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November 25, 2019
A consensus is building around the need for reform of New Zealand’s rules governing political party donations and spending. Many commentators are asking whether our electoral laws are fundamentally broken and, if so, how they should be changed. Currently the leading ideas appear to be to clamp down further on donations, better regulate loans to ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Fixing the problems of money in politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/25/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-fixing-the-problems-of-money-in-politics/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Fixing the problems of money in politics">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2019
New Zealand is officially one of the least corrupt countries in the world. But it could be argued that our political system is still biased in favour of the wealthy. Here – as in other countries – wealthy individuals and businesses are able to disproportionately influence policy decisions and the distribution of resources in their ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: What’s going on with NZ First’s mysterious donations?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/21/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-whats-going-on-with-nz-firsts-mysterious-donations/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: What’s going on with NZ First’s mysterious donations?">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2019
The results of the local government elections appear to show that New Zealanders are generally supportive of a more diverse range of representatives, having voted in greater numbers for candidates from traditionally under-represented groups. The elections have therefore modernised our councils in a small but very significant way, helping address some long-standing imbalances in representation. ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The demographic shift in local government elections" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/14/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-demographic-shift-in-local-government-elections/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The demographic shift in local government elections">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2019
Last month I noted that Māori voter growth in Auckland (Tāmaki Makaurau) was slower than in all the other Māori electoral districts, and that this almost certainly reflected very low Māori population growth in Auckland. I also argued that Pakeha as well as Māori were leaving (or not arriving in) Auckland in larger numbers than ... <a title="Keith Rankin’s Chart Analysis – Auckland’s Population and the 2018 New Zealand Census" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/24/keith-rankins-chart-analysis-aucklands-population-and-the-2018-new-zealand-census/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin’s Chart Analysis – Auckland’s Population and the 2018 New Zealand Census">Read more</a>
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September 16, 2019
The National Party is in trouble again for its Facebook advertising campaigning. Late last week, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled against one of the party’s social media ads targeting the Government’s vehicle efficiency feebate scheme. The authority ruled it was “likely to confuse or deceive consumers”. The ad had claimed that the feebate scheme ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Electioneering on Facebook under scrutiny" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/16/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-electioneering-on-facebook-under-scrutiny/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Electioneering on Facebook under scrutiny">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2019
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The 2018 census has had such a low compliance rate, that it really acted as a large convenience sample (therefore a biased sample) of the New Zealand population. (See my Census Survey from March 2018.) Despite the assurances we are getting, many researchers will have little confidence in its population tallies ... <a title="Keith Rankin’s Chart of the Month – Auckland and New Zealand’s Population Dynamics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/22/keith-rankins-chat-of-the-month-auckland-and-new-zealands-population-dynamics/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin’s Chart of the Month – Auckland and New Zealand’s Population Dynamics">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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July 10, 2019
The plight of welfare beneficiaries came into focus last week with a photo taken outside an Auckland Work and Income office, of clients who had been queuing from 2am in order to apply for emergency hardship payments. This has sparked a debate about whether the Labour-led Government is doing enough to provide for this group ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: What’s changed for welfare beneficiaries?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/10/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-whats-changed-for-welfare-beneficiaries/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: What’s changed for welfare beneficiaries?">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2019
There’s increasing doubt about how transformational the Labour-led Government is turning out to be. In all sorts of public policy areas the new administration is struggling to make the changes and produce the outcomes it promised. Perhaps expectations are too high? Maybe voters and commentators are too impatient? Or, could it be that the political ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: How to achieve transformational change in politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/09/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-how-to-achieve-transformational-change-in-politics/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: How to achieve transformational change in politics">Read more</a>
