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August 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily Parke, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Auckland www.shutterstock.com Responding to the recent controversy over mātauranga Māori and the letter he co-authored titled “In defence of science”, Emeritus Professor Michael Corballis said: “We don’t know any Māori who knows what mātauranga is.” This immediately made us ... <a title="Let’s choose our words more carefully when discussing mātauranga Māori and science" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/04/lets-choose-our-words-more-carefully-when-discussing-matauranga-maori-and-science-165465/" aria-label="Read more about Let’s choose our words more carefully when discussing mātauranga Māori and science">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Lamar, PhD Researcher, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Shutterstock/Rudmer Zwerver New Zealand’s endemic tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) are the sole survivors of an ancient reptile order called Rhynchocephalia. Once widespread across New Zealand, tuatara survive in only a fraction of their historic range, on ... <a title="Tuatara are ancient, slow and endangered. But their super speedy sperm could boost conservation efforts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/04/tuatara-are-ancient-slow-and-endangered-but-their-super-speedy-sperm-could-boost-conservation-efforts-165173/" aria-label="Read more about Tuatara are ancient, slow and endangered. But their super speedy sperm could boost conservation efforts">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2021
SPECIAL REPORT: By David Robie It is open season again for Indonesian trolls targeting Asia Pacific Report and other media with fake news and disinformation dispatches in a crude attempt to gloss over human rights violations. Just three months ago I wrote about this issue in my “Dear editor” article exposing the disinformation campaign. There ... <a title="Open season again for Indonesian military trolls and ‘fake news’ campaign on West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/04/open-season-again-for-indonesian-military-trolls-and-fake-news-campaign-on-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Open season again for Indonesian military trolls and ‘fake news’ campaign on West Papua">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government is set to tweak its vaccination timetable to accelerate jabs for those aged 30 to 39, after Doherty Institute modelling showing it is vital to get younger adults quickly vaccinated, because they are high COVID transmitters. Those in ... <a title="Accelerated jabs for younger people after Doherty modelling shows it’s vital to vaccinate them quickly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/03/accelerated-jabs-for-younger-people-after-doherty-modelling-shows-its-vital-to-vaccinate-them-quickly-165555/" aria-label="Read more about Accelerated jabs for younger people after Doherty modelling shows it’s vital to vaccinate them quickly">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan now includes “Word from The Hill”, where she discusses the news with members of The Conversations’s politics team. In this episode, politics + society editor Amanda Dunn ... <a title="Podcast with Michelle Grattan: a four-stage plan and a $300 payment to get vaccinated" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/03/podcast-with-michelle-grattan-a-four-stage-plan-and-a-300-payment-to-get-vaccinated-165542/" aria-label="Read more about Podcast with Michelle Grattan: a four-stage plan and a $300 payment to get vaccinated">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2021
RNZ Pacific New Zealand is sending 100,000 vaccine doses and additional financial support to Fiji for nursing staff as the country’s covid-19 death toll passed 250. Fiji reported 1100 new cases and 13 more deaths today, bringing the total death toll to 254. Of the deaths, 252 of them have come from the April outbreak ... <a title="NZ sends 100,000 vaccine doses to Fiji as covid deaths top 250" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/03/nz-sends-100000-vaccine-doses-to-fiji-as-covid-deaths-top-250/" aria-label="Read more about NZ sends 100,000 vaccine doses to Fiji as covid deaths top 250">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. We have this pretty fiction that the world is made up of approximately 200 politically autonomous nation-states. This in the entrenched ‘Wilsonian’ view of the political world that, in particular, was sort-of realised after World War One; a view that rendered the national empires (such as the British Empire) of the ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Territorial Fundamentalism in our Post-Globalisation Era" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/03/keith-rankin-essay-territorial-fundamentalism-in-our-post-globalisation-era/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Territorial Fundamentalism in our Post-Globalisation Era">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lien Duong, Senior Lecturer in School Accounting of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Curtin University The A$39 billion (US$29 billion) that Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s digital payments company Square is paying to acquire Australian upstart payments outfit Afterpay is the biggest takeover deal in Australian corporate history. It ... <a title="Why Jack Dorsey’s Square paid a record $39 billion for Afterpay" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/03/why-jack-dorseys-square-paid-a-record-39-billion-for-afterpay-165528/" aria-label="Read more about Why Jack Dorsey’s Square paid a record $39 billion for Afterpay">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geraldine Moses, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland Shutterstock One reason dietary supplements are so popular is the perception they’re harmless. But like all drugs, there are many potential dangers from taking vitamins and minerals. The problem is that, unlike conventional medicines, dietary ... <a title="Vitamins and minerals aren’t risk-free. Here are 6 ways they can cause harm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/03/vitamins-and-minerals-arent-risk-free-here-are-6-ways-they-can-cause-harm-165399/" aria-label="Read more about Vitamins and minerals aren’t risk-free. Here are 6 ways they can cause harm">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hugo Temby, Doctoral Researcher, Battery Storage and Grid Integration Program, Australian National University Even after A$4,000 in repairs, Heather’s $18,000 rooftop solar and battery system is still not working. Heather worked as a nurse until a workplace accident caused her to leave the workforce. She put most ... <a title="Complicated, costly and downright frustrating: Aussies keen to cut emissions with clean energy at home get little support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/03/complicated-costly-and-downright-frustrating-aussies-keen-to-cut-emissions-with-clean-energy-at-home-get-little-support-161682/" aria-label="Read more about Complicated, costly and downright frustrating: Aussies keen to cut emissions with clean energy at home get little support">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Dimitris Barletis/Shutterstock I reckon Albo’s on the right track. The opposition leader wants to pay A$300 to every Australian who is fully vaccinated by December 1. The Grattan Institute is on a similar theme. It ... <a title="Paying Australians $300 to get fully vaccinated would be value for money" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/03/paying-australians-300-to-get-fully-vaccinated-would-be-value-for-money-165520/" aria-label="Read more about Paying Australians $300 to get fully vaccinated would be value for money">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Intifar Chowdhury, PhD Candidate/Data Archivist, Australian National University Joel Carrett/AAP The 2019 federal election saw the lowest voter turnout since compulsory voting was introduced in 1924. Only 91% of Australians voted, amid reports young people “turned their back on democracy”. In some seats, less than three-quarters of ... <a title="Young Australians are supposedly ‘turning their backs’ on democracy, but are they any different from older voters?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/03/young-australians-are-supposedly-turning-their-backs-on-democracy-but-are-they-any-different-from-older-voters-163891/" aria-label="Read more about Young Australians are supposedly ‘turning their backs’ on democracy, but are they any different from older voters?">Read more</a>
