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April 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Lueck, Professor of Tourism, Auckland University of Technology By this time next week flights between New Zealand and Australia will have been taking off and landing for roughly 48 hours. The quarantine-free trans-Tasman travel bubble, beginning April 19, will finally be more than a promise. For ... <a title="With the trans-Tasman travel bubble about to open, how much should the tourism industry get its hopes up?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/14/with-the-trans-tasman-travel-bubble-about-to-open-how-much-should-the-tourism-industry-get-its-hopes-up-158418/" aria-label="Read more about With the trans-Tasman travel bubble about to open, how much should the tourism industry get its hopes up?">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards How seriously does the Māori Party take issues of corruption and the untoward influence of big money in politics? Not very, based on how it’s handling a political finance scandal in which three large donations were kept hidden from the public. The party is currently making excuses, and largely failing to ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Māori Party needs to come clean" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/13/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-maori-party-needs-to-come-clean/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Māori Party needs to come clean">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards. Judith Collins’ National Party leadership is under more scrutiny, with increased talk in the media of her being replaced by brand new MP Christopher Luxon. For many commentators it’s just a question of “when” rather than “if” Collins is replaced. While others ponder whether Luxon really has what it takes to ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Rumours of Collins being rolled by Luxon and Bridges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/10/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-rumours-of-collins-being-rolled-by-luxon-and-bridges/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Rumours of Collins being rolled by Luxon and Bridges">Read more</a>
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April 8, 2021
Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan debate: how in the last two weeks, China and the United States have been advancing distinct and separate defence alliances – positioning that is akin to the old Cold War. So what makes the last two weeks different from the last four years?
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April 8, 2021
Essay by Keith Rankin. Is the worst of Covid-19 yet to come? The most recent wave of Covid19 is, I suspect, much more significant than the headlines so far would suggest. This phase started in Europe, has been very evident in South America, and is now apparent in Asia (eg Philippines, India, and now Japan.) ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Covid-19 and the Common Cold" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/08/keith-rankin-essay-covid-19-and-the-common-cold/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Covid-19 and the Common Cold">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2021
A View from Afar – Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan debate: how in the last two weeks, China and the United States have been advancing distinct and separate defence alliances – positioning that is akin to the old Cold War. On one hand, the US has been building up a coalition of allies that is ... <a title="VIDEO: Buchanan and Manning on China + USA Construct Cold War-Styled Coalitions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/07/scheduled-live-buchanan-and-manning-on-china-usa-construct-cold-war-styled-coalitions/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Buchanan and Manning on China + USA Construct Cold War-Styled Coalitions">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards The area of mental health has been a key strength for Jacinda Ardern and her Labour Government over the last few years. They campaigned strongly in 2017 on fixing up the dysfunctional system, and initially they made some vital strides forward in reforming the sector. An in-depth inquiry was instigated and ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: An overwhelming vote of no confidence in Labour’s mental health reforms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/07/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-an-overwhelming-vote-of-no-confidence-in-labours-mental-health-reforms/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: An overwhelming vote of no confidence in Labour’s mental health reforms">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2021
SPECIAL REPORT – by Selwyn Manning. On Tuesday, March 30, we lodged a series of questions to the Minister of Immigration Kris Faafoi, seeking answers to allegations that 10 Chinese workers, who were detained in custody pending deportation orders, were in fact victims of a human trafficking scam. Throughout last week, the ten workers’ lawyer, ... <a title="SPECIAL REPORT: Bureaucratic Silence Surrounds Immigration New Zealand Deportation Move – Is This a Case of Human Trafficking + Black Labour?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/06/special-report-bureaucratic-silence-surrounds-immigration-new-zealand-deportation-move-is-this-a-case-of-human-trafficking-black-labour/" aria-label="Read more about SPECIAL REPORT: Bureaucratic Silence Surrounds Immigration New Zealand Deportation Move – Is This a Case of Human Trafficking + Black Labour?">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards Jacinda Ardern can essentially say “kia kaha” as much as she wants to those at the bottom of the housing market, but it won’t help their plight. Eventually her government is going to have to take state housing seriously as a tool for helping solve the housing crisis – especially for ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Missing part of the Govt housing package – state builds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/01/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-missing-part-of-the-govt-housing-package-state-builds/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Missing part of the Govt housing package – state builds">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2021
A View from Afar - Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan debate political symbolism and discuss: How governments use symbolism to accentuate intent and identity. Some of it is fact, and some of it is fiction, some of it is designed to divert attention and deceive. In this episode Buchanan and Manning show you how to sift through the wheat from the chaff.
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March 30, 2021
Essay by Keith Rankin. Getting the Language Correct Aotearoa New Zealand has a housing problem; a very big housing problem, and a problem not unique to New Zealand. While political leaders and privileged commentators do acknowledge the problem, the discussion remains befuddled, presumably largely because of the compromised political and financial interests of those who ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Solving the Housing Crisis: Making Homes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/30/keith-rankin-essay-solving-the-housing-crisis-making-homes/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Solving the Housing Crisis: Making Homes">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2021
Op-Ed by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana. The world is emerging from the biggest social and economic shock in living memory, but it will be a long time before the deep scars of the COVID-19 pandemic on human well-being fully heal. In the Asia-Pacific region, where 60 per cent of the world lives, the pandemic revealed chronic development ... <a title="Op-Ed: COVID19 a wake-up call to address development fault lines in Asia and the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/30/op-ed-covid19-a-wake-up-call-to-address-development-fault-lines-in-asia-and-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Op-Ed: COVID19 a wake-up call to address development fault lines in Asia and the Pacific">Read more</a>