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May 5, 2020
By RNZ News The sense of national unity felt during the Covid-19 lockdown may disappear as social isolation and economic costs hit home, a report by leading social scientists warns. Koi Tū: the Centre for Informed Futures from the University of Auckland has released a discussion paper outlining potential difficulties as restrictions lift. It argues ... <a title="Lockdown social cohesion likely to fall as ‘acute’ phase ends, say scientists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/05/lockdown-social-cohesion-likely-to-fall-as-acute-phase-ends-say-scientists/" aria-label="Read more about Lockdown social cohesion likely to fall as ‘acute’ phase ends, say scientists">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sanjaya Senanayake, Associate Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Physician, Australian National University Governments are starting to lift restrictions and some are considering “immunity passports”, where all restrictions are lifted for those previously infected. But are you immune from COVID-19 if you’ve already been infected? Some infections never ... <a title="Can you get the COVID-19 coronavirus twice?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/04/can-you-get-the-covid-19-coronavirus-twice-137309/" aria-label="Read more about Can you get the COVID-19 coronavirus twice?">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2020
Tonga has fallen five places to lie 50th in this year’s World Press Freedom Index. In last year’s index, compiled by the Paris-based media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF), it was 45th out of 180 countries. Tonga’s highest ranking was in 2016 when RSF placed it 37th. READ MORE: Tough coronavirus controls threaten Pacific, ... <a title="Tonga drops five places in world free press rankings – ‘keep fighting’ call" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/04/tonga-drops-five-places-in-world-free-press-rankings-keep-fighting-call/" aria-label="Read more about Tonga drops five places in world free press rankings – ‘keep fighting’ call">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Webster, Senior Lecturer, Autism and Inclusive Education, University of Wollongong Children on the autism spectrum will face unique challenges as they learn from home during the COVID-19 shutdown. These children process information and learn in different ways to their peers. They may find it more difficult ... <a title="5 tips to help parents navigate the unique needs of children with autism learning from home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/04/5-tips-to-help-parents-navigate-the-unique-needs-of-children-with-autism-learning-from-home-135055/" aria-label="Read more about 5 tips to help parents navigate the unique needs of children with autism learning from home">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Walker, Lecturer (Management), Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington The COVID-19 pandemic is a massive public health and economic crisis, but it is also reshaping how we see ourselves and the social world around us. As borders have tightened around most countries, we may ... <a title="Creating new social divides: how coronavirus is reshaping how we see ourselves and the world around us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/04/creating-new-social-divides-how-coronavirus-is-reshaping-how-we-see-ourselves-and-the-world-around-us-137485/" aria-label="Read more about Creating new social divides: how coronavirus is reshaping how we see ourselves and the world around us">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cherine Fahd, Director Photography, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney Rather than cancel, organisers of the annual Head On Photo Festival announced they would deliver the 2020 program online. This includes live-streaming artist talks, panel discussions, photography workshops and over 100 virtual exhibitions featuring international and ... <a title="Head On Festival review: every photograph tells a virtual story" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/04/head-on-festival-review-every-photograph-tells-a-virtual-story-136607/" aria-label="Read more about Head On Festival review: every photograph tells a virtual story">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. These two charts show the total number of cases and deaths, by country, over the seven days ended 2 May 2020. In these charts a number of countries with populations below 50,000 have been omitted; countries which have shown in earlier charts. The first chart is sequenced by death rates (orange). ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: New Cases and Casualties" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/04/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-new-cases-and-casualties/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: New Cases and Casualties">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robyn Johns, Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations, University of Technology Sydney Redundancies are attractive to organisations in crisis. Although the payouts cost money upfront, they can reshape the remaining workforce to make it leaner and more fit for purpose. On the other hand ... <a title="Coronavirus redundancies are understandable, but there are alternatives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/04/coronavirus-redundancies-are-understandable-but-there-are-alternatives-137704/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus redundancies are understandable, but there are alternatives">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amelia Thorpe, Associate Professor in Law, UNSW The dramatic recent shifts in the use of public space have led some to claim the coronavirus pandemic will permanently change cities. Among its many other impacts, COVID-19 has upturned established patterns of ordering city space. Personally, the vibrancy of ... <a title="Reclaiming the streets? We all can have a say in the ‘new normal’ after coronavirus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/04/reclaiming-the-streets-we-all-can-have-a-say-in-the-new-normal-after-coronavirus-137703/" aria-label="Read more about Reclaiming the streets? We all can have a say in the ‘new normal’ after coronavirus">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sabrina Seeler, Postdoctoral Researcher, Nord University With no international flights arriving for the foreseeable future, there is little doubt that, immediately post-COVID-19, the New Zealand tourism industry will rely entirely on domestic travel. Without underplaying the impact the pandemic will have on discretionary spending, however, there may ... <a title="The coronavirus survival challenge for NZ tourism: affordability and sustainability" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/04/the-coronavirus-survival-challenge-for-nz-tourism-affordability-and-sustainability-137256/" aria-label="Read more about The coronavirus survival challenge for NZ tourism: affordability and sustainability">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2020
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific’s Melanesian affairs correspondent A West Papuan church leader has been “invited” by Indonesian police to “clarify” an article he wrote about a shooting incident in which a New Zealander was killed. The shooting attack, which occurred at the offices of mining giant Freeport in Papua’s Mimika regency on March 30, ... <a title="West Papuan church leader invited by Indonesian police to ‘clarify’ article" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/04/west-papuan-church-leader-invited-by-indonesian-police-to-clarify-article/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan church leader invited by Indonesian police to ‘clarify’ article">Read more</a>
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May 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Hocking, Postdoctoral fellow, Monash University What price are you willing to pay for food? For most of us, that’s a question about money. But what if the cost were actual pain, injury and death? For some seals and dolphins, this a real risk when hunting. We ... <a title="Dinner to die for: how fish use their spines to fend off hungry seals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/04/dinner-to-die-for-how-fish-use-their-spines-to-fend-off-hungry-seals-133627/" aria-label="Read more about Dinner to die for: how fish use their spines to fend off hungry seals">Read more</a>
