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March 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan L. Zecher, Research fellow, Australian Catholic University AAP/AP/Vadim Ghirda There is a famous tale within Russian Orthodox Christianity that goes like this: In the 16th century, Ivan IV – the Terrible, arguably the first Tsar of Russia – sought to extend his power and sent men ... <a title="How the Ukraine war is dividing Orthodox Christians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/08/how-the-ukraine-war-is-dividing-orthodox-christians-178319/" aria-label="Read more about How the Ukraine war is dividing Orthodox Christians">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By William Peterson, Associate Professor, Auckland University of Technology Adelaide Festival/Roy Vandervegt Review: The Photo Box, directed by Mish Grigor, Vitalstatitix and Brink Productions for Adelaide Festival Emma Beech’s The Photo Box reminds us why we gather in small theatres to listen to a single performer tell us ... <a title="Emma Beech’s The Photo Box is an intimate and honest view of a life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/08/emma-beechs-the-photo-box-is-an-intimate-and-honest-view-of-a-life-175329/" aria-label="Read more about Emma Beech’s The Photo Box is an intimate and honest view of a life">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2022
By Talebula Kate in Suva Women’s participation in decision-making is fundamental to improving gender equality but despite making up half of Fiji’s population, representation at all levels of leadership for women is severely lacking, says an opposition political leader. The leader of the Social Democratic Liberal Party (SODELPA), Viliame Gavoka, said this in his statement ... <a title="Gavoka slams Fiji’s ‘shameless’ inaction over women’s rights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/08/gavoka-slams-fijis-shameless-inaction-over-womens-rights/" aria-label="Read more about Gavoka slams Fiji’s ‘shameless’ inaction over women’s rights">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2022
RNZ News Twenty-eight of the anti-public health protesters who occupied New Zealand’s Parliament grounds over the past month have now tested positive for covid-19. In a statement, the Ministry of Health said 11 district health boards had reported covid-19 cases from the protest, including Wairarapa, Waitematā, Waikato, Taranaki, Southern, MidCentral, Tairawhiti, Hutt Valley, Counties Manukau, ... <a title="Covid-19: 28 Parliament protesters believed to have tested positive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/08/covid-19-28-parliament-protesters-believed-to-have-tested-positive/" aria-label="Read more about Covid-19: 28 Parliament protesters believed to have tested positive">Read more</a>
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March 8, 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 Russia invasion of Ukraine Alexander Gillespie (The Conversation): How will NZ’s sanctions law ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 08 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/08/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-march-08-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 08 2022">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. These five charts look at five countries for which excess death information is available. First, it is important to note that I am presenting a different definition of excess deaths than other sources, in that these charts include seasonal excess deaths arising from triggers other than Covid19. Switzerland, the Optimistic Note ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 in 2022: Four Problems and one Not" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/08/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-in-2022-four-problems-and-one-not/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 in 2022: Four Problems and one Not">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul X. McCarthy, Adjunct Professor, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock Big data analysis has long supported major feats in physics and astronomy. But more recently we’ve seen it underpin breakthroughs in the social sciences and humanities. Since the landmark paper Computational Social Science was published in 2009, a new ... <a title="How we communicate, what we value – even who we are: 8 surprising things data science has revealed about us over the past decade" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/08/how-we-communicate-what-we-value-even-who-we-are-8-surprising-things-data-science-has-revealed-about-us-over-the-past-decade-176891/" aria-label="Read more about How we communicate, what we value – even who we are: 8 surprising things data science has revealed about us over the past decade">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Vice-chancellor’s fellow, La Trobe University As Russia’s attempt to intimidate Ukraine and, presumably, install a puppet regime stumbles into its second week, it is clear the Kremlin has miscalculated on several fronts. Ukrainian resistance is proving more resilient than anticipated, and a global response, led ... <a title="Has Xi Jinping miscalculated in aligning himself with Vladimir Putin?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/08/has-xi-jinping-miscalculated-in-aligning-himself-with-vladimir-putin-178308/" aria-label="Read more about Has Xi Jinping miscalculated in aligning himself with Vladimir Putin?">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Hellewell, Research Fellow, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, and The Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science, Curtin University Shutterstock Most of what we know about how COVID can affect the brain has come from studies of severe infection. In people with severe COVID, inflammatory ... <a title="Even mild COVID can cause brain shrinkage and affect mental function, new study shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/08/even-mild-covid-can-cause-brain-shrinkage-and-affect-mental-function-new-study-shows-178530/" aria-label="Read more about Even mild COVID can cause brain shrinkage and affect mental function, new study shows">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Euan Ritchie, Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University For over two decades, bull sharks have called a Brisbane golf course home after, it’s believed, a flood washed them into the course’s lake in 1996. Now, ... <a title="‘The sad reality is many don’t survive’: how floods affect wildlife, and how you can help them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/08/the-sad-reality-is-many-dont-survive-how-floods-affect-wildlife-and-how-you-can-help-them-178310/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The sad reality is many don’t survive’: how floods affect wildlife, and how you can help them">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathy Tangalakis, Associate Professor of Physiology, Victoria University Shutterstock Gender bias against female academics increased in student evaluations of teaching during remote learning, particularly among male students, our research published today shows. This bias could have impacts on female academics’ leadership and career opportunities, and on their ... <a title="Gender bias in student surveys on teaching increased with remote learning. What can unis do to ensure a fair go for female staff?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/08/gender-bias-in-student-surveys-on-teaching-increased-with-remote-learning-what-can-unis-do-to-ensure-a-fair-go-for-female-staff-178418/" aria-label="Read more about Gender bias in student surveys on teaching increased with remote learning. What can unis do to ensure a fair go for female staff?">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Abul Rizvi, PhD candidate, The University of Melbourne Mick Tsikas/AAP Since late last year, various business lobby groups, the NSW government, management consultant KPMG, the Business Council and now a number of economists have been throwing numbers around, talking up the need for higher levels of immigration. ... <a title="The immigration numbers bidding war is pointless – there are limits to how many migrants Australia can accept" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/08/the-immigration-numbers-bidding-war-is-pointless-there-are-limits-to-how-many-migrants-australia-can-accept-177626/" aria-label="Read more about The immigration numbers bidding war is pointless – there are limits to how many migrants Australia can accept">Read more</a>
