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February 17, 2022
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Politics Daily as well as New Zealand Political Roundup columns for free here. Today’s content Parliamentary Grounds occupation Ben Thomas (Stuff): Protest presents a diabolical challenge for PM Brigitte Morten ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 17 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/17/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-17-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 17 2022">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2022
A View from Afar – In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will deep-dive into the latest events emerging from the Russia/Ukraine crisis, and they will consider: What does Russia’s Vladimir Putin want from NATO and the US in a negotiated diplomatic solution to the Ukraine issue?
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February 16, 2022
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Politics Daily as well as New Zealand Political Roundup columns for free here. Today’s content Parliamentary Grounds occupation Former VUWSA student (Democracy Project): “Once were radicals” John Minto (Stuff): The Government ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 16 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/16/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-16-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 16 2022">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Why is Russia encircling Ukraine with what looks very much like an invasion force? The first principle in answering such a question is that one should never take the simple media-reported statements of any of the major protagonists at face value. Yesterday I argued that an important part of the context ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Geopolitics, Russia and Ukraine: Living with Ambiguity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/16/keith-rankin-analysis-geopolitics-russia-and-ukraine-living-with-ambiguity/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Geopolitics, Russia and Ukraine: Living with Ambiguity">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2022
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Politics Daily as well as New Zealand Political Roundup columns for free here. Today’s content Parliamentary Grounds occupation Barry Soper (Herald): Govt’s refusal to engage with Parliament protesters unwise ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 15 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/15/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-15-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 15 2022">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. At the heart of the present geopolitical conflict centred on Ukraine is a divergent set of views as to what constitutes a ‘nation’. Rival Views of Nationality Firstly, ‘nation-states’ as we know them today arguably date to the 1645 Peace (or Treaties) of Westphalia, which negotiated the end of the bloody ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Nations, Territories, and Conflict" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/14/keith-rankin-analysis-nations-territories-and-conflict/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Nations, Territories, and Conflict">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2022
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Politics Daily as well as New Zealand Political Roundup columns for free here. Today’s content Parliamentary Grounds occupation Caitlan Johnston (Stuff): Former police negotiator says protesters aren’t ‘being heard or ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 14 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/14/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-14-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 14 2022">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Omicron Cases. These two charts show the recent upsurge in reported Covid19 cases in the two larger countries with the most cases. (See my recent January league charts for where these countries fit in relation to others.) Both Denmark and Israel recently peaked with over 7,500 daily cases per million people; ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid Omicron in Two High Immunity Countries: Denmark and Israel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/11/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid-omicron-in-two-high-immunity-countries-denmark-and-israel/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid Omicron in Two High Immunity Countries: Denmark and Israel">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2022
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Politics Daily as well as New Zealand Political Roundup columns for free here. Today’s content Protests, anti vaccination, mandates Morgan Godfery (Guardian): New Zealand police are right to ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 11 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/11/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-11-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 11 2022">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The government’s latest scheme is a form of government unemployment insurance. Interestingly, both the anti-poverty groups and the neoliberal New Zealand Initiative think tank see this scheme as problematic, very much as a ‘solution looking for a problem’. In other words, its ideology. In this case it’s not capitalist ideology; it’s ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Unemployment Insurance?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/10/keith-rankin-analysis-unemployment-insurance/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Unemployment Insurance?">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2022
A View from Afar: In this the first episode for 2022 Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning discuss what we all should expect to unfold in 2022 - especially with regard to foreign affairs and global security.
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February 10, 2022
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Politics Daily as well as New Zealand Political Roundup columns for free here. Today’s content Protests, anti vaccination, mandates Toby Manhire (Spinoff): Signs of a schism as anti-mandate ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 10 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/10/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-10-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 10 2022">Read more</a>