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August 14, 2023
New Zealand Politics Daily is a collation of the most prominent issues being discussed in New Zealand. It is edited by Dr Bryce Edwards of The Democracy Project. Today’s content LABOUR’S TAX POLICY, FOOD PRICES Marc Daalder (Newsroom): On tax, Labour looks to govern by focus group Luke Malpass (Post): GST off fruit and vege: The idiot cousin ... <a title="Newsletter: August 14 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/14/newsletter-august-14-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: August 14 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2023
Asia Pacific Report An Australian West Papuan solidarity group has condemned the reported arrest of 21 activists protesting in Jayapura over a “tragic day in history” and called on Canberra to urge Jakarta to restrain its security forces. The West Papuan National Committee (KNPB) activists were arrested at the weekend because they were handing out ... <a title="West Papuan solidarity group condemns arrest of 21 activists protesting 1962 ‘tragedy’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/14/west-papuan-solidarity-group-condemns-arrest-of-21-activists-protesting-1962-tragedy/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan solidarity group condemns arrest of 21 activists protesting 1962 ‘tragedy’">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2023
Asia Pacific Report Greenpeace has welcomed the Greens for being the first party to announce a household solar policy for Aotearoa New Zealand’s election in October, but says the party’s stance in post-election negotiations will make all the difference to addressing the climate crisis. The Green Party announced its Clean Energy Payment policy today which ... <a title="Greenpeace backs Greens’ ‘solar homes’ policy, but warns over NZ post-election talks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/13/greenpeace-backs-greens-solar-homes-policy-but-warns-over-nz-post-election-talks/" aria-label="Read more about Greenpeace backs Greens’ ‘solar homes’ policy, but warns over NZ post-election talks">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Ravindra Singh Prasad In a historic first visit to an independent Pacific state by a sitting French president, President Emmanuel Macron has denounced a “new imperialism” in the region during a stop in Vanuatu, warning of a threat to the sovereignty of smaller states. But, earlier, during a two-day stop in France’s colonial ... <a title="Macron warns of ‘new colonialism’ in Pacific, but clings to French ‘colonies’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/13/macron-warns-of-new-colonialism-in-pacific-but-clings-to-french-colonies/" aria-label="Read more about Macron warns of ‘new colonialism’ in Pacific, but clings to French ‘colonies’">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato The release of the threat assessment by the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (SIS) this week is the final piece in a defence and security puzzle that marks a genuine shift towards more open and public discussion of these crucial policy areas. Together with July’s strategic foreign policy ... <a title="Out of the shadows: why making NZ’s security threat assessment public is timely" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/13/out-of-the-shadows-why-making-nzs-security-threat-assessment-public-is-timely/" aria-label="Read more about Out of the shadows: why making NZ’s security threat assessment public is timely">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2023
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist The death toll from the devastating wildfire that engulfed the historic beachside town of Lāhainā on the island of Maui in Hawai’i, continues to rise, with 55 reported dead so far. Images of Lāhainā show a town obliterated by wildfires with homes and cars in ashes. Thousands have lost ... <a title="‘Everyone was in panic mode’: Lāhainā resident tells of wildfire escape" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/12/everyone-was-in-panic-mode-lahaina-resident-tells-of-wildfire-escape/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Everyone was in panic mode’: Lāhainā resident tells of wildfire escape">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2023
SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya An Indonesian court has held a hearing to consider whether the ailing suspended Papua Governor, Lukas Enembe, is well enough to go on trial for the allegations of bribery and gratification that he is facing. The hearing was held in the Central Jakarta District Court yesterday to consider a second ... <a title="Ailing suspended Papuan governor Enembe now in detention cell after army hospital" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/11/ailing-suspended-papuan-governor-enembe-now-in-detention-cell-after-army-hospital/" aria-label="Read more about Ailing suspended Papuan governor Enembe now in detention cell after army hospital">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2023
New Zealand Politics Daily is a collation of the most prominent issues being discussed in New Zealand. It is edited by Dr Bryce Edwards of The Democracy Project. Today’s content ELECTION Henry Cooke (Guardian): New Zealand’s Labour party is stumbling towards defeat – a scare campaign could save them Richard Harman: He’s back (paywalled) Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Christopher Luxon really ... <a title="Newsletter: August 11 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/11/newsletter-august-11-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: August 11 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
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August 10, 2023
New Zealand Politics Daily is a collation of the most prominent issues being discussed in New Zealand. It is edited by Dr Bryce Edwards of The Democracy Project. Today’s content ELECTION Audrey Young (Herald): What would Cabinet look like in a Labour-Greens-Māori Party government (paywalled) Tova O’Brien (Stuff): Christopher Luxon’s deficient personal brand distanced from the campaign Newshub: New poll ... <a title="Newsletter: August 10 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/10/newsletter-august-10-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: August 10 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2023
RNZ Pacific Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has called again for the immediate release of New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens, who has now been held hostage by pro-independence fighters in West Papua for six months. Speaking in Auckland, Hipkins said Mehrtens — a pilot for the Indonesian airline Susi Air which provide air links to remote ... <a title="Hipkins urges release of NZ hostage six months after Papua kidnapping" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/09/hipkins-urges-release-of-nz-hostage-six-months-after-papua-kidnapping/" aria-label="Read more about Hipkins urges release of NZ hostage six months after Papua kidnapping">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2023
Asia Pacific Report The leader of the Free Papua Movement (OPM) has called for the establishment of a “United Indigenous Nations” for global justice and an end to Indonesia’s ‘malignant’ colonisation of West Papua. Today — August 9 — is the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, as declared at the inaugural UN Working ... <a title="OPM leader calls for ‘world indigenous UN’ – end to Papuan colonisation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/09/opm-leader-calls-for-world-indigenous-un-end-to-papuan-colonisation/" aria-label="Read more about OPM leader calls for ‘world indigenous UN’ – end to Papuan colonisation">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2023
New Zealand Politics Daily is a collation of the most prominent issues being discussed in New Zealand. It is edited by Dr Bryce Edwards of The Democracy Project. Today’s content ELECTION, PARLIAMENT Peter Stahel (Guardian): Most say New Zealand is on the wrong track – can it avoid a drift to populism? Charlotte Graham=McLay (Guardian): Guardian Essential poll ... <a title="Newsletter: August 9 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/09/newsletter-august-9-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: August 9 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
