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January 16, 2022
RNZ News New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says there are no official reports of injuries or deaths in Tonga in the wake of the undersea volcano eruption and tsunami, but communication with the kingdom is very limited. Communication with the island nation has been cut off since yesterday evening and members of the Tongan ... <a title="No reports of deaths in Tongan volcano tsunami, says NZ prime minister" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/16/no-reports-of-deaths-in-tongan-volcano-tsunami-says-nz-prime-minister/" aria-label="Read more about No reports of deaths in Tongan volcano tsunami, says NZ prime minister">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2022
An Al Jazeera report on the undersea volcano Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai eruption and tsunami yesterday afternoon. Video: Al Jazeera English RNZ News Large waves in the Far North have forced 120 people to be evacuated as big swells from Cyclone Cody and the surge from yesterday’s volcanic eruption and tsunami in Tonga begin to hit Aotearoa New ... <a title="Tonga volcano eruption and tsunami – 120 evacuated in NZ’s Far North" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/16/tonga-volcano-eruption-and-tsunami-120-evacuated-in-nzs-far-north/" aria-label="Read more about Tonga volcano eruption and tsunami – 120 evacuated in NZ’s Far North">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shane Cronin, Professor of Earth Sciences, University of Auckland The Kingdom of Tonga doesn’t often attract global attention, but a violent eruption of an underwater volcano on January 15 has spread shock waves, quite literally, around half the world. The volcano is usually not much to look ... <a title="Why the volcanic eruption in Tonga was so violent, and what to expect next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/16/why-the-volcanic-eruption-in-tonga-was-so-violent-and-what-to-expect-next-175035/" aria-label="Read more about Why the volcanic eruption in Tonga was so violent, and what to expect next">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shane Cronin, Professor of Earth Sciences, University of Auckland The Kingdom of Tonga doesn’t often attract global attention, but a violent eruption of an underwater volcano on January 15 has spread shock waves, quite literally, around half the world. The volcano is usually not much to look ... <a title="Why the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai eruption was so violent, and what to expect next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/16/why-the-hunga-tonga-hunga-haapai-eruption-was-so-violent-and-what-to-expect-next-175035/" aria-label="Read more about Why the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai eruption was so violent, and what to expect next">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2022
Kaniva Tonga News A new tsunami warning is now in force for all of Tonga following this evening’s violent eruption of the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai undersea volcano with tidal waves flooding the shoreline of the capital Nuku’alofa. Parts of New Zealand and Samoa are also under tsunami warning, reports RNZ News. The eruption came shortly after locals ... <a title="New tsunami warning in NZ, Samoa as volcano waves reach Tonga’s capital" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/15/new-tsunami-warning-in-nz-samoa-as-volcano-waves-reach-tongas-capital/" aria-label="Read more about New tsunami warning in NZ, Samoa as volcano waves reach Tonga’s capital">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2022
RNZ Pacific The tsunami marine warning issued for all of Tonga waters following the violent eruptions of underwater volcano Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai has been lifted. Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai erupted on Friday sending ash, steam and gas 20 kilometres into the air. The volcano had been active from 20 December 2021 but was declared dormant on January 11. The head ... <a title="Tonga tsunami warning lifted but volcano still monitored" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/15/tonga-tsunami-warning-lifted-but-volcano-still-monitored/" aria-label="Read more about Tonga tsunami warning lifted but volcano still monitored">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Jack Heinemann, University of Canterbury Two high-profile University of Auckland academics raised important questions about academic freedom with their complaint to the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) that their employer had failed its duty of care to them. Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles and Professor Shaun Hendy have become well known for their work explaining ... <a title="What does ‘academic freedom’ mean in practice? Why the Siouxsie Wiles and Shaun Hendy employment case matters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/15/what-does-academic-freedom-mean-in-practice-why-the-siouxsie-wiles-and-shaun-hendy-employment-case-matters/" aria-label="Read more about What does ‘academic freedom’ mean in practice? Why the Siouxsie Wiles and Shaun Hendy employment case matters">Read more</a>
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January 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daryl Adair, Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Technology Sydney Darko Vojinovic/AP After a convoluted and shambolic visa approval process, followed by questions about his movements over the past month and the information provided to Australian border officials, Immigration Minister Alex Hawke has cancelled Novak Djokovic’s ... <a title="Novak Djokovic has long divided opinion. Now, his legacy will be complicated even further" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/14/novak-djokovic-has-long-divided-opinion-now-his-legacy-will-be-complicated-even-further-174531/" aria-label="Read more about Novak Djokovic has long divided opinion. Now, his legacy will be complicated even further">Read more</a>
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January 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Mark Baker/AP Immigration Minister Alex Hawke announced late Friday he had cancelled tennis star Novak Djokovic’s visa “on health and good order grounds, on the basis that it was in the public interest to do so”. Djokovic’s lawyers are expected ... <a title="Novak Djokovic’s visa cancelled ‘in the public interest’, with possible 3-year ban from Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/14/novak-djokovics-visa-cancelled-in-the-public-interest-with-possible-3-year-ban-from-australia-174968/" aria-label="Read more about Novak Djokovic’s visa cancelled ‘in the public interest’, with possible 3-year ban from Australia">Read more</a>
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January 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Bennett, Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University Thousands more essential workers will be allowed back to work rather than having to self-isolate for seven days, under new rules agreed by national cabinet. High-risk close contacts – those living with someone who has COVID-19 – must have a ... <a title="Latest isolation rules for critical workers gets the balance right. But that’s not the end of the story" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/14/latest-isolation-rules-for-critical-workers-gets-the-balance-right-but-thats-not-the-end-of-the-story-174884/" aria-label="Read more about Latest isolation rules for critical workers gets the balance right. But that’s not the end of the story">Read more</a>
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January 14, 2022
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Politics Daily as well as New Zealand Political Roundup columns for free here. Today’s content Covid, MIQ, border Matthew Hooton (Herald): Govt’s sanguine stance on Omicron should have NZ worried (paywalled) ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 14 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/14/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-january-14-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 14 2022">Read more</a>
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January 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew King, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne shutterstock Shutterstock While Australians are used to summer heat, most of us only have to endure the occasional day over 40℃. Yesterday though, the temperature peaked at 50.7℃ in Onslow, a small Western Australian town around ... <a title="This WA town just topped 50℃ – a dangerous temperature many Australians will have to get used to" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/14/this-wa-town-just-topped-50-a-dangerous-temperature-many-australians-will-have-to-get-used-to-174909/" aria-label="Read more about This WA town just topped 50℃ – a dangerous temperature many Australians will have to get used to">Read more</a>
