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December 14, 2021
RNZ News A New Zealand nurse has been referred to a professional conduct committee by the Nursing Council after posting threats online against medical professionals involved in the national covid-19 vaccine rollout. Multiple agencies are investigating after the registered Dunedin nurse posted a video to social media “declaring war” against covid-19 vaccinators and calling medical ... <a title="NZ nurse referred to Nursing Council over online threats to attack vax buses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/14/nz-nurse-referred-to-nursing-council-over-online-threats-to-attack-vax-buses/" aria-label="Read more about NZ nurse referred to Nursing Council over online threats to attack vax buses">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2021
By Grace Auka-Salmang in Port Moresby Not a single tear was shed as 54 unclaimed bodies and 11 body parts were laid on top of each other in a single open grave dug out at the 9-Mile Cemetery in Port Moresby this week. It was a rather undignified way to go for the corpses. What ... <a title="9 children among 54 bodies in Port Moresby mass burial for unclaimed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/12/9-children-among-54-bodies-in-port-moresby-mass-burial-for-unclaimed/" aria-label="Read more about 9 children among 54 bodies in Port Moresby mass burial for unclaimed">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Matthew Hobbs, University of Canterbury and Lukas Marek, University of Canterbury As New Zealand gets ready for the festive season under the new traffic light system, the emergence of the omicron variant is a reminder this pandemic is far from over. The new variant of concern is already fuelling a new wave of ... <a title="The uninvited Christmas guest: Is New Zealand prepared for omicron’s inevitable arrival?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/10/the-uninvited-christmas-guest-is-new-zealand-prepared-for-omicrons-inevitable-arrival/" aria-label="Read more about The uninvited Christmas guest: Is New Zealand prepared for omicron’s inevitable arrival?">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2021
RNZ Pacific Health authorities in Fiji have confirmed two people who had arrived in the country from southern Africa last month have now tested positive to the omicron variant of covid-19. The pair travelled to Fiji from Nigeria on November 25. They both tested positive to covid-19 while in a border quarantine facility. Health Secretary ... <a title="Two Fijians from Nigeria test positive for omicron variant" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/07/two-fijians-from-nigeria-test-positive-for-omicron-variant/" aria-label="Read more about Two Fijians from Nigeria test positive for omicron variant">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2021
RNZ News An anti-vax protest that shut down the centre of Newmarket in New Zealand’s largest city Auckland today may have cost local businesses hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost customers, says the local business association. Hundreds gathered at 11am at the Auckland Domain before heading to Westfield Newmarket shopping mall via Carlton Gore ... <a title="‘Shameless, misguided’ NZ anti-vax protesters cost Newmarket stores" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/07/shameless-misguided-nz-anti-vax-protesters-cost-newmarket-stores/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Shameless, misguided’ NZ anti-vax protesters cost Newmarket stores">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2021
RNZ News New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced which regions will move into red and which into orange as the new traffic light system comes in on Friday. Ardern confirmed that all of Northland would join the Auckland region in red, along with Taupō, Rotorua Lakes, Kawerau, Whakatāne, Ōpōtiki, Gisborne, Wairoa, Rangitīkei, Whanganui ... <a title="NZ’s new covid traffic light settings unveiled – omicron variant in spotlight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/30/nzs-new-covid-traffic-light-settings-unveiled-omicron-variant-in-spotlight/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s new covid traffic light settings unveiled – omicron variant in spotlight">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Anthony Zwi, UNSW There is global concern and widespread alarm at the discovery of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.529, which the World Health Organisation (WHO) has called omicron. The WHO classified omicron as a “variant of concern” because it has a wide range of mutations. This suggests vaccines and treatments could be less effective. Although ... <a title="Travel bans aren’t the answer to stopping new covid variant omicron" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/29/travel-bans-arent-the-answer-to-stopping-new-covid-variant-omicron/" aria-label="Read more about Travel bans aren’t the answer to stopping new covid variant omicron">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2021
By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia Pacific Report A Filipina journalist who cut her teeth as a young reporter in the Marcos dictatorship years and now heads an investigative digital media outlet and a New Zealand journalist who was on board the bombed Rainbow Warrior environmental campaign ship are keynote speakers at an Asia-Pacific conference opening ... <a title="Rappler chief editor and Asia-Pacific media keynotes at ‘pandemic’ forum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/25/rappler-chief-editor-and-asia-pacific-media-keynotes-at-pandemic-forum/" aria-label="Read more about Rappler chief editor and Asia-Pacific media keynotes at ‘pandemic’ forum">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2021
RNZ News New Zealand’s most restrictive border controls will be eased early next year, the government announced today. Most fully-vaccinated travellers into New Zealand would not be required to go through managed isolation from early next year, Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said. A seven-day self-isolation requirement will take the place of MIQ. Hipkins revealed fully-vaccinated ... <a title="NZ to ease toughest border controls next year – traffic light law passed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/25/nz-to-ease-toughest-border-controls-next-year-traffic-light-law-passed/" aria-label="Read more about NZ to ease toughest border controls next year – traffic light law passed">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2021
RNZ Pacific New Zealand, Australia and other nations in the Pacific need to do more to combat rampant vaccine misinformation in Pacific Island countries, which poses a threat to the whole region, a researcher says. The Sydney-based Lowy Institute think tank has released projections for when Pacific countries are likely to have vaccinated most of ... <a title="NZ must help Pacific fight vaccine misinformation, says researcher" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/25/nz-must-help-pacific-fight-vaccine-misinformation-says-researcher/" aria-label="Read more about NZ must help Pacific fight vaccine misinformation, says researcher">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2021
RNZ News Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark says the global handling of the covid-19 pandemic is marred with failures, gaps and delays. Clark is a co-chair of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response and is urging nations to spend less time debating commas in committees and instead get on with implementing ... <a title="Former NZ prime minister Helen Clark chides global pandemic ‘failures’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/24/former-nz-prime-minister-helen-clark-chides-global-pandemic-failures/" aria-label="Read more about Former NZ prime minister Helen Clark chides global pandemic ‘failures’">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Tony Fala PART 1: Divide and rule with Māori and Pacific communities White Supremacy (WS) has proliferated during covid-19 lockdowns in Aotearoa from 17 August 2021. Supremacist activism, aspirations, attitudes, behaviours, beliefs, concepts, ideas, languages, media output, organising praxes, political slogans, political thought, and political party policies have all flourished as people protested ... <a title="How to make sense of white supremacy and settler colonialism for flax roots people in Aotearoa – Part 1" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/24/how-to-make-sense-of-white-supremacy-and-settler-colonialism-for-flax-roots-people-in-aotearoa-part-1/" aria-label="Read more about How to make sense of white supremacy and settler colonialism for flax roots people in Aotearoa – Part 1">Read more</a>
