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November 22, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Last week the world population reached eight billion people, at least according to some sources. See these world population clocks, which do not agree: refer Worldometer and the US Census Bureau. The growth rate of the world population is slowing. Indeed, there is a possibility that it will never reach nine ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Population Imbalances in a World of Eight Billion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/22/keith-rankin-essay-population-imbalances-in-a-world-of-eight-billion/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Population Imbalances in a World of Eight Billion">Read more</a>
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November 22, 2022
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup: The High barriers to lowering the voting age Sixteen-year-olds aren’t about to get the right to vote anytime soon. Despite yesterday’s Supreme Court declaration that a voting age of 18 violates the Bill of Rights, there are still many barriers to get over before the voting age could ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The High barriers to lowering the voting age" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/22/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-high-barriers-to-lowering-the-voting-age/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The High barriers to lowering the voting age">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2022
Analysis by Geoffrey Miller Political Roundup: Does New Zealand need to up its game with World Cup host Qatar? As the FIFA World Cup gets underway in Qatar, it is worth looking at the state of New Zealand’s wider relationship with the host nation. While New Zealand often likes to think of itself as a ... <a title="Geoffrey Miller’s Political Roundup: Does New Zealand need to up its game with World Cup host Qatar?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/21/geoffrey-millers-political-roundup-does-new-zealand-need-to-up-its-game-with-world-cup-host-qatar/" aria-label="Read more about Geoffrey Miller’s Political Roundup: Does New Zealand need to up its game with World Cup host Qatar?">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2022
Essay by Keith Rankin. If … gets up your nose, picket.* This month, Radio New Zealand listeners were treated to not one but two science stories about nose-picking! They make good fodder for a discussion about the practice of science. Self-Vaccination? The first item – Science: Fun-seeking bees, nose-picking primates, death-telling smartphones – was on ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Science, and the Benefits and Costs of Nose-Picking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/17/keith-rankin-essay-science-and-the-benefits-and-costs-of-nose-picking/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Science, and the Benefits and Costs of Nose-Picking">Read more</a>
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November 17, 2022
Political scientist Dr Paul Buchanan and host Selwyn Manning deep dive into the consequences of the United States midterm elections and why Trumpism and Trump are doomed political forces.
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November 15, 2022
Analysis by Dr Paul G. Buchanan. Is NZ foreign policy “independent?” (and related issues). – 36th Parallel Assessments For many years New Zealand elites have claimed to have an “independent” foreign policy, so much so that it has become a truism of NZ politics that transcends the partisan divide in parliament and is a shibboleth ... <a title="Is New Zealand foreign policy “independent?” (and related issues)." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/15/is-nz-foreign-policy-independent-and-related-issues/" aria-label="Read more about Is New Zealand foreign policy “independent?” (and related issues).">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2022
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup: Momentum growing to reform lobbying laws This week global anti-corruption agency Transparency International released a report on lobbying, which described New Zealand’s lack of regulation as “glaring”. Transparency International New Zealand has developed an international comparison of New Zealand’s lobbying regulations so that MPs here can decide whether to ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Momentum growing to reform lobbying laws" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/15/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-momentum-growing-to-reform-lobbying-laws/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Momentum growing to reform lobbying laws">Read more</a>
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November 14, 2022
Political Roundup: Jacinda Ardern’s Asia trip rekindles New Zealand’s independent foreign policy Analysis by Geoffrey Miller. New Zealand’s independent foreign policy is back. That’s a key underlying message from Jacinda Ardern’s trip this week to Southeast Asia. The New Zealand Prime Minister attended the East Asia Summit in Cambodia over the weekend. She will head to ... <a title="Geoffrey Miller – Political Roundup: Jacinda Ardern’s Asia trip rekindles New Zealand’s independent foreign policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/14/geoffrey-miller-political-roundup-jacinda-arderns-asia-trip-rekindles-new-zealands-independent-foreign-policy/" aria-label="Read more about Geoffrey Miller – Political Roundup: Jacinda Ardern’s Asia trip rekindles New Zealand’s independent foreign policy">Read more</a>
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November 9, 2022
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup: Will the Govt act on mega bank profits and reform the banking sector? The corporate retail banks are making mega profits on the back of Government policies and indirect subsidies of recent years. As a result, there are calls from across almost the whole political spectrum for greater regulation ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Will the Govt act on mega bank profits and reform the banking sector?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/09/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-will-the-govt-act-on-mega-bank-profits-and-reform-the-banking-sector/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Will the Govt act on mega bank profits and reform the banking sector?">Read more</a>
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November 9, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The present cost-of-living crisis, and the present inflation, are global issues. It is just silly to discuss these, to address these, in predominantly nationalist terms. The next key point to note is that rises in the cost-of-living and inflation are not the same thing, yet public discussion largely treats them as ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – The Cost-of-Living Crisis, and Inflation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/09/keith-rankin-analysis-the-cost-of-living-crisis-and-inflation/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – The Cost-of-Living Crisis, and Inflation">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. In the last three months, Elizabeth (Liz) Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng performed an amazing political boom and bust routine. They captured the British Conservative Party at a time that such a capture meant a direct route to power in the United Kingdom. (More commonly, at least in New Zealand, political party ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng: What they were Thinking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/07/keith-rankin-analysis-liz-truss-and-kwasi-kwarteng-what-they-were-thinking/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng: What they were Thinking">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2022
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 Shutterstock The United States midterm elections will be held Tuesday. Owing to time differences, polls will not start closing until late Wednesday morning AEDT. All 435 ... <a title="With two days until US midterm elections, Republicans will probably win control of both chambers of Congress" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/07/with-two-days-until-us-midterm-elections-republicans-will-probably-win-control-of-both-chambers-of-congress-193442/" aria-label="Read more about With two days until US midterm elections, Republicans will probably win control of both chambers of Congress">Read more</a>
