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July 1, 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 Housing Bryce Edwards (RNZ): Is the government now more serious about the housing crisis? Bernard Hickey ( Newsroom): How Phil Twyford lost housing and why KiwiBuild failed Katarina Williams (Stuff): How NZ’s social housing ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 01 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/01/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-01-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 01 2019">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2019
Yesterday the Prime Minister sent a clear message to voters: the Government has not given up on fixing the housing crisis. It was communicated via the sacking of the Housing Minister, and a serious re-organisation of the housing portfolio so that a team of five ministers now share responsibility for fixing what is becoming an ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Government suggests it hasn’t given up on the housing crisis (yet)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/28/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-government-suggests-it-hasnt-given-up-on-the-housing-crisis-yet/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Government suggests it hasn’t given up on the housing crisis (yet)">Read more</a>
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June 28, 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 Cabinet reshuffle Audrey Young (Herald): Jacinda Ardern shows ruthless streak in Cabinet reshuffle (paywalled) Henry Cooke (Stuff): KiwiBuild: Can Megan Woods do what Phil Twyford could not? Dan Satherley (Newshub): Housing job split despite Bill ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 28 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/28/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-june-28-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 28 2019">Read more</a>
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June 27, 2019
By RNZ The New Zealand Herald’s new premium paywall could turn readers to digital competitor Stuff, according to Auckland University of Technology communications lecturer Dr Merja Myllylahti. The Herald started charging for some of its content at the end of April; a move many in the industry viewed as risky. In fact, the first full month ... <a title="Herald paywall could turn readers to Stuff, says AUT lecturer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/27/herald-paywall-could-turn-readers-to-stuff-says-aut-lecturer/" aria-label="Read more about Herald paywall could turn readers to Stuff, says AUT lecturer">Read more</a>
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June 27, 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 Euthanasia Laura Walters (Newsroom): Uphill battle continues for euthanasia Jamie Ensor and Hayley Jacobsen (Newshub): David Seymour surprised by extent of support for End of Life Choice Bill Jo Moir (RNZ): Emotional debate at ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 27 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/27/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-june-27-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 27 2019">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2019
Will KiwiBuild minister Phil Twyford lose his portfolio in tomorrow’s Cabinet reshuffle? That’s the big question, given that the Government’s flagship housing programme has been so heavily discredited, and the accompanying debate about Twyford’s role in the debacle and whether he’s to blame. It seems unlikely that Twyford will get the sack. Although Prime Minister ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Who’s accountable for the KiwiBuild debacle?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/26/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-whos-accountable-for-the-kiwibuild-debacle/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Who’s accountable for the KiwiBuild debacle?">Read more</a>
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June 26, 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 National Party Richard Harman (Politik): Bridges shores up his position Audrey Young (Herald): Not enough stimulation for Amy Adams in Opposition (paywalled) Tova O’Brien (Newshub): National Party resignations raise questions about Simon Bridges’ leadership Stacey ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 26 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/26/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-june-26-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 26 2019">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2019
Tongan journalist, publisher and broadcaster Kalafi Moala talks to Pacific Media Watch project’s Sri Krishnamurthi. Video: Sri Krishnamurthi/Blessen Tom By Sri Krishnamurthi After 30 years as chief editor and publisher of Tonga’s flagship Taimi ‘o Tonga newspaper, the iconic Pacific media personality Kalafi Moala has sold his business and is looking to move on. He ... <a title="Iconic Tongan publisher Kalafi Moala eyes new digital media challenge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/25/iconic-tongan-publisher-kalafi-moala-eyes-new-digital-media-challenge/" aria-label="Read more about Iconic Tongan publisher Kalafi Moala eyes new digital media challenge">Read more</a>
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June 25, 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 Banks Bernard Hickey (Newsroom): A proper banking and insurance inquiry please Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): Are the banks too safe? Or not safe enough? Gyles Beckford (RNZ): New bank scheme serves as rebuke to RBNZ’s ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 25 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/25/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-june-25-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 25 2019">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2019
By Peni Komaisavai in Suva Staff of the University of the South Pacific at the university’s main Laucala campus in Suva have called for pro-chancellor Winston Thompson to step aside to allow for an independent investigation into alleged abuse and mismanagement to proceed. This was one of three demands USP staff made in a petition ... <a title="USP staff want Fiji’s pro-chancellor Thompson to step aside in abuse probe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/24/usp-staff-want-fijis-pro-chancellor-thompson-to-step-aside-in-abuse-probe/" aria-label="Read more about USP staff want Fiji’s pro-chancellor Thompson to step aside in abuse probe">Read more</a>
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June 24, 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 Euthanasia Derek Cheng (Herald): Hundreds of proposed amendments could push euthanasia bill well into next year Tracy Watkins (Stuff): It’s down to the wire – the life and death battle over dying Grant ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 24 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/24/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-june-24-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 24 2019">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2019
By David Robie in Bangkok A leading cyber security expert has called on universities to play a more active role in implementing ethics and legal frameworks for communications smart technology to save society from an Orwellian future. Mohamed El-Guindy, an Egyptian consultant to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC-ROMENA), says communication research programmes ... <a title="Bring ethics into global smart tech, warns UN cyber expert" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/22/bring-ethics-into-global-smart-tech-warns-un-cyber-expert/" aria-label="Read more about Bring ethics into global smart tech, warns UN cyber expert">Read more</a>
