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August 26, 2020
By Tim Brown, RNZ News reporter in Christchurch Warning: This story discusses details of the 15 March 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre. The last of the victim impact statements were being heard in a New Zealand court today on the third day of sentencing of the Christchurch mosque terrorist. Brenton Harrison Tarrant is facing sentencing for ... <a title="NZ mosque terrorist’s sentencing: Gunman looks like ‘shell of person’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/26/nz-mosque-terrorists-sentencing-gunman-looks-like-shell-of-person/" aria-label="Read more about NZ mosque terrorist’s sentencing: Gunman looks like ‘shell of person’">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The Papua Defence Force’s Navy has intercepted what news media have described as a suspected Chinese pirate vessel and have detained eight crew members, one with gunshot wounds. EMTV News reporter Jeremy Mogi reported last night that the unregistered ship had been boarded between Kavieng and Manus after a routine patrol ... <a title="Drama at sea – PNG Navy detains 8 alleged pirates, 1 wounded" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/26/drama-at-sea-png-navy-detains-8-alleged-pirates-1-wounded/" aria-label="Read more about Drama at sea – PNG Navy detains 8 alleged pirates, 1 wounded">Read more</a>
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August 26, 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 Economic response to Covid Bernard Hickey (Newsroom): NZ’s ‘K’ shaped Covid-19 recovery Kate MacNamara (Herald): Government mulls use of $400m fund to buy stakes in firms hurt by Covid 19 (paywalled) Debrin Foxcroft ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 26 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/26/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-26-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 26 2020">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2020
By Barbara Dreaver, TVNZ One Pacific correspondent Frontline Pasifika healthcare teams have been given a NZ$19.5 million funding boost in New Zealand as they work around the clock to fight covid-19 at the community level. A mobile team from health provider, The Fono, is just one of several critical to stemming the tide of covid-19 ... <a title="Frontline Pasifika healthcare teams given $19.5m boost to fight covid-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/26/frontline-pasifika-healthcare-teams-given-19-5m-boost-to-fight-covid-19/" aria-label="Read more about Frontline Pasifika healthcare teams given $19.5m boost to fight covid-19">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Duane W. Hamacher, Associate Professor, University of Melbourne This year’s Mabo Day, June 3, was a special day for Indigenous astronomy. That was when the International Astronomical Union officially accepted five new asteroid names that honour a selection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, elders and ... <a title="From 7809 Marcialangton to 7630 Yidumduma: 5 asteroids named after Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/26/from-7809-marcialangton-to-7630-yidumduma-5-asteroids-named-after-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-people-144596/" aria-label="Read more about From 7809 Marcialangton to 7630 Yidumduma: 5 asteroids named after Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marija Taflaga, Lecturer, School of Political Science and International Relations, Australian National University In recent months, twoinvestigations by The Age and the Nine Network have revealed allegations of branch stacking in the Victorian divisions of the Labor and Liberal parties. The scandals saw ministers and powerbrokers resign ... <a title="Branch stacking isn’t just about corruption — it’s a symptom of an outdated, withering party system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/26/branch-stacking-isnt-just-about-corruption-its-a-symptom-of-an-outdated-withering-party-system-144948/" aria-label="Read more about Branch stacking isn’t just about corruption — it’s a symptom of an outdated, withering party system">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Munn, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Waikato The recent decision to delay the 2020 general election has given thousands more New Zealand citizens the opportunity to vote for the first time. But while it’s wonderful for those who turn 18 between the original election date ... <a title="Lowering New Zealand’s voting age to 16 would be good for young people – and good for democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/26/lowering-new-zealands-voting-age-to-16-would-be-good-for-young-people-and-good-for-democracy-145008/" aria-label="Read more about Lowering New Zealand’s voting age to 16 would be good for young people – and good for democracy">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Sinclair, Research Fellow, UNSW Older adults and those with chronic health conditions share an increased risk of experiencing severe symptoms if they contract COVID-19. But they’re not a homogeneous group. In the event they become very sick, one person may want all available treatment, even if ... <a title="Only 25% of older Australians have an advance care plan. Coronavirus makes it even more important" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/26/only-25-of-older-australians-have-an-advance-care-plan-coronavirus-makes-it-even-more-important-144354/" aria-label="Read more about Only 25% of older Australians have an advance care plan. Coronavirus makes it even more important">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matt McDonald, Associate Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland US Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is campaigning on a platform that puts climate action front and centre. At the Democratic National Convention last week, he outlined a US$2 trillion clean energy and infrastructure plan, a ... <a title="Under Biden, the US would no longer be a climate pariah – and that leaves Scott Morrison exposed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/26/under-biden-the-us-would-no-longer-be-a-climate-pariah-and-that-leaves-scott-morrison-exposed-144870/" aria-label="Read more about Under Biden, the US would no longer be a climate pariah – and that leaves Scott Morrison exposed">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Forsyth, Senior Lecturer in History, Australian Catholic University Forceful suppression of political and scholarly views in universities has a long and shameful history. University of Cambridge Chancellor John Fisher was hanged, drawn and quartered for failing to support Henry VIII’s “great matter”. A few years later, ... <a title="How a fake ‘free speech crisis’ could imperil academic freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/26/how-a-fake-free-speech-crisis-could-imperil-academic-freedom-144272/" aria-label="Read more about How a fake ‘free speech crisis’ could imperil academic freedom">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Camilla Nelson, Associate Professor in Media, University of Notre Dame Australia Review: I am Woman, streaming on Stan from August 28. There’s a scene in Unjoo Moon’s debut feature I Am Woman, out this week on Stan, where Helen Reddy (Tilda Cobham-Hervey) confronts an all-male row of ... <a title="I Am Woman: new Helen Reddy biopic captures the power and excitement of women’s liberation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/26/i-am-woman-new-helen-reddy-biopic-captures-the-power-and-excitement-of-womens-liberation-143344/" aria-label="Read more about I Am Woman: new Helen Reddy biopic captures the power and excitement of women’s liberation">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Morrison government is accelerating and repurposing defence spending in a A$1 billion boost to support about 4,000 jobs and assist small and medium-sized businesses in the defence industry supply chain. In several workforce initiatives worth about $80 million, up ... <a title="Government to recruit 500 more reservists in $1 billion accelerated defence spend to support jobs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/26/government-to-recruit-500-more-reservists-in-1-billion-accelerated-defence-spend-to-support-jobs-145062/" aria-label="Read more about Government to recruit 500 more reservists in $1 billion accelerated defence spend to support jobs">Read more</a>
