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July 22, 2024
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Interest Rates and Increasing Prices: The Facts The first chart above challenges the received view that inflation in New Zealand remains stubbornly high, and that it is therefore appropriate for the Reserve Bank’s official cash rate (OCR) to be held for at least a few more months at its damagingly high ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – The Truth in New Zealand about Price Inflation and Interest Rates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/22/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-the-truth-in-new-zealand-about-price-inflation-and-interest-rates/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – The Truth in New Zealand about Price Inflation and Interest Rates">Read more</a>
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July 16, 2024
By Matthew Vari in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea will face a grim reality of a ban on its shipping of oil and hydrocarbons in international waters if it continues to ignore the implementation of a domestic waste oil policy that is 28 years overdue. The Conservation and Environment Protection Authority’s Director for Renewable Brendan ... <a title="PNG oil and LNG shipments face foreign waters ban if waste oil problem not sorted" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/16/png-oil-and-lng-shipments-face-foreign-waters-ban-if-waste-oil-problem-not-sorted/" aria-label="Read more about PNG oil and LNG shipments face foreign waters ban if waste oil problem not sorted">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2024
Post-pandemic economics and the rise of national populism - Wherever we look today, whether it be through a political, economic, or security lens, we can see the consequences of post-pandemic economic instability. And politically, the rise of national populism is in evidence, as is an apparent anti-incumbent mood among voters.
In this podcast, Paul G Buchanan and Selwyn Manning assess the global Zeitgeist and what impact post-pandemic economics is having on geopolitics and geo-economics.
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June 24, 2024
The LIVE Recording of A View from Afar podcast will begin today at 12:45pm June 24, 2024 (NZST) which is Sunday evening, 8:45pm (USEDT). Post-pandemic economics and the rise of national populism – Wherever we look today, whether it be through a political, economic, or security lens, we can see the consequences of post-pandemic economic instability. ... <a title="LIVE RECORDING: A View from Afar – Post-Pandemic Economics and the Rise of National Populism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/24/live-recording-a-view-from-afar-post-pandemic-economics-and-the-rise-of-national-populism/" aria-label="Read more about LIVE RECORDING: A View from Afar – Post-Pandemic Economics and the Rise of National Populism">Read more</a>
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June 19, 2024
EDITORIAL: PNG Post-Courier We support Count Me In 2024. It is an important national census event for Papua New Guinea. It is supported by the government. And the people support it too. The National Census will provide us with up-to-date live data on our population which is needed for planning now and into the next ... <a title="PNG Post-Courier: Census fiasco – why the poor planning, poor vision?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/19/png-post-courier-census-fiasco-why-the-poor-planning-poor-vision/" aria-label="Read more about PNG Post-Courier: Census fiasco – why the poor planning, poor vision?">Read more</a>
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June 16, 2024
PNG Post-Courier New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon will stop over in Port Moresby today for a quick bilateral with Prime Minister James Marape before setting off to Japan. Luxon hosted Chinese Premier Li Qiang in New Zealand this week before flying off to Japan through Port Moresby. Luxon has recently returned from a trip ... <a title="NZ’s Luxon briefly stopping over to see Marape in Port Moresby" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/16/nzs-luxon-briefly-stopping-over-to-see-marape-in-port-moresby/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Luxon briefly stopping over to see Marape in Port Moresby">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2024
By Shayal Devi in Suva Fiji’s Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has hinted at the possibility of establishing a government of national unity, which — if it happens — would be a monumental change in Fiji’s current political scene. Responding to questions yesterday, Rabuka also asserted that current issues within the FijiFirst Party would not have ... <a title="‘Let’s talk’ – Rabuka hints at ‘national unity’ government for Fiji" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/14/lets-talk-rabuka-hints-at-national-unity-government-for-fiji/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Let’s talk’ – Rabuka hints at ‘national unity’ government for Fiji">Read more</a>
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June 9, 2024
Asia Pacific Report About 20,000 protesters marched through the heart of New Zealand’s largest city Auckland today demonstrating against the unpopular Fast Track Approvals Bill that critics fear will ruin the country’s environment, undermine the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi with indigenous Māori, and open the door to corruption. Holding placards declaring the coalition government is ... <a title="‘Greedy lying racists’, ‘Kill the bill’, say thousands of NZ protesters over fast track draft" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/09/greedy-lying-racists-kill-the-bill-say-thousands-of-nz-protesters-over-fast-track-draft/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Greedy lying racists’, ‘Kill the bill’, say thousands of NZ protesters over fast track draft">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2024
By Giles Dexter, RNZ News reporter, in Niue Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says he wants New Zealand to be a partner of choice in the Pacific, as other countries make moves in the region. Luxon is in Niue ahead of bilateral talks with Premier Dalton Tagalagi, and to celebrate 50 years of free association between ... <a title="NZ’s prime minister Luxon in Niue: ‘This is the Pacific family’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/05/nzs-prime-minister-luxon-in-niue-this-is-the-pacific-family/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s prime minister Luxon in Niue: ‘This is the Pacific family’">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
By Repeka Nasiko in Suva “Let other people decide your salaries” is the latest message in the Fiji parliamentary pay controversy. This is the call of Fiji’s longtime House of Representatives Secretary Edward Blakelock, who believes that the Special Emoluments Committee must be independent. He said the Emoluments Committee, traditionally comprised independent consultants who were ... <a title="Independent committee needed for Fiji MPs’ salaries, says parliament chief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/independent-committee-needed-for-fiji-mps-salaries-says-parliament-chief/" aria-label="Read more about Independent committee needed for Fiji MPs’ salaries, says parliament chief">Read more</a>
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June 1, 2024
RNZ Pacific New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters says “calm wise heads” are needed to sort out the crisis in New Caledonia. A security force of more than 3000 personnel — more than half of them flown in from France — have returned to the capital Nouméa of the French territory to restore a sense ... <a title="NZ foreign minister Peters calls for ‘calm wise heads’ in New Caledonia crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/01/nz-foreign-minister-peters-calls-for-calm-wise-heads-in-new-caledonia-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about NZ foreign minister Peters calls for ‘calm wise heads’ in New Caledonia crisis">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2024
EDITORIAL: By Fred Wesley, editor-in-chief of The Fiji Times So 40 Fiji members of Parliament voted in favour of the Special Committee on Emoluments Report on the review of MPs’ salaries, allowances and benefits in Parliament on Friday. Now that’s not going down well with the masses, with many venting their frustrations on social media. ... <a title="The Fiji Times: Public outcry over Fijians’ MPs pay rise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/26/the-fiji-times-public-outcry-over-fijians-mps-pay-rise/" aria-label="Read more about The Fiji Times: Public outcry over Fijians’ MPs pay rise">Read more</a>
