Independent Analysis and Reportage
PODCAST: In this the second episode of A View from Afar podcast for 2023, political scientist Dr Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will analyse the question: How stable is Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin’s regime?
Analysis by Geoffrey Miller. Chris Hipkins is blazing his way through New Zealand’s foreign policy. The New Zealand Prime Minister’s fast-but-furious visit to Papua New Guinea this week – which saw Hipkins spend just 23 hours in Port Moresby, the PNG capital – was the PM’s fourth such rapid international trip since he took office. ... <a title="Geoffrey Miller’s Political Roundup: How successful was Chris Hipkins’ trip to Papua New Guinea?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/23/geoffrey-millers-political-roundup-how-successful-was-chris-hipkins-trip-to-papua-new-guinea/" aria-label="Read more about Geoffrey Miller’s Political Roundup: How successful was Chris Hipkins’ trip to Papua New Guinea?">Read more</a>
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Tuesday’s boarding-house fire in Wellington was a tragedy of lost lives, and failure to supply safe housing and adequately resourced emergency services. But it was much more, and so far the socio-demographic revelations have barely been touched upon in mainstream media commentary. Losers and Winners Clearly the residents of the unfortunately ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Adult Poverty Action, and the Loafers Lodge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/20/keith-rankin-analysis-adult-poverty-action-and-the-loafers-lodge/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Adult Poverty Action, and the Loafers Lodge">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne Mick Tsikas/AAP A federal Newspoll, conducted May 11-13 from a sample of 1,516, is the first poll taken since the May 9 budget. It gave Labor a ... <a title="Albanese’s ratings improve in a post-budget Newspoll; left to control NSW upper house" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/15/albaneses-ratings-improve-in-a-post-budget-newspoll-left-to-control-nsw-upper-house-205186/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese’s ratings improve in a post-budget Newspoll; left to control NSW upper house">Read more</a>
Political scientist Paul G. Buchanan and journalist/analyst Selwyn Manning deliver their latest podcast A View from Afar. This episode: AUKUS, should New Zealand and other Asia Pacific nations join this security pact? And if not, why not?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justin Bergman, Senior Deputy Politics + Society Editor AAP/The Conversation, CC BY-ND. Treasurer Jim Chalmers has delivered his second budget with a heavy focus on cost-of-living relief for Australians who are struggling due to persistently high inflation and rising interest rates. While Chalmers says the economy should ... <a title="Australia’s Budget 2023 at a glance: major measures, cuts and spends" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/10/budget-2023-at-a-glance-major-measures-cuts-and-spends-205211/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s Budget 2023 at a glance: major measures, cuts and spends">Read more</a>
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. The Green Party should be very high in the opinion polls right now. Historically, when Labour is low in the polls the Greens tend to be the recipients of progressive voters looking for an alternative. A huge proportion of the 50 per cent vote Labour got in 2020 are ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Civil war in the Greens" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/10/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-civil-war-in-the-greens/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Civil war in the Greens">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra original A $14.6 billion four-year cost-of-living package will be the centrepiece of Labor’s second budget, which seeks to balance spending restraint with its election commitment to not leave people behind. The latter days of preparing the budget – which was ... <a title="View from The Hill: Budget ‘centrepiece’ will be $14.6 billion cost-of-living package" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/08/view-from-the-hill-budget-centrepiece-will-be-14-6-billion-cost-of-living-package-205192/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Budget ‘centrepiece’ will be $14.6 billion cost-of-living package">Read more</a>
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. The defection of Labour Minister Meka Whaitiri has been heralded by some as a stunning coup for Te Pāti Māori and a “courageous” step by the rebel MP. But is it really? The whole episode can also be viewed as rather farcical and shabby, reflecting very poorly on the integrity ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: No one’s mana is enhanced by the Meka Whaitiri defection " class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/05/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-no-ones-mana-is-enhanced-by-the-meka-whaitiri-defection/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: No one’s mana is enhanced by the Meka Whaitiri defection ">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Gordon Walmsley, Senior Lecturer in Process and Energy Engineering, University of Waikato Getty Images New Zealand burns the equivalent of 108 litres of petrol every second in coal and natural gas to generate heat for industrial processes. This burning of fossil fuels for industrial heat generates ... <a title="NZ industry burns the equivalent of 108 litres of petrol every second – that has to reduce to meet our carbon targets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/03/nz-industry-burns-the-equivalent-of-108-litres-of-petrol-every-second-that-has-to-reduce-to-meet-our-carbon-targets-204525/" aria-label="Read more about NZ industry burns the equivalent of 108 litres of petrol every second – that has to reduce to meet our carbon targets">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Getty Images As the recent report of the Independent Police Conduct Authority made clear, the 2022 occupation of parliament grounds was very different from earlier protests in New Zealand. That doesn’t mean something similar can’t happen again. Given ... <a title="Parliament protest report shows NZ police have come a long way since 1981 – but practice and law must still improve" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/02/parliament-protest-report-shows-nz-police-have-come-a-long-way-since-1981-but-practice-and-law-must-still-improve-204674/" aria-label="Read more about Parliament protest report shows NZ police have come a long way since 1981 – but practice and law must still improve">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Taisia Huckle, Associate Professor in alcohol policy, Massey University Getty Images More than one in ten children who are maltreated suffer because of the second-hand effects of alcohol, according to our recently published research. This is the first national cohort study in Aotearoa New Zealand focused ... <a title="Study reveals at least 11% of child maltreatment in NZ could be due to heavy drinking by caregivers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/28/study-reveals-at-least-11-of-child-maltreatment-in-nz-could-be-due-to-heavy-drinking-by-caregivers-204113/" aria-label="Read more about Study reveals at least 11% of child maltreatment in NZ could be due to heavy drinking by caregivers">Read more</a>