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September 13, 2019
By Michael Andrew Members of the Pacific media have paid tribute to the late Tongan Prime Minster ‘Akilisi Pohiva, who died in New Zealand earlier this week. An enduring symbol of democracy in Tonga and the Pacific, Pohiva died at Auckland hospital after a long struggle with various health problems. “He fought for many years ... <a title="Media associates pay tribute to ‘Akilisi Pohiva" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/13/media-associates-pay-tribute-to-akilisi-pohiva/" aria-label="Read more about Media associates pay tribute to ‘Akilisi Pohiva">Read more</a>
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September 12, 2019
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards – Its increasingly looking as if the Beehive has been involved in some sort of “cover-up” of sexual assault allegations in the Labour Party. For that reason, it’s almost inevitable that further heads will roll – it’s just a question of whose. The Prime Minister herself is under immense pressure ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Claims of a #MeTooLabour “cover-up” in the Beehive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/12/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-claims-of-a-metoolabour-cover-up-in-the-beehive/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Claims of a #MeTooLabour “cover-up” in the Beehive">Read more</a>
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September 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clinton Fernandes, Professor, International and Political Studies, UNSW The attention being given to possible covert influence being exercised by China in Australia shouldn’t distract us from recognising that very overt foreign influence now occurs through investment. Read more: Inside China’s vast influence network – how it works, ... <a title="Worried about agents of foreign influence? Just look at who owns Australia’s biggest companies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/12/worried-about-agents-of-foreign-influence-just-look-at-who-owns-australias-biggest-companies-123343/" aria-label="Read more about Worried about agents of foreign influence? Just look at who owns Australia’s biggest companies">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2019
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards – The integrity of Jacinda Ardern and the Labour Party is currently under question, following revelations about how allegations of sexual assault in Labour have been handled by the party. Party president, Nigel Haworth, has now resigned over the matter, but this is unlikely to resolve unanswered questions. Critics allege ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Jacinda Ardern’s #MeTooLabour problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/11/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-jacinda-arderns-metoolabour-problem/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Jacinda Ardern’s #MeTooLabour problem">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2019
OPINION: By Michael Andrew of Pacific Media Watch For the past three weeks, a wave of violent protest has been spreading across West Papua and Indonesia. Sparked by a racist attack on West Papuan students, the protests have featured the burning of government buildings, 6000 troops mobilised, an internet blackout, marauding, snake-wielding militias stabbing ... <a title="Michael Andrew: The NZ media’s coverage of the West Papua protests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/11/michael-andrew-the-nz-medias-coverage-of-the-west-papua-protests/" aria-label="Read more about Michael Andrew: The NZ media’s coverage of the West Papua protests">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By George Rennie, Lecturer in Politics, University of Melbourne Recent jobs taken by former senior ministers Julie Bishop and Christopher Pyne have brought on ire of the Australian Senate, which is now concluding an inquiry into the matter. The testimony before the inquiry has been extraordinary: not just ... <a title="Australia’s political lobbying regime is broken and needs urgent reform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/11/australias-political-lobbying-regime-is-broken-and-needs-urgent-reform-123003/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s political lobbying regime is broken and needs urgent reform">Read more</a>
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September 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Taha Chaiechi, Senior Lecturer, James Cook University Some 60% of the planet’s expected urban area by 2030 is yet to be built. This forecast highlights how rapidly the world’s people are becoming urban. Cities now occupy about 2% of the world’s land area, but are home to ... <a title="Urban growth, heat islands, humidity, climate change: the costs multiply in tropical cities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/10/urban-growth-heat-islands-humidity-climate-change-the-costs-multiply-in-tropical-cities-120825/" aria-label="Read more about Urban growth, heat islands, humidity, climate change: the costs multiply in tropical cities">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Wellings, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Monash University In the ongoing saga that is Britain’s attempted divorce from the European Union, Monday is shaping up to be the most significant day to date. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected once again to try to ... <a title="A dog’s Brexit: Johnson’s missteps about to send weary voters to another election as the EU divorce gets ugly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/09/a-dogs-brexit-johnsons-missteps-about-to-send-weary-voters-to-another-election-as-the-eu-divorce-gets-ugly-123000/" aria-label="Read more about A dog’s Brexit: Johnson’s missteps about to send weary voters to another election as the EU divorce gets ugly">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2019
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards – What sort of topsy-turvy political world have we arrived at? This week, the Government continued to defend its fiscally conservative approach, in direct opposition to economists who suggest more spending is warranted. Even Treasury, the Reserve Bank, the private sector, and National appear to be open to much greater ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Shouldn’t the Government be spending more?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/09/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-shouldnt-the-government-be-spending-more/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Shouldn’t the Government be spending more?">Read more</a>
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September 5, 2019
The Government has been widely panned over its major announcement yesterday on housing. There are a few positive takes on the “reset”, but generally it has been viewed as an embarrassing backdown at best, or at worst a sell-out of those needing the housing crisis addressed. One political journalist has even branded yesterday’s announcement as ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour’s KiwiBuild reset disaster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/05/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-labours-kiwibuild-reset-disaster/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour’s KiwiBuild reset disaster">Read more</a>
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September 5, 2019
By Sri Krishnamurthi A new Human Rights Measurements Initiative (HRMI) is being rolled out in the Pacific but not all governments are expected to react positively to its findings. “Human rights have gone largely unmeasured for the last 70 years because governments typically do not want to submit to this kind of scrutiny,” said HRMI ... <a title="Pacific govts may be ‘hostile’ to human rights measurements, says expert" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/05/pacific-govts-may-be-hostile-to-human-rights-measurements-says-expert/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific govts may be ‘hostile’ to human rights measurements, says expert">Read more</a>
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September 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Irena Obadovic, Post-doctoral Scientist, University of Canterbury Last year, the European Union (EU) launched negotiations for a comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA) with New Zealand. This was seen as a bold step that may significantly boost trade and investment between the two parties. Two rounds of negotiations ... <a title="Agriculture a likely stumbling block in free trade negotiations between NZ and EU" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/04/agriculture-a-likely-stumbling-block-in-free-trade-negotiations-between-nz-and-eu-107704/" aria-label="Read more about Agriculture a likely stumbling block in free trade negotiations between NZ and EU">Read more</a>
