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August 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Neeraja Sanmuhanathan, Lecturer in Counselling, University of Notre Dame Australia from www.shutterstock.com If you are one of the millions of Australians in lockdown, you are not alone in feeling a range of emotions difficult to put into words. Lockdown days are blurry, with time lost within our ... <a title="It’s OK if you have a little cry in lockdown. You’re grieving" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/13/its-ok-if-you-have-a-little-cry-in-lockdown-youre-grieving-165329/" aria-label="Read more about It’s OK if you have a little cry in lockdown. You’re grieving">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Holly Thorpe, Professor in Sociology of Sport and Physical Culture, University of Waikato GettyImages The sudden death this week of track cyclist Olivia Podmore has rocked New Zealand’s high-performance sporting and cycling communities and raised urgent questions about the culture of elite sport. The tragedy has prompted ... <a title="The price of gold — what high-performance sport in NZ must learn from the Olivia Podmore tragedy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/13/the-price-of-gold-what-high-performance-sport-in-nz-must-learn-from-the-olivia-podmore-tragedy-166020/" aria-label="Read more about The price of gold — what high-performance sport in NZ must learn from the Olivia Podmore tragedy">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Michelle Grattan discusses the week in politics with University of Canberra Associate Professor Caroline Fisher. This week the pair discuss provisional approval of the Moderna vaccine, as well as the wider question of vaccine hesitancy – especially in light of ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on mandatory vaccination and the IPCC report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/13/video-michelle-grattan-on-mandatory-vaccination-and-the-ipcc-report-166094/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on mandatory vaccination and the IPCC report">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bethaney Turner, Associate Professor, Centre for Creative and Cultural Research, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra Shutterstock With millions of Australians enduring lockdown yet again, you may be seeking solace in gardening. For migrants and refugees in Australia, gardening can be particularly meaningful when shared ... <a title="3 ways community gardens often exclude migrants and refugees — and how to turn this around" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/13/3-ways-community-gardens-often-exclude-migrants-and-refugees-and-how-to-turn-this-around-164547/" aria-label="Read more about 3 ways community gardens often exclude migrants and refugees — and how to turn this around">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2021
RNZ Pacific Fifty percent of Fijians who died from covid-19 were at home at the time of their deaths. The Fiji government said it had noted that many people dying of covid-19 had not given healthcare workers a chance to treat them. The Health Ministry reported 398 new cases of covid-19 and five deaths for ... <a title="Half of Fiji’s 345 covid deaths at home, report health officials" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/13/half-of-fijis-345-covid-deaths-at-home-report-health-officials/" aria-label="Read more about Half of Fiji’s 345 covid deaths at home, report health officials">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk International pressure is mounting on Indonesia to free West Papuan activist Victor Yeimo, the international spokesperson for the peaceful civilian West Papua National Committee (KNPB), as concern grows over his worsening state of health. Following the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders Mary Lawlor’s declaration on twitter two days ago ... <a title="International calls grow to free Papuan activist Victor Yeimo’s over health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/13/international-calls-grow-to-free-papuan-activist-victor-yeimos-over-health/" aria-label="Read more about International calls grow to free Papuan activist Victor Yeimo’s over health">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2021
RNZ Pacific The world is on the brink of a climate catastrophe, with just a narrow window for action to reverse global processes predicted to cause devastating effects in the Pacific and world-wide, says the leader of the 18-nation Pacific Islands Forum. Forum Secretary-General Henry Puna said a major UN scientific report released on Monday ... <a title="Narrow window to halt climate change catastrophe, says Pacific Forum chief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/13/narrow-window-to-halt-climate-change-catastrophe-says-pacific-forum-chief/" aria-label="Read more about Narrow window to halt climate change catastrophe, says Pacific Forum chief">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2021
By Talebula Kate in Suva After 39 years with the Fiji Police Force, Rusiate Tudravu has tendered his resignation having reached the office of the Deputy Commissioner of Police upon his retirement. The outgoing Deputy Commissioner Tudravu, who acted as the Commissioner of Police over a 12-month period, tendered his resignation to the Commissioner of ... <a title="Fiji’s deputy police chief resigns after 39 years of service" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/13/fijis-deputy-police-chief-resigns-after-39-years-of-service/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s deputy police chief resigns after 39 years of service">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine de Fontenay, Honorary Fellow, Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne Blue Planet Studio/Shutterstock Until COVID, Australians had a pretty safe assumption that global supply chains could supply more or less whatever they wanted. And then it became hard to get sanitiser and masks and other ... <a title="Mid-COVID, our investigation finds few vulnerabilities in Australia’s supply chains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/13/mid-covid-our-investigation-finds-few-vulnerabilities-in-australias-supply-chains-165962/" aria-label="Read more about Mid-COVID, our investigation finds few vulnerabilities in Australia’s supply chains">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clinton Foster, Honorary professor, Australian National University An irregular cluster of fossil spores. (Scale 10 micrometres.) Paul Strother, Author provided When plants first ventured onto the land, evolving from freshwater-dwelling algae, more than 500 million years ago, they transformed the planet. By drawing carbon dioxide from the ... <a title="480 million-year-old fossil spores from Western Australia record how ancient plants spread to land" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/13/480-million-year-old-fossil-spores-from-western-australia-record-how-ancient-plants-spread-to-land-166016/" aria-label="Read more about 480 million-year-old fossil spores from Western Australia record how ancient plants spread to land">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eddie Synot, Lecturer, Griffith Law School, Griffith University Minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt said last week plans to introduce legislation to establish an Indigenous Voice would be delayed beyond the next federal election. Wyatt said he was unsure he would have time to introduce legislation, as ... <a title="Why delaying legislation on a Voice to parliament is welcome — it allows more time to get things right" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/13/why-delaying-legislation-on-a-voice-to-parliament-is-welcome-it-allows-more-time-to-get-things-right-165799/" aria-label="Read more about Why delaying legislation on a Voice to parliament is welcome — it allows more time to get things right">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato www.shutterstock.com With the summer music festival season approaching (COVID willing), hopes are high that the current temporary recreational drug checking law will become permanent. If and when that happens, New Zealand will take another small step down the long ... <a title="After the last ‘summer of terrible drugs’ it’s time to make NZ’s temporary drug checking law permanent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/13/after-the-last-summer-of-terrible-drugs-its-time-to-make-nzs-temporary-drug-checking-law-permanent-165612/" aria-label="Read more about After the last ‘summer of terrible drugs’ it’s time to make NZ’s temporary drug checking law permanent">Read more</a>
