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April 2, 2020
By RNZ News The publisher of some of New Zealand’s best known magazines has folded amid the economic fallout from the national coronavirus pandemic lockdown. Bauer Media, which publishes The Listener, Woman’s Day, New Zealand Woman’s Weekly, Metro, North and South and Next, says it is no longer viable and has shut its doors today. ... <a title="NZ virus lockdown forces magazine publisher Bauer Media to close" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/02/nz-virus-lockdown-forces-magazine-publisher-bauer-media-to-close/" aria-label="Read more about NZ virus lockdown forces magazine publisher Bauer Media to close">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Launched by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), “Tracker 19” is a tool made for an unprecedented global crisis. So named in reference not only to Covid-19 but also article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, this project aims to evaluate the pandemic’s impacts on global journalism. It will document state censorship ... <a title="RSF launches coronavirus pandemic media freedom tracker" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/02/rsf-launches-coronavirus-pandemic-media-freedom-tracker/" aria-label="Read more about RSF launches coronavirus pandemic media freedom tracker">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2020
By RNZ News New Zealanders in their 20s are the age group with the biggest numbers of Covid-19 and are “the vector for transmission”, says Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Ardern has thanked NZ for its efforts, but says it is still too early to say if the level four lockdown is successfully slowing transmission. Ardern ... <a title="NZ lockdown – day 7: People in their 20s are ‘the ones passing it on’ – PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/01/nz-lockdown-day-7-people-in-their-20s-are-the-ones-passing-it-on-pm/" aria-label="Read more about NZ lockdown – day 7: People in their 20s are ‘the ones passing it on’ – PM">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Arindam Basu of the University of Canterbury The number of New Zealanders testing positive for Covid-19 will continue to rise despite the strict conditions of the four-week lockdown that began last week. As of today, there are 647 cases in New Zealand, up from 39 recorded just over a week ago, and just over ... <a title="Why NZ’s coronavirus cases will rise for weeks – even in level 4 lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/01/why-nzs-coronavirus-cases-will-rise-for-weeks-even-in-level-4-lockdown/" aria-label="Read more about Why NZ’s coronavirus cases will rise for weeks – even in level 4 lockdown">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2020
By RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has eased restrictions on the media industry in New Zealand during the four-week lockdown, saying it was not exempt from the financial hardship caused by the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. She said community newspapers will now be able to be printed for hard to reach communities. The government is ... <a title="NZ lockdown – Day 6: Emergency extended by 7 days – PM on media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/31/nz-lockdown-day-6-emergency-extended-by-7-days-pm-on-media/" aria-label="Read more about NZ lockdown – Day 6: Emergency extended by 7 days – PM on media">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2020
By Sri Krishnamurthi Pacific governments across the region have put side their differences with media and are working alongside them in these difficult times, say New Zealand journalists covering Moana. Most journalists who cover the Pacific come Pasifika backgrounds and have been pleasantly surprised by the change in attitude of governments. “The Pacific is infamous ... <a title="Pacific governments ‘working better’ with creative media in pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/31/pacific-governments-working-better-with-creative-media-in-pandemic/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific governments ‘working better’ with creative media in pandemic">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2020
By RNZ News More than 14,000 New Zealanders could die and tens of thousands more could be hospitalised if the country fails in its efforts to stamp out Covid-19, according to new research. The Otago University projections paint a bleak picture, but are more optimistic than other modelling by the University of Auckland’s Te Pūnaha ... <a title="14,000 could die in NZ if control efforts fail, says new report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/31/14000-could-die-in-nz-if-control-efforts-fail-says-new-report/" aria-label="Read more about 14,000 could die in NZ if control efforts fail, says new report">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2020
By RNZ News The Auckland girl’s secondary school Marist College has New Zealand’s biggest Covid-19 cluster with 47 confirmed and probable cases. It is the biggest cluster of infection being tracked by NZ health authorities. The board chairperson Stephen Dallow said the confirmed cases included teachers, students and adults within the community. READ MORE: Al ... <a title="NZ lockdown – Day 5: Catholic girl’s school has biggest virus cluster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/30/nz-lockdown-day-5-catholic-girls-school-has-biggest-virus-cluster/" aria-label="Read more about NZ lockdown – Day 5: Catholic girl’s school has biggest virus cluster">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2020
By Elias Nanau in Port Moresby Indonesia has issued a stern warning over illegal border crossers from Papua New Guinea. This follows Indonesia stepping up its security measures at the border in response to the global Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. The First Secretary to the governor for West Sepik, Adam Wangu, has already informed people via ... <a title="Pacific coronavirus: Indonesia issues ‘no mercy’ warning on border crossing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/30/pacific-coronavirus-indonesia-issues-no-mercy-warning-on-border-crossing/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific coronavirus: Indonesia issues ‘no mercy’ warning on border crossing">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2020
By Imelda V. Abano in Manila The novel coronavirus now sweeping the globe has left many countries struggling to cope with rising numbers of infections and journalists grappling with how to best cover this evolving public health crisis. In addition to questions about how governments, health care systems and individuals are responding to immediate needs, ... <a title="Reporting the Covid-19 unknown: How reporters in Philippines do their job" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/30/reporting-the-covid-19-unknown-how-reporters-in-philippines-do-their-job/" aria-label="Read more about Reporting the Covid-19 unknown: How reporters in Philippines do their job">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2020
By John Gerritsen of RNZ News The $5 billion foreign student industry is facing a massive downturn with as many as half of this year’s enrolments now in doubt. Immigration New Zealand figures show that of 76,203 valid study visas at 15 March, 60,348 were in New Zealand, and 15,855 were not. Immigration New Zealand ... <a title="NZ’s $5 billion foreign student industry faces dramatic drop" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/30/nzs-5-billion-foreign-student-industry-faces-dramatic-drop/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s $5 billion foreign student industry faces dramatic drop">Read more</a>
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March 29, 2020
The South African ‘Don’t Panic Buy’ jingle. Video: ENCA/PickNSave PACIFIC PANDEMIC DIARY: By David Robie, self-isolating in Auckland under New Zealand’s Covid-19 lockdown as part of a new Pacific Media Watch series. A South African celebrity jingle that has gone viral at the end of this week could easily have been a theme song for ... <a title="How Ardern’s coronavirus kindness theme can become contagious" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/29/how-arderns-coronavirus-kindness-theme-can-become-contagious/" aria-label="Read more about How Ardern’s coronavirus kindness theme can become contagious">Read more</a>
