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December 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Douglas, Professor, Flinders University This article is part of our three-part series on summer reads for young people after a very unique year. 2020 has been a particularly tough year for those approaching the latter years of high school. Young people have witnessed large-scale economic insecurity ... <a title="Teen summer reads: 5 novels to help cope with adversity and alienation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/24/teen-summer-reads-5-novels-to-help-cope-with-adversity-and-alienation-149546/" aria-label="Read more about Teen summer reads: 5 novels to help cope with adversity and alienation">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2020
Asia Pacific Report For Margaret Mills, adventurer, environmental campaigner, activist poet and Greenpeace stalwart, it was a lifetime dream coming true at 91. When she opened her parcel from the mail at her hilltop Waiheke island home just over a week ago, out popped advance copies of her maiden book, The Nine Lives of Kitty ... <a title="Pioneering saga of early Otago horse whisperer author’s dream come true" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/24/pioneering-saga-of-early-otago-horse-whisperer-authors-dream-come-true/" aria-label="Read more about Pioneering saga of early Otago horse whisperer author’s dream come true">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Parliament, and end of year reviews Chris Trotter: 2021 will be about brown poverty and white guilt Steve Braunias (Guardian): Photos of New Zealand politicians and their bookcases are creepily revealing Claire Trevett (Herald): The lol-lights and ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 24 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/24/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-december-24-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 24 2020">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Ramzy Baroud The notion that the covid-19 pandemic was “the great equalizer’ should be dead and buried by now. If anything, the lethal disease is another terrible reminder of the deep divisions and inequalities in our societies. That said, the treatment of the disease should not be a repeat of the same shameful ... <a title="The Great Divider: Covid-19 reflects global racism, not equality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/23/the-great-divider-covid-19-reflects-global-racism-not-equality/" aria-label="Read more about The Great Divider: Covid-19 reflects global racism, not equality">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Housing Dan Satherley and Rosie Gordon (Newshub): Housing crisis: Rents up everywhere, as demand far outstrips supply Miriam Bell (RNZ): Median rent now 21 per cent higher than in 2015, Trade Me data shows Marta Steeman ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 23 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/23/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-december-23-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 23 2020">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Salmon, Professor of Human Factors, University of the Sunshine Coast Within the next few decades, according to some experts, we may see the arrival of the next step in the development of artificial intelligence. So-called “artificial general intelligence”, or AGI, will have intellectual capabilities far beyond ... <a title="The ghost of Christmas yet to come: how an AI ‘SantaNet’ might end up destroying the world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/23/the-ghost-of-christmas-yet-to-come-how-an-ai-santanet-might-end-up-destroying-the-world-151922/" aria-label="Read more about The ghost of Christmas yet to come: how an AI ‘SantaNet’ might end up destroying the world">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Chow, Research Scientist, SKA Site & Infrastructure, CSIRO A remote outback station about 800km north of Perth in Western Australia is one of the best places in the world to operate telescopes that listen for radio signals from space. It’s the site of CSIRO’s Murchison Radio-astronomy ... <a title="Silence please! Why radio astronomers need things quiet in the middle of a WA desert" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/23/silence-please-why-radio-astronomers-need-things-quiet-in-the-middle-of-a-wa-desert-118922/" aria-label="Read more about Silence please! Why radio astronomers need things quiet in the middle of a WA desert">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Barbara Santich, Graduate Program in Food Studies, University of Adelaide Pasta. Rice. Tinned tomatoes. All staples that, prior to 2020, most of us never thought would be in short supply. This year has taught us a lot, including about food and what it means to us. It’s ... <a title="Food in good times and bad: what did 2020 teach us about the way we eat?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/23/food-in-good-times-and-bad-what-did-2020-teach-us-about-the-way-we-eat-150531/" aria-label="Read more about Food in good times and bad: what did 2020 teach us about the way we eat?">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Breen, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Road signs help us to get where we are and to where we’re going, that much is obvious. But, at another level, road signs show us where we are and where we’re heading as a people and a culture. ... <a title="Bilingual road signs in Aotearoa New Zealand would tell us where we are as a nation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/23/bilingual-road-signs-in-aotearoa-new-zealand-would-tell-us-where-we-are-as-a-nation-150438/" aria-label="Read more about Bilingual road signs in Aotearoa New Zealand would tell us where we are as a nation">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Breitbarth, Senior Academic, Swinburne University of Technology Few people would stop to consider if their sporting activities damage the environment. But our research shows Victorians use a huge chunk of their “personal carbon budget” driving to and from sport events each year – either to watch ... <a title="Drive to football? Take your kids to the pool? You’re probably emitting an astonishing amount of CO₂" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/23/drive-to-football-take-your-kids-to-the-pool-youre-probably-emitting-an-astonishing-amount-of-co-150779/" aria-label="Read more about Drive to football? Take your kids to the pool? You’re probably emitting an astonishing amount of CO₂">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caitlyn Forster, PhD Candidate, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney During lockdowns, millions of homes were transformed into mini schools as parents and teachers joined forces to facilitate remote learning. The experience proved education doesn’t only happen in classrooms. The green spaces around our ... <a title="Nature detectives in the backyard: 3 science activities for curious kids this summer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/23/nature-detectives-in-the-backyard-3-science-activities-for-curious-kids-this-summer-151661/" aria-label="Read more about Nature detectives in the backyard: 3 science activities for curious kids this summer">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Graham, Senior Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology The Victorian government’s handling of the state’s second coronavirus wave attracted massive Twitter attention, both in support of and against the state’s premier Daniel Andrews. Our research, published in the journal Media International Australia reveals much of this attention ... <a title="#IStandWithDan, #DictatorDan, #DanLiedPeopleDied: 397,000 tweets reveal the culprits behind a dangerously polarised debate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/22/istandwithdan-dictatordan-danliedpeopledied-397-000-tweets-reveal-the-culprits-behind-a-dangerously-polarised-debate-151100/" aria-label="Read more about #IStandWithDan, #DictatorDan, #DanLiedPeopleDied: 397,000 tweets reveal the culprits behind a dangerously polarised debate">Read more</a>
