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August 18, 2021
An Auckland University of Technology (AUT) student who was at a lecture yesterday is among the 10 new cases of covid-19 reported in the community in New Zealand. The first case of the highly infectious delta variant in this outbreak was announced yesterday. Since then there have been nine new cases of covid-19, including three ... <a title="AUT student among 10 new delta cases of covid-19 in NZ lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/aut-student-among-10-new-delta-cases-of-covid-19-in-nz-lockdown/" aria-label="Read more about AUT student among 10 new delta cases of covid-19 in NZ lockdown">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Williams, Researcher at Sydney Health Ethics, University of Sydney from www.shutterstock.com Compulsory COVID vaccination is in the news again now Qantas has just announced its employees will need a shot. This follows fruit and vegetable processing company SPC announcing vaccines would be compulsory for onsite staff, ... <a title="If you’re going to mandate COVID vaccination at your workplace, here’s how to do it ethically" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/if-youre-going-to-mandate-covid-vaccination-at-your-workplace-heres-how-to-do-it-ethically-166110/" aria-label="Read more about If you’re going to mandate COVID vaccination at your workplace, here’s how to do it ethically">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland The announcement by BHP, the world’s second-largest mining company, that it will shift its oil and gas assets into a joint venture with Australian outfit Woodside is a clear indication the “Big Australian” is getting out of ... <a title="BHP’s offloading of oil and gas assets shows the global market has turned on fossil fuels" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/bhps-offloading-of-oil-and-gas-assets-shows-the-global-market-has-turned-on-fossil-fuels-166336/" aria-label="Read more about BHP’s offloading of oil and gas assets shows the global market has turned on fossil fuels">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
The Auckland Hospital nurse who has tested positive for covid-19 worked four shifts not knowing she had the virus, says New Zealand’s Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield. The 21-year-old nurse is a flatmate of a man who worked with the first case to be discovered and announced yesterday. She was fully vaccinated, the Ministry ... <a title="Auckland nurse worked four shifts not knowing she had virus – 7 delta cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/auckland-nurse-worked-four-shifts-not-knowing-she-had-virus-7-delta-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland nurse worked four shifts not knowing she had virus – 7 delta cases">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
Cook Islands News Cook Islands has suspended the travel bubble with New Zealand after NZ officials reported new covid-19 community cases in Auckland. Four new community cases have been reported by health authorities — including an Auckland nurse — taking the total to five. The new cases are all linked to yesterday’s first case in ... <a title="Cook Islands suspends travel bubble with New Zealand – 5 delta cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/cook-islands-suspends-travel-bubble-with-new-zealand-5-delta-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Cook Islands suspends travel bubble with New Zealand – 5 delta cases">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
By Shanil Singh in Suva Immigration Secretary Yogesh Karan has confirmed that 13 Fijians who are currently stuck in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover last Sunday are safe and officials are working to repatriate them as soon as possible. Karan said two worked for private contractors and the other 11 were with international organisations. He ... <a title="13 Fijians trapped in Afghanistan safe as Suva plans to repatriate them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/13-fijians-trapped-in-afghanistan-safe-as-suva-plans-to-repatriate-them/" aria-label="Read more about 13 Fijians trapped in Afghanistan safe as Suva plans to repatriate them">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Azadah Raz Mohammad, The University of Melbourne and Jenna Sapiano, Monash University As the Taliban has taken control of the country, Afghanistan has again become an extremely dangerous place to be a woman. Even before the fall of Kabul on Sunday, the situation was rapidly deteriorating, exacerbated by the planned withdrawal of all ... <a title="With the Taliban return, 20 years of progress for women looks set to disappear overnight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/with-the-taliban-return-20-years-of-progress-for-women-looks-set-to-disappear-overnight/" aria-label="Read more about With the Taliban return, 20 years of progress for women looks set to disappear overnight">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Blair, Emeritus Professor, ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery, OzGrav, The University of Western Australia Einstein-First, Author provided Why are middle school students losing interest in physics? Why is Australia falling behind in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)? We in the Einstein-First project ... <a title="Einstein’s too hard for school science? No, students love learning real modern physics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/einsteins-too-hard-for-school-science-no-students-love-learning-real-modern-physics-166270/" aria-label="Read more about Einstein’s too hard for school science? No, students love learning real modern physics">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julia Collins, Lecturer of Mathematics, Edith Cowan University Shisma/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY Swiss researchers at the University of Applied Sciences Graubünden this week claimed a new world record for calculating the number of digits of pi – a staggering 62.8 trillion figures. By my estimate, if these ... <a title="Why bother calculating pi to 62.8 trillion digits? It’s both useless and fascinating" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/why-bother-calculating-pi-to-62-8-trillion-digits-its-both-useless-and-fascinating-166271/" aria-label="Read more about Why bother calculating pi to 62.8 trillion digits? It’s both useless and fascinating">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Niamatullah Ibrahimi, Lecturer in International Relations, La Trobe University “We want the world to trust us.” In the Taliban’s first press conference since seizing control of Afghanistan, this message was intended to allay fears of what a return to power could mean for the country. In the ... <a title="The Taliban wants the world’s trust. To achieve this, it will need to make some difficult choices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/the-taliban-wants-the-worlds-trust-to-achieve-this-it-will-need-to-make-some-difficult-choices-166191/" aria-label="Read more about The Taliban wants the world’s trust. To achieve this, it will need to make some difficult choices">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Chen, Research Fellow at Koi Tū: The Centre for Informed Futures, University of Auckland Hannah Peters/Getty Images Fast isolation of infected individuals is key to containing any outbreak of COVID-19, including the Delta variant, and contact tracing is a critical part of this process. Since the ... <a title="New Zealanders haven’t been scanning in enough, and that contributed to the need for a full lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/new-zealanders-havent-been-scanning-in-enough-and-that-contributed-to-the-need-for-a-full-lockdown-166330/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealanders haven’t been scanning in enough, and that contributed to the need for a full lockdown">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daryl McPhee, Associate Professor of Environmental Science, Bond University Wikimedia, CC BY-SA Am I not pretty enough? This article is part of The Conversation’s new series introducing you to the unloved Australian animals that need our help. Australia’s oceans are home to a startling array of biodiversity ... <a title="Meet the penis worm: don’t look away, these widespread yet understudied sea creatures deserve your love" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/meet-the-penis-worm-dont-look-away-these-widespread-yet-understudied-sea-creatures-deserve-your-love-163728/" aria-label="Read more about Meet the penis worm: don’t look away, these widespread yet understudied sea creatures deserve your love">Read more</a>
