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June 9, 2021
A View from Afar: Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan present this week’s podcast, A View from Afar, where they will analyse New Zealand’s national security strategy. There has been no defence white paper since the John Key National-led governments and no comprehensive review of New Zealand’s strategic priorities, nor assessment of the region’s threat landscape both ... <a title="SCHEDULED LIVE: Manning and Buchanan on NZ’s National Security Strategy – Also World Watch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/09/scheduled-live-manning-and-buchanan-on-nzs-national-security-strategy-also-world-watch/" aria-label="Read more about SCHEDULED LIVE: Manning and Buchanan on NZ’s National Security Strategy – Also World Watch">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards. Is New Zealand navigating the China-West, politics-trade relationship in a craven way? Increasingly that seems to be the view from overseas, and especially Australia. This critique was boiled down to its essence in last night’s Australian Channel 9 18-minute documentary, “Kiwis might fly”, which you can watch on Youtube here: Dollars VS ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Australia turns up the heat on NZ’s relationship with China" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/31/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-australia-turns-up-the-heat-on-nzs-relationship-with-china/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Australia turns up the heat on NZ’s relationship with China">Read more</a>
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May 29, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards. Should we give more power to the politicians so that they can get things done? It’s an increasingly popular idea in New Zealand that we should hold elections every four years, rather than three, so Governments can implement more change. This week the Act Party gave the idea another push with ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Growing momentum for four-yearly elections, and why it’s a mistake" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/29/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-growing-momentum-for-four-yearly-elections-and-why-its-a-mistake/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Growing momentum for four-yearly elections, and why it’s a mistake">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards. One week on from last Thursday’s Budget, the “Benefit Boost” is still being discussed and dissected from all sides, but especially by the political left, which is celebrating, questioning, and endeavouring to work out how significant the move is. Today, for example, welfare economist Michael Fletcher has published his breakdown of ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Why Labour raised benefits, and why it’s not enough" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/27/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-why-labour-raised-benefits-and-why-its-not-enough/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Why Labour raised benefits, and why it’s not enough">Read more</a>
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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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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 21, 2021
A View from Afar: In this week’s podcast Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan debate: How this week, New Zealand’s minister of foreign affairs, Nanaia Mahuta, delivered a significant speech detailing how this Labour-led Government defines its foreign policy. BACKGROUND: In short, Mahuta anchored New Zealand within the Asia Pacific region as an independent Pacific Island state, ... <a title="Video: Buchanan and Manning on NZ Govt’s Commitment to Foreign Policy Independence – Is it an Achievable Quest?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/21/scheduled-video-buchanan-and-manning-on-nz-govts-commitment-to-foreign-policy-independence-is-it-an-achievable-quest/" aria-label="Read more about Video: Buchanan and Manning on NZ Govt’s Commitment to Foreign Policy Independence – Is it an Achievable Quest?">Read more</a>
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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 10, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards. Judith Collins’ National Party leadership is under more scrutiny, with increased talk in the media of her being replaced by brand new MP Christopher Luxon. For many commentators it’s just a question of “when” rather than “if” Collins is replaced. While others ponder whether Luxon really has what it takes to ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Rumours of Collins being rolled by Luxon and Bridges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/10/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-rumours-of-collins-being-rolled-by-luxon-and-bridges/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Rumours of Collins being rolled by Luxon and Bridges">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards The area of mental health has been a key strength for Jacinda Ardern and her Labour Government over the last few years. They campaigned strongly in 2017 on fixing up the dysfunctional system, and initially they made some vital strides forward in reforming the sector. An in-depth inquiry was instigated and ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: An overwhelming vote of no confidence in Labour’s mental health reforms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/07/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-an-overwhelming-vote-of-no-confidence-in-labours-mental-health-reforms/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: An overwhelming vote of no confidence in Labour’s mental health reforms">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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December 17, 2020
Essay by Keith Rankin. I recently watched Season Four of ‘The Crown’. Yes, it’s a drama, not a documentary. The two dominant characters – outside of the Windsor bloodline – were Princess Diana and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Both characters were probably overplayed, but only slightly. Diana was a social but shallow ‘girl’ (“younger than ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – Queen of Hearts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/17/keith-rankin-essay-queen-of-hearts/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – Queen of Hearts">Read more</a>
