• Australia’s new anti-vaping program in schools is a good step – but education is only part of the puzzle
    Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    The program will raise awareness about the dangers of vaping, and hopefully support changes in vaping attitudes and behaviours among young people.
  • Vanuatu's first international maritime graduate wants more women in the industry
    Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from Radio New Zealand Pacific Headlines
    "If you want something in life you have to go after it" World Maritime University graduate wants more women in maritime.
  • To build support, it might be time for the Greens to hang up their movement-style approach to politics
    Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    The Conversation The Greens have not had a stellar year electorally, and their leader is ranked as one of the least likeable. The party might need a change of approach ahead of the 2025 federal election.
  • Waiting for exam results can be awful. Our research shows how best to manage the stress
    Monday, November 18, 2024 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    We found those who accepted their emotions, without judgement, felt more positive during the wait. This strategy also worked after students got their results, regardless or what they were.
  • Para Kore receives Waste Minimisation funding for Te Waipounamu
    Saturday, October 14, 2023 from Voxy: Most popular today feed
    Para Kore Marae Incorporated are excited to announce support from the Government’s Waste Minimisation Fund to expand their services to Te Waipounamu.
  • Operation to remove fuel from sunken naval vessel set to start in December
    Monday, November 18, 2024 from Radio New Zealand Pacific Headlines
    The deputy chief of Navy does not expect it to be "safe or practical" to remove "absolutely all the liquids" from the HMNZS Manawanui.
  • Financial stress and cultural differences make migrants particularly vulnerable to gambling harms. Here’s why
    Monday, November 18, 2024 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    Many migrants, including those in the NT, experience financial, social and emotional pressures. These sometimes lead them to gambling as a means of socialisation or stress relief.
  • Traditional owners and scientists worked together on ‘coral IVF’ projects. Here’s what we found
    Monday, November 18, 2024 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    Scientists have been gathering coral spawn to create baby corals via ‘coral IVF’. Until now, much of this research has been done without consultation with Traditional Custodians.
  • Govt's 2010 tax cuts 'costing $2 billion and counting'
    Saturday, October 14, 2023 from Voxy: Most popular today feed
    The Green Party has today revealed that the National Government has so far had to borrow an additional $2 billion dollars to fund their 2010 tax cut package for upper income earners.
  • 'I can't see how we can survive': Sydney builders locked out of the worksite predict dire consequences if construction doesn't resume on July 31
    Thursday, July 22, 2021 from Business Insider Australia (Australian Stories)
    Sydney construction firms will be driven out of business if the industry shutdown carries past July 30, concerned business owners say. Premier Gladys Berejiklian has signaled that construction will be allowed again from July 31....
  • Lower Hutt stabbing: Chaotic scenes as men and dog stabbed, trial under way
    Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from nzherald.co.nz - National
    A jury is being asked to decide who was the aggressor, a home owner or a visitor.
  • Is it OK to use the term ‘neurospicy’ when talking about autism and other neurodivergences?
    Friday, November 15, 2024 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    Some people embrace this new word but others reject it.
  • Olivia Podmore coronial inquiry: Disgraced coach ‘berated’ Olympian on her sex life, whispered ‘don’t f***ing crash’ before races
    Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from nzherald.co.nz - National
    A three-week inquest in Hamilton will investigate the Olympian's death in 2021 aged 24.
  • Young diver Jade Kahukore-Dixon fatally attacked by shark near Chatham Islands, community in shock
    Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from nzherald.co.nz - National
    The victim has been described as 'an amazing boy' who loved fishing and diving.
  • No, Donald Trump cannot run for re-election again in 2028
    Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from nzherald.co.nz - World
    New York Times: Trump has repeatedly floated the idea he might like to stay.
  • Snap election looms in Vanuatu
    Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from Radio New Zealand Pacific Headlines
    The president of the Republic of Vanuatu has dissolved parliament, triggering a snap-election.
  • Cook Islands PM 'not surprised' at Treaty Principles Bill opposition
    Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from Radio New Zealand Pacific Headlines
    The Cook Islands prime minister Mark Brown is not surprised at the swell of opposition against the Treaty Principles Bill in Aotearoa.
  • Football: Samoa’s defensive pattern holds All Whites to 8-0 scoreline
    Monday, November 18, 2024 from Radio New Zealand Pacific Headlines
    Samoa played defensively according to their game plan, as they worked on restricting New Zealand from scoring more than 10 goals, in a game the All Whites won 8-0 at Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland on Monday night.
  • Azerion introduces AI-powered Smart Content
    Thursday, October 12, 2023 from Voxy: Most popular today feed
    Azerion announces the launch of ‘Smart Content’, an AI-powered solution that combines advertising technology and video content onto its platform.
  • Pacific leaders outline foreign policy priorities amid geopolitical and climate crises
    Monday, November 18, 2024 from Radio New Zealand Pacific Headlines
    Fiji's Sitiveni Rabuka and Vanuatu's Charlot Salwai have launched their first international blueprints that they hope will elevate the Pacific voice.
  • Nelson mental health worker suffers serious burns in boiling water attack by patient
    Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from nzherald.co.nz - National
    Derive McNeill has since thanked the man for working in the mental health sector.
  • NACC head Paul Brereton says resigning in the face of bad publicity would ‘undermine’ the commission
    Friday, November 15, 2024 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    The Conversation The head of the National Anti-Corruption Commission. Paul Brereton, has rejected calls he resign after a finding of “officer misconduct”, declaring to do so would harm the NACC.
  • Dozens of refugees are still stranded in precarious situations in PNG – and support from Australia is dwindling
    Monday, November 18, 2024 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    The Conversation Canberra has reinstated funding for 42 refugees and asylum seekers in the country, but given their deteriorating physical and mental health, it should be doing much more.
  • Developing nations are least responsible for climate change but cop it worst. Will the COP29 climate talks tackle this injustice?
    Friday, November 15, 2024 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    dam wall, dry below This week, nations are hashing out new goals for climate finance at the COP29 talks. Loss and damage is finally on the agenda – but the chance of major new funding is low
  • Australian police are trialling AI to analyse body-worn camera footage, despite overseas failures and expert criticism
    Friday, November 15, 2024 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    AI technologies can help police. But only structural and organisational reform can fix inequitable surveillance practices.
  • Israeli strike in Beirut kills five, injures 31 amid ongoing conflict
    Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from nzherald.co.nz - World
    The death toll in Beirut is expected to rise.
  • Fijian-American woman aims for the stars
    Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from Radio New Zealand Pacific Headlines
    Neharika Gambhir is originally from Suva and is now based in Washington DC, where she joined the all-female crew of the Analog Expedition 92.
  • As Australia privatises nature repair, the cheapest approach won’t save our threatened species
    Monday, November 18, 2024 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    Australia’s carbon credit scheme largely fails to protect threatened species, despite assumptions to the contrary. The findings provide cautionary lessons for the nature repair scheme.
  • Christchurch tenant discovers human ashes in garden shed
    Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from nzherald.co.nz - National
    Knox had just moved into her rental when she stumbled across a peculiar-looking box.
  • Kremlin says Joe Biden 'fuelling' war as Russian strikes rock Odesa
    Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from nzherald.co.nz - World
    The Kremlin has hit out at the US for allowing long-range weapons.
  • Here’s what we’ll be telling COP29 about how climate change is harming young people’s mental health
    Friday, November 15, 2024 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    Young people worry about climate change. But the impact on their mental health is more than anxiety about the future. Increasing heat and other effects are already influencing poor mental health.
  • Meltwater from Greenland and the Arctic is weakening ocean circulation, speeding up warming down south
    Monday, November 18, 2024 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    New research shows melting ice is causing the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) to slow down, with widespread consequences for the world’s climate and ecosystems.
  • Australians are reading less than other countries, a new report shows. Why?
    Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    Reading rates in Australia are falling – and price might be less of a factor than we think. We look at how Australia compares internationally, and what other countries are doing to boost reading.
  • TUANZ calls for the next Government to commit to connectivity as a core utility
    Saturday, October 14, 2023 from Voxy: Most popular today feed
    Ahead of the general election in October, The Tech Users Association (TUANZ) has called on whoever makes up the next Government to commit to connectivity as a core utility.
  • COP29: Pacific negotiators frustrated by 'slow process' of climate talks
    Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from Radio New Zealand Pacific Headlines
    Pacific climate leaders are frustrated by the sluggish rate of progress made during the first week of the UN climate meeting.
  • AI for life: how sovereign Wiradyuri ways of knowing can transform technology for good
    Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    Technology doesn’t have to be harmful to people and Country in the way AI currently is. Instead, it can help care for and preserve people and Country.
  • Basic rules for screen time at a young age can help reduce childhood obesity – new research
    Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    The Conversation New research finds excessive screen time is associated with childhood obesity. But by limiting a toddler’s time in front of the TV or on other screens, parents can help reduce the risks.
  • As AI and megaplatforms take over, the hyperlinks that built the web may face extinction
    Monday, November 18, 2024 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    Links have been essential tools for navigating the web and sourcing information – but they are on the decline as tech companies try to keep audiences from clicking away.
  • My Brilliant Career: musical based on Miles Franklin’s novel takes us on a sassy, spirited journey of self-discovery
    Monday, November 18, 2024 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    Freedom and feminism take the stage in the Melbourne Theatre Company’s musical revival of My Brilliant Career.
  • Betel nut chewing in Micronesia: a social and spiritual tradition
    Monday, November 18, 2024 from Radio New Zealand Pacific Headlines
    Opinion - Betel nut chewing was a social activity that played an important part in the daily lives of the early Micronesians, writes Raquel Bagnol .
  • Coffee, juice, shawarma: Tiny traces of normal life in a ruined Gaza
    Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from nzherald.co.nz - World
    New York Times: A few pockets of ordinary life bloom in defiance of war.
  • More Auckland taxi customers allege being overcharged by Crown Cabs, Transport Minister slates ‘rogue operators’
    Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from nzherald.co.nz - National
    “We’re a young couple from out of town and feel really taken advantage of."
  • Chalmers targets reforms to superannuation products and transparency in the retirement phase
    Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    The Conversation Treasurer Jim Chalmers will announce on Wednesday a package of reforms to the retirement phase of the superannuation system, to make it easier to navigate and consumer friendly.
  • New research shows people can’t tell the difference between human and AI poetry – and even prefer the latter. What gives?
    Friday, November 15, 2024 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    AI models can produce poems that rate well on certain ‘metrics’. But the event of reading poetry is not one in which we arrive at standardised outcomes.
  • 'CBOT wheat prices spike overnight on escalation of Black Sea conflict'
    Saturday, October 14, 2023 from Voxy: Most popular today feed
    CBOT (Chicago Board of Trade) wheat prices soared eight per cent overnight, after Ukrainian ports were hit by Russian missiles and Russia’s Ministry of Defence warned that all vessels travelling to Ukraine’s Black Sea ports will be...
  • Is inequality a natural phenomenon? Thomas Piketty argues it isn’t – and proposes a way forward
    Monday, November 18, 2024 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    Thomas Piketty’s new book is designed to make his thought available to a wider audience.
  • I’m a children’s writer – and celebrity children’s books undervalue my craft
    Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    Celebrity children’s books are a recurring phenomenon – from Jamie Oliver and Keira Knightley to Meghan Markle and Jimmy Barnes. But writing for children is harder than it might look.
  • We rated the urban forests of 8 global cities – only Singapore passed the 30% canopy test
    Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    Have you heard of the 3+30+300 rule for urban forestry? See how Melbourne and Sydney compare to New York, Denver, Seattle, Buenos Aires, Amsterdam and Singapore on trees, canopy and park proximity.
  • Alan Jones once seemed unassailable. What ended it was a peculiarly Sydney story of media, politics and power
    Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    The Conversation The highly influential broadcaster, for years feared by the nation’s politicians, has been charged with several sexual offences.
  • The Coalition will block the student caps bill. Brace yourself for more uncertainty over international students
    Monday, November 18, 2024 from The Conversation – Articles (AU)
    The Conversation In a surprise move, the Coalition has confirmed it plans to oppose the federal government’s bill to cap the number of foreign students in Australia.
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