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February 16, 2023
RNZ News As a huge effort ramps up in Aotearoa New Zealand to restore essential services to thousands of people in Tairāwhiti and Hawke’s Bay, police hold “grave concerns” for some reported missing. Five people have been confirmed killed in the devastation of Cyclone Gabrielle. In Hawke’s Bay, a child was caught in rising water ... <a title="Cyclone Gabrielle: NZ death toll rises, ‘grave concerns’ for several missing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/16/cyclone-gabrielle-nz-death-toll-rises-grave-concerns-for-several-missing/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Gabrielle: NZ death toll rises, ‘grave concerns’ for several missing">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2023
COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis The brave little shrubs are doing their valiant best to stay intact as a plant pot skids across our balcony in Cyclone Gabrielle’s first caress. With much worse yet to come I need to know what, where, and when. I need information and, if I have to cut my way through ... <a title="Gavin Ellis: Thank God for news media in a storm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/16/gavin-ellis-thank-god-for-news-media-in-a-storm/" aria-label="Read more about Gavin Ellis: Thank God for news media in a storm">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Kate Chaney was one of half a dozen new “teal” MPs elected to parliament last year, winning the previously solid Liberal seat of Curtin in Western Australia. “It’s been a fascinating and steep learning curve over the last eight months,” ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Kate Chaney on life as a teal MP" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/16/politics-with-michelle-grattan-kate-chaney-on-life-as-a-teal-mp-200084/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Kate Chaney on life as a teal MP">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Barton, Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University Violent extremism remains a persistent and resilient threat, constantly adapting and evolving. It is an endlessly demanding problem and we can neither afford to ignore it nor allow it to disproportionately ... <a title="COVID wasn’t a ‘bumper campaign’ for right-wing extremists. But the threat from terror remains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/16/covid-wasnt-a-bumper-campaign-for-right-wing-extremists-but-the-threat-from-terror-remains-199964/" aria-label="Read more about COVID wasn’t a ‘bumper campaign’ for right-wing extremists. But the threat from terror remains">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Odei Erdiaw-Kwasie, Lecturer in Sustainability| Lead, Circular Economy Research Group, Charles Darwin University shutterstock shutterstock.com Vaping, or using electronic cigarettes, not only pollutes the surrounding air, it also creates a new contaminated e-waste stream. Australian waste management authorities are just beginning to tackle this problem, as ... <a title="Stop tossing your spent vapes and e-cigs: you’re breeding a new waste pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/16/stop-tossing-your-spent-vapes-and-e-cigs-youre-breeding-a-new-waste-pandemic-199956/" aria-label="Read more about Stop tossing your spent vapes and e-cigs: you’re breeding a new waste pandemic">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Malika Nisal Ratnayake, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University Justus Menke/Unsplash Artificial intelligence (AI) offers a new way to track the insect pollinators essential to farming. In a new study, we installed miniature digital cameras and computers inside a greenhouse at a strawberry farm ... <a title="AI can track bees on camera. Here’s how that will help farmers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/16/ai-can-track-bees-on-camera-heres-how-that-will-help-farmers-199406/" aria-label="Read more about AI can track bees on camera. Here’s how that will help farmers">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janet Gibson, Tutor in Creative Arts, Macquarie University Belvoir/Brett Boardman Review: Blessed Union, directed by Hannah Goodwin, Belvoir. Billed as “the lesbian break-up comedy you didn’t know you needed”, Blessed Union is a chaotic joyride, a rapid-fire feast of words, ideas and emotions laying bare what happens ... <a title="Blessed Union puts queer families centre stage, with hilarity and heartbreak" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/16/blessed-union-puts-queer-families-centre-stage-with-hilarity-and-heartbreak-198778/" aria-label="Read more about Blessed Union puts queer families centre stage, with hilarity and heartbreak">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Evita March, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Federation University Australia Shutterstock Online dating has revolutionised romance, creating more opportunities to meet potential partners than ever before. However, alongside the benefits is the risk of abuse, harassment, and exploitation. In late January this year, the Australian government convened a ... <a title="What kinds of people ‘catfish’? Study finds they have higher psychopathy, sadism, and narcissism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/16/what-kinds-of-people-catfish-study-finds-they-have-higher-psychopathy-sadism-and-narcissism-198755/" aria-label="Read more about What kinds of people ‘catfish’? Study finds they have higher psychopathy, sadism, and narcissism">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Chou, Associate Professor of Politics, Australian Catholic University Darebin City Council was the first to declare a climate emergency. John Englart/Flickr, CC BY-SA News headlines about local government in Australia often have a familiar storyline: councils should stick to their “core purpose […] to collect rubbish, ... <a title="Beyond roads, rates and rubbish: Australians now expect local councils to act on bigger issues, including climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/16/beyond-roads-rates-and-rubbish-australians-now-expect-local-councils-to-act-on-bigger-issues-including-climate-change-199861/" aria-label="Read more about Beyond roads, rates and rubbish: Australians now expect local councils to act on bigger issues, including climate change">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Elliott, Professor of Paediatrics & Child Health and Director of the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit, University of Sydney Getty/Jamie Grill In recent weeks, the Australian and Northern Territory governments announced new funding to address the longstanding, much-publicised challenges facing Central Australia. The promised A$250 million adds ... <a title="Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder is tragic but not new. How should fresh funding tackle it in the NT?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/16/fetal-alcohol-spectrum-disorder-is-tragic-but-not-new-how-should-fresh-funding-tackle-it-in-the-nt-199673/" aria-label="Read more about Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder is tragic but not new. How should fresh funding tackle it in the NT?">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leah M. Grout, Assistant Professor, University of Vermont Shutterstock/Iryna Inshyna A Royal Commission of Inquiry into New Zealand’s COVID response began work this month, with a goal to prepare the country for future pandemics. It will focus on lessons not only from New Zealand’s pandemic experience but ... <a title="To prepare for future pandemics, we can learn from the OECD’s top two performers: New Zealand and Iceland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/16/to-prepare-for-future-pandemics-we-can-learn-from-the-oecds-top-two-performers-new-zealand-and-iceland-198973/" aria-label="Read more about To prepare for future pandemics, we can learn from the OECD’s top two performers: New Zealand and Iceland">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tessa Vernstrom, Senior research fellow, The University of Western Australia Tessa Vernstrom using Planck data, Author provided On the largest scales, the Universe is ordered into a web-like pattern: galaxies are pulled together into clusters, which are connected by filaments and separated by voids. These clusters and ... <a title="The largest structures in the Universe are still glowing with the shock of their creation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/16/the-largest-structures-in-the-universe-are-still-glowing-with-the-shock-of-their-creation-199785/" aria-label="Read more about The largest structures in the Universe are still glowing with the shock of their creation">Read more</a>
