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February 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Haiqing Yu, Associate Professor, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University As public health authorities in China and the world fight the novel coronavirus, they face two major communication obstacles: the eroding trust in the media, and misinformation on social media. As cities, towns, villages and residential ... <a title="The coronavirus and Chinese social media: finger-pointing in the post-truth era" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/10/the-coronavirus-and-chinese-social-media-finger-pointing-in-the-post-truth-era-130698/" aria-label="Read more about The coronavirus and Chinese social media: finger-pointing in the post-truth era">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2020
Pacific Media Watch The Australian government should break its silence and raise human rights violations in West Papua with visiting Indonesian President Joko Widodo today, says a Sydney-based advocacy group. Widodo is expected to deliver an address to a joint sitting of Federal Parliament in Canberra. He is in Australia to discuss and finalise the ... <a title="Canberra must ‘break silence’ over Papuan human rights, says AWPA" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/10/canberra-must-break-silence-over-papuan-human-rights-says-awpa/" aria-label="Read more about Canberra must ‘break silence’ over Papuan human rights, says AWPA">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2020
A video made to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Pacific Journalism Review in 2014. Video: Sasya Wreksono/PMC Pacific Media Watch Tuwhera, the open access repository and publisher of Auckland University of Technology, has added 16 years of back copy editions of Pacific Journalism Review to the digital resource. The full text articles from a further ... <a title="Tuwhera expands the PJR ‘critical inquiry’ Pacific media archive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/09/tuwhera-expands-the-pjr-critical-inquiry-pacific-media-archive/" aria-label="Read more about Tuwhera expands the PJR ‘critical inquiry’ Pacific media archive">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2020
BACKGROUNDER: By Oiwan Lam Former human rights lawyer and famous citizen journalist Chen Qiushi arrived in Wuhan city, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, on January 24, 2020, to report from inside the quarantined city. Although the first case of the coronavirus emerged on December 8, Chinese media outlets only started covering the news on ... <a title="Wuhan coronavirus: Citizen journalist Chen Qiushi on the epicentre frontline" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/07/wuhan-coronavirus-citizen-journalist-chen-qiushi-on-the-epicentre-frontline/" aria-label="Read more about Wuhan coronavirus: Citizen journalist Chen Qiushi on the epicentre frontline">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sophie Cross, PhD candidate, Curtin University In 2017 and 2018 I walked the equivalent of 28 marathons in the scorching Western Australian outback. Why, you ask? To assess how some of Australia’s largest lizard species interact with restored mines. As part of my PhD research, I hiked ... <a title="I walked 1,200km in the outback to track huge lizards. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/07/i-walked-1-200km-in-the-outback-to-track-huge-lizards-heres-why-130194/" aria-label="Read more about I walked 1,200km in the outback to track huge lizards. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rahul Sen, Senior Lecturer, School of Economics, Auckland University of Technology The economic repercussions of the coronavirus outbreak worldwide and for New Zealand are beginning to emerge – and it is already clear that the coronavirus will have a worse impact than the severe acute respiratory syndrome ... <a title="Why New Zealand is more exposed than others to the economic chills of China’s coronavirus outbreak" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/07/why-new-zealand-is-more-exposed-than-others-to-the-economic-chills-of-chinas-coronavirus-outbreak-131204/" aria-label="Read more about Why New Zealand is more exposed than others to the economic chills of China’s coronavirus outbreak">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anastasia Hronis, Clinical Psychologist, University of Technology Sydney Advertisements for gambling and online betting tell us to “gamble responsibly”. But what does this mean in reality? And how can you gamble responsibly online when another bet is just a click or swipe away? Read more: Gambling in ... <a title="We’re told to ‘gamble responsibly’. But what does that actually mean?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/07/were-told-to-gamble-responsibly-but-what-does-that-actually-mean-130949/" aria-label="Read more about We’re told to ‘gamble responsibly’. But what does that actually mean?">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Howard Manns, Lecturer in Linguistics, Monash University Why do different countries have different languages? – Maeôra, aged 6 Humans have long been puzzled by the existence of different languages. A long time ago, people took guesses or made up stories to explain this. You might know the ... <a title="Curious Kids: why do people in different countries speak different languages?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/07/curious-kids-why-do-people-in-different-countries-speak-different-languages-127112/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why do people in different countries speak different languages?">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Gomes, Associate Professor, RMIT University The 2020 academic year is off to a rocky start. Instead of the usual excitement that comes with a new semester, university students, particularly those still in China (more than 100,000 or 56% of all international students) and those who have ... <a title="3 ways the coronavirus outbreak will affect international students and how unis can help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/07/3-ways-the-coronavirus-outbreak-will-affect-international-students-and-how-unis-can-help-131195/" aria-label="Read more about 3 ways the coronavirus outbreak will affect international students and how unis can help">Read more</a>
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February 7, 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 Waitangi Simon Wilson (Herald): The passions of Waitangi (paywalled) Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Patience, positivity on display for Ardern’s Waitangi visit Jamie Ensor and Heather McCarron (Newshub): Waitangi Day 2020 least political in years, Māori feel ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 07 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/07/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-07-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 07 2020">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rupert Sutherland, Professor of tectonics and geophysics, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Three years ago, the identification of Zealandia as a continent made global headlines. Now, newly published results from our scientific drilling expedition reveal the largely submerged Zealandia continent, which stretches across five million square ... <a title="Expedition reveals the violent birth of Earth’s hidden continent Zealandia, forged in a ring of fire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/07/expedition-reveals-the-violent-birth-of-earths-hidden-continent-zealandia-forged-in-a-ring-of-fire-130860/" aria-label="Read more about Expedition reveals the violent birth of Earth’s hidden continent Zealandia, forged in a ring of fire">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Howard Manns, Lecturer in Linguistics, Monash University Why do different countries have different languages? – Maeôra, aged 6 Humans have long been puzzled by the existence of different languages. A long time ago, people took guesses or made up stories to explain this. You might know the ... <a title="Why do people in different countries speak different languages?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/07/why-do-people-in-different-countries-speak-different-languages-127112/" aria-label="Read more about Why do people in different countries speak different languages?">Read more</a>
