Independent Analysis and Reportage
ANALYSIS: By Richard Shaw “New Zealand has spoken,” Labour leader Chris Hipkins said to the party faithful on election night, before adding: “It may take us a little bit longer to figure out exactly what it is that you’ve said.” There hasn’t been an MMP election quite (or even anything) like the one that played
This sweeping, time-shifting epic based on an unfinished work of Federico García Lorca looks like Spain’s big contender for the Oscars in 2027.
RNZ News With more than 90 percent of the vote counted in the New Zealand general election, the final result was still up in the air last night, but the lead governing coalition party National has been left bruised, losing some of its most senior and experienced MPs. On current results the right bloc —
With special votes still to come, three possible scenarios could determine who governs NZ – and whether Christopher Luxon or Chris Hipkins becomes prime minister.
Provisional results suggest a parliamentary overhang of nine seats, which means a majority requires 66 seats.
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on November 7, 2026.
By Anish Chand in Suva Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says his government is being “hammered every day” by the media and critics, as he defended the repeal of the Media Industry Development Act (MIDA) and the restoration of media freedom. Speaking in Parliament last night, Rabuka said the repeal had restored a more enabling
RNZ Most of New Zealand’s North Island and the upper South Island is under a severe thunderstorm watch as voters head to the polls on election day. Overnight Friday, MetService recorded nearly 2000 lightning strikes throughout the top of the North Island, as well as heavy rainfall, with downpours reaching 33.5mm an hour in the
COMMENTARY: By Jason Jones The American public’s outrage over Gaza just decided this week’s US midterms. Democrats have now won control of both the United States House of Representatives and the Senate, taking them from a belligerently defensive Republican Party that not only did the bidding of Israel and its allies in America’s foreign policy
There’s material in Cohen’s contemporary psalms for every human experience, including lament, complaint, joy, doubt, adoration and desperation.
Pope Leo’s November 2026 trip to Latin America will bring him back to Peru, where he served as a priest and bishop for two decades.
The company’s actions show that, above users’ rights, public interest, and democracy itself, prevails its economic interests and the maximization of their profits