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May 20, 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 National Party leadership challenge, Newshub/Reid Research poll Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Todd Muller, Nikki Kaye to challenge for National Party leadership – source 1News: Simon Bridges acknowledges coup attempt within his own party after disastrous ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 20 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/20/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-20-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 20 2020">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pep Canadell, Chief research scientist, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere; and Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO The numbers of people cycling and walking in public spaces during COVID-19 has skyrocketed. Cities from Bogota to Berlin and Vancouver have expanded bike lanes and public paths to accommodate the ... <a title="Coronavirus is a ‘sliding doors’ moment. What we do now could change Earth’s trajectory" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/20/coronavirus-is-a-sliding-doors-moment-what-we-do-now-could-change-earths-trajectory-137838/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus is a ‘sliding doors’ moment. What we do now could change Earth’s trajectory">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Scarlett Howard, Postdoctoral research fellow, Deakin University If you were a honeybee, how would you choose where to find flowers? Imagine your first flight out of the hive searching for food. What would you do if you saw flower patches with one flower, or three, or twelve, ... <a title="One, then some: how to count like a bee" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/20/one-then-some-how-to-count-like-a-bee-138815/" aria-label="Read more about One, then some: how to count like a bee">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pingping Han, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Queensland Saliva is one of our biggest foes in the COVID-19 pandemic, because of its role in spreading the virus. But it could be our friend too, because it potentially offers a way to diagnose the disease without using ... <a title="Keep your nose out of it: why saliva tests could offer a better alternative to nasal COVID-19 swabs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/20/keep-your-nose-out-of-it-why-saliva-tests-could-offer-a-better-alternative-to-nasal-covid-19-swabs-138816/" aria-label="Read more about Keep your nose out of it: why saliva tests could offer a better alternative to nasal COVID-19 swabs">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca English, Lecturer in Education, Queensland University of Technology As schools resume for most Australian students, a new group of parents have emerged. These parents have decided to give home education a longer term try, finding their children have improved academically and benefited from the calmer home ... <a title="Don’t want to send the kids back to school? Why not try unschooling at home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/20/dont-want-to-send-the-kids-back-to-school-why-not-try-unschooling-at-home-136256/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t want to send the kids back to school? Why not try unschooling at home">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul J. Maginn, Associate Professor of Urban/Regional Planning, University of Western Australia People have been finding ways to relieve the boredom of being stuck at home since varying degrees of lockdown have been imposed across the world during the COVID-19 pandemic. Recent research points to reduced sexual ... <a title="Denied intimacy in ‘iso’, Aussies go online for adult content – so what’s hot in each major city?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/20/denied-intimacy-in-iso-aussies-go-online-for-adult-content-so-whats-hot-in-each-major-city-138122/" aria-label="Read more about Denied intimacy in ‘iso’, Aussies go online for adult content – so what’s hot in each major city?">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Harcourt, J.W. Nevile Fellow in Economics and host of The Airport Economist, UNSW Australia won’t be the same post-coronavirus, but parts of the picture are falling into place. One concerns our approach to trade. It’ll be a reset, not a rejection. We will continue to forge ... <a title="The pieces of Australia post-coronavirus are falling into place" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/20/the-pieces-of-australia-post-coronavirus-are-falling-into-place-138828/" aria-label="Read more about The pieces of Australia post-coronavirus are falling into place">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Wallace-Crabbe, Emeritus Professor in the Australian Centre, University of Melbourne Why do we have the arts? Why do they seem to matter so much? It is all very well muttering something vague about eternal truths and spiritual values. Or even gesturing toward Bach and Leonardo da ... <a title="A thousand yarns and snapshots – why poetry matters during a pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/20/a-thousand-yarns-and-snapshots-why-poetry-matters-during-a-pandemic-138723/" aria-label="Read more about A thousand yarns and snapshots – why poetry matters during a pandemic">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Five Iranian supertankers, filled with approximately 45.5 million gallons of gasoline and related fuel products are presently crossing the Atlantic with Venezuela their likely ultimate destination. US authorities speculate that Venezuela will pay for these shipments in gold.[1] Venezuela and Iran, both subject to crippling US sanctions, are ... <a title="US Threatens to Prevent Iranian-Venezuelan Mutual Assistance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/20/us-threatens-to-prevent-iranian-venezuelan-mutual-assistance/" aria-label="Read more about US Threatens to Prevent Iranian-Venezuelan Mutual Assistance">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tahu Kukutai, Professor of Demography, University of Waikato As schools and businesses reopen and attention shifts to the longer-term repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is critical that Māori be involved in decision making more equitably than has so far happened. The failure to include Māori in ... <a title="Recession hits Māori and Pasifika harder. They must be part of planning New Zealand’s COVID-19 recovery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/19/recession-hits-maori-and-pasifika-harder-they-must-be-part-of-planning-new-zealands-covid-19-recovery-137763/" aria-label="Read more about Recession hits Māori and Pasifika harder. They must be part of planning New Zealand’s COVID-19 recovery">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2020
By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch Australian war correspondent and investigative journalist John Martinkus warns the West Papuan conflict is “reigniting” and “that’s happening now with new weapons and 20-year-olds”. Speaking to a group via Zoom – including Pacific Media Watch – last night at the launch of his new book The ... <a title="West Papua author warns conflict is ‘re-igniting’ with new weapons, youth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/19/west-papua-author-warns-conflict-is-re-igniting-with-new-weapons-youth/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua author warns conflict is ‘re-igniting’ with new weapons, youth">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Keiran Hardy, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has introduced a new bill that will amend the controversial questioning and detention powers held by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO). While some changes are welcome, others are a cause for ... <a title="Australia doesn’t need more anti-terror laws that aren’t necessary – or even used" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/19/australia-doesnt-need-more-anti-terror-laws-that-arent-necessary-or-even-used-138827/" aria-label="Read more about Australia doesn’t need more anti-terror laws that aren’t necessary – or even used">Read more</a>
