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February 12, 2019
Political Roundup: Will National burn its Bridges? by Dr Bryce Edwards There’s no doubt about it. The latest political poll is terrible news for the National Party and Simon Bridges. The only question is whether it signals the end of Bridges’ leadership of the party. The Newshub Reid Research poll was described last night by ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Will National burn its Bridges?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/12/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-will-national-burn-its-bridges/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Will National burn its Bridges?">Read more</a>
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February 5, 2019
Presidential candidates Joko “Jokowi” Widodo (left) and Ma’ruf Amin make statements during the first candidate debate on January 18. Image: Dhoni Setiawan/Jakarta Post Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo appears to have gone on the offensive against his challenger in the upcoming presidential election Prabowo Subianto as the second presidential debate draws nearer, ... <a title="Jokowi plays it tough, accusing Prabowo of ‘outbursts of lies’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/05/jokowi-plays-it-tough-accusing-prabowo-of-outbursts-of-lies/" aria-label="Read more about Jokowi plays it tough, accusing Prabowo of ‘outbursts of lies’">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2019
Political Roundup: Don’t write off a new centrist green party yet by Dr Bryce Edwards Is environmentalism intrinsically leftwing? Has the Green Party got a monopoly on environmental concerns? Do environmentally-concerned voters only vote for the Green Party? The answer to all of those questions is surely “no”, yet a speculative “blue-green” centrist party is ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Don’t write off a new centrist green party yet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/29/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-dont-write-off-a-new-centrist-green-party-yet/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Don’t write off a new centrist green party yet">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2019
Graphic: Vanuatu Daily Post By Glenda Willie in Port Vila Voters in Vanuatu will be given the opportunity to vote for political reform laws in the country’s first ever referendum in June this year. The Chairman of the Task Force on the Constitutional Review, Minister Ralph Regenvanu explained that the voting process would be similar ... <a title="Vanuatu plans first ever referendum over political reform laws" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/29/vanuatu-plans-first-ever-referendum-over-political-reform-laws/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu plans first ever referendum over political reform laws">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2019
Political Roundup: Could John Tamihere “make Auckland great again”? by Dr Bryce Edwards Get ready for a more lively local government contest in New Zealand’s biggest city this year. Recent local election campaigns have been relatively dull affairs. In fact, at the last elections in 2016, voter turnout slumped to the lowest level for some ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Could John Tamihere “make Auckland great again”?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/28/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-could-john-tamihere-make-auckland-great-again/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Could John Tamihere “make Auckland great again”?">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2019
Bombs minutes apart tore through a Roman Catholic cathedral in Jolo, Sulu, in the southern Philippines region of Mindanao at the weekend. Video: Philippine Daily Inquirer By Rambo Talabong and Mara Cepeda in Jolo, Philippines At least 20 people were killed as two explosions rocked the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Jolo, ... <a title="At least 20 killed as two bomb blasts hit Jolo Cathedral in Philippines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/28/at-least-20-killed-as-two-bomb-blasts-hit-jolo-cathedral-in-philippines/" aria-label="Read more about At least 20 killed as two bomb blasts hit Jolo Cathedral in Philippines">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2019
Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir … controversy over presidential plan for his early release. Image: YouTube still Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Indonesian President Joko Widodo says a radical Muslim cleric linked to the 2002 Bali bombings would only be released from jail if he pledged loyalty to the state and its ideology, following news he ... <a title="Jakarta Post: Free radical cleric linked to Bali bombing – why now?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/23/jakarta-post-free-radical-cleric-linked-to-bali-bombing-why-now/" aria-label="Read more about Jakarta Post: Free radical cleric linked to Bali bombing – why now?">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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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>
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November 20, 2018
SODELPA’s Lynda Tabuya … “breath of fresh air” in Fiji politics. Image: Wikimedia Commons By Koroi Tadulala in Suva The role of women in every segment of society is vital and this is slowly been reflected through more women contesting political spaces in Fiji. This year recorded the highest number of women contesting the country’s ... <a title="Fiji women have confidence that their gender in politics will hear their voices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/20/fiji-women-have-confidence-that-their-gender-in-politics-will-hear-their-voices/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji women have confidence that their gender in politics will hear their voices">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2018
By Sri Krishnamurthi “Fake News” was the catch phrase of the 2018 Fiji Elections – the second democratic elections since Commodore, now Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama, carried out Fiji’s fourth coup in 2006. Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama … reelected with easily the strongest personal vote in the Fiji general election but his FijiFirst party has ... <a title="2018 Fiji elections – the ‘fake news’ catchphrase of this poll but beware" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/19/2018-fiji-elections-the-fake-news-catchphrase-of-this-poll-but-beware/" aria-label="Read more about 2018 Fiji elections – the ‘fake news’ catchphrase of this poll but beware">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2018
The Fiji Times editorial … “The challenge for individual voters is to cast aside differences, and unite for a common goal, to move our nation forward.” Image: PMC screenshot EDITORIAL COMMENT: By Fred Wesley, editor-in-chief of The Fiji Times Yesterday marked the end of the 2018 Fiji General Election. It marked the end of a ... <a title="‘The people have spoken’ – Fiji Times comments on a split election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/19/the-people-have-spoken-fiji-times-comments-on-a-split-election/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The people have spoken’ – Fiji Times comments on a split election">Read more</a>
