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March 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Stubbs, Senior Lecturer, School of Creative Industries, University of South Australia Being in isolation might be a great time to try something new. In this series, we get the basics on hobbies and activities to start while you’re spending more time at home. While many are ... <a title="Great first time to try: travel writing from the home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/31/great-first-time-to-try-travel-writing-from-the-home-134664/" aria-label="Read more about Great first time to try: travel writing from the home">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2020
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By COHA’s Editorial Board From Washington DC The defense of human life in the Americas, in the face of the novel coronavirus pandemic, has become an ethical imperative for progressive forces throughout the region and beyond. The manner in which each government is now responding to the crisis ... <a title="COVID-19 Pandemic Spotlights Ethical Dimension of Hemispheric Affairs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/31/covid-19-pandemic-spotlights-ethical-dimension-of-hemispheric-affairs/" aria-label="Read more about COVID-19 Pandemic Spotlights Ethical Dimension of Hemispheric Affairs">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2020
By Victor Mambor in Jayapura A New Zealand employee of gold and copper mining company PT Freeport Indonesia was shot dead on Monday by gunmen in Timika, the capital city of Mimika regency in Papua. The employee, identified as 57-year-old Graeme Thomas Wall, according to RNZ Pacific, was engaged in construction work with colleagues on ... <a title="NZ mine worker killed, two others wounded in Freeport shooting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/31/nz-mine-worker-killed-two-others-wounded-in-freeport-shooting/" aria-label="Read more about NZ mine worker killed, two others wounded in Freeport shooting">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Morrison government will provide a flat $1,500 a fortnight JobKeeper payment per employee for businesses to retain or rehire nearly six million workers, in a massive $130 billion six-month wage subsidy scheme to limit the economic devastation caused by ... <a title="Australia: $1,500 a fortnight JobKeeper wage subsidy in massive $130 billion program" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/31/1-500-a-fortnight-jobkeeper-wage-subsidy-in-massive-130-billion-program-135049/" aria-label="Read more about Australia: $1,500 a fortnight JobKeeper wage subsidy in massive $130 billion program">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2020
By Sri Krishnamurthi Pacific governments across the region have put side their differences with media and are working alongside them in these difficult times, say New Zealand journalists covering Moana. Most journalists who cover the Pacific come Pasifika backgrounds and have been pleasantly surprised by the change in attitude of governments. “The Pacific is infamous ... <a title="Pacific governments ‘working better’ with creative media in pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/31/pacific-governments-working-better-with-creative-media-in-pandemic/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific governments ‘working better’ with creative media in pandemic">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2020
By RNZ News More than 14,000 New Zealanders could die and tens of thousands more could be hospitalised if the country fails in its efforts to stamp out Covid-19, according to new research. The Otago University projections paint a bleak picture, but are more optimistic than other modelling by the University of Auckland’s Te Pūnaha ... <a title="14,000 could die in NZ if control efforts fail, says new report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/31/14000-could-die-in-nz-if-control-efforts-fail-says-new-report/" aria-label="Read more about 14,000 could die in NZ if control efforts fail, says new report">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fiona Armstrong, Executive Director, Climate and Health Alliance, Occasional Lecturer, School of Public Health and Human Biosciences, La Trobe University The COVID-19 pandemic sweeping across the world is a crisis of our own making. That’s the message from infectious disease and environmental health experts, and from those ... <a title="Coronavirus is a wake-up call: our war with the environment is leading to pandemics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/31/coronavirus-is-a-wake-up-call-our-war-with-the-environment-is-leading-to-pandemics-135023/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus is a wake-up call: our war with the environment is leading to pandemics">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dana M Bergstrom, Principal Research Scientist, University of Wollongong While the world rightfully focuses on the COVID-19 pandemic, the planet is still warming. This summer’s Antarctic weather, as elsewhere in the world, was unprecedented in the observed record. Our research, published today in Global Change Biology, describes ... <a title="Anatomy of a heatwave: how Antarctica recorded a 20.75°C day last month" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/31/anatomy-of-a-heatwave-how-antarctica-recorded-a-20-75-c-day-last-month-134550/" aria-label="Read more about Anatomy of a heatwave: how Antarctica recorded a 20.75°C day last month">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Weaving, Senior Lecturer, School of Creative Industries, University of Newcastle Images of the latest coronavirus have become instantly recognisable, often vibrantly coloured and floating in an opaque background. In most representations, the shape of the virus is the same – a spherical particle with spikes, resembling ... <a title="Scary red or icky green? We can’t say what colour coronavirus is and dressing it up might feed fears" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/31/scary-red-or-icky-green-we-cant-say-what-colour-coronavirus-is-and-dressing-it-up-might-feed-fears-134380/" aria-label="Read more about Scary red or icky green? We can’t say what colour coronavirus is and dressing it up might feed fears">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Omar Mubin, Senior Lecturer in human-centred computing & human-computer interaction, Western Sydney University The Australian government has launched an app offering up-to-date advice and information on the COVID-19 pandemic. The Coronavirus Australia app, available on the Apple App Store and Google Play, was released alongside a new ... <a title="The government’s coronavirus mobile app is a solid effort, but it could do even better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/30/the-governments-coronavirus-mobile-app-is-a-solid-effort-but-it-could-do-even-better-135030/" aria-label="Read more about The government’s coronavirus mobile app is a solid effort, but it could do even better">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Omar Mubin, Senior Lecturer in human-centred computing & human-computer interaction, Western Sydney University The Australian government has launched an app offering up-to-date advice and information on the COVID-19 pandemic. The Coronavirus Australia app, available on the Apple App Store and Google Play, was released alongside a new ... <a title="The government’s coronavirus mobile app is a solid effort, but it could do even more" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/30/the-governments-coronavirus-mobile-app-is-a-solid-effort-but-it-could-do-even-more-135030/" aria-label="Read more about The government’s coronavirus mobile app is a solid effort, but it could do even more">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Holly Thorpe, Professor in Sociology of Sport and Physical Culture, University of Waikato During New Zealand’s four-week lockdown, all sporting facilities, back-country walking trails and parks are closed to stop the spread of coronavirus and avoid injuries. But New Zealanders have high participation rates in outdoor sports ... <a title="The challenges and benefits of outdoor recreation during NZ’s coronavirus lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/30/the-challenges-and-benefits-of-outdoor-recreation-during-nzs-coronavirus-lockdown-134892/" aria-label="Read more about The challenges and benefits of outdoor recreation during NZ’s coronavirus lockdown">Read more</a>
