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March 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Australia’s policy performance on COVID-19 in 2020 was world-leading in terms of both public health and economics. Sadly, our vaccine roll-out strategy has been anything but. I’ve spent plenty of time highlighting this in recent months. But perhaps the most instructive ... <a title="Israel shows how to do vaccinations right. It’s a race, and we’re behind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/israel-shows-how-to-do-vaccinations-right-its-a-race-and-were-behind-157242/" aria-label="Read more about Israel shows how to do vaccinations right. It’s a race, and we’re behind">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen G Bosi, Senior Lecturer in Physics, University of New England How does the freezer work? — Leon, aged 4 Hi Leon, That’s a great question! But freezers are a bit tricky to explain, so we’ll need to talk about a few other things first. Everything you ... <a title="Curious Kids: how do freezers work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/curious-kids-how-do-freezers-work-144566/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: how do freezers work?">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karyn Healy, Researcher, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute Around 15% of Australian school students experience bullying in a school year. Being bullied increases the risk for ongoing depression and anxiety. All Australian states have policies to address school bullying. And many schools also run educational programs aimed ... <a title="‘Got no friends? Sit on the buddy bench.’ Untested anti-bullying programs may be missing the mark" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/got-no-friends-sit-on-the-buddy-bench-untested-anti-bullying-programs-may-be-missing-the-mark-156391/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Got no friends? Sit on the buddy bench.’ Untested anti-bullying programs may be missing the mark">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Rowe, PhD Candidate, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University Over the past year, many of us have enjoyed outdoor dining in spaces that would otherwise have been car parks or part of the road. These spaces are one example of the temporary projects that popped up ... <a title="Is temporary the new permanent? COVID street experiments open our eyes to creating better cities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/is-temporary-the-new-permanent-covid-street-experiments-open-our-eyes-to-creating-better-cities-156591/" aria-label="Read more about Is temporary the new permanent? COVID street experiments open our eyes to creating better cities">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dr Jane Connory, Lecturer in Communication Design, Swinburne University of Technology I analysed 100 magazine advertisements for menstrual products published between 1920 and 2020 to see how they have contributed to feelings of shame and secrecy around women’s periods. I found the period taboo has been promoted ... <a title="Friday essay: I looked at 100 ads for menstrual products spanning 100 years — shame and secrecy prevailed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/friday-essay-i-looked-at-100-ads-for-menstrual-products-spanning-100-years-shame-and-secrecy-prevailed-152685/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: I looked at 100 ads for menstrual products spanning 100 years — shame and secrecy prevailed">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Australia and New Zealand – plus other key donors – need to urgently step up and provide assistance to Papuan New Guinea as a covid surge continues to grow, says the human rights watchdog Amnesty International. Both Australia and New Zealand “continue to fail to support calls by around 100 countries”, ... <a title="Amnesty blasts ‘woeful’ Australia, NZ aid for PNG covid surge, seeks action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/amnesty-blasts-woeful-australia-nz-aid-for-png-covid-surge-seeks-action/" aria-label="Read more about Amnesty blasts ‘woeful’ Australia, NZ aid for PNG covid surge, seeks action">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
By Wanshika Kumar in Suva Reports that Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has pulled the plug on Fiji’s draft Police Bill 2020 has raised more questions than answers and left critics puzzled. What, when, where, why, and how were pressing questions people asked as they tried to unravel how the bill was thrust into the public ... <a title="Fiji draft bill cops boot – PM’s move on proposed police law puzzles critics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/fiji-draft-bill-cops-boot-pms-move-on-proposed-police-law-puzzles-critics/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji draft bill cops boot – PM’s move on proposed police law puzzles critics">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
RNZ Pacific A Tahitian academic living in Auckland whose family and home island of Mangareva were impacted on by three decades of French nuclear weapons tests says Paris must pay for the full extent of health and other damage caused. Ena Manuireva is a doctoral candidate at Auckland University of Technology. He responds to RNZ’s ... <a title="Tahitian academic says Paris must pay for impacts of French nuclear tests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/tahitian-academic-says-paris-must-pay-for-impacts-of-french-nuclear-tests/" aria-label="Read more about Tahitian academic says Paris must pay for impacts of French nuclear tests">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
A pioneering indigenous activist is being farewelled today after losing a short battle with cancer. Miriama Rauhihi Ness was a member of the Polynesian Panthers and Ngā Tamatoa movements, fighting for both Māori and Pasifika rights in New Zealand. Will ‘Ilolahia, a founding member of the Polynesian Panthers, said Rauhihi Ness was always on the ... <a title="Pioneering Polynesian Panther indigenous rights activist farewelled" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/pioneering-polynesian-panther-indigenous-rights-activist-farewelled/" aria-label="Read more about Pioneering Polynesian Panther indigenous rights activist farewelled">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Despite hopes it might be otherwise, the new round of the gender wars has become as rugged and nasty as their cousins, the culture and history wars. Triggered by two separate rape allegations, and culminating in Monday’s national march, there’s ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: The gender wars become yet another partisan battlefield" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/grattan-on-friday-the-gender-wars-become-yet-another-partisan-battlefield-157435/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: The gender wars become yet another partisan battlefield">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra On Monday, women across the nation marched, demanding justice, safety and equality. But the government’s response was lacklustre, with Scott Morrisona and the Minister for Women Marise Payne refusing to go outside to the crowd. Morrison later chose his words ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Zali Steggall on Monday’s march and Scott Morrison’s response" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/18/politics-with-michelle-grattan-zali-steggall-on-mondays-march-and-scott-morrisons-response-157427/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Zali Steggall on Monday’s march and Scott Morrison’s response">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute The Australian government’s offer of half-price airfares to encourage domestic tourism highlights another item of unfinished COVID policy business: when will Australia’s international borders be reopened? The border questions, such as when to remove exit controls and lift hotel quarantine ... <a title="As Australia’s COVID vaccine rollout splutters, we need transparency about when international borders might reopen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/18/as-australias-covid-vaccine-rollout-splutters-we-need-transparency-about-when-international-borders-might-reopen-157399/" aria-label="Read more about As Australia’s COVID vaccine rollout splutters, we need transparency about when international borders might reopen">Read more</a>
