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July 26, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. West Europe The first three charts (above) show three of the larger Western European countries: Germany, France, Spain. (Italy shows a similar picture.) The most important data item is ‘excess deaths’. (In the case of France and Spain, the last few weeks of this data have been ‘topped up’ using estimates ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid Waves in Europe, Lesson for New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/26/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-waves-in-europe-lesson-for-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid Waves in Europe, Lesson for New Zealand">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2022
Political Roundup: Why James Shaw needs to go James Shaw has lost his co-leadership position in the Green Party, and there’s a good chance he won’t be able to get it back. And he shouldn’t – it won’t be good for either him or his party. When delegates at the Green Party AGM voted on his ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Why James Shaw needs to go" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/25/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-why-james-shaw-needs-to-go/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Why James Shaw needs to go">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2022
Political Roundup: Green Party divisions over their future Imagine being a Green Party activist at the moment. You joined the party because climate change is an existential threat and truly radical change needs to be undertaken immediately. You’re deeply upset by inequality. You think that conventional politicians are part of the problem. However, you begin ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Green Party divisions over their future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/23/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-green-party-divisions-over-their-future/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Green Party divisions over their future">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2022
Political Roundup: If the NZ First Foundation accused are not guilty, then who is? It’s shocking that the accused in the NZ First Foundation trial were declared “not guilty” in the High Court today. But it’s not actually surprising. There was always a strong chance that the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) was not going to get ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: If the NZ First Foundation accused are not guilty, then who is?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/23/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-if-the-nz-first-foundation-accused-are-not-guilty-then-who-is/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: If the NZ First Foundation accused are not guilty, then who is?">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. All wars incur economic costs, and not only to the directly belligerent countries. The biggest costs arise when a war becomes a prolonged stalemate. The present war in Ukraine can be characterised, differently, as a Russian Civil War (that’s the Russian view), as ‘just another’ Eastern European conflict that will go ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – The Economic Cost of War, especially World War" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/22/keith-rankin-essay-the-economic-cost-of-war-especially-world-war/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – The Economic Cost of War, especially World War">Read more</a>
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July 21, 2022
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup: Public submissions on political donation reform released Is it ironic that the Government is reforming rules around secret political donations in a very secretive way? There has been overwhelming public demand for more openness about how politicians raise their money, but the Government and officials have been less than ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Public submissions on political donation reform released" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/21/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-public-submissions-on-political-donation-reform-released/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Public submissions on political donation reform released">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. This morning, on Morning Report (RNZ) Monash University epidemiologist Tony Blakely noted that Covid19 death rates in New Zealand are 20% higher in New Zealand than in Victoria, Australia. He also noted that facemask use is significantly more widespread in New Zealand. When comparing New Zealand with the whole of Australia, ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Latest Covid19 Death Demographics in New Zealand Show Disturbing Trend" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/18/keith-rankin-analysis-latest-covid19-death-demographics-in-new-zealand-show-disturbing-trend/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Latest Covid19 Death Demographics in New Zealand Show Disturbing Trend">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2022
Analysis by Geoffrey Miller Joe Biden’s controversial fist-bump with Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), the Saudi crown prince, may help New Zealand to forge its own new direction in the Middle East. The US president’s trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia showed that despite real concerns over human rights, the Middle East’s strategic importance in the ... <a title="Political Roundup: Resetting NZ’s relationship with Saudi Arabia and the Middle East" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/18/political-roundup-resetting-nzs-relationship-with-saudi-arabia-and-the-middle-east/" aria-label="Read more about Political Roundup: Resetting NZ’s relationship with Saudi Arabia and the Middle East">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2022
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup: Labour wants to be tough on crime – and tough on the causes of crime The Labour Government has managed to get one major issue right this week, at least in an electoral sense. The Government has been under pressure to deal with escalating public concerns about crime and ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour wants to be tough on crime – and tough on the causes of crime" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/15/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-labour-wants-to-be-tough-on-crime-and-tough-on-the-causes-of-crime/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour wants to be tough on crime – and tough on the causes of crime">Read more</a>
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July 15, 2022
Essay by Keith Rankin. A scientific hypothesis is a claim that is both plausible and ’empirically’ testable. A hypothesis is the first part of the process of pure science. The second part is to actually test such claims. Claims that survive the rigour of testing become scientific knowledge, a subset of ‘knowledge’. (Not all knowledge ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Science versus Narrative: Facemasks and other scientific matters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/15/keith-rankin-essay-science-versus-narrative-facemasks-and-other-scientific-matters/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Science versus Narrative: Facemasks and other scientific matters">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Kathryn Ryan: “Why is there a six-month gap between boosters?” Siouxsie Wiles: “I can’t answer that for you. It doesn’t make sense based on the data that we have. … In Israel they got it at least four months after, for the over-60s at least. It was really good at preventing ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Covid Vaccine Policy Fail: Priority groups under-protected" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/13/keith-rankin-essay-covid-vaccine-policy-fail-priority-groups-under-protected/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Covid Vaccine Policy Fail: Priority groups under-protected">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2022
Achieving the SDGs in extraordinary times OP-ED by Armida Alisjahbana, Woochong Um and Kanni Wignaraja The start of the “Decade of Action” to achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has also marked the start of an unprecedented period of overlapping crises. The Covid-19 pandemic and crises of conflict, hunger, climate change and environmental ... <a title="OP-ED: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in extraordinary times" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/13/op-ed-achieving-the-sustainable-development-goals-in-extraordinary-times/" aria-label="Read more about OP-ED: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in extraordinary times">Read more</a>
