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November 23, 2020
By RNZ Pacific Fiji’s rugby team is set to have another round of covid-19 testing today as they seek to salvage what is left of their Autumn Nations Cup tour of Europe. Over the weekend it was announced the Flying Fijians would have their third consecutive test match cancelled due to a coronavirus outbreak in ... <a title="Fiji tries to salvage Nations Cup rugby tour from covid ruins" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/23/fiji-tries-to-salvage-nations-cup-rugby-tour-from-covid-ruins/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji tries to salvage Nations Cup rugby tour from covid ruins">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. To the surprise of most pundits, substantial real estate price inflation has resumed, after a hiatus from 2017 to 2019. As to be expected, most of the usual tropes have been employed: a lack of supply, immigration (in this latest case returning New Zealanders), and low interest rates. The only missing ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Fixing the 2020 New Zealand House Price Bubble" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/23/keith-rankin-analysis-fixing-the-2020-new-zealand-house-price-bubble/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Fixing the 2020 New Zealand House Price Bubble">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Churchill, Research Fellow in Sociology, University of Melbourne The disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has been so profound, particularly for women, that it threatens to upend the progress on gender equality in recent years. During the lockdown, women were doing more of the unpaid labour ... <a title="No one escaped COVID’s impacts, but big fall in tertiary enrolments was 80% women. Why?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/23/no-one-escaped-covids-impacts-but-big-fall-in-tertiary-enrolments-was-80-women-why-149994/" aria-label="Read more about No one escaped COVID’s impacts, but big fall in tertiary enrolments was 80% women. Why?">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tanya Dalziell, Associate Professor, English and Literary Studies, University of Western Australia In a new series, writers pay tribute to fictional detectives on page and on screen. Trixie Belden, girl detective, does not rank in the world’s pantheon of cool sleuths. She’s unlikely to appear in a ... <a title="My favourite detective: Trixie Belden, the uncool girl sleuth with a sensitive moral compass" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/23/my-favourite-detective-trixie-belden-the-uncool-girl-sleuth-with-a-sensitive-moral-compass-149624/" aria-label="Read more about My favourite detective: Trixie Belden, the uncool girl sleuth with a sensitive moral compass">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2020
By Laurens Ikinia in Auckland A Pacific Islands Forum-hosted webinar has called on the United Nations and Indonesia to be “more responsive” to the pleas of West Papuans and take action to resolve human rights issues in the Melanesian region. The Secretary-General of the Forum, Dame Meg Taylor, the secretary-general of Pacific Council of Churches, ... <a title="Take action to save lives in West Papua, activists tell Forum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/23/take-action-to-save-lives-in-west-papua-activists-tell-forum/" aria-label="Read more about Take action to save lives in West Papua, activists tell Forum">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk A young West Papuan musician, Kris Douw, who has written many powerful protest songs against Indonesia’s illegal military occupation in his homeland, has been beaten up by security forces, allege activists. Douw was atacked about 8am on by Indonesian special forces at the Kodim Complex in Nabire, Papua, according to the ... <a title="Indonesian security forces attack Papuan musician, say activists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/23/indonesian-security-forces-attack-papuan-musician-say-activists/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian security forces attack Papuan musician, say activists">Read more</a>
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November 23, 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 Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Mixed messages in wake of National’s defeat Richard Harman: Goodfellow beats off challenge and calls for unity Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Sir John Key’s speech a chilling glimpse into the future for ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 23 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/23/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-november-23-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 23 2020">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Glasziou, Professor of Medicine, Bond University In controlled laboratory situations, face masks appear to do a good job of reducing the spread of coronavirus (at least in hamsters) and other respiratory viruses. However, evidence shows mask-wearing policies seem to have had much less impact on the ... <a title="Face masks cut disease spread in the lab, but have less impact in the community. We need to know why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/23/face-masks-cut-disease-spread-in-the-lab-but-have-less-impact-in-the-community-we-need-to-know-why-147912/" aria-label="Read more about Face masks cut disease spread in the lab, but have less impact in the community. We need to know why">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Kenny, Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University During the recent American elections, the most eye-catching graphics were were the individual county tallies. These showed that even when states appeared to be overwhelmingly Republican red, some still “flipped” to the Democrats on the strength of a ... <a title="Albanese is running out of time to solve Labor’s climate crisis. He needs a plan that works for two Australias" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/23/albanese-is-running-out-of-time-to-solve-labors-climate-crisis-he-needs-a-plan-that-works-for-two-australias-150066/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese is running out of time to solve Labor’s climate crisis. He needs a plan that works for two Australias">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Kelly, Senior Lecturer in Ecology and Centenary Research Fellow, University of Melbourne Last summer, many Australians were shocked to see fires sweep through the wet tropical rainforests of Queensland, where large and severe fires are almost unheard of. This is just one example of how human ... <a title="Humans are changing fire patterns, and it’s threatening 4,403 species with extinction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/23/humans-are-changing-fire-patterns-and-its-threatening-4-403-species-with-extinction-150532/" aria-label="Read more about Humans are changing fire patterns, and it’s threatening 4,403 species with extinction">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martin Bliemel, Associate Dean of Research; Course Director, Diploma in Innovation, University of Technology Sydney This essay is based on the Impact at UTS podcast series. The audio series examines how a diverse range of researchers embed knowledge exchange and impact in their research strategy. Universities are ... <a title="Who cares about university research? The answer depends on its impacts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/23/who-cares-about-university-research-the-answer-depends-on-its-impacts-149817/" aria-label="Read more about Who cares about university research? The answer depends on its impacts">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mike Armour, Senior research fellow, Western Sydney University More than one-third of young women in a nationwide survey said they missed at least one class, either at school or university, in the past three months due to menstrual symptoms, including pain and fatigue. More than three quarters ... <a title="3 out of 10 girls skip class because of painful periods. And most won’t talk to their teacher about it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/23/3-out-of-10-girls-skip-class-because-of-painful-periods-and-most-wont-talk-to-their-teacher-about-it-150286/" aria-label="Read more about 3 out of 10 girls skip class because of painful periods. And most won’t talk to their teacher about it">Read more</a>
