sovereignty’ top of mind on World Press Freedom Day">Read more</a>
