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February 23, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Dominic O’Sullivan, Charles Sturt University The early morning action on Monday to cordon off the occupation of Parliament grounds and prevent it growing might go some way to restoring public confidence in the police, which has appeared to be eroding since the protests began a fortnight ago. So far, police have pursued a ... <a title="The NZ Parliament protest is testing police independence and public tolerance – are there lessons from Canada’s crackdown?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/the-nz-parliament-protest-is-testing-police-independence-and-public-tolerance-are-there-lessons-from-canadas-crackdown/" aria-label="Read more about The NZ Parliament protest is testing police independence and public tolerance – are there lessons from Canada’s crackdown?">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
COMMENTARY: By Lynley Tulloch There is a dangerous anger on rapid boil at the protest in Wellington. It is a stew of dispossession and unrest alongside various delusional beliefs and violent threats. Two weeks into the protest and the police have had to endure human waste and acid thrown at them; a car driven into ... <a title="Lynley Tulloch: The irony of the Parliament protest: Peace and love – and ‘executions’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/lynley-tulloch-the-irony-of-the-parliament-protest-peace-and-love-and-executions/" aria-label="Read more about Lynley Tulloch: The irony of the Parliament protest: Peace and love – and ‘executions’">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2021
RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the New Zealand government wants to lift vaccination rates and wants to remove anything that is a barrier to getting as many people vaccinated as quickly as possible. Ardern and Māori-Crown Relations Minister Kelvin Davis, who is also the MP for Te Tai Tokerau, are in Northland viewing ... <a title="PM Jacinda Ardern moves covid media conference after conspiracy heckling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/02/pm-jacinda-ardern-moves-covid-media-conference-after-conspiracy-heckling/" aria-label="Read more about PM Jacinda Ardern moves covid media conference after conspiracy heckling">Read more</a>
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August 30, 2021
REVIEW: By Krishan Dutta While the covid-19 pandemic’s relentless cyclone continues across the globe wreaking havoc on economies and social systems, this book sheds light on the adversarial reporting culture of the media, and how it impacts on racism and politicisation driving the coverage. It explores the global response to the covid-19 pandemic, and the ... <a title="New covid book exposes global media bias, racism and stigmatisation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/30/new-covid-book-exposes-global-media-bias-racism-and-stigmatisation/" aria-label="Read more about New covid book exposes global media bias, racism and stigmatisation">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2021
FIRST PERSON: By Ben Strang, RNZ News reporter RNZ reporter Ben Strang was on the streets before the latest lockdown when he was attacked, and writes that it feels like there is more animosity towards the government and media this time around. Despite living largely free of restrictions in New Zealand compared to almost every ... <a title="Anger and misinformation about covid-19 in NZ a dangerous tumour" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/21/anger-and-misinformation-about-covid-19-in-nz-a-dangerous-tumour/" aria-label="Read more about Anger and misinformation about covid-19 in NZ a dangerous tumour">Read more</a>
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March 19, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Australia and New Zealand – plus other key donors – need to urgently step up and provide assistance to Papuan New Guinea as a covid surge continues to grow, says the human rights watchdog Amnesty International. Both Australia and New Zealand “continue to fail to support calls by around 100 countries”, ... <a title="Amnesty blasts ‘woeful’ Australia, NZ aid for PNG covid surge, seeks action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/amnesty-blasts-woeful-australia-nz-aid-for-png-covid-surge-seeks-action/" aria-label="Read more about Amnesty blasts ‘woeful’ Australia, NZ aid for PNG covid surge, seeks action">Read more</a>
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March 16, 2021
Essay by Keith Rankin. “What psychologists call apophenia – the human tendency to see connections and patterns that are not really there – gives rise to conspiracy theories”. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apophenia The Gordon Riots “June 1780 [witnessed] the worst mob riots of the eighteenth century. Lord George Gordon was a born incendiary of extreme, almost insane, views. ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Apophenia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/16/keith-rankin-essay-apophenia/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Apophenia">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2021
By Katie Doyle of RNZ News A new anti-vaccine publication with links to the Advance New Zealand fringe political party should be ripped up and thrown in the bin, a health expert says. From Te Puke, Dr Christine Williams discovered the magazine in her work staff room. It had been brought in by a concerned ... <a title="NZ covid: Calls to dump ‘dangerous’ fringe anti-vaccine magazine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/13/nz-covid-calls-to-dump-dangerous-fringe-anti-vaccine-magazine/" aria-label="Read more about NZ covid: Calls to dump ‘dangerous’ fringe anti-vaccine magazine">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Jennifer S. Hunt, Australian National University Every four years on January 20, the US exercises a key tenant of democratic government: the peaceful transfer of power. This year, the scene looks a bit different. If the last US presidential inauguration in 2017 debuted the phrase “alternative facts”, the 2021 inauguration represents their deadly ... <a title="As Joe Biden becomes president, US still reels from deadly consequences of ‘alternative facts’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/20/as-joe-biden-becomes-president-us-still-reels-from-deadly-consequences-of-alternative-facts/" aria-label="Read more about As Joe Biden becomes president, US still reels from deadly consequences of ‘alternative facts’">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2020
By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer The announcement that Auckland was going into lockdown for a second time was met with a deluge of conspiracy theories and misinformation, including from several prominent political figures. That “infodemic” is forcing journalists to confront the question of how they should report on the rapid rise of social media-fueled ... <a title="NZ covid-19: Confronting the deluge of conspiracies over the latest lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/16/nz-covid-19-confronting-the-deluge-of-conspiracies-over-the-latest-lockdown/" aria-label="Read more about NZ covid-19: Confronting the deluge of conspiracies over the latest lockdown">Read more</a>
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April 5, 2019
“Raise hope not racists” placard at Auckland’s Queen Street march against racism. Image: Del Abcede/PMC By Ben Strang of RNZ News Thousands of New Zealanders do not believe the official version of the mosque terror attacks in Christchurch. About 5 percent of the people are estimated to be hard core conspiracy theorists, some of whom ... <a title="Thousands in NZ don’t believe official Christchurch terror attacks story" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/05/thousands-in-nz-dont-believe-official-christchurch-terror-attacks-story/" aria-label="Read more about Thousands in NZ don’t believe official Christchurch terror attacks story">Read more</a>
