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March 16, 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 Coronavirus John Armstrong (1News): Bold measures in face of coronavirus could be Jacinda Ardern’s finest hour Luke Malpass (Stuff): Why this will be the most important week of Jacinda Ardern’s prime ministership Richard ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 16 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/16/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-march-16-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 16 2020">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Loughman, Research Fellow, Deakin University People are paying hundreds of dollars to have their gut microbes analysed, hoping the insights will allow them to adjust their diet and improve their health. But these testing services are based on science that’s still in its infancy, as we ... <a title="Should I test my gut microbes to improve my health?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/16/should-i-test-my-gut-microbes-to-improve-my-health-131216/" aria-label="Read more about Should I test my gut microbes to improve my health?">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Romane H. Cristescu, Posdoc in Ecology, University of the Sunshine Coast The plight of koalas during the recent bushfire crisis made headlines here and abroad. But the emergency for our wildlife is not over. Koalas that survived the flames are now dying from starvation, dehydration, smoke inhalation ... <a title="Scientists find burnt, starving koalas weeks after the bushfires" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/16/scientists-find-burnt-starving-koalas-weeks-after-the-bushfires-133519/" aria-label="Read more about Scientists find burnt, starving koalas weeks after the bushfires">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Astell-Burt, Professor of Population Health and Environmental Data Science, NHMRC Boosting Dementia Research Leadership Fellow, University of Wollongong Not feeling sharp? Finding it hard to concentrate? About 12-19% of adults in Australia regularly don’t get enough sleep, defined as less than 5.5–6 hours each night. But ... <a title="More green, more ‘zzzzz’? Trees may help us sleep" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/16/more-green-more-zzzzz-trees-may-help-us-sleep-132354/" aria-label="Read more about More green, more ‘zzzzz’? Trees may help us sleep">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sen Sendjaya, Professor of Leadership, Swinburne University of Technology News that the Morrison government paid A$190,000 last year for advice on how to empathise with the Australian people was met with ridicule. Yet it might be worth the money. In late January, Morrison was continually criticised for ... <a title="Morrison, compassion and coronavirus: when crisis refines leadership" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/16/morrison-compassion-and-coronavirus-when-crisis-refines-leadership-133621/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison, compassion and coronavirus: when crisis refines leadership">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Natusch, Honorary Research Fellow, Macquarie University The wildlife trade has long been closely linked to disease outbreaks. It has been implicated in the SARS epidemic of 2002, Ebola in 2013 and now in the COVID-19 coronavirus. In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, China has tentatively banned ... <a title="Snakes make good food. Banning farms won’t help the fight against coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/16/snakes-make-good-food-banning-farms-wont-help-the-fight-against-coronavirus-133075/" aria-label="Read more about Snakes make good food. Banning farms won’t help the fight against coronavirus">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By George Newhouse, Adjunct Professor of Law, Macquarie University Most of Cornelia Rau’s family and friends have regarded the screening of Stateless with trepidation because the television series is loosely based on her troubled life. In 2004-05, Cornelia Rau was wrongfully detained for 10 months at a Brisbane’s ... <a title="Stateless review: remembering a time when we were outraged" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/16/stateless-review-remembering-a-time-when-we-were-outraged-132967/" aria-label="Read more about Stateless review: remembering a time when we were outraged">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2020
By RNZ News Some travellers trying to beat the New Zealand deadline early today for self-isolations to prevent the Covid-19 coronavirus spreading have been turned away by airlines that are stretched to capacity. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Saturday that from midnight Sunday, all passengers arriving from overseas, except those from Pacific Island countries, ... <a title="Some travellers trying to beat NZ’s coronavirus deadline turned away" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/16/some-travellers-trying-to-beat-nzs-coronavirus-deadline-turned-away/" aria-label="Read more about Some travellers trying to beat NZ’s coronavirus deadline turned away">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy was still shaking hands on Sunday morning. But when that afternoon Scott Morrison announced the latest coronavirus measures, including compulsory self-isolation for overseas arrivals, the Prime Minister said he and other cabinet members wouldn’t be ... <a title="View from The Hill: Scott Morrison announces mandatory self-isolation for all overseas arrivals and gives up shaking hands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/16/view-from-the-hill-scott-morrison-announces-mandatory-self-isolation-for-all-overseas-arrivals-and-gives-up-shaking-hands-133715/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Scott Morrison announces mandatory self-isolation for all overseas arrivals and gives up shaking hands">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2020
The Philippines Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed 29 new cases of the Covid-19 novel coronavirus in the country today – bringing the total number of cases to 140 – as Metro Manila went into lockdown for one month. The DOH also announced that three more patients have died from the virus. The death toll ... <a title="Philippines coronavirus rise to 140, with 11 deaths – Manila in lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/16/philippines-coronavirus-rise-to-140-with-11-deaths-manila-in-lockdown/" aria-label="Read more about Philippines coronavirus rise to 140, with 11 deaths – Manila in lockdown">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Siouxsie Wiles, Associate Professor in Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Auckland Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has done exactly what is needed to limit the spread of COVID-19 in New Zealand and the Pacific. Two new cases were confirmed today, just hours before new border restrictions come ... <a title="NZ’s decision to close its borders will hurt tourism but it’s the right thing to do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/15/nzs-decision-to-close-its-borders-will-hurt-tourism-but-its-the-right-thing-to-do-133707/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s decision to close its borders will hurt tourism but it’s the right thing to do">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sunanda Creagh, Head of Digital Storytelling What do you need to know about COVID-19 and coronavirus? We asked our readers for their top questions and sought answers from two of Australia’s leading virus and vaccine experts. The video below features Professor Michael Wallach and Dr Lisa Sedger ... <a title="VIDEO: your coronavirus and COVID-19 questions answered by experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/14/video-your-coronavirus-and-covid-19-questions-answered-by-experts-133513/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: your coronavirus and COVID-19 questions answered by experts">Read more</a>
