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March 14, 2020
French Polynesia has recorded the first coronavirus case in the Pacific Islands. President Edouard Fritch said the carrier was one of French Polynesia’s members of the French National Assembly, Maina Sage, who returned from Paris at the weekend. She was at home in self-isolation, Fritch said. Reports say Sage had met the French Culture Minister ... <a title="French Polynesia records Pacific’s first coronavirus case with Paris lawmaker" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/14/french-polynesia-records-pacifics-first-coronavirus-case-with-paris-lawmaker/" aria-label="Read more about French Polynesia records Pacific’s first coronavirus case with Paris lawmaker">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sunanda Creagh, Head of Digital Storytelling What do you need to know about COVID-19 and coronavirus? We asked our readers for their top questions and sought answers from two of Australia’s leading virus and vaccine experts. Today’s podcast episode features Professor Michael Wallach and Dr Lisa Sedger ... <a title="Coronavirus and COVID-19: your questions answered by virus experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/14/coronavirus-and-covid-19-your-questions-answered-by-virus-experts-133617/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus and COVID-19: your questions answered by virus experts">Read more</a>
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March 14, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Scott Waide in Port Moresby There is no other way to say this to the government of Papua New Guinea. Prime Minister James Marape, you need to issue the orders to shut down our borders starting with our international airports. While every other country is initiating lockdowns over the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, Papua ... <a title="Coronavirus: We need to shut down PNG borders and prepare our people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/14/coronavirus-we-need-to-shut-down-png-borders-and-prepare-our-people/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus: We need to shut down PNG borders and prepare our people">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2020
By Sela Jane Hopgood of RNZ Pacific The cancellation of this year’s New Zealand Pasifika Festival in Auckland because of coronavirus fears is expected to be a huge financial blow for some stallholders. Dutchie Low, from Hawaiian Pineapple Hut, said he found out about the cancellation on Facebook, which was then followed by a few ... <a title="NZ’s canned Pasifika Festival a financial blow for stallholders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/13/nzs-canned-pasifika-festival-a-financial-blow-for-stallholders/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s canned Pasifika Festival a financial blow for stallholders">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Pearson, Professor of Journalism and Social Media, Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research, Griffith University, Griffith University Thousands of employees internationally are already working from home in COVID-19 self-isolation because of their recent travel, related symptoms or immune system vulnerability. But to do so while ... <a title="Coronavirus: 5 ways to manage your news consumption in times of crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/13/coronavirus-5-ways-to-manage-your-news-consumption-in-times-of-crisis-133614/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus: 5 ways to manage your news consumption in times of crisis">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karleen Gribble, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University If you have a baby, you may be worried about them catching the coronavirus, particularly after media reports of an Australian infant diagnosed with it. The good news is, the evidence so far is ... <a title="Coronavirus with a baby: what you need to know to prepare and respond" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/13/coronavirus-with-a-baby-what-you-need-to-know-to-prepare-and-respond-133078/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus with a baby: what you need to know to prepare and respond">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justine M. Philip, Doctor of Philosophy, Ecosystem Management, Museums Victoria After the summer’s devastating bushfires, the New South Wales government announced a plan to airdrop one million poisoned baits in the state’s most vulnerable regions over the next year. The plan is aimed at protecting surviving native ... <a title="Air-dropping poisoned meat to kill bush predators hasn’t worked in the past, and it’s unlikely to help now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/13/air-dropping-poisoned-meat-to-kill-bush-predators-hasnt-worked-in-the-past-and-its-unlikely-to-help-now-132195/" aria-label="Read more about Air-dropping poisoned meat to kill bush predators hasn’t worked in the past, and it’s unlikely to help now">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melanie Walters, PhD candidate in music, University of Adelaide Review: 150 Psalms, The Tallis Scholars, Netherlands Chamber Choir, The Song Company, The Norwegian Soloists’ Choir for the Adelaide Festival One of the great aspects of international arts festivals is the opportunity to experience large-scale artistic projects that ... <a title="Review: 150 Psalms is a monumental choral event" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/13/review-150-psalms-is-a-monumental-choral-event-133349/" aria-label="Read more about Review: 150 Psalms is a monumental choral event">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle O’Shea, Senior Lecturer Sport Management, Western Sydney University Packed stadiums are the bread and butter of sports. Crowds create stadium atmosphere and generate revenue. For a global industry built on live entertainment and big crowds, the continued spread of COVID-19 could be disastrous for international sports ... <a title="Stadiums are emptying out globally. So why have Australian sports been so slow to act?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/13/stadiums-are-emptying-out-globally-so-why-have-australian-sports-been-so-slow-to-act-133354/" aria-label="Read more about Stadiums are emptying out globally. So why have Australian sports been so slow to act?">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Stone, General practitioner; Clinical Associate Professor, ANU Medical School, Australian National University One of our patients was recently talking about her anxiety around the coronavirus epidemic. This woman’s stress was understandable. She had survived a serious infection with swine flu, but only with a prolonged stay ... <a title="Coronavirus is stressful. Here are some ways to cope with the anxiety" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/13/coronavirus-is-stressful-here-are-some-ways-to-cope-with-the-anxiety-133146/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus is stressful. Here are some ways to cope with the anxiety">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Findlay, Sessional Lecturer in History, University of Sydney Tourism was an early money-spinner in Tasmania, with Port Arthur featuring on travel circuits by the late 1800s. In the years following the penal station’s closure in 1877, an influx of local and interstate tourists encouraged guides (including ... <a title="Friday essay: projecting light onto a dark history – how mid-century cinema resurrected Port Arthur’s convict past" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/13/friday-essay-projecting-light-onto-a-dark-history-how-mid-century-cinema-resurrected-port-arthurs-convict-past-127623/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: projecting light onto a dark history – how mid-century cinema resurrected Port Arthur’s convict past">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Britta Denise Hardesty, Principal Research Scientist, Oceans and Atmosphere Flagship, CSIRO You’ve probably heard that our oceans have become a plastic soup. But in fact, of all the plastic that enters Earth’s oceans each year, just 1% has been observed floating on the surface. So where is ... <a title="For decades, scientists puzzled over the plastic ‘missing’ from our oceans – but now it’s been found" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/13/for-decades-scientists-puzzled-over-the-plastic-missing-from-our-oceans-but-now-its-been-found-133434/" aria-label="Read more about For decades, scientists puzzled over the plastic ‘missing’ from our oceans – but now it’s been found">Read more</a>
