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September 30, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Quiz Questions: Which foreign country or territory is closest to New Zealand by jetplane? Which foreign country or territory had the world’s highest per capita incidence of Covid19 last week? Before giving the answers, I would note that the worst-affected region of the world in September 2021 is the Caribbean, from ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Covid Immunity Calculus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/30/keith-rankin-analysis-covid-immunity-calculus/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Covid Immunity Calculus">Read more</a>
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September 28, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. We are learning that, in the absence of high levels of natural immunity to Covid19, New Zealand will need extremely high vaccination rates before it can repudiate its growing ‘hermit kingdom’ status. (It is important to note that the expression ‘hermit kingdom’ dates to a book title from 1882 – ‘The ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Vaccination Rates and the Population Denominator" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/28/keith-rankin-analysis-vaccination-rates-and-the-population-denominator/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Vaccination Rates and the Population Denominator">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards. Over $15 billion dollars has been transferred to businesses by the Government via the Wage Subsidy Scheme since Covid hit in 2020. The scheme has turned out to be effective at both keeping businesses afloat and enriching the already wealthy. Now that the scheme is back in operation, and because it’s ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Is the Wage Subsidy still transferring massive wealth to the rich?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/25/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-is-the-wage-subsidy-still-transferring-massive-wealth-to-the-rich/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Is the Wage Subsidy still transferring massive wealth to the rich?">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2021
Data and Analysis by Keith Rankin. The table below uses raw-death data published downloaded from https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-mortality-raw-death-count to predict what death numbers would have occurred in 2020 and 2021 had there been no Covid19 pandemic. The actual death numbers are compared with the predicted (counterfactual) numbers to calculated excess deaths. These countries are sorted from the ... <a title="Keith Rankin Data Analysis – Table of Excess Deaths from Covid19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/24/keith-rankin-data-analysis-table-of-excess-deaths-from-covid19/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Data Analysis – Table of Excess Deaths from Covid19">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2021
COMMENTARY: By Glen Johnson On August 17, a 58-year-old man from Auckland became symptomatic and tested positive for covid-19. It was New Zealand’s first community case of the coronavirus in almost six months. Within hours, the nation of five million moved into alert level four, part of its “go hard, go early” approach. All travel ... <a title="In spite of relentless media negativity, NZ’s covid story is largely successful" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/23/in-spite-of-relentless-media-negativity-nzs-covid-story-is-largely-successful/" aria-label="Read more about In spite of relentless media negativity, NZ’s covid story is largely successful">Read more</a>
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September 22, 2021
A View from Afar – LIVE @ MIDDAY Thursday September 30: In this podcast, Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will analyse the AUKUS Alliance and will deep-dive into: How the AUKUS Alliance has triggered a geopolitical realignment. Why has this Anglophone AUKUS alliance formed? And what’s the fallout? What does China do now? How ... <a title="SCHEDULED LIVE @ Midday Thurs Sept 30: AUKUS Alliance Triggers Geopolitical Realignment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/22/live-thurs-midday-buchanan-manning-deep-dive-into-aukus-alliance/" aria-label="Read more about SCHEDULED LIVE @ Midday Thurs Sept 30: AUKUS Alliance Triggers Geopolitical Realignment">Read more</a>
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September 22, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards. New Zealand was said to have been sidelined when the trilateral security pact between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States was announced a week ago. But very quickly the “Aukus” pact has taken on an unpopularity in this country, with a consensus forming that New Zealand is best out ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Why Australia’s nuclear-sub defence plans are unpopular in NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/22/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-why-australias-nuclear-sub-defence-plans-are-unpopular-in-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Why Australia’s nuclear-sub defence plans are unpopular in NZ">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Radio New Zealand (Checkpoint) ran stories last week about New Zealanders aged over 65 stranded in Australia who are at risk of having their pensions (‘New Zealand Superannuation’)stopped, and then having to repay the funds they received while in Australia. There is a simple solution to the problem – to just ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – New Zealand Superannuation: The Rules versus Common Sense" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/keith-rankin-analysis-new-zealand-superannuation-the-rules-versus-common-sense/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – New Zealand Superannuation: The Rules versus Common Sense">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Collin Tukuitonga, Associate Dean Pacific and Associate Professor of Public Health, University of Auckland GettyImages Auckland’s move to alert level 3 has also triggered speculation about whether the national COVID-19 elimination strategy has failed or is even being abandoned. While the government denies it, others clearly ... <a title="New Zealand cannot abandon its COVID elimination strategy while Māori and Pasifika vaccination rates are too low" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/new-zealand-cannot-abandon-its-covid-elimination-strategy-while-maori-and-pasifika-vaccination-rates-are-too-low-168278/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand cannot abandon its COVID elimination strategy while Māori and Pasifika vaccination rates are too low">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
RNZ News Auckland will move to alert level 3 from 11.59pm on Tuesday night, and stay in level 3 for at least two weeks, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced. The rest of New Zealand will remain in level 2, but will move from gatherings of 50 up to gatherings of 100. Meanwhile, part of ... <a title="Auckland moves ‘cautiously’ to covid alert level 3, rest of NZ stays put" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/auckland-moves-cautiously-to-covid-alert-level-3-rest-of-nz-stays-put/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland moves ‘cautiously’ to covid alert level 3, rest of NZ stays put">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda H A Watson, Research Fellow, Department of Pacific Affairs, Australian National University Cable coming ashore from a ship. Coral Sea Cable System If you’ve ever emailed a resort in Fiji or Vanuatu about that long-awaited holiday, it’s likely your email travelled through an undersea internet cable. ... <a title="Undersea internet cables connect Pacific islands to the world. But geopolitical tension is tugging at the wires" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/20/undersea-internet-cables-connect-pacific-islands-to-the-world-but-geopolitical-tension-is-tugging-at-the-wires-167968/" aria-label="Read more about Undersea internet cables connect Pacific islands to the world. But geopolitical tension is tugging at the wires">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison, whose COVID face masks have the Australian flag emblazoned on them, likes to talk about “the Australian way” of doing things and Australian values. But it is not “the Australian way” to secretly plan, over a very long ... <a title="View from The Hill: For Morrison AUKUS is all about the deal, never mind the niceties" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/20/view-from-the-hill-for-morrison-aukus-is-all-about-the-deal-never-mind-the-niceties-168248/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: For Morrison AUKUS is all about the deal, never mind the niceties">Read more</a>
