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August 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Taylor, Senior Teaching Fellow, Bond University Mushroom Pictures and Pariah Productions Based on the autobiographical books of notorious stand-over man and self-made celebrity Mark Brandon “Chopper” Read, Andrew Dominik’s outlandish biopic Chopper detonated on Australian screens in 2000. The film was an audacious combination of hard-hitting ... <a title="Chopper is a knowing wink at the audience. Will audiences 20 years later still wink back?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/25/chopper-is-a-knowing-wink-at-the-audience-will-audiences-20-years-later-still-wink-back-165748/" aria-label="Read more about Chopper is a knowing wink at the audience. Will audiences 20 years later still wink back?">Read more</a>
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August 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Breen, Professor of Law, University of Waikato GettyImages With the government’s announcement last week that 12–to-15-year-olds can now receive the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19, New Zealand has joined a growing list of countries expanding their vaccination rollouts. A Ministry of Health survey in June found 58% ... <a title="What rights do NZ children and their parents have when giving consent to be vaccinated?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/25/what-rights-do-nz-children-and-their-parents-have-when-giving-consent-to-be-vaccinated-166495/" aria-label="Read more about What rights do NZ children and their parents have when giving consent to be vaccinated?">Read more</a>
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August 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison has taken to likening Australia’s coming out of COVID to the Croods, a family in a children’s film, emerging from a cave. That’s when he is not urging us to focus on the light at the end of ... <a title="View from The Hill: Achieving vaccine targets could be followed by a (pre-election) health ‘pinch point’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/24/view-from-the-hill-achieving-vaccine-targets-could-be-followed-by-a-pre-election-health-pinch-point-166678/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Achieving vaccine targets could be followed by a (pre-election) health ‘pinch point’">Read more</a>
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August 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan now includes “Word from The Hill”, where she discusses the news with members of The Conversation politics team. In this episode, politics + society editor Amanda Dunn ... <a title="Podcast with Michelle Grattan: The battle to exit COVID" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/24/podcast-with-michelle-grattan-the-battle-to-exit-covid-166679/" aria-label="Read more about Podcast with Michelle Grattan: The battle to exit COVID">Read more</a>
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August 24, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wendy Steele, Associate Professor, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University Shutterstock Across the world, people worried about the impacts of climate change are seeking creative and meaningful ways to transform their urban environments. One such approach is known as “quiet activism”. “Quiet activism” refers to the extraordinary ... <a title="Ordinary people, extraordinary change: addressing the climate emergency through ‘quiet activism’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/24/ordinary-people-extraordinary-change-addressing-the-climate-emergency-through-quiet-activism-160548/" aria-label="Read more about Ordinary people, extraordinary change: addressing the climate emergency through ‘quiet activism’">Read more</a>
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August 24, 2021
By Filipe Naikaso of FBC News Five Fijians who are based in Afghanistan say they are safe and well. Speaking to FBC News, one of them who is living in the capital Kabul, said they kept tabs on each other and shared information on the Taliban takeover. They say that they will only leave Afghanistan ... <a title="Fijians in Afghanistan will only leave if Taliban takeover crisis worsens" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/24/fijians-in-afghanistan-will-only-leave-if-taliban-takeover-crisis-worsens/" aria-label="Read more about Fijians in Afghanistan will only leave if Taliban takeover crisis worsens">Read more</a>
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August 24, 2021
RNZ News New Zealand reports there are 41 new cases of covid-19 in the community today, a day after the country’s lockdown was extended. This is the highest daily figure since the delta strain outbreak began just over a week ago and takes the total to 148 cases. Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said ... <a title="41 new covid cases in New Zealand community, says Bloomfield" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/24/41-new-covid-cases-in-new-zealand-community-says-bloomfield/" aria-label="Read more about 41 new covid cases in New Zealand community, says Bloomfield">Read more</a>
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August 24, 2021
By Michael Field of The Pacific Newsroom Sāmoa’s defeated prime minister Tuila’epa Sailele has fired a verbal blast at Aotearoa New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, saying she had been blinded by an obsession to ensure a female prime minister led the Pacific nation. He also attacked Aotearoa Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta and the governing ... <a title="Sāmoa’s defeated Tuila’epa launches attack on NZ’s Jacinda Ardern" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/24/samoas-defeated-tuilaepa-launches-attack-on-nzs-jacinda-ardern/" aria-label="Read more about Sāmoa’s defeated Tuila’epa launches attack on NZ’s Jacinda Ardern">Read more</a>
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August 24, 2021
By Timoci Vula in Suva Fiji’s Ministry of Health’s clinical scoping team on the remote southern island of Kadavu has begun to put together a response plan to help escalate its response to an expected wave of severe covid-19 infections and deaths. On Friday, a total of 47 cases were recorded outside the main island ... <a title="Fijian clinical team puts together response plan for covid-hit Kadavu" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/24/fijian-clinical-team-puts-together-response-plan-for-covid-hit-kadavu/" aria-label="Read more about Fijian clinical team puts together response plan for covid-hit Kadavu">Read more</a>
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August 24, 2021
RNZ Pacific New Zealand health officials are concerned about a cluster of covid-19 cases linked to a Pacific church in Auckland’s Māngere suburb. The Ministry of Health is urging members of a Samoan church to isolate and get tested after multiple covid-19 cases have now been identified as having attended last Sunday a week ago. ... <a title="Pacific churchgoers urged to isolate as cluster cases identified in Wellington" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/24/pacific-churchgoers-urged-to-isolate-as-cluster-cases-identified-in-wellington/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific churchgoers urged to isolate as cluster cases identified in Wellington">Read more</a>
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August 24, 2021
By Sarah Robson, RNZ News social issues reporter A Pacific health and social service provider in Auckland fears the city’s fifth lockdown will push families back into hardship. Fono chief executive Tevita Funaki said that before the latest covid-19 outbreak, many whanau had been getting back on their feet economically. But the prospect of a ... <a title="Pacific health provider fears for covid-forced lockdown hardships" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/24/pacific-health-provider-fears-for-covid-forced-lockdown-hardships/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific health provider fears for covid-forced lockdown hardships">Read more</a>
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August 24, 2021
RNZ News New Zealand has reported 21 new community cases of covid-19 today – 20 in Auckland and one in Wellington. Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield and Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins gave the latest covid-19 update. Dr Bloomfield said there were now a total of 72 cases associated with the Auckland outbreak. The ... <a title="NZ reports 21 new covid community cases – outbreak total now 72" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/24/nz-reports-21-new-covid-community-cases-outbreak-total-now-72/" aria-label="Read more about NZ reports 21 new covid community cases – outbreak total now 72">Read more</a>
