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March 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paola Balla, Lecturer in Indigenous Education and Indigenous art, PhD Candidate, Victoria University “We want your blood,” declared Dark Mofo on Saturday. This was not a metaphorical call. This was a literal request of First Nations Peoples by Spanish artist Santiago Sierra. The call-out was confronting — ... <a title="Dark Mofo doesn’t deserve our blood. Australia must invest in First Nations curators and artists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/24/dark-mofo-doesnt-deserve-our-blood-australia-must-invest-in-first-nations-curators-and-artists-157677/" aria-label="Read more about Dark Mofo doesn’t deserve our blood. Australia must invest in First Nations curators and artists">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marios Koutsakos, Research Fellow, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity Variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 are emerging and becoming dominant around the world. So some vaccines are being updated to allow our immune system to learn how to deal with them. But this ... <a title="A single vaccine to beat all coronaviruses sounds impossible. But scientists are already working on one" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/24/a-single-vaccine-to-beat-all-coronaviruses-sounds-impossible-but-scientists-are-already-working-on-one-156373/" aria-label="Read more about A single vaccine to beat all coronaviruses sounds impossible. But scientists are already working on one">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tayanah O’Donnell, Honorary Senior Lecturer, Australian National University It is no joke that New South Wales residents are in the midst of their fourth “one in 100 year” event since January 2020. Much of the Australian east coast continues to experience heavy rainfall, strong winds and abnormally ... <a title="Managed retreat of settlements remains a tough call even as homes flood and coasts erode" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/24/managed-retreat-of-settlements-remains-a-tough-call-even-as-homes-flood-and-coasts-erode-157595/" aria-label="Read more about Managed retreat of settlements remains a tough call even as homes flood and coasts erode">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jim Mann, Professor of Medicine and Director, Healthier Lives National Science Challenge and the Edgar Diabetes and Obesity Research Centre, University of Otago Type 2 diabetes has reached epidemic proportions in New Zealand and will get much worse unless action is taken now, according to a new ... <a title="New Zealand needs urgent action to tackle the frightening rise and cost of type 2 diabetes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/24/new-zealand-needs-urgent-action-to-tackle-the-frightening-rise-and-cost-of-type-2-diabetes-157581/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand needs urgent action to tackle the frightening rise and cost of type 2 diabetes">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hanlie Booysen, Research fellow, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Ten years ago this month, Syrians took to the streets to call for political reform and social dignity. The success with which earlier protest movements in Tunisia and Egypt had toppled dictators Zine el-Abidine Ben ... <a title="Ten years on from the Syrian uprising, what has prevented an end to the tragedy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/24/ten-years-on-from-the-syrian-uprising-what-has-prevented-an-end-to-the-tragedy-156854/" aria-label="Read more about Ten years on from the Syrian uprising, what has prevented an end to the tragedy?">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By João Teixeira, Research associate, University of Adelaide Island Southeast Asia has one of the largest and most intriguing hominin fossil records in the world. But our new research suggests there is another prehistoric human species waiting to be discovered in this region: a group called Denisovans, which ... <a title="Evolutionary study suggests prehistoric human fossils ‘hiding in plain sight’ in Southeast Asia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/24/evolutionary-study-suggests-prehistoric-human-fossils-hiding-in-plain-sight-in-southeast-asia-157587/" aria-label="Read more about Evolutionary study suggests prehistoric human fossils ‘hiding in plain sight’ in Southeast Asia">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content Housing announcement Bryce Edwards (The Guardian): Targeting New Zealand’s property speculators is popular, but won’t fix the housing crisis Henry Cooke (Stuff): The bets ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 24 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/24/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-march-24-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 24 2021">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Shaw, Professor of Politics, Massey University A year after Aotearoa New Zealand went into full lockdown for a month (it felt like longer, but lasted from March 25 to April 27), the country has without doubt fared better than many other places. True, the cost of ... <a title="A year on from New Zealand’s big lockdown the ‘team of 5 million’ needs a new story" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/24/a-year-on-from-new-zealands-big-lockdown-the-team-of-5-million-needs-a-new-story-156955/" aria-label="Read more about A year on from New Zealand’s big lockdown the ‘team of 5 million’ needs a new story">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Barr, Deputy Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza As the nights begin to close in and the temperatures cool, it’s clear winter is approaching again. With the winter season comes the risk of the usual winter lurgies, most of which result from ... <a title="Yes, COVID vaccines are front and centre. But don’t forget about your flu shot" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/24/yes-covid-vaccines-are-front-and-centre-but-dont-forget-about-your-flu-shot-157051/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, COVID vaccines are front and centre. But don’t forget about your flu shot">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joelle Gergis, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, Australian National University Over the past three years, I’ve been working on the forthcoming report by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. I’m a climate scientist who contributed to the chapter on global water cycle changes. It’s concerning ... <a title="Yes, Australia is a land of flooding rains. But climate change could be making it worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/24/yes-australia-is-a-land-of-flooding-rains-but-climate-change-could-be-making-it-worse-157586/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, Australia is a land of flooding rains. But climate change could be making it worse">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Hogan, Senior lecturer, Queensland University of Technology We have estimated around $8 billion of non-government or private funding flows through Australia’s school system each year — both public and private. The vast majority of this comes from school fees. The rest is from “other private sources”, ... <a title="Education funding is unfair — and public schools asking parents to chip in makes it worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/24/education-funding-is-unfair-and-public-schools-asking-parents-to-chip-in-makes-it-worse-157144/" aria-label="Read more about Education funding is unfair — and public schools asking parents to chip in makes it worse">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simone Casey, Research Associate, Future Social Service Institute, RMIT University Many Australians whose jobs were decimated by the COVID business shutdowns will soon be waking up to new income shocks and the prospect of rental stress. This is because people whose employers can’t afford to keep them ... <a title="At least 2.6 million people face poverty when COVID payments end and rental stress soars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/24/at-least-2-6-million-people-face-poverty-when-covid-payments-end-and-rental-stress-soars-157244/" aria-label="Read more about At least 2.6 million people face poverty when COVID payments end and rental stress soars">Read more</a>
