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April 15, 2022
RNZ News Covid-19 restrictions for all of New Zealand will ease from midnight tonight but a leading epidemiologist says the country is divided over its risk From 11.59pm tonight, all of New Zealand moves into the orange traffic light setting, Covid-19 Reponse Minister Chris Hipkins announced today. He said the change in alert levels was ... <a title="NZ moves to orange: Experts respond to change in traffic light settings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/15/nz-moves-to-orange-experts-respond-to-change-in-traffic-light-settings/" aria-label="Read more about NZ moves to orange: Experts respond to change in traffic light settings">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2022
By Eleisha Foon and Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalists Māori and Pasifika female rugby players and advocates are asking to not be an afterthought. Māori/Pasifika community rugby representative Chantal Bakersmith said the latest New Zealand Rugby (NZR) report highlighting issues surrounding the treatment of Black Ferns players was not surprising. A scathing review released this ... <a title="Damning Black Ferns rugby report not a surprise to anyone, say critics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/15/damning-black-ferns-rugby-report-not-a-surprise-to-anyone-say-critics/" aria-label="Read more about Damning Black Ferns rugby report not a surprise to anyone, say critics">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2022
By Marjorie Finkeo in Port Moresby Allegations of young women being traded for votes in several parts of the Highlands region during Papua New Guinea’s national general elections were raised yesterday in Port Moresby. A high level conference held by the Governance and Service Delivery Sectoral Committee raised the concern of past experiences in parts ... <a title="Young women ‘traded for votes’ in PNG, elections consultation told" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/15/young-women-traded-for-votes-in-png-elections-consultation-told/" aria-label="Read more about Young women ‘traded for votes’ in PNG, elections consultation told">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2022
OPEN LETTER: By David Robie Kia ora Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi It is unconscionable. A bewildering and grossly unfair crisis for 34 young Papuan students – 25 male and 9 female – the hope for the future of the West Papua region, the Melanesian half of Papua New Guinea island ruled by Indonesia. They were ... <a title="Open letter to Minister Faafoi – an appeal to help 34 abandoned Papuan students" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/15/open-letter-to-minister-faafoi-an-appeal-to-help-34-abandoned-papuan-students/" aria-label="Read more about Open letter to Minister Faafoi – an appeal to help 34 abandoned Papuan students">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2022
By Pekai Kotoisuva in Suva Some Fiji government ministers are “held on a tight leash” and afraid to make open ended statements in public, claims former health minister Dr Neil Sharma. He said this during a live video interview on Sashi Singh’s Talking Point page on Facebook. Dr Sharma claimed that the perception of the ... <a title="Fiji ministers ‘held on tight leash’ – afraid to speak up, claims Sharma" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/15/fiji-ministers-held-on-tight-leash-afraid-to-speak-up-claims-sharma/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji ministers ‘held on tight leash’ – afraid to speak up, claims Sharma">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra A week ago, Anthony Albanese appeared well placed as the election was about to be called. Now he has comprehensively blown the first campaign week. This isn’t to say he can’t recover. But it does raise big questions about his ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Labor and Albanese hoping for Easter resurrection" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/14/grattan-on-friday-labor-and-albanese-hoping-for-easter-resurrection-181349/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Labor and Albanese hoping for Easter resurrection">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeff Borland, Professor of Economics, The University of Melbourne shutterstock The official employment figures say the unemployment rate for March was 4.0%, exactly the same as a month earlier. But if you’re prepared to download the spreadsheet and work it out, you’ll find that expressed to two ... <a title="Technically our unemployment rate now begins with a ‘3’. How do we keep it there?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/14/technically-our-unemployment-rate-now-begins-with-a-3-how-do-we-keep-it-there-181242/" aria-label="Read more about Technically our unemployment rate now begins with a ‘3’. How do we keep it there?">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Baron, Associate professor, Australian Catholic University Shutterstock Does time exist? The answer to this question may seem obvious: of course it does! Just look at a calendar or a clock. But developments in physics suggest the non-existence of time is an open possibility, and one that ... <a title="Time might not exist, according to physicists and philosophers – but that’s okay" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/14/time-might-not-exist-according-to-physicists-and-philosophers-but-thats-okay-181268/" aria-label="Read more about Time might not exist, according to physicists and philosophers – but that’s okay">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Bean, Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, Federation University Australia Shutterstock In the past three months, more than 150 cases of salmonella food poisoning across Europe have been linked to Kinder chocolate products. Most of the cases have been in children under ten years old. Health officials have ... <a title="Surprise! There might be salmonella in your chocolate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/14/surprise-there-might-be-salmonella-in-your-chocolate-180813/" aria-label="Read more about Surprise! There might be salmonella in your chocolate">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Intifar Chowdhury, Associate lecturer, Australian National University There have been suggestions Australia could see a “youthquake” at the upcoming May 21 election. Spurred on by their suffering during COVID and anger about economic inequality, environmental inaction and toxicity in federal parliament, young people may flock to the ... <a title="What will young Australians do with their vote – are we about to see a ‘youthquake’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/14/what-will-young-australians-do-with-their-vote-are-we-about-to-see-a-youthquake-180883/" aria-label="Read more about What will young Australians do with their vote – are we about to see a ‘youthquake’?">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tom van Laer, Associate Professor of Narratology, University of Sydney The federal election campaign is underway and political advertising has really started to ramp up. But who is the target audience for each party’s ad, what are their key messages and how effective will they be? I ... <a title="Hope? Contempt? Reciprocity? How each political party’s election ads reveal their key messages" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/14/hope-contempt-reciprocity-how-each-political-partys-election-ads-reveal-their-key-messages-176676/" aria-label="Read more about Hope? Contempt? Reciprocity? How each political party’s election ads reveal their key messages">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Kemish, Adjunct Professor, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland This is part of a foreign policy election series looking at how Australia’s relations with the world have changed since the Morrison government came to power. You can read the first piece in ... <a title="How should the next Australian government handle the Pacific?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/14/how-should-the-next-australian-government-handle-the-pacific-178534/" aria-label="Read more about How should the next Australian government handle the Pacific?">Read more</a>
