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September 11, 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 Election Audrey Young (Herald): Election battlegrounds – Political parties eye strategic seats (paywalled) Katie Scotcher (RNZ): An introduction to ‘The Outliers’: The political parties who aren’t in the daily headlines Tova O’Brien (Newshub): With two ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 11 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/11/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-september-11-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 11 2020">Read more</a>
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September 10, 2020
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Will the rich get richer under Labour’s latest tax policy? Based on the analysis in reaction to yesterday’s announcement, the answer would seem to be yes. The consensus from commentators is that inequality and severe economic problems will remain unchanged or even be made worse by Labour’s new policy. Although ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour gives up on tax transformation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/10/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-labour-gives-up-on-tax-transformation/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Labour gives up on tax transformation">Read more</a>
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September 10, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Before the 1950s My MA thesis was about labour supply in New Zealand and Australia during the 1920s and 1930s, with particular reference to the 1930s’ ‘Great Depression’. The central finding related to the workings of whanau as an economic unit, and how the loss of income to the ‘family breadwinner’ – ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – The Added-Worker Effect, in Economic Hard Times" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/10/keith-rankin-analysis-the-added-worker-effect-in-economic-hard-times/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – The Added-Worker Effect, in Economic Hard Times">Read more</a>
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September 10, 2020
By Anusha Bradley, RNZ News reporter New Zealand churches with US links are being blamed for spreading covid-19 misinformation. Health Minister Chris Hipkins has said some of the 43 people linked to the Mt Roskill Evangelical Fellowship church “mini-cluster” in Auckland were sceptical about the seriousness of the pandemic, as church and community leaders say ... <a title="NZ churches with US links blamed for spreading covid-19 misinformation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/10/nz-churches-with-us-links-blamed-for-spreading-covid-19-misinformation/" aria-label="Read more about NZ churches with US links blamed for spreading covid-19 misinformation">Read more</a>
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September 10, 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 Labour Party Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Labour’s tax plan framing around Covid-19 both clever and cynical Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Labour’s ultra-cautious tax policy will be a relief to the wealthy Hamish Rutherford (Herald): Labour’s tax ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 10 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/10/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-september-10-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 10 2020">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2020
By Boura Gorukila in Port Moresby A Papua New Guinea court has given police three more weeks to submit their evidence against Bosip Kaiwi, who is accused of the murder of his partner in a high-profile case that shocked the nation – or their defence lawyer will be allowed to apply that it be dismissed. ... <a title="PNG murder case against alleged killer of Jenelyn Kennedy delayed again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/09/png-murder-case-against-alleged-killer-of-jenelyn-kennedy-delayed-again/" aria-label="Read more about PNG murder case against alleged killer of Jenelyn Kennedy delayed again">Read more</a>
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September 9, 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 Economic inequality Duncan Greive (Spinoff): Some of NZ biggest businesses are making huge profits – thanks to the wage subsidy Susan Edmunds (Stuff): New Zealand’s trillion-dollar wealth gap: Who are we leaving behind ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 09 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/09/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-september-09-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 09 2020">Read more</a>
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September 8, 2020
By Charlotte Cook, RNZ News journalist New Zealand health authorities have reported a surge in the number of people returning to the country from India who have tested positive for the covid-19 coronavirus. It comes at the same time India has overtaken Brazil to become the second worst-covid hit country. In the last fortnight, 26 ... <a title="NZ reports surge in positive covid-19 cases returning from India" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/08/nz-reports-surge-in-positive-covid-19-cases-returning-from-india/" aria-label="Read more about NZ reports surge in positive covid-19 cases returning from India">Read more</a>
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September 8, 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 Election Audrey Young (Herald): Labour leaps out of blocks in reset campaign (paywalled) Charlie Dreaver (RNZ): Political parties back into campaign mode but Covid still casts a shadow Herald: Front Bench podcast: A new public ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 08 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/08/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-september-08-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 08 2020">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2020
ANALYSIS: By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter Commercial broadcasting company MediaWorks has agreed to sell its television channels to Discovery Inc. The US-based global entertainment company will become the biggest privately-owned player in New Zealand free-to-air TV industry in 2021. MediaWorks has been trying to sell its television arm – including the free-to-air channel Three ... <a title="Global media giant set to be NZ’s biggest private TV broadcaster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/07/global-media-giant-set-to-be-nzs-biggest-private-tv-broadcaster/" aria-label="Read more about Global media giant set to be NZ’s biggest private TV broadcaster">Read more</a>
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September 7, 2020
New Zealand’s MediaWorks headquarters on Flower Street in Auckland central. Image: Google Maps/RNZ By RNZ News New Zealand’s MediaWorks has confirmed it will sell its television operations to US company Discovery Inc. The deal includes channels Three and Bravo, streaming service ThreeNow, and multi-platform news and current affairs service Newshub, as well as the further ... <a title="NZ’s MediaWorks confirms sale of TV operations to Discovery Inc" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/07/nzs-mediaworks-confirms-sale-of-tv-operations-to-discovery-inc/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s MediaWorks confirms sale of TV operations to Discovery Inc">Read more</a>
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September 7, 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 Election Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Even the politicians look tired as the campaign kicks off – again Audrey Young (Herald): How parties are relighting the campaign spark (paywalled) Luke Malpass (Stuff): Taxing decisions on debt for ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 07 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/07/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-september-07-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 07 2020">Read more</a>
