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August 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Mansfield, Lecturer in Mathematics, UNSW While filming herself putting on makeup before work recently, TikTok user @gracie.ham reached deep into the ancient foundations of mathematics and found an absolute gem of a question: How could someone come up with a concept like algebra? She also asked ... <a title="Is mathematics real? A viral TikTok video raises a legitimate question with exciting answers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/31/is-mathematics-real-a-viral-tiktok-video-raises-a-legitimate-question-with-exciting-answers-145244/" aria-label="Read more about Is mathematics real? A viral TikTok video raises a legitimate question with exciting answers">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Kemish, Former Ambassador and Adjunct Professor, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland The photo of the Chinese ambassador to Kiribati walking on the backs of schoolboys caused a storm on social media earlier this month. Some saw it as a symbol of ... <a title="China wants to be a friend to the Pacific, but so far, it has failed to match Australia’s COVID-19 response" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/31/china-wants-to-be-a-friend-to-the-pacific-but-so-far-it-has-failed-to-match-australias-covid-19-response-144911/" aria-label="Read more about China wants to be a friend to the Pacific, but so far, it has failed to match Australia’s COVID-19 response">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic O’Sullivan, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, and Associate Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University Unfair and avoidable differences in health outcomes separate Māori from other citizens, said a report from this month’s parliamentary select committee inquiry into Māori ... <a title="Two inquiries find unfair treatment and healthcare for Māori. This is how we fix it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/31/two-inquiries-find-unfair-treatment-and-healthcare-for-maori-this-is-how-we-fix-it-144939/" aria-label="Read more about Two inquiries find unfair treatment and healthcare for Māori. This is how we fix it">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2020
By RNZ Pacific French Polynesian unions say they will hold a general strike this Thursday unless covid-19 measures are tightened. Five unions jointly issued the warning as the number of covid-19 infections this month rose to 444. They said they acted to protect the health of employees which was no longer assured by the “explosion” ... <a title="Tahiti unions threaten general strike if covid-19 rules not tightened" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/31/tahiti-unions-threaten-general-strike-if-covid-19-rules-not-tightened/" aria-label="Read more about Tahiti unions threaten general strike if covid-19 rules not tightened">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2020
By RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the New Zealand alert level system is designed to work when there are active cases at lower levels, despite some experts saying it could be too soon. She told RNZ Morning Report covid could not only be managed at levels 3 and 4. She said the move ... <a title="PM Jacinda Ardern says NZ’s covid cases can be managed at alert level 2" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/31/pm-jacinda-ardern-says-nzs-covid-cases-can-be-managed-at-alert-level-2/" aria-label="Read more about PM Jacinda Ardern says NZ’s covid cases can be managed at alert level 2">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk In the middle of the convicted mosque attack terrorist’s sentencing in New Zealand’s High Court at Christchurch last week was language interpreter Dr Mustafa Derbashi helping survivors and families tell their stories. His task was trying to help people to understand and to be understood. “It was an honour … to ... <a title="Challenges of an interpreter at the Christchurch terrorist sentencing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/31/challenges-of-an-interpreter-at-the-christchurch-terrorist-sentencing/" aria-label="Read more about Challenges of an interpreter at the Christchurch terrorist sentencing">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Greens fund private school Luke Malpass (Stuff): Hypocrisy, thy colour is Green Chris Trotter (Interest): From safe bet to Shaw loser Bryce Edwards (Herald): Political Roundup: The Greens’ private school funding scandal Stephanie Ockhuysen ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 31 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/31/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-31-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 31 2020">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthea Vogl, Senior lecturer, University of Technology Sydney Australians are all too aware of the restrictions on interstate travel and on who can currently enter Australia. But people may not realise there is also a ban on overseas travel for all Australian citizens and residents, subject to ... <a title="There’s a ban on leaving Australia under COVID-19. Who can get an exemption to go overseas? And how?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/31/theres-a-ban-on-leaving-australia-under-covid-19-who-can-get-an-exemption-to-go-overseas-and-how-145089/" aria-label="Read more about There’s a ban on leaving Australia under COVID-19. Who can get an exemption to go overseas? And how?">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Roxburgh, NHMRC Research Fellow, Burnet Institute In 2018, more than 2,000 people died from drug overdoses in Australia — about five each day. That’s according to the Penington Institute’s annual overdose report, released today. The largest number of overdose deaths (more than 1,000) involved opioids (for ... <a title="Opioids continue to be the leading cause of overdose deaths in Australia. What else can we do?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/31/opioids-continue-to-be-the-leading-cause-of-overdose-deaths-in-australia-what-else-can-we-do-144422/" aria-label="Read more about Opioids continue to be the leading cause of overdose deaths in Australia. What else can we do?">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Bowman, Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania California is ablaze, again. Currently, the second and third largest fires in the US state’s history are burning at the same time, and are only partially controlled. Already, seven people have died and 2,144 structures are ... <a title="California is on fire. From across the Pacific, Australians watch on and buckle up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/31/california-is-on-fire-from-across-the-pacific-australians-watch-on-and-buckle-up-145170/" aria-label="Read more about California is on fire. From across the Pacific, Australians watch on and buckle up">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angela Lehmann, Honorary Lecturer, College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University COVID-19 has not stopped international education. As of August 24, 524,000 international students were living among us in Australian cities and communities. They represent 78% of all student visa holders, according to data the ... <a title="4 out of 5 international students are still in Australia – how we treat them will have consequences" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/31/4-out-of-5-international-students-are-still-in-australia-how-we-treat-them-will-have-consequences-145099/" aria-label="Read more about 4 out of 5 international students are still in Australia – how we treat them will have consequences">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Penny Van Bergen, Associate Professor in Educational Psychology, Macquarie University Most of us can remember a favourite teacher. Some of us can also remember a teacher we didn’t get on with or with whom we always seemed to get in trouble. Relationships between students and teachers at ... <a title="We asked kids who their favourite teacher is, and why. Here’s what they said" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/31/we-asked-kids-who-their-favourite-teacher-is-and-why-heres-what-they-said-145093/" aria-label="Read more about We asked kids who their favourite teacher is, and why. Here’s what they said">Read more</a>
