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January 30, 2019
Political Roundup: KiwiBuild – fix it or ditch it by Dr Bryce Edwards Given the ongoing problems with the Government’s flagship housing policy, it seems inevitable that a major change of direction is required for KiwiBuild. A consensus is growing that the policy either needs to be revamped or replaced with something more effective and ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: KiwiBuild – fix it or ditch it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/30/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-kiwibuild-fix-it-or-ditch-it/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: KiwiBuild – fix it or ditch it">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2019
Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 30 2019 Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. The Beehive and Parliament Buildings.Today’s content Insurance industry report Bernard Hickey (Newsroom): Another big, fat and wet bus ticket Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Damning report seals case ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 30 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/30/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-january-30-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 30 2019">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2019
Political Roundup: Don’t write off a new centrist green party yet by Dr Bryce Edwards Is environmentalism intrinsically leftwing? Has the Green Party got a monopoly on environmental concerns? Do environmentally-concerned voters only vote for the Green Party? The answer to all of those questions is surely “no”, yet a speculative “blue-green” centrist party is ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Don’t write off a new centrist green party yet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/29/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-dont-write-off-a-new-centrist-green-party-yet/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Don’t write off a new centrist green party yet">Read more</a>
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January 29, 2019
Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 29 2019 Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. The Beehive and Parliament Buildings.Today’s content Housing Jason Walls (Herald): Finance Minister Grant Robertson says the Govt will relook at its KiwiBuild targets Craig McCulloch ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 29 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/29/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-january-29-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 29 2019">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2019
Political Roundup: Could John Tamihere “make Auckland great again”? by Dr Bryce Edwards Get ready for a more lively local government contest in New Zealand’s biggest city this year. Recent local election campaigns have been relatively dull affairs. In fact, at the last elections in 2016, voter turnout slumped to the lowest level for some ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Could John Tamihere “make Auckland great again”?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/28/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-could-john-tamihere-make-auckland-great-again/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Could John Tamihere “make Auckland great again”?">Read more</a>
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January 28, 2019
Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 28 2019 Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. The Beehive and Parliament Buildings.Today’s content Jami-Lee Ross, Sarah Dowie Graham Adams (Noted): Parliament’s star-crossed lovers who crossed each other 1News: Simon Bridges says under-fire MP ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 28 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/28/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-january-28-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 28 2019">Read more</a>
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January 27, 2019
Political Roundup: Should MP Sarah Dowie have been named by the media? by Dr Bryce Edwards There’s always been a strong tension in politics between politicians’ right to privacy and the demands of political accountability. The difficult question is: which of these ideals should be paramount? This ethical question has been ever-present throughout the whole ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Should MP Sarah Dowie have been named by the media?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/27/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-should-mp-sarah-dowie-have-been-named-by-the-media/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Should MP Sarah Dowie have been named by the media?">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2019
Political Roundup: Is KiwiBuild now KiwiBusted? by Dr Bryce Edwards Is the Labour-led Government “disconnected from reality” over its fledgling house-building programme? KiwiBuild minister, Phil Twyford, says he is “pretty gutted” by his realisation that the house building agenda will fail to get anywhere near its targets this year. It’s merely the latest in a ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Is KiwiBuild now KiwiBusted?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/25/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-is-kiwibuild-now-kiwibusted/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Is KiwiBuild now KiwiBusted?">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2019
Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 25 2019 Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. The Beehive and Parliament Buildings.Today’s content Sarah Dowie named as MP in Jami-Lee Ross police inquiry David Fisher (Herald): Police probe email allegedly sent from ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 25 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/25/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-january-25-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 25 2019">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2019
Two University of the South Pacific journalism academics today met with creative industries staff at Auckland University of Technology to discuss plans to bolster collaboration and looked in on AUT’s impressive media facilities. USP’s journalism coordinator Dr Shailendra Singh and colleague Eliki Drugunavelu are on an Asia-Pacific research trip to Auckland. They met with AUT’s ... <a title="USP journalism team drops in on creative industries at AUT" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/24/usp-journalism-team-drops-in-on-creative-industries-at-aut/" aria-label="Read more about USP journalism team drops in on creative industries at AUT">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2019
Internet shock … Tonga Communications Corporation. Image: Kalino Lātū/Kaniva News By Philip Cass and Kalino Latu Tonga’s abrupt communications blackout may last up to two weeks before the fibre optic submarine cable restores the internet and mobile connection with the world. Tonga Cable Director Paula Piveni Piukala told Kaniva News repairs could be done in ... <a title="Tonga’s communications blackout ‘a problem out of their control’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/24/tongas-communications-blackout-a-problem-out-of-their-control/" aria-label="Read more about Tonga’s communications blackout ‘a problem out of their control’">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2019
Political Roundup: Extreme inequality a test for the new Government by Dr Bryce Edwards. Jacinda Ardern has just arrived in Davos for the World Economic Forum, where she is promoting her Government’s “economics of kindness” approach to other world leaders and elites. Her message is in line with the fact that her Labour-led administration was ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Extreme inequality a test for the new Government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/24/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-extreme-inequality-a-test-for-the-new-government/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Extreme inequality a test for the new Government">Read more</a>
