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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 23 2019

September 23, 2019

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 by Dr Bryce Edwards. Foreign affairs and trade Derek Cheng (Herald): Jacinda Ardern to take climate change stage in New York, but is her record strong enough? (paywalled) Craig McCulloch (RNZ): PM Jacinda Ardern ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 23 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/23/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-september-23-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 23 2019">Read more</a>

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Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Diversity problems and solutions in local government

September 20, 2019

“Diversity” is a central theme of the current local government elections – with the common criticism that incumbent politicians are generally too “stale, male, and pale” (or variations on that). Numerous commentators and candidates have lamented the lack of women, ethnic minorities, and youth in local government.  There are signs, however, that the current elections ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Diversity problems and solutions in local government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/20/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-diversity-problems-and-solutions-in-local-government/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Diversity problems and solutions in local government">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 20 2019

September 20, 2019

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 by Dr Bryce Edwards. Climate change, environment Paul Gorman (Stuff): How would you spend an unlimited war chest for battling climate change? Jeanette Fitzsimons and Cindy Baxter (Newsroom): The unknown loophole threatening zero ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 20 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/20/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-september-20-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 20 2019">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 19 2019

September 19, 2019

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 by Dr Bryce Edwards. Foreign affairs and trade Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Global uncertainty and domestic troubles as Ardern heads to UN Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Ardern acknowledges risk to NZ’s reputation from sex assault ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 19 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/19/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-september-19-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 19 2019">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 18 2019

September 18, 2019

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 by Dr Bryce Edwards. Climate change Sharon Murdoch (Stuff): 4000 Days: A climate change story where you choose the ending Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): New Zealand can’t point the finger at Brazil over Amazon ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 18 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/18/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-september-18-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 18 2019">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 17 2019

September 17, 2019

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 by Dr Bryce Edwards. Labour Party sexual assault allegations Richard Harman (Politik): Goodbye Labour – Hello Brand Jacinda Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Once bitten twice shy? Not the case for Labour Chris Trotter: Behind ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 17 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/17/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-september-17-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 17 2019">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 16 2019

September 16, 2019

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 by Dr Bryce Edwards. Labour Party sexual assault allegations John Armstrong (1News): Are we witnessing the beginning of the end of Ardern’s administration? Alison Mau (Guardian): Labour’s #MeToo moment eats away at Ardern’s ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 16 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/16/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-september-16-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 16 2019">Read more</a>

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Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Electioneering on Facebook under scrutiny

September 16, 2019

The National Party is in trouble again for its Facebook advertising campaigning. Late last week, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled against one of the party’s social media ads targeting the Government’s vehicle efficiency feebate scheme. The authority ruled it was “likely to confuse or deceive consumers”. The ad had claimed that the feebate scheme ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Electioneering on Facebook under scrutiny" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/16/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-electioneering-on-facebook-under-scrutiny/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Electioneering on Facebook under scrutiny">Read more</a>

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Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour’s #MeToo political damage is with their own supporters

September 16, 2019

If the political reputation of the Labour-led Government and Jacinda Ardern have been badly or even fatally damaged by the ongoing #MeTooLabour scandal, it will be because they’ve disappointed their own supporters, and failed to live up to their own values. This is very different to a leftwing government and prime minister being undermined by ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour’s #MeToo political damage is with their own supporters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/16/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-labours-metoo-political-damage-is-with-their-own-supporters/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour’s #MeToo political damage is with their own supporters">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 13 2019

September 13, 2019

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 by Dr Bryce Edwards. Labour Party sexual assault allegations Andrea Vance (Stuff): How to make the Labour abuse scandal worse Duncan Garner (Newshub): Jacinda Ardern could be forced to resign Matthew Hooton (Herald): Nothing ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 13 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/13/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-september-13-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 13 2019">Read more</a>

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Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Claims of a #MeTooLabour “cover-up” in the Beehive

September 12, 2019

Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards – Its increasingly looking as if the Beehive has been involved in some sort of “cover-up” of sexual assault allegations in the Labour Party. For that reason, it’s almost inevitable that further heads will roll – it’s just a question of whose. The Prime Minister herself is under immense pressure ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Claims of a #MeTooLabour “cover-up” in the Beehive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/12/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-claims-of-a-metoolabour-cover-up-in-the-beehive/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Claims of a #MeTooLabour “cover-up” in the Beehive">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 12 2019

September 12, 2019

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 by Dr Bryce Edwards. Labour Party sexual assault allegations Peter Dunne: This is the end of Ardern’s Golden Weather as Prime Minister  Andrea Vance (Stuff): Labour Party president Nigel Haworth has resigned – ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 12 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/12/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-september-12-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 12 2019">Read more</a>