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May 19, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Newshub Reid-Research poll Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Jacinda Ardern goes stratospheric, Simon Bridges is annihilated Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Politically Simon Bridges is a dead man walking Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Simon Bridges still confident he will ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 19 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/19/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-19-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 19 2020">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Budget, economy John Armstrong (1News): Jobs, jobs jobs or spend, spend, spend? Sue Bradford (Stuff): This is not what a post-Covid Budget should look like Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Political Roundup: A homecoming or ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 18 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/18/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-18-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 18 2020">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2020
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. How radical or transformative is Grant Robertson’s 2020 Budget? Opinions are divided over this week’s landmark economic package. Some are viewing the big spend as a return to traditional Labour – or even socialist – politics, while others see it as “business as usual”, albeit on a grander scale. Seeing ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: A homecoming or still adrift – how radical is Labour’s Budget?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/16/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-a-homecoming-or-still-adrift-how-radical-is-labours-budget/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: A homecoming or still adrift – how radical is Labour’s Budget?">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Budget – commentary and reactions Henry Cooke (Stuff):Grant Robertson isn’t using this crisis to transform the country Max Rashbrooke (RNZ): Robertson goes for repair, not rebuild Matthew Hooton (Herald): Grant Robertson conservative despite ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 15 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/15/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-15-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 15 2020">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Budget Hamish Rutherford (Herald): Prime Minister warns coming months the most challenging in a long time (paywalled) Jane Patterson and Gyles Beckford (RNZ): What to expect from the 2020 Budget Richard Harman (Politik): It’s budget ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 14 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/14/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-14-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 14 2020">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Economies as Pie Charts Most of us are familiar with the expressions ‘economic pie’ or ‘economic cake’. The ‘pie’ metaphor is probably best, because pies represent a holdall food item, less homogeneous in their finished forms than are cakes. Further, most of us are familiar with pie charts. Yesterday I published ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Pie Economics: a Way to Understand Economic Balance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/13/keith-rankin-analysis-pie-economics-a-way-to-understand-economic-balance/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Pie Economics: a Way to Understand Economic Balance">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Budget, economy Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): A budget with Labour’s future on the line Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): Thursday’s Budget to be huge, but not revolutionary Terry Baucher (Spinoff): Can we expect any radical tax proposals? ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 13 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/13/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-13-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 13 2020">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Income in an Economy The chart above shows how income is distributed in an economy. It shows three major sectors: Government, Business and Households. Households are the principal sector; governments and businesses serve households, and are accountable to households. The chart is a pie chart, representing the economic pie. (For now, ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – National Income: the Pie Chart" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/12/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-national-income-the-pie-chart/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – National Income: the Pie Chart">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Government, NZ moves to Level 2 Graham Adams (Democracy Project): The Perils of Premature Congratulation Natasha Hamilton-Hart (Stuff): NZ’s toolkit for the Covid-19 response limited by our institutions Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Back to business ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 12 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/12/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-12-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 12 2020">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Government documents on Covid-19 response released Derek Cheng (Herald): The gagging order from Jacinda Ardern’s office – cynical, arrogant and unnecessary Tim Watkins (Pundit): Gagging Order Is Double Dumb: Disrespecting Public Sacrifice & ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 11 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/11/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-11-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 11 2020">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Today’s chart shows (in grey) the estimated impact of Covid-19 on mortality rates in the selected countries. For most of these countries, the ‘excess death’ procedure provides an estimate of underreporting in underreporting countries compared to those with the most comprehensive reporting. Some of these extra deaths may have occurred as ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Estimating the true death tolls from Covid19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/11/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-estimating-the-true-death-tolls-from-covid19/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Estimating the true death tolls from Covid19">Read more</a>
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May 8, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Democracy, lockdown legality Matthew Hooton (Herald): Government abusing lockdown powers (paywalled) Chris Trotter: The Safety Of The People Shall Be The Highest Law Peter Dunne: Cracks in the machinery of democracy Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Leaked ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 08 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/08/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-08-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 08 2020">Read more</a>
