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August 5, 2021
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby A 15-year-old Papua New Guinean girl, found in a Port Moresby guesthouse during a spot check by immigration and police officers yesterday, says she was sold without her knowledge by her cousin sister for K100 to two men for sex. Officers of the Immigration and Citizenship Authority (ICA) and ... <a title="PNG police rescue girl, 15, ‘sold’ for by her cousin for sex in city crackdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/png-police-rescue-girl-15-sold-for-by-her-cousin-for-sex-in-city-crackdown/" aria-label="Read more about PNG police rescue girl, 15, ‘sold’ for by her cousin for sex in city crackdown">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
By Sialai Sarafina Sanerivi in Apia Veteran Samoan parliamentarian and chairman of the Fa’atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) has criticised what he characterises as the “extreme” and “defamatory” behaviour of the former Prime Minister of Samoa since losing government. Speaking during his programme Ia Ao Samoa yesterday, La’auli Leuatea Schmidt said he ... <a title="La’auli condemns Tuila’epa’s ‘extreme behavour’ in losing office in Samoa" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/laauli-condemns-tuilaepas-extreme-behavour-in-losing-office-in-samoa/" aria-label="Read more about La’auli condemns Tuila’epa’s ‘extreme behavour’ in losing office in Samoa">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
RNZ Pacific Covid-19 infections continue to rise in Fiji with 1220 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours to 8am yesterday. The government also confirmed seven more deaths, bringing the toll to 261. That compares with 1100 cases and 13 deaths in the previous 24-hour period. Health Secretary Dr James Fong said the seven ... <a title="Fiji faces 1220 new covid cases, seven deaths as infections still rise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/fiji-faces-1220-new-covid-cases-seven-deaths-as-infections-still-rise/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji faces 1220 new covid cases, seven deaths as infections still rise">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
COMMENT: By Melani Anae When the Polynesian Panthers (PPP) activist group began calling for an apology for the Dawn Raids two years ago, we went into the process with eyes wide open. Government lobbyists seldom get everything they ask for, but our intent was honest and real and fuelled by our Panther legacy and love ... <a title="Ardern’s apology to Pacific peoples just the beginning – we will fight on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/arderns-apology-to-pacific-peoples-just-the-beginning-we-will-fight-on/" aria-label="Read more about Ardern’s apology to Pacific peoples just the beginning – we will fight on">Read more</a>
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August 5, 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 Parliament, political parties Michael Neilson (Herald): Government communications spending increases 50 per cent in four years (paywalled) Jo Moir (Newsroom): What’s ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 5 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-5-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 5 2021">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Mansfield, Senior lecturer, UNSW This stone tablet records the restoration of certain lands by the Babylonian king Nabu-apla-iddina to a priest. Babylonian, circa 870 BCE. From Sippar (Tell Abu Habbah) Wikipedia Our modern understanding of trigonometry harks back to ancient Greek astronomers studying the movement of ... <a title="How ancient Babylonian land surveyors developed a unique form of trigonometry — 1,000 years before the Greeks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/how-ancient-babylonian-land-surveyors-developed-a-unique-form-of-trigonometry-1-000-years-before-the-greeks-163428/" aria-label="Read more about How ancient Babylonian land surveyors developed a unique form of trigonometry — 1,000 years before the Greeks">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robyn J. Whitaker, Senior Lecturer in New Testament, Pilgrim Theological College, University of Divinity Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND “The blood of Jesus is my vaccine” read one of the signs at a recent protest against lockdown regulations in Sydney. While our tendency might be to roll ... <a title="‘The blood of Jesus is my vaccine’: how a fringe group of Christians hijacks faith in a war against science" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/the-blood-of-jesus-is-my-vaccine-how-a-fringe-group-of-christians-hijacks-faith-in-a-war-against-science-165236/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The blood of Jesus is my vaccine’: how a fringe group of Christians hijacks faith in a war against science">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Breen, Professor of Law, University of Waikato www.shutterstock.com With greater numbers of people being vaccinated and countries looking to reopen borders safely, the introduction of some form of vaccine passport seems increasingly likely. For New Zealand, where the elimination strategy has been largely successful but which ... <a title="How far should compulsory proof of vaccination go — and what rights do New Zealanders have?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/how-far-should-compulsory-proof-of-vaccination-go-and-what-rights-do-new-zealanders-have-165317/" aria-label="Read more about How far should compulsory proof of vaccination go — and what rights do New Zealanders have?">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roel Plant, Adjunct Professor, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock When land is cleared to make room for urban growth, infrastructure, mining, and so on, developers are often required to “offset” their environmental damage by improving biodiversity elsewhere. This could mean, for example, planting trees along a river, ... <a title="We asked landholders how they feel about biodiversity offsets — and the NSW government has a lot to learn" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/we-asked-landholders-how-they-feel-about-biodiversity-offsets-and-the-nsw-government-has-a-lot-to-learn-164934/" aria-label="Read more about We asked landholders how they feel about biodiversity offsets — and the NSW government has a lot to learn">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Naomi Barnes, Senior Lecturer, School of Teacher Education & Leadership, Queensland University of Technology The central role of schools in the Brisbane COVID-19 outbreak means the virus might move through the community differently from previous outbreaks. Previously, the focus has been on the spread of the virus ... <a title="School students at the heart of a COVID outbreak change the story of how it spreads" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/school-students-at-the-heart-of-a-covid-outbreak-change-the-story-of-how-it-spreads-165601/" aria-label="Read more about School students at the heart of a COVID outbreak change the story of how it spreads">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andy Bennett, Professor, Griffith University English composer and multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield began writing Tubular Bells 50 years ago, at the age of 17. The record, released two years later, was the first on Richard Branson’s newly established Virgin label and remains Oldfield’s highest selling and best known ... <a title="50 years since Mike Oldfield began writing Tubular Bells: the pioneering album that changed the sound of music" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/50-years-since-mike-oldfield-began-writing-tubular-bells-the-pioneering-album-that-changed-the-sound-of-music-162254/" aria-label="Read more about 50 years since Mike Oldfield began writing Tubular Bells: the pioneering album that changed the sound of music">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Bennett, Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University Lukas Coch/AAP Last week the federal government announced 70% of over-16s would need to be vaccinated for COVID-19 restrictions to be eased. And this week, Melbourne’s Doherty Institute published the modelling informing this. The Doherty Institute had been asked by ... <a title="We need to start vaccinating people in their 20s and 30s, according to the Doherty modelling. An epidemiologist explains why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/04/we-need-to-start-vaccinating-people-in-their-20s-and-30s-according-to-the-doherty-modelling-an-epidemiologist-explains-why-165540/" aria-label="Read more about We need to start vaccinating people in their 20s and 30s, according to the Doherty modelling. An epidemiologist explains why">Read more</a>
