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August 19, 2020
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 Border Michael Morrah (Newshub): Senior quarantine whistleblower says staff were refused regular testing programme despite pleas Derek Cheng (Herald): Horrible sense of déjà vu over Government border blunders (paywalled) Jenna Lynch (Newshub): As officials hunt ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 19 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/19/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-19-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 19 2020">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2020
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards Has the election been saved from becoming another victim of Covid-19? Quite possibly. The issue of when to hold the election had come under serious scrutiny due to the increased restrictions and changed focus necessitated by the outbreak of community transmission of Covid-19. There were major problems with how democratic ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Jacinda Ardern’s successful and clever election date shift" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/18/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-jacinda-arderns-successful-and-clever-election-date-shift/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Jacinda Ardern’s successful and clever election date shift">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2020
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 Election date Bryce Edwards (Guardian): By delaying the New Zealand election Jacinda Ardern appears magnanimous and conciliatory Audrey Young (Herald): Full marks to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for the way she delayed the ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 18 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/18/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-18-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 18 2020">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2020
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 Election date Graeme Edgeler (Spinoff): The confidence conundrum: Why the election date drama is more political than constitutional Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Decision day looms for Jacinda Ardern as Winston Peters threatens retaliation if ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 17 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/17/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-17-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 17 2020">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Today’s chart compares this week’s Covid-19 outbreak in New Zealand with the latest case-data from other comparable countries. Note that the data plots new daily cases, smoothed using seven-day averages. However, the ‘black square’ represents New Zealand’s most recent daily total of new cases, at 260 per 100 million people (which ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Comparing New Zealand’s Outbreak with Comparable Countries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-comparing-new-zealands-outbreak-with-comparable-countries/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Comparing New Zealand’s Outbreak with Comparable Countries">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2020
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 National Party suspicions around Govt response, conspiracy theories Danyl Mclauchlan (Spinoff): The ruthless electoral politics behind National’s Covid conspiracy-baiting David Farrier (Stuff): ‘I’m just outlining facts’: watching New Zealand getting red-pilled, in freal ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 14 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-14-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 14 2020">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2020
Evening Report Video: This week in A View from Afar with Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning, we continue with our debate of how leaders around the world are embracing authoritarianism, isolationism, and in some cases, an abandonment of the rule of international law. A View from Afar is a joint effort between EveningReport’s parent ... <a title="LIVE: A View from Afar – Global Authoritarianism and Abandonment of International Law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/13/live-a-view-from-afar-global-authoritarianism-and-abandonment-of-international-law/" aria-label="Read more about LIVE: A View from Afar – Global Authoritarianism and Abandonment of International Law">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin Jacinda Ardern is Prime Minister for a good reason. She is an excellent communicator. She got the message about mask-wearing almost bang-on in her speech yesterday. She was correctly reported as saying: Aucklanders should use a mask if they leave the house to access essential services. She may have given the ... <a title="Keith Rankin on Messaging and Masks and Media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/13/keith-rankin-on-messaging-and-masks-and-media/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin on Messaging and Masks and Media">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2020
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 Election date, parliament Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Judith Collins’ dangerous constitutional game Audrey Young (Herald): Jacinda Ardern holds all the cards in Covid election (paywalled) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Let’s delay the election Claire Robinson ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 13 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/13/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-13-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 13 2020">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2020
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 Community transmission Ben Thomas (Spinoff): What the Covid resurgence means for the election campaign Luke Malpass (Stuff): In this new lockdown, Labour competence will be key Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): NZ’s bubble bursts as Covid ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 12 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/12/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-12-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 12 2020">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. “I think you have to recognise money comes from somewhere. It doesn’t just come from a big money tree.” Judith Collins 2020 “Someone has to pay the bill – there aren’t little pixies at the bottom of the garden printing cash.” John Key 2009 These messages from two different National Party ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Money: Where Does it Come From, Where Does it Go?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/11/keith-rankin-analysis-money-where-does-it-come-from-where-does-it-go/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Money: Where Does it Come From, Where Does it Go?">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2020
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 Auckland Central Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Senior National Party figure accused of using secret alter ego ‘Merv’ to derail Auckland Central candidate RIchard Harman (Politik): “Merv” upsets Nats’ Auckland Central selection Luke Kirkness (Herald): National ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 11 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/11/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-11-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 11 2020">Read more</a>
