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December 2, 2022
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup: Clawing back $7bn of corporate welfare The taxpayer is short of billions of dollars that were overpaid to businesses during Covid according to Christchurch philanthropists Grant and Marilyn Nelson. They are taking legal action against state agencies to push them to recoup up to $7bn that was wrongly paid ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Clawing back $7bn of corporate welfare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/02/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-clawing-back-7bn-of-corporate-welfare/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Clawing back $7bn of corporate welfare">Read more</a>
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December 1, 2022
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist The Niue government has confirmed the country is experiencing covid-19 community transmission for the first time since the virus was recorded at the border in March. “We don’t have additional resources to be finding sources of infection, previously we haven’t done that before. “This is the first time we ... <a title="Niue faces covid-19 community transmission for first time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/01/niue-faces-covid-19-community-transmission-for-first-time/" aria-label="Read more about Niue faces covid-19 community transmission for first time">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The first of the above charts shows excess seasonal deaths in the United Kingdom as winter approaches. While the huge mortality peaks of the pandemic in Britain are long past, we do see significant excess mortality in the United Kingdom since April. And October 2022 excess mortality rates are higher than ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Excess Deaths: Some Countries to Note" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/24/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-excess-deaths-some-countries-to-note/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Excess Deaths: Some Countries to Note">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2022
Mediasia Iafor New Zealand journalist and academic David Robie has covered the Asia-Pacific region for international media for more than four decades. An advocate for media freedom in the Pacific region, he is the author of several books on South Pacific media and politics, including an account of the French bombing of the Greenpeace flagship ... <a title="David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/27/david-robie-pacific-lessons-in-climate-crisis-journalism-and-combating-disinformation/" aria-label="Read more about David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2022
RNZ Pacific None of the parties making up New Caledonia’s pro-independence Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) will attend this week’s talks in France about New Caledonia’s new political statute. The previously undecided UNI faction also said it would be absent after the FLNKS had already said it would not send an official delegation ... <a title="Paris talks on Kanaky New Caledonia’s future to go ahead without pro-independence camp" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/25/paris-talks-on-kanaky-new-caledonias-future-to-go-ahead-without-pro-independence-camp/" aria-label="Read more about Paris talks on Kanaky New Caledonia’s future to go ahead without pro-independence camp">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2022
Mediasia Iafor New Zealand journalist and academic David Robie has covered the Asia-Pacific region for international media for more than four decades. An advocate for media freedom in the Pacific region, he is the author of several books on South Pacific media and politics, including an account of the French bombing of the Greenpeace flagship ... <a title="Pacific lessons in climate change journalism and combating disinformation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/21/pacific-lessons-in-climate-change-journalism-and-combating-disinformation/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific lessons in climate change journalism and combating disinformation">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Chile is an important comparator country to New Zealand; in terms of physical geography, political economy, and demography (including conflict between indigenous peoples and ‘colonisers’). In terms of physical geography, it is mostly temperate; and, most importantly, it is in the southern hemisphere. The above chart shows excess deaths in Chile ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 in Chile (across the ‘big ditch’) and New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/20/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-in-chile-across-the-big-ditch-and-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 in Chile (across the ‘big ditch’) and New Zealand">Read more</a>
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October 19, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. A few weeks ago this article from Stuff (24 Sep) was drawn to my attention: The shocking stats that prove Covid19 does not kill equally. While I have some problems with the article’s interpretation of the data, by and large the article itself was reasonable. Less so the headline, which is ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Does Covid19 discriminate against Māori and Pasifika New Zealanders?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/19/keith-rankin-analysis-does-covid19-discriminate-against-maori-and-pasifika-new-zealanders/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Does Covid19 discriminate against Māori and Pasifika New Zealanders?">Read more</a>
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October 17, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Here we see charts of the same ten western tourist countries of Europe (refer to my Travel Warning: Excess Summer Deaths in Europe, 5 Oct 2022). It is important to note from the outset that ‘reported death’ figures have become increasingly unreliable. And reported cases are now unreliable indicators of the ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Tourist Europe again: Covid19 Waves compared" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/17/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-tourist-europe-again-covid19-waves-compared/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Tourist Europe again: Covid19 Waves compared">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2022
By Rachael Nath of RNZ Pacific Concerns are being raised about the future survival of the iTaukei (Fijian) language as a threat of extinction looms despite its everyday use among its people. A language and culture scholar in Fiji, Dr Paul Geraghty, said a growing generational gap within the iTaukei language had been detected and ... <a title="Quality of iTaukei language under threat, says Fiji scholar" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/06/quality-of-itaukei-language-under-threat-says-fiji-scholar/" aria-label="Read more about Quality of iTaukei language under threat, says Fiji scholar">Read more</a>
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October 5, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. In many ways the world has moved on from the Covid19 pandemic. And excess mortality from Covid19 mingles with excess mortality from other causes, from heatwaves to other diseases. The summer is useful because it is generally the low season for infectious respiratory illnesses. Covid19 is a disease that is spread ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Travel Warning: Excess Summer Deaths in Europe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/05/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-travel-warning-excess-summer-deaths-in-europe/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Travel Warning: Excess Summer Deaths in Europe">Read more</a>
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September 15, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Demographic information is starting to filter through again, after a slowdown in the Northern Hemisphere. And New Zealand now has reliable mortality data up to the end of July 2022. Australia continues to lag. In the last week of July, New Zealand reached a record number of deaths in a single ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Seasonal and Epidemic Deaths: New Zealand in context" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/15/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-seasonal-and-epidemic-deaths-new-zealand-in-context/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Seasonal and Epidemic Deaths: New Zealand in context">Read more</a>
