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March 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By William Peterson, Associate Professor, Flinders University Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by Benjamin Britten, directed by Neil Armfield, Adelaide Festival. Transfixed, Transported. Transfigured. Three hours pass in the blink of an eye. How did this happen, or was it all just a dream? For a start, there’s ... <a title="Enchanted voices: A Midsummer Night’s Dream transports audiences to a place of wonder" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/04/enchanted-voices-a-midsummer-nights-dream-transports-audiences-to-a-place-of-wonder-156298/" aria-label="Read more about Enchanted voices: A Midsummer Night’s Dream transports audiences to a place of wonder">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqueline Lau, Research fellow, James Cook University Gender influences how people experience and respond to climate change. This is particularly evident in developing nations where women and men adapt to climatic shocks differently. Women work harder and longer, in poorer conditions, while men are more likely to ... <a title="4 assumptions about gender that distort how we think about climate change (and 3 ways to do better)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/04/4-assumptions-about-gender-that-distort-how-we-think-about-climate-change-and-3-ways-to-do-better-156126/" aria-label="Read more about 4 assumptions about gender that distort how we think about climate change (and 3 ways to do better)">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Cantrell, Lecturer in Writing, Editing, and Publishing, University of Southern Queensland Let’s start by putting aside the bugbear that it is even possible to “cancel” children’s author Dr Seuss. As Philip Bump wrote yesterday in The Washington Post, No one is ‘cancelling’ Dr Seuss. The author, ... <a title="Cat in a spat: scrapping Dr Seuss books is not cancel culture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/04/cat-in-a-spat-scrapping-dr-seuss-books-is-not-cancel-culture-156378/" aria-label="Read more about Cat in a spat: scrapping Dr Seuss books is not cancel culture">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2021
TRIBUTE: By Frank Senge Kolma in Port Moresby Many will now try to recollect some experience, some exchange or brush with the Grand Chief Sir Michael Thomas Somare who fell to pancreatic cancer on February 26 after a long checkered career in politics as our founding Prime Minister. That he was an engaging conservationist is ... <a title="Frank Senge Kolma: Somare could lose his temper – trust me, I know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/04/frank-senge-kolma-somare-could-lose-his-temper-trust-me-i-know/" aria-label="Read more about Frank Senge Kolma: Somare could lose his temper – trust me, I know">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Murray Bennett, PhD candidate, University of Newcastle Despite the pandemic, Australia is in the midst of a hugely competitive auction market. Sydney, in particular, is experiencing dizzying auction clearance rates and the Reserve Bank’s decision this week to keep interest rates extraordinarily low will no doubt keep ... <a title="Why the competitive spirit can take over in auctions — and how you can stay in control" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/04/why-the-competitive-spirit-can-take-over-in-auctions-and-how-you-can-stay-in-control-156371/" aria-label="Read more about Why the competitive spirit can take over in auctions — and how you can stay in control">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2021
In this episode of A View from Afar, Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning conduct a deep dive into the largely covert role of private enterprise in the global intelligence, conflict, and war markets. Should New Zealand Government (and other states that pursue an independent foreign policy) legislate to control profiteering from the 'kill chain' market?
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March 4, 2021
A View from Afar: Thursday March 4 @ midday (NZDST / Wednesday, 6pm USEST) Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning conduct a deep dive into the largely covert role of private enterprise in the intelligence, conflict, and war markets. Most recently, New Zealanders discovered that its national airline had been in business with Saudi Arabia’s military. ... <a title="VIDEO: Buchanan + Manning on private enterprise and the conflict market" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/04/live-at-midday-buchanan-manning-on-private-enterprise-and-the-conflict-market/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Buchanan + Manning on private enterprise and the conflict market">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2021
Asia Pacific Report Human rights lawyer Veronica Koman has challenged the contrasting positions taken by the Indonesian government in response to calls to resolve the Papua problem and in its response to the military coup in Myanmar. Koman said Indonesia’s position on the Myanmar coup had been very good, but not its attitude on the ... <a title="Veronica Koman challenges Jakarta’s different stands on Burma and Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/04/veronica-koman-challenges-jakartas-different-stands-on-burma-and-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Veronica Koman challenges Jakarta’s different stands on Burma and Papua">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2021
Asia Pacific Report Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is dismayed by the sudden intensification of the ruling junta’s crackdown on journalists during the past three days, one month after the military coup in Myanmar on February 1, and warns the junta of its responsibility in the eyes of history. In all, at least 28 journalists have ... <a title="RSF protests over 11 journalists held in Myanmar coup military crackdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/04/rsf-protests-over-11-journalists-held-in-myanmar-coup-military-crackdown/" aria-label="Read more about RSF protests over 11 journalists held in Myanmar coup military crackdown">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2021
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Rioters described by Papua New Guinea police as “opportunists” taking advantage of the death of Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare have looted shops and destroyed cars in three provinces – Morobe’s Lae, National Capital District (NCD) suburb Gordon and New Ireland’s Kavieng. Shots were fired and people ran helter-skelter, ... <a title="Rioters, looters strike PNG cities as nation mourns death of Somare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/04/rioters-looters-strike-png-cities-as-nation-mourns-death-of-somare/" aria-label="Read more about Rioters, looters strike PNG cities as nation mourns death of Somare">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2021
By RNZ News New Zealand’s Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins says the actions of the Destiny Church leaders in leaving Auckland on the eve of the alert level 3 lockdown were “completely irresponsible”. Earlier today it was revealed that church leaders Brian and Hannah Tamaki left Auckland on Saturday night, arriving around midnight in Rotorua, ... <a title="NZ covid: Destiny Church leaders actions ‘completely irresponsible’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/04/nz-covid-destiny-church-leaders-actions-completely-irresponsible/" aria-label="Read more about NZ covid: Destiny Church leaders actions ‘completely irresponsible’">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Covid: Govt messaging, blame, compliance Chris Trotter (The Daily Blog): When It Comes to Covid, the “Little People” Cast a Big Shadow Claire Trevett (Herald): The Prime Minister, Case L and the pickle of confusion (paywalled) ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 04 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/04/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-march-04-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 04 2021">Read more</a>
