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January 28, 2021
By Lulu Mark in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s biggest hospital is straining to provide medical services to the growing population of the capital Port Moresby – with an estimated growth rate of 3 percent annually, a medical executive says. Port Moresby General Hospital chief executive officer Dr Paki Molumi said overcrowding, especially in the ... <a title="Port Moresby hospital under strain with overcrowding, says doctor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/28/port-moresby-hospital-under-strain-with-overcrowding-says-doctor/" aria-label="Read more about Port Moresby hospital under strain with overcrowding, says doctor">Read more</a>
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January 27, 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: Vaccine Tova O’Brien (Newshub): New Zealand catching up to allies on COVID-19 vaccines but mass roll-out won’t begin until mid-year Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Not much time for DHBs to get ready to administer Covid vaccines, vendor ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 27 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/27/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-january-27-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 27 2021">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Nationals who attend Thursday’s memorial service in Tweed Heads for Doug Anthony, who died last month aged 90, may muse on the contrast between the state of their party when he led it and now. Anthony took over the then ... <a title="View from The Hill: Coal push from Nationals is a challenge for Scott Morrison" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/27/view-from-the-hill-coal-push-from-nationals-is-a-challenge-for-scott-morrison-154078/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Coal push from Nationals is a challenge for Scott Morrison">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caitlyn Forster, PhD Candidate, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney This summer’s wetter conditions have created great conditions for flowering plants. Flowers provide sweet nectar and protein-rich pollen, attracting many insects, including bees. Commercial honey bees are also thriving: the New South Wales population ... <a title="It’s bee season. To avoid getting stung, just stay calm and don’t swat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/27/its-bee-season-to-avoid-getting-stung-just-stay-calm-and-dont-swat-153625/" aria-label="Read more about It’s bee season. To avoid getting stung, just stay calm and don’t swat">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Russell Dean Christopher Bicknell, Post-doctoral researcher in Palaeobiology , University of New England Shell-crushing predation was already in full swing half a billion years ago, as our new research published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B reveals. A hyena devouring an antelope carcass, a bonnethead ... <a title="More than half a billion years ago, the first shell-crushing predators ground up their prey between their legs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/27/more-than-half-a-billion-years-ago-the-first-shell-crushing-predators-ground-up-their-prey-between-their-legs-153381/" aria-label="Read more about More than half a billion years ago, the first shell-crushing predators ground up their prey between their legs">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Welch, Senior Lecturer, University of Auckland When a COVID-19 case was found in Northland last Sunday, Aotearoa’s second-longest period with no detected community case came to an end. ESR scientists worked late into Sunday night to obtain a whole genome sequence and reported Monday morning it ... <a title="COVID-19: Northland case is a reminder NZ’s ‘dumb good luck’ may run out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/27/covid-19-northland-case-is-a-reminder-nzs-dumb-good-luck-may-run-out-153963/" aria-label="Read more about COVID-19: Northland case is a reminder NZ’s ‘dumb good luck’ may run out">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vincent Ho, Senior Lecturer and clinical academic gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University There’s a common assumption men take longer than women to poo. People say so on Twitter, in memes, and elsewhere online. But is that right? What could explain it? And if some people are really taking ... <a title="Do men really take longer to poo?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/27/do-men-really-take-longer-to-poo-152233/" aria-label="Read more about Do men really take longer to poo?">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk More leading Indonesian figures have made racial slurs against Natalius Pigai, former chair of the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) – and all West Papuans, says United Liberation Movement of West Papua (ULMWP) interim president Benny Wenda. “Since the illegal Indonesian invasion in 1963, Indonesian elites have made clear their ... <a title="State-sanctioned racism against West Papuans ‘shows Jakarta’s true agenda’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/27/state-sanctioned-racism-against-west-papuans-shows-jakartas-true-agenda/" aria-label="Read more about State-sanctioned racism against West Papuans ‘shows Jakarta’s true agenda’">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Alex Baumann, Western Sydney University and Samuel Alexander, University of Melbourne Among the many hard truths exposed by covid-19 is the huge disparity between the world’s rich and poor. As economies went into freefall, the world’s billionaires increased their already huge fortunes by 27.5 percent. And as many ordinary people lost their jobs ... <a title="We are the 1% – the wealth of many Australians puts them in an elite club wrecking the planet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/27/we-are-the-1-the-wealth-of-many-australians-puts-them-in-an-elite-club-wrecking-the-planet/" aria-label="Read more about We are the 1% – the wealth of many Australians puts them in an elite club wrecking the planet">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kris Gledhill, Professor of Law, Auckland University of Technology As we know, getting into New Zealand during the COVID-19 pandemic is difficult. There are practicalities, such as high airfare and managed isolation costs. And there are legal requirements, including pre-flight testing, mandatory quarantine and visa restrictions. Even ... <a title="If border restrictions increase to combat new COVID-19 strains, what rights do returning New Zealanders have?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/27/if-border-restrictions-increase-to-combat-new-covid-19-strains-what-rights-do-returning-new-zealanders-have-153962/" aria-label="Read more about If border restrictions increase to combat new COVID-19 strains, what rights do returning New Zealanders have?">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Higgins, Senior Research Fellow, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW As a presidential candidate, Joe Biden promised the US would demonstrate “global leadership on refugees”. Once elected, he pledged to vastly increase refugee resettlement in the US. If history is any guide, the new president’s ... <a title="Could the Biden administration pressure Australia to adopt more humane refugee policies?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/27/could-the-biden-administration-pressure-australia-to-adopt-more-humane-refugee-policies-153718/" aria-label="Read more about Could the Biden administration pressure Australia to adopt more humane refugee policies?">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Boddy, Associate Professor and Deputy Head of School (Learning and Teaching), Griffith University Domestic and family violence soars in the months and years following natural disasters. It usually involves physical and psychological violence perpetrated by men against women and children, but it can also include an ... <a title="Domestic violence soars after natural disasters. Preventing it needs to be part of the emergency response" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/27/domestic-violence-soars-after-natural-disasters-preventing-it-needs-to-be-part-of-the-emergency-response-151838/" aria-label="Read more about Domestic violence soars after natural disasters. Preventing it needs to be part of the emergency response">Read more</a>
