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August 21, 2019
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 by Dr Bryce Edwards. Petrol prices Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Don’t be surprised if petrol study ends in a deal, not regulation 1News: Jacinda Ardern will be judged on what happens to petrol prices ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 21 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/21/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-21-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 21 2019">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2019
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 by Dr Bryce Edwards. Māori prison strategy, prisoner voting 1News: Kelvin Davis admits parts of prison system ‘extremely racist’ Tania Sawicki Mead (RNZ): ‘Treating people in prison with basic human respect should be ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 20 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/20/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-20-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 20 2019">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2019
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards – The election race is on. The nominations process for local government positions has now closed, and the political campaign is officially underway. But does the public care? Will many of us even vote for any of the various mayoral or council candidates? Going on recent experience, we shouldn’t expect ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Will more than a third vote in the local government elections?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/19/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-will-more-than-a-third-vote-in-the-local-government-elections/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Will more than a third vote in the local government elections?">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2019
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 by Dr Bryce Edwards. Local government Michael Fallow (Stuff): Your council – what’s its job description? Dileepa Fonseka and Todd Niall (Stuff): Behind-the-scenes of the companies running the country’s local body elections Charlie ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 19 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/19/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-19-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 19 2019">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2019
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk By Makereta Komai in Funafuti, Tuvalu Tonga’s Prime Minister, ‘Akilisi Pohiva, has delivered a stinging attack against regionalism and the Pacific Islands Forum’s stance of leaving no one behind, for failing to amicably resolve the issue of West Papua. Pohiva admitted the issue has divided the 18 members of the Forum ... <a title="Tongan PM blasts Pacific regionalism ‘myth’ and silence over West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/16/tongan-pm-blasts-pacific-regionalism-myth-and-silence-over-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Tongan PM blasts Pacific regionalism ‘myth’ and silence over West Papua">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2019
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 by Dr Bryce Edwards. Corrections, Christchurch mosque shootings Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Upholding The Accused’s Right To Write Mark Daalder (Newsroom): Corrections breaking law in terrorist letter saga: experts No Right Turn: Nazis, prisons and ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 16 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/16/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-16-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 16 2019">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2019
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 by Dr Bryce Edwards. National Party Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Christopher Luxon taking Paula Bennett’s seat would be his first smart political move Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Simon Bridges Leads National Down Into The ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 15 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/15/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-15-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 15 2019">Read more</a>
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August 15, 2019
Is it “Trumpian” to dispute the veracity of the botched census statistics? That’s the question currently dominating the political debate following the release of the official report into how the 2018 government census operation went so badly. Leader of the Opposition, Simon Bridges has slammed the handling of the census operation by Statistics New Zealand ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Toxic clash over census stats" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/15/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-toxic-clash-over-census-stats/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Toxic clash over census stats">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2019
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards – This week the Minister of Justice, Andrew Little, declared that stripping all prisoners of their right to vote had occurred as part of a “fascist” political climate during the last National-led Government. Speaking on the AM Show about whether prisoners should be allowed to vote, Little explained that the ... <a title="Bryce Edwards Political Roundup: Will the Government reverse the “fascist” ban on prisoner voting?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/14/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-will-the-government-reverse-the-fascist-ban-on-prisoner-voting/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards Political Roundup: Will the Government reverse the “fascist” ban on prisoner voting?">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2019
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 by Dr Bryce Edwards. Census David Williams (Newsroom): Pulling apart the butchered census Thomas Manch (Stuff): More than census data is compromised after resignation of chief statistician Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Stats NZ could need ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 14 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/14/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-14-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 14 2019">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2019
By Michael Andrew The devastating loss of life and suffering from the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki has been remembered in Auckland. Organised by the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), the 74th anniversary of the bombings brought activists and members of the public to the Ellen Melville Centre to commemorate ... <a title="Hiroshima and Nagasaki remembrance bolsters peace and protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/14/hiroshima-and-nagasaki-remembrance-bolsters-peace-and-protest/" aria-label="Read more about Hiroshima and Nagasaki remembrance bolsters peace and protest">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2019
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 by Dr Bryce Edwards. Prisoner voting ban Jo Moir (RNZ): NZ First tightlipped on prisoners’ voting rights Derek Cheng (Herald): Jacinda Ardern against blanket right to vote for all prisoners Dan Satherley (Newshub): Restoring ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 13 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/13/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-13-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 13 2019">Read more</a>
