CoveragePost
October 14, 2021
A View from Afar: Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will analyse how Taiwan is delicately navigating its way between two clashing global powers. On one side there's China and on the other is the USA. Taiwan has been self-governing for over 70 years. It insists it wants to remain an independently governed economy. Can it navigate a pathway to relative peace through diplomatic means? Yes, and here's how.
CoveragePost
October 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cleve V. Arguelles, PhD Candidate, Department of Political & Social Change, Australian National University After five years under Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal rule, Filipinos will soon go to the polls to choose a new leader – and potentially a new direction for the country. We now have a ... <a title="The Philippines is set for a fiery election, even without any Dutertes (at least for now)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/14/the-philippines-is-set-for-a-fiery-election-even-without-any-dutertes-at-least-for-now-169535/" aria-label="Read more about The Philippines is set for a fiery election, even without any Dutertes (at least for now)">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
October 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bill John Swannie, Lecturer in College of Law and Justice, Victoria University The High Court has upheld the decision of James Cook University to terminate the employment of controversial physicist Professor Peter Ridd. The court ruled on Wednesday that a clause in the JCU enterprise agreement protecting ... <a title="High Court lends weight to academic freedom despite Peter Ridd losing appeal against dismissal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/14/high-court-lends-weight-to-academic-freedom-despite-peter-ridd-losing-appeal-against-dismissal-154483/" aria-label="Read more about High Court lends weight to academic freedom despite Peter Ridd losing appeal against dismissal">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
October 14, 2021
RNZ News The plan for New Zealanders with covid-19 to isolate at home suggests the government believes the spread is wider than had been thought, epidemiologist Professor Rod Jackson says. Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said home quarantine would be introduced “fairly soon” as a necessary step to prevent MIQ spaces being limited even further ... <a title="‘Race against time’ over NZ’s covid outbreak as expert slams rulebreakers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/14/race-against-time-over-nzs-covid-outbreak-as-expert-slams-rulebreakers/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Race against time’ over NZ’s covid outbreak as expert slams rulebreakers">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
October 14, 2021
RNZ Pacific The Refugee Action Coalition has called Australia’s apparent attempt to walk away from its responsibilities for the refugees it dumped in Papua New Guinea an outrage. Australia announced last week that by the end of this year it will end its offshore detention arrangement with PNG. The scheme was declared illegal by the ... <a title="Outrage as Australia walks away from PNG refugee responsibilities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/14/outrage-as-australia-walks-away-from-png-refugee-responsibilities/" aria-label="Read more about Outrage as Australia walks away from PNG refugee responsibilities">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
October 14, 2021
RNZ News More than 6 million vaccine doses have now been given in New Zealand, with the vast majority of those who have caught covid-19 during the current outbreak unvaccinated. Speaking at today’s government briefing – where it was revealed there were 55 new cases today – Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said three-quarters of ... <a title="Six million vaccine doses given in NZ as officials report 55 new covid cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/14/six-million-vaccine-doses-given-in-nz-as-officials-report-55-new-covid-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Six million vaccine doses given in NZ as officials report 55 new covid cases">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
October 14, 2021
SPECIAL REPORT: By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia Pacific Report The announcement in February of a new $55 million, three-year Public Interest Journalism Fund (PIJF) by Minister for Broadcasting and Media Kris Faafoi suggested a revitalisation of tired old traditional media models. Since then it has been viewed suspiciously by journalists with right-leaning tendencies and denizens ... <a title="How NZ’s Public Interest Journalism Fund can help ‘normalise’ diversity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/14/how-nzs-public-interest-journalism-fund-can-help-normalise-diversity/" aria-label="Read more about How NZ’s Public Interest Journalism Fund can help ‘normalise’ diversity">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
October 14, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Politics Daily as well as New Zealand Political Roundup columns for free here. Today’s content Govt Covid strategy, expert warnings, Auckland Derek Cheng (Herald): Auckland hits point of no ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – October 14 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/14/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-october-14-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – October 14 2021">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
October 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joshua W. Blackman, Astronomer, University of Tasmania Artist’s rendition of the Jupiter-like planet and its white dwarf star W. M. Keck Observatory/Adam Makarenko The golden age of discovery of planets around other stars (known as exoplanets) began in 1995. Since the first discoveries, more than 4,500 worlds ... <a title="A distant dead star shows a glimpse of our Solar System’s future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/14/a-distant-dead-star-shows-a-glimpse-of-our-solar-systems-future-169631/" aria-label="Read more about A distant dead star shows a glimpse of our Solar System’s future">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
October 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Hannah, Associate Professor, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Shutterstock/Nick Greaves It is now common to refer to the current biodiversity crisis as the sixth mass extinction. But is this true? Are we in the middle of an event on the same scale as ... <a title="Humans are driving animals and plants to the edge. But are we really heading into a mass extinction?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/14/humans-are-driving-animals-and-plants-to-the-edge-but-are-we-really-heading-into-a-mass-extinction-168839/" aria-label="Read more about Humans are driving animals and plants to the edge. But are we really heading into a mass extinction?">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
October 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Crommelin, Senior Lecturer in City Planning, UNSW Buying an apartment is the biggest financial commitment many of us will ever make. Unfortunately, our new research shows that defects in apartment buildings are commonplace: just over half of Sydney’s apartments had at least one type of defect, ... <a title="Water leaks, cracks and flawed fire safety systems: Sydney’s apartments are riddled with building defects" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/14/water-leaks-cracks-and-flawed-fire-safety-systems-sydneys-apartments-are-riddled-with-building-defects-169526/" aria-label="Read more about Water leaks, cracks and flawed fire safety systems: Sydney’s apartments are riddled with building defects">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
October 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucy Beaumont, Senior Deputy Section Editor: Health + Medicine Shutterstock A survey by the Australian Science Media Centre, published today, found around 20% of the 50 Australian scientists who responded have received threats of physical or sexual violence when speaking about COVID in the media. Around 62% ... <a title="5 Australian COVID experts on receiving abuse and trolling amid the pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/14/5-australian-covid-experts-on-receiving-abuse-and-trolling-amid-the-pandemic-169825/" aria-label="Read more about 5 Australian COVID experts on receiving abuse and trolling amid the pandemic">Read more</a>
