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August 20, 2020
VIDEO: In this week’s A View from Afar with Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning, we discuss: What’s behind the United Arab Emirates/Israel deal? Lukashenko has lost respect among Belarusians. But will he lose power in the eastern European state? Trumpianism, is it even a word? Is it for export? And how is the Democrat National ... <a title="VIDEO: A View from Afar – UAE-Israel Deal + Belarus + Trumpianism Biden and the US Elections" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/20/video-a-view-from-afar-uae-israel-deal-belarus-trumpianism-biden-and-the-us-elections/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: A View from Afar – UAE-Israel Deal + Belarus + Trumpianism Biden and the US Elections">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katie Louise Flanagan, Infectious Diseases Specialist and Clinical Professor, University of Tasmania Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on Wednesday the Australian government has signed a letter of intent to procure the University of Oxford’s vaccine for SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) and to provide it free ... <a title="The Oxford deal is welcome, but remember the vaccine hasn’t been proven to work yet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/19/the-oxford-deal-is-welcome-but-remember-the-vaccine-hasnt-been-proven-to-work-yet-144726/" aria-label="Read more about The Oxford deal is welcome, but remember the vaccine hasn’t been proven to work yet">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato There is no death penalty in New Zealand, unlike the United States. But Christchurch terrorist Brenton Tarrant, due for sentencing next week, will be going to jail for a very long time. A minimum of 17 years is required ... <a title="Jailing the Christchurch terrorist will cost New Zealand millions. A prisoner swap with Australia would solve more than one problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/19/jailing-the-christchurch-terrorist-will-cost-new-zealand-millions-a-prisoner-swap-with-australia-would-solve-more-than-one-problem-144199/" aria-label="Read more about Jailing the Christchurch terrorist will cost New Zealand millions. A prisoner swap with Australia would solve more than one problem">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2020
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards Has the election been saved from becoming another victim of Covid-19? Quite possibly. The issue of when to hold the election had come under serious scrutiny due to the increased restrictions and changed focus necessitated by the outbreak of community transmission of Covid-19. There were major problems with how democratic ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Jacinda Ardern’s successful and clever election date shift" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/18/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-jacinda-arderns-successful-and-clever-election-date-shift/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Jacinda Ardern’s successful and clever election date shift">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Curtin, Professor, University of Auckland The decision to delay New Zealand’s 2020 general election to 17 October, according to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, was partly about voter and candidate safety and partly to allow parties to campaign fairly. As much as anything, Ardern wanted to restore ... <a title="Jacinda Ardern delays New Zealand’s election to allow conventional campaigning – but where are voters really getting information?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/17/jacinda-ardern-delays-new-zealands-election-to-allow-conventional-campaigning-but-where-are-voters-really-getting-information-144560/" aria-label="Read more about Jacinda Ardern delays New Zealand’s election to allow conventional campaigning – but where are voters really getting information?">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Today’s chart compares this week’s Covid-19 outbreak in New Zealand with the latest case-data from other comparable countries. Note that the data plots new daily cases, smoothed using seven-day averages. However, the ‘black square’ represents New Zealand’s most recent daily total of new cases, at 260 per 100 million people (which ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Comparing New Zealand’s Outbreak with Comparable Countries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-comparing-new-zealands-outbreak-with-comparable-countries/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Comparing New Zealand’s Outbreak with Comparable Countries">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2020
Evening Report Video: This week in A View from Afar with Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning, we continue with our debate of how leaders around the world are embracing authoritarianism, isolationism, and in some cases, an abandonment of the rule of international law. A View from Afar is a joint effort between EveningReport’s parent ... <a title="LIVE: A View from Afar – Global Authoritarianism and Abandonment of International Law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/13/live-a-view-from-afar-global-authoritarianism-and-abandonment-of-international-law/" aria-label="Read more about LIVE: A View from Afar – Global Authoritarianism and Abandonment of International Law">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin Jacinda Ardern is Prime Minister for a good reason. She is an excellent communicator. She got the message about mask-wearing almost bang-on in her speech yesterday. She was correctly reported as saying: Aucklanders should use a mask if they leave the house to access essential services. She may have given the ... <a title="Keith Rankin on Messaging and Masks and Media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/13/keith-rankin-on-messaging-and-masks-and-media/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin on Messaging and Masks and Media">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Grant Duncan, Associate Professor for the School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University If we can do our grocery shopping under lockdown, we can vote under lockdown too. As much as supermarkets and pharmacies, the general election is an essential service and it must continue. There ... <a title="Voting is an essential service too. New Zealand can’t be afraid to go to the polls, even in lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/13/voting-is-an-essential-service-too-new-zealand-cant-be-afraid-to-go-to-the-polls-even-in-lockdown-144349/" aria-label="Read more about Voting is an essential service too. New Zealand can’t be afraid to go to the polls, even in lockdown">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Geddis, Professor of Law, University of Otago The return of COVID-19 community transmission, with Auckland back in a level 3 lockdown and the rest of New Zealand at level 2, raises real questions about New Zealand’s upcoming general election. Polling day is scheduled for September 19 ... <a title="By delaying the dissolution of parliament Jacinda Ardern buys time on the election date – but only a little" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/12/by-delaying-the-dissolution-of-parliament-jacinda-ardern-buys-time-on-the-election-date-but-only-a-little-144351/" aria-label="Read more about By delaying the dissolution of parliament Jacinda Ardern buys time on the election date – but only a little">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Plank, Professor in Mathematics, University of Canterbury Auckland, and possibly other parts of New Zealand, almost certainly have more cases of COVID-19 in the community than the four new cases confirmed yesterday. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern activated a resurgence plan late yesterday, placing all of Auckland ... <a title="New Zealand is on alert as COVID-19 returns. This is what we need to stamp it out again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/12/new-zealand-is-on-alert-as-covid-19-returns-this-is-what-we-need-to-stamp-it-out-again-144304/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand is on alert as COVID-19 returns. This is what we need to stamp it out again">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2020
Four positive cases of covid-19 outside of managed isolation or quarantine have been reported and New Zealand has activated a resurgence plan. After 102 days without community transmission they are the first cases acquired from an unknown source, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced tonight. Ardern said New Zealand must take a “precautionary” approach as no ... <a title="Four new covid cases push NZ into three-day resurgence plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/11/four-new-covid-cases-push-nz-into-three-day-resurgence-plan/" aria-label="Read more about Four new covid cases push NZ into three-day resurgence plan">Read more</a>
