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August 22, 2024
Opinion by Hon. Matt Robson, former Alliance Party Cabinet Minister and Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs. In 2000, the Initial vote on Kiwibank in the Labour-Alliance government was 16 votes against from Labour, and four votes in favour from the Alliance. I was there when this was reversed, and in 2001 the four insurgent Alliance ... <a title="Opinion: The New Zealand Public’s KiwiBank On The Auction Block" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/22/opinion-the-new-zealand-publics-kiwibank-on-the-auction-block/" aria-label="Read more about Opinion: The New Zealand Public’s KiwiBank On The Auction Block">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2024
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage by Leonardo Flores Caracas A massive cyberattack, a global disinformation campaign and armed gangs are key elements in an attempted coup in Venezuela following presidential elections on July 28. The results of those elections, in which 10 candidates competed, saw President Maduro win 51.2% of the vote against ... <a title="An Attack on Venezuela’s Democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/01/an-attack-on-venezuelas-democracy/" aria-label="Read more about An Attack on Venezuela’s Democracy">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2024
By Mike Treen, Spokesperson for the Auckland Cuba Friendship Society Over the last few weeks, the Western news media has been full of stories of “unrest” in Cuba including protests over food and fuel shortages. From Western media reports, you would think that the Government of Cuba was neglectful and unresponsive to the needs of ... <a title="Mike Treen – US-imposed austerity in Cuba" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/25/mike-treen-us-imposed-austerity-in-cuba/" aria-label="Read more about Mike Treen – US-imposed austerity in Cuba">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2023
Analysis by Graeme Edgeler, courtesy of the Democracy Project (https://democracyproject.nz) Government-formation negotiations are ongoing between National, Act and New Zealand First. We do not know how long these will take. Neither it seems, do they. Importantly, there are fundamentally no hard deadlines on government formation negotiations in New Zealand. It will take as long as ... <a title="Graeme Edgeler Analysis – As Long as It Takes, or There are No Hard Deadlines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/21/graeme-edgeler-analysis-as-long-as-it-takes-or-there-are-no-hard-deadlines/" aria-label="Read more about Graeme Edgeler Analysis – As Long as It Takes, or There are No Hard Deadlines">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2023
By Simon Angelo – www.WealthMorning.com Simon Angelo worked for the world’s first regulated Bitcoin fund in 2016. He currently works at a trading desk for Wholesale Investors. His work in offshore finance and global banking gives him some insights on the future of money. When Bitcoin was a special opportunity In October 2016, when I ... <a title="Simon Angelo Analysis – The Future of Money: Bitcoin, Banks, BRICS, and CBDCs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/11/21/simon-angelo-analysis-the-future-of-money-bitcoin-banks-brics-and-cbdcs/" aria-label="Read more about Simon Angelo Analysis – The Future of Money: Bitcoin, Banks, BRICS, and CBDCs">Read more</a>
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October 24, 2023
Report by Radio New Zealand. Algerian democracy activist Ahmed Zaoui, a New Zealand citizen, has been charged with subversion by police in his homeland. Zaoui was arrested at gunpoint three weeks ago, after holding a political meeting at his home. He had released a statement on behalf of the Islamic Salvation Front calling for ... <a title="Ahmed Zaoui facing subversion charges in Algeria – Radio New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/24/ahmed-zaoui-facing-subversion-charges-in-algeria-radio-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about Ahmed Zaoui facing subversion charges in Algeria – Radio New Zealand">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2023
RNZ Report: The Algerian democracy activist Ahmed Zaoui, a New Zealand citizen, has been arrested by Algerian security forces after commenting on human rights violations at a political meeting at his home.
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August 2, 2023
THE ISSUE: The movie Oppenheimer has renewed interest in the dawn of the nuclear era. Almost 80 years later, are we safer from nuclear war than we were in the years immediately after 1945?
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July 7, 2023
Analysis by Geoffrey Miller Is New Zealand about to join ‘NATO+’? That seems to be the effective endgame, if reports ahead of New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins’ attendance at the NATO summit in Lithuania are anything to go by. Formally, the expansion by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) into the Indo-Pacific is unlikely ... <a title="Geoffrey Miller’s Political Roundup: New Zealand gets ready to embrace NATO" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/07/geoffrey-millers-political-roundup-new-zealand-gets-ready-to-embrace-nato/" aria-label="Read more about Geoffrey Miller’s Political Roundup: New Zealand gets ready to embrace NATO">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2022
OP-ED by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of ESCAP. The recent climate talks in Egypt have left us with a sobering reality: The window for maintaining global warming to 1.5 degrees is closing fast and what is on the table currently is insufficient to avert some of the worst ... <a title="OP-ED: Can Asia and the Pacific get on track to net zero? – Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/30/op-ed-can-asia-and-the-pacific-get-on-track-to-net-zero-armida-salsiah-alisjahbana/" aria-label="Read more about OP-ED: Can Asia and the Pacific get on track to net zero? – Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana">Read more</a>
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October 17, 2022
OP-ED by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana – Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of the ESCAP. Ten years ago, the Asia-Pacific region came together and designed the world’s first set of disability-specific development goals: the Incheon Strategy to “Make the Right Real” for Persons with Disabilities. This week, we meet again to assess how ... <a title="OP-ED: Persons with disabilities integral players in determining innovative solutions to fully inclusive societies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/17/op-ed-persons-with-disabilities-integral-players-in-determining-innovative-solutions-to-fully-inclusive-societies/" aria-label="Read more about OP-ED: Persons with disabilities integral players in determining innovative solutions to fully inclusive societies">Read more</a>
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September 5, 2022
OP-ED by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana – United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). Most of the 2.1 billion strong workforce in Asia and the Pacific are denied access to decent jobs, health care and social protection but there is an array polices and tools ... <a title="OP-ED: The right policies can protect the workers of Asia and the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/05/op-ed-the-right-policies-can-protect-the-workers-of-asia-and-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about OP-ED: The right policies can protect the workers of Asia and the Pacific">Read more</a>