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December 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Evangeline Mantzioris, Program Director of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Accredited Practising Dietitian, University of South Australia Herbs and spices have been used in cooking for centuries. They add flavour, aroma and colour to foods and have long been used for health and to preserve food, and in ... <a title="From garlic to parsley, new research reveals the herbs and spices Australians love most" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/19/from-garlic-to-parsley-new-research-reveals-the-herbs-and-spices-australians-love-most-245359/" aria-label="Read more about From garlic to parsley, new research reveals the herbs and spices Australians love most">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2024
Analysis by Keith Rankin. To understand antisemitism, we need a meaning for ‘semitism’, and another -ism to contextualise semitism. Literally, semitism means the promotion of the Semitic people, whoever they might be. The most appropriate comparator for ‘semitism’ is ‘hamitism’, relating to the ‘hamites’ or ‘Hamitic people’; analogous to the ‘Semitic people’. These are archaic ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Judaism, Antisemitism, and Israel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/19/keith-rankin-essay-judaism-antisemitism-and-israel/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Judaism, Antisemitism, and Israel">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milena Bojovic, PhD Candidate, Macquarie University William West/AFP via Getty Images New Zealand’s dairy sector faces an uncertain future due to several challenges, including water pollution, high emissions, animal welfare concerns and market volatility. All of these issues are building tensions and changing public perceptions of dairy ... <a title="NZ’s dairy industry faces an uncertain future – its fate now lies in its ability to adapt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/19/nzs-dairy-industry-faces-an-uncertain-future-its-fate-now-lies-in-its-ability-to-adapt-245148/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s dairy industry faces an uncertain future – its fate now lies in its ability to adapt">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daswin de Silva, Professor of AI and Analytics, Deputy Director of the Centre for Data Analytics and Cognition, La Trobe University cybermagician/Shutterstock In 2024, artificial intelligence (AI) continued taking large and surprising steps forward. People started conversing with AI “resurrections” of the dead, using AI toothbrushes and ... <a title="AI will continue to grow in 2025. But it will face major challenges along the way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/19/ai-will-continue-to-grow-in-2025-but-it-will-face-major-challenges-along-the-way-244515/" aria-label="Read more about AI will continue to grow in 2025. But it will face major challenges along the way">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Farram, Associate Professor in North Australian and Regional Studies (History), Charles Darwin University It is hard to comprehend the force with which Cyclone Tracy struck Darwin early on Christmas Day, 1974. It was so ferocious that it killed 66 people, partly or completely destroyed 10,000 homes, ... <a title="Fifty years ago, Cyclone Tracy devastated Darwin. The lessons from it have still not been learnt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/19/fifty-years-ago-cyclone-tracy-devastated-darwin-the-lessons-from-it-have-still-not-been-learnt-244168/" aria-label="Read more about Fifty years ago, Cyclone Tracy devastated Darwin. The lessons from it have still not been learnt">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Harrison, Senior Lecturer, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney NotarYES/Shutterstock If you have Australia is critically short of GPs – and the shortfall is growing, predicted to be 8,600 GPs by 2048. So why can’t we just train more? Despite new programs to attract ... <a title="Australia has an ongoing GP shortage. Why can’t we just train more GPs?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/19/australia-has-an-ongoing-gp-shortage-why-cant-we-just-train-more-gps-241677/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has an ongoing GP shortage. Why can’t we just train more GPs?">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Knapp, Associate Professor in Biological Anthropology, University of Otago Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images As many Wellingtonians will know, kākā can be trouble. New Zealand’s pesky forest parrots have expanded throughout New Zealand’s capital city since they were reintroduced 22 years ago and they are not ... <a title="Could NZ’s two kākā subspecies actually be remnants of a more diverse species? Here’s why we need to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/19/could-nzs-two-kaka-subspecies-actually-be-remnants-of-a-more-diverse-species-heres-why-we-need-to-know-242011/" aria-label="Read more about Could NZ’s two kākā subspecies actually be remnants of a more diverse species? Here’s why we need to know">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Ramsay, Research Affiliate in Climate Adaptation, Monash University Every year, hundreds of thousands of Muslims undertake the Hajj –the sacred pilgrimage to Mecca. In 2024, the pilgrimage took place in mid-June, the start of the Saudi summer. But this year, more than 1,300 pilgrims never made ... <a title="More than 1,300 Hajj pilgrims died this year when humidity and heat pushed past survivable limits. It’s just the start" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/19/more-than-1-300-hajj-pilgrims-died-this-year-when-humidity-and-heat-pushed-past-survivable-limits-its-just-the-start-245271/" aria-label="Read more about More than 1,300 Hajj pilgrims died this year when humidity and heat pushed past survivable limits. It’s just the start">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Clark, Adjunct Professor of History, University of Adelaide Prime Minister Robert Menzies during the 1963 federal election campaign. Image courtesy of the National Archives of Australia. NAA: A1200, L46014 As students and teachers prepare to go on holidays, there’s a disagreement raging over a new school ... <a title="How a Cold War satellite and Robert Menzies changed the way Australian schools are funded" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/19/how-a-cold-war-satellite-and-robert-menzies-changed-the-way-australian-schools-are-funded-243012/" aria-label="Read more about How a Cold War satellite and Robert Menzies changed the way Australian schools are funded">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marcus Harmes, Professor in Pathways Education, University of Southern Queensland Santa Claus Village in Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland. Roman Babakin/Shutterstock Sending a letter to Santa can be difficult as no one can agree on where exactly Santa lives. Several countries are competing to claim Santa as one of ... <a title="Where does Santa live? It’s a trickier question to answer than you may think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/19/where-does-santa-live-its-a-trickier-question-to-answer-than-you-may-think-243700/" aria-label="Read more about Where does Santa live? It’s a trickier question to answer than you may think">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2024
By Harry Pearl of BenarNews Vanuatu is taking stock of damage from a powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake that has killed at least 14 people and collapsed buildings in the capital Port Vila, as the first trickle of international assistance began arriving in the disaster-prone Pacific nation. The quake rattled the island nation, located about 1900km ... <a title="Vanuatu quake: Hospitals under pressure as death, damage toll grows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/19/vanuatu-quake-hospitals-under-pressure-as-death-damage-toll-grows/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu quake: Hospitals under pressure as death, damage toll grows">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2024
Asia Pacific Report A broad coalition of civil society organisations in Aotearoa New Zealand have signed an open letter to Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters urging the coalition government to refuse to accept the credentials of a new Israeli ambassador while the state continues to disregard international law and to commit war crimes. The term ... <a title="Civil society groups call on NZ to bar new Israeli envoy over ‘flagrant’ Gaza genocide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/19/civil-society-groups-call-on-nz-to-bar-new-israeli-envoy-over-flagrant-gaza-genocide/" aria-label="Read more about Civil society groups call on NZ to bar new Israeli envoy over ‘flagrant’ Gaza genocide">Read more</a>
