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August 18, 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 Covid-19 – NZ enters Level 4 lockdown Tim Watkin (Pundit): The Lucky Lockdown? Is This The Kick Up The ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 18 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-18-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 18 2021">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Hanmer, Honorary Professional Fellow, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock Infections of the Deltra strain are increasing across Australia. A significant number of recent outbreaks have been in schools. In the earlier waves of the COVID outbreak, in 2020, evidence showed children were getting COVID at much ... <a title="Poorly ventilated schools are a super-spreader event waiting to happen. It may be as simple as opening windows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/poorly-ventilated-schools-are-a-super-spreader-event-waiting-to-happen-it-may-be-as-simple-as-opening-windows-165958/" aria-label="Read more about Poorly ventilated schools are a super-spreader event waiting to happen. It may be as simple as opening windows">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Navid Constantinou, ARC DECRA Research Fellow, Australian National University Shutterstock From movie suggestions to self-driving vehicles, machine learning has revolutionised modern life. Experts are now using it to help solve one of humanity’s biggest problems: climate change. With machine learning, we can use our abundance of historical ... <a title="How machine learning is helping us fine-tune climate models to reach unprecedented detail" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/how-machine-learning-is-helping-us-fine-tune-climate-models-to-reach-unprecedented-detail-165818/" aria-label="Read more about How machine learning is helping us fine-tune climate models to reach unprecedented detail">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philippa Specker, Scientia PhD scholar at the Refugee Trauma and Recovery Program, School of Psychology, UNSW Shutterstock While the COVID-19 pandemic is weighing heavily on everyone’s mental health, people from refugee backgrounds may be uniquely affected, owing to their past traumatic experiences. As survivors of war and ... <a title="For refugees in Australia, life during COVID lockdowns recalls the trauma of war and persecution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/for-refugees-in-australia-life-during-covid-lockdowns-recalls-the-trauma-of-war-and-persecution-165884/" aria-label="Read more about For refugees in Australia, life during COVID lockdowns recalls the trauma of war and persecution">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Singarayer Florentine, Professor (Restoration Ecologist), Federation University Australia Coastal wattle. Dr David Chael, Author provided Australian native plants are having a moment in the sun, with more of us seeking out and planting native species than in the past. Our gardens — and our social media feeds ... <a title="Planning to plant an Australian native like wattle? Read this first — you might be spreading a weed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/planning-to-plant-an-australian-native-like-wattle-read-this-first-you-might-be-spreading-a-weed-165165/" aria-label="Read more about Planning to plant an Australian native like wattle? Read this first — you might be spreading a weed">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Harrington, Senior Lecturer in English and Cultural Studies, University of Canterbury Amazon Prime This review contains minor spoilers for the first six episodes of Nine Perfect Strangers. Nine Perfect Strangers is a polished take on wellness culture that is less “eat the rich” than “pass the ... <a title="Nine Perfect Strangers review: sharp dialogue and excellent performances can’t hide the hollowness of the story" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/nine-perfect-strangers-review-sharp-dialogue-and-excellent-performances-cant-hide-the-hollowness-of-the-story-165949/" aria-label="Read more about Nine Perfect Strangers review: sharp dialogue and excellent performances can’t hide the hollowness of the story">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Hoadley, Associate Professor, University of Auckland The question of whether New Zealand accepts some moral responsibility to help Afghans who worked with its armed forces has now been answered. But another question remains: will high ideals be brought to earth by political and practical obstacles? To ... <a title="As New Zealand mobilises to help in Afghanistan, its rescue response faces serious challenges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/as-new-zealand-mobilises-to-help-in-afghanistan-its-rescue-response-faces-serious-challenges-166179/" aria-label="Read more about As New Zealand mobilises to help in Afghanistan, its rescue response faces serious challenges">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
RNZ News New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced an alert-level 4 lockdown starting at 11.59pm tonight for seven days in Auckland and Coromandel, and three days elsewhere. Ardern and Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield briefed media after a Cabinet meeting on the covid-19 community case identified in Auckland today. The Ministry of ... <a title="NZ declares national level 4 lockdown over covid community case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/nz-declares-national-level-4-lockdown-over-covid-community-case/" aria-label="Read more about NZ declares national level 4 lockdown over covid community case">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The Journalism Research and Education Association of Australia (JERAA) has urged the Australian government to make a strong commitment to supporting journalists and media personnel in Afghanistan following the withdrawal of international forces. JERAA said in a statement today it had endorsed the calls of Australia’s Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance ... <a title="JERAA calls for urgent action to support Afghan journalists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/jeraa-calls-for-urgent-action-to-support-afghan-journalists/" aria-label="Read more about JERAA calls for urgent action to support Afghan journalists">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
OPEN LETTER: By Pastor Dr Socratez S. Yoman The reality is that we now live under an Indonesian ruler who is anti-democratic, anti-justice, anti-freedom, anti-peace, anti-equality and anti-humanity. This is the real reflection of the face of the colonial rulers of Indonesia. The Indonesian rulers have lost their conscience, common sense, and have no creativity ... <a title="Open letter from Papua: Indonesian state creates stalemate of injustice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/open-letter-from-papua-indonesian-state-creates-stalemate-of-injustice/" aria-label="Read more about Open letter from Papua: Indonesian state creates stalemate of injustice">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
RNZ Pacific More than 800 cases of covid-19 have been reported in Fiji for the last 48 hours to 8am on Monday and the first case in the north has been reported. The Fiji government also confirmed 26 deaths, bringing the toll to 394. That compares with 958 cases and 23 deaths in the previous ... <a title="More than 800 new Fiji covid cases, 26 deaths in 48 hours" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/more-than-800-new-fiji-covid-cases-26-deaths-in-48-hours/" aria-label="Read more about More than 800 new Fiji covid cases, 26 deaths in 48 hours">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Urgent medical resources are being dispatched to western NSW in a vaccination and support drive after the alarming spread of COVID into Aboriginal communities there. Health Minister Greg Hunt said the first of five Australian Defence Force vaccination teams will ... <a title="Medical dash as COVID spreads among Indigenous people in western NSW" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/18/medical-dash-as-covid-spreads-among-indigenous-people-in-western-nsw-166279/" aria-label="Read more about Medical dash as COVID spreads among Indigenous people in western NSW">Read more</a>
