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February 18, 2023
By Tess Brunton, RNZ News reporter The death toll from Cyclone Gabrielle in Aotearoa New Zealand is rising — now 9 — and many areas in Hawke’s Bay have been left as disaster zones with rescues, rather than recovery, still the focus. Power, internet and phone service is still patchy for many people in the ... <a title="Cyclone Gabrielle zone: ‘I’d call it an apocalypse’ says survivor – death toll 9" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/18/cyclone-gabrielle-zone-id-call-it-an-apocalypse-says-survivor-death-toll-9/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Gabrielle zone: ‘I’d call it an apocalypse’ says survivor – death toll 9">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Mark Bloomberg, University of Canterbury The severe impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle on the North Island, and the five severe weather events experienced by the Thames–Coromandel region in just the first two months of 2023, are merely the latest examples of more frequent erosion-triggering rainfall events over the past decade. Inevitably with the heavy ... <a title="Cyclone Gabrielle triggers more destructive forestry ‘slash’ – NZ must change how it grows trees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/18/cyclone-gabrielle-triggers-more-destructive-forestry-slash-nz-must-change-how-it-grows-trees/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Gabrielle triggers more destructive forestry ‘slash’ – NZ must change how it grows trees">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2023
PNG Post-Courier An anti-corruption NGO in Papua New Guinea has criticised the haste with which the government is conducting consultation on a draft National Media Development Policy that could undermine media freedom. The Community Coalition Against Corruption (CCAC) has called on the Department of Information and Communication Technologies to extend the time and breadth of ... <a title="NGO group criticises ‘haste over media policy’ that may hit PNG freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/18/ngo-group-criticises-haste-over-media-policy-that-may-hit-png-freedom/" aria-label="Read more about NGO group criticises ‘haste over media policy’ that may hit PNG freedom">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2023
Jubi News in Jayapura An indigenous Papuan negotiation team has traversed rugged highlands forests in the Indonesian-ruled Melanesian province in search of the New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens, who was taken hostage by rebels last week. The crisis over the captive pilot held by the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) led by Egianus Kogoya ... <a title="Indigenous Papuan negotiators walk to forest hideout to seek release of pilot" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/18/indigenous-papuan-negotiators-walk-to-forest-hideout-to-seek-release-of-pilot/" aria-label="Read more about Indigenous Papuan negotiators walk to forest hideout to seek release of pilot">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2023
RNZ News New Zealanders should be prepared for the number of fatalities in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle to increase, says Prime Minister Chris Hipkins. He said at a media briefing in Gisborne that every available resource was being used to help find those who are missing and to rescue those who were known about ... <a title="Cyclone Gabrielle: NZ death toll now 7 – PM Hipkins warns of more fatalities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/18/cyclone-gabrielle-nz-death-toll-now-7-pm-hipkins-warns-of-more-fatalities/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Gabrielle: NZ death toll now 7 – PM Hipkins warns of more fatalities">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2023
The National in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s new media draft policy would put a stop to reporting news not regarded as “positive” for the country’s image, says former PNG Media Council director Bob Howarth. Howarth, who was director from 2001-2005, said that the national government needed to seriously look at the way the media ... <a title="Learn from Timor-Leste ‘freedom’, says former PNG media council head" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/18/learn-from-timor-leste-freedom-says-former-png-media-council-head/" aria-label="Read more about Learn from Timor-Leste ‘freedom’, says former PNG media council head">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2023
By Geraldine Panapasa in Suva The University of the South Pacific is expected to receive the first instalment of the promised $10 million part payment of owed grants soon. Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka said this was a show of the coalition government’s commitment to restoring Fiji’s outstanding grant contributions since 2019. It is understood ... <a title="‘We were orphaned since you left,’ Rabuka says in apology to USP’s Pal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/18/we-were-orphaned-since-you-left-rabuka-says-in-apology-to-usps-pal/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We were orphaned since you left,’ Rabuka says in apology to USP’s Pal">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By April Reside, Lecturer, The University of Queensland shutterstock.com Iran’s ancient forests, rugged mountains, vast deserts and captivating coasts are rich in biodiversity, including animals found nowhere else on Earth. But many of these precious areas are not formally protected from development, potentially endangering the species that live ... <a title="Mapping Iran’s biodiversity hotspots to create new protected areas covering 20% of the landscape" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/17/mapping-irans-biodiversity-hotspots-to-create-new-protected-areas-covering-20-of-the-landscape-198988/" aria-label="Read more about Mapping Iran’s biodiversity hotspots to create new protected areas covering 20% of the landscape">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra It’s a tough time for central bankers the world over, but especially for Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe. Having forecast during the COVID recession that Australia’s central bank wouldn’t raise interest ... <a title="The Lowe road – the RBA is treading a ‘narrow path’ between inflation and recession" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/17/the-lowe-road-the-rba-is-treading-a-narrow-path-between-inflation-and-recession-199519/" aria-label="Read more about The Lowe road – the RBA is treading a ‘narrow path’ between inflation and recession">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Toby Walsh, Professor of AI at UNSW, Research Group Leader, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock There’s a race to transform search. And Microsoft just scored a home goal with its new Bing search chatbot, Sydney, which has been terrifying early adopters with death threats, among other troubling outputs. Search ... <a title="Gaslighting, love bombing and narcissism: why is Microsoft’s Bing AI so unhinged?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/17/gaslighting-love-bombing-and-narcissism-why-is-microsofts-bing-ai-so-unhinged-200164/" aria-label="Read more about Gaslighting, love bombing and narcissism: why is Microsoft’s Bing AI so unhinged?">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Baer Arnold, Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus yesterday released a report with 30 proposals for updating Australia’s privacy regime. The proposals are practical, necessary and overdue. However, they are just proposals, which have been made several times in the past ... <a title="Government’s privacy review has some strong recommendations – now we really need action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/17/governments-privacy-review-has-some-strong-recommendations-now-we-really-need-action-200079/" aria-label="Read more about Government’s privacy review has some strong recommendations – now we really need action">Read more</a>
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February 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By C Raina MacIntyre, Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock An epidemic outbreak of Marburg virus in Equatorial Guinea, Central Africa, was confirmed this week, the first time the virus has occurred there. At least 16 cases have ... <a title="What is Marburg virus and should we be worried?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/17/what-is-marburg-virus-and-should-we-be-worried-200082/" aria-label="Read more about What is Marburg virus and should we be worried?">Read more</a>
