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May 21, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. When policymakers try to fix things, they often mess up because of the way the problem is formulated and the ways that subsequent policies are targeted. A classic example was the Closing the Gaps initiative in the early 2000s. The problem – albeit simplified – is that some people are ‘advantaged’ ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – The Seventy-Thirty Problem, and the Māori Health Authority" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/21/keith-rankin-analysis-the-seventy-thirty-problem-and-the-maori-health-authority/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – The Seventy-Thirty Problem, and the Māori Health Authority">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards. This week’s Budget is a chance for the Labour Government to take the crisis of poverty and inequality seriously. They can do this by delivering something serious or even transformational for those suffering at the bottom of the heap in New Zealand. In particular, a big increase in core benefit rates ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Will the Government take the poverty crisis seriously?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/17/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-will-the-government-take-the-poverty-crisis-seriously/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Will the Government take the poverty crisis seriously?">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Last week, out of left field, the government placed a three-year embargo on normal public sector wage bargaining, essentially a salary freeze. While there has been a certain amount of backtracking since, it is clear that the government has been very committed to ‘fiscal consolidation’ (aka ‘austerity’). What were they thinking? ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – The New Zealand Government’s ‘Public Finance Rabbithole’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/keith-rankin-analysis-the-new-zealand-governments-public-finance-rabbithole/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – The New Zealand Government’s ‘Public Finance Rabbithole’">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards. The Government’s wage subsidy scheme may have incorrectly paid out billions of dollars to ineligible businesses, and this is not being audited. That’s the conclusion to be taken from the Auditor General’s report, released yesterday. It is highly critical about the lack of checks and balances on a scheme that has ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Have billions been incorrectly paid out in the wage subsidy scheme?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/12/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-have-billions-been-incorrectly-paid-out-in-the-wage-subsidy-scheme/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Have billions been incorrectly paid out in the wage subsidy scheme?">Read more</a>
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May 9, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards Is Labour supposed to be the party of labour or of capital? It’s often hard to tell these days, and many in the labour movement and the political left are feeling betrayed this week by the Government’s announcement of a pay freeze for public sector workers. The Government has essentially directed ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Public sector worker backlash against Labour" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/09/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-public-sector-worker-backlash-against-labour/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Public sector worker backlash against Labour">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2021
This week, New Zealand's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nanaia Mahuta, anchored New Zealand within the Asia Pacific region as an independent Pacific Island state, with independence being the foundation of how it will engage with the outside world, and with multilateralism being the thread that knits this foreign policy together. How is this rekindled statement of independence being received by global and regional powers?
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April 20, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards Speculation about the National Party’s leadership has died down, after a fortnight of rumours and overt positioning by supposed challengers to Judith Collins. She lives on as leader for a bit longer, and Christopher Luxon and Simon Bridges have been put in their place. National now desperately needs to focus on ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: National has bigger problems than its leadership" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/20/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-national-has-bigger-problems-than-its-leadership/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: National has bigger problems than its leadership">Read more</a>
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April 18, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards The Labour Government received plaudits this week for its historic announcement that it will ban the live export of animals by sea. It’s said to be a world first. The decision comes after years of pressure, which increased after last year’s tragedy when the ship Gulf Livestock 1 left New Zealand, ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Government’s historic ban on live animal exports" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/18/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-governments-historic-ban-on-live-animal-exports/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Government’s historic ban on live animal exports">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards How seriously does the Māori Party take issues of corruption and the untoward influence of big money in politics? Not very, based on how it’s handling a political finance scandal in which three large donations were kept hidden from the public. The party is currently making excuses, and largely failing to ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Māori Party needs to come clean" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/13/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-maori-party-needs-to-come-clean/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Māori Party needs to come clean">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2021
SPECIAL REPORT – by Selwyn Manning. On Tuesday, March 30, we lodged a series of questions to the Minister of Immigration Kris Faafoi, seeking answers to allegations that 10 Chinese workers, who were detained in custody pending deportation orders, were in fact victims of a human trafficking scam. Throughout last week, the ten workers’ lawyer, ... <a title="SPECIAL REPORT: Bureaucratic Silence Surrounds Immigration New Zealand Deportation Move – Is This a Case of Human Trafficking + Black Labour?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/06/special-report-bureaucratic-silence-surrounds-immigration-new-zealand-deportation-move-is-this-a-case-of-human-trafficking-black-labour/" aria-label="Read more about SPECIAL REPORT: Bureaucratic Silence Surrounds Immigration New Zealand Deportation Move – Is This a Case of Human Trafficking + Black Labour?">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2021
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards – Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. The leaking has already begun from the National Party’s top-secret report on their disastrous 2020 election campaign. It’s a fraught issue, illustrating just how dysfunctional and divisive things still are inside National. Trust is low, and fingers ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: National’s blame game, secrecy and dysfunction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/11/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-nationals-blame-game-secrecy-and-dysfunction/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: National’s blame game, secrecy and dysfunction">Read more</a>
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March 9, 2021
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards – Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. It’s not entirely surprising that Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has quit her weekly Newstalk ZB interview with Mike Hosking. After all, it was a tough interview each week, from a broadcaster clearly keen to put ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Jacinda Ardern’s unsurprising search for favourable media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/09/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-jacinda-arderns-unsurprising-search-for-favourable-media/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Jacinda Ardern’s unsurprising search for favourable media">Read more</a>
