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February 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sebastian Leuzinger, Professor, Auckland University of Technology Plants use their leaves to make food from the sun’s energy and carbon dioxide. With very few exceptions of parasitic plants, no tree is known to grow without green foliage — or to be more precise, no tree can start ... <a title="The mysterious existence of a leafless kauri stump, kept alive by its forest neighbours" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/15/the-mysterious-existence-of-a-leafless-kauri-stump-kept-alive-by-its-forest-neighbours-121804/" aria-label="Read more about The mysterious existence of a leafless kauri stump, kept alive by its forest neighbours">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise D’Arcens, Professor of English, Macquarie University In 1939, a 7th century Saxon ship was uncovered at Sutton Hoo, the Suffolk property of Edith Pretty. The discovery of this ship would transform modern understandings of early medieval England, shedding light on the sophistication of its funerary practices, ... <a title="The Dig’s romanticisation of an Anglo-Saxon past reveals it is a film for post-Brexit UK" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/15/the-digs-romanticisation-of-an-anglo-saxon-past-reveals-it-is-a-film-for-post-brexit-uk-154827/" aria-label="Read more about The Dig’s romanticisation of an Anglo-Saxon past reveals it is a film for post-Brexit UK">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2021
Essay by Keith Rankin. Last Thursday I walked the Tongariro (Alpine) Crossing with my partner. Actually, it was my third time, having also enjoyed that beautiful volcanic walk in 1979 and 1990. This was my first time with a mobile phone in my pocket. My phone assured me that the 19½ kilometre walk took me ... <a title="Keith Rankin on taking 39,000 Steps" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/15/keith-rankin-on-taking-39000-steps/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin on taking 39,000 Steps">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brock Bergseth, Postdoctoral research fellow, James Cook University There’s a useful concept from psychology that helps explain why good people do things that harm the environment: the false consensus effect. That’s where we overestimate how acceptable and prevalent our own behaviour is in society. Put simply, if ... <a title="‘Everyone else does it, so I can too’: how the false consensus effect drives environmental damage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/15/everyone-else-does-it-so-i-can-too-how-the-false-consensus-effect-drives-environmental-damage-153305/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Everyone else does it, so I can too’: how the false consensus effect drives environmental damage">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Georgia Cervin, Honorary Research Fellow, University of Western Australia Within days of serious allegations of physical and psychological abuse in New Zealand gymnastics emerging in late 2020, the sport’s governing body Gymnastics New Zealand commissioned an independent review. A series of media investigations had earlier painted a ... <a title="Gymnastics NZ has apologised for past abuses — now it must empower athletes to lead change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/15/gymnastics-nz-has-apologised-for-past-abuses-now-it-must-empower-athletes-to-lead-change-154183/" aria-label="Read more about Gymnastics NZ has apologised for past abuses — now it must empower athletes to lead change">Read more</a>
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February 15, 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: New community outbreak Jo Moir (Newsroom): The border will never be unbreachable Audrey Young (Herald): The best place to judge Ardern’s lockdown is from a rear view mirror (paywalled) Josh Van Veen (Democracy Project): Ardern’s Year of ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 15 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/15/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-15-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 15 2021">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Wallace, Associate Professor, 50/50 By 2030 Foundation, Faculty of Business Government & Law, University of Canberra Federal opposition leader Anthony Albanese’s recent six-day tour of Queensland came not a minute too soon for Labor’s prospects in the possible election year of 2021. The old adage that ... <a title="Labor’s wicked problem: how to win back Queensland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/15/labors-wicked-problem-how-to-win-back-queensland-154951/" aria-label="Read more about Labor’s wicked problem: how to win back Queensland">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zoë Hyde, Epidemiologist, University of Western Australia In the past fortnight, two vaccine stories made headlines around the world. Novavax announced spectacular results for its phase 3 trial, while preliminary data suggest the AstraZeneca vaccine is ineffective against the South African variant. These two vaccines comprise the ... <a title="Herd immunity is the end game for the pandemic, but the AstraZeneca vaccine won’t get us there" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/15/herd-immunity-is-the-end-game-for-the-pandemic-but-the-astrazeneca-vaccine-wont-get-us-there-155115/" aria-label="Read more about Herd immunity is the end game for the pandemic, but the AstraZeneca vaccine won’t get us there">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dale Dominey-Howes, Professor of Hazards and Disaster Risk Sciences, University of Sydney When disaster strikes, not everyone is affected the same way. A growing body of research shows the experiences of sexually and gender diverse people are frequently very different to those of heterosexual people. Our research ... <a title="‘You never know if you will be treated properly and with respect’: voices of LGBTIQA+ people who lived through disasters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/15/you-never-know-if-you-will-be-treated-properly-and-with-respect-voices-of-lgbtiqa-people-who-lived-through-disasters-153190/" aria-label="Read more about ‘You never know if you will be treated properly and with respect’: voices of LGBTIQA+ people who lived through disasters">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shelley Kinash, Professor of Higher Education, University of Southern Queensland Throughout the world, COVID-19 health regulations have made the on-campus lecture mostly defunct. And most Australian universities won’t be offering on-campus lectures in 2021. The Australasian Council on Open, Distance and e-Learning (ACODE) recently published a white ... <a title="COVID killed the on-campus lecture, but will unis raise it from the dead?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/15/covid-killed-the-on-campus-lecture-but-will-unis-raise-it-from-the-dead-152971/" aria-label="Read more about COVID killed the on-campus lecture, but will unis raise it from the dead?">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Davies, Professor of Human Geography, University of Western Australia Internal migration resulted in a net loss of 11,200 people from Australia’s capital cities in the September quarter of 2020, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics data released this month. At the same time, some regional areas ... <a title="Has COVID really caused an exodus from our cities? In fact, moving to the regions is nothing new" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/15/has-covid-really-caused-an-exodus-from-our-cities-in-fact-moving-to-the-regions-is-nothing-new-154724/" aria-label="Read more about Has COVID really caused an exodus from our cities? In fact, moving to the regions is nothing new">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Htwe Htwe Thein, Associate professor, Curtin University The actions of the Myanmar military in arresting members of the government in dawn raids on February 1, the day parliament was set to convene, have been met with shock and dismay both within the country and around the world. ... <a title="Taking care of business: the coup in Myanmar is partly about protecting the economic interests of the military elite" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/15/taking-care-of-business-the-coup-in-myanmar-is-partly-about-protecting-the-economic-interests-of-the-military-elite-154727/" aria-label="Read more about Taking care of business: the coup in Myanmar is partly about protecting the economic interests of the military elite">Read more</a>
