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August 23, 2020
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. There’s a debate raging about how serious the Government’s Covid-19 border testing botch-ups are. Many Labour partisans are calling complaints and media investigations into border management a beat-up and overly-aggressive. They claim problems at the border are being exaggerated, with testing failures of minor importance in the government’s overall success in ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: How serious are the Govt’s border botch-ups?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/23/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-how-serious-are-the-govts-border-botch-ups/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: How serious are the Govt’s border botch-ups?">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. This week’s chart shows the most current Covid19 outbreaks, including all the little countries. As in March 2020, some of these are the worst affected. It also gives lie to the claim that New Zealand is advantaged by being an island country. In the gold and silver position are Aruba and ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Covid-19 in the Peak of the Northern Hemisphere Tourist Season" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-covid-19-in-the-peak-of-the-northern-hemisphere-tourist-season/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: Covid-19 in the Peak of the Northern Hemisphere Tourist Season">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Welch, Senior lecturer, University of Auckland Genome sequencing — mapping the genetic sequences of the virus from confirmed COVID-19 cases in a bid to track its spread — is now an integral part of New Zealand’s coronavirus response. It is providing greater certainty in identifying clusters ... <a title="Genome sequencing tells us the Auckland outbreak is a single cluster — except for one case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/genome-sequencing-tells-us-the-auckland-outbreak-is-a-single-cluster-except-for-one-case-144721/" aria-label="Read more about Genome sequencing tells us the Auckland outbreak is a single cluster — except for one case">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Early Identification and Action We are now learning, from Covid19, one thing above all else. With epidemics, it is early identification and action that matters. When our Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, says that New Zealand’s government approach is to “go hard and go early”, she is only partly correct. What matters ... <a title="Keith Rankin – Epidemic Costs and Responses: Coronavirus and Tuberculosis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/20/keith-rankin-epidemic-costs-and-responses-coronavirus-and-tuberculosis/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin – Epidemic Costs and Responses: Coronavirus and Tuberculosis">Read more</a>
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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>
