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July 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joyce Y.M. Nip, Senior lecturer, Department of Media and Communications; Department of Chinese Studies, University of Sydney As China grows more powerful and influential, our New Superpower series looks at what this means for the world – how China maintains its power, how it wields its power ... <a title="Extremist mobs? How China’s propaganda machine tried to control the message in the Hong Kong protests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/16/extremist-mobs-how-chinas-propaganda-machine-tried-to-control-the-message-in-the-hong-kong-protests-119646/" aria-label="Read more about Extremist mobs? How China’s propaganda machine tried to control the message in the Hong Kong protests">Read more</a>
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July 13, 2019
Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – The new video produced by Blessen Tom and Sri Krishnamurthi for AUT’s Pacific Media Centre. By Sri Krishnamurthi “It’s a bit of a lighthouse” for vital regional news and information, says former contributing editor Alex Perrottet summing up the value of the Pacific Media Centre’s Pacific ... <a title="‘Pacific Media Watch – the Genesis’, a new freedom, ethics and plurality doco" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/13/pacific-media-watch-the-genesis-a-new-freedom-ethics-and-plurality-doco/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Pacific Media Watch – the Genesis’, a new freedom, ethics and plurality doco">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2019
Is this part of the Labour-led Government’s long-promised “nuclear-free moment”, alluded to by Jacinda Ardern when she promised radical action on climate change? The announcement this week of a proposed “feebate” which will make more environmentally-friendly cars cheaper while making the gas-guzzlers more expensive is one of the long-awaited plans for how New Zealand will ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Will the Government’s nudge make our cars greener?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/12/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-will-the-governments-nudge-make-our-cars-greener/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Will the Government’s nudge make our cars greener?">Read more</a>
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July 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nerilie Abram, ARC Future Fellow, Research School of Earth Sciences; Chief Investigator for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, Australian National University A record start to summer ice melt in Greenland this year has drawn attention to the northern ice sheet. We will have to ... <a title="Arctic ice loss is worrying, but the giant stirring in the South could be even worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/12/arctic-ice-loss-is-worrying-but-the-giant-stirring-in-the-south-could-be-even-worse-119822/" aria-label="Read more about Arctic ice loss is worrying, but the giant stirring in the South could be even worse">Read more</a>
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July 11, 2019
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The bodies of the Karida village massacre victims in Papua New Guinea’s Hela province have been buried as fearful villagers in the district have fled to safety, reports NBC News. The victims in the Tari Pori district were buried late yesterday afternoon in the presence of Hela Provincial Administrator William Bando, ... <a title="Karida massacre victims buried as other PNG villagers flee in fear" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/11/karida-massacre-victims-buried-as-other-png-villagers-flee-in-fear/" aria-label="Read more about Karida massacre victims buried as other PNG villagers flee in fear">Read more</a>
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July 10, 2019
The plight of welfare beneficiaries came into focus last week with a photo taken outside an Auckland Work and Income office, of clients who had been queuing from 2am in order to apply for emergency hardship payments. This has sparked a debate about whether the Labour-led Government is doing enough to provide for this group ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: What’s changed for welfare beneficiaries?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/10/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-whats-changed-for-welfare-beneficiaries/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: What’s changed for welfare beneficiaries?">Read more</a>
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July 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Jarvis, Research Fellow, Auckland University of Technology The islands of New Zealand are only the visible part of a much larger submerged continent, known as Te Riu a Māui or Zealandia. Most of New Zealand’s sovereign territory, around 96%, is under water – and this means ... <a title="Study identifies nine research priorities to better understand NZ’s vast marine area" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/10/study-identifies-nine-research-priorities-to-better-understand-nzs-vast-marine-area-119547/" aria-label="Read more about Study identifies nine research priorities to better understand NZ’s vast marine area">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2019
There’s increasing doubt about how transformational the Labour-led Government is turning out to be. In all sorts of public policy areas the new administration is struggling to make the changes and produce the outcomes it promised. Perhaps expectations are too high? Maybe voters and commentators are too impatient? Or, could it be that the political ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: How to achieve transformational change in politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/09/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-how-to-achieve-transformational-change-in-politics/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: How to achieve transformational change in politics">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland Nations behave wisely, Israeli foreign minister Abba Eban observed five decades ago, “once they have exhausted all other alternatives”. One can only hope that proves the case with water policy in Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin, the nation’s largest ... <a title="Australia: The Murray-Darling Basin scandal: economists have seen it coming for decades" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/09/the-murray-darling-basin-scandal-economists-have-seen-it-coming-for-decades-119989/" aria-label="Read more about Australia: The Murray-Darling Basin scandal: economists have seen it coming for decades">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hal Pawson, Associate Director – City Futures – Urban Policy and Strategy, City Futures Research Centre, Housing Policy and Practice, UNSW In the wake of slumping demand for apartment building, it’s little wonder the multi-unit housing industry has been eagerly eyeing a possible new residential product: “build-to-rent”. ... <a title="Build to rent could shake up real estate but won’t take off without major tax changes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/08/build-to-rent-could-shake-up-real-estate-but-wont-take-off-without-major-tax-changes-119603/" aria-label="Read more about Build to rent could shake up real estate but won’t take off without major tax changes">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2019
Call it “state housing”, “social housing” or this Government’s preference, “public housing” – it’s the accommodation solution that continues to be overlooked and neglected by both Labour and National governments. Sure, the current government might talk a lot about “public housing” and they might be building more state houses than the previous government, but it’s ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Is it time for a programme of mass state house building?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/05/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-is-it-time-for-a-programme-of-mass-state-house-building/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Is it time for a programme of mass state house building?">Read more</a>
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July 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yee-Fui Ng, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Monash University Labor has criticised former ministers Christopher Pyne and Julie Bishop for taking up new roles related to their government portfolios, saying these actions breach ministerial standards. Pyne, the former defence minister, was appointed as defence consultant to consulting ... <a title="Australia: Why Christopher Pyne and Julie Bishop fail the ‘pub test’ with their new jobs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/05/why-christopher-pyne-and-julie-bishop-fail-the-pub-test-with-their-new-jobs-119875/" aria-label="Read more about Australia: Why Christopher Pyne and Julie Bishop fail the ‘pub test’ with their new jobs">Read more</a>
