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February 3, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Matthew Hobbs, University of Canterbury; Anna Howe, University of Auckland, and Lukas Marek, University of Canterbury Within a month of the first community exposure to omicron in Aotearoa New Zealand, the variant has already become the dominant strain of covid-19. We are yet to see the rapid and steep rise in new omicron ... <a title="Most challenging phase of omicron outbreak yet to come, but New Zealand may be better prepared than most" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/03/most-challenging-phase-of-omicron-outbreak-yet-to-come-but-new-zealand-may-be-better-prepared-than-most/" aria-label="Read more about Most challenging phase of omicron outbreak yet to come, but New Zealand may be better prepared than most">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2022
OPEN LETTER: A reply to New Zealand journalist Charlotte Bellis from Afghanistani mother and former broadcaster Muzhgan Samarqandi My name is Muzhgan Samarqandi and I am from Baghlan, Afghanistan, but living in New Zealand with my Kiwi husband and our son. Like Charlotte Bellis, I too was a broadcaster in Afghanistan, back when this was ... <a title="Muzhgan Samarqandi: MIQ debate trivialises the plight of women and girls in Afghanistan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/03/muzhgan-samarqandi-miq-debate-trivialises-the-plight-of-women-and-girls-in-afghanistan/" aria-label="Read more about Muzhgan Samarqandi: MIQ debate trivialises the plight of women and girls in Afghanistan">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2022
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A global Papuan students abroad umbrella organisation has appealed for a meeting with President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to air their grievances over changes to the scholarship system which they say are unfairly impacting on their studies. In a statement today responding to a letter by the Indonesian Ambassador to New Zealand ... <a title="Papuan students appeal for meeting with President Jokowi to air grievances" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/03/papuan-students-appeal-for-meeting-with-president-jokowi-to-air-grievances/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan students appeal for meeting with President Jokowi to air grievances">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra A flurry of categorical denials by senior ministers has followed the report that a current Liberal cabinet minister described Scott Morrison as a “psycho” in a text exchange with then NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian during the summer bushfires of 2019-20. ... <a title="View from The Hill: Morrison a ‘psycho’ – now who would have said that?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/02/view-from-the-hill-morrison-a-psycho-now-who-would-have-said-that-176259/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Morrison a ‘psycho’ – now who would have said that?">Read more</a>
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February 2, 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 With the surge in Omicron cases, doctors are finding presentations of croup in children seeking hospital care for COVID in Australia and internationally. In some cases, children ... <a title="My child has croup. Could it be COVID? What do I need to know?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/02/my-child-has-croup-could-it-be-covid-what-do-i-need-to-know-176141/" aria-label="Read more about My child has croup. Could it be COVID? What do I need to know?">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Isaac Gross, Lecturer in Economics, Monash University Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe has painted an optimistic view of where the Australian economy is heading after a turbulent 2021. Just how crazy last year was is highlighted by the differences between the bank’s forecasts at the start of ... <a title="Building back better: how RBA Governor Philip Lowe sees the year ahead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/02/building-back-better-how-rba-governor-philip-lowe-sees-the-year-ahead-176006/" aria-label="Read more about Building back better: how RBA Governor Philip Lowe sees the year ahead">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Mountain, Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University Shutterstock Is it possible to have your cake and eat it too? Federal Labor is certainly giving it a go by supporting government plans for a fossil gas/diesel peaking plant in the Hunter Valley currently under construction – ... <a title="Labor’s plan to green the Kurri Kurri gas power plant makes no sense" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/02/labors-plan-to-green-the-kurri-kurri-gas-power-plant-makes-no-sense-176157/" aria-label="Read more about Labor’s plan to green the Kurri Kurri gas power plant makes no sense">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Giuffre, Senior Lecturer in Communication, University of Technology Sydney Joe Rogan Experience/YouTube Joe Rogan is described on his website as “stand up comic, mixed martial arts fanatic, psychedelic adventurer, host of The Joe Rogan Experience podcast.” It’s the last of these that has really made his ... <a title="Who is Joe Rogan, and why does Spotify love him so much?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/02/who-is-joe-rogan-and-why-does-spotify-love-him-so-much-176014/" aria-label="Read more about Who is Joe Rogan, and why does Spotify love him so much?">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Holly Thorpe, Professor in Sociology of Sport and Physical Culture, University of Waikato GettyImages The mass appeal of creative, youth-oriented events such as snowboarding and freestyle skiing at the Winter Olympics is a virtual case study of how the once radical can go mainstream. And while audiences ... <a title="How snowboarding became a marquee event at the Winter Olympics – but lost some of its cool factor in the process" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/02/how-snowboarding-became-a-marquee-event-at-the-winter-olympics-but-lost-some-of-its-cool-factor-in-the-process-175053/" aria-label="Read more about How snowboarding became a marquee event at the Winter Olympics – but lost some of its cool factor in the process">Read more</a>
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February 2, 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, Charlotte Bellis RNZ: Cabinet ministers to finalise dates for reopening borders ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 2 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/02/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-2-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 2 2022">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Tuffley, Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University Pixabay, CC BY-SA Audio streaming giant Spotify is getting a crash course in the tension between free speech and the need to protect the public from harmful misinformation. The Swedish-founded platform, which has 400 million active ... <a title="Spotify’s response to Rogan-gate falls short of its ethical and editorial obligations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/02/spotifys-response-to-rogan-gate-falls-short-of-its-ethical-and-editorial-obligations-176022/" aria-label="Read more about Spotify’s response to Rogan-gate falls short of its ethical and editorial obligations">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yan Bennett, Assistant Director for the Paul and Marcia Wythes Center on Contemporary China, Princeton University Zhang Ling/Xinhua/AP Aside from fake snow and COVID-19, the Beijing Winter Games are controversial for many reasons. They are a potent political symbol of the Chinese state’s ambitions and authority. Held ... <a title="Why the Winter Olympics are so vital to the Chinese Communist Party’s legitimacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/02/why-the-winter-olympics-are-so-vital-to-the-chinese-communist-partys-legitimacy-176130/" aria-label="Read more about Why the Winter Olympics are so vital to the Chinese Communist Party’s legitimacy">Read more</a>
