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August 15, 2023
Essay by Keith Rankin. Fresh vegetables and fruit – quality foods – are what economists call a merit good, like primary health care, education and urban public transport. By contrast, ‘junk food’ – rich in sugar – is a demerit good. We in New Zealand and many other countries have a problem: too much unhealthy ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Subsidise Vegetables and Fruit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/15/keith-rankin-essay-subsidise-vegetables-and-fruit/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Subsidise Vegetables and Fruit">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2023
Asia Pacific Report Greenpeace has welcomed the Greens for being the first party to announce a household solar policy for Aotearoa New Zealand’s election in October, but says the party’s stance in post-election negotiations will make all the difference to addressing the climate crisis. The Green Party announced its Clean Energy Payment policy today which ... <a title="Greenpeace backs Greens’ ‘solar homes’ policy, but warns over NZ post-election talks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/13/greenpeace-backs-greens-solar-homes-policy-but-warns-over-nz-post-election-talks/" aria-label="Read more about Greenpeace backs Greens’ ‘solar homes’ policy, but warns over NZ post-election talks">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2023
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Last week we heard the Labour Party leader, Prime Minister Chris Hipkins, practically rule out changes to the marginal income tax rates or the associated income thresholds. In particular, he indicated that a Hipkins-led government would not proceed with proposals to introduce a tax-free income bracket. And he ruled out new ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Income Tax and Common-Sense: the Aotearoa New Zealand case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/17/keith-rankin-analysis-income-tax-and-common-sense-the-aotearoa-new-zealand-case/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Income Tax and Common-Sense: the Aotearoa New Zealand case">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2023
Pacific island countries’ “relentless” efforts at the UN’s specialist agency on shipping, International Maritime Organisation (IMO), has resulted in the adoption of a new emissions reductions strategy to ensure the Paris Agreement goal remains within reach. The IMO’s 80th Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC80) was under pressure to deliver an outcome to reduce the global ... <a title="UN shipping agency endorses 1.5 degrees plan after ‘relentless Pacific lobbying’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/08/un-shipping-agency-endorses-1-5-degrees-plan-after-relentless-pacific-lobbying/" aria-label="Read more about UN shipping agency endorses 1.5 degrees plan after ‘relentless Pacific lobbying’">Read more</a>
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July 1, 2023
By Rachael Nath, RNZ Pacific journalist The Fiji government has announced its “rebuilding our future together” Budget with a spend of FJ$4.3 billion (NZ$3.2 billion) to address the high cost of living and pay for the hefty bill racked up by the former FijiFirst administration and the global pandemic, coupled with multiple tropical cyclones and ... <a title="Fiji’s 2023 Budget: Major spending and projects but high debt ‘on watch’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/01/fijis-2023-budget-major-spending-and-projects-but-high-debt-on-watch/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s 2023 Budget: Major spending and projects but high debt ‘on watch’">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Richard Naidu in Suva It has been six months now, but I have to make a strange admission. I miss the laughs I used to get over the pseudo-authoritative pronouncements of Fiji’s former attorney-general Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum (pictured). I recall that he got a bit over-excited in January this year. That was when he ... <a title="Richard Naidu: Money, politics and fear – yet FFP’s millions still weren’t enough" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/17/richard-naidu-money-politics-and-fear-yet-ffps-millions-still-werent-enough/" aria-label="Read more about Richard Naidu: Money, politics and fear – yet FFP’s millions still weren’t enough">Read more</a>
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June 9, 2023
By RNZ News reporters Felix Walton and Finn Blackwell Auckland Council ended its meeting yesterday without a decision on the annual budget. The long-debated budget will attempt to close a $325 million deficit, exacerbated by a further $40 million in storm-related costs. Councillors arrived in good cheer, cracking jokes about the lengthy session ahead of ... <a title="Auckland Council fails to decide over controversial budget – reconvening today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/09/auckland-council-fails-to-decide-over-controversial-budget-reconvening-today/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland Council fails to decide over controversial budget – reconvening today">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2023
RNZ Pacific French Polynesia’s new President Moetai Brotherson is in Paris for wide-ranging talks with the French government and the organisers of the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics. His visit involves meetings with a range of ministers and officials to continue cooperation arrangements initiated by his predecessor. “I’m not here to come begging,” Brotherson said, adding ... <a title="‘I’m not begging’, Tahiti’s Brotherson tells France in prep for independence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/08/im-not-begging-tahitis-brotherson-tells-france-in-prep-for-independence/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I’m not begging’, Tahiti’s Brotherson tells France in prep for independence">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2023
RNZ Pacific Community leaders around Panguna mine in the autonomous Papua New Guinea region of Bougainville want mining giant Rio Tinto to help out following recent flooding. Rio Tinto was the owner/operator of the mine which has laid derelict for more than 30 years. Fears of the threat from flooding in the river system near ... <a title="Bougainville leaders call on mining giant Rio Tinto to assist communities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/07/bougainville-leaders-call-on-mining-giant-rio-tinto-to-assist-communities/" aria-label="Read more about Bougainville leaders call on mining giant Rio Tinto to assist communities">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2023
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The topic of financial debt is one of the hardest for humans to get their heads around. The normal understanding of a debt is a sacrifice made by one party (the owner of the debt) in favour of another party (the ower) which will be remedied some time in the future ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Visualising Countries’ Deficits and Debts, Surpluses and Credits, in context of the US Government’s Debt Ceiling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/29/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-visualising-countries-deficits-and-debts-surpluses-and-credits-in-context-of-the-us-governments-debt-ceiling/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Visualising Countries’ Deficits and Debts, Surpluses and Credits, in context of the US Government’s Debt Ceiling">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2023
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Tuesday’s boarding-house fire in Wellington was a tragedy of lost lives, and failure to supply safe housing and adequately resourced emergency services. But it was much more, and so far the socio-demographic revelations have barely been touched upon in mainstream media commentary. Losers and Winners Clearly the residents of the unfortunately ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Adult Poverty Action, and the Loafers Lodge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/20/keith-rankin-analysis-adult-poverty-action-and-the-loafers-lodge/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Adult Poverty Action, and the Loafers Lodge">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2023
RNZ News Prominent environmental groups in Aotearoa New Zealand are less than impressed with what they describe as underwhelming budget investments in climate, but an expert says the government has taken a multifaceted approach. Among the announcements yesterday was $402.6 million to expand the duration and scope of the Warmer Kiwi Homes programme, $120 million ... <a title="Budget 2023: NZ’s climate and science sectors react to wins and losses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/19/budget-2023-nzs-climate-and-science-sectors-react-to-wins-and-losses/" aria-label="Read more about Budget 2023: NZ’s climate and science sectors react to wins and losses">Read more</a>
