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December 21, 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 2021 reviews, 2022 predictions, Parliament, parties Spinoff: NZ politics in 2021: We pick the ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 21 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/21/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-december-21-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 21 2021">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Public policy has a number of biases. One is that certain real or alleged emergencies require (or seem to require) an urgent policy intervention. The result is a consortium of elected politicians, bureaucrat officials, and expert technocrats get on board, and assume a drivers’ role in a society which would otherwise ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Visualising a Way out of the Pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/21/keith-rankin-analysis-visualising-a-way-out-of-the-pandemic/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Visualising a Way out of the Pandemic">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2021
By Hezron Kising in Lae It takes up to 6 km for women from Milampipi and Kaisia villages in the mountainous hinterlands of Papua New Guinea’s Nabak local government in Nawaeb district, Morobe province, to reach the nearest roads by foot. For more than 40 years they have had to do this before they could ... <a title="‘We’ve dreamed for a road into the villages and now it has happened’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/21/weve-dreamed-for-a-road-into-the-villages-and-now-it-has-happened/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We’ve dreamed for a road into the villages and now it has happened’">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2021
By Kizzy Kalsakau and Jason Abel in Port Vila The interim President of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) provisional government, Benny Wenda, has condemned Indonesia for the arrest and torture of eight students, and appeals to Melanesian countries to support their plea. The eight West Papuan students were arrested by Indonesian police ... <a title="Wenda slams Jakarta over Papuan student arrests, seeks support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/21/wenda-slams-jakarta-over-papuan-student-arrests-seeks-support/" aria-label="Read more about Wenda slams Jakarta over Papuan student arrests, seeks support">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2021
RNZ News The Waitangi Tribunal has released a scathing ruling of the New Zealand government’s covid-19 response and vaccine rollout, saying Māori were put at risk. The tribunal held an urgent hearing early this month, and released its findings today. The tribunal says cabinet’s decision to go against official advice and not prioritise Māori in ... <a title="Waitangi Tribunal rules NZ covid-19 response ‘put Māori at risk’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/21/waitangi-tribunal-rules-nz-covid-19-response-put-maori-at-risk/" aria-label="Read more about Waitangi Tribunal rules NZ covid-19 response ‘put Māori at risk’">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2021
By Jan Kohout in Noumea There have been mixed opinions from New Caledonia’s communities after the third and final referendum returned a 96 percent vote against independence. While anti-independence parties welcomed the victory, the pro-independence Kanak side refuse to recognise the result. The turnout of potential voters was especially low among the Kanak community because ... <a title="‘France still doesn’t understand us Kanaks after 30 years of dialogue’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/21/france-still-doesnt-understand-us-kanaks-after-30-years-of-dialogue/" aria-label="Read more about ‘France still doesn’t understand us Kanaks after 30 years of dialogue’">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2021
RNZ Pacific Fiji’s Health Ministry is concerned that people are not taking the new omicron variant of the coronavirus seriously. Fiji reported two cases of the variant more than two weeks ago — both patients had arrived in the country from Nigeria on November 25. Health Secretary Dr James Fong said more than 70 countries ... <a title="Fijians urged to take omicron virus variant seriously amid global spread" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/21/fijians-urged-to-take-omicron-virus-variant-seriously-amid-global-spread/" aria-label="Read more about Fijians urged to take omicron virus variant seriously amid global spread">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Loughran, Principal Researcher and Electromagnetic Energy Program Manager, ARPANSA, and Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Wollongong Shutterstock You’ve probably seen the UV index in the day’s weather forecast, and you know it tells you when you need to cover up and wear sunscreen. But where does ... <a title="What is the UV index? An expert explains what it means and how it’s calculated" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/21/what-is-the-uv-index-an-expert-explains-what-it-means-and-how-its-calculated-173146/" aria-label="Read more about What is the UV index? An expert explains what it means and how it’s calculated">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Lee, Associate Professor of History, UNSW Four secessionist delegates holding the proposed flag for Western Australia in 1934. State Library of WA For nearly two years, Western Australia Premier Mark McGowan has sealed his state off from the rest of the world to pursue a hugely ... <a title="Republic of Western Australia: how the west has always charted its own course, from secession to COVID" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/21/republic-of-western-australia-how-the-west-has-always-charted-its-own-course-from-secession-to-covid-167048/" aria-label="Read more about Republic of Western Australia: how the west has always charted its own course, from secession to COVID">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Renshaw, Lecturer in Play Therapy, Deakin University www.shutterstock.com Guilt has perhaps always been part of selecting and giving gifts for children at Christmas. However, in 2021, after two years of increased screen time for children thanks to COVID, parents may be experiencing even more uncertainty around ... <a title="Digital toys for kids you don’t have to feel guilty about " class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/21/digital-toys-for-kids-you-dont-have-to-feel-guilty-about-172612/" aria-label="Read more about Digital toys for kids you don’t have to feel guilty about ">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas T. Van Dam, Associate professor, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Images of happy families, joyous celebrations and perfectly wrapped presents. Must be Christmas, right? While these cues can be linked to eager anticipation and enthusiasm, they can also remind us of stress, obligations, planning and interpersonal ... <a title="Stressful Christmas? How meditation can (and can’t) help you through a nightmare lunch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/21/stressful-christmas-how-meditation-can-and-cant-help-you-through-a-nightmare-lunch-170872/" aria-label="Read more about Stressful Christmas? How meditation can (and can’t) help you through a nightmare lunch">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock After the long COVID-induced lockdowns of 2021, I’m more excited than usual for a joyous gathering at Christmas, where four generations of our family will sit around our much-used dining table for dinner. The table is large, ... <a title="Get to know blackwood better: a magnificent timber and a tough, towering wattle that can survive landslides" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/21/get-to-know-blackwood-better-a-magnificent-timber-and-a-tough-towering-wattle-that-can-survive-landslides-172401/" aria-label="Read more about Get to know blackwood better: a magnificent timber and a tough, towering wattle that can survive landslides">Read more</a>
