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November 27, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk An appeal for a 40-day fast across the region by the Pacific Council of Churches in support of West Papua closes next week with no result in sight. The secretary-general of the PCC, Rev James Bhagwan, and West Papua Church Council (WPCC) are still waiting for the Indonesian government to respond ... <a title="40-day ‘fasting for West Papua’ protest ends soon – but still no action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/27/40-day-fasting-for-west-papua-protest-ends-soon-but-still-no-action/" aria-label="Read more about 40-day ‘fasting for West Papua’ protest ends soon – but still no action">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Danny Shaw and William Camacaro From NY and Caracas The fighting peoples of the world lost a humble legend yesterday. Diego Armando Maradona was 60-years-old. Arguably the greatest soccer player to ever grace the pitches, the spirited striker combined unparalleled skills in his sport and an unflinching ... <a title="Maradona: the Bolivarian Soccer Genius" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/27/maradona-the-bolivarian-soccer-genius/" aria-label="Read more about Maradona: the Bolivarian Soccer Genius">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Abas Mirzaei, Senior Lecturer – Branding, Macquarie University The makers of Coon cheese will no doubt have paid close attention to the publicity surrounding Nestle’s rebadging of its Red Skins and Chicos confectionary brands. While the change of Chicos to Cheekies was uncontroversial, the change of Red ... <a title="Coon’s rebranding dilemma: polishing a brand name to stay out of controversy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/27/coons-rebranding-dilemma-polishing-a-brand-name-to-stay-out-of-controversy-150456/" aria-label="Read more about Coon’s rebranding dilemma: polishing a brand name to stay out of controversy">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. This week’s charts extend the period covered to January 2020, when almost all recorded cases were in China. Cases came into other countries in late January, including the United States in dribs and drabs, and were largely contained. All this changed with the European outbreak in mid-February. Thus, the First Wave ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis: Covid-19: Orders of Magnitude – USA vs. China, World" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/27/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-orders-of-magnitude-usa-vs-china-world/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis: Covid-19: Orders of Magnitude – USA vs. China, World">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thea van de Mortel, Professor, Nursing and Deputy Head (Learning & Teaching), School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University As restrictions ease around the country and the prospect of travel beckons, many of us will be planning road trips for the holiday season. To ensure your trip ... <a title="Planning a road trip in a pandemic? 11 tips for before you leave, on the road and when you arrive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/27/planning-a-road-trip-in-a-pandemic-11-tips-for-before-you-leave-on-the-road-and-when-you-arrive-149620/" aria-label="Read more about Planning a road trip in a pandemic? 11 tips for before you leave, on the road and when you arrive">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra The “team of rivals” was the term historian Doris Kearns Goodwin used to describe US President Abraham Lincoln’s cabinet. It included three men who had run against Lincoln for the Republican nomination for ... <a title="Biden’s cabinet picks are globally respected, but one obstacle remains for the US to ‘lead the world’ again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/27/bidens-cabinet-picks-are-globally-respected-but-one-obstacle-remains-for-the-us-to-lead-the-world-again-150935/" aria-label="Read more about Biden’s cabinet picks are globally respected, but one obstacle remains for the US to ‘lead the world’ again">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2020
By Eric Frykberg, RNZ News Reporter The New Zealand government has offered help to the under-pressure horticultural sector by allowing 2000 registered seasonal employer (RSE) workers in to help pick fruit and vegetables this summer. Growers had complained that without these workers, some produce would rot unpicked. The government has however imposed strict conditions. The ... <a title="NZ to admit 2000 Pacific horticulture workers under strict conditions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/27/nz-to-admit-2000-pacific-horticulture-workers-under-strict-conditions/" aria-label="Read more about NZ to admit 2000 Pacific horticulture workers under strict conditions">Read more</a>
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November 27, 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 Opening of new Parliament Henry Cooke (Stuff): New Parliament brings old debates as Judith Collins and Jacinda Ardern fail to shift dial on first day back Justin Giovannetti (Spinoff): Get set, go: Labour plans big sprint of new ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 27 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/27/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-november-27-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 27 2020">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Toole, Professor of International Health, Burnet Institute Today Victoria satisfied a common definition of elimination for COVID-19, recording its 28th consecutive day of zero new cases. While there is no international definition of elimination, two average incubation periods without community transmission is widely accepted as local ... <a title="Victoria may have eliminated COVID-19, but eradication is a distant dream" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/27/victoria-may-have-eliminated-covid-19-but-eradication-is-a-distant-dream-150736/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria may have eliminated COVID-19, but eradication is a distant dream">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Poropat, Postdoctoral Researcher (Palaeontology), Swinburne University of Technology Will there ever be dinosaurs again? — Anonymous What an interesting question! Well, technically dinosaurs are still here in the form of birds. Just like you’re a direct descendant of your grandparents, birds are the only remaining direct ... <a title="Curious Kids: could dinosaurs evolve back into existence?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/27/curious-kids-could-dinosaurs-evolve-back-into-existence-148623/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: could dinosaurs evolve back into existence?">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Esme Franken, Lecturer in Management, Edith Cowan University New South Wales premier Gladys Berejiklian, who last week carried on working for up to two hours while awaiting the results of a rapid COVID test, wasn’t the first Australian to “soldier on” in the face of health concerns ... <a title="Taking proper sick leave has never been more crucial. So why are people still ‘soldiering on’ at work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/27/taking-proper-sick-leave-has-never-been-more-crucial-so-why-are-people-still-soldiering-on-at-work-150931/" aria-label="Read more about Taking proper sick leave has never been more crucial. So why are people still ‘soldiering on’ at work?">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tootoooleaava Dr. Fanaafi Aiono-Le Tagaloa, Law Lecturer and Convenor of Pacific Engagement, University of Waikato Within minutes of news that crew members of the cargo ship Fesco Askold had tested positive for COVID-19, a social media storm broke across Samoa. COVID-free until then, the island nation’s anxiety ... <a title="Devastated by disease in the past, Samoa is on high alert after recent coronavirus scares" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/27/devastated-by-disease-in-the-past-samoa-is-on-high-alert-after-recent-coronavirus-scares-150940/" aria-label="Read more about Devastated by disease in the past, Samoa is on high alert after recent coronavirus scares">Read more</a>
