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July 1, 2020
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards The Greens have shaken up the election campaign with the announcement of their radical poverty and action plan to reform welfare provision and introduce a new wealth tax for millionaires. It’s a big-thinking, controversial policy and has generated a lot of disagreement over how radical it is, whether it could ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Greens’ Zeitgeist poverty and tax action plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/01/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-greens-zeitgeist-poverty-and-tax-action-plan/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Greens’ Zeitgeist poverty and tax action plan">Read more</a>
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July 1, 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 Fishing industry Michael Morrah (Newshub): Fisheries Minister Stuart Nash blames pressure from NZ First for delay in fishing boat cameras in recording Herald: NZ First blamed for delay in fishing boat cameras by ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 01 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/01/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-01-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 01 2020">Read more</a>
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June 27, 2020
By Rebecca Kuku in The National Jenelyn Kennedy … died this week at 19 in a tragic domestic violence case in Papua New Guinea. Image: EMTV News The battered body of young mother Jenelyn Kennedy lay in a morgue yesterday as relatives told of the repeated beatings she had been receiving in the past five ... <a title="The harrowing picture that tells a thousand words about tragedy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/27/the-harrowing-picture-that-tells-a-thousand-words-about-tragedy/" aria-label="Read more about The harrowing picture that tells a thousand words about tragedy">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2020
Editorial by Selwyn Manning. With the New Zealand General Election campaign looming, parties in the Labour-led coalition government are openly parading their differences (rather than common-ground) before the voting public. It’s a situation that can be interpreted as being typical of MMP politics. But it also causes voters to rethink its record-level support for its ... <a title="Election Campaign Looms: Is It Time For Labour To Abandon NZF?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/25/election-campaign-looms-is-it-time-for-labour-to-abandon-new-zealand-first/" aria-label="Read more about Election Campaign Looms: Is It Time For Labour To Abandon NZF?">Read more</a>
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June 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 Border failure ODT Editorial: Defence must be tightened RNZ: Checkpoint: Covid-19: Isolation audit not enough to ensure safety – expert Shaun Hendy et al (The Conversation): 2 new COVID-19 cases in New Zealand, but ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 18 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/18/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-june-18-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 18 2020">Read more</a>
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June 17, 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 Health and Disability System Review, hospital stocktake Henry Cooke (Stuff): Health system overhaul would be a gigantic fight. Is the Government up for it? Ben Heather (Stuff): Why we should be sceptical about ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 17 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/17/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-june-17-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 17 2020">Read more</a>
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June 16, 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 list Henry Cooke (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern rebrands the post-coronavirus Labour Party with her first real party list Jamie Ensor and Lydia Lewis (Newshub): Dr Ayesha Verrall’s experience could prove ‘helpful’ to ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 16 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/16/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-june-16-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 16 2020">Read more</a>
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June 15, 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 Colonial statues, place names, Black Lives Matter Cherie Howie (Herald): Race relations commissioner Meng Foon calls for dialogue on colonisation-linked statues, place names Jason Walls (Herald): NZ First Leader Winston Peters: Getting rid of ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 15 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/15/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-june-15-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 15 2020">Read more</a>
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June 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 Police Duncan Garner (Newshub): Why I don’t believe Andrew Coster when he says he wants an unarmed police service Jordan Bond (RNZ): The Detail: Why Armed Response Teams struck the wrong note in ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 11 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-june-11-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 11 2020">Read more</a>
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June 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 Police Zane Small (Newshub): Celebration or failed consultation? Police Association still at odds with Greens on armed cops Vita Molyneux (Newshub): Green Party overjoyed at police decision to dump Armed Response Teams RNZ: Petitioner ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 10 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/10/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-june-10-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 10 2020">Read more</a>
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June 9, 2020
By Antonio Sampaio in Dili Former East Timorese President José Ramos-Horta says it is not opportune for the government to be debating the possible criminalisation of defamation, with the risk of jeopardizing citizens’ rights. Instead, he says, the Timor-Leste government should concentrate on issues like the economy. “I don’t think it is a priority issue ... <a title="Ramos-Horta slams criminal libel plan – threat to rights in Timor-Leste" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/09/ramos-horta-slams-criminal-libel-plan-threat-to-rights-in-timor-leste/" aria-label="Read more about Ramos-Horta slams criminal libel plan – threat to rights in Timor-Leste">Read more</a>
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June 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 NZ First David Fisher (Herald): Big Read: Where Winston Peters will hunt for votes this election (paywalled) Audrey Young (Herald): The two contrasting faces of Winston Peters (paywalled) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): Balance is vital for ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 8 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-june-8-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 8 2020">Read more</a>