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February 4, 2023
By Jamie Tahana, RNZ News Te Ao Māori journalist at Waitangi, and Russell Palmer, digital political journalist Iwi leaders in Aotearoa New Zealand have accused opposition parties National and ACT of “fanning the flames of racism”, urging the prime minister to be brave and not walk away from partnership on Three Waters. With Waitangi events and ... <a title="Iwi leaders warn Hipkins not to bow over Three Waters co-governance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/04/iwi-leaders-warn-hipkins-not-to-bow-over-three-waters-co-governance/" aria-label="Read more about Iwi leaders warn Hipkins not to bow over Three Waters co-governance">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2023
RNZ News Green Party MP Chlöe Swarbrick is brushing off concerns a temporary rent freeze in flood-hit Auckland would just see landlords hike rents even more when the controls were lifted — arguing they should stay permanently. More than 20 organisations have signed a letter urging Minister for Auckland Michael Wood, Housing Minister Megan Woods ... <a title="NZ Greens back call for rent controls after Auckland flash floods" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/03/nz-greens-back-call-for-rent-controls-after-auckland-flash-floods/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Greens back call for rent controls after Auckland flash floods">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2023
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup: Hipkins’ bread and butter reshuffle Prime Minister Chris Hipkins continues to be the new broom in Government, re-setting his Government away from its problem areas in his Cabinet reshuffle yesterday, and trying to convince voters that Labour is focused on “bread and butter” issues. The ministers responsible for unpopular ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Hipkins’ bread and butter reshuffle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/03/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-hipkins-bread-and-butter-reshuffle/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Hipkins’ bread and butter reshuffle">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2023
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup: Chris Hipkins hires a lobbyist to run the Beehive New Zealand is the second least corrupt country on earth according to the latest Corruption Perception Index published yesterday by Transparency International. But how much does this reflect reality? The problem with being continually feted for world-leading political integrity – ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Chris Hipkins hires a lobbyist to run the Beehive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/03/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-chris-hipkins-hires-a-lobbyist-to-run-the-beehive/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Chris Hipkins hires a lobbyist to run the Beehive">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2023
New Zealand Politics Daily is a collation of the most prominent issues being discussed in New Zealand. It is edited by Dr Bryce Edwards of The Democracy Project. Items of interest and importance today CO-GOVERNANCE, WAITANGI, THREE WATERS Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Blowing Off The Froth: Why Chris Hipkins Must Ditch Three Waters Audrey Young (Herald): What ... <a title="Newsletter: February 3 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/03/newsletter-february-3-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: February 3 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2023
By Nick Young of Greenpeace My family and I are lucky to have come through it unscathed, but my neighbourhood in Titirangi has been ravaged. Many people here and around the wider region have lost their homes altogether. I’ve seen people’s belongings out on the streets in piles ruined beyond repair, houses swamped and whole ... <a title="Nick Young: NZ’s climate floods expose stark truth – people paying price of corporate greed crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/03/nick-young-nzs-climate-floods-expose-stark-truth-people-paying-price-of-corporate-greed-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about Nick Young: NZ’s climate floods expose stark truth – people paying price of corporate greed crisis">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2023
By Jonty Dine, RNZ News reporter While Auckland residents enjoy a brief reprieve from the rain, the rubbish continues to pile up as the full cost of the New Zealand flash floods continues to be counted. Some streets in Auckland are littered with items damaged and discarded from Friday’s freak flooding — causing a health ... <a title="NZ flash floods: Residents slam council inaction over rubbish disposal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/02/nz-flash-floods-residents-slam-council-inaction-over-rubbish-disposal/" aria-label="Read more about NZ flash floods: Residents slam council inaction over rubbish disposal">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2023
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist Many Pasifika families affected by the flash floods and torrential rainfall that have lashed New Zealand’s North Island over the past few days were braced for more bad weather overnight. With four people dead and hundreds forced out of their homes over the weekend a state of emergency remained ... <a title="Flash flood impacted Pasifika communities in NZ on alert" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/01/flash-flood-impacted-pasifika-communities-in-nz-on-alert/" aria-label="Read more about Flash flood impacted Pasifika communities in NZ on alert">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Peter Wilson, political commentator for RNZ News Tuesday, February 7, at 2pm. That’s when New Zealand’s new Prime Minister Chris Hipkins’ parliamentary year begins and he faces National leader Christopher Luxon in the debating chamber for the first question time of 2023. He needs to “Win the House”, as the saying goes. That ... <a title="Chris Hipkins’ first question time as PM – will he ‘win the House’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/01/chris-hipkins-first-question-time-as-pm-will-he-win-the-house/" aria-label="Read more about Chris Hipkins’ first question time as PM – will he ‘win the House’?">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2023
COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis It is unlikely that the Mayor of Auckland, Wayne Brown, took any lessons from the city’s devastating floods but the rest of us — and journalists in particular — could learn a thing or two. Brown’s demeanour will not be improved by a petition calling for his resignation or media columnists ... <a title="Gavin Ellis: Communication lessons from the great flood" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/31/gavin-ellis-communication-lessons-from-the-great-flood/" aria-label="Read more about Gavin Ellis: Communication lessons from the great flood">Read more</a>
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January 31, 2023
Auckland mayor Wayne Brown is under fire for calling New Zealand journalists “drongos”, blaming them for having to cancel a round of tennis with friends on Sunday as the city dealt with the aftermath of record rainfall and flooding that left four dead. It comes after widespread criticism of his handling of the disaster, including ... <a title="Auckland deputy mayor talks up media role in disasters in wake of mayor Brown ‘drongos’ text" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/31/auckland-deputy-mayor-talks-up-media-role-in-disasters-in-wake-of-mayor-brown-drongos-text/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland deputy mayor talks up media role in disasters in wake of mayor Brown ‘drongos’ text">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2023
Asia Pacific Report Greenpeace claimed today claimed New Zealand’s extreme rain and flooding crisis in the North Island at the weekend as a “climate disaster”. “As our friends, family and neighbours across Auckland and the North Island have been battered by unprecedented rain and flooding, it’s a visceral reminder that climate change is upon us ... <a title="Call NZ’s catastrophic deluge a ‘climate disaster’, says Greenpeace" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/30/call-nzs-catastrophic-deluge-a-climate-disaster-says-greenpeace/" aria-label="Read more about Call NZ’s catastrophic deluge a ‘climate disaster’, says Greenpeace">Read more</a>
