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March 4, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Covid has a habit of biting us on the bum, just as key milestones seem to be behind us. A diverse range of countries are facing current setbacks: eg Chile, Colombia, Bulgaria (where one in a hundred people have died from Covid), Hong Kong, South Korea, Israel. In Ukraine, there have ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 Concerns: Israel, South Korea and others" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/04/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-concerns-israel-south-korea-and-others/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 Concerns: Israel, South Korea and others">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Fortescue, Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney There has been constant speculation for most of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s 22 years in power as to what it would take to bring about his departure. Authoritarian leaders tend to depart according to two scenarios (beyond natural causes): forced out ... <a title="As the Ukraine war drags on, how secure will Putin’s hold on power remain?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/04/as-the-ukraine-war-drags-on-how-secure-will-putins-hold-on-power-remain-178312/" aria-label="Read more about As the Ukraine war drags on, how secure will Putin’s hold on power remain?">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Terry Goldsworthy, Associate Professor in Criminology, Bond University The latest report from the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) shows the homicide rate is increasing in Australia. But should we be concerned and how does Australia compare to other similar countries? Is crime in general increasing or is ... <a title="Homicide is on the rise in Australia. Should we be concerned?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/04/homicide-is-on-the-rise-in-australia-should-we-be-concerned-178320/" aria-label="Read more about Homicide is on the rise in Australia. Should we be concerned?">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bhiamie Williamson, Research Associate & PhD Candidate, Australian National University The flooding crisis that has engulfed much of Australia’s east coast is yet more evidence of the catastrophic impacts of climate change. While all people are forced to confront similar challenges such as forced evacuations, loss of ... <a title="Like many disasters in Australia, Aboriginal people are over-represented and under-resourced in the NSW floods" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/04/like-many-disasters-in-australia-aboriginal-people-are-over-represented-and-under-resourced-in-the-nsw-floods-178420/" aria-label="Read more about Like many disasters in Australia, Aboriginal people are over-represented and under-resourced in the NSW floods">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Kelsey, Professor of Law, University of Auckland Shutterstock The free trade agreement (FTA) signed between New Zealand and the United Kingdom this week demonstrates the intransigence of political leaders and their official advisers in the face of concerted demands to rethink the country’s trade policy paradigm. ... <a title="Behind the ‘inclusive’ window dressing, the NZ-UK free trade deal disappoints politically and economically" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/04/behind-the-inclusive-window-dressing-the-nz-uk-free-trade-deal-disappoints-politically-and-economically-178408/" aria-label="Read more about Behind the ‘inclusive’ window dressing, the NZ-UK free trade deal disappoints politically and economically">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Vonasch, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Canterbury GettyImages Like the many similar movements against vaccine mandates and other pandemic restrictions around the world, New Zealand’s protests have expressed a unifying concern with personal freedoms. One of the highest-profile groups at the occupation of parliament grounds ... <a title="How protesters demanding ‘freedom’ from COVID restrictions ignore the way liberty really works" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/04/how-protesters-demanding-freedom-from-covid-restrictions-ignore-the-way-liberty-really-works-178287/" aria-label="Read more about How protesters demanding ‘freedom’ from COVID restrictions ignore the way liberty really works">Read more</a>
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March 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 Wellington anti-mandate protest Steve Braunias (Herald): From Parliament protests to a foreign ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 04 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/04/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-march-04-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 04 2022">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Norton, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Auckland Getty Images With the effective end of New Zealand’s managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) system this week, the outcome of the court battle over the government’s border restrictions may have become moot. But the principles at stake are ... <a title="How will history – and the law – judge New Zealand’s mothballed MIQ system?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/04/how-will-history-and-the-law-judge-new-zealands-mothballed-miq-system-177436/" aria-label="Read more about How will history – and the law – judge New Zealand’s mothballed MIQ system?">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea Carson, Associate Professor, Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University Shutterstock With a federal election expected in May, at a time of great upheaval at home and around the world, the need for trusted media to accurately inform voters’ choices and debunk myths will ... <a title="Fact-checking can actually harm trust in media: new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/04/fact-checking-can-actually-harm-trust-in-media-new-research-176032/" aria-label="Read more about Fact-checking can actually harm trust in media: new research">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen McLean, Paediatrician, Royal Children’s Hospital; Research officer, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Unsplash/Caleb Woods, CC BY More than 10,000 Victorian children and young people live with a foster or kinship (relative) carer. They enter such care because of court orders aiming to protect them from abuse or ... <a title="We checked the records of 6,000 kids entering care. Only a fraction received recommended health checks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/04/we-checked-the-records-of-6-000-kids-entering-care-only-a-fraction-received-recommended-health-checks-177634/" aria-label="Read more about We checked the records of 6,000 kids entering care. Only a fraction received recommended health checks">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anita Wreford, Professor, Lincoln University, New Zealand Phil Walter/Getty Images This week’s major report on climate impacts, adaptation and vulnerability highlights the challenges a shifting climate presents for food- and fibre-producing regions, including Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia. A chapter of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ... <a title="New Zealand farmers and growers are already adapting to changing climate conditions – just not enough" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/04/new-zealand-farmers-and-growers-are-already-adapting-to-changing-climate-conditions-just-not-enough-178161/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand farmers and growers are already adapting to changing climate conditions – just not enough">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Carey, Senior Lecturer in Food Systems, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Australia is facing yet another “unprecedented” weather event as extreme flooding across Queensland and New South Wales submerges entire towns. In the immediate aftermath, there’s a new challenge for many Australians in these flood-ravaged areas. ... <a title="We can’t keep relying on charities and the food industry to supply food after disasters – the government must lead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/04/we-cant-keep-relying-on-charities-and-the-food-industry-to-supply-food-after-disasters-the-government-must-lead-178215/" aria-label="Read more about We can’t keep relying on charities and the food industry to supply food after disasters – the government must lead">Read more</a>
