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March 16, 2021
Essay by Keith Rankin. “What psychologists call apophenia – the human tendency to see connections and patterns that are not really there – gives rise to conspiracy theories”. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apophenia The Gordon Riots “June 1780 [witnessed] the worst mob riots of the eighteenth century. Lord George Gordon was a born incendiary of extreme, almost insane, views. ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Apophenia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/16/keith-rankin-essay-apophenia/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Apophenia">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University There’s something the energy minister said when they announced the early closure of Victoria’s second-biggest coal-fired power station last week that was less than complete. Yallourn, in the Latrobe Valley, provides up to 20% of ... <a title="Electricity has become a jigsaw. Coal is unable to provide the missing pieces" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/16/electricity-has-become-a-jigsaw-coal-is-unable-to-provide-the-missing-pieces-157139/" aria-label="Read more about Electricity has become a jigsaw. Coal is unable to provide the missing pieces">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Asher Warren, Lecturer, University of Tasmania Since its launch in 2001, the biennial Ten Days On The Island has aimed to be a festival for the whole of Tasmania, bringing in international artists and putting local artists on the world stage. This year, as in 2019, the ... <a title="Ten Days on the Island: blistering rock, raw urgency, tenderness and dagginess in a festival spread too thin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/16/ten-days-on-the-island-blistering-rock-raw-urgency-tenderness-and-dagginess-in-a-festival-spread-too-thin-154831/" aria-label="Read more about Ten Days on the Island: blistering rock, raw urgency, tenderness and dagginess in a festival spread too thin">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2021
RNZ News Australia is facing condemnation from National and Green Party MPs over the deportation of a 15-year-old boy to New Zealand. Little detail has been made public about the teen other than that he is being held in a quarantine facility and is receiving support from Oranga Tamariki. The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has ... <a title="Australia’s deportation of 15-year-old boy ‘heartbreaking’, says Green MP" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/16/australias-deportation-of-15-year-old-boy-heartbreaking-says-green-mp/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s deportation of 15-year-old boy ‘heartbreaking’, says Green MP">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2021
By Arnold Belau in Nabire Victor Yeimo, international spokesperson for the West Papua National Committee (KNPB), has revealed that over the past three years the Indonesian state has sent 21,369 troops to the land of Papua. Yeimo said that based on data from the media and public official statements, the number of non-organic TNI (Indonesian ... <a title="Jakarta sends 21,000 troops to Papua over last three years, says KNPB" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/16/jakarta-sends-21000-troops-to-papua-over-last-three-years-says-knpb/" aria-label="Read more about Jakarta sends 21,000 troops to Papua over last three years, says KNPB">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2021
By Brendan Crabb, Burnet Institute and Leanne Robinson, Burnet Institute The covid epidemic in Papua New Guinea has significantly accelerated, judging by the available reports of case numbers. Since its first case was diagnosed 12 months ago, PNG has avoided a large number of reported cases and corresponding deaths. That situation has changed dramatically over ... <a title="A catastrophe looms with PNG’s covid crisis. Australia needs to respond urgently" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/16/a-catastrophe-looms-with-pngs-covid-crisis-australia-needs-to-respond-urgently/" aria-label="Read more about A catastrophe looms with PNG’s covid crisis. Australia needs to respond urgently">Read more</a>
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March 16, 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 1News-Colmar Brunton Poll 1News: Labour keeps strong lead as Collins plunges further in first 1 News-Colmar Brunton poll of 2021 ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 16 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/16/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-march-16-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 16 2021">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2021
Op-Ed essay by Ms. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, United Nations-Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (ESCAP) The COVID-19 crisis poses an unprecedented threat to development in the Asia-Pacific region that could reverse much of the hard-earned progress made in recent years. The good news is we ... <a title="Essay – Sustainable Development Goals can guide Asia-Pacific to build back better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/16/essay-sustainable-development-goals-can-guide-asia-pacific-to-build-back-better/" aria-label="Read more about Essay – Sustainable Development Goals can guide Asia-Pacific to build back better">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Howard, Research Scientist, Data61 Imagine running on a cement footpath, and then suddenly through dry sand. Just to keep upright, you would have to slow down and change the way you run. In the same way, a walking robot would have to change its gait to ... <a title="Shape-shifting robots in the wild: the DyRET robot can rearrange its body to walk in new environments" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/16/shape-shifting-robots-in-the-wild-the-dyret-robot-can-rearrange-its-body-to-walk-in-new-environments-157130/" aria-label="Read more about Shape-shifting robots in the wild: the DyRET robot can rearrange its body to walk in new environments">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nigel William Crawford, Associate Professor, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Ireland and the Netherlands have temporarily paused their rollouts of the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine, due to concerns about blood clots. The move follows reports from Norway over the weekend, where three health-care workers who had received the vaccine ... <a title="Data suggest no increased risk of blood clots from the AstraZeneca vaccine. Australia shouldn’t pause its rollout" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/16/data-suggest-no-increased-risk-of-blood-clots-from-the-astrazeneca-vaccine-australia-shouldnt-pause-its-rollout-157137/" aria-label="Read more about Data suggest no increased risk of blood clots from the AstraZeneca vaccine. Australia shouldn’t pause its rollout">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Will Cornwell, Associate Professor in Ecology and Evolution, UNSW Around one year ago, Australia’s Black Summer bushfire season ended, leaving more than 8 million hectares across south-east Australia a mix of charcoal, ash and smoke. An estimated three billion animals were killed or displaced, not including invertebrates. ... <a title="5 remarkable stories of flora and fauna in the aftermath of Australia’s horror bushfire season" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/16/5-remarkable-stories-of-flora-and-fauna-in-the-aftermath-of-australias-horror-bushfire-season-155749/" aria-label="Read more about 5 remarkable stories of flora and fauna in the aftermath of Australia’s horror bushfire season">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Krumdieck, Professor and Director, Advanced Energy and Material Systems Lab, University of Canterbury Green hydrogen is being touted as an alternative to fossil fuels in New Zealand. The government has invested NZ$8.4 million to explore its potential and $19.9 million in a hydrogen energy facility. Globally, ... <a title="Why New Zealand should invest in smart rail before green hydrogen to decarbonise transport" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/16/why-new-zealand-should-invest-in-smart-rail-before-green-hydrogen-to-decarbonise-transport-153075/" aria-label="Read more about Why New Zealand should invest in smart rail before green hydrogen to decarbonise transport">Read more</a>
