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February 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ausma Bernot, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security, Charles Sturt University Mark Schiefelbein/AP Australian government offices have begun removing more than 900 Chinese-made surveillance cameras, intercoms, electronic entry systems and video recorders. Last week, a government audit found the technology had been installed ... <a title="There are 60,000 Chinese-made surveillance systems in Australia – how concerned should we be?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/13/there-are-60-000-chinese-made-surveillance-systems-in-australia-how-concerned-should-we-be-199734/" aria-label="Read more about There are 60,000 Chinese-made surveillance systems in Australia – how concerned should we be?">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dee Ninis, Earthquake Geologist, Monash University Lloyd Homer / GNS Science, Author provided After devastating earthquakes, it’s common to see discussion of earthquake prediction. An earthquake prediction requires, in advance, the specific time, location and magnitude of a future quake. However, earthquake prediction has never been achieved ... <a title="Nobody can predict earthquakes, but we can forecast them. Here’s how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/13/nobody-can-predict-earthquakes-but-we-can-forecast-them-heres-how-199757/" aria-label="Read more about Nobody can predict earthquakes, but we can forecast them. Here’s how">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yimin Xu, Ph.D student at School of Humanities & Language, Faculty of Arts, Design & Architecture, UNSW Sydney CMC Pictures A prequel to the 2019 film Wandering Earth, the Chinese blockbuster hit Wandering Earth II opens on a futuristic dystopia where the dying Sun is about to ... <a title="What the sci-fi blockbuster Wandering Earth II can teach us about China’s global and local aspirations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/13/what-the-sci-fi-blockbuster-wandering-earth-ii-can-teach-us-about-chinas-global-and-local-aspirations-198785/" aria-label="Read more about What the sci-fi blockbuster Wandering Earth II can teach us about China’s global and local aspirations">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2023
By Geraldine Panapasa in Suva While steps are being taken behind the scenes by Fiji’s coalition government to review the country’s existing media legislation, civil society organisation Dialogue Fiji says coming up with a law that protects media freedom and safeguards against reporting that can have negative implications is difficult. Speaking at the launch of ... <a title="Turaga applauds Dialogue Fiji media law report, reaffirms review plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/13/turaga-applauds-dialogue-fiji-media-law-report-reaffirms-review-plan/" aria-label="Read more about Turaga applauds Dialogue Fiji media law report, reaffirms review plan">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Suzanne Wilkinson, Professor of Construction Management, Massey University Getty Images Flooded roads, our largest international airport underwater, overwhelmed storm water systems and significant sewage discharge into the sea and streams. The recent floods and then cyclone in Auckland are a stark reminder that our basic infrastructure lacks ... <a title="Flood warning: NZ’s critical infrastructure is too important to fail – greater resilience is urgently needed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/13/flood-warning-nzs-critical-infrastructure-is-too-important-to-fail-greater-resilience-is-urgently-needed-198872/" aria-label="Read more about Flood warning: NZ’s critical infrastructure is too important to fail – greater resilience is urgently needed">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Camellia Webb-Gannon, University of Wollongong “Phil Mehrtens is the nicest guy, he genuinely is — no one ever had anything bad to say about him,” says a colleague of the New Zealand pilot taken hostage last week by members of the West Papuan National Liberation Army (TPN-PB) in the mountainous Nduga Regency. How ... <a title="Why a NZ pilot is a pawn in the West Papua conflict that the world ignores" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/13/why-a-nz-pilot-is-a-pawn-in-the-west-papua-conflict-that-the-world-ignores/" aria-label="Read more about Why a NZ pilot is a pawn in the West Papua conflict that the world ignores">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2023
Analysis by Geoffrey Miller. Political Roundup: New Zealand resets relationships with Australia and India The first clues to New Zealand’s foreign policy after Jacinda Ardern are beginning to emerge. Chris Hipkins, the new Prime Minister, decided to retain Nanaia Mahuta as his foreign minister – and both Hipkins and Mahuta took to the skies last ... <a title="Geoffrey Miller – Political Roundup: New Zealand resets relationships with Australia and India " class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/13/geoffrey-miller-political-roundup-new-zealand-resets-relationships-with-australia-and-india/" aria-label="Read more about Geoffrey Miller – Political Roundup: New Zealand resets relationships with Australia and India ">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Rich, Senior lecturer in History and International Relations, Curtin University Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND Mega-influencer Andrew Tate is once again back in the news as he battles charges of organised crime and human trafficking in Romania. Tate gained infamy last year after being banned on ... <a title="The draw of the ‘manosphere’: understanding Andrew Tate’s appeal to lost men" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/13/the-draw-of-the-manosphere-understanding-andrew-tates-appeal-to-lost-men-199179/" aria-label="Read more about The draw of the ‘manosphere’: understanding Andrew Tate’s appeal to lost men">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Breadon, Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute marcelo leal/unsplash, CC BY-SA For the land of the fair go, Australia has work to do on our health. Although the average Australian’s life expectancy is very high, that’s not true for everyone. Indigenous Australians, and Australians ... <a title="Fair health outcomes start with prevention. The new Centre for Disease Control can make it happen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/13/fair-health-outcomes-start-with-prevention-the-new-centre-for-disease-control-can-make-it-happen-199387/" aria-label="Read more about Fair health outcomes start with prevention. The new Centre for Disease Control can make it happen">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Divya Narain, PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland Shutterstock In a remote archipelago at the southernmost tip of India lies the Great Nicobar Island. This pristine ecosystem is a globally important nesting site of the largest turtles on Earth – leatherback turtles. But now, the site is ... <a title="A mega port in India threatens the survival of the largest turtles on Earth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/13/a-mega-port-in-india-threatens-the-survival-of-the-largest-turtles-on-earth-197021/" aria-label="Read more about A mega port in India threatens the survival of the largest turtles on Earth">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert McLachlan, Professor in Applied Mathematics, Massey University A recent parliamentary inquiry into passenger rail drew 1700 submissions, suggesting growing support for the return of long-distance trains in Aotearoa. The government has committed the country to decarbonisation targets that require significant cuts to transport-related emissions. But decarbonising ... <a title="Why restoring long-distance passenger rail makes sense in New Zealand — for people and the climate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/13/why-restoring-long-distance-passenger-rail-makes-sense-in-new-zealand-for-people-and-the-climate-199381/" aria-label="Read more about Why restoring long-distance passenger rail makes sense in New Zealand — for people and the climate">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anika Stobart, Senior Associate, Grattan Institute Shutterstock If you step into a newly built school these days, chances are you will see classrooms that look very different to the classrooms most of us spent our school years in as children. On a recent visit to a new ... <a title="Open-plan classrooms are trendy but there is little evidence to show they help students learn" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/13/open-plan-classrooms-are-trendy-but-there-is-little-evidence-to-show-they-help-students-learn-199591/" aria-label="Read more about Open-plan classrooms are trendy but there is little evidence to show they help students learn">Read more</a>
