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November 9, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Christian Downie, Australian National University When the US formally left the Paris climate agreement, Joe Biden tweeted that “in exactly 77 days, a Biden Administration will rejoin it”. The US announced its intention to withdraw from the agreement back in 2017. But the agreement’s complex rules meant formal notification could only be sent ... <a title="New Biden era heralds global climate politics switch with US rejoining Paris" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/09/new-biden-era-heralds-global-climate-politics-switch-with-us-rejoining-paris/" aria-label="Read more about New Biden era heralds global climate politics switch with US rejoining Paris">Read more</a>
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November 9, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk An American columnist and high tech expert has apologised to the people of New Zealand over the “scary” experience of authoritarian presidential rule over the past four years and appealed for a “second chance”. Dick Brass, a former vice-president of Microsoft and Oracle for almost two decades and an ex-New York ... <a title="American columnist apologises to NZ for ‘scary’ Trump leadership" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/09/american-columnist-apologises-to-nz-for-scary-trump-leadership/" aria-label="Read more about American columnist apologises to NZ for ‘scary’ Trump leadership">Read more</a>
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November 9, 2020
By RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says it is important for New Zealand to have tight connections with the US on big global issues – including trade, covid and climate change – and she will be pursuing a strong relationship with President-elect Joe Biden. Joe Biden has become President-elect after a teeth-gritting election. The ... <a title="NZ’s Ardern seeks Biden leadership on climate change, global issues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/09/nzs-ardern-seeks-biden-leadership-on-climate-change-global-issues/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Ardern seeks Biden leadership on climate change, global issues">Read more</a>
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November 8, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Fiji’s Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama is reported to have become the first world leader to publicly congratulate US President-elect Joe Biden on his victory – despite there being no clear winner yesterday morning when he did so. Bainimarama took to Twitter on Saturday to express his well wishes to Biden and ... <a title="Fiji’s Bainimarama first world leader to congratulate Biden – too early" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/08/fijis-bainimarama-first-world-leader-to-congratulate-biden-too-early/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s Bainimarama first world leader to congratulate Biden – too early">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Joe Biden is almost certain to be the next president of the United States, ushering in a welcome return to engagement with the climate crisis after four years of denial. Great news for the Pacific. In contrast with Donald Trump’s premature declaration of victory and desperate calls to “stop the count”, ... <a title="Joe Biden edges closer to White House, but faces climate policy frustration" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/07/joe-biden-edges-closer-to-white-house-but-faces-climate-policy-frustration/" aria-label="Read more about Joe Biden edges closer to White House, but faces climate policy frustration">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2020
OPINION: By Crosbie Walsh As Aotearoa New Zealand waited for the election special votes results there was no talk of violence in the streets or threatened endless litigation. Our citizens are more tolerant of opposition and more liberal than the citizens of the divided nation that used to be called the “United States” of America. ... <a title="Thank goodness for the peaceful poll contrast in NZ to ‘united’ US" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/06/thank-goodness-for-the-peaceful-poll-contrast-in-nz-to-united-us/" aria-label="Read more about Thank goodness for the peaceful poll contrast in NZ to ‘united’ US">Read more</a>
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November 6, 2020
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Two former New Zealand prime ministers have called for an end to polarisation and the need for “healing” as the US presidential election remains in limbo. Both former Labour PM Helen Clark and ex-National PM Sir John Key talked up the “television spectacle” in newspaper columns today with Key admitting that ... <a title="Two former NZ prime ministers call for US to restore global ‘leadership’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/06/two-former-nz-prime-ministers-call-for-us-to-restore-global-leadership/" aria-label="Read more about Two former NZ prime ministers call for US to restore global ‘leadership’">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Adrian Beaumont, University of Melbourne Joe Biden is now poised to win the US presidency. The mail-in votes in Wisconsin and Michigan have overturned Trump’s election night leads. Biden won Wisconsin by 0.6 percent, and is clearly going to win Michigan. He leads there by 1.2 percent with 97 percent in, and the ... <a title="Joe Biden headed for narrow victory in US presidential election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/05/joe-biden-headed-for-narrow-victory-in-us-presidential-election/" aria-label="Read more about Joe Biden headed for narrow victory in US presidential election">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk A leading New Zealand newspaper has branded the knife-edge US presidential election as a “nightmare” scenario in response to fears of civil disorder and a tarnished global image. “The very face of the American consumerism was forced to mask up,” said The New Zealand Herald today as the nation “hunkered down ... <a title="Nightmare ‘haunts US dream’, says leading NZ newspaper" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/05/nightmare-haunts-us-dream-says-leading-nz-newspaper/" aria-label="Read more about Nightmare ‘haunts US dream’, says leading NZ newspaper">Read more</a>
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November 5, 2020
By RNZ Pacific The court case in New Caledonia brought by French Polynesia’s pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru against the French prosecutor over the Faa’a community station Radio Tefana has been deferred for a second time. Last month, it was deferred until yesterday but it has now been rescheduled for November 25. In June, Temaru had ... <a title="New Caledonia court again defers Temaru case over Radio Tefana" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/05/new-caledonia-court-again-defers-temaru-case-over-radio-tefana/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia court again defers Temaru case over Radio Tefana">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Jennifer S. Hunt, Australian National University It has been billed as the most significant US election in generations, and with nearly 100 million votes already cast, it is well underway. An estimated 50 million more votes are expected on the last day of in-person voting on Tuesday (Wednesday NZ time), with mail-in ballots ... <a title="With US D-day, the outcome won’t be simply a matter of political will" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/04/with-us-d-day-the-outcome-wont-be-simply-a-matter-of-political-will/" aria-label="Read more about With US D-day, the outcome won’t be simply a matter of political will">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Richard Shaw of Massey University Jacinda Ardern’s new “covid cabinet” is pretty much the same as — and completely unlike — every previous government under the mixed member proportional (MMP) system. The similarity involves the political accommodation reached between Labour and the Greens. Every government formed since 1996 has rested on such arrangements. ... <a title="Ardern now leads one of the most powerful governments NZ has seen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/04/ardern-now-leads-one-of-the-most-powerful-governments-nz-has-seen/" aria-label="Read more about Ardern now leads one of the most powerful governments NZ has seen">Read more</a>
