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February 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Taylor, Lecturer Indigenous health, cultural studies and Indigenous Education Development Specialist, The University of Western Australia Since the Closing the Gap targets were first introduced in 2008, the number of Indigenous university enrolments have more than doubled. The numbers grew from 9,490 students in 2008 to ... <a title="First Nations students need culturally safe spaces at their universities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/first-nations-students-need-culturally-safe-spaces-at-their-universities-175521/" aria-label="Read more about First Nations students need culturally safe spaces at their universities">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Wood, Associate Professor, Discipline of Childhood and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney Shutterstock Adolescents aged 16-17 are now eligible to receive their Pfizer vaccine booster, following the recommendation earlier this week from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI). This move has been prompted by ... <a title="16-17 year olds can now get their COVID boosters. Why not younger children?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/16-17-year-olds-can-now-get-their-covid-boosters-why-not-younger-children-176359/" aria-label="Read more about 16-17 year olds can now get their COVID boosters. Why not younger children?">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vasso Apostolopoulos, Professor of Immunology and Associate Provost, Research Partnerships, Victoria University While Australia’s booster program of COVID vaccines is just getting going, governments overseas are evaluating the need for a fourth dose program. Earlier this year, Israel began offering a fourth dose of the Pfizer mRNA ... <a title="Israel is rolling out fourth doses of COVID vaccines. Should Australia do the same?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/israel-is-rolling-out-fourth-doses-of-covid-vaccines-should-australia-do-the-same-176145/" aria-label="Read more about Israel is rolling out fourth doses of COVID vaccines. Should Australia do the same?">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Suzanne Wilkinson, Professor of Construction Management, Massey University While news from Tonga is still disrupted following the massive undersea eruption and tsunami on January 15, it’s clear the island nation has suffered significant damage to housing stock and infrastructure. Once initial clean-up work is done, the focus ... <a title="Rebuilding post-eruption Tonga: 4 key lessons from Fiji after the devastation of Cyclone Winston" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/rebuilding-post-eruption-tonga-4-key-lessons-from-fiji-after-the-devastation-of-cyclone-winston-175611/" aria-label="Read more about Rebuilding post-eruption Tonga: 4 key lessons from Fiji after the devastation of Cyclone Winston">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Barnes, Lecturer in Physics, Western Sydney University Shutterstock Can black holes become white holes? – Remy, age 9, Wangaratta, Victoria Hi Remy! Thank you for this great question. The short answer, unfortunately, is no. White holes are really just something scientists have imagined — they could ... <a title="Curious Kids: can black holes become white holes?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/curious-kids-can-black-holes-become-white-holes-176034/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: can black holes become white holes?">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Saul, Professor of International Law, Sydney Centre for International Law, University of Sydney The remarkably successful pro-Palestinian boycott by artists of the recent Sydney Festival was a vibrant example of engaged citizens taking foreign policy into their own hands. Perhaps 35% of the festival’s participants withdrew, ... <a title="Was the Sydney Festival boycott justifiable to support Palestine?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/was-the-sydney-festival-boycott-justifiable-to-support-palestine-176373/" aria-label="Read more about Was the Sydney Festival boycott justifiable to support Palestine?">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Richardson, Adjunct Professor of Journalism, La Trobe University Wikimedia Commons Men write nearly nine in ten sports articles that appear in Australian media, a report on female voices in the media found last year. The report also found women were only quoted in 31% of the ... <a title="Women sportswriters were critical to the growth of cricket in the 1930s. How have we gone backwards?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/women-sportswriters-were-critical-to-the-growth-of-cricket-in-the-1930s-how-have-we-gone-backwards-175644/" aria-label="Read more about Women sportswriters were critical to the growth of cricket in the 1930s. How have we gone backwards?">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Richardson, Adjunct Professor of Journalism, La Trobe University Wikimedia Commons Men write nearly nine in ten sports articles that appear in Australian media, a report on female voices in the media found last year. The report also found women were only quoted in 31% of the ... <a title="Women sportswriters were critical to the growth of cricket in the 1930s. How have we managed to go backwards?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/women-sportswriters-were-critical-to-the-growth-of-cricket-in-the-1930s-how-have-we-managed-to-go-backwards-175644/" aria-label="Read more about Women sportswriters were critical to the growth of cricket in the 1930s. How have we managed to go backwards?">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thea van de Mortel, Professor, Nursing and Deputy Head (Learning & Teaching), School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University Shutterstock By late January, more than 400 early learning centres were closed across the country due to the Omicron wave, and many more were running at reduced capacity. ... <a title="Staff and children in preschool and childcare aren’t being protected like in schools. We need a national plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/staff-and-children-in-preschool-and-childcare-arent-being-protected-like-in-schools-we-need-a-national-plan-175658/" aria-label="Read more about Staff and children in preschool and childcare aren’t being protected like in schools. We need a national plan">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maddy McAllister, Senior Curator – Maritime Archaeology, James Cook University The wreck of the SS Gothenburg. Queensland Museum Network The Great Barrier Reef is incredible, with turquoise water, stunning reefs and white sandy cays. Yet its name infers something quite different – a barrier: treacherous, dynamic and ... <a title="From ‘Australia’s Titanic’ to deadly mutineers: 4 infamous shipwrecks found on the Great Barrier Reef" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/from-australias-titanic-to-deadly-mutineers-4-infamous-shipwrecks-found-on-the-great-barrier-reef-175339/" aria-label="Read more about From ‘Australia’s Titanic’ to deadly mutineers: 4 infamous shipwrecks found on the Great Barrier Reef">Read more</a>
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February 4, 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 Border, MIQ Jo Moir (Newsroom): Government’s Fortress NZ strategy comes to an end ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 4 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-4-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 4 2022">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Including the small countries As for most of the second half of 2021, the small principalities and territories (and former territories) of the European colonial powers show up highly in these charts of covid casualty countries. One of the great untold stories of Covid19 has been the impact of SARS-Cov2 (and ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 January league: Beginning of the End" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-january-league-beginning-of-the-end/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 January league: Beginning of the End">Read more</a>
