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August 13, 2020
By RNZ News Senior Labour MP Grant Robertson has rejected opposition National’s suggestion that Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern step back from announcements on covid-19 alert levels so close to a New Zealand election. National Party leader Judith Collins says it should be health officials, not the Labour leader, announcing changes to alert levels. Collins is ... <a title="Robertson rejects National suggestion for PM to ‘step back’ over covid calls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/13/robertson-rejects-national-suggestion-for-pm-to-step-back-over-covid-calls/" aria-label="Read more about Robertson rejects National suggestion for PM to ‘step back’ over covid calls">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2020
Evening Report Video: This week in A View from Afar with Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning, we continue with our debate of how leaders around the world are embracing authoritarianism, isolationism, and in some cases, an abandonment of the rule of international law. A View from Afar is a joint effort between EveningReport’s parent ... <a title="LIVE: A View from Afar – Global Authoritarianism and Abandonment of International Law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/13/live-a-view-from-afar-global-authoritarianism-and-abandonment-of-international-law/" aria-label="Read more about LIVE: A View from Afar – Global Authoritarianism and Abandonment of International Law">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin Jacinda Ardern is Prime Minister for a good reason. She is an excellent communicator. She got the message about mask-wearing almost bang-on in her speech yesterday. She was correctly reported as saying: Aucklanders should use a mask if they leave the house to access essential services. She may have given the ... <a title="Keith Rankin on Messaging and Masks and Media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/13/keith-rankin-on-messaging-and-masks-and-media/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin on Messaging and Masks and Media">Read more</a>
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August 13, 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 Election date, parliament Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Judith Collins’ dangerous constitutional game Audrey Young (Herald): Jacinda Ardern holds all the cards in Covid election (paywalled) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Let’s delay the election Claire Robinson ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 13 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/13/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-13-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 13 2020">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Turney, Professor, Earth Science and Climate Change, UNSW Geological and archaeological records offer important insights into what seems to be an increasingly uncertain future. The better we understand what conditions Earth has already experienced, the better we can predict (and potentially prevent) future threats. But to ... <a title="From cave art to climate chaos: how a new carbon dating timeline is changing our view of history" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/13/from-cave-art-to-climate-chaos-how-a-new-carbon-dating-timeline-is-changing-our-view-of-history-143620/" aria-label="Read more about From cave art to climate chaos: how a new carbon dating timeline is changing our view of history">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Grant Duncan, Associate Professor for the School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University If we can do our grocery shopping under lockdown, we can vote under lockdown too. As much as supermarkets and pharmacies, the general election is an essential service and it must continue. There ... <a title="Voting is an essential service too. New Zealand can’t be afraid to go to the polls, even in lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/13/voting-is-an-essential-service-too-new-zealand-cant-be-afraid-to-go-to-the-polls-even-in-lockdown-144349/" aria-label="Read more about Voting is an essential service too. New Zealand can’t be afraid to go to the polls, even in lockdown">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Lindsey, Malcolm Smith Professor of Asian Law and Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, University of Melbourne Indonesia is still struggling to manage the COVID-19 pandemic. Its fatalities are the worst in Southeast Asia, but so far the most dire predictions have ... <a title="Indonesia’s coronavirus fatalities are the highest in Southeast Asia. So, why is Jokowi rushing to get back to business?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/13/indonesias-coronavirus-fatalities-are-the-highest-in-southeast-asia-so-why-is-jokowi-rushing-to-get-back-to-business-144059/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia’s coronavirus fatalities are the highest in Southeast Asia. So, why is Jokowi rushing to get back to business?">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Marschner, Professor of Biostatistics, NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney It’s hard to recall a time when we didn’t nervously await the announcement of Victoria’s daily COVID-19 case numbers each morning. It was certainly disconcerting when the state recorded more than 700 new cases on ... <a title="Yes, it looks like Victoria has passed the peak of its second wave. It probably did earlier than we think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/13/yes-it-looks-like-victoria-has-passed-the-peak-of-its-second-wave-it-probably-did-earlier-than-we-think-144200/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, it looks like Victoria has passed the peak of its second wave. It probably did earlier than we think">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Marshall, Academic, Landscape Architecture and Urban Ecology, University of Melbourne Volcanic plains stretching from Melbourne’s west to the South Australian border were once home to native grasslands strewn with wildflowers and a vast diversity of animals. Today, this grassland ecosystem is critically endangered. To protect the ... <a title="These historic grasslands are becoming a weed-choked waste. It could be one of the world’s great parks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/13/these-historic-grasslands-are-becoming-a-weed-choked-waste-it-could-be-one-of-the-worlds-great-parks-144208/" aria-label="Read more about These historic grasslands are becoming a weed-choked waste. It could be one of the world’s great parks">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sally Larsen, PhD candidate, Education & Psychology, University of New England Whether to hold a child back from starting school when they are first eligible is a question faced by many parents in Australia each year. If you start a child at school too early, there’s a ... <a title="Should you hold your child back from starting school? Research shows it has little effect on their maths and reading skills" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/13/should-you-hold-your-child-back-from-starting-school-research-shows-it-has-little-effect-on-their-maths-and-reading-skills-132874/" aria-label="Read more about Should you hold your child back from starting school? Research shows it has little effect on their maths and reading skills">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Morris, Professor, Institute of Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology Sydney Many international students in private rental housing in Sydney and Melbourne were struggling before COVID-19 hit. Our surveys of these students before and during the pandemic show it has made their already precarious situations ... <a title="‘No one would even know if I had died in my room’: coronavirus leaves international students in dire straits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/13/no-one-would-even-know-if-i-had-died-in-my-room-coronavirus-leaves-international-students-in-dire-straits-144128/" aria-label="Read more about ‘No one would even know if I had died in my room’: coronavirus leaves international students in dire straits">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dallas Rogers, School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney Public housing estate redevelopments that displace residents to other suburbs are highly disruptive whereas projects that allow them to remain are suggested to be better. We tested this assumption through two large, multi-year ethnographic studies with ... <a title="Public housing renewal can make tenants feel displaced in their home, even before any work begins" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/13/public-housing-renewal-can-make-tenants-feel-displaced-in-their-home-even-before-any-work-begins-142912/" aria-label="Read more about Public housing renewal can make tenants feel displaced in their home, even before any work begins">Read more</a>
