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May 11, 2020
COMMENT: By Scott Waide, deputy regional head of news of EMTV News Yesterday [Saturday], we received a lot of criticism over our coverage of the death of Senior Inspector Andrew Tovere. As a news organisation, we have several responsibilities one of which is to deliver ACCURATE information. READ MORE: Former PNG Defence Force chief calls ... <a title="Scott Waide: Look at the big picture, not just a breaking news lust" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/11/scott-waide-look-at-the-big-picture-not-just-a-breaking-news-lust/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Waide: Look at the big picture, not just a breaking news lust">Read more</a>
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May 11, 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 documents on Covid-19 response released Derek Cheng (Herald): The gagging order from Jacinda Ardern’s office – cynical, arrogant and unnecessary Tim Watkins (Pundit): Gagging Order Is Double Dumb: Disrespecting Public Sacrifice & ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 11 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/11/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-11-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 11 2020">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2020
PACIFIC PANDEMIC DIARY: By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch As New Zealand prepares to go to alert level 2 in the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, the attention turns to the recovery of the economy – and we must spare a thought for the economies of the Pacific. Most of the Pacific relies on ... <a title="Eco-tourism major key to ‘tricky’ Pacific economic reset, says Leary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/11/eco-tourism-major-key-to-tricky-pacific-economic-reset-says-leary/" aria-label="Read more about Eco-tourism major key to ‘tricky’ Pacific economic reset, says Leary">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Today’s chart shows (in grey) the estimated impact of Covid-19 on mortality rates in the selected countries. For most of these countries, the ‘excess death’ procedure provides an estimate of underreporting in underreporting countries compared to those with the most comprehensive reporting. Some of these extra deaths may have occurred as ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Estimating the true death tolls from Covid19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/11/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-estimating-the-true-death-tolls-from-covid19/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Estimating the true death tolls from Covid19">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Burridge, Professor of Linguistics, Monash University People love creating words — in times of crisis it’s a “sick” (in the good sense) way of pulling through. From childhood, our “linguistic life has been one willingly given over to language play” (in the words of David Crystal). ... <a title="‘Iso’, ‘boomer remover’ and ‘quarantini’: how coronavirus is changing our language" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/11/iso-boomer-remover-and-quarantini-how-coronavirus-is-changing-our-language-136729/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Iso’, ‘boomer remover’ and ‘quarantini’: how coronavirus is changing our language">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samuel Alexander, Research fellow, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne The massive economic disruption brought by COVID-19 has revealed that for many, economic security is an illusion. And our biggest vulnerability is housing costs – the biggest expense for most households. This fact is pertinent when ... <a title="Coronavirus shows housing costs leave many insecure. Tackling that can help solve an even bigger crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/11/coronavirus-shows-housing-costs-leave-many-insecure-tackling-that-can-help-solve-an-even-bigger-crisis-137772/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus shows housing costs leave many insecure. Tackling that can help solve an even bigger crisis">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Theresa Dicke, Senior Research Fellow, Australian Catholic University Almost all (97%) school principals in Australia work overtime. More than 70% work more than 56 hours per week during school terms and 25 hours each week of the holidays. The latest yearly report on the well-being of Australian ... <a title="40% of Australian principals are victims of physical violence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/11/40-of-australian-principals-are-victims-of-physical-violence-132002/" aria-label="Read more about 40% of Australian principals are victims of physical violence">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rosemary Jean Kennedy, Adjunct Associate Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, Queensland University of Technology Retirement villages – walled, gated and separate seniors’ enclaves – have had their day. The word “retirement” is redundant and engagement between people of all ages is high. That’s how participants in ... <a title="Retire the retirement village – the wall and what’s behind it is so 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/11/retire-the-retirement-village-the-wall-and-whats-behind-it-is-so-2020-135953/" aria-label="Read more about Retire the retirement village – the wall and what’s behind it is so 2020">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joy Damousi, Director, Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University One of the haunting images of this pandemic will be stationary cruise ships – deadly carriers of COVID-19 – at anchor in harbours and unwanted. Docked in ports and feared. The news of the dramatic ... <a title="Fleas to flu to coronavirus: how ‘death ships’ spread disease through the ages" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/11/fleas-to-flu-to-coronavirus-how-death-ships-spread-disease-through-the-ages-137061/" aria-label="Read more about Fleas to flu to coronavirus: how ‘death ships’ spread disease through the ages">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Lapworth, Lecturer in Cultural Geography, UNSW In March, amateur scientists in Sydney announced they had created a COVID-19 test kit that is simpler, faster, and cheaper than existing tests. While the test has not yet been approved by regulators, if effective it could play a role ... <a title="From coronavirus tests to open-source insulin and beyond, ‘biohackers’ are showing the power of DIY science" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/11/from-coronavirus-tests-to-open-source-insulin-and-beyond-biohackers-are-showing-the-power-of-diy-science-138019/" aria-label="Read more about From coronavirus tests to open-source insulin and beyond, ‘biohackers’ are showing the power of DIY science">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese says Australia must use the pandemic experience to move to a more resilient society, creating more permanent jobs and revitalising high value manufacturing. In his fifth “vision statement”, delivered against the background of the government foreshadowing an extensive ... <a title="Let’s “SnapBack” to better society with more secure jobs: Anthony Albanese" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/11/lets-snapback-to-better-society-with-more-secure-jobs-anthony-albanese-138265/" aria-label="Read more about Let’s “SnapBack” to better society with more secure jobs: Anthony Albanese">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Wood, Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute Australia has an historic opportunity to build a new, export-focused manufacturing sector based on renewable energy. As a bonus, it could enable a less politically fraught conversation about climate change. Global action on climate change is in Australia’s national interest. ... <a title="Australians want industry, and they’d like it green. Steel is the place to start" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/11/australians-want-industry-and-theyd-like-it-green-steel-is-the-place-to-start-137999/" aria-label="Read more about Australians want industry, and they’d like it green. Steel is the place to start">Read more</a>
