Independent Analysis and Reportage
RNZ Report: The Algerian democracy activist Ahmed Zaoui, a New Zealand citizen, has been arrested by Algerian security forces after commenting on human rights violations at a political meeting at his home.
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The above chart looks rather noisy, and so it should. Life and death are messy, and subject to random variations. But this chart, for females, and those that follow, are important charts. It’s worth looking through the ‘random noise’. These charts suggest that the cliché ‘we are all living longer’ is ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Mortality Increases in New Zealand, by Generation and Sex" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/05/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-mortality-increases-in-new-zealand-by-generation-and-sex/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Mortality Increases in New Zealand, by Generation and Sex">Read more</a>
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. The Labour Government was elected with 50 per cent of the vote three years ago, but current opinion polls show their vote could halve in this year’s election, which would be one of the biggest plunges in political history. Most polls have Labour on about 26 per cent. And ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Ten reasons Labour’s support has halved" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/03/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-ten-reasons-labours-support-has-halved/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Ten reasons Labour’s support has halved">Read more</a>
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The principal measure of economic success in the mainstream narrative is economic growth. The pointy heads associated with that narrative will correctly point out that its economic growth per capita that matters, and which serves as a crude proxy for ‘living standards’. This conventional wisdom says that annual economic growth of ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Economic Growth per Capita: New Zealand in Context" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/26/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-economic-growth-per-capita-new-zealand-in-context/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Economic Growth per Capita: New Zealand in Context">Read more</a>
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. As the National Party gets closer to government, lobbyists and business interests will be lining up for influence and to get policies adopted. It’s therefore in the public interest to have much more scrutiny and transparency about potential conflicts of interests that might arise. One of the key individuals of ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Vested interests shaping National Party policies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/26/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-vested-interests-shaping-national-party-policies/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Vested interests shaping National Party policies">Read more</a>
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. The 2023 general election campaign must be the most hollow in living memory. There really isn’t much that is positive or attractive about the electoral options on offer. This is an election without inspiration. An angry mood for change There is a definite gloominess amongst the public right now – ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: A Very hollow election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/19/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-a-very-hollow-election/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: A Very hollow election">Read more</a>
Analysis by Geoffrey Miller. A shakeup of the ministers responsible for New Zealand’s international relations seems almost guaranteed, irrespective of the country’s election result on October 14. Coalition politics are likely to play a key role in appointments related to foreign affairs. On current opinion polling, a government led by the centre-right National Party would ... <a title="Geoffrey Miller Analysis – Who will be New Zealand’s next foreign minister?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/18/geoffrey-miller-analysis-who-will-be-new-zealands-next-foreign-minister/" aria-label="Read more about Geoffrey Miller Analysis – Who will be New Zealand’s next foreign minister?">Read more</a>
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The chart above looks at the changing numbers of deaths for New Zealand’s seven adult generations. The numbers are ‘triennial’ – three-year percentage increases. For example, in 2020, twenty percent (20%) more Generation-Y people died than three years earlier; with ‘three years earlier defined as the average for years 2015 to 2019, ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Triennial increases in Deaths in New Zealand by Generation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/15/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-triennial-increases-in-deaths-in-new-zealand-by-generation/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Triennial increases in Deaths in New Zealand by Generation">Read more</a>
By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report Prime Minister James Marape has made two foreign policy gaffes in the space of a week that may come back to bite him as Papua New Guinea prepares for its 48th anniversary of independence this Saturday. Critics have been stunned by the opening of a PNG embassy ... <a title="PNG’s Marape makes foreign policy gaffes over Israel, West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/14/pngs-marape-makes-foreign-policy-gaffes-over-israel-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s Marape makes foreign policy gaffes over Israel, West Papua">Read more</a>
Analysis by Keith Rankin. This chart shows total deaths in a number of comparable countries with high or highish life expectancies. The countries with most deaths have older populations. New Zealand should perhaps be compared most with Ireland, Scotland, Denmark and Finland; all countries with just over five million people. And with Australia. Australian ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Deaths as an Indicator of Population Age Structure and the increasing Demand for Health Care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/07/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-deaths-as-an-indicator-of-population-age-structure-and-the-increasing-demand-for-health-care/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Deaths as an Indicator of Population Age Structure and the increasing Demand for Health Care">Read more</a>
Analysis by Geoffrey Miller. A sign of things to come. That might be the best way to interpret New Zealand trade minister Damien O’Connor’s recent foray into the Middle East. O’Connor stopped off in Riyadh and Abu Dhabi on a brief, yet important trip that comes as New Zealand prepares for its October 14 election. The biggest ... <a title="Geoffrey Miller Analysis: New Zealand changes tack in the Gulf" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/06/geoffrey-miller-analysis-new-zealand-changes-tack-in-the-gulf/" aria-label="Read more about Geoffrey Miller Analysis: New Zealand changes tack in the Gulf">Read more</a>
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The Financial Profile of a Nation State New Zealand Incorporated (in abbreviation, NZ Inc.) is Aotearoa New Zealand thought of as an economic nation. The domestic economy of New Zealand splits into the ‘Government’ and ‘Private’ sectors, where ‘Private’ means ‘non-Government’. ‘NZ Inc.’ is embodied within ‘World Inc.’; that is, within ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – New Zealand’s Exceptional Financial Policy Signature" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/04/keith-rankin-analysis-new-zealands-exceptional-financial-policy-signature/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – New Zealand’s Exceptional Financial Policy Signature">Read more</a>