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June 2, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards. The level of orchestration and political acting was turned up a notch this week in Queenstown by prime ministers Jacinda Ardern and Scott Morrison, who went to great pains to put on a highly contrived united front about their different orientations towards China. Clearly, both leaders were highly sensitive to the ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: NZ and Australia play “happy families” in Queenstown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/02/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-nz-and-australia-play-happy-families-in-queenstown/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: NZ and Australia play “happy families” in Queenstown">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards. Is New Zealand navigating the China-West, politics-trade relationship in a craven way? Increasingly that seems to be the view from overseas, and especially Australia. This critique was boiled down to its essence in last night’s Australian Channel 9 18-minute documentary, “Kiwis might fly”, which you can watch on Youtube here: Dollars VS ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Australia turns up the heat on NZ’s relationship with China" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/31/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-australia-turns-up-the-heat-on-nzs-relationship-with-china/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Australia turns up the heat on NZ’s relationship with China">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2021
Covid-19: Covid19 India update – Analysis by Keith Rankin. India’s reported cases of Covid19, though still high, are well down on early May (see my India charts from three weeks ago). Maharashtra (Mumbai) and Delhi have markedly fewer cases than at their peaks. West Bengal (with Kolkata) is showing more cases, though not dramatically so ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19 India update (compare with three weeks ago)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/28/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-india-update-compare-with-three-weeks-ago/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19 India update (compare with three weeks ago)">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2021
A View from Afar: In this week’s podcast Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan discuss: The latest information on the Israel/Palestine conflict and consider; is the ceasefire likely to hold? What are the underlying causes of the most recent hostilities?
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May 25, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anastasiya Byesyedina, PhD Candidate in the Department of Government and International Relations, Sessional Teacher and Student Writing Fellow, University of Sydney Belarus’ authoritarian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, has gone to extraordinary measures to cling to power in the face of the stiffest opposition to his rule in 26 ... <a title="With brazen dissident arrest, Belarus finds itself more isolated than ever" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/25/with-brazen-dissident-arrest-belarus-finds-itself-more-isolated-than-ever-161498/" aria-label="Read more about With brazen dissident arrest, Belarus finds itself more isolated than ever">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. When policymakers try to fix things, they often mess up because of the way the problem is formulated and the ways that subsequent policies are targeted. A classic example was the Closing the Gaps initiative in the early 2000s. The problem – albeit simplified – is that some people are ‘advantaged’ ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – The Seventy-Thirty Problem, and the Māori Health Authority" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/21/keith-rankin-analysis-the-seventy-thirty-problem-and-the-maori-health-authority/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – The Seventy-Thirty Problem, and the Māori Health Authority">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Curtin, Professor of Politics and Policy, University of Auckland New Zealand has now had three “Wellbeing Budgets”: the prototype in 2019, the COVID-19 “Rebuilding Together” version in 2020, and today Finance Minister Grant Robertson announced the Labour government is “Securing our Recovery”. With Labour governing with ... <a title="NZ Budget 2021: billions more for benefits, but one eye on the bottom line" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/20/nz-budget-2021-billions-more-for-benefits-but-one-eye-on-the-bottom-line-161083/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Budget 2021: billions more for benefits, but one eye on the bottom line">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
Live Postponed – New Time-Date To Be Announced A View from Afar: In this week’s podcast Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan discuss: The latest information on the Israel/Palestine conflict. Also, they will discuss the underlying causes of hostilities: What caused the most recent hostilities to flare? Is Israel guilty of an indiscriminate and disproportionate military operations ... <a title="Live Postponed – New Time-Date To Be Announced – Buchanan and Manning on the Israel-Palestine Conflict" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/scheduled-live-buchanan-and-manning-on-the-israel-palestine-conflict/" aria-label="Read more about Live Postponed – New Time-Date To Be Announced – Buchanan and Manning on the Israel-Palestine Conflict">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Kelsey, Professor of Law, University of Auckland With more countries considering joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), New Zealand urgently needs a real public debate on the future of such trade and investment agreements. In February this year the UK formally applied ... <a title="New Zealand is overdue for an open and honest debate about 21st-century trade relations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/18/new-zealand-is-overdue-for-an-open-and-honest-debate-about-21st-century-trade-relations-160922/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand is overdue for an open and honest debate about 21st-century trade relations">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2021
Evening Report. The MIL Network’s podcast A View from Afar was Nominated as a Top Defence Security Podcast by Threat.Technology – a London-based cyber security news publication. Threat.Technology placed A View from Afar at 9th in its 20 Best Defence Security Podcasts of 2021 category. Janes’ The World of Intelligence was placed in the top ... <a title="A View from Afar podcast Nominated as a Top Defence Security Podcast by Threat.Technology" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/17/a-view-from-afar-podcast-nominated-as-a-top-defence-security-podcast-by-threat-technology/" aria-label="Read more about A View from Afar podcast Nominated as a Top Defence Security Podcast by Threat.Technology">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards. This week’s Budget is a chance for the Labour Government to take the crisis of poverty and inequality seriously. They can do this by delivering something serious or even transformational for those suffering at the bottom of the heap in New Zealand. In particular, a big increase in core benefit rates ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Will the Government take the poverty crisis seriously?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/17/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-will-the-government-take-the-poverty-crisis-seriously/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Will the Government take the poverty crisis seriously?">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. It’s been a big month, so far, for the Maldive Islands. Further, some of New Zealand’s leading cricketers (including captain Kane Williamson) are manuhiri in the Maldives. Indian Ocean neighbour – the Seychelles – has even more reported new cases per capita than the Maldives. I guess that neither country did ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Covid19 League Charts for the 2nd Week of May" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/14/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-19-covid19-league-charts-for-the-2nd-week-of-may/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid-19: Covid19 League Charts for the 2nd Week of May">Read more</a>
