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September 3, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nancy Baxter, Professor and Head of Melbourne School of Population & Global Health, The University of Melbourne From Friday September 9, the isolation requirements for people with COVID and no symptoms will be cut from seven days to five days. Masks will no longer be required on ... <a title="Cutting COVID isolation and mask mandates will mean more damage to business and health in the long run" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/03/cutting-covid-isolation-and-mask-mandates-will-mean-more-damage-to-business-and-health-in-the-long-run-189862/" aria-label="Read more about Cutting COVID isolation and mask mandates will mean more damage to business and health in the long run">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2022
OBITUARY: By Dr Brij Lal Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom’d caves of ocean bear Full many a floww’r is born to blush unseen And waste its sweetness on the desert air — Thomas Gray , “Elegy”, 1751 Jai Ram Reddy, former Fiji statesman, judge and international jurist, has died ... <a title="Brij Lal’s tribute to Jai Ram Reddy – ‘a true son of Fiji’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/03/brij-lals-tribute-to-jai-ram-reddy-a-true-son-of-fiji/" aria-label="Read more about Brij Lal’s tribute to Jai Ram Reddy – ‘a true son of Fiji’">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily Roycroft, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Australian National University A hopping mouse from the arid desert of Australia (Notomys). Hopping mice have evolved highly efficient kidneys to deal with the low water environments of Australia’s deserts. David Paul/Museums Victoria A single, pregnant rodent floating on driftwood across the ... <a title="‘Impressive rafting skills’: the 8-million-year old origin story of how rodents colonised Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/03/impressive-rafting-skills-the-8-million-year-old-origin-story-of-how-rodents-colonised-australia-189793/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Impressive rafting skills’: the 8-million-year old origin story of how rodents colonised Australia">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2022
By Ethan Griffiths, Open Justice reporter of The New Zealand Herald An anti-vaccination campaigner who this year became the first person ever accused of breaching New Zealand’s sabotage laws has again appeared in court. Taupō man Graham Philip was charged with seven counts of sabotage in May, relating to an alleged attack on New Zealand ... <a title="NZ anti-vaxxer appears in court again on nation’s first sabotage charges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/02/nz-anti-vaxxer-appears-in-court-again-on-nations-first-sabotage-charges/" aria-label="Read more about NZ anti-vaxxer appears in court again on nation’s first sabotage charges">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2022
RNZ Pacific Seven people have been found guilty of “treason” after raising the banned Morning Star flag in West Papua, a Melanesian region of Indonesia. In the Jayapura District Court this week, the seven were each jailed for 10 months and fined. The flag is considered a symbol of the West Papua struggle for independence ... <a title="Seven West Papuans jailed for raising banned Morning Star flag" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/02/seven-west-papuans-jailed-for-raising-banned-morning-star-flag/" aria-label="Read more about Seven West Papuans jailed for raising banned Morning Star flag">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2022
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The co-founder of Tabloid Jubi, Victor Mambor has been presented with the 2022 Udin Award from Indonesia’s Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) during the organisation’s 28th-anniversary celebration. Mambor is an indigenous Papuan journalist who has dedicated his life for decades to the field of journalism. The Udin Award — presented last ... <a title="Papuan journalist Victor Mambor wins Udin Award for ‘dedicated journalism’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/02/papuan-journalist-victor-mambor-wins-udin-award-for-dedicated-journalism/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan journalist Victor Mambor wins Udin Award for ‘dedicated journalism’">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2022
By Laurens Ikinia “Noa’ia ‘e” is a greeting people hear when you meet anyone from the island of Rotuma in Fiji or when they visit the Whānau Community Hub in Auckland’s Mount Roskill. This doubles as the Rotuman-Fijian Community Centre. It is run by Rachel Mario and her team for a whole host of purposes ... <a title="Rotuman social justice advocate puts key bid for Roskill Community Voice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/02/rotuman-social-justice-advocate-puts-key-bid-for-roskill-community-voice/" aria-label="Read more about Rotuman social justice advocate puts key bid for Roskill Community Voice">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Conversation The jobs and skills summit, which concluded on Friday, has been a highly-managed exercise by the Albanese government in maximising policy and political productivity. The government went into the meeting knowing, broadly, the key initiatives it intended to ... <a title="View from The Hill: Summit triggers immediate action and elevates gender equality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/02/view-from-the-hill-summit-triggers-immediate-action-and-elevates-gender-equality-189883/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Summit triggers immediate action and elevates gender equality">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Gleeson-White, Associate Professor in American Literature, University of Sydney Joseph Mayers/Sydney Theatre Company Review: A Raisin in the Sun, directed by Wesley Enoch for the Sydney Theatre Company. It is hard to believe the Sydney Theatre Company’s production of Lorraine Hansberry’s award-winning A Raisin in the ... <a title="Sydney Theatre Company’s A Raisin in the Sun is an enormous achievement with superb cast, direction and staging" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/02/sydney-theatre-companys-a-raisin-in-the-sun-is-an-enormous-achievement-with-superb-cast-direction-and-staging-187430/" aria-label="Read more about Sydney Theatre Company’s A Raisin in the Sun is an enormous achievement with superb cast, direction and staging">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Curtis Ho, Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Tasmania SpaceX, CC BY-NC Many around the world will watch eagerly this Saturday as NASA launches Artemis I, the agency’s first Moon exploration mission since the 1970s. The spectacle involves the most powerful rocket in the world: the Space Launch ... <a title="It’s not just rocket science – hidden chemistry powers Moon launches and sustains life in space" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/02/its-not-just-rocket-science-hidden-chemistry-powers-moon-launches-and-sustains-life-in-space-189773/" aria-label="Read more about It’s not just rocket science – hidden chemistry powers Moon launches and sustains life in space">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Horvath, Senior lecturer, La Trobe University Little remains of the legacy of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader and one of the greatest reformers in Russian history. In the name of “glasnost” (openness) and “perestroika” (restructuring), Gorbachev dismantled totalitarianism, abolished censorship, freed hundreds of political prisoners, ... <a title="Why Gorbachev’s legacy still threatens Putin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/02/why-gorbachevs-legacy-still-threatens-putin-189778/" aria-label="Read more about Why Gorbachev’s legacy still threatens Putin">Read more</a>
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September 2, 2022
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup: Ardern is right to insist on ethical standards, even on chocolate endorsements Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was right to question Marama Davidson’s endorsement of Whittaker’s chocolate. The rule forbidding ministers from endorsing products or services is a basic protection against corruption. It helps maintain the impartiality of ministers who ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Ardern is right to insist on ethical standards, even on chocolate endorsements" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/02/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-ardern-is-right-to-insist-on-ethical-standards-even-on-chocolate-endorsements/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Ardern is right to insist on ethical standards, even on chocolate endorsements">Read more</a>
