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March 13, 2023
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup: The Big “consultocrats” debate needs to carry on A parasitic blight on our democracy? Or a useful and necessary aid to our government departments? Those are two perspectives on the usefulness of the Wellington consultant class that contract to government agencies. The role of business management consultants took centre ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Big “consultocrats” debate needs to carry on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/13/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-big-consultocrats-debate-needs-to-carry-on/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Big “consultocrats” debate needs to carry on">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2023
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The chart above is quite alarming, and not only because of Germany’s high death toll. It’s the difference between reported Covid19 deaths and excess deaths, in the context where four waves of excess deaths in Germany in 2022 are clearly ‘epidemic’ in nature. And we see the same death waves in ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Death Spikes and Covid Dissonance? Examples of Germany and Denmark" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/12/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-death-spikes-and-covid-dissonance-examples-of-germany-and-denmark/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Death Spikes and Covid Dissonance? Examples of Germany and Denmark">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2023
Analysis by Keith Rankin. On 7 March 2023 I published a summary table of death tallies in a wide range of countries, comparing 2019‑2022 with 2015‑2018. (Covid19 Pandemic-era Facts: Irrefutable, Inconvenient, Important, Evening Report.) I let the data stand on its own, largely without interpretation. The most important findings to explain are the reasons why Sweden ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Covid19 Pandemic-era Deaths: Interpretation of the Facts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/08/keith-rankin-analysis-covid19-pandemic-era-deaths-interpretation-of-the-facts/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Covid19 Pandemic-era Deaths: Interpretation of the Facts">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2023
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The most important question about the Covid19 pandemic of the early 2020s is ‘how many people died?’. (The second-most important question relates to the impact of the pandemic on people’s ‘quality of life’.) The data here, available since last week, is the starting point for an answer to the first question. ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Covid19 Pandemic-era Facts: Irrefutable, Inconvenient, Important" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/07/keith-rankin-analysis-covid19-pandemic-era-facts-irrefutable-inconvenient-important/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Covid19 Pandemic-era Facts: Irrefutable, Inconvenient, Important">Read more</a>
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March 7, 2023
Analysis by Geoffrey Miller. Political Roundup: NZ’s foreign policy hardens under new leadership Times are changing in New Zealand foreign policy. That seems to be the message from New Zealand’s new triumvirate of ministers with responsibility for foreign affairs and defence – Prime Minister Chris Hipkins, foreign minister Nanaia Mahuta and defence minister Andrew Little. Jacinda ... <a title="Geoffrey Miller’s Political Roundup: NZ’s foreign policy hardens under new leadership" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/07/geoffrey-millers-political-roundup-nzs-foreign-policy-hardens-under-new-leadership/" aria-label="Read more about Geoffrey Miller’s Political Roundup: NZ’s foreign policy hardens under new leadership">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2023
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup: National’s progressive childcare-consultocracy switch National’s pitch to voters is both progressive and shrewd. Christopher Luxon declared a war on business consultants in his state of the nation speech yesterday, promising to crack down on the public service’s $1.7bn overuse of expensive business consultants and contractors, and use the savings ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: National’s progressive childcare-consultocracy switch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/06/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-nationals-progressive-childcare-consultocracy-switch/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: National’s progressive childcare-consultocracy switch">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2023
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Quantity of Life With mortality data now available for many countries to the end of 2022 (and, for a few countries, for a month into 2023), we are now able to properly assess the demographic cost of the Covid19 pandemic. There is a proviso, in that for a number of countries, ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 pandemic: Mortality in the 2020s, Australasia, Sweden and elsewhere" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/03/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-pandemic-mortality-in-the-2020s-australasia-sweden-and-elsewhere/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 pandemic: Mortality in the 2020s, Australasia, Sweden and elsewhere">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2023
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup: The Horrific damage caused by forestry slash and vested interests “Capitalists always want to privatise their profits and socialise their losses” – that’s the traditional socialist critique of how businesses are big fans of state intervention when it suits their interests. There seems to be a lot of that ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Horrific damage caused by forestry slash and vested interests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/27/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-horrific-damage-caused-by-forestry-slash-and-vested-interests/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Horrific damage caused by forestry slash and vested interests">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2023
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup: Our politicians are competent firefighters, but terrible builders The Labour Government has once again proven itself to be very competent in a crisis. Cyclone Gabrielle has allowed Prime Minister Chris Hipkins to demonstrate his impressive disaster management communication. Labour is very good with the political firefighting required to deal ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Our politicians are competent firefighters, but terrible builders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/24/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-our-politicians-are-competent-firefighters-but-terrible-builders/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Our politicians are competent firefighters, but terrible builders">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2023
Analysis by Geoffrey Miller. Political Roundup: New Zealand resets relationships with Australia and India The first clues to New Zealand’s foreign policy after Jacinda Ardern are beginning to emerge. Chris Hipkins, the new Prime Minister, decided to retain Nanaia Mahuta as his foreign minister – and both Hipkins and Mahuta took to the skies last ... <a title="Geoffrey Miller – Political Roundup: New Zealand resets relationships with Australia and India " class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/13/geoffrey-miller-political-roundup-new-zealand-resets-relationships-with-australia-and-india/" aria-label="Read more about Geoffrey Miller – Political Roundup: New Zealand resets relationships with Australia and India ">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2023
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Those countries which are most efficient at reporting demographic information now have complete deaths’ data for last year. Some information revealed is worth noting. (With the exception of Poland, further below, all countries’ charts have a scale of excess deaths ranging from -10% to +70%.) Most of these are countries that ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 pandemic: European Countries’ Epidemic Deaths to the end of 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/10/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-pandemic-european-countries-epidemic-deaths-to-the-end-of-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 pandemic: European Countries’ Epidemic Deaths to the end of 2022">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2023
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup: Labour’s reorientation to working class Māori In recent decades the Labour Party has lost its traditional connection with working class voters, becoming more of a middle class party of liberalism. This is especially true of Labour’s historic connection with working class Māori. This is a constituency that the party ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour’s reorientation to working class Māori" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/08/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-labours-reorientation-to-working-class-maori/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour’s reorientation to working class Māori">Read more</a>
