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March 13, 2021
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby The youngest daughter of the Somare family Dulciana Somare-Brash told mourners the state funeral for Papua New Guinea’s Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare was a bittersweet occasion for her family. “Today is a bittersweet day for my family, we come here to farewell our patriarch, our protector, and our ... <a title="‘Bittersweet day for my family’, says Dulciana at Somare funeral" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/13/bittersweet-day-for-my-family-says-dulciana-at-somare-funeral/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Bittersweet day for my family’, says Dulciana at Somare funeral">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2021
The Loop PNG livestreaming of the Sir Michael Somare funeral in Port Moresby today. Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The Somare family has thanked the people of Papua New Guinea for the “incredible outpouring of love and support” during their time of grief, the PNG Post-Courier reports. Today marked the final official event on the programme ... <a title="Somare family says thank you to PNG for the love at Sir Michael’s funeral" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/13/somare-family-says-thank-you-to-png-for-the-love-at-sir-michaels-funeral/" aria-label="Read more about Somare family says thank you to PNG for the love at Sir Michael’s funeral">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2021
By Katie Doyle of RNZ News A new anti-vaccine publication with links to the Advance New Zealand fringe political party should be ripped up and thrown in the bin, a health expert says. From Te Puke, Dr Christine Williams discovered the magazine in her work staff room. It had been brought in by a concerned ... <a title="NZ covid: Calls to dump ‘dangerous’ fringe anti-vaccine magazine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/13/nz-covid-calls-to-dump-dangerous-fringe-anti-vaccine-magazine/" aria-label="Read more about NZ covid: Calls to dump ‘dangerous’ fringe anti-vaccine magazine">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2021
By RNZ Pacific Fijians have been urged to register as the government’s covid-19 vaccination campaign got underway this week. The vaccine rollout started on Wednesday following the arrival of 12,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine last weekend. Since the vaccine requires two doses, 6000 front-line workers will get the first jabs. But the government said ... <a title="Government pleads with Fijians to register to vaccinate against covid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/13/government-pleads-with-fijians-to-register-to-vaccinate-against-covid/" aria-label="Read more about Government pleads with Fijians to register to vaccinate against covid">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2021
By Roger Fowler in Auckland The multi-billion-dollar NZ Super Fund – New Zealand’s state pension fund – has finally divested from five of Israel’s biggest banks due to their funding of illegal settlement construction in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. New Zealand Green Party MP Golriz Ghahraman said the party welcomed the decision, telling The Spinoff: ... <a title="NZ Super Fund dumps Israeli banks for funding settlements in Palestine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/13/nz-super-fund-dumps-israeli-banks-for-funding-settlements-in-palestine/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Super Fund dumps Israeli banks for funding settlements in Palestine">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yoni Nazarathy, Associate Professor of Data Science, The University of Queensland One of the biggest challenges in managing the coronavirus pandemic has been a lack of real-time information about the virus’s spread. While the goal of well-intentioned governments is clear — to mitigate spread with minimal economic ... <a title="We’ve designed a safe ‘virtual’ epidemic. Spreading it is going to help us learn about COVID" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/13/weve-designed-a-safe-virtual-epidemic-spreading-it-is-going-to-help-us-learn-about-covid-156853/" aria-label="Read more about We’ve designed a safe ‘virtual’ epidemic. Spreading it is going to help us learn about COVID">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kirsty Short, Senior Lecturer, The University of Queensland New research published this week in the British Medical Journal found the coronavirus variant originating in the United Kingdom, called B.1.1.7, is substantially more deadly than the original strain of SARS-CoV-2. The authors say the B.1.1.7 variant is between ... <a title="The UK variant is likely deadlier, more infectious and becoming dominant. But the vaccines still work well against it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/12/the-uk-variant-is-likely-deadlier-more-infectious-and-becoming-dominant-but-the-vaccines-still-work-well-against-it-156951/" aria-label="Read more about The UK variant is likely deadlier, more infectious and becoming dominant. But the vaccines still work well against it">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carsten Rudolph, Associate professor, Monash University On March 2, 2021, Microsoft published information about four critical vulnerabilities in its widely used Exchange email server software that are being actively exploited. It also released security updates for all versions of Exchange back to 2010. Microsoft has told cybersecurity ... <a title="Security flaws in Microsoft email software raise questions over Australia’s cybersecurity approach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/12/security-flaws-in-microsoft-email-software-raise-questions-over-australias-cybersecurity-approach-156864/" aria-label="Read more about Security flaws in Microsoft email software raise questions over Australia’s cybersecurity approach">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leah Mercer, Associate Professor of Theatre Arts, Curtin University Review: Slow Burn, Together, choreographed by Emma Fishwick. Emma Fishwick and Performing Lines for Perth Festival. It goes against the very core of Slow Burn, Together to respond to it so quickly in print. In the program, choreographer ... <a title="‘Articulation of women’s rage’: Slow Burn, Together and its haunting of women dancers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/12/articulation-of-womens-rage-slow-burn-together-and-its-haunting-of-women-dancers-154270/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Articulation of women’s rage’: Slow Burn, Together and its haunting of women dancers">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Isaac Gross, Lecturer in Economics, Monash University The Morrison government’s plan to halve the cost of up to 800,000 air tickets for interstate travellers is a rescue package of sorts for Australia’s tourism industry. But the highly selective list of destinations – 13 were initially announced, though ... <a title="Marginal advantage: a whiff of pork in the government’s great tourist ticket lottery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/12/marginal-advantage-a-whiff-of-pork-in-the-governments-great-tourist-ticket-lottery-157039/" aria-label="Read more about Marginal advantage: a whiff of pork in the government’s great tourist ticket lottery">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Moro, Associate Professor of Science & Medicine, Bond University Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews was injured on Tuesday after slipping and falling on wet stairs at a holiday home on the Mornington Peninsula. Reports indicate he broke some ribs and fractured his T7 vertebra, and is now ... <a title="What’s a T7 vertebra and what happens when you injure it? 2 experts explain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/12/whats-a-t7-vertebra-and-what-happens-when-you-injure-it-2-experts-explain-156947/" aria-label="Read more about What’s a T7 vertebra and what happens when you injure it? 2 experts explain">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2021
Essay by Keith Rankin. “… a future where certain people think of people as being of value for what they can provide to the dominant class” Jessie Mulligan, ‘Afternoons’ on RNZ (9 March 2021), quoted from “Book Critic” (8:00′) Historical Background Societies split into two strata following the post ice age (Neolithic) agricultural revolution. The ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – The International Labour System" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/12/keith-rankin-essay-the-international-labour-system/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – The International Labour System">Read more</a>
