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February 29, 2020
China’s rise in the Asia-Pacific region has the entire globe assessing how the future of the region might look. Delegates at February’s QS Summit in Wellington got a first-hand analysis from some leading academics on the subject, with debates over the nature of the power transition that is underway, and the contours of a new ... <a title="China’s ‘mixed messages’ in Asia recipe for distrust, says academic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/29/chinas-mixed-messages-in-asia-recipe-for-distrust-says-academic/" aria-label="Read more about China’s ‘mixed messages’ in Asia recipe for distrust, says academic">Read more</a>
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February 29, 2020
By RSF in London During the first week of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s US extradition hearing in London, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) was concerned by the clear lack of evidence from the US for its charges against Assange. RSF also remains concerned about Assange’s wellbeing and inability to participate properly in his hearing, following ... <a title="RSF concerned about ‘lack of evidence’ in US extradition case against Assange" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/29/rsf-concerned-about-lack-of-evidence-in-us-extradition-case-against-assange/" aria-label="Read more about RSF concerned about ‘lack of evidence’ in US extradition case against Assange">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2020
By RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern confirmed today that a suspected case of Covid-19 coronavirus has tested positive in New Zealand. Ardern said the person was in their 60s, and was a citizen of New Zealand who had recently travelled from Iran via Bali. The person had previously tested negative for Covid-19 twice. The ... <a title="New Zealand confirms case of Covid-19 coronavirus – traveller from Iran" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/28/new-zealand-confirms-case-of-covid-19-coronavirus-traveller-from-iran/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand confirms case of Covid-19 coronavirus – traveller from Iran">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonti Horner, Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland Happy February 29! It doesn’t come round very often, so make sure you enjoy it. But why do we have these extra days? Well, if we didn’t, the seasons would gradually move around the calendar. Rather than midsummer in ... <a title="How a seasonal snarl-up in the mid-1500s gave us our strange rules for leap years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/28/how-a-seasonal-snarl-up-in-the-mid-1500s-gave-us-our-strange-rules-for-leap-years-132659/" aria-label="Read more about How a seasonal snarl-up in the mid-1500s gave us our strange rules for leap years">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leah Mercer, Associate Professor of Theatre Arts, Curtin University Review: Leviathan, directed by Yaron Lifschitz. Circa in collaboration with Co:3 Australia, MAXIMA Circus and CircusWA for Perth Festival. As the audience takes their seats, two feet poke out from beneath the curtain. In hindsight, it’s the first ... <a title="Leviathan review: Circa’s new production explores the ordinary, extraordinary mass of humanity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/28/leviathan-review-circas-new-production-explores-the-ordinary-extraordinary-mass-of-humanity-132270/" aria-label="Read more about Leviathan review: Circa’s new production explores the ordinary, extraordinary mass of humanity">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tom Bailey, Research Fellow, The University of Queensland If you’re hot and sticky even before your daily commute, you might ask why you sweat so much. Sweating is usually the body’s way of stopping you overheating. But for some people, sweating becomes a problem. Either they sweat ... <a title="Why do I sweat so much?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/28/why-do-i-sweat-so-much-131135/" aria-label="Read more about Why do I sweat so much?">Read more</a>
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February 28, 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 Political donations Yvette McCullough (RNZ): Transparency International warns need for political funding reform is urgent Gordon Campbell: On where the politically-donated bucks should be stopping Guyon Espiner and Kate Newton (RNZ): NZ First Foundation: ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 28 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/28/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-28-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 28 2020">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maggie Tonkin, Senior Lecturer, English and Creative Writing, University of Adelaide Review: Dance Nation, directed by Imara Savage. State Theatre Company South Australia and Belvoir for the Adelaide Festival Dance is at the heart of playwright Clare Barron’s Dance Nation, from the resolutely upbeat ensemble number that ... <a title="Dance Nation review: an outrageous depiction of girls grasping their emerging sexuality and power" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/28/dance-nation-review-an-outrageous-depiction-of-girls-grasping-their-emerging-sexuality-and-power-132350/" aria-label="Read more about Dance Nation review: an outrageous depiction of girls grasping their emerging sexuality and power">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Michelle Grattan talks with Assistant Professor Caroline Fisher about the week in politics, including the implementation of an emergency plan to tackle the spread of coronavirus, the major parties’ policies on climate change, national security and the Senate motion to ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the government’s emergency plan, climate change, and Bettina Arndt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/28/video-michelle-grattan-on-the-governments-emergency-plan-climate-change-and-bettina-arndt-132658/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the government’s emergency plan, climate change, and Bettina Arndt">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Euan Ritchie, Associate Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University On Churchill Island, southeast of Melbourne, small cone-shaped, shallow holes (digs) puncture the grass. They’re widespread, and reveal moist soil below the surface. A soil heap ... <a title="One little bandicoot can dig up an elephant’s worth of soil a year – and our ecosystem loves it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/28/one-little-bandicoot-can-dig-up-an-elephants-worth-of-soil-a-year-and-our-ecosystem-loves-it-132266/" aria-label="Read more about One little bandicoot can dig up an elephant’s worth of soil a year – and our ecosystem loves it">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2020
By Stefan Armbruster of SBS News in Brisbane Thousands of New Zealanders who are denied disability support are hoping Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will take the issue up with her counterpart Scott Morrison when they meet today. Despite paying taxes and the NDIS levy, New Zealanders who have come to Australia since 2001 cannot receive ... <a title="New Zealanders with disability in Australia treated as ‘second class’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/28/new-zealanders-with-disability-in-australia-treated-as-second-class/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealanders with disability in Australia treated as ‘second class’">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2020
By Felipe F. Salvosa II in Manila Philippines Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon has dismissed comments by Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go that “politics” is behind the filing of a proposed concurrent resolution calling on regulators to temporarily allow television giant ABS-CBN to operate as Congress deliberates on its franchise application. The Senate has the ... <a title="Opposition senator challenges top Duterte aide in TV network row" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/28/opposition-senator-challenges-top-duterte-aide-in-tv-network-row/" aria-label="Read more about Opposition senator challenges top Duterte aide in TV network row">Read more</a>
