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August 5, 2021
By Josefa Babitu in Suva It might have been just a bronze medal to some people but for the Fijiana team — especially Sesenieli Donu — it was the fruit of sacrifice and a token of appreciation for her village of Vatukarasa in Nadroga. After an intense competition for the bronze medal with Great Britain ... <a title="For Sesenieli, the Fijiana sevens rugby triumph in Tokyo thrills home village" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/for-sesenieli-the-fijiana-sevens-rugby-triumph-in-tokyo-thrills-home-village/" aria-label="Read more about For Sesenieli, the Fijiana sevens rugby triumph in Tokyo thrills home village">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
By Hengky Yeimo in Jayapura Local governments in Papua — such as the Yapen Islands and Puncak administrations — say they are continuing to promote the benefits of covid-19 vaccines to indigenous Papuans as hoaxes and distrust from local people towards the Indonesian government has increased low vaccination rates. Head of Yapen Islands Health Agency, ... <a title="Papuan local governments push covid vaccine in spite of hoaxes, distrust" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/papuan-local-governments-push-covid-vaccine-in-spite-of-hoaxes-distrust/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan local governments push covid vaccine in spite of hoaxes, distrust">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angela Rintoul, Senior Research Fellow, Federation University Australia Shutterstock It’s now well recognised gambling can cause significant harm. However, many countries have done much more to reduce gambling-related harm than we have in Australia. Here’s four examples of how other countries have responded to the challenge of ... <a title="4 gambling reform ideas from overseas to save Australia from gambling loss and harm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/4-gambling-reform-ideas-from-overseas-to-save-australia-from-gambling-loss-and-harm-165387/" aria-label="Read more about 4 gambling reform ideas from overseas to save Australia from gambling loss and harm">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Morrison government will provide $378.6 million for a new redress scheme for Stolen Generation survivors as part of more than $1 billion for its Closing the Gap implementation plan. The one-off payments will go to living survivors of the ... <a title="Morrison government sets up redress scheme for survivors of Stolen Generation in territories" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/morrison-government-sets-up-redress-scheme-for-survivors-of-stolen-generation-in-territories-165617/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison government sets up redress scheme for survivors of Stolen Generation in territories">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
By Christine Rovoi, RNZ Pacific journalist A new vaccine may be needed if the delta variant of covid-19, which is currently in Fiji, continues to mutate, health experts say. The government says more than 22,000 people with covid are in isolation and the death toll has passed 260, and climbing. The victims included an 11-month-old ... <a title="Health specialists warn against mutating delta variant in Fiji" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/health-specialists-warn-against-mutating-delta-variant-in-fiji/" aria-label="Read more about Health specialists warn against mutating delta variant in Fiji">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby A 15-year-old Papua New Guinean girl, found in a Port Moresby guesthouse during a spot check by immigration and police officers yesterday, says she was sold without her knowledge by her cousin sister for K100 to two men for sex. Officers of the Immigration and Citizenship Authority (ICA) and ... <a title="PNG police rescue girl, 15, ‘sold’ for by her cousin for sex in city crackdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/png-police-rescue-girl-15-sold-for-by-her-cousin-for-sex-in-city-crackdown/" aria-label="Read more about PNG police rescue girl, 15, ‘sold’ for by her cousin for sex in city crackdown">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
By Sialai Sarafina Sanerivi in Apia Veteran Samoan parliamentarian and chairman of the Fa’atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) has criticised what he characterises as the “extreme” and “defamatory” behaviour of the former Prime Minister of Samoa since losing government. Speaking during his programme Ia Ao Samoa yesterday, La’auli Leuatea Schmidt said he ... <a title="La’auli condemns Tuila’epa’s ‘extreme behavour’ in losing office in Samoa" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/laauli-condemns-tuilaepas-extreme-behavour-in-losing-office-in-samoa/" aria-label="Read more about La’auli condemns Tuila’epa’s ‘extreme behavour’ in losing office in Samoa">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
RNZ Pacific Covid-19 infections continue to rise in Fiji with 1220 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours to 8am yesterday. The government also confirmed seven more deaths, bringing the toll to 261. That compares with 1100 cases and 13 deaths in the previous 24-hour period. Health Secretary Dr James Fong said the seven ... <a title="Fiji faces 1220 new covid cases, seven deaths as infections still rise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/fiji-faces-1220-new-covid-cases-seven-deaths-as-infections-still-rise/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji faces 1220 new covid cases, seven deaths as infections still rise">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
COMMENT: By Melani Anae When the Polynesian Panthers (PPP) activist group began calling for an apology for the Dawn Raids two years ago, we went into the process with eyes wide open. Government lobbyists seldom get everything they ask for, but our intent was honest and real and fuelled by our Panther legacy and love ... <a title="Ardern’s apology to Pacific peoples just the beginning – we will fight on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/arderns-apology-to-pacific-peoples-just-the-beginning-we-will-fight-on/" aria-label="Read more about Ardern’s apology to Pacific peoples just the beginning – we will fight on">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content Parliament, political parties Michael Neilson (Herald): Government communications spending increases 50 per cent in four years (paywalled) Jo Moir (Newsroom): What’s ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 5 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-5-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 5 2021">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Mansfield, Senior lecturer, UNSW This stone tablet records the restoration of certain lands by the Babylonian king Nabu-apla-iddina to a priest. Babylonian, circa 870 BCE. From Sippar (Tell Abu Habbah) Wikipedia Our modern understanding of trigonometry harks back to ancient Greek astronomers studying the movement of ... <a title="How ancient Babylonian land surveyors developed a unique form of trigonometry — 1,000 years before the Greeks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/how-ancient-babylonian-land-surveyors-developed-a-unique-form-of-trigonometry-1-000-years-before-the-greeks-163428/" aria-label="Read more about How ancient Babylonian land surveyors developed a unique form of trigonometry — 1,000 years before the Greeks">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robyn J. Whitaker, Senior Lecturer in New Testament, Pilgrim Theological College, University of Divinity Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND “The blood of Jesus is my vaccine” read one of the signs at a recent protest against lockdown regulations in Sydney. While our tendency might be to roll ... <a title="‘The blood of Jesus is my vaccine’: how a fringe group of Christians hijacks faith in a war against science" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/the-blood-of-jesus-is-my-vaccine-how-a-fringe-group-of-christians-hijacks-faith-in-a-war-against-science-165236/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The blood of Jesus is my vaccine’: how a fringe group of Christians hijacks faith in a war against science">Read more</a>
