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August 26, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The first chart shows the three largest western countries: United States, United Kingdom, and Germany. The solid line plots represent quarterly average rates of excess death. It is clear that the United Kingdom copped Covid19 very early and very hard. The mid-June peak represents the period from mid-March to mid-June. It is ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Excess Deaths in New Zealand and Comparator Countries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/26/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-excess-deaths-in-new-zealand-and-comparator-countries/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Excess Deaths in New Zealand and Comparator Countries">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Renee Morrison, Lecturer in Curriculum Studies, University of Tasmania Shutterstock At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, school closures meant more than 90% of the world’s learners had to study virtually or from home. The internet, already an invaluable educational tool, has therefore become even more important ... <a title="Learning from home is testing students’ online search skills. Here are 3 ways to improve them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/26/learning-from-home-is-testing-students-online-search-skills-here-are-3-ways-to-improve-them-165752/" aria-label="Read more about Learning from home is testing students’ online search skills. Here are 3 ways to improve them">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cassandra Pybus, Adjunct Professor in History, University of Tasmania Wybalenna, Flinders Island: the Aboriginal settlement 1847. Courtesy of Libraries Tasmania Review: Fatal Contact: How Epidemics Nearly Wiped Out Australia’s First Peoples by Peter Dowling (Monash University Publishing) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article ... <a title="Book review: Fatal Contact is a timely account of how epidemics devastated our First Peoples" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/26/book-review-fatal-contact-is-a-timely-account-of-how-epidemics-devastated-our-first-peoples-164071/" aria-label="Read more about Book review: Fatal Contact is a timely account of how epidemics devastated our First Peoples">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Giuseppe Carabetta, Senior Lecturer, Sydney University Business School, University of Sydney Last week Qantas became the first major Australian public company to declare it would require all its staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19. “Having a fully vaccinated workforce will safeguard our people against the virus but ... <a title="Qantas has grounds to mandate vaccination, but most blanket policies won’t fly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/26/qantas-has-grounds-to-mandate-vaccination-but-most-blanket-policies-wont-fly-166416/" aria-label="Read more about Qantas has grounds to mandate vaccination, but most blanket policies won’t fly">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ivan Indriawan, Senior Lecturer in Finance, Auckland University of Technology Shutterstock We like to think our purchase decisions are based on rational calculations and facts, but we know they are often driven by emotions, too. When we splurge on nice food, clothes or electronic gadgets, are we ... <a title="Mood, music and money: what our Spotify playlists reveal about the emotional nature of financial markets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/26/mood-music-and-money-what-our-spotify-playlists-reveal-about-the-emotional-nature-of-financial-markets-166166/" aria-label="Read more about Mood, music and money: what our Spotify playlists reveal about the emotional nature of financial markets">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jock Collins, Professor of Social Economics, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney Department of Defence/ AAP The shocking scenes at Kabul airport — reminiscent of the images of the fall of Saigon in 1975 — highlight the desperate situation many Afghans face following the unexpectedly quick ... <a title="We studied Afghan refugees for 3 years to find out what life is like for them in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/26/we-studied-afghan-refugees-for-3-years-to-find-out-what-life-is-like-for-them-in-australia-166498/" aria-label="Read more about We studied Afghan refugees for 3 years to find out what life is like for them in Australia">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vasso Apostolopoulos, Professor of Immunology and Associate Provost, Research Partnerships, Victoria University Shutterstock Colder weather has long been associated with coughs, colds and other respiratory illnesses. Seasonal influenza and common colds peak throughout the winter months in both hemispheres – usually around August in Australia. Given many ... <a title="Rates of COVID might increase in winter, but it’s not necessarily because the virus thrives in the cold" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/26/rates-of-covid-might-increase-in-winter-but-its-not-necessarily-because-the-virus-thrives-in-the-cold-164776/" aria-label="Read more about Rates of COVID might increase in winter, but it’s not necessarily because the virus thrives in the cold">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqueline Lau, Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University There’s no shortage of evidence pointing to the need to act urgently on climate change. Most recently, a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change confirmed Earth has warmed 1.09℃ since ... <a title="‘Do-gooders’, conservatives and reluctant recyclers: how personal morals can be harnessed for climate action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/26/do-gooders-conservatives-and-reluctant-recyclers-how-personal-morals-can-be-harnessed-for-climate-action-164599/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Do-gooders’, conservatives and reluctant recyclers: how personal morals can be harnessed for climate action">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2021
EDITORIAL: By the Samoa Observer editorial board It would be an understatement to say that we are stunned to see that the Human Rights Protection Party leader Tuila’epa Dr Sa’ilele Malielegaoi now alleges the New Zealand Prime Minister plotted his removal from office. This is beginning to sound really weird coming from a former prime ... <a title="Samoa Observer: A feminist plot? No, just refusal to accept the truth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/26/samoa-observer-a-feminist-plot-no-just-refusal-to-accept-the-truth/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa Observer: A feminist plot? No, just refusal to accept the truth">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2021
By Luke Rawalai in Suva Fiji police have confirmed the arrest of former surgeon Dr Jone Hawea, a critic of the country’s covid pandemic response, from his Lautoka home during curfew hours. Police spokesperson Ana Naisoro said Dr Hawea was taken in for police interrogation on allegations of allegedly sharing misinformation about covid-19. “We confirm ... <a title="Fiji police arrest outspoken former surgeon over covid ‘misinformation’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/26/fiji-police-arrest-outspoken-former-surgeon-over-covid-misinformation/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji police arrest outspoken former surgeon over covid ‘misinformation’">Read more</a>
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August 26, 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 Vaccine rollout Charlie Dreaver (RNZ): Ministry of Health confirms another possible vaccine mistake RNZ: Bloomfield: Ministry of Health always intended ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 26 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/26/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-26-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 26 2021">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Brumm, Professor, Griffith University Stone arrowheads (Maros points) and other flaked stone implements from the Toalean culture of South Sulawesi. Shahna Britton/Andrew Thomson, Author provided In 2015, archaeologists from the University of Hasanuddin in Makassar, on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, uncovered the skeleton of a ... <a title="Who were the Toaleans? Ancient woman’s DNA provides first evidence for the origin of a mysterious lost culture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/26/who-were-the-toaleans-ancient-womans-dna-provides-first-evidence-for-the-origin-of-a-mysterious-lost-culture-166565/" aria-label="Read more about Who were the Toaleans? Ancient woman’s DNA provides first evidence for the origin of a mysterious lost culture">Read more</a>
