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November 30, 2021
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Patricio Zamorano Washington DC Brian Nichols, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, visited Honduras the week before the presidential elections. His stated purpose was to “encourage the peaceful, transparent conduct of free and fair national elections.” He did not meet with the de facto President, ... <a title="Hondurans Break the U.S.-imposed Narco Siege of their Government by Electing Xiomara Castro as New President" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/30/hondurans-break-the-u-s-imposed-narco-siege-of-their-government-by-electing-xiomara-castro-as-new-president/" aria-label="Read more about Hondurans Break the U.S.-imposed Narco Siege of their Government by Electing Xiomara Castro as New President">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2021
By Jeffrey Elapa in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s deployment of 37 police and Correctional Services staff to Solomon Islands on Friday was done on the back of a regional police-to-police engagement arrangement to help stem the civil unrest in Honiara. Police Commissioner David Manning, who returned to Port Moresby from Honiaria on Friday evening ... <a title="PNG’s police deployment in Honiara ‘vital’ for regional security" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/30/pngs-police-deployment-in-honiara-vital-for-regional-security/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s police deployment in Honiara ‘vital’ for regional security">Read more</a>
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November 30, 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 National Party Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Luxon’s Disney fairytale draws close, but Bridges lurks ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 30 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/30/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-november-30-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 30 2021">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Daly, Lecturer in Planetary Geoscience, School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow Curtin University Water is vital for life on Earth, and some experts say we should all drink around two litres every day as part of a healthy lifestyle. But beyond the tap, ... <a title="Up to half of Earth’s water may come from solar wind and space dust" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/30/up-to-half-of-earths-water-may-come-from-solar-wind-and-space-dust-172753/" aria-label="Read more about Up to half of Earth’s water may come from solar wind and space dust">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hamish McCallum, Director, Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security, Griffith University AP Photo/Denis Farrell These are very early days in terms of our understanding the Omicron variant. What is known is that it has a large number of mutations, particularly in the spike protein and it ... <a title="It looks like Omicron causes milder illness – is this how COVID becomes endemic?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/30/it-looks-like-omicron-causes-milder-illness-is-this-how-covid-becomes-endemic-172754/" aria-label="Read more about It looks like Omicron causes milder illness – is this how COVID becomes endemic?">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dion O’Neale, Lecturer – Department of Physics, University of Auckland; Principal Investigator – Te Pūnaha Matatini, University of Auckland Phil Walter/Getty Images Despite the emergence of the new Omicron variant, New Zealand will move to a new COVID-19 Protection Framework this Friday, with a traffic light system ... <a title="As Aucklanders anticipate holiday trips, Māori leaders ask people to stay away from regions with lower vaccination rates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/30/as-aucklanders-anticipate-holiday-trips-maori-leaders-ask-people-to-stay-away-from-regions-with-lower-vaccination-rates-172682/" aria-label="Read more about As Aucklanders anticipate holiday trips, Māori leaders ask people to stay away from regions with lower vaccination rates">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Corey, Adjunct Research Associate, Charles Darwin University Monjon, a small, native mammal in the tropical savanna under threat from fire David Bettini, Author provided Environmental scientists see flora, fauna and phenomena the rest of us rarely do. In this series, we’ve invited them to share their ... <a title="Photos from the field: leaving habitats unburnt for longer could help save little mammals in northern Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/30/photos-from-the-field-leaving-habitats-unburnt-for-longer-could-help-save-little-mammals-in-northern-australia-171500/" aria-label="Read more about Photos from the field: leaving habitats unburnt for longer could help save little mammals in northern Australia">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alessandro Pelizzon, Senior Lecturer, School of Law and Justice, Southern Cross University Shutterstock To say Australian universities are in crisis is to state the obvious. A common narrative suggests the most immediate cause of the current crisis is “reduced international student revenue and income from investments, such ... <a title="2 out of 3 members of university governing bodies have no professional expertise in the sector. There’s the making of a crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/30/2-out-of-3-members-of-university-governing-bodies-have-no-professional-expertise-in-the-sector-theres-the-making-of-a-crisis-171952/" aria-label="Read more about 2 out of 3 members of university governing bodies have no professional expertise in the sector. There’s the making of a crisis">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Australians’ concern about the pandemic ebbs and flows dramatically as waves come and go, according to research that also shows that COVID has not shaken the nation’s social cohesion. The Scanlon Foundation Research Institute’s 2021 Mapping Social Cohesion Report found ... <a title="Scanlon survey shows community fears about COVID can spike quickly, as governments face Omicron" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/30/scanlon-survey-shows-community-fears-about-covid-can-spike-quickly-as-governments-face-omicron-172769/" aria-label="Read more about Scanlon survey shows community fears about COVID can spike quickly, as governments face Omicron">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2021
RNZ News New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced which regions will move into red and which into orange as the new traffic light system comes in on Friday. Ardern confirmed that all of Northland would join the Auckland region in red, along with Taupō, Rotorua Lakes, Kawerau, Whakatāne, Ōpōtiki, Gisborne, Wairoa, Rangitīkei, Whanganui ... <a title="NZ’s new covid traffic light settings unveiled – omicron variant in spotlight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/30/nzs-new-covid-traffic-light-settings-unveiled-omicron-variant-in-spotlight/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s new covid traffic light settings unveiled – omicron variant in spotlight">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra John Mackintosh/Shutterstock The Morrison government has delayed its plan to open the international border on Wednesday to skilled workers and students, as it awaits more information about the Omicron variant of COVID. Cabinet’s national security committee on Monday night paused ... <a title="Border opening for skilled workers, students delayed a fortnight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/30/border-opening-for-skilled-workers-students-delayed-a-fortnight-172802/" aria-label="Read more about Border opening for skilled workers, students delayed a fortnight">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Suze Wilson, Senior Lecturer, Executive Development/School of Management, Massey University National Party interim leader Dr Shane Reti, flanked by colleagues, prepares to announce Judith Collins has been removed as party leader. GettyImages Many will know the definition of insanity as “doing the same thing over and over ... <a title="As it selects a new leader, National needs to remember one thing – confidence doesn’t always equal competence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/29/as-it-selects-a-new-leader-national-needs-to-remember-one-thing-confidence-doesnt-always-equal-competence-172755/" aria-label="Read more about As it selects a new leader, National needs to remember one thing – confidence doesn’t always equal competence">Read more</a>
