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September 27, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk A new poll shows nearly two out of three New Zealanders want the border to remain closed until at least 90 percent of the country is vaccinated. The poll, in partnership with the country’s leading daily newspaper The New Zealand Herald, which is also running a 90% Project in support of ... <a title="Two thirds of New Zealanders favour border ‘safety first’, says Herald poll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/27/two-thirds-of-new-zealanders-favour-border-safety-first-says-herald-poll/" aria-label="Read more about Two thirds of New Zealanders favour border ‘safety first’, says Herald poll">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2021
EDITORIAL: By the Fiji Times editor-in-chief Fred Wesley Fiji’s Assistant Minister for iTaukei Affairs Selai Adimaitoga said quite a lot on Friday in her end of week statement on the Media Industry Development Act 2010 in Parliament. She blamed reckless reporting by journalists as “one of the causes of violence and economic destruction over the ... <a title="The Fiji Times: The role of the media – holding power to account" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/27/the-fiji-times-the-role-of-the-media-holding-power-to-account/" aria-label="Read more about The Fiji Times: The role of the media – holding power to account">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Papua human rights activist and lawyer Veronica Koman has called for an independent inquiry into the attack on health workers in the Kiwirok district, Star Highlands, Papua, saying there are two versions of how the tragedy happened. A healthcare worker, 22-year-old Gabriella Maelani, was killed during the attack by the West ... <a title="Lawyer Koman calls for inquiry into tragic death of health worker in Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/27/lawyer-koman-calls-for-inquiry-into-tragic-death-of-health-worker-in-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Lawyer Koman calls for inquiry into tragic death of health worker in Papua">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2021
RNZ Pacific A group of doctors have hit the phones to support Pasifika families who have tested positive for covid-19 and been transferred into managed isolation. The chairperson of the Royal New Zealand College of GPs’ Pasifika chapter, Monica Liva, said about half the people infected with the virus in Auckland were Pasifika. She contacted ... <a title="Doctors rally on phone to help Pasifika families in isolation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/27/doctors-rally-on-phone-to-help-pasifika-families-in-isolation/" aria-label="Read more about Doctors rally on phone to help Pasifika families in isolation">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2021
RNZ News New Zealand has 16 community cases of covid-19 today, according to the Ministry of Health. In a statement, the ministry said 13 of today’s 16 cases had been epidemiologically linked to previous cases. There have been 10 unlinked cases in the past fortnight. There was also one historical community case not associated with ... <a title="NZ reports 16 new community covid cases after drop to single figures" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/27/nz-reports-16-new-community-covid-cases-after-drop-to-single-figures/" aria-label="Read more about NZ reports 16 new community covid cases after drop to single figures">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato New Zealand might not be part of the recently revealed security agreement between the US, Britain and Australia (AUKUS), but it certainly can’t avoid the diplomatic and strategic fallout. Under the pact, Australia stands to gain nuclear-powered submarine capability, ... <a title="With the AUKUS alliance confronting China, New Zealand should ramp up its anti-nuclear diplomacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/27/with-the-aukus-alliance-confronting-china-new-zealand-should-ramp-up-its-anti-nuclear-diplomacy-168652/" aria-label="Read more about With the AUKUS alliance confronting China, New Zealand should ramp up its anti-nuclear diplomacy">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2021
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 Govt Covid response, modelling advice Shamubeel Eaqub (Stuff): Our path from pandemic to ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 27 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/27/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-september-27-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 27 2021">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Archer, Senior Lecturer in Strategic Communication; social media researcher, Murdoch University Would you share your most intimate thoughts with strangers? For many women, during the pandemic and associated lockdowns, closed Facebook groups have been a place to do just that. These groups offer a chance to ... <a title="Closed Facebook groups offer respite for stressed-out women. But running them involves yet more unseen labour" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/27/closed-facebook-groups-offer-respite-for-stressed-out-women-but-running-them-involves-yet-more-unseen-labour-168075/" aria-label="Read more about Closed Facebook groups offer respite for stressed-out women. But running them involves yet more unseen labour">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zahid Mumtaz, PHD candidate and casual sessional academic, Australian National University Muhammed Muheisen/AP/AAP The swift reemergence of the Taliban in Afghanistan after a failed 20-year war means we need to look beyond military solutions to extremism. One area policymakers should focus on are madrassas — the religious ... <a title="‘It is a big relief for me’: how the welfare provided by madrassas holds a key to fighting the Taliban" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/27/it-is-a-big-relief-for-me-how-the-welfare-provided-by-madrassas-holds-a-key-to-fighting-the-taliban-167899/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It is a big relief for me’: how the welfare provided by madrassas holds a key to fighting the Taliban">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Patrick Taylor, Chief Environmental Scientist, EPA Victoria; Honorary Professor Macquarie University, Macquarie University Shutterstock Everything in our homes gathers dust. But what exactly is it? Where does it come from, and why does it keep coming back? Is it from outside? Is it fibres from our ... <a title="What is dust? And where does it all come from?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/27/what-is-dust-and-where-does-it-all-come-from-168265/" aria-label="Read more about What is dust? And where does it all come from?">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deborah Lupton, SHARP Professor, leader of the Vitalities Lab, Centre for Social Research in Health and Social Policy Centre, UNSW Sydney, and leader of the UNSW Node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, UNSW Shutterstock Today, we use the term “long COVID” ... <a title="Social media, activism, trucker caps: the fascinating story behind long COVID" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/27/social-media-activism-trucker-caps-the-fascinating-story-behind-long-covid-168465/" aria-label="Read more about Social media, activism, trucker caps: the fascinating story behind long COVID">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katy Thomas, PhD Candidate, University of Tasmania Shutterstock In the media, parents can be portrayed as fearful and conservative when it comes to relationships and sexuality education. Parental concern about the appropriateness of such programs at school is often cited as a reason they may be watered ... <a title="‘I want to make sure if something happens to one of my kids, they can come to me’: fathers want to talk to kids about sex, but need support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/27/i-want-to-make-sure-if-something-happens-to-one-of-my-kids-they-can-come-to-me-fathers-want-to-talk-to-kids-about-sex-but-need-support-167878/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I want to make sure if something happens to one of my kids, they can come to me’: fathers want to talk to kids about sex, but need support">Read more</a>
