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August 5, 2021
COMMENT: By Melani Anae When the Polynesian Panthers (PPP) activist group began calling for an apology for the Dawn Raids two years ago, we went into the process with eyes wide open. Government lobbyists seldom get everything they ask for, but our intent was honest and real and fuelled by our Panther legacy and love ... <a title="Ardern’s apology to Pacific peoples just the beginning – we will fight on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/arderns-apology-to-pacific-peoples-just-the-beginning-we-will-fight-on/" aria-label="Read more about Ardern’s apology to Pacific peoples just the beginning – we will fight on">Read more</a>
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August 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. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content Parliament, political parties Michael Neilson (Herald): Government communications spending increases 50 per cent in four years (paywalled) Jo Moir (Newsroom): What’s ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 5 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-5-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 5 2021">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Mansfield, Senior lecturer, UNSW This stone tablet records the restoration of certain lands by the Babylonian king Nabu-apla-iddina to a priest. Babylonian, circa 870 BCE. From Sippar (Tell Abu Habbah) Wikipedia Our modern understanding of trigonometry harks back to ancient Greek astronomers studying the movement of ... <a title="How ancient Babylonian land surveyors developed a unique form of trigonometry — 1,000 years before the Greeks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/how-ancient-babylonian-land-surveyors-developed-a-unique-form-of-trigonometry-1-000-years-before-the-greeks-163428/" aria-label="Read more about How ancient Babylonian land surveyors developed a unique form of trigonometry — 1,000 years before the Greeks">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robyn J. Whitaker, Senior Lecturer in New Testament, Pilgrim Theological College, University of Divinity Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND “The blood of Jesus is my vaccine” read one of the signs at a recent protest against lockdown regulations in Sydney. While our tendency might be to roll ... <a title="‘The blood of Jesus is my vaccine’: how a fringe group of Christians hijacks faith in a war against science" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/the-blood-of-jesus-is-my-vaccine-how-a-fringe-group-of-christians-hijacks-faith-in-a-war-against-science-165236/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The blood of Jesus is my vaccine’: how a fringe group of Christians hijacks faith in a war against science">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Breen, Professor of Law, University of Waikato www.shutterstock.com With greater numbers of people being vaccinated and countries looking to reopen borders safely, the introduction of some form of vaccine passport seems increasingly likely. For New Zealand, where the elimination strategy has been largely successful but which ... <a title="How far should compulsory proof of vaccination go — and what rights do New Zealanders have?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/how-far-should-compulsory-proof-of-vaccination-go-and-what-rights-do-new-zealanders-have-165317/" aria-label="Read more about How far should compulsory proof of vaccination go — and what rights do New Zealanders have?">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roel Plant, Adjunct Professor, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock When land is cleared to make room for urban growth, infrastructure, mining, and so on, developers are often required to “offset” their environmental damage by improving biodiversity elsewhere. This could mean, for example, planting trees along a river, ... <a title="We asked landholders how they feel about biodiversity offsets — and the NSW government has a lot to learn" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/we-asked-landholders-how-they-feel-about-biodiversity-offsets-and-the-nsw-government-has-a-lot-to-learn-164934/" aria-label="Read more about We asked landholders how they feel about biodiversity offsets — and the NSW government has a lot to learn">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Naomi Barnes, Senior Lecturer, School of Teacher Education & Leadership, Queensland University of Technology The central role of schools in the Brisbane COVID-19 outbreak means the virus might move through the community differently from previous outbreaks. Previously, the focus has been on the spread of the virus ... <a title="School students at the heart of a COVID outbreak change the story of how it spreads" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/school-students-at-the-heart-of-a-covid-outbreak-change-the-story-of-how-it-spreads-165601/" aria-label="Read more about School students at the heart of a COVID outbreak change the story of how it spreads">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andy Bennett, Professor, Griffith University English composer and multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield began writing Tubular Bells 50 years ago, at the age of 17. The record, released two years later, was the first on Richard Branson’s newly established Virgin label and remains Oldfield’s highest selling and best known ... <a title="50 years since Mike Oldfield began writing Tubular Bells: the pioneering album that changed the sound of music" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/50-years-since-mike-oldfield-began-writing-tubular-bells-the-pioneering-album-that-changed-the-sound-of-music-162254/" aria-label="Read more about 50 years since Mike Oldfield began writing Tubular Bells: the pioneering album that changed the sound of music">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Bennett, Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University Lukas Coch/AAP Last week the federal government announced 70% of over-16s would need to be vaccinated for COVID-19 restrictions to be eased. And this week, Melbourne’s Doherty Institute published the modelling informing this. The Doherty Institute had been asked by ... <a title="We need to start vaccinating people in their 20s and 30s, according to the Doherty modelling. An epidemiologist explains why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/04/we-need-to-start-vaccinating-people-in-their-20s-and-30s-according-to-the-doherty-modelling-an-epidemiologist-explains-why-165540/" aria-label="Read more about We need to start vaccinating people in their 20s and 30s, according to the Doherty modelling. An epidemiologist explains why">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In the lead up to the 2019 election, the Shorten opposition attacked the government’s planned 2024 tax cuts, and promised to curb negative gearing and halve the capital gains tax discount. Last week, the Albanese opposition said it wouldn’t try ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers on promoting vaccine uptake and a ‘modest spending program’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/04/politics-with-michelle-grattan-shadow-treasurer-jim-chalmers-on-promoting-vaccine-uptake-and-a-modest-spending-program-165624/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers on promoting vaccine uptake and a ‘modest spending program’">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Scott, Professor, The University of Melbourne The race to vaccinate Australians is heating up as the supply of vaccines starts to increase and lockdowns continue. Labor this week suggested a A$300 cash payment for people fully vaccinated by December. Meanwhile, “Operation COVID Shield”, the newly published ... <a title="Cash or freedoms: what will work in the race to get Australia vaccinated against COVID-19?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/04/cash-or-freedoms-what-will-work-in-the-race-to-get-australia-vaccinated-against-covid-19-165531/" aria-label="Read more about Cash or freedoms: what will work in the race to get Australia vaccinated against COVID-19?">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Crosby, Professor, Monash University photopixel/Shutterstock If the proposed A$300 payment to each Australian who is fully vaccinated works, it might be at the expense of getting Australians hooked on incentives, and there are reasons to think it might not not work. Labor has suggested paying $300 ... <a title="Would a $300 vaccination payment work? There are reasons to doubt it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/04/would-a-300-vaccination-payment-work-there-are-reasons-to-doubt-it-165534/" aria-label="Read more about Would a $300 vaccination payment work? There are reasons to doubt it">Read more</a>
