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March 24, 2020
By RNZ News Four new cases of community transmission have been reported in New Zealand today, as the Health Ministry revealed 40 new cases of Covid-19 in this country, taking the total to 155 infected people. They include four cases of community transmission – three in Auckland, one in Wairarapa. Two of the four were ... <a title="Four new cases of community transmission of Covid-19 in NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/24/four-new-cases-of-community-transmission-of-covid-19-in-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Four new cases of community transmission of Covid-19 in NZ">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Baker, Professor of Public Health, University of Otago Overjoyed. That’s not a word epidemiologists normally use, but that’s how I felt after hearing Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s announcement about New Zealand’s COVID-19 shutdown of everything except essential services for at least four weeks from midnight on ... <a title="‘Overjoyed’: a leading health expert on New Zealand’s coronavirus shutdown, and the challenging weeks ahead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/24/overjoyed-a-leading-health-expert-on-new-zealands-coronavirus-shutdown-and-the-challenging-weeks-ahead-134395/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Overjoyed’: a leading health expert on New Zealand’s coronavirus shutdown, and the challenging weeks ahead">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2020
OPINION: By Scott Waide in Lae So it’s a global pandemic with 16,000+ dead already, more than 375,000 infected and nearly 102,000 recovered. It was a national health worry. But within days, it became a national emergency. The Prime Minister James Marape taking advice from the National Security Council, a state of emergency declared and ... <a title="What are the lessons with Covid-19? Seeing the ironies through a PNG lens" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/24/what-are-the-lessons-with-covid-19-seeing-the-ironies-through-a-png-lens/" aria-label="Read more about What are the lessons with Covid-19? Seeing the ironies through a PNG lens">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Hugh Breakey of Griffith University As Australia and New Zealand move into lockdown mode in response to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, we are increasingly faced with serious ethical questions about what ordinary people should be obliged to do for others. These challenges can perhaps best be seen in the outrage as people flocked ... <a title="Acting selfishly has consequences – ethical decisions amid virus crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/24/acting-selfishly-has-consequences-ethical-decisions-amid-virus-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Acting selfishly has consequences – ethical decisions amid virus crisis">Read more</a>
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March 24, 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 Government, Parliament Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): NZ politics enters a brave new world Henry Cooke (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern just made the most consequential decision of her career, putting NZ on house arrest Claire Trevett ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 24 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/24/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-march-24-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 24 2020">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hugh Breakey, President, Australian Association for Professional & Applied Ethics. Senior Research Fellow, Moral philosophy, Institute for Ethics, Governance & Law, Law Futures Centre., Griffith University As the country moves into lockdown mode in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are increasingly faced with serious ethical questions ... <a title="Acting selfishly has consequences right now – why ethical decision making is imperative in the coronavirus crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/24/acting-selfishly-has-consequences-right-now-why-ethical-decision-making-is-imperative-in-the-coronavirus-crisis-134350/" aria-label="Read more about Acting selfishly has consequences right now – why ethical decision making is imperative in the coronavirus crisis">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dan Parker, PhD Candidate, University of Melbourne Native to southeastern Australia, the powerful owl (Ninox strenua) is threatened and facing the prospect of homelessness. These birds don’t make nests – they use large hollows in old, tall trees. But humans have been removing such trees in the ... <a title="Urban owls are losing their homes. So we’re 3D printing them new ones" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/24/urban-owls-are-losing-their-homes-so-were-3d-printing-them-new-ones-133626/" aria-label="Read more about Urban owls are losing their homes. So we’re 3D printing them new ones">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Mountain, Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University The massive Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro project is soon expected to be granted environmental approval. I and others have criticised the project on several grounds, including its questionable financial viability and overstated benefits to the electricity system. But ... <a title="Snowy 2.0 is a wolf in sheep’s clothing – it will push carbon emissions up, not down" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/24/snowy-2-0-is-a-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing-it-will-push-carbon-emissions-up-not-down-133006/" aria-label="Read more about Snowy 2.0 is a wolf in sheep’s clothing – it will push carbon emissions up, not down">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul J. Maginn, Associate Professor of Urban/Regional Planning, University of Western Australia Mention the phrase “sex tourism” in conversation and most people will cringe in disgust. Why? People often picture old Western men visiting Asia for easy cheap sex with young boys and girls. Stereotypes of sex ... <a title="What happens in Vegas … why consent matters in ‘Sin City’ and other sex tourism cities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/24/what-happens-in-vegas-why-consent-matters-in-sin-city-and-other-sex-tourism-cities-133080/" aria-label="Read more about What happens in Vegas … why consent matters in ‘Sin City’ and other sex tourism cities">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Daley, Chief Executive Officer, Grattan Institute The New South Wales and Victorian governments showed foresight on Sunday by announcing a shut-down of all non-essential activity. On Saturday we described this strategy on Saturday as Endgame C – with the goal to drive new infections down to ... <a title="We’re running out of time to use Endgame C to drive coronavirus infections down to zero" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/24/were-running-out-of-time-to-use-endgame-c-to-drive-coronavirus-infections-down-to-zero-134393/" aria-label="Read more about We’re running out of time to use Endgame C to drive coronavirus infections down to zero">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip C. Almond, Emeritus Professor in the History of Religious Thought, The University of Queensland It’s not the end of the world. But with the Coronavirus running rampant, you could be forgiven for thinking so. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse symbolically portray the four events that ... <a title="Are you there God? Whether we pray harder or endure wrath depends on the religious doctrine of Providence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/24/are-you-there-god-whether-we-pray-harder-or-endure-wrath-depends-on-the-religious-doctrine-of-providence-134139/" aria-label="Read more about Are you there God? Whether we pray harder or endure wrath depends on the religious doctrine of Providence">Read more</a>
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March 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Morrison government would like the “national cabinet” to mean individual states, notably NSW and Victoria, just stay in line – the line being what the Feds want. Scott Morrison was clearly beyond irritated on Sunday when premiers Gladys Berejiklian ... <a title="View from The Hill: A contest of credible views should be seen as useful in a national crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/23/view-from-the-hill-a-contest-of-credible-views-should-be-seen-as-useful-in-a-national-crisis-134419/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: A contest of credible views should be seen as useful in a national crisis">Read more</a>