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November 5, 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 US election and NZ Newshub: US Election: What a Donald Trump victory would mean for Jacinda Ardern Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Whoever wins in the US, we might all lose Audrey Young (Herald): Time for Jacinda Ardern to ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 05 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/05/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-november-05-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 05 2020">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Richard Shaw of Massey University Jacinda Ardern’s new “covid cabinet” is pretty much the same as — and completely unlike — every previous government under the mixed member proportional (MMP) system. The similarity involves the political accommodation reached between Labour and the Greens. Every government formed since 1996 has rested on such arrangements. ... <a title="Ardern now leads one of the most powerful governments NZ has seen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/04/ardern-now-leads-one-of-the-most-powerful-governments-nz-has-seen/" aria-label="Read more about Ardern now leads one of the most powerful governments NZ has seen">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2020
A clip from This Is Not A Movie, a 2020 documentary by about Robert Fisk. Video: Doc Edge Festival Veteran journalist Robert Fisk, who for decades covered events in the Middle East and elsewhere as a foreign correspondent for the British newspaper The Independent, has died after suffering a suspected stroke at his Dublin home. ... <a title="Robert Fisk’s message: Journalists should challenge the narratives of power" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/04/robert-fisks-message-journalists-should-challenge-the-narratives-of-power/" aria-label="Read more about Robert Fisk’s message: Journalists should challenge the narratives of power">Read more</a>
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November 4, 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 New Cabinet Michael Neilson (Herald): Record-breaking Cabinet, but will they be able to deliver for Māori? Jennifer Curtin (The Conversation): Can New Zealand’s most diverse ever cabinet improve representation of women and minorities in general? 1News: Jacinda Ardern ‘utterly rejects’ ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 04 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/04/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-november-04-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 04 2020">Read more</a>
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November 3, 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 New Cabinet Tim Watkin (RNZ): Ardern’s new Cabinet in safe hands but ‘nothing flashy’ Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): A Curate’s Egg Cabinet: Much of it is bad, parts of it are excellent Henry Cooke and Thomas Coughlan ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 03 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/03/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-november-03-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 03 2020">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Ena Manuireva The unfolding in French Polynesia of the latest judiciary entanglements of pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru versus the French administration is being closely followed by members of the Tahitian community in Tahiti and in Aotearoa New Zealand. There are undeniable similarities between Temaru’s upcoming trial on November 4 in Nouméa after many ... <a title="The judgment of Tahiti’s Oscar Temaru – a neocolonial sense of déjà-vu" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/02/the-judgment-of-tahitis-oscar-temaru-a-neocolonial-sense-of-deja-vu/" aria-label="Read more about The judgment of Tahiti’s Oscar Temaru – a neocolonial sense of déjà-vu">Read more</a>
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November 2, 2020
Article by Keith Rankin. New Zealand’s most egregious placename Over an extended Labour Weekend, I undertook a four-day road trip from Auckland to Cromwell. It was great to reconnect on the way with places like Taihape, Blenheim, Kaikoura, Ashburton, and Fairlie; and to appreciate that this was possible in an environment where almost nobody felt ... <a title="Keith Rankin – Cromwell and all that" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/02/keith-rankin-cromwell-and-all-that/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin – Cromwell and all that">Read more</a>
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November 2, 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 Greens and Labour coalition deal Matthew Hooton (Herald): Green deal radically strengthens Ardern while gagging Shaw and Davidson (paywalled) Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern’s agreement with Greens shows her iron fist Luke Malpass (Stuff): Labour gets to be ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 02 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/02/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-november-02-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 02 2020">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2020
By RNZ News Green Party delegates have voted to accept a deal with Labour which will give it two ministerial portfolios outside of cabinet in the New Zealand government. Consensus was blocked, so the party required 75 percent of delegates to get the deal across the line this evening. Labour offered the Green Party the ... <a title="NZ Greens accept Labour’s offer for ‘cooperation agreement’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/01/nz-greens-accept-labours-offer-for-cooperation-agreement/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Greens accept Labour’s offer for ‘cooperation agreement’">Read more</a>
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October 31, 2020
The euthanasia referendum has passed New Zealand’s public vote, with 65.2 percent voting in favour, but the cannabis question has 53.1 percent voting “no” so far, preliminary results show. The number of voters who chose “no” in the End of Life Choice referendum reached 33.8 percent. In the cannabis question, “yes” received 46.1 percent of ... <a title="NZ referendum preliminary results – yes to euthanasia reform, no to cannabis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/31/nz-referendum-preliminary-results-yes-to-euthanasia-reform-no-to-cannabis/" aria-label="Read more about NZ referendum preliminary results – yes to euthanasia reform, no to cannabis">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2020
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards Our House of Representatives has just become more diverse, and yet narrower at the same time. A record 40 new MPs have flooded into Parliament – with especially big intakes from the Labour and Act parties. You can see some short profiles of the new MPs in Simon Collins’ article, Forty ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: A diverse yet narrower Parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/30/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-a-diverse-yet-narrower-parliament/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: A diverse yet narrower Parliament">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2020
French Overseas Minister Sebastien Lecornu has held talks with 10 New Caledonian politicians at a retreat near Noumea to promote dialogue between rival camps, saying a new accord will emerge. The minister, who delayed yesterday’s planned departure for Paris by at least two days, convened five anti-independence and five pro-independence leaders on Lepredour island, including ... <a title="French minister Lecornu holds future talks in New Caledonia retreat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/30/french-minister-lecornu-holds-future-talks-in-new-caledonia-retreat/" aria-label="Read more about French minister Lecornu holds future talks in New Caledonia retreat">Read more</a>
