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April 30, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Fact Checking On Mondays – or Tuesdays after public holidays – National Radio’s Kathryn Ryan runs a session called ‘Political Commentators’. On 28 April, from the right was regular commentator Matthew Hooton. From the left was Neal Jones who is listed as: “Chief of Staff to Labour Leader Jacinda Ardern, and prior ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Universal Income Flat Tax: the Mechanism that Makes the Necessary Possible" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/30/keith-rankin-analysis-universal-income-flat-tax-the-mechanism-that-makes-the-necessary-possible/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Universal Income Flat Tax: the Mechanism that Makes the Necessary Possible">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2020
If there were any doubts about Jacinda Ardern’s ability to deliver the goods as a campaigner, then they were quashed by her masterful performance against Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday. Ardern made what is being reported as a “stunning attack” on the Australian Government, while standing alongside the Australian PM in a highly-orchestrated ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Jacinda Ardern’s masterful performance against Scott Morrison" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/02/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-jacinda-arderns-masterful-performance-against-scott-morrison/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Jacinda Ardern’s masterful performance against Scott Morrison">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2020
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern won power in 2017 on the basis of statements such as “My goal is to eradicate child poverty in New Zealand”. The Government’s progress on child poverty will be under scrutiny at this year’s general election, but progress is slow, and many are claiming not enough is being done to address this ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Is enough being done about child poverty?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/27/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-is-enough-being-done-about-child-poverty/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Is enough being done about child poverty?">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2019
How rotten is New Zealand, given the state of poverty at the end of 2019? And why do politicians and the public allow it? These are the questions that might be asked in the lead up to Christmas this year, given the wealth of information we have on disadvantage and suffering at the moment. Auckland ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: How rotten is New Zealand?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/17/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-how-rotten-is-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: How rotten is New Zealand?">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2019
By Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana and Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka Great strides have been taken to empower women and girls in the Asia-Pacific region since the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing adopted an ambitious global agenda to achieve gender equality twenty-five years ago. Gender parity has been achieved in primary education. Maternal mortality has been halved. ... <a title="Joint UN ESCAP-UN Women Op-Ed: Catalysing change for gender equality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/27/joint-un-escap-un-women-op-ed-catalysing-change-for-gender-equality/" aria-label="Read more about Joint UN ESCAP-UN Women Op-Ed: Catalysing change for gender equality">Read more</a>