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April 24, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Today’s Anzac Day Smithometer Chart shows the fatal impact in New Zealand of World War 1 battles at Gallipoli and on the Somme in France. (Earlier this week the Smithometer showed the impact of 1917 WW1 battles in Belgium – Messines and Passchendaele – and the dramatic, though short-lived, impact of ... <a title="Keith Rankin’s Chart Analysis – Smithometer: New Zealand’s World War 1 Mortality Peaks 1915-16" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/24/keith-rankins-chart-analysis-smithometer-new-zealands-world-war-1-mortality-peaks-1915-16/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin’s Chart Analysis – Smithometer: New Zealand’s World War 1 Mortality Peaks 1915-16">Read more</a>
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April 24, 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 Government Phil Pennington (RNZ): Controversial tech firm Palantir had talks with govt on Covid-19 Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Officials pitched OIA suspension during lockdown Chris Trotter: Long Live The People’s Dictatorship! RNZ: Study investigates NZ reaction ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 24 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/24/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-april-24-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 24 2020">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2020
Headline: Media Link: Director Paul G. Buchanan Standing Places Interview. – 36th Parallel Assessments 36th Parallel’s principal, Dr Paul G. Buchanan. Director Paul G. Buchanan is interviewed on the London-based Standing Places podcast on the politics of pandemics and related issues. Most of the world is now in some form of pandemic lockdown. Everything around ... <a title="Media Link: Director Paul G. Buchanan Standing Places Interview." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/23/media-link-director-paul-g-buchanan-standing-places-interview/" aria-label="Read more about Media Link: Director Paul G. Buchanan Standing Places Interview.">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The System – The Whole Good systemic behaviour is acting for the good of all, not by making altruistic sacrifices but by following the golden rule (“behave towards others as you would have them behave towards you”). Or put another way, by acting to strengthen the whole, in the process we ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Systemic Behaviour, and the Challenges of the 2020s" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/23/keith-rankin-analysis-systemic-behaviour-and-the-challenges-of-the-2020s/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Systemic Behaviour, and the Challenges of the 2020s">Read more</a>
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April 23, 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, Simon Bridges’ leadership Ben Thomas (Spinoff): One giant misstep: Simon Bridges’ flailing attack was too far, too soon Tova O’Brien (Newshub): National MPs concerned about leader Simon Bridges’ ‘tone’ on COVID-19, ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 23 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/23/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-april-23-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 23 2020">Read more</a>
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April 22, 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 response to lockdown extension, Simon Bridges’ leadership Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Simon Bridges fends off leadership coup rumours, says focus is on COVID-19 RNZ: Morning Report: Bridges defends criticism of lockdown extension ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 22 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/22/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-april-22-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 22 2020">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin Today’s chart looks back to the years 1917 to 1920, using a sampling device I call the ‘Smithometer’. I have counted the weekly deaths of all people named Smith, from the beginning of 1917 to the end of 1920. At that time New Zealand was a country of 1.2 million people. ... <a title="Keith Rankin’s Chart Analysis – The Smithometer: New Zealand’s mortality during the 1918 Influenza Pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/21/keith-rankins-chart-analysis-the-smithometer-new-zealands-mortality-during-the-1918-influenza-pandemic/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin’s Chart Analysis – The Smithometer: New Zealand’s mortality during the 1918 Influenza Pandemic">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2020
Analysis by Bryce Edwards How healthy is democracy at the moment in New Zealand? Criticisms are mounting about the state of the political system under the Coronavirus crisis, with complaints that things aren’t as democratic as they should be. I wrote for the Guardian last week about some of these political problems – see: New Zealand’s ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: How healthy is our democracy under the Coronavirus crisis?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/20/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-how-healthy-is-our-democracy-under-the-coronavirus-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: How healthy is our democracy under the Coronavirus crisis?">Read more</a>
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April 20, 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 Today’s cabinet decision Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Decision day dawns for PM Jacinda Ardern over Covid-19 lockdown John Armstrong (1News): Why New Zealand has to remain in lockdown Toby Manhire (Spinoff): Today cabinet decides on ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 20 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/20/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-april-20-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 20 2020">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin Today’s first chart looks at death rates for six major countries. We see that Spain has overtaken Italy, and that France and United Kingdom are likely to catch up with these in a week. We also note that United Kingdom death rates, as reported have been understated; these are basically hospital ... <a title="Keith Rankin’s Chart Analysis – Covid19: Weekly Summary Charts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/17/keith-rankins-chart-analysis-covid19-weekly-summary-charts/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin’s Chart Analysis – Covid19: Weekly Summary Charts">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. I should be at Iguaçu Falls today, in Brazil and in Argentina. In mid-February I booked my domestic flights in these two countries, believing that the Covid19 epidemic was under control in Asia, and was unlikely to become anything like as serious anywhere else in the world, least of all in ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – ‘Europia’ and the Spread of Covid19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/16/keith-rankin-analysis-europia-and-the-spread-of-covid19/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – ‘Europia’ and the Spread of Covid19">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2020
It was only a matter of time before politicians took a pay cut. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has done the right thing in announcing she will cut the pay of her own ministers and departmental chief executives – see Eleanor Ainge Roy’s Jacinda Ardern and ministers take pay cut in solidarity with those hit by ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: A Powerful but tiny gesture from leaders under pressure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/16/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-a-powerful-but-tiny-gesture-from-leaders-under-pressure/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: A Powerful but tiny gesture from leaders under pressure">Read more</a>
