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December 5, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Grant Duncan, Associate Professor for the School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University In October 2017, 37-year-old Jacinda Ardern became prime minister of New Zealand. The world looked longingly at a young and inspiring female leader who had unexpectedly catapulted the Labour Party into office. Ardern ... <a title="Left-leaning Australians may look to New Zealand with envy, but Ardern still has much work to do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/05/left-leaning-australians-may-look-to-new-zealand-with-envy-but-ardern-still-has-much-work-to-do-128227/" aria-label="Read more about Left-leaning Australians may look to New Zealand with envy, but Ardern still has much work to do">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2019
Labour chose a pākehā over a Māori as president at its annual conference in the weekend. Some believe this could have ramifications for a sector of the party and a demographic feeling ill-served by the party and the Government. Commentators have argued that this is symptomatic of bigger problems in the Labour-Māori relationship, which could ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour risks losing the Māori vote" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/03/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-labour-risks-losing-the-maori-vote/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour risks losing the Māori vote">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2019
A thorn in the side of National, former MP Chester Borrows punctured his party’s “law and order week” before it even started, by framing its new crime and punishment stances as ignorant and dangerous. Appearing in the media early in the week, he painted National’s discussion document as populist, opportunist, and a knee-jerk response where ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: National’s law and order populism savaged" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/28/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-nationals-law-and-order-populism-savaged/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: National’s law and order populism savaged">Read more</a>
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November 19, 2019
Chlöe Swarbrick’s “OK boomer” retort in Parliament has proved to be the spark that set alight a dry field of latent generational angst. The debate over the remark rolls on and on, revealing that generational warfare is a growing cleavage in New Zealand. Increasingly, political problems of housing, inequality, climate change and so forth, are ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Why “OK boomer” generational warfare is a dead-end" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/19/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-why-ok-boomer-generational-warfare-is-a-dead-end/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Why “OK boomer” generational warfare is a dead-end">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2019
Winston Peters is well known for being belligerent, complaining and prone to political conspiracies. It’s easy to write-off his current High Court trial as hubris and score-settling. Peters is suing former National Cabinet Ministers and heads of government departments for their alleged role in his embarrassing 2017 scandal when his pension overpayments were made public ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Winston Peters puts dirty politics on trial" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/07/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-winston-peters-puts-dirty-politics-on-trial/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Winston Peters puts dirty politics on trial">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2019
Trying to make sense of the New Zealand First party can be difficult at the best of times. Political journalists and commentators attempt to work out where the party is going based on leaks, Winston Peters’ speeches, Shane Jones’s stunts, conference remits, and attacks on opponents. Ultimately there’s very little to make sense of. Peters ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: NZ First’s disjointed yet solid conference" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/21/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-nz-firsts-disjointed-yet-solid-conference/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: NZ First’s disjointed yet solid conference">Read more</a>
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October 15, 2019
Commentators across the political spectrum seem to agree – the Labour-led Government’s popularity is being damaged by its failure to deliver in Jacinda Ardern’s self-proclaimed “Year of Delivery”. Instead, the delivery of bad news to Labour and the Government has come in two opinion polls out this week. Last night’s 1News-Colmar Brunton poll gave Labour ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour’s “Year of non-Delivery” bites" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/15/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-labours-year-of-non-delivery-bites/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour’s “Year of non-Delivery” bites">Read more</a>
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October 9, 2019
When New Zealand First holds its annual party conference next week, the issue underpinning all the discussion and debate will be its survival. It’s a perennial problem, but one that is now particularly pronounced. With polling putting the party below the crucial five per cent MMP threshold for most of their time as part of ... <a title="Political Roundup: The pressure of survival shows for NZ First" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/09/political-roundup-the-pressure-of-survival-shows-for-nz-first/" aria-label="Read more about Political Roundup: The pressure of survival shows for NZ First">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2019
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards Jacinda Ardern’s diplomatic trip to New York has been a success. She participated in at least 32 notable events, including a large number of bilateral meetings, and gave nine speeches. And she showed once again what an asset she is for New Zealand on the world stage. Her final appearance, ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Ardern scatters diplomatic stardust in New York" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/27/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-ardern-scatters-diplomatic-stardust-in-new-york/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Ardern scatters diplomatic stardust in New York">Read more</a>
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September 22, 2019
Op-Ed by Kaveh Zahedi, Deputy Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) In less than ten days world leaders will be gathering at the United Nations in New York for the Climate Action Summit. Their goal is simple; to increase ambition and accelerate action in the ... <a title="Op-Ed: Confronting the new climate reality in Asia and the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/22/op-ed-confronting-the-new-climate-reality-in-asia-and-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Op-Ed: Confronting the new climate reality in Asia and the Pacific">Read more</a>
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September 13, 2019
By Michael Andrew Members of the Pacific media have paid tribute to the late Tongan Prime Minster ‘Akilisi Pohiva, who died in New Zealand earlier this week. An enduring symbol of democracy in Tonga and the Pacific, Pohiva died at Auckland hospital after a long struggle with various health problems. “He fought for many years ... <a title="Media associates pay tribute to ‘Akilisi Pohiva" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/13/media-associates-pay-tribute-to-akilisi-pohiva/" aria-label="Read more about Media associates pay tribute to ‘Akilisi Pohiva">Read more</a>
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September 12, 2019
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards – Its increasingly looking as if the Beehive has been involved in some sort of “cover-up” of sexual assault allegations in the Labour Party. For that reason, it’s almost inevitable that further heads will roll – it’s just a question of whose. The Prime Minister herself is under immense pressure ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Claims of a #MeTooLabour “cover-up” in the Beehive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/12/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-claims-of-a-metoolabour-cover-up-in-the-beehive/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Claims of a #MeTooLabour “cover-up” in the Beehive">Read more</a>
