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November 7, 2019
Winston Peters is well known for being belligerent, complaining and prone to political conspiracies. It’s easy to write-off his current High Court trial as hubris and score-settling. Peters is suing former National Cabinet Ministers and heads of government departments for their alleged role in his embarrassing 2017 scandal when his pension overpayments were made public ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Winston Peters puts dirty politics on trial" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/07/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-winston-peters-puts-dirty-politics-on-trial/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Winston Peters puts dirty politics on trial">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2019
Chart Analysis by Keith Rankin. Most countries’ economies have financial signatures that reflect their cultures and histories. We may, in a binary sense, call these surplus and deficit signatures. But there are a number of important nuances. For these four developed countries, Germany and Japan would be classed as having ‘surplus’ economies, while New Zealand ... <a title="Keith Rankin’s Chart Analysis: Financial Signatures of Four Countries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/30/keith-rankins-chart-analysis-financial-signatures-of-four-countries/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin’s Chart Analysis: Financial Signatures of Four Countries">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2019
David Robie, concluding his three-part series about Iran, profiles an extraordinary pair of Tehran brothers who have been pioneering global research adventurers. They have been dubbed the “Persian Indiana Joneses”. Their adventures are fabled and hair-raising, as shown by a Jivaro shrunken human head and relics from curious rituals on display from almost 70 years ... <a title="Iran’s great global adventurers – around the lost world in 10 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/20/irans-great-global-adventurers-around-the-lost-world-in-10-years/" aria-label="Read more about Iran’s great global adventurers – around the lost world in 10 years">Read more</a>
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October 18, 2019
Iran attracts an onslaught of negative media in New Zealand and Western media. But is it fair or deserved? David Robie has spent several weeks travelling in the country on sabbatical and finds the media negativity far from the reality of the “most friendly” country he has ever visited in the first of a three-part ... <a title="Iran a hugely ‘friendly’ country behind the sabre-rattling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/18/iran-a-hugely-friendly-country-behind-the-sabre-rattling/" aria-label="Read more about Iran a hugely ‘friendly’ country behind the sabre-rattling">Read more</a>
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October 18, 2019
An EveningReport.nz investigation by Kevin List Evening Report looks into the separation of Kiwibank from New Zealand Post, and considers the impact on the public’s access to banking services in their communities. Kiwibank. What’s going on? Kiwibank and New Zealand Post are in the process of separating the two businesses. This means that both Kiwibank ... <a title="State of Play: What’s Happening to Kiwibank and How Many Branches Are Closing?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/18/state-of-play-whats-happening-to-kiwibank-and-how-many-branches-are-closing/" aria-label="Read more about State of Play: What’s Happening to Kiwibank and How Many Branches Are Closing?">Read more</a>
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October 15, 2019
Commentators across the political spectrum seem to agree – the Labour-led Government’s popularity is being damaged by its failure to deliver in Jacinda Ardern’s self-proclaimed “Year of Delivery”. Instead, the delivery of bad news to Labour and the Government has come in two opinion polls out this week. Last night’s 1News-Colmar Brunton poll gave Labour ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour’s “Year of non-Delivery” bites" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/15/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-labours-year-of-non-delivery-bites/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour’s “Year of non-Delivery” bites">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2019
The results of the local government elections appear to show that New Zealanders are generally supportive of a more diverse range of representatives, having voted in greater numbers for candidates from traditionally under-represented groups. The elections have therefore modernised our councils in a small but very significant way, helping address some long-standing imbalances in representation. ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The demographic shift in local government elections" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/14/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-demographic-shift-in-local-government-elections/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The demographic shift in local government elections">Read more</a>
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October 9, 2019
When New Zealand First holds its annual party conference next week, the issue underpinning all the discussion and debate will be its survival. It’s a perennial problem, but one that is now particularly pronounced. With polling putting the party below the crucial five per cent MMP threshold for most of their time as part of ... <a title="Political Roundup: The pressure of survival shows for NZ First" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/09/political-roundup-the-pressure-of-survival-shows-for-nz-first/" aria-label="Read more about Political Roundup: The pressure of survival shows for NZ First">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2019
Reportage, photography and video by Hugh Bohane – reporting from Hong Kong. As China celebrated the 70thanniversary of the birth of their Communist Party on October 1 with an extravagant military parade, down south in Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters continued their struggle to have all of their five demands heard. This was met with brute ... <a title="Special Report – The Unmasking of Hong Kong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/06/special-report-the-unmasking-of-hong-kong/" aria-label="Read more about Special Report – The Unmasking of Hong Kong">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2019
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards Jacinda Ardern’s diplomatic trip to New York has been a success. She participated in at least 32 notable events, including a large number of bilateral meetings, and gave nine speeches. And she showed once again what an asset she is for New Zealand on the world stage. Her final appearance, ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Ardern scatters diplomatic stardust in New York" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/27/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-ardern-scatters-diplomatic-stardust-in-new-york/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Ardern scatters diplomatic stardust in New York">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2019
Last month I noted that Māori voter growth in Auckland (Tāmaki Makaurau) was slower than in all the other Māori electoral districts, and that this almost certainly reflected very low Māori population growth in Auckland. I also argued that Pakeha as well as Māori were leaving (or not arriving in) Auckland in larger numbers than ... <a title="Keith Rankin’s Chart Analysis – Auckland’s Population and the 2018 New Zealand Census" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/24/keith-rankins-chart-analysis-aucklands-population-and-the-2018-new-zealand-census/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin’s Chart Analysis – Auckland’s Population and the 2018 New Zealand Census">Read more</a>
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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>
