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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>
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January 6, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Wright, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University Dams serving capital cities such as Canberra, Hobart and Sydney are near full after two years of widespread rainfall. But these wet conditions won’t last. Under climate change, droughts in Australia will become more frequent and severe. ... <a title="Sydney’s dams may be almost full – but don’t relax, because drought will come again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/06/sydneys-dams-may-be-almost-full-but-dont-relax-because-drought-will-come-again-170523/" aria-label="Read more about Sydney’s dams may be almost full – but don’t relax, because drought will come again">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health and Aged Care Program, Grattan Institute Shutterstock Yesterday’s national cabinet meeting was called to address another COVID crisis – not the crisis about burgeoning case numbers, nor the crisis about hospital staff being overwhelmed. This crisis was of the Commonwealth’s own making – ... <a title="It’s still not too late to fix the rapid antigen testing debacle. Why the national cabinet decision is wrong and must be reversed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/06/its-still-not-too-late-to-fix-the-rapid-antigen-testing-debacle-why-the-national-cabinet-decision-is-wrong-and-must-be-reversed-174391/" aria-label="Read more about It’s still not too late to fix the rapid antigen testing debacle. Why the national cabinet decision is wrong and must be reversed">Read more</a>
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January 6, 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 Parliament, government, 2021 Graham Adams (Democracy Project): 2022: Ardern’s plans for co-governance with ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 06 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/06/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-january-06-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 06 2022">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brian Finlayson, Honorary Principal Fellow in the School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne Ontario Picture Bureau/Wikimedia Commons In 1922, Australia was even more remote from the rest of the world than it is today. But when it came to astronomy, that year ... <a title="A century ago, Australia was ground zero for eclipse-watchers – and helped prove Einstein right" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/06/a-century-ago-australia-was-ground-zero-for-eclipse-watchers-and-helped-prove-einstein-right-172605/" aria-label="Read more about A century ago, Australia was ground zero for eclipse-watchers – and helped prove Einstein right">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fatemeh Aminpour, Associate Lecturer, School of Built Environment, UNSW Conflict is one of the main barriers to children’s play during school recess. Research has found students experience an average of one conflict at recess every three minutes. My own research shows how well-designed school grounds can reduce ... <a title="Recess is a time of conflict for children. Here are 6 school design tips to keep the peace" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/06/recess-is-a-time-of-conflict-for-children-here-are-6-school-design-tips-to-keep-the-peace-173140/" aria-label="Read more about Recess is a time of conflict for children. Here are 6 school design tips to keep the peace">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Evan Shellshear, Industry Fellow, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Mike is a 40-something crop farmer from southern Queensland. With a chestnut tan, crushing handshake and a strong outback accent, he’s the third generation of his family to grow sorghum, a cereal mostly used for animal fodder. But, ... <a title="A simple calculation can stop artificial intelligence sending you broke" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/06/a-simple-calculation-can-stop-artificial-intelligence-sending-you-broke-173501/" aria-label="Read more about A simple calculation can stop artificial intelligence sending you broke">Read more</a>
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January 5, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daryl Adair, Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Technology Sydney original AAP/AP/Michael Probst Novak Djokovic, nine times Australian Open tennis champion, has confirmed via social media – after much speculation – that he will indeed be competing in the 2022 tournament. The sticking point for him ... <a title="Secrecy surrounding Djokovic’s medical exemption means star can expect a hostile reception on centre court" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/05/secrecy-surrounding-djokovics-medical-exemption-means-star-can-expect-a-hostile-reception-on-centre-court-174331/" aria-label="Read more about Secrecy surrounding Djokovic’s medical exemption means star can expect a hostile reception on centre court">Read more</a>
