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August 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phoebe Roth, Deputy Editor, Health+Medicine Shutterstock Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) recently announced provisional approval for the Pfizer vaccine to be used in 12-15-year-olds. We learned on Monday that the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) has advised that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged ... <a title="Should we vaccinate children against COVID-19? We asked 5 experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/02/should-we-vaccinate-children-against-covid-19-we-asked-5-experts-165316/" aria-label="Read more about Should we vaccinate children against COVID-19? We asked 5 experts">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sunit K. Singh, Professor of Molecular Immunology and Virology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University Andre Coelho/EPA/AAP Over a year into the pandemic, questions around immune responses after COVID continue to confound. One question many people are asking is whether the immunity you get from contracting ... <a title="If I’ve already had COVID, do I need a vaccine? And how does the immune system respond? An expert explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/02/if-ive-already-had-covid-do-i-need-a-vaccine-and-how-does-the-immune-system-respond-an-expert-explains-164236/" aria-label="Read more about If I’ve already had COVID, do I need a vaccine? And how does the immune system respond? An expert explains">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Blazevich, Professor of Biomechanics, Edith Cowan University The fastest sprinter is the world right now is Lamont Marcell Jacobs, who won Olympic gold in the men’s 100-metre sprint with a time of 9.80 seconds. You might be surprised to learn that most of the explosive power ... <a title="Muscles are important, but stiff tendons are the secret ingredient for high-speed performance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/02/muscles-are-important-but-stiff-tendons-are-the-secret-ingredient-for-high-speed-performance-165458/" aria-label="Read more about Muscles are important, but stiff tendons are the secret ingredient for high-speed performance">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mairin Hennebry-Leung, Lecturer in Languages and TESOL, University of Tasmania Shutterstock This article is part of a series providing school students with evidence-based advice for choosing subjects in their senior years. Some students elect to study languages in their senior years because of personal interest, or because ... <a title="Thinking of taking a language in year 11 and 12? Here’s what you need to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/02/thinking-of-taking-a-language-in-year-11-and-12-heres-what-you-need-to-know-164080/" aria-label="Read more about Thinking of taking a language in year 11 and 12? Here’s what you need to know">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2021
By Soli Wilson in Apia Heavy rain early today failed to deter more than 1000 Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) supporters who gathered in front of the Government building in Apia — some travelling hours to get there — to protest against what they claim to be the “disintegration” of Samoa’s constitution. Despite the sporadic ... <a title="Tuila’epa supporters demonstrate over ‘disintegration’ of Samoa constitution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/02/tuilaepa-supporters-demonstrate-over-disintegration-of-samoa-constitution/" aria-label="Read more about Tuila’epa supporters demonstrate over ‘disintegration’ of Samoa constitution">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2021
COMMENT: By Michael Field of The Pacific Newsroom Apologies are, more or less by custom, the end of things. Say sorry, and don’t mention it again. As warm and moving as New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s apology was over the immigration Dawn Raids of the 1970s, it will mostly fade away. At the function, ... <a title="Michael Field: On saying sorry – who next? The Banabans?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/02/michael-field-on-saying-sorry-who-next-the-banabans/" aria-label="Read more about Michael Field: On saying sorry – who next? The Banabans?">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2021
RNZ Pacific Samoa’s new prime minister has opted not to proceed with a China-backed port development project championed by her predecessor. Fiame Naomi Mata’afa said the US$100 million (NZ$139m) project would have significantly added to the country’s exposure to China which already accounts for 40 percent of its external debt. The proposed construction in Vaiusu ... <a title="Samoa confirms China-backed Vaiusu Bay port project shelved" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/02/samoa-confirms-china-backed-vaiusu-bay-port-project-shelved/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa confirms China-backed Vaiusu Bay port project shelved">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2021
By Talebula Kate in Suva The Fiji Police Force and the National Fire Authority are currently investigating two separate fires that broke out last night — at the Central Arcade in Ba and at Tappoos warehouse in Raiwai. Police say the first report of fire was received at the Ba Police Station before 8pm and ... <a title="Fiji police, fire agency jointly probe two separate urban fires" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/02/fiji-police-fire-agency-jointly-probe-two-separate-urban-fires/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji police, fire agency jointly probe two separate urban fires">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon McCallum, Senior Lecturer in Software Engineering, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington www.shutterstock.com One of the constant challenges in education is keeping the learner engaged, motivated and connected in a world increasingly filled with distractions. Social media, streaming TV and video games all compete ... <a title="Gamers know the power of ‘flow’ — what if learners could harness it too?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/02/gamers-know-the-power-of-flow-what-if-learners-could-harness-it-too-164943/" aria-label="Read more about Gamers know the power of ‘flow’ — what if learners could harness it too?">Read more</a>
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August 2, 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 Commerce Commission Supermarket Report Luke Malpass (Stuff): Labour’s $22 billion supermarket problem — and opportunity Bernard Hickey (Spinoff): The supermarket ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 2 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/02/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-2-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 2 2021">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martin Fisher, Lecturer, University of Canterbury www.shutterstock.com Nearly two decades on from the bitter political battle over ownership of the seabed and foreshore, a recent precedent-setting High Court decision passed almost without comment in the mainstream media. Perhaps that is a sign the country as a whole ... <a title="Has the High Court shown the way for successful Māori claims to marine title?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/02/has-the-high-court-shown-the-way-for-successful-maori-claims-to-marine-title-165381/" aria-label="Read more about Has the High Court shown the way for successful Māori claims to marine title?">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2021
RNZ Pacific New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today delivered the government’s apology for the Dawn Raids against Pasifika overstayers. She apologised for the raids in the 1970s which happened under both Labour and National governments. “The government expresses its sorrow, remorse and regret that the Dawn Raids and random police checks occurred and that ... <a title="NZ government makes apology over Dawn Raids targeting Pasifika" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/02/nz-government-makes-apology-over-dawn-raids-targeting-pasifika/" aria-label="Read more about NZ government makes apology over Dawn Raids targeting Pasifika">Read more</a>
