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August 27, 2020
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards Inequality and poverty look to be the forgotten issues of the election campaign, with not much more than lip-service being paid to them on the campaign trail. Yet decisions are currently being made that appear to be fuelling a greater gap between rich and poor. Newsroom’s Bernard Hickey has tweeted ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Politicians making inequality worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/27/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-politicians-making-inequality-worse/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Politicians making inequality worse">Read more</a>
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August 27, 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, voting age Henry Cooke and Luke Malpass (Stuff): Public still backing Government and Jacinda Ardern despite second outbreak, new poll shows Liu Chen (RNZ): Poll shows large majority of Chinese New Zealanders ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 27 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/27/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-27-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 27 2020">Read more</a>
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August 24, 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 Border failures, criticism Hayden Donnell (RNZ): Mediawatch: A backlash over tough questions for Dr Ashley Bloomfield Bryce Edwards (Herald): Political Roundup – How serious are the Govt’s border botch-ups? Andrea Vance (Stuff): Big little ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 24 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/24/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-24-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 24 2020">Read more</a>
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August 21, 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 Govt’s coronavirus response, border policy, political fallout Peter Dunne: Labour will be watching and checking everything and keeping its fingers crossed like never before Tim Watkin (RNZ): Test fail: Is Labour bordering on trouble? ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 21 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-21-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 21 2020">Read more</a>
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August 20, 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 Border testing, quarantine facilities, alternative plans from NZ First, National, ACT Thomas Manch (Stuff): The Covid-19 border testing saga that’s going septic amid ministers’ muddled accounts Karl du Fresne: Incompetence is one thing, misinformation ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 20 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/20/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-20-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 20 2020">Read more</a>
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August 19, 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 Border Michael Morrah (Newshub): Senior quarantine whistleblower says staff were refused regular testing programme despite pleas Derek Cheng (Herald): Horrible sense of déjà vu over Government border blunders (paywalled) Jenna Lynch (Newshub): As officials hunt ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 19 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/19/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-19-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 19 2020">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2020
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards Has the election been saved from becoming another victim of Covid-19? Quite possibly. The issue of when to hold the election had come under serious scrutiny due to the increased restrictions and changed focus necessitated by the outbreak of community transmission of Covid-19. There were major problems with how democratic ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Jacinda Ardern’s successful and clever election date shift" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/18/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-jacinda-arderns-successful-and-clever-election-date-shift/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Jacinda Ardern’s successful and clever election date shift">Read more</a>
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August 18, 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 date Bryce Edwards (Guardian): By delaying the New Zealand election Jacinda Ardern appears magnanimous and conciliatory Audrey Young (Herald): Full marks to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for the way she delayed the ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 18 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/18/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-18-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 18 2020">Read more</a>
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August 17, 2020
By Charlotte Cook, RNZ News journalist As covid-19 spreads around the world, it can be daunting keeping up with the information. For RNZ, the news organisation’s responsibility is to give you verified, up to the minute, trustworthy information to help you make decisions about your lives and your health. Questions will also be asked of ... <a title="NZ covid-19: Social media in the spotlight after disinformation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/17/nz-covid-19-social-media-in-the-spotlight-after-disinformation/" aria-label="Read more about NZ covid-19: Social media in the spotlight after disinformation">Read more</a>
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August 16, 2020
By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer The announcement that Auckland was going into lockdown for a second time was met with a deluge of conspiracy theories and misinformation, including from several prominent political figures. That “infodemic” is forcing journalists to confront the question of how they should report on the rapid rise of social media-fueled ... <a title="NZ covid-19: Confronting the deluge of conspiracies over the latest lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/16/nz-covid-19-confronting-the-deluge-of-conspiracies-over-the-latest-lockdown/" aria-label="Read more about NZ covid-19: Confronting the deluge of conspiracies over the latest lockdown">Read more</a>
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August 14, 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 National Party suspicions around Govt response, conspiracy theories Danyl Mclauchlan (Spinoff): The ruthless electoral politics behind National’s Covid conspiracy-baiting David Farrier (Stuff): ‘I’m just outlining facts’: watching New Zealand getting red-pilled, in freal ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 14 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/14/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-14-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 14 2020">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin Jacinda Ardern is Prime Minister for a good reason. She is an excellent communicator. She got the message about mask-wearing almost bang-on in her speech yesterday. She was correctly reported as saying: Aucklanders should use a mask if they leave the house to access essential services. She may have given the ... <a title="Keith Rankin on Messaging and Masks and Media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/13/keith-rankin-on-messaging-and-masks-and-media/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin on Messaging and Masks and Media">Read more</a>
