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Tuna brands largely failing to combat slavery in Pacific, says new report

March 26, 2021

RNZ Pacific A new report has found that tuna fishing companies in the Pacific are doing little to stop slavery on their boats. The canned tuna industry is rife with allegations of modern slavery in its Pacific supply chains, with little protection for workers from forced labour. The Business and Human Rights Resource Centre report, ... <a title="Tuna brands largely failing to combat slavery in Pacific, says new report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/26/tuna-brands-largely-failing-to-combat-slavery-in-pacific-says-new-report/" aria-label="Read more about Tuna brands largely failing to combat slavery in Pacific, says new report">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 26 2021

March 26, 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 Housing: Rental market Stuff: Editorial – Renters could be ‘lost generation’ in New Zealand’s housing crisis 1News: ‘I want them to have ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 26 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/26/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-march-26-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 26 2021">Read more</a>

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Brendon Blue: Non-homeowners are paying the cost of the covid-19 recovery

March 26, 2021

ANALYSIS: By Brendon Blue for The Democracy Project The day after New Zealand’s first lockdown was announced, I expressed to a senior colleague my concern for those around the country whose livelihoods would suffer as a result. She agreed, but was confident that the spirit of “we’re all in it together” accompanying these drastic public ... <a title="Brendon Blue: Non-homeowners are paying the cost of the covid-19 recovery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/26/brendon-blue-non-homeowners-are-paying-the-cost-of-the-covid-19-recovery/" aria-label="Read more about Brendon Blue: Non-homeowners are paying the cost of the covid-19 recovery">Read more</a>

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Bryan Bruce: NZ’s housing crisis – ask the right questions and we may get solutions

March 26, 2021

COMMENTARY: By Bryan Bruce You can’t get the right answer if you keep asking the wrong question. A question this neoliberal New Zealand government and previous ones continue to ask is:“How can people get to own a home?” There are very, very limited answers to that question. But if you ask: “How can we give ... <a title="Bryan Bruce: NZ’s housing crisis – ask the right questions and we may get solutions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/26/bryan-bruce-nzs-housing-crisis-ask-the-right-questions-and-we-may-get-solutions/" aria-label="Read more about Bryan Bruce: NZ’s housing crisis – ask the right questions and we may get solutions">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 25 2021

March 25, 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 Housing: Rental market Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Forget first-home buyers, the metric of success in the housing crisis is rental prices Mark Quinlivan ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 25 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/25/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-march-25-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 25 2021">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 24 2021

March 24, 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 Housing announcement Bryce Edwards (The Guardian): Targeting New Zealand’s property speculators is popular, but won’t fix the housing crisis Henry Cooke (Stuff): The bets ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 24 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/24/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-march-24-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 24 2021">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 23 2021

March 23, 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 Housing Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): D-day for the Government’s plan to fix housing, with few easy options Rachel Sadler (Newshub): ‘Radical’ change needed to ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 23 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/23/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-march-23-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 23 2021">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 22 2021

March 22, 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 Housing Jason Walls (Herald): Remedies for the hot housing market: What does Grant Robertson have up his sleeve? (paywalled) Elle Hunt ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 22 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/22/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-march-22-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 22 2021">Read more</a>

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Appeal for NZ government to offer apology for race-based Dawn Raids

March 22, 2021

By Dominic Godfrey, RNZ Pacific journalist A Pacific social justice movement is calling on the New Zealand government to formally apologise for the Dawn Raids of the 1970s. The Labour and then National governments of the time authorised police raids on Pasifika homes and work places, to check for overstayers; even churches and schools were ... <a title="Appeal for NZ government to offer apology for race-based Dawn Raids" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/22/appeal-for-nz-government-to-offer-apology-for-race-based-dawn-raids/" aria-label="Read more about Appeal for NZ government to offer apology for race-based Dawn Raids">Read more</a>

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Battle to spread truth about covid-19 vaccine in Pacific communities

March 22, 2021

By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific journalist The race is on to reach Pasifika communities in New Zealand to counter the spread of misinformation about the covid-19 vaccine. Pacific and Māori communities have the highest risk of dying from covid-19 and that has caused leaders and doctors within this group to work hard to dispel fears ... <a title="Battle to spread truth about covid-19 vaccine in Pacific communities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/22/battle-to-spread-truth-about-covid-19-vaccine-in-pacific-communities/" aria-label="Read more about Battle to spread truth about covid-19 vaccine in Pacific communities">Read more</a>

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Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

March 19, 2021

New Zealand has long had a privileged relationship with its Pacific neighbours. Now, in the dawning era of the climate crisis affecting millions of lives across the Pacific, the country has its helping hand outstretched. But with the controversial record of climate adaptation and mitigation strategies, does this hand have an ulterior motive? Matthew Scott ... <a title="Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/strings-attached-the-reality-behind-nzs-climate-aid-in-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 19 2021

March 19, 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 Housing Bernard Hickey (Spinoff): A cacophony of magical thinking on housing 1News: Kiwis think Govt not doing enough to address housing crisis ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 19 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/19/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-march-19-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 19 2021">Read more</a>