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March 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Heemsbergen, PhD, Media and Politics, Deakin University A couple of days ago, the musician Grimes sold some animations she made with her brother Mac on a website called Nifty Gateway. Some were one-offs, while others were limited editions of a few hundred – and all were ... <a title="NFTs explained: what they are, why rock stars are using them, and why they’re selling for millions of dollars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/05/nfts-explained-what-they-are-why-rock-stars-are-using-them-and-why-theyre-selling-for-millions-of-dollars-156389/" aria-label="Read more about NFTs explained: what they are, why rock stars are using them, and why they’re selling for millions of dollars">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2021
By RNZ News An 8.0 earthquake has struck near the Kermadec Islands, hours after a 7.4 quake near the Kermadecs and a 7.1 off the North Island coast, A 7.4 quake struck near the Kermadec Islands earlier this morning. The islands are 800km to 1000km from New Zealand. National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said people ... <a title="Major 8.0 quake at Kermadecs, NZ warning for people to move higher" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/05/major-8-0-quake-at-kermadecs-nz-warning-for-people-to-move-higher/" aria-label="Read more about Major 8.0 quake at Kermadecs, NZ warning for people to move higher">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2021
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 Covid Chris Trotter: Atavistic urges Matthew Hooton (Herald): Lockdown 4 sparks Jacinda Ardern’s wrath (paywalled) Peter Dunne: The government urgently needs to upgrade its Covid19 strategy Michael Morrah (Newshub): Information contradicting Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on KFC worker ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 05 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/05/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-march-05-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 05 2021">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dave Parry, Professor of Computer Science, Auckland University of Technology Although international travel restrictions for Australia have been extended to at least June, there may still be potential for a trans-Tasman bubble with New Zealand (and maybe some other countries), according to reports. Air New Zealand will ... <a title="How would digital COVID vaccine passports work? And what’s stopping people from faking them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/05/how-would-digital-covid-vaccine-passports-work-and-whats-stopping-people-from-faking-them-156032/" aria-label="Read more about How would digital COVID vaccine passports work? And what’s stopping people from faking them?">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jamie Triccas, Professor of Medical Microbiology, University of Sydney The United States’ drug regulator, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), said last week COVID vaccines updated for variants won’t need to go through full randomised controlled clinical trials. The booster shots will only be required to undergo ... <a title="Why we’ll get COVID booster vaccines quickly and how we know they’re safe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/05/why-well-get-covid-booster-vaccines-quickly-and-how-we-know-theyre-safe-156120/" aria-label="Read more about Why we’ll get COVID booster vaccines quickly and how we know they’re safe">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Milte, Matthew Flinders Senior Research Fellow, Flinders University The final report from the aged care royal commission this week was damning. Speaking of a system in crisis, it calls for an urgent overhaul. The Morrison government has been facing difficult questions regarding which of the 148 ... <a title="50% of Australians are prepared to pay more tax to improve aged care workers’ pay, survey shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/05/50-of-australians-are-prepared-to-pay-more-tax-to-improve-aged-care-workers-pay-survey-shows-156299/" aria-label="Read more about 50% of Australians are prepared to pay more tax to improve aged care workers’ pay, survey shows">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David John Eldridge, Professor of Dryland Ecology, UNSW After 200 years of European farming practices, Australian soils are in bad shape – depleted of nutrients and organic matter, including carbon. This is bad news for both soil health and efforts to address global warming. The native Australian ... <a title="Dig this: a tiny echidna moves 8 trailer-loads of soil a year, helping tackle climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/05/dig-this-a-tiny-echidna-moves-8-trailer-loads-of-soil-a-year-helping-tackle-climate-change-155947/" aria-label="Read more about Dig this: a tiny echidna moves 8 trailer-loads of soil a year, helping tackle climate change">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zoe Vaill, PhD Candidate Faculty of Education, Queensland University of Technology Students are heading off to universities around Australia, whether for the first time or as returning students, with expectations of a year of learning, making friends and enjoyable socialising. For some students this will not be ... <a title="Half of our unis don’t have bullying policies for students. This is what they need to protect them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/05/half-of-our-unis-dont-have-bullying-policies-for-students-this-is-what-they-need-to-protect-them-156108/" aria-label="Read more about Half of our unis don’t have bullying policies for students. This is what they need to protect them">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jan Thomas, Vice-Chancellor, Massey University As first-year students flooded onto campuses around the country this week, gripped with uncertainty and curiosity about their new lives, I too returned to university to learn. For the first time since what feels like forever, but in reality was 1997 when ... <a title="Honouring Te Tiriti means ‘getting into the stream together’ — so this vice-chancellor has become a student again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/05/honouring-te-tiriti-means-getting-into-the-stream-together-so-this-vice-chancellor-has-become-a-student-again-156198/" aria-label="Read more about Honouring Te Tiriti means ‘getting into the stream together’ — so this vice-chancellor has become a student again">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW After years of repeatedly missing its inflation target through too timid monetary policy, in the past week the Reserve Bank has decided to get tough. Not only did it hold its closely watched cash rate target steady at 0.10% at Tuesday’s ... <a title="Vital Signs: In the battle over interest rates, it’d be unwise to bet against the RBA" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/05/vital-signs-in-the-battle-over-interest-rates-itd-be-unwise-to-bet-against-the-rba-156410/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: In the battle over interest rates, it’d be unwise to bet against the RBA">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter McNeil, Distinguished Professor of Design History, UTS, University of Technology Sydney It’s Sydney Lesbian and Gay Mardi Gras festival time. LGBTQI people are enjoying what some call “gay or lesbian Christmas”. It’s not quite the same in the era of COVID, but a contained version of ... <a title="Friday essay: hidden in plain sight — Australian queer men and women before gay liberation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/05/friday-essay-hidden-in-plain-sight-australian-queer-men-and-women-before-gay-liberation-155964/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: hidden in plain sight — Australian queer men and women before gay liberation">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison has a near obsession with control. But suddenly – in the course of only weeks – he has found himself presiding over a government in a shambles, where he is reacting rather than driving. All the mayhem flows ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Scott Morrison can’t get circuit breaker while Porter remains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/05/grattan-on-friday-scott-morrison-cant-get-circuit-breaker-while-porter-remains-156517/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Scott Morrison can’t get circuit breaker while Porter remains">Read more</a>
