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October 29, 2020
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. The Greens are at a crossroads. The direction they take in the next few days may have significant consequences, not just for the country and the shape of the Government, but also for the future of the Greens themselves. Currently, the Labour and Green negotiating teams are behind closed doors ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Green Party’s fraught decision" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/29/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-green-partys-fraught-decision/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Green Party’s fraught decision">Read more</a>
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October 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Colvin, Lecturer, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University We will remember 2020 as a year of crisis. COVID-19 hit Australia just as we were beginning to make sense of the horror bushfires and smoke of last summer, a sinister illustration of global warming’s threats. ... <a title="New polling shows 79% of Aussies care about climate change. So why doesn’t the government listen?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/28/new-polling-shows-79-of-aussies-care-about-climate-change-so-why-doesnt-the-government-listen-148726/" aria-label="Read more about New polling shows 79% of Aussies care about climate change. So why doesn’t the government listen?">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2020
By Selwyn Manning – Editor, EveningReport.nz The Green Party has settled on its negotiation team, agreeing to who will represent the party’s members when considering the shape and outcome of talks with the incoming Labour-led Government. The negotiating team has a similar make up to the group that considered the merits of negotiations with Labour ... <a title="Election 2020: Green Party Negotiation Team Sets Its Terms of Reference" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/23/election-202o-green-party-negotiation-team-sets-its-terms-of-reference/" aria-label="Read more about Election 2020: Green Party Negotiation Team Sets Its Terms of Reference">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Suze Wilson, Senior Lecturer, Executive Development, Massey University The recent reelection of the Jacinda Ardern-led Labour government in New Zealand offers leaders elsewhere a potent lesson about how best to respond to COVID-19. Saving lives is, not surprisingly, a real vote-winner. Ardern’s Oct. 17 victory was a ... <a title="The reward for good pandemic leadership: Lessons from Jacinda Ardern’s New Zealand reelection" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/23/the-reward-for-good-pandemic-leadership-lessons-from-jacinda-arderns-new-zealand-reelection-148515/" aria-label="Read more about The reward for good pandemic leadership: Lessons from Jacinda Ardern’s New Zealand reelection">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2020
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. The National Party’s defeat has been so comprehensive that few in the party seem optimistic they will recover anytime soon. Falling from 47% in 2017 to just 27% (which might drop as low as 25% once special votes are counted), is one of the most severe collapses in New Zealand’s ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: National’s catastrophic collapse and fraught rebuild" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/22/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-nationals-catastrophic-collapse-and-fraught-rebuild/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: National’s catastrophic collapse and fraught rebuild">Read more</a>
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October 19, 2020
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. The political left has been euphoric since Saturday’s night historic landslide victory for Labour. But political commentators from across the spectrum are united in warning that the new Government isn’t about to be transformative. Instead, we will see more of a status quo administration grappling with a crisis, with very ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Leftwing euphoria meets reality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/19/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-leftwing-euphoria-meets-reality/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Leftwing euphoria meets reality">Read more</a>
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October 18, 2020
Analysis by Selwyn Manning. There’s a mood circulating among some circles that it would end badly for the Green Party in 2023 should it negotiate a part within a now-powerful Labour-led government. The argument goes; that should the Greens negotiate roles within the new Government, that their voice and policies would be watered down, rendered ... <a title="Selwyn Manning Analysis – Of Negotiations, Opportunities and an Obligation to Voters to Govern" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/18/selwyn-manning-analysis-of-negotiations-opportunities-and-an-obligation-to-voters-to-govern/" aria-label="Read more about Selwyn Manning Analysis – Of Negotiations, Opportunities and an Obligation to Voters to Govern">Read more</a>
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October 18, 2020
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political commentators and journalists are searching around for the right term to describe Saturday’s election result. “Seismic” or “tectonic” might be the winner – the shift really was of that magnitude. Labour increased their vote from 37% to 49%, which is likely to rise closer to 50% after special votes ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour’s tectonic election result" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/18/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-labours-tectonic-election-result/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour’s tectonic election result">Read more</a>
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October 15, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Suze Wilson, Senior Lecturer, Executive Development, Massey University Women leading both of New Zealand’s largest political parties is something to celebrate. Watching Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins go head to head in three televised or online pre-election debates should surely dispel any doubt about whether women are ... <a title="NZ election 2020: why gender stereotypes still affect perceptions of Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins as leaders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/15/nz-election-2020-why-gender-stereotypes-still-affect-perceptions-of-jacinda-ardern-and-judith-collins-as-leaders-147837/" aria-label="Read more about NZ election 2020: why gender stereotypes still affect perceptions of Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins as leaders">Read more</a>
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October 8, 2020
Welcome to Evening Report’s A View from Afar As always, we are joined by political scientist Paul Buchanan and this week we will discuss: How United States polls indicate it’s increasingly less-probable for Donald Trump to be re-elected. But, what are the immediate dangers facing the US in this pre-vote period? Right now, it appears, ... <a title="LIVE: A View from Afar – With Paul Buchanan + Selwyn Manning – Four Weeks to the US Elections: Is its National Security in Danger?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/08/live-a-view-from-afar-with-paul-buchanan-selwyn-manning-four-weeks-to-the-us-elections-is-its-national-security-in-danger/" aria-label="Read more about LIVE: A View from Afar – With Paul Buchanan + Selwyn Manning – Four Weeks to the US Elections: Is its National Security in Danger?">Read more</a>
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October 1, 2020
Hi I’m Selwyn Manning and you are watching… A View from Afar. Today we examine how a within a global leadership vacuum we are witnessing regionalised conflicts as middle and rising powers juxtaposition for influence. Are we witnessing the rise of a new global order, or the beginning of a decade of conventional war? What ... <a title="LIVE: A View from Afar – Paul Buchanan + Selwyn Manning on the Pandemic Effect, Rising Powers, US Democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/01/live-a-view-from-afar-paul-buchanan-selwyn-manning-on-the-pandemic-effect-rising-powers-us-democracy/" aria-label="Read more about LIVE: A View from Afar – Paul Buchanan + Selwyn Manning on the Pandemic Effect, Rising Powers, US Democracy">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2020
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. As the public decide who to vote for, the matter of whether wealthy interests have been able to influence Government decisions has arisen once again. This relates to controversy from late last year about whether junior coalition partner New Zealand First is using their fundraising mechanism to illegally hide the ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: NZ First Vs Serious Fraud Office" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/30/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-nz-first-vs-serious-fraud-office/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: NZ First Vs Serious Fraud Office">Read more</a>
