ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on September 21, 2025.
Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Structural Recession
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Yesterday the provisional Quarterly Economic Growth data was released. It showed that, seasonally adjusted, remunerated output (ie GDP, gross domestic product) fell 0.9% in April-to-June compared to January-to-March. While the resulting media hoo-ha overstated the significance of this result, there was still very little coverage of the underlying problem; New Zealand
Keith Rankin on Nuclear Calculus
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Over the last week I have subverted the western geo-cultural tropes of ‘Good versus Evil’ and ‘Beautiful versus Ugly’. (Geopolitical Rugby: Bad plays Evil, for the final World Cup 16 Sep 2025 and Lookism11 Sep 2025; both on Scoop and Evening Report.) Here I consider our new version of the former
Optus Triple Zero outage has left 4 people dead. A telecommunications expert explains what went wrong – and how to fix it
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark A Gregory, Associate Professor, School of Engineering, RMIT University Four people have died after a botched Optus network upgrade on Thursday prevented around 600 emergency calls to Triple Zero across South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory. South Australian police have confirmed the deaths linked
Optus Triple Zero outage has left 3 people dead. A telecommunications expert explains what went wrong – and how to fix it
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark A Gregory, Associate Professor, School of Engineering, RMIT University Three people have died after a botched Optus network upgrade on Thursday prevented around 600 emergency calls to Triple Zero across South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory. South Australian police have confirmed the deaths linked
