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February 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Baker, Professor of Public Health, University of Otago Exactly one year ago tomorrow (February 26) the first confirmed case of COVID-19 arrived in Aotearoa New Zealand. Identified only as “a person in their 60s recently returned from Iran”, the case marked the beginning of an extraordinary ... <a title="A year on from the arrival of COVID-19 in NZ: 5 lessons for 2021 and beyond" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/25/a-year-on-from-the-arrival-of-covid-19-in-nz-5-lessons-for-2021-and-beyond-155367/" aria-label="Read more about A year on from the arrival of COVID-19 in NZ: 5 lessons for 2021 and beyond">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nichola Shelton, PhD candidate, University of Sydney Tens of thousands of Australian teenagers live with a communication disability, meaning they struggle with speaking, listening, reading, writing, and/or social skills. Communication disability can include It can start in early childhood and much of Australia’s speech pathology services are ... <a title="For teens, getting access to speech pathology services depends on where you live" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/25/for-teens-getting-access-to-speech-pathology-services-depends-on-where-you-live-147193/" aria-label="Read more about For teens, getting access to speech pathology services depends on where you live">Read more</a>
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February 25, 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 Housing Richard Harman: Government has little to say about housing crisis Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): Govt set to bring out big tools to manage housing pressure Miriam Bell (Stuff): Housing affordability at worst point in ‘at least 17 ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 25 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/25/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-25-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 25 2021">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denise Thwaites, Assistant Professor in Digital Arts and Humanities , University of Canberra Since May 2007, US-based digital artist Mike Winkelmann (who goes by the name Beeple) has posted a new artwork online every day. He posted the 5,000th one in January, and has now packaged them ... <a title="A token sale: Christie’s to auction its first blockchain-backed digital-only artwork" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/25/a-token-sale-christies-to-auction-its-first-blockchain-backed-digital-only-artwork-155738/" aria-label="Read more about A token sale: Christie’s to auction its first blockchain-backed digital-only artwork">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Holcombe, Senior Research Fellow, The University of Queensland Just as the parliamentary inquiry into Rio Tinto’s destruction of the Juukan Gorge rock shelters was reconvening in Canberra, another culturally significant site was damaged at one of BHP’s iron ore mines in the Pilbara. This latest rock ... <a title="‘Destruction by a thousand cuts’: the relentless threat mining poses to the Pilbara cultural landscape" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/25/destruction-by-a-thousand-cuts-the-relentless-threat-mining-poses-to-the-pilbara-cultural-landscape-155941/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Destruction by a thousand cuts’: the relentless threat mining poses to the Pilbara cultural landscape">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Farr-Wharton, Associate Professor in Management, Edith Cowan University The aged care royal commission is due to hand down its final report on February 26, and it will be tabled in parliament in the days after that. The long-term sustainability of the aged-care workforce and the financial ... <a title="Paid on par with cleaners: the broader issue affecting the quality of aged care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/25/paid-on-par-with-cleaners-the-broader-issue-affecting-the-quality-of-aged-care-155753/" aria-label="Read more about Paid on par with cleaners: the broader issue affecting the quality of aged care">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Nelson, Associate Professor of Economics, Griffith University The US state of Texas has this month experienced some of its coldest weather on record. Houston recorded a temperature of -10.6℃, which is around 20℃ below average. And Dallas-Fort Worth recorded its lowest-ever temperature of -18.9℃. It appears ... <a title="The Texas deep freeze left the state in crisis. Here are 3 lessons for Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/25/the-texas-deep-freeze-left-the-state-in-crisis-here-are-3-lessons-for-australia-155760/" aria-label="Read more about The Texas deep freeze left the state in crisis. Here are 3 lessons for Australia">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shasha Wang, Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology The ACT Legislative Assembly recently passed a motion to ban banking programs, like Commonwealth Bank’s Dollarmites, from schools later this year. The move comes a few months after Victoria announced it would also ban such programs in state schools. The ... <a title="School banking programs target ‘vulnerable consumers’. But research shows kids are smarter than you think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/25/school-banking-programs-target-vulnerable-consumers-but-research-shows-kids-are-smarter-than-you-think-155360/" aria-label="Read more about School banking programs target ‘vulnerable consumers’. But research shows kids are smarter than you think">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mengbi Li, Lecturer in Built Environment (Architecture), First Year College and Research Fellow, ISILC, Victoria University The coronavirus has been escaping with distressing frequency from quarantine hotels, threatening serious outbreaks. To make things worse, multiple variants of the virus, possibly more infectious and deadly, have recently been ... <a title="I teach architecture and have been in quarantine a lot lately. Here are ways design can protect us against COVID-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/25/i-teach-architecture-and-have-been-in-quarantine-a-lot-lately-here-are-ways-design-can-protect-us-against-covid-19-154840/" aria-label="Read more about I teach architecture and have been in quarantine a lot lately. Here are ways design can protect us against COVID-19">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland The fight between Facebook and the Morrison government is over almost before it began. Having drastically overplayed its hand by banning a vast range of content, Facebook has been forced to settle for what appear to be ... <a title="Facebook versus News: Advertising is the real problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/25/facebook-versus-news-advertising-is-the-real-problem-155639/" aria-label="Read more about Facebook versus News: Advertising is the real problem">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Hesketh, ARC Future Fellow and Association Professor, The University of Queensland When Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution was first published in On the Origin of Species in 1859, the book was conspicuously silent about how his theory applied to humans. Darwin believed the subject of human ... <a title="Guide to the classics: Darwin’s The Descent of Man 150 years on — sex, race and our ‘lowly’ ape ancestry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/25/guide-to-the-classics-darwins-the-descent-of-man-150-years-on-sex-race-and-our-lowly-ape-ancestry-155305/" aria-label="Read more about Guide to the classics: Darwin’s The Descent of Man 150 years on — sex, race and our ‘lowly’ ape ancestry">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2021
Report by, and courtesy of, Café Pacific. [embedded content] The Pacific Media Centre on 18 December 2020 … everything removed in early February 2021 without consultation with the stakeholders – VIDEO: Cafe Pacific. PACIFIC journalists, media researchers, students and other stakeholders have expressed concern about the future of New Zealand’s Pacific Media Centre after more ... <a title="Concern grows over PMC after shock office ‘closure’ and no director" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/25/concern-grows-over-pmc-after-shock-office-closure-and-no-director/" aria-label="Read more about Concern grows over PMC after shock office ‘closure’ and no director">Read more</a>
