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May 19, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Geoffrey Miller So far, the New Zealand government has been remarkably silent about the Gaza-Israel conflict. Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta could be helping meditate for peace, Geoffrey Miller writes. The growing Gaza crisis is testing Nanaia Mahuta’s recent assertion that New Zealand has an independent foreign policy. The conflict between Israel and Hamas-controlled ... <a title="NZ could play mediating role in Gaza conflict – but does it want to?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/nz-could-play-mediating-role-in-gaza-conflict-but-does-it-want-to/" aria-label="Read more about NZ could play mediating role in Gaza conflict – but does it want to?">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
By Justin Wong in Auckland Auckland University of Technology has denied it is sidelining the Pacific Media Centre in the School of Communication Studies, but it is yet to announce the new leadership following disputes over office space and a succession plan. The multi-disciplinary research and professional development unit was founded in 2007 by Professor ... <a title="Future of AUT’s Pacific Media Centre still up in the air" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/future-of-auts-pacific-media-centre-still-up-in-the-air/" aria-label="Read more about Future of AUT’s Pacific Media Centre still up in the air">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2021
RNZ News New Zealand’s opposition National Party leader Judith Collins has suffered a sharp dip in support in the preferred prime minister stakes, in the latest Newshub Reid Research poll. The new poll has Labour on 52.7 percent while National has improved slightly to 27 percent support – an increase of 1.4 percentage points on ... <a title="NZ support for opposition leader Judith Collins dives in new poll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/19/nz-support-for-opposition-leader-judith-collins-dives-in-new-poll/" aria-label="Read more about NZ support for opposition leader Judith Collins dives in new poll">Read more</a>
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May 18, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content Immigration reset Tess McClure (The Guardian): New Zealand to cut ‘low-skill’ immigration and refocus on wealthy Charlie Dreaver (RNZ): ‘Scene setting’ ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 18 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/18/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-18-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 18 2021">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards. This week’s Budget is a chance for the Labour Government to take the crisis of poverty and inequality seriously. They can do this by delivering something serious or even transformational for those suffering at the bottom of the heap in New Zealand. In particular, a big increase in core benefit rates ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Will the Government take the poverty crisis seriously?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/17/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-will-the-government-take-the-poverty-crisis-seriously/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Will the Government take the poverty crisis seriously?">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content Newshub poll Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Judith Collins’ allegations of Māori separatism not working for National in Newshub-Reid Research Poll Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Newshub-Reid ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 17 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/17/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-17-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 17 2021">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk New Zealand’s Green Party has condemned the violent and forced displacement of the Palestinian Sheikh Jarrah community of East Jerusalem by Israeli forces and settlers. “We further condemn the recent indiscriminate bombing of the Gaza Strip causing the deaths of [113 Palestinian civilians, including 31 children], we call on both the ... <a title="NZ Greens condemn Israeli violence against Palestinian communities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/16/nz-greens-condemn-israeli-violence-against-palestinian-communities/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Greens condemn Israeli violence against Palestinian communities">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content Inequality and poverty Tess McClure (The Guardian): Ardern faces calls to boost child poverty spending in budget amid glacial progress ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 14 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/14/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-14-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 14 2021">Read more</a>
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May 14, 2021
Analysis by Simon Angelo (WealthMorning.com) Our business is finding profitable and innovative businesses to invest in. We’ve had a stellar recovery run since Covid. If there’s one thing that separates these companies out from the rest, it is this: They have found a profitable niche and own that part of the market. They are not ... <a title="Analysis – The Singapore Conundrum: Why Emulating Its Success Could be a Mistake" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/14/analysis-the-singapore-conundrum-why-emulating-its-success-could-be-a-mistake/" aria-label="Read more about Analysis – The Singapore Conundrum: Why Emulating Its Success Could be a Mistake">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content Parliamentary debates on race Jane Patterson (RNZ): Policies can be called racist but not MPs, Speaker rules Tess McClure (The Guardian): Māori ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 13 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/13/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-may-13-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 13 2021">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2021
RNZ News Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi has been ejected from New Zealand’s Parliament for doing a haka in protest against questions by the Opposition about race-based policy. Opposition conservative National Party leader Judith Collins was asking Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern about her views of the He Puapua report, which provides recommendations to the government ... <a title="NZ Parliament ejects Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi over haka" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/nz-parliament-ejects-maori-party-co-leader-rawiri-waititi-over-haka/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Parliament ejects Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi over haka">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Last week, out of left field, the government placed a three-year embargo on normal public sector wage bargaining, essentially a salary freeze. While there has been a certain amount of backtracking since, it is clear that the government has been very committed to ‘fiscal consolidation’ (aka ‘austerity’). What were they thinking? ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – The New Zealand Government’s ‘Public Finance Rabbithole’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/keith-rankin-analysis-the-new-zealand-governments-public-finance-rabbithole/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – The New Zealand Government’s ‘Public Finance Rabbithole’">Read more</a>
