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January 20, 2024
ANALYSIS: By Cassandra Mudgway, University of Canterbury The high-stress nature of working in politics is increasingly taking a toll on staff and politicians. But an additional threat to the personal wellbeing and safety of politicians resides outside Parliament, and the threat is ubiquitous: online violence against women MPs. Since her election in 2017, Green Party ... <a title="Golriz Ghahraman’s exit from politics shows the toll of online bullying on female MPs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/20/golriz-ghahramans-exit-from-politics-shows-the-toll-of-online-bullying-on-female-mps/" aria-label="Read more about Golriz Ghahraman’s exit from politics shows the toll of online bullying on female MPs">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
RNZ News Former Green Party MP Golriz Ghahraman — a leading voice in Aotearoa New Zealand’s Parliament for human rights, an independent foreign policy, and justice for Occupied Palestine — was subject to “pretty much continuous” death threats and threats of violence, says party co-leader James Shaw. She has resigned as a Green Party MP ... <a title="Former Green MP Golriz Ghahraman faced ‘continuous death threats’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/former-green-mp-golriz-ghahraman-faced-continuous-death-threats/" aria-label="Read more about Former Green MP Golriz Ghahraman faced ‘continuous death threats’">Read more</a>
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September 28, 2023
RNZ News Hundreds of protesters have marched to Aotearoa New Zealand’s Parliament in Wellington today, where streets were closed and the precinct blocked off in preparation. The march was met by a smaller group of counter protesters from Pōneke Anti-Fascist Coalition. About 600 protesters had gathered at Civic Square before setting off, according to RNZ ... <a title="NZ Parliament protest: Hundreds march, extra police on patrol" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/28/nz-parliament-protest-hundreds-march-extra-police-on-patrol/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Parliament protest: Hundreds march, extra police on patrol">Read more</a>
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September 22, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Annie Te One, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington In his maiden speech to Parliament in 2020, Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi told his fellow MPs: You know what it feels like to have a pebble in your shoe? That will be my job here. A constant, annoying to those ... <a title="NZ election 2023: From ‘pebble in the shoe’ to future power broker – the rise and rise of Te Pāti Māori" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/22/nz-election-2023-from-pebble-in-the-shoe-to-future-power-broker-the-rise-and-rise-of-te-pati-maori/" aria-label="Read more about NZ election 2023: From ‘pebble in the shoe’ to future power broker – the rise and rise of Te Pāti Māori">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2023
By Russell Palmer, RNZ News digital political journalist Parliament has ended for another term, shutting down ahead of the Aotearoa New Zealand election campaign with a debate where many focused on attacking their political opponents. Labour Party leader and Prime Minister Chris Hipkins warned New Zealanders: “We can continue to move forward under Labour, or ... <a title="Hipkins warns NZ voters against ‘turning the clock back’ on reforms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/01/hipkins-warns-nz-voters-against-turning-the-clock-back-on-reforms/" aria-label="Read more about Hipkins warns NZ voters against ‘turning the clock back’ on reforms">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2023
By RNZ reporters and Rachael Nath of RNZ Pacific Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka was welcomed to the New Zealand Parliament yesterday while on his first official trip to Aotearoa since being elected as PM in December. New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins announced just over NZ$11.1 million in climate change support for Fiji. Hipkins ... <a title="Hipkins grants Fiji $11m in climate crisis aid as Rabuka renews NZ links" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/hipkins-grants-fiji-11m-in-climate-crisis-aid-as-rabuka-renews-nz-links/" aria-label="Read more about Hipkins grants Fiji $11m in climate crisis aid as Rabuka renews NZ links">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2023
RNZ News Jacinda Ardern will largely be remembered in Aotearoa New Zealand as the prime minister whose pandemic-era policies saved thousands of Kiwi lives, according to former prime minister Helen Clark. And she will also be considered an example of how to govern in the age of social media and endless crises, political experts say, ... <a title="Jacinda Ardern’s legacy for NZ: Unique covid-19 strategy ‘saved many lives’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/05/jacinda-arderns-legacy-for-nz-unique-covid-19-strategy-saved-many-lives/" aria-label="Read more about Jacinda Ardern’s legacy for NZ: Unique covid-19 strategy ‘saved many lives’">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2023
RNZ News It has been a year since the violent end of the illegal occupation at Parliament in Aotearoa New Zealand. If you thought you had seen it all at the time, you should think again. Boiling Point, a new documentary from RNZ, includes previously unseen footage of clashes at Parliament on 2 March 2022, ... <a title="RNZ documentary Boiling Point – spotlight on final day of an infamous protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/03/rnz-documentary-boiling-point-spotlight-on-final-day-of-an-infamous-protest/" aria-label="Read more about RNZ documentary Boiling Point – spotlight on final day of an infamous protest">Read more</a>
