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September 8, 2024
“Anticipation is growing. The warriors are ready. They’re preparing themselves. The paddlers are already on their waka,” Scotty Morrison, alongside veteran journalist Tini Molyneux, told viewers from the banks of the Waikato River. It was Thursday, and the body of Kiingi Tuheitia was being escorted to the barge to take him to his resting place ... <a title="Mediawatch: Kiingi Tuheitia’s tangihanga – epic broadcast marks new epoch for te ao Māori" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/08/mediawatch-kiingi-tuheitias-tangihanga-epic-broadcast-marks-new-epoch-for-te-ao-maori/" aria-label="Read more about Mediawatch: Kiingi Tuheitia’s tangihanga – epic broadcast marks new epoch for te ao Māori">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deanne Fisher, Associate Professor of Astronomy, Swinburne University of Technology The starry part of every galaxy is surrounded by a vast shroud of gas extending out for more than 100,000 light years. Cristy Roberts / ANU / ASTRO 3D Have you ever wanted to make a $150,000 ... <a title="New measurements reveal the enormous halos that shroud all galaxies in the universe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/06/new-measurements-reveal-the-enormous-halos-that-shroud-all-galaxies-in-the-universe-238414/" aria-label="Read more about New measurements reveal the enormous halos that shroud all galaxies in the universe">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Moya Costello, Adjunct Lecturer, Southern Cross University Opera Australia My first curiosities about the new opera Eucalyptus, an adaptation of Murray Bail’s multi-award-winning 1998 novel, were regarding how Ellen and the many stories told to her by her ultimately successful suitor would be portrayed. Would Ellen be ... <a title="Opera Eucalyptus is a lush adaptation of Murray Bail’s novel – with a modern twist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/06/opera-eucalyptus-is-a-lush-adaptation-of-murray-bails-novel-with-a-modern-twist-237979/" aria-label="Read more about Opera Eucalyptus is a lush adaptation of Murray Bail’s novel – with a modern twist">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andres Felipe Suarez-Castro, Research Fellow, Ecological Modelling, Griffith University Scarlet honeyeater (_Myzomela sanguinolenta_) Marty Oishi/Shutterstock The birds that fill our mornings with songs and our parks and gardens with colour are disappearing from our cities, our new study has found. We examined 82 bird species across 42 ... <a title="Our cities are losing the small, colourful songbirds that give us the most joy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/06/our-cities-are-losing-the-small-colourful-songbirds-that-give-us-the-most-joy-238315/" aria-label="Read more about Our cities are losing the small, colourful songbirds that give us the most joy">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anastasia Powell, Professor, Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University A new A$4.7 billion national funding package announced today will deliver much needed resources to address family and sexual violence. For years, specialist support services, community legal services, therapeutic responses and men’s behaviour change programs have been saying ... <a title="New government funding for family violence is unprecedented, but it can’t afford to wait" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/06/new-government-funding-for-family-violence-is-unprecedented-but-it-cant-afford-to-wait-238420/" aria-label="Read more about New government funding for family violence is unprecedented, but it can’t afford to wait">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Collins, Professor of Geology, University of Adelaide Two tectonic plates meet in Thingvellir National Park, Iceland. VisualProduction/Shutterstock Using information from inside the rocks on Earth’s surface, we have reconstructed the plate tectonics of the planet over the last 1.8 billion years. It is the first time ... <a title="Witness 1.8 billion years of tectonic plates dance across Earth’s surface in a new animation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/06/witness-1-8-billion-years-of-tectonic-plates-dance-across-earths-surface-in-a-new-animation-238209/" aria-label="Read more about Witness 1.8 billion years of tectonic plates dance across Earth’s surface in a new animation">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Revell, Associate Professor in Environmental Physics, University of Canterbury NASA via Getty Images At this time of year, as the sun rises over Antarctica, a “hole” opens up in Earth’s ozone layer. The ozone layer is a vital planetary boundary that protects all life on Earth ... <a title="The ozone hole above Antarctica will keep opening up each spring for decades to come – here’s why that still matters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/06/the-ozone-hole-above-antarctica-will-keep-opening-up-each-spring-for-decades-to-come-heres-why-that-still-matters-237013/" aria-label="Read more about The ozone hole above Antarctica will keep opening up each spring for decades to come – here’s why that still matters">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jon Richardson, Visiting Fellow, Centre for European Studies, Australian National University Russia’s announcement this week that it is revising its nuclear weapons doctrine has raised questions about what this means – and whether it marks a significant escalation in its war in Ukraine. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei ... <a title="Is Russia’s changing nuclear doctrine a significant concern – or just another empty threat?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/06/is-russias-changing-nuclear-doctrine-a-significant-concern-or-just-another-empty-threat-238078/" aria-label="Read more about Is Russia’s changing nuclear doctrine a significant concern – or just another empty threat?">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bradley J. Moggridge, Professor of Science, University of Technology Sydney Bradley Moggridge, Author provided Kamilaroi Country lies in far northwest New South Wales, past Tamworth and crossing over the Queensland border. Here, the bunyip bird (Australasian bittern, Botaurus poiciloptilus), and the brolga (Grus rubicunda or burraalga in ... <a title="Bunyip birds and brolgas: how can we better protect species important to Indigenous people?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/06/bunyip-birds-and-brolgas-how-can-we-better-protect-species-important-to-indigenous-people-236801/" aria-label="Read more about Bunyip birds and brolgas: how can we better protect species important to Indigenous people?">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vaughan Cruickshank, Senior Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, University of Tasmania Thousands of amazing athletes have competed in the Paralympics Games over the past 64 years. But who are the greatest of these Paralympians? And how would you decide? Most gold medals? Most overall medals? What ... <a title="Who are the greatest Paralympians of all time?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/06/who-are-the-greatest-paralympians-of-all-time-237563/" aria-label="Read more about Who are the greatest Paralympians of all time?">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erica Mealy, Lecturer in Computer Science, University of the Sunshine Coast The Australian government this week released voluntary artificial intelligence (AI) safety standards, alongside a proposals paper calling for greater regulation of the use of the fast-growing technology in high-risk situations. The take-home message from federal Minister ... <a title="The government says more people need to use AI. Here’s why that’s wrong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/06/the-government-says-more-people-need-to-use-ai-heres-why-thats-wrong-238327/" aria-label="Read more about The government says more people need to use AI. Here’s why that’s wrong">Read more</a>
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September 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By George Taleporos, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Living with Disability Research Centre, La Trobe University Bill Shorten is resigning from politics in February next year. Throughout his 17 years in parliament, no achievement stands out more than his role in the creation of the National Disability Insurance Scheme ... <a title="Bill Shorten’s greatest legacy is the NDIS. It transformed the lives of people like me with disability" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/06/bill-shortens-greatest-legacy-is-the-ndis-it-transformed-the-lives-of-people-like-me-with-disability-238329/" aria-label="Read more about Bill Shorten’s greatest legacy is the NDIS. It transformed the lives of people like me with disability">Read more</a>
