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April 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Haskell-Dowland, Associate Dean (Computing and Security), Edith Cowan University Before COVID-19, children would spend a lot of the day at school. There they would be taught about internet safety and be protected when going online by systems that filter or restrict access to online content. Schools ... <a title="Cyber threats at home: how to keep kids safe while they’re learning online" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/24/cyber-threats-at-home-how-to-keep-kids-safe-while-theyre-learning-online-136264/" aria-label="Read more about Cyber threats at home: how to keep kids safe while they’re learning online">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Today’s Anzac Day Smithometer Chart shows the fatal impact in New Zealand of World War 1 battles at Gallipoli and on the Somme in France. (Earlier this week the Smithometer showed the impact of 1917 WW1 battles in Belgium – Messines and Passchendaele – and the dramatic, though short-lived, impact of ... <a title="Keith Rankin’s Chart Analysis – Smithometer: New Zealand’s World War 1 Mortality Peaks 1915-16" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/24/keith-rankins-chart-analysis-smithometer-new-zealands-world-war-1-mortality-peaks-1915-16/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin’s Chart Analysis – Smithometer: New Zealand’s World War 1 Mortality Peaks 1915-16">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vanicka Arora, PhD Candidate at Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University Since the Gorkha earthquake killed almost 9,000 people in April 2015, Nepal has been on a slow and arduous route to recovery. Nepal’s vibrant cultural heritage of monuments, religious places, crafts, festivals and traditional ... <a title="Five years on from the earthquake in Bhaktapur, Nepal, heritage-led recovery is uniting community" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/24/five-years-on-from-the-earthquake-in-bhaktapur-nepal-heritage-led-recovery-is-uniting-community-136255/" aria-label="Read more about Five years on from the earthquake in Bhaktapur, Nepal, heritage-led recovery is uniting community">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ron Wakefield, Professor of Construction, Deputy Pro-Vice Chancellor, International, and Dean, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us our health is intimately connected to the health of the person next to us, and that everyone needs shelter. It has ... <a title="The need to house everyone has never been clearer. Here’s a 2-step strategy to get it done" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/24/the-need-to-house-everyone-has-never-been-clearer-heres-a-2-step-strategy-to-get-it-done-137069/" aria-label="Read more about The need to house everyone has never been clearer. Here’s a 2-step strategy to get it done">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Hamilton, Postdoctoral Researcher in Palaeoecology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History The HMS Endeavour’s week-long stay on the shores of Kamay in 1770 yielded so many botanical specimens unknown to western science, Captain James Cook called the area Botany Bay. During this visit, ... <a title="Buried under colonial concrete, Botany Bay has even been robbed of its botany" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/24/buried-under-colonial-concrete-botany-bay-has-even-been-robbed-of-its-botany-135315/" aria-label="Read more about Buried under colonial concrete, Botany Bay has even been robbed of its botany">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mandie Shean, Lecturer, School of Education, Edith Cowan University Most Australian children are stuck at home due to the outbreak of COVID-19. They need to find ways to socialise, do their school work, exercise and entertain themselves. It’s not surprising parents may be hearing “I’m bored” a ... <a title="Parents, you don’t always need to entertain your kids – boredom is good for them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/24/parents-you-dont-always-need-to-entertain-your-kids-boredom-is-good-for-them-136383/" aria-label="Read more about Parents, you don’t always need to entertain your kids – boredom is good for them">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Kosovac, Research Fellow in International Urban Politics, University of Melbourne We may have a surprising new ally in the bid to contain the COVID-19 outbreak: your sewage. Australia’s government recently announced that sewage is to be tested for SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Federal health ... <a title="Flushing is our next weapon against COVID-19, if you’re happy to have your sewage scrutinised" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/24/flushing-is-our-next-weapon-against-covid-19-if-youre-happy-to-have-your-sewage-scrutinised-136844/" aria-label="Read more about Flushing is our next weapon against COVID-19, if you’re happy to have your sewage scrutinised">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samuel Wilson, Senior Lecturer in Leadership, Swinburne University of Technology In the space of six weeks, the threat posed by COVID-19 and the sudden absence of partisanship from the political landscape have ushered in a focus on leadership for the greater good, the likes of which we ... <a title="How the coronavirus pandemic is (finally) resulting in leadership for the greater good" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/24/how-the-coronavirus-pandemic-is-finally-resulting-in-leadership-for-the-greater-good-136508/" aria-label="Read more about How the coronavirus pandemic is (finally) resulting in leadership for the greater good">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chari Larsson, Lecturer of art history, Griffith University Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains references to deceased people. This has been a difficult review to write. The late Aurukun artist Mavis Ngallametta’s major survey exhibition Show Me the Way to Go Home ... <a title="Mavis Ngallametta review – a bittersweet collection of a songwoman’s stories of home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/24/mavis-ngallametta-review-a-bittersweet-collection-of-a-songwomans-stories-of-home-133152/" aria-label="Read more about Mavis Ngallametta review – a bittersweet collection of a songwoman’s stories of home">Read more</a>
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April 24, 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 Government Phil Pennington (RNZ): Controversial tech firm Palantir had talks with govt on Covid-19 Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Officials pitched OIA suspension during lockdown Chris Trotter: Long Live The People’s Dictatorship! RNZ: Study investigates NZ reaction ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 24 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/24/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-april-24-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 24 2020">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University Anzac Day 2020 will be a far cry from the Australian War Memorial’s dawn service of recent years. While dignified and solemn, the dawn service has also been spectacle. Sophisticated technology is ... <a title="In 1919, Anzac Day was commemorated despite the Spanish flu pandemic. In 2020, we will remember them again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/24/in-1919-anzac-day-was-commemorated-despite-the-spanish-flu-pandemic-in-2020-we-will-remember-them-again-136413/" aria-label="Read more about In 1919, Anzac Day was commemorated despite the Spanish flu pandemic. In 2020, we will remember them again">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Mountain, Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University Electricity demand in Australia has barely budged since COVID-19 took hold. Many may be wondering: after months spent largely at home, are huge household power bills on the way? The answer, largely, is no. But as the pandemic ... <a title="Don’t worry: staying at home for months is unlikely to lead to an eye-watering electricity bill" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/24/dont-worry-staying-at-home-for-months-is-unlikely-to-lead-to-an-eye-watering-electricity-bill-136943/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t worry: staying at home for months is unlikely to lead to an eye-watering electricity bill">Read more</a>
