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May 16, 2019
The world is changing fast, with digital technological innovation that is both liberating and disturbing. The threats and opportunities this presents requires a massive debate, and intervention, to ensure such changes are as healthy as possible for humanity. The online dimension of the Christchurch terrorist attacks is now provoking a sea change in attitudes towards ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Christchurch Calling: the clampdown on social media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/16/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-christchurch-calling-the-clampdown-on-social-media/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Christchurch Calling: the clampdown on social media">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2019
When politicians win votes on the basis of heroic promises to fix intractable problems, but then break those promises, the public quite rightly feel they’ve been ripped off. That’s exactly what has happened with KiwiBuild. Labour politicians largely won office in 2017 on the basis of their scathing critique of how badly the National Government ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The KiwiBuild betrayal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/15/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-kiwibuild-betrayal/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The KiwiBuild betrayal">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2019
James Shaw rates his Zero Carbon Bill as seven or eight out of ten. And former Green Party co-leader, Russel Norman – now with Greenpeace – rates it zero out of ten. Either way, it’s clear that the new legislation isn’t really the crucial planet-saving bill that many were hoping for. And it certainly doesn’t ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Watered-down Zero Carbon Bill" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/13/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-watered-down-zero-carbon-bill/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Watered-down Zero Carbon Bill">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2019
Last week was a big one for the media. Not only did New Zealand’s biggest newspaper launch a new paywall, but Thursday was “World News Day”, and Friday was “World Media Freedom Day”. All of this prompts the question, how well is New Zealand society and democracy served by the media in 2019? The World ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The State of the NZ media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/10/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-state-of-the-nz-media/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The State of the NZ media">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2019
The Labour-led Government’s decision to hold a referendum should be celebrated – even by those who wish to oppose liberalisation. It allows a societal debate on an issue of importance for many people. The Green Party should also be thanked for progressing the question. That doesn’t mean the newly-announced referendum process for next year has ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Why the Cannabis referendum is a problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/10/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-why-the-cannabis-referendum-is-a-problem/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Why the Cannabis referendum is a problem">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert McLachlan, Professor in Applied Mathematics, Massey University New Zealand’s long-awaited zero carbon bill will create sweeping changes to the management of emissions, setting a global benchmark with ambitious reduction targets for all major greenhouse gases. The bill includes two separate targets – one for the long-lived ... <a title="NZ introduces groundbreaking zero carbon bill, including targets for agricultural methane" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/09/nz-introduces-groundbreaking-zero-carbon-bill-including-targets-for-agricultural-methane-116724/" aria-label="Read more about NZ introduces groundbreaking zero carbon bill, including targets for agricultural methane">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2019
By RNZ Pacific Commemorations have been held in New Caledonia over the weekend to mark the 30th anniversary of the assassination of the pro-independence leader Jean-Marie Tjibaou and his deputy on 4 May 1989. Tjibaou, leader of the pro-indeoendence Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS), was killed along with Yeiwéné Yeiwéné. The two Kanak ... <a title="Assassination of Kanak leader Jean-Marie Tjibaou marked 30 years on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/06/assassination-of-kanak-leader-jean-marie-tjibaou-marked-30-years-on/" aria-label="Read more about Assassination of Kanak leader Jean-Marie Tjibaou marked 30 years on">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2019
Politically powerful South Auckland Councillor Daniel Newman has labelled Auckland Mayor Phil Goff’s promise to review the city’s Council Controlled Organisations as ‘Not good enough!’ Newman insists some of the CCOs be axed as they are “not fit for purpose”. Auckland Council is split into two significant blocks, referred to as Goff’s A-team and his ... <a title="‘Not good enough!’ Auckland Councillor Daniel Newman Slams Mayor Goff’s CCO Review" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/06/south-auckland-councillor-daniel-newman-labels-mayor-goffs-cco-review-promise-as-not-good-enough/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Not good enough!’ Auckland Councillor Daniel Newman Slams Mayor Goff’s CCO Review">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2019
by Dr Bryce Edwards Have the political left and supporters of the Labour-led Government been conned again? Big changes were promised in welfare reform, but with the response to the just-released working group report on the welfare system, it looks like very little is actually going to be delivered. Of course, the left has already ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Expediency rather than transformation on welfare reform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/06/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-expediency-rather-than-transformation-on-welfare-reform/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Expediency rather than transformation on welfare reform">Read more</a>
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May 5, 2019
By Pia Ranada in Manila Besieged by criticisms and questions about the veracity of Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte’s “ouster plot matrix“, Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo sought to assure the public that the Chief Executive would never make any baseless claims. Last Thursday, he said Filipinos had no reason to doubt the diagram because it came ... <a title="‘The President does not lie’ – and Duterte’s proven untrue claims" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/05/the-president-does-not-lie-and-dutertes-proven-untrue-claims/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The President does not lie’ – and Duterte’s proven untrue claims">Read more</a>
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May 1, 2019
May 1st is International Workers Day, which is a good time to reflect on what’s happening with workers’ rights and industrial action under the Labour-led Government. Of course, in New Zealand we don’t have a strong culture of celebrating May Day. You’ll barely find a mention of it in the media and the day goes ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Looking at workers’ rights on May Day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/01/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-looking-at-workers-rights-on-may-day/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Looking at workers’ rights on May Day">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2019
The Greens were going to be the principled core of the Labour-led Government, but instead are regarded by many as having been largely ineffective and submissive in power. This is leading supporters and others on the political left to ask some difficult questions about the direction the Greens are going in, and whether they will ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: What happened to the Greens’ dream?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/30/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-what-happened-to-the-greens-dream/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: What happened to the Greens’ dream?">Read more</a>
