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December 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tof Eklund, Lecturer, Auckland University of Technology Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed series is one of the world’s best-selling video game series. Featuring settings ranging from Ancient Greece to the French revolution, Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, released last month, takes the player into the mind of Evior, a viking raider ... <a title="Assassin’s Creed: after 13 years, 12 games and a ton of sales, what’s the secret to the franchise’s success?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/17/assassins-creed-after-13-years-12-games-and-a-ton-of-sales-whats-the-secret-to-the-franchises-success-150265/" aria-label="Read more about Assassin’s Creed: after 13 years, 12 games and a ton of sales, what’s the secret to the franchise’s success?">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Sheldon Chanel in Suva The uproar over the recent fisticuffs between Chinese and Taiwanese diplomats in Fiji may have subsided, with the Fijian police declaring the case closed, but the incident has left analysts in the Pacific concerned about what they called Beijing’s increasingly hostile tactics in the region. The altercation took place ... <a title="The Taiwan ‘prize’ and the US-China rivalry in the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/16/the-taiwan-prize-and-the-us-china-rivalry-in-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about The Taiwan ‘prize’ and the US-China rivalry in the Pacific">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. With respect to the Covid19 pandemic, our news media is biased towards the United States and Western Europe. Little do we know that the worst affected region of the world over the last month or two has been Eastern Europe and the Caucasus. This region was relatively unaffected in March and ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Eastern Europe and Canada" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/16/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-eastern-europe-and-canada/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Eastern Europe and Canada">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2020
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Reporters Without Borders (RSF) demands the immediate and unconditional release of Lady Ann Salem, a Manila-based alternative journalist who was arrested on a firearms charge at the end of a raid on her home in which the police planted the evidence. The co-founder of the alternative media network Altermidya and editor ... <a title="RSF protests over arrest of Filipina journalist for ‘planted firearms’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/16/rsf-protests-over-arrest-of-filipina-journalist-for-planted-firearms/" aria-label="Read more about RSF protests over arrest of Filipina journalist for ‘planted firearms’">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute Aged care in Australia is underfunded. As a consequence, many older Australians don’t have the support they need. Today’s federal government announcement of A$850 million for an additional 10,000 home care packages goes some way to addressing the long waiting ... <a title="Yes, older Australians need more home-care funding. But these dribs and drabs only make a dent in the waiting list" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/16/yes-older-australians-need-more-home-care-funding-but-these-dribs-and-drabs-only-make-a-dent-in-the-waiting-list-152165/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, older Australians need more home-care funding. But these dribs and drabs only make a dent in the waiting list">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maria Nugent, Co-Director, Australian Centre for Indigenous History, Australian National University Review: Biting the Clouds: a Badtjala perspective on the Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act by Fiona Foley, UQP In late 1897, the colonial Queensland parliament introduced the oddly named the Aboriginals ... <a title="Review: Fiona Foley’s Biting the Clouds is a visceral look at opium and control on the colonial frontier" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/16/review-fiona-foleys-biting-the-clouds-is-a-visceral-look-at-opium-and-control-on-the-colonial-frontier-151748/" aria-label="Read more about Review: Fiona Foley’s Biting the Clouds is a visceral look at opium and control on the colonial frontier">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Allen, Swinburne Space Office Project Coordinator | Manager Swinburne Astronomy Productions, Swinburne University of Technology Since time immemorial, humans have been fascinated by the night sky. Our relationship with it was forever changed in the early 1600s, when Galileo Galilei raised a small hand-held telescope to ... <a title="The best gift in the galaxy: an astronomer’s guide to buying a home telescope" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/16/the-best-gift-in-the-galaxy-an-astronomers-guide-to-buying-a-home-telescope-151374/" aria-label="Read more about The best gift in the galaxy: an astronomer’s guide to buying a home telescope">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cath Pearn, Senior Research Fellow, Australian Council for Educational Research I’m sure most people can remember trying to master a certain maths rule or procedure in primary or secondary school. My elderly mother has a story about a time her father was helping her with arithmetic homework. ... <a title="Jump, split or make to the next 10: strategies to teach maths have changed since you were at school" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/16/jump-split-or-make-to-the-next-10-strategies-to-teach-maths-have-changed-since-you-were-at-school-150262/" aria-label="Read more about Jump, split or make to the next 10: strategies to teach maths have changed since you were at school">Read more</a>
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December 16, 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 Briefings to Incoming Ministers Luke Malpass (Stuff): Government briefings blame Covid and are a double edged sword No Right Turn: BIM day Henry Cooke (Stuff): Some cash, please: Many government departments want more funding after Covid-19 Herald: Briefings to ministers: ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 16 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/16/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-december-16-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 16 2020">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqueline Lau, Research fellow, James Cook University In March 2020, Papua New Guinea went into a state of emergency to contain the spread of COVID-19. For Ahus Island — a small atoll community of around 600 people off the north coast of Manus Island — the state ... <a title="‘We didn’t have money or enough food’: how COVID-19 affected Papua New Guinean fishing families" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/16/we-didnt-have-money-or-enough-food-how-covid-19-affected-papua-new-guinean-fishing-families-152009/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We didn’t have money or enough food’: how COVID-19 affected Papua New Guinean fishing families">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2020
On https://EveningReport.nz ‘s TECH NOW programme, Sarah Putt and Selwyn Manning discuss the latest news and views emerging from the technology sector including tech-trends in New Zealand and around the world. Tonight’s topics (tech moves of 2020): Performance of the telco networks Working from home – have you thanked your IT department? Cybersecurity – under ... <a title="Podcast: Tech Now with Sarah Putt + Selwyn Manning Top Tech Moves for 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/16/podcast-tech-now-with-sarah-putt-selwyn-manning-top-tech-moves-for-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Podcast: Tech Now with Sarah Putt + Selwyn Manning Top Tech Moves for 2020">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Boucher, Associate Professor in Public Policy and Political Science, University of Sydney Many opinion polls on migration in Australia have limited sample sizes, such as the Essential poll, which often interviews around 1,000 people. This is small when you consider there are over 215 languages other ... <a title="What do people really think about immigration to Australia? We analysed their internet usage to find out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/16/what-do-people-really-think-about-immigration-to-australia-we-analysed-their-internet-usage-to-find-out-151026/" aria-label="Read more about What do people really think about immigration to Australia? We analysed their internet usage to find out">Read more</a>
