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February 16, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Covid outbreak: Lockdown decisions Michael Morrah (Newshub): New Zealand’s new COVID-19 outbreak ‘detected later than it could’ve been’ – expert Audrey Young (Herald): Political focus turns to whether lockdown was caused by border failure (paywalled) Justin Giovannetti ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 16 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/16/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-16-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 16 2021">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Blair, Emeritus Professor, ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery, OzGrav, University of Western Australia In 2017, astronomers witnessed the birth of a black hole for the first time. Gravitational wave detectors picked up the ripples in spacetime caused by two neutron stars colliding to ... <a title="A tiny crystal device could boost gravitational wave detectors to reveal the birth cries of black holes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/16/a-tiny-crystal-device-could-boost-gravitational-wave-detectors-to-reveal-the-birth-cries-of-black-holes-155125/" aria-label="Read more about A tiny crystal device could boost gravitational wave detectors to reveal the birth cries of black holes">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University The Trump era might not yet be over. But the Trump presidency – or at least one Trump presidency – certainly is. For the United States, it’s time to clean up the ... <a title="‘Trumpism’ in Australia has been overstated — our problems are mostly our own" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/16/trumpism-in-australia-has-been-overstated-our-problems-are-mostly-our-own-154949/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Trumpism’ in Australia has been overstated — our problems are mostly our own">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Margie Rogers, Lecturer, Early Childhood Education, University of New England Scientists don’t know exactly what percentage of the population will need to get a COVID vaccine to achieve herd immunity. Some diseases, such as whooping cough, need very high rates of vaccination between 90-95%. The rise of ... <a title="Why telling stories could be a more powerful way of convincing some people to take a COVID vaccine than just the facts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/16/why-telling-stories-could-be-a-more-powerful-way-of-convincing-some-people-to-take-a-covid-vaccine-than-just-the-facts-155050/" aria-label="Read more about Why telling stories could be a more powerful way of convincing some people to take a COVID vaccine than just the facts">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Davis, Professor, Research Institute for Environment & Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Charles Darwin University There aren’t many parts of the world where you can discover a completely new assemblage of living creatures. But after sampling underground water in a remote, arid region of northern Australia, we ... <a title="Blind shrimps, translucent snails: the 11 mysterious new species we found in potential fracking sites" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/16/blind-shrimps-translucent-snails-the-11-mysterious-new-species-we-found-in-potential-fracking-sites-155137/" aria-label="Read more about Blind shrimps, translucent snails: the 11 mysterious new species we found in potential fracking sites">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland Reports that Britain’s prime minister Boris Johnson is considering calling for carbon border levies at the G7 summit to be held in London in June have produced a predictable reaction from the Australian government. The levies would ... <a title="No point complaining about it, Australia will face carbon levies unless it changes course" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/16/no-point-complaining-about-it-australia-will-face-carbon-levies-unless-it-changes-course-155200/" aria-label="Read more about No point complaining about it, Australia will face carbon levies unless it changes course">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lorinda Cramer, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Australian Catholic University Neckties made global news last week when Maori MP, Rawiri Waititi, was ejected from the debating chamber of New Zealand Parliament. He refused to wear a tie, evocatively describing it as a “colonial noose”. It wasn’t that Mr Waititi ... <a title="The politics of the necktie — ‘colonial noose’, masculine marker or silk status symbol?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/16/the-politics-of-the-necktie-colonial-noose-masculine-marker-or-silk-status-symbol-155203/" aria-label="Read more about The politics of the necktie — ‘colonial noose’, masculine marker or silk status symbol?">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Pauline Hanson has told the government it should drop its proposed watering down of the Better Off Overall Test (BOOT) if it wants One Nation to continue negotiations on the industrial relation legislation. One Nation holds two of the five ... <a title="Pauline Hanson puts her foot down over government’s changes to the BOOT" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/16/pauline-hanson-puts-her-foot-down-over-governments-changes-to-the-boot-155326/" aria-label="Read more about Pauline Hanson puts her foot down over government’s changes to the BOOT">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maria Maley, Senior Lecturer in Politics, Australian National University Brittany Higgins’ allegation she was raped in a minister’s office at Parliament House is just one of a number of recent stories of bullying, sexual harassment and sexual misconduct that have exposed the dark side of working conditions ... <a title="Why political staffers are vulnerable to sexual misconduct — and little is done to stop it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/15/why-political-staffers-are-vulnerable-to-sexual-misconduct-and-little-is-done-to-stop-it-155300/" aria-label="Read more about Why political staffers are vulnerable to sexual misconduct — and little is done to stop it">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tess Newton Cain, Adjunct Associate Professor, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University It has been a bruising couple of weeks for the Pacific Islands Forum after five Micronesian countries announced they were leaving the region’s key intergovernmental body. But rumours of its demise have been somewhat exaggerated. We ... <a title="With five countries set to quit, is it curtains for the Pacific Islands Forum?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/15/with-five-countries-set-to-quit-is-it-curtains-for-the-pacific-islands-forum-155133/" aria-label="Read more about With five countries set to quit, is it curtains for the Pacific Islands Forum?">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Quigley, Associate Professor of Earthquake Science, University of Melbourne A 7.1 magnitude earthquake was recorded off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture in northeastern Japan on Saturday night, injuring around 100 people, closing roads and trains, and leaving almost a million people without electricity overnight. It came ... <a title="The Fukushima quake may be an echo of the 2011 disaster — and a warning for the future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/15/the-fukushima-quake-may-be-an-echo-of-the-2011-disaster-and-a-warning-for-the-future-155293/" aria-label="Read more about The Fukushima quake may be an echo of the 2011 disaster — and a warning for the future">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Agathe Lise-Pronovost, McKenzie Research Fellow in Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne About 41,000 years ago, something remarkable happened: Earth’s magnetic field flipped and, for a temporary period, magnetic north was south and magnetic south was north. Palaeomagnetists refer to this as a geomagnetic excursion. This event, which ... <a title="We found the first Australian evidence of a major shift in Earth’s magnetic poles. It may help us predict the next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/15/we-found-the-first-australian-evidence-of-a-major-shift-in-earths-magnetic-poles-it-may-help-us-predict-the-next-155040/" aria-label="Read more about We found the first Australian evidence of a major shift in Earth’s magnetic poles. It may help us predict the next">Read more</a>
