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January 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joan Licata, Associate Professor, Mathematics, Australian National University Shutterstock/The Conversation Science and maths skills are widely celebrated as keys to economic and technological progress, but abstract mathematics may seem bafflingly far from industrial optimisation or medical imaging. Pure mathematics often yields unanticipated applications, but without a time ... <a title="Exploring the mathematical universe – connections, contradictions, and kale" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/02/exploring-the-mathematical-universe-connections-contradictions-and-kale-196053/" aria-label="Read more about Exploring the mathematical universe – connections, contradictions, and kale">Read more</a>
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January 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ken Nosaka, Professor of Exercise and Sports Science, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock One of the most popular new year’s resolutions is to exercise more. Many of us set ambitious goals requiring a big, regular commitment, but then abandon them because they’re too much to fit in. Plans ... <a title="It’s OK to aim lower with your new year’s exercise resolutions – a few minutes a day can improve your muscle strength" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/02/its-ok-to-aim-lower-with-your-new-years-exercise-resolutions-a-few-minutes-a-day-can-improve-your-muscle-strength-193713/" aria-label="Read more about It’s OK to aim lower with your new year’s exercise resolutions – a few minutes a day can improve your muscle strength">Read more</a>
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January 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter A. Heslin, Professor of Management and Scientia Education Academy Fellow, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock It’s that time of year to muse on what you hope to accomplish over the next 12 months. The best advice when making resolutions is to set goals that are “SMART” – specific, ... <a title="12 ways to finally achieve your most elusive goals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/02/12-ways-to-finally-achieve-your-most-elusive-goals-196482/" aria-label="Read more about 12 ways to finally achieve your most elusive goals">Read more</a>
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January 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Dickson, Professor of Psychology & Mental Health, Edith Cowan University Wikimedia As we welcome in the new year, a common activity across many cultures is the setting of new year resolutions. New year represents a significant temporal milestone in the calendar when many people set new ... <a title="Where did the new year’s resolution come from? Well, we’ve been making them for 4,000 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/02/where-did-the-new-years-resolution-come-from-well-weve-been-making-them-for-4-000-years-196661/" aria-label="Read more about Where did the new year’s resolution come from? Well, we’ve been making them for 4,000 years">Read more</a>
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January 1, 2023
BOOK CHAPTER: By Nicky Hager Whistleblower Owen Wilkes was a tireless and formidable researcher for the Pacific, peace and disarmament. Before the internet, he combed publicly available sources on weapons systems and defence strategy. In 1968, he revealed the secretive military function of a proposed satellite tracking station in the South Island, and while working ... <a title="‘Lots of information isn’t secret, it’s just hard to find’ – Nicky Hager on one of NZ’s most famous whistleblowers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/01/lots-of-information-isnt-secret-its-just-hard-to-find-nicky-hager-on-one-of-nzs-most-famous-whistleblowers/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Lots of information isn’t secret, it’s just hard to find’ – Nicky Hager on one of NZ’s most famous whistleblowers">Read more</a>
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January 1, 2023
2022 PACIFIC REVIEW: By David Robie The Pacific year started with a ferocious eruption and global tsunami in Tonga, but by the year’s end several political upheavals had also shaken the region with a vengeance. A razor’s edge election in Fiji blew away a long entrenched authoritarian regime with a breath of fresh air for ... <a title="David Robie: 2022 Pacific political upheavals eclipse Tongan volcano" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/01/david-robie-2022-pacific-political-upheavals-eclipse-tongan-volcano/" aria-label="Read more about David Robie: 2022 Pacific political upheavals eclipse Tongan volcano">Read more</a>
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January 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Lee, Associate Professor of History, UNSW Sydney NAA: A14482, 020309DI-03 AUSPIC/Photographer Peter West Every year, the National Archives of Australia releases the cabinet records from 20 years earlier, and this year’s batch is out today. This release, from the cabinet records of 2002, is framed by ... <a title="Tampa, Bali bombings, 9/11 and the Kyoto Protocol: today’s cabinet paper release shows what worried Australia in 2002" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/01/tampa-bali-bombings-9-11-and-the-kyoto-protocol-todays-cabinet-paper-release-shows-what-worried-australia-in-2002-195916/" aria-label="Read more about Tampa, Bali bombings, 9/11 and the Kyoto Protocol: today’s cabinet paper release shows what worried Australia in 2002">Read more</a>
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December 31, 2022
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Jan Kohout, RNZ journalist Twenty four Pacific peoples have been recognised in the 2023 New Year’s honours. A former Premier of Niue, Young Vivian, leads the list of distinguished Pacific peoples in the list. Vivian has been made an officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for ... <a title="‘This is for you’ – 24 Pasifika New Year’s honours recipients in NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/31/this-is-for-you-24-pasifika-new-years-honours-recipients-in-nz/" aria-label="Read more about ‘This is for you’ – 24 Pasifika New Year’s honours recipients in NZ">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2022
By Naveel Krishant in Suva Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says he is the prime minister for the whole of Fiji and all of its people. In an interview with Fijivillage News, Rabuka said he would like everybody to have a happy New Year and not worry too much about the changes that they think this ... <a title="Rabuka’s message to the nation: ‘I am the PM of Fiji and all its people’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/30/rabukas-message-to-the-nation-i-am-the-pm-of-fiji-and-all-its-people/" aria-label="Read more about Rabuka’s message to the nation: ‘I am the PM of Fiji and all its people’">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael J. I. Brown, Associate Professor in Astronomy, Monash University NASA Look up on a clear sunny day and you will see a blue sky. But is this the true colour of the sky? Or is it the only colour of the sky? The answers are a ... <a title="The sky isn’t just blue – airglow makes it green, yellow and red too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/30/the-sky-isnt-just-blue-airglow-makes-it-green-yellow-and-red-too-196386/" aria-label="Read more about The sky isn’t just blue – airglow makes it green, yellow and red too">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Barton, Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University Eight years after raising the national terrorism threat level, Australia recently lowered it again – from mid-range (probable) to low-range (possible). Does this mean the threat from terrorism is over? Few ... <a title="Is the terrorism threat over?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/30/is-the-terrorism-threat-over-195706/" aria-label="Read more about Is the terrorism threat over?">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Ball, Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland Pexels/Marcos Flores, CC BY Have you heard the saying “water is life?” Well, it’s true. Water is an essential nutrient. Our body cannot produce sufficient water to live, so we need to consume water through ... <a title="Don’t like drinking plain water? 10 healthy ideas for staying hydrated this summer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/30/dont-like-drinking-plain-water-10-healthy-ideas-for-staying-hydrated-this-summer-191859/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t like drinking plain water? 10 healthy ideas for staying hydrated this summer">Read more</a>
