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July 8, 2019
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 Cancer care Newshub: Expert slams successive Governments’ approach to cancer Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Government promises to cancer patients could come back to bite as politics takes over RNZ: Terminally ill father garners 130k signatures ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 08 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/08/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-08-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 08 2019">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2019
Call it “state housing”, “social housing” or this Government’s preference, “public housing” – it’s the accommodation solution that continues to be overlooked and neglected by both Labour and National governments. Sure, the current government might talk a lot about “public housing” and they might be building more state houses than the previous government, but it’s ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Is it time for a programme of mass state house building?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/05/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-is-it-time-for-a-programme-of-mass-state-house-building/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Is it time for a programme of mass state house building?">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2019
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 Primary and extractive Industries Angie Skerrett (Newshub): ‘An alarming trend’: Call for ‘national interest test’ after Westland Milk deal to Chinese dairy giant Andrea Fox (Herald): Confidence in dairy co-op business model shaken ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 05 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/05/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-05-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 05 2019">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2019
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 Climate change Joel MacManus (Stuff): PM Jacinda Ardern: Government ‘not opposed to’ idea of declaring a climate emergency Jason Walls (Herald): Jacinda Ardern is keen on declaring a climate-change emergency but roadblock remains ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 04 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/04/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-04-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 04 2019">Read more</a>
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July 3, 2019
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 Environment and conservation Danyl Mclauchlan (Spinoff): The real enemy: Why blaming NGOs for climate inaction is stupid Jarrod Gilbert (Herald): When dogs can’t drink at the creek it’s time to act (paywalled) Joel MacManus ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 03 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/03/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-03-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 03 2019">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2019
The public’s trust in the competency and integrity of the public service is an essential element of any democracy. If citizens think that those running government departments are foolish, dishonest, or dodgy, then the whole system can start to fall apart. We see the results of such distrust in plenty of other countries. Here in ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Lack of accountability over Treasury’s bogus hacking claim" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/02/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-lack-of-accountability-over-treasurys-bogus-hacking-claim/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Lack of accountability over Treasury’s bogus hacking claim">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2019
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 Housing Chris Trotter (Interest): Why the government’s housing policies aren’t about to take a sharp left turn Shane Te Pou (Newsroom): How housing could go from clumsy to savvy Southland Times Editorial: For tenants ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 02 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/02/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-02-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 02 2019">Read more</a>
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July 1, 2019
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 Housing Bryce Edwards (RNZ): Is the government now more serious about the housing crisis? Bernard Hickey ( Newsroom): How Phil Twyford lost housing and why KiwiBuild failed Katarina Williams (Stuff): How NZ’s social housing ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 01 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/01/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-01-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 01 2019">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2019
Yesterday the Prime Minister sent a clear message to voters: the Government has not given up on fixing the housing crisis. It was communicated via the sacking of the Housing Minister, and a serious re-organisation of the housing portfolio so that a team of five ministers now share responsibility for fixing what is becoming an ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Government suggests it hasn’t given up on the housing crisis (yet)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/28/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-government-suggests-it-hasnt-given-up-on-the-housing-crisis-yet/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Government suggests it hasn’t given up on the housing crisis (yet)">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2019
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 Cabinet reshuffle Audrey Young (Herald): Jacinda Ardern shows ruthless streak in Cabinet reshuffle (paywalled) Henry Cooke (Stuff): KiwiBuild: Can Megan Woods do what Phil Twyford could not? Dan Satherley (Newshub): Housing job split despite Bill ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 28 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/28/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-june-28-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 28 2019">Read more</a>
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June 27, 2019
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 Euthanasia Laura Walters (Newsroom): Uphill battle continues for euthanasia Jamie Ensor and Hayley Jacobsen (Newshub): David Seymour surprised by extent of support for End of Life Choice Bill Jo Moir (RNZ): Emotional debate at ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 27 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/27/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-june-27-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 27 2019">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2019
Will KiwiBuild minister Phil Twyford lose his portfolio in tomorrow’s Cabinet reshuffle? That’s the big question, given that the Government’s flagship housing programme has been so heavily discredited, and the accompanying debate about Twyford’s role in the debacle and whether he’s to blame. It seems unlikely that Twyford will get the sack. Although Prime Minister ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Who’s accountable for the KiwiBuild debacle?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/26/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-whos-accountable-for-the-kiwibuild-debacle/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Who’s accountable for the KiwiBuild debacle?">Read more</a>
