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April 18, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards The Labour Government received plaudits this week for its historic announcement that it will ban the live export of animals by sea. It’s said to be a world first. The decision comes after years of pressure, which increased after last year’s tragedy when the ship Gulf Livestock 1 left New Zealand, ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Government’s historic ban on live animal exports" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/18/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-governments-historic-ban-on-live-animal-exports/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Government’s historic ban on live animal exports">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards How seriously does the Māori Party take issues of corruption and the untoward influence of big money in politics? Not very, based on how it’s handling a political finance scandal in which three large donations were kept hidden from the public. The party is currently making excuses, and largely failing to ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Māori Party needs to come clean" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/13/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-maori-party-needs-to-come-clean/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Māori Party needs to come clean">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2021
SPECIAL REPORT – by Selwyn Manning. On Tuesday, March 30, we lodged a series of questions to the Minister of Immigration Kris Faafoi, seeking answers to allegations that 10 Chinese workers, who were detained in custody pending deportation orders, were in fact victims of a human trafficking scam. Throughout last week, the ten workers’ lawyer, ... <a title="SPECIAL REPORT: Bureaucratic Silence Surrounds Immigration New Zealand Deportation Move – Is This a Case of Human Trafficking + Black Labour?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/06/special-report-bureaucratic-silence-surrounds-immigration-new-zealand-deportation-move-is-this-a-case-of-human-trafficking-black-labour/" aria-label="Read more about SPECIAL REPORT: Bureaucratic Silence Surrounds Immigration New Zealand Deportation Move – Is This a Case of Human Trafficking + Black Labour?">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rayner Thwaites, Senior Lecturer, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney New Zealand authorities are still refusing to comment publicly on the likely deportation from Turkey of Suhayra Aden, the former Australian-New Zealand dual citizen alleged by Turkish authorities to be an Islamic State terrorist. But according to ... <a title="Suhayra Aden became New Zealand’s problem because of a dubious Australian law that has since been repealed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/10/suhayra-aden-became-new-zealands-problem-because-of-a-dubious-australian-law-that-has-since-been-repealed-156099/" aria-label="Read more about Suhayra Aden became New Zealand’s problem because of a dubious Australian law that has since been repealed">Read more</a>
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January 26, 2021
COMMENT: By Bryan Kramer, PNG’s Minister of Police who has defended Commissioner Manning’s appointment today in The National My last article, announcing that I intend to make a submission to the National Executive Council (NEC) to amend the Public Service regulation to no longer require the Commissioner of Police to hold a tertiary degree, prompted ... <a title="Bryan Kramer: How many PNG police chiefs have had a degree? None" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/26/bryan-kramer-how-many-png-police-chiefs-have-had-a-degree-none/" aria-label="Read more about Bryan Kramer: How many PNG police chiefs have had a degree? None">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2020
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. As the public decide who to vote for, the matter of whether wealthy interests have been able to influence Government decisions has arisen once again. This relates to controversy from late last year about whether junior coalition partner New Zealand First is using their fundraising mechanism to illegally hide the ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: NZ First Vs Serious Fraud Office" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/30/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-nz-first-vs-serious-fraud-office/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: NZ First Vs Serious Fraud Office">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2020
Video we cross LIVE to author and film-maker Barbara Sumner to discuss her new book Tree of Strangers. But first, in this book, Barbara has laid bare her own life experiences to illustrate why New Zealand’s 65 year-old adoption laws must be fixed. It’s a beautifully written story of a child’s journey through the early ... <a title="Video: Selwyn Manning talks with Barbara Sumner about her new book and why adoption laws must change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/23/live-special-at-8pm-selwyn-manning-talks-with-barbara-sumner-about-her-new-book-and-why-adoption-laws-must-change/" aria-label="Read more about Video: Selwyn Manning talks with Barbara Sumner about her new book and why adoption laws must change">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2020
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards Can we trust New Zealand’s military? There must now be serious doubt, given the landmark report released on Friday concluding the investigation into allegations made in the book Hit and Run by Nicky Hager and Jon Stephenson about a 2010 SAS killing raid in Afghanistan. The most recent Colmar Brunton ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Burnham report shows why we can’t trust NZ’s military" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/03/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-burnham-report-shows-why-we-cant-trust-nzs-military/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Burnham report shows why we can’t trust NZ’s military">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kris Gledhill, Professor of Law, Auckland University of Technology As New Zealand approaches the end of its strictest lockdown period, a debate has begun about whether it was legal in the first place. This is important because people are being prosecuted for breaching the lockdown. Naturally, lawyers ... <a title="Was New Zealand’s coronavirus lockdown legal? One week might make all the difference" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/08/was-new-zealands-coronavirus-lockdown-legal-one-week-might-make-all-the-difference-138203/" aria-label="Read more about Was New Zealand’s coronavirus lockdown legal? One week might make all the difference">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 20, 2020
Is the National Party off the hook over the Serious Fraud Office donations prosecution? That’s what the party is claiming, pointing out that no National official or MP has been charged. But of course, there was a National MP involved – albeit one no longer with the party – and he is being prosecuted. In ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: National’s embarrassing donation scandal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/20/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-nationals-embarrassing-donation-scandal/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: National’s embarrassing donation scandal">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2020
Does money buy policy in New Zealand politics and government? Based on the ongoing political finance scandal involving New Zealand First, which comes hot on the heels of the Serious Fraud Office charging four people in relation to donations to the National Party, New Zealanders have every reason to doubt the integrity of the electoral ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Is Government policy for sale in New Zealand?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/15/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-is-government-policy-for-sale-in-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Is Government policy for sale in New Zealand?">Read more</a>
