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March 6, 2023
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup: National’s progressive childcare-consultocracy switch National’s pitch to voters is both progressive and shrewd. Christopher Luxon declared a war on business consultants in his state of the nation speech yesterday, promising to crack down on the public service’s $1.7bn overuse of expensive business consultants and contractors, and use the savings ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: National’s progressive childcare-consultocracy switch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/06/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-nationals-progressive-childcare-consultocracy-switch/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: National’s progressive childcare-consultocracy switch">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geraint Lewis, Professor of Astrophysics, University of Sydney Israel Pina / Unsplash Is our universe all there is, or could there be more? Is our universe just one of a countless multitude, all together in an all-encompassing multiverse? And if there are other universes, what would they ... <a title="What are the best conditions for life? Exploring the multiverse can help us find out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/06/what-are-the-best-conditions-for-life-exploring-the-multiverse-can-help-us-find-out-200829/" aria-label="Read more about What are the best conditions for life? Exploring the multiverse can help us find out">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carolyn Holbrook, Senior Lecturer in History, Deakin University Julian Smith/AAP If you think you are seeing a lot more gambling ads on television and online platforms, you are not imagining it. They are so common that high-profile AFL players have refused to participate in sponsored gambling. Online ... <a title="How the push to end tobacco advertising in the 1970s could be used to curb gambling ads today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/06/how-the-push-to-end-tobacco-advertising-in-the-1970s-could-be-used-to-curb-gambling-ads-today-200915/" aria-label="Read more about How the push to end tobacco advertising in the 1970s could be used to curb gambling ads today">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonine Jancey, Academic and Director Collaboration for Evidence, Research and Impact in Public Health, Curtin University oliverdelahaye/Shutterstock It’s easy to buy vapes or e-cigarettes online. When we looked at websites selling them to buyers in Australia and New Zealand, we found a variety of slick, false or ... <a title="Sex and lies are used to sell vapes online. Even we were surprised at the marketing tactics we found" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/06/sex-and-lies-are-used-to-sell-vapes-online-even-we-were-surprised-at-the-marketing-tactics-we-found-200446/" aria-label="Read more about Sex and lies are used to sell vapes online. Even we were surprised at the marketing tactics we found">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Chapman, Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney When smoking first became popular we were told it was healthy, it was heavily marketed (including to young people) as being cool, and the time it took for us to learn otherwise was long, and came too ... <a title="A potted history of smoking, and how we’re making the same mistakes with vaping" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/06/a-potted-history-of-smoking-and-how-were-making-the-same-mistakes-with-vaping-200708/" aria-label="Read more about A potted history of smoking, and how we’re making the same mistakes with vaping">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nigel Marks, Associate Professor of Physics, Curtin University Japanese authorities are preparing to release treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean, nearly 12 years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster. This will relieve pressure on more than 1,000 storage tanks, creating much-needed space for other vital remediation works. ... <a title="No, the Fukushima water release is not going to kill the Pacific Ocean" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/06/no-the-fukushima-water-release-is-not-going-to-kill-the-pacific-ocean-200902/" aria-label="Read more about No, the Fukushima water release is not going to kill the Pacific Ocean">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Salman Shooshtarian, Lecturer, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University shutterstock At Fremantle Prison in the 1850s, when metal was scarce, the prison gate and handrails were made from iron recovered from sunken ships. As I toured the prison recently, I reflected on how similar ... <a title="Buildings used iron from sunken ships centuries ago. The use of recycled materials should be business as usual by now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/06/buildings-used-iron-from-sunken-ships-centuries-ago-the-use-of-recycled-materials-should-be-business-as-usual-by-now-200351/" aria-label="Read more about Buildings used iron from sunken ships centuries ago. The use of recycled materials should be business as usual by now">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Baron, Associate Professor, Philosophy of Science, Australian Catholic University BugWarp/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY Last month, Microsoft integrated its Bing search engine with Open AI’s GPT-4 chatbot, a large language model designed to interact with users in a conversational manner. Users interacting with Bing have reported flashes ... <a title="We want and we fear emotions in our robots. Here’s what science fiction can teach us about flashes of emotion from Bing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/06/we-want-and-we-fear-emotions-in-our-robots-heres-what-science-fiction-can-teach-us-about-flashes-of-emotion-from-bing-200277/" aria-label="Read more about We want and we fear emotions in our robots. Here’s what science fiction can teach us about flashes of emotion from Bing">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2023
The National in Port Moresby Senior Papua New Guinean television journalist and columnist Scott Waide has challenged the government on what it actually wants to “regulate” in the draft national media development policy. During a policy consultation workshop with media stakeholders in Port Moresby on Thursday, he said “in the media ecosystem, there are many ... <a title="Top PNG journalist challenges state media ‘regulation’ plans at stakeholder consultation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/05/top-png-journalist-challenges-state-media-regulation-plans-at-stakeholder-consultation/" aria-label="Read more about Top PNG journalist challenges state media ‘regulation’ plans at stakeholder consultation">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2023
By Wata Shaw in Suva Females do 73 percent of the unpaid household work in Fiji, compared with 27 percent by males, says a new research report. The report titled “Beyond 33 percent: The Economic Empowerment of Fiji Women and Girls”, authored by Professor Wadan Narsey, was launched in Suva last week by the Fiji ... <a title="Females do 73 percent of unpaid housework in Fiji, says new report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/05/females-do-73-percent-of-unpaid-housework-in-fiji-says-new-report/" aria-label="Read more about Females do 73 percent of unpaid housework in Fiji, says new report">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2023
RNZ News Old-fashioned AM radio was an information lifeline for many in Aotearoa New Zealand during last month’s Cyclone Gabrielle when other sources wilted without power. Now a little-known arrangement that puts proceedings of Parliament on the air has been cited as a threat to its future. But is a switch-off really likely? And what’s ... <a title="Mediawatch: Signal to noise – is NZ’s AM radio really under threat?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/05/mediawatch-signal-to-noise-is-nzs-am-radio-really-under-threat/" aria-label="Read more about Mediawatch: Signal to noise – is NZ’s AM radio really under threat?">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2023
RNZ Pacific Ni-Vanuatu residents have emerged battered but still standing after Cyclone Kevin swiped the country with a strong backhand. “It was quite exhausting. Dealing with two cyclones in three days is pretty draining, you know,” Vanuatu journalist Dan McGarry told RNZ Pacific. He said the gale-force winds have been rough. He woke early on ... <a title="Vanuatu residents ‘exhausted’ after two wild cyclones in three days" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/05/vanuatu-residents-exhausted-after-two-wild-cyclones-in-three-days/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu residents ‘exhausted’ after two wild cyclones in three days">Read more</a>
