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February 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Hamilton, Visiting Fellow, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University The financial measures just announced against Russia are unprecedented for a country of Russia’s size. This of course means it’s impossible to predict exactly how their impacts will reverberate around ... <a title="‘Just short of nuclear’: the latest financial sanctions will cripple Russia’s economy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/27/just-short-of-nuclear-the-latest-financial-sanctions-will-cripple-russias-economy-178000/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Just short of nuclear’: the latest financial sanctions will cripple Russia’s economy">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kimberley Reid, PhD Researcher in Atmospheric Science, The University of Melbourne The severe floods in southeast Queensland this week have forced hundreds of residents to flee the town of Gympie and cut off major roads, after intense rain battered the state for several days. The rain is ... <a title="Like rivers in the sky: the weather system bringing floods to Queensland will become more likely under climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/27/like-rivers-in-the-sky-the-weather-system-bringing-floods-to-queensland-will-become-more-likely-under-climate-change-176711/" aria-label="Read more about Like rivers in the sky: the weather system bringing floods to Queensland will become more likely under climate change">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2022
By Jake McKee, RNZ News reporter Ukrainians and their supporters at a protest on the New Zealand capital Wellington say it’s agonising not being able to help those at home, but are unimpressed at a request to merge protests with supporters of the Parliament grounds occupation. The presence of two different protest groups at Wellington’s ... <a title="Ukraine, covid mandate protesters compete for attention in NZ’s capital" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/27/ukraine-covid-mandate-protesters-compete-for-attention-in-nzs-capital/" aria-label="Read more about Ukraine, covid mandate protesters compete for attention in NZ’s capital">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2022
RNZ News Hospitals across New Zealand are receiving anti-covid-19 mandate protesters returning from Parliament, and are pleading with those experiencing cold and flu symptoms to get tested and isolate. There were mounting tensions at the Parliament protest today, where police have formed a line to keep protesters back. More people have turned up in Wellington ... <a title="Protesters show up as covid-19 patients at hospitals across New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/27/protesters-show-up-as-covid-19-patients-at-hospitals-across-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about Protesters show up as covid-19 patients at hospitals across New Zealand">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2022
RNZ News All southbound traffic lanes on State Highway One over the Auckland Harbour Bridge have now reopened after they were closed while New Zealand anti-mandate protesters marched across the bridge. The southbound lanes of the bridge were closed for about an hour and a half while the protesters marched from the North Shore to ... <a title="NZ anti-mandate protesters march across Auckland Harbour Bridge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/27/nz-anti-mandate-protesters-march-across-auckland-harbour-bridge/" aria-label="Read more about NZ anti-mandate protesters march across Auckland Harbour Bridge">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2022
RNZ Pacific The invasion of Ukraine is likely to have a signficant impact on the Pacific, warns a senior USP academic. On Thursday, Russia launched a massive invasion of neighbouring Ukraine. More than 100 Ukrainian soldiers and civilians have been killed in the fighting so far, with no figures for the Russians. The invasion has ... <a title="Russia-Ukraine conflict will impact on Pacific economies, says USP academic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/27/russia-ukraine-conflict-will-impact-on-pacific-economies-says-usp-academic/" aria-label="Read more about Russia-Ukraine conflict will impact on Pacific economies, says USP academic">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2022
Kaniva News Kaniva News correspondent Patimiosi Ngūngūtau took this photo of an emotional farewell for a grieving Tongan family at the Tanoa hotel in Nukua’alofa this week. The family requested that they stop outside the quarantine facility so that her daughter, who was in managed isolation after recently arriving from New Zealand could pay her ... <a title="Omicron Tonga: Heartbreak as hearse arrives outside MIQ hotel for daughter to say goodbye" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/27/omicron-tonga-heartbreak-as-hearse-arrives-outside-miq-hotel-for-daughter-to-say-goodbye/" aria-label="Read more about Omicron Tonga: Heartbreak as hearse arrives outside MIQ hotel for daughter to say goodbye">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By T.J. Thomson, Senior Lecturer in Visual Communication & Media, Queensland University of Technology Amid the alarming images of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine over the past few days, millions of people have also seen misleading, manipulated or false information about the conflict on social media platforms such as ... <a title="Fake viral footage is spreading alongside the real horror in Ukraine. Here are 5 ways to spot it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/26/fake-viral-footage-is-spreading-alongside-the-real-horror-in-ukraine-here-are-5-ways-to-spot-it-177921/" aria-label="Read more about Fake viral footage is spreading alongside the real horror in Ukraine. Here are 5 ways to spot it">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Hepburn, Director of the Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Law, Deakin Law School, Deakin University When estimating the amount of greenhouse gases a project – such as a new mine or power station – would release, it’s important to be as accurate as possible. This ... <a title="1 in 5 fossil fuel projects overshoot their original estimations for emissions. Why are there such significant errors?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/26/1-in-5-fossil-fuel-projects-overshoot-their-original-estimations-for-emissions-why-are-there-such-significant-errors-177714/" aria-label="Read more about 1 in 5 fossil fuel projects overshoot their original estimations for emissions. Why are there such significant errors?">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2022
By Tom Kitchin and Emma Hatton, RNZ News reporters Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been met with despair and anger in New Zealand. Nearly 100 people gathered at the Russian embassy in the capital Wellington today, at a protest organised by the Ukrainian Gromada of Wellington. Fake blood was plastered over the gate and driveway, ... <a title="Putin ‘will not stop at Ukraine’ – NZ protesters condemn Russian invasion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/26/putin-will-not-stop-at-ukraine-nz-protesters-condemn-russian-invasion/" aria-label="Read more about Putin ‘will not stop at Ukraine’ – NZ protesters condemn Russian invasion">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2022
By John Gerritsen, RNZ News education correspondent Education Minister Chris Hipkins has warned that nearly every New Zealand school and early childhood centre will have contact with covid-19 in the next few weeks. He told students at Mana College in Porirua today that one in five schools were already managing cases among students or staff ... <a title="Covid-19 will be in ‘just about every NZ school’ soon, says Hipkins" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/26/covid-19-will-be-in-just-about-every-nz-school-soon-says-hipkins/" aria-label="Read more about Covid-19 will be in ‘just about every NZ school’ soon, says Hipkins">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2022
RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand joins its international partners in condemnation of Russia’s attack on Ukraine and has immediately taken a range of measures against the Russian government. Giving a statement today about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ardern said Russia began a “military offensive and an illegal invasion” yesterday. Russian ... <a title="PM condemns Russia’s Ukraine invasion which will claim many ‘innocent lives’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/26/pm-condemns-russias-ukraine-invasion-which-will-claim-many-innocent-lives/" aria-label="Read more about PM condemns Russia’s Ukraine invasion which will claim many ‘innocent lives’">Read more</a>
