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January 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jess Marsh, Research fellow at the Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University Shutterstock Have you recently spotted a spider peeking out from a brown, curled-up leaf in your garden? Chances are you’re sharing your yard with the leaf-curling spider, Phonognatha graeffei (pronounced fon-og-natha greef-e-i), a fascinating member of ... <a title="Leaf at first sight: how leaf-curling spiders pair up and build a family home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/07/leaf-at-first-sight-how-leaf-curling-spiders-pair-up-and-build-a-family-home-170775/" aria-label="Read more about Leaf at first sight: how leaf-curling spiders pair up and build a family home">Read more</a>
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January 7, 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 Covid Michael Morrah (Newshub): Covid-19 warning: Omicron will overwhelm us within a week ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 07 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/07/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-january-07-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 07 2022">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne As he embarks on an election year, there is a question about whether Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s media communications strategy, which has served him well for a long time, is fit for the current ... <a title="As COVID rips through Australia, is Scott Morrison’s media strategy starting to fail as well?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/07/as-covid-rips-through-australia-is-scott-morrisons-media-strategy-starting-to-fail-as-well-174332/" aria-label="Read more about As COVID rips through Australia, is Scott Morrison’s media strategy starting to fail as well?">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Karnon, Professor of Health Economics, Flinders University Following considerable public pressure over the past few weeks, the federal government has announced concession card holders will soon be able to collect up to ten free rapid antigen tests over three months. But everyone else will continue to ... <a title="Free rapid antigen tests makes economic sense for governments, our analysis shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/07/free-rapid-antigen-tests-makes-economic-sense-for-governments-our-analysis-shows-174342/" aria-label="Read more about Free rapid antigen tests makes economic sense for governments, our analysis shows">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris J Jolly, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Charles Sturt University Getty Images The estimate that one billion animals were killed by Australia’s 2019-20 Black Summer fires drew international attention to the fate of wildlife during fire. This estimate assumed all animals in the fire’s path were killed by ... <a title="Surprisingly few animals die in wildfires – and that means we can help more in the aftermath" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/07/surprisingly-few-animals-die-in-wildfires-and-that-means-we-can-help-more-in-the-aftermath-174392/" aria-label="Read more about Surprisingly few animals die in wildfires – and that means we can help more in the aftermath">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Shutterstock Federal Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese this week announced a commitment to funding high-speed rail between Sydney and Newcastle. At speeds of more than 250km/h, this would cut the 150-minute journey from Sydney to Newcastle to just 45 minutes. Commuting between ... <a title="Vital Signs: Sydney to Newcastle fast rail makes sense. Making trains locally does not" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/07/vital-signs-sydney-to-newcastle-fast-rail-makes-sense-making-trains-locally-does-not-174341/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: Sydney to Newcastle fast rail makes sense. Making trains locally does not">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2022
RNZ News Rising covid-19 cases at the border are increasing the risk of the omicron variant spreading in Aotearoa but a leading epidemiologist says the country still has time to prepare for an outbreak. Today there were 43 covid-19 cases identified at the border, a jump from 23 cases yesterday, and the Ministry of Health ... <a title="‘Boost like crazy’ before omicron spreads, epidemiologist warns NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/07/boost-like-crazy-before-omicron-spreads-epidemiologist-warns-nz/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Boost like crazy’ before omicron spreads, epidemiologist warns NZ">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2022
By Giff Johnson, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Majuro The US Army ignored agreed-to covid prevention rules for entry into the Marshall Islands this week and the result was the first border cases of covid in the Marshall Islands in more than a year. Three US Army personnel tested positive for covid soon after arrival at ... <a title="Three US Army personnel test positive for covid at Marshall Islands border" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/07/three-us-army-personnel-test-positive-for-covid-at-marshall-islands-border/" aria-label="Read more about Three US Army personnel test positive for covid at Marshall Islands border">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2022
By Hamish MacLean in Dunedin University of Otago covid-19 experts are not immune to the increasingly vitriolic attacks dished out to scientists commenting on New Zealand’s pandemic response. Among a litany of attacks University of Otago epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker has endured over the course of the pandemic, at the start of this week a ... <a title="Otago University covid-19 experts copping abuse from anti-vaxxers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/07/otago-university-covid-19-experts-copping-abuse-from-anti-vaxxers/" aria-label="Read more about Otago University covid-19 experts copping abuse from anti-vaxxers">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2022
By Josefa Babitu in Suva Fiji is bracing for a third wave of the covid-19 virus after tests have confirmed the presence of the omicron variant in local communities. The country’s Health Secretary Dr James Fong said today the ministry was prioritising testing of suspected individuals to prevent severe illness and death and to focus ... <a title="Fiji braces for pandemic third wave as omicron cases found in community" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/07/fiji-braces-for-pandemic-third-wave-as-omicron-cases-found-in-community/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji braces for pandemic third wave as omicron cases found in community">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Hail, Adjunct Associate Professor, Torrens University Australia Netflix In the new Netflix sensation Don’t Look Up, two astronomers, played by Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo Di Caprio, discover a massive comet heading towards Earth, and desperately try to warn the US president, played by Meryl Streep. Their ... <a title="Don’t look Up! has a surprising amount to tell us about economics, much of it useful" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/07/dont-look-up-has-a-surprising-amount-to-tell-us-about-economics-much-of-it-useful-174399/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t look Up! has a surprising amount to tell us about economics, much of it useful">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jo Caust, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow (Hon), School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne The Sydney Festival opens today under a cloud. Several artists and arts organisations have withdrawn from the festival over the Israeli Embassy’s sponsorship of the dance work Decadance, by Israeli ... <a title="Sydney Festival boycott: when arts organisations accept donations, there is always a price to pay" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/06/sydney-festival-boycott-when-arts-organisations-accept-donations-there-is-always-a-price-to-pay-174393/" aria-label="Read more about Sydney Festival boycott: when arts organisations accept donations, there is always a price to pay">Read more</a>
