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April 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Grant Duncan, Associate Professor for the School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University During a national emergency we discover how well, or poorly, a country is governed. But New Zealand’s success so far in working towards eliminating COVID-19 isn’t due just to leadership from the top. ... <a title="New Zealand’s coronavirus elimination strategy has united a nation. Can that unity outlast lockdown?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/15/new-zealands-coronavirus-elimination-strategy-has-united-a-nation-can-that-unity-outlast-lockdown-135040/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s coronavirus elimination strategy has united a nation. Can that unity outlast lockdown?">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emmanuel Stamatakis, Professor of Physical Activity, Lifestyle, and Population Health, University of Sydney We’re told to keep a minimum of 1.5 metres apart from others to avoid the spread of COVID-19 via contact with virus-contaminated droplets. So when news emerged last week of a study showing the ... <a title="How to keep a coronavirus-safe distance when you’re jogging or cycling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/15/how-to-keep-a-coronavirus-safe-distance-when-youre-jogging-or-cycling-136235/" aria-label="Read more about How to keep a coronavirus-safe distance when you’re jogging or cycling">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ari Chand, Lecturer in Visual Communication Design and Creative Industries, University of Newcastle Being in isolation might be a great time to try something new. In this series, we get the basics on hobbies and activities to start while you’re spending more time at home. What can ... <a title="Great time to try: learning to draw" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/15/great-time-to-try-learning-to-draw-135298/" aria-label="Read more about Great time to try: learning to draw">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Rahn, Senior Research Officer, School of Social Sciences & Translational Health Research Institute (THRI), Western Sydney University Physically, older people are among those most vulnerable to the coronavirus. For those isolated in residential aged care or in the community, they’re also arguably the most vulnerable socially. ... <a title="Banning visitors to aged care during coronavirus raises several ethical questions – with no simple answers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/15/banning-visitors-to-aged-care-during-coronavirus-raises-several-ethical-questions-with-no-simple-answers-134663/" aria-label="Read more about Banning visitors to aged care during coronavirus raises several ethical questions – with no simple answers">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeff Borland, Professor of Economics, University of Melbourne Even before COVID-19, young Australians were doing it hard in the labour market. Slower economic growth and the increasing employment of older Australians since the global financial crisis had been crowding them out. In recent research Michael Coelli and ... <a title="The next employment challenge from coronavirus: how to help the young" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/15/the-next-employment-challenge-from-coronavirus-how-to-help-the-young-135676/" aria-label="Read more about The next employment challenge from coronavirus: how to help the young">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nina Lansbury Hall, Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland Remote Indigenous communities have taken swift and effective action to quarantine residents against the risks of COVID-19. Under a plan developed by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Group, entry to communities is ... <a title="Fix housing and you’ll reduce risks of coronavirus and other disease in remote Indigenous communities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/15/fix-housing-and-youll-reduce-risks-of-coronavirus-and-other-disease-in-remote-indigenous-communities-136049/" aria-label="Read more about Fix housing and you’ll reduce risks of coronavirus and other disease in remote Indigenous communities">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Dickson, Associate Professor of Psychology, Edith Cowan University Amid the global spread of COVID-19 we are witnessing an increased focus on gathering food and supplies. We’ve seen images of supermarket shelves emptied of basics such as toilet paper, pasta, and tinned foods. Messages to reassure people ... <a title="The psychology of comfort food – why we look to carbs for solace" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/15/the-psychology-of-comfort-food-why-we-look-to-carbs-for-solace-135432/" aria-label="Read more about The psychology of comfort food – why we look to carbs for solace">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Richard Shaw of Massey University New Zealand’s general election is currently set for September 19. Under ordinary circumstances, campaigning for the election and two referenda that will take place alongside would be heating up by now, but the country is three quarters of the way through a comprehensive level 4 four-week lockdown. ... <a title="Trust in government is high in NZ, but will it last until this year’s elections?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/15/trust-in-government-is-high-in-nz-but-will-it-last-until-this-years-elections/" aria-label="Read more about Trust in government is high in NZ, but will it last until this year’s elections?">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Norton, Professor in the Practice of Higher Education Policy, Australian National University COVID-19 has hit the higher education sector hard – with an up to A$4.6 billion estimated loss of revenue from international students. The government will not compensate universities for international student losses. But on ... <a title="For most universities, there’s little point to the government’s COVID-19 assistance package" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/15/for-most-universities-theres-little-point-to-the-governments-covid-19-assistance-package-136244/" aria-label="Read more about For most universities, there’s little point to the government’s COVID-19 assistance package">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2020
By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch Desperate times call for desperate measures and so it is with journalism schools throughout the Pacific with each of them trying new and innovative methods in the age of Covid-19 coronavirus. Faced with the global pandemic, they are following an overarching dictum, safety of students first ... <a title="Desperate times unleash digital creativity, flexibility for j-schools" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/15/desperate-times-unleash-digital-creativity-flexibility-for-j-schools/" aria-label="Read more about Desperate times unleash digital creativity, flexibility for j-schools">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2020
By John Gerritsen, education correspondent of RNZ News The second term of New Zealand’s school year starts today, but nobody is going to class. Schools are in lockdown along with the rest of the country and more than 800,000 teachers and students are now starting two weeks of remote learning. The curriculum leader for Year ... <a title="Term of digital distance learning begins for NZ teachers and pupils" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/15/term-of-digital-distance-learning-begins-for-nz-teachers-and-pupils/" aria-label="Read more about Term of digital distance learning begins for NZ teachers and pupils">Read more</a>
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April 15, 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 Public health strategy Virginia Fallon and Bridie Whitton (Stuff): Call for return to normal life puts tens of thousands at risk Derek Cheng (Herald): Cabinet urged not to play ‘Russian roulette’ with New ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 15 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/15/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-april-15-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 15 2020">Read more</a>
