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December 18, 2018
Political Roundup: Rolling back “neoliberalism” in our schooling system By Dr Bryce Edwards Equality, fairness, and cooperation look set to become the priorities underpinning the operations of the schooling system. They’re the values that are explicit in the radical new proposals to overhaul education and roll back the “neoliberal” Tomorrow’s Schools model that was imposed ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Rolling back “neoliberalism” in our schooling system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/18/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-rolling-back-neoliberalism-in-our-schooling-system/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Rolling back “neoliberalism” in our schooling system">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2018
Political Roundup: The Case against major school reform By Dr Bryce Edwards Debate has now kicked off over the Government’s most radical reforms to date – the overhaul of the way our schools are run. With the release of the “Tomorrow’s Schools Independent Taskforce” proposals for change, there is now a polarised and highly-ideological battle ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Case against major school reform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/17/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-case-against-major-school-reform/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Case against major school reform">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2018
Dominguis and Dolfintje Dimara pictured on the day they were married. Image: #InspirationalPapuaNewGuineans PROFILE: By Sincha Dimara in Port Moresby I once asked my mother how was it that she married at the tender age of 16 and left home in West Papua for a foreign land – neighbouring Papua New Guinea – never to ... <a title="Sincha Dimara: My mother, a West Papuan survivor of many hardships, spurred along by her faith" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/12/sincha-dimara-my-mother-a-west-papuan-survivor-of-many-hardships-spurred-along-by-her-faith/" aria-label="Read more about Sincha Dimara: My mother, a West Papuan survivor of many hardships, spurred along by her faith">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2018
Christmas spirit at a Human Rights Day rally in the Papuan capital of Jayapura this week. Image: Voice Westpapua Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Indonesian police should investigate a Papuan armed group’s killing of at least 17 people, including a soldier, at a construction area in Nduga in Papua’s densely forested Central Highlands earlier this month, ... <a title="Human rights watchdog calls for police probe into ‘unclear’ Papua killings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/11/human-rights-watchdog-calls-for-police-probe-into-unclear-papua-killings/" aria-label="Read more about Human rights watchdog calls for police probe into ‘unclear’ Papua killings">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2018
By Keith Rankin There will almost certainly be another major financial crisis, just like there will be another big earthquake (or, as the Australians would instead say, another big bushfire). We can do much to improve our monitoring of systemic stresses, our awareness of critical-state dynamics, and our before-and-after mitigation processes. Wilful blindness is not ... <a title="Keith Rankin’s Chart for this Month: Crisis Postponed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/10/keith-rankins-chart-for-this-month-crisis-postponed/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin’s Chart for this Month: Crisis Postponed">Read more</a>
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December 7, 2018
Political Roundup: Simon Bridges’ leadership still being undermined by Dr Bryce Edwards This week’s Colmar Brunton poll was one of the most bittersweet polls a political party and its leader have ever received. On the one hand, the party was up to 46 per cent but, on the other, leader Simon Bridges was only on ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Simon Bridges’ leadership still being undermined" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/07/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-simon-bridges-leadership-still-being-undermined/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Simon Bridges’ leadership still being undermined">Read more</a>
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December 5, 2018
Political Roundup: The Seriousness of the Maggie Barry bullying allegations Allegations of bullying and illegal activity in Parliament continue to dog National MP Maggie Barry, with leaks and anonymous interviews from former staff coming out daily since the Herald broke the story on Saturday. The latest startling allegations were broadcast this morning on RNZ, in ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Seriousness of the Maggie Barry bullying allegations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/05/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-seriousness-of-the-maggie-barry-bullying-allegations/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Seriousness of the Maggie Barry bullying allegations">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2018
Political Roundup: Bullying and bad behaviour in Parliament by Dr Bryce Edwards The bad behaviour of New Zealand politicians has been a major focus of this year in politics. Actually, this has been happening throughout the world recently, as the growing mood against elites and sexual harassment has led to a refreshing openness and scrutiny ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Bullying and bad behaviour in Parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/03/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-bullying-and-bad-behaviour-in-parliament/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Bullying and bad behaviour in Parliament">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2018
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – A bloodied Papuan student attacked during yesterday’s December 1 Free West Papua rally in Surabaya, Indonesia. Image: Human rights sources From the Pacific Media Centre By Tony Firman of Tirto in Surabaya A protest action by the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) in Indonesia’s East Java provincial ... <a title="West Papuan ‘independence day’ – nationalist thugs attack rally in Surabaya" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/03/west-papuan-independence-day-nationalist-thugs-attack-rally-in-surabaya/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan ‘independence day’ – nationalist thugs attack rally in Surabaya">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2018
By Tony Firman of Tirto in Surabaya A protest action by the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) in Indonesia’s East Java provincial capital of Surabaya yesterday demanding self-determination for West Papua has been attacked by a group of ormas (social or mass organisations). Police later raided Papuan student dormitories in the evening and detained 233 students ... <a title="Nationalist thugs attack Papuan pro-independence rally in Surabaya" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/12/03/nationalist-thugs-attack-papuan-pro-independence-rally-in-surabaya/" aria-label="Read more about Nationalist thugs attack Papuan pro-independence rally in Surabaya">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2018
Political Roundup: Huawei decision is the price of being in Five Eyes by Dr Bryce Edwards John Key was once very candid in explaining the realpolitik reason New Zealand had to send troops to assist the US war on terror: it was simply “the price of the club”. He was speaking of the intelligence alliance ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Huawei decision is the price of being in Five Eyes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/30/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-huawei-decision-is-the-price-of-being-in-five-eyes/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Huawei decision is the price of being in Five Eyes">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2018
Political Roundup: Suffrage reality check – prisoners still can’t vote by Dr Bryce Edwards. Yesterday marked 125 years to the day since women first voted in a New Zealand General Election. However, celebrations received a reality check when an inconvenient truth resurfaced in a new campaign – the fact that not all New Zealand women ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Suffrage reality check – prisoners still can’t vote" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/30/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-suffrage-reality-check-prisoners-still-cant-vote/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Suffrage reality check – prisoners still can’t vote">Read more</a>
