CoveragePost
July 8, 2019
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 Cancer care Newshub: Expert slams successive Governments’ approach to cancer Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Government promises to cancer patients could come back to bite as politics takes over RNZ: Terminally ill father garners 130k signatures ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 08 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/08/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-08-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 08 2019">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
July 5, 2019
By Dan McGarry in Port Vila The Chinese Embassy has for a second time failed to respond to a request for comment concerning its role in the arrest, detention and planned deportation of six Chinese nationals on Vanuatu soil. The Vanuatu Daily Post originally contacted the embassy by telephone last week, but were instructed to ... <a title="Some detained Chinese accused were Vanuatu support citizenship applicants" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/05/some-detained-chinese-accused-were-vanuatu-support-citizenship-applicants/" aria-label="Read more about Some detained Chinese accused were Vanuatu support citizenship applicants">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
July 5, 2019
Call it “state housing”, “social housing” or this Government’s preference, “public housing” – it’s the accommodation solution that continues to be overlooked and neglected by both Labour and National governments. Sure, the current government might talk a lot about “public housing” and they might be building more state houses than the previous government, but it’s ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Is it time for a programme of mass state house building?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/05/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-is-it-time-for-a-programme-of-mass-state-house-building/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Is it time for a programme of mass state house building?">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
July 5, 2019
By RNZ Pacific An estimated 2000 people have joined a march in French Polynesia this week to mark the 53rd anniversary of France’s first atomic weapons test in the Pacific. The first test was on July 2, 1966, after nuclear testing was moved from Algeria to the Tuamotus. Organisers of the Association 193 described it ... <a title="Marchers in Tahiti ‘mourn’ French nuclear weapons test legacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/05/marchers-in-tahiti-mourn-french-nuclear-weapons-test-legacy/" aria-label="Read more about Marchers in Tahiti ‘mourn’ French nuclear weapons test legacy">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
July 5, 2019
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 Primary and extractive Industries Angie Skerrett (Newshub): ‘An alarming trend’: Call for ‘national interest test’ after Westland Milk deal to Chinese dairy giant Andrea Fox (Herald): Confidence in dairy co-op business model shaken ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 05 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/05/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-05-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 05 2019">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
July 4, 2019
Deputy Prime Minister Davis Steven has been tasked to set boundaries on the terms of reference and set a timeframe to complete Papua New Guinea’s proposed Commission of Inquiry into the UBS Loan Report. Video: EMTV News By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape says he will resign from ... <a title="‘I’ll resign if found guilty’ pledges PM Marape over UBS loan saga" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/04/ill-resign-if-found-guilty-pledges-pm-marape-over-ubs-loan-saga/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I’ll resign if found guilty’ pledges PM Marape over UBS loan saga">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
July 4, 2019
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 Climate change Joel MacManus (Stuff): PM Jacinda Ardern: Government ‘not opposed to’ idea of declaring a climate emergency Jason Walls (Herald): Jacinda Ardern is keen on declaring a climate-change emergency but roadblock remains ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 04 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/04/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-04-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 04 2019">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
July 3, 2019
Mixed reactions in Hong Kong after protesters stormed the Legislative Council on Monday, the anniversary of the former British colony’s 1997 return to Chinese rule. Video: Al Jazeera Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Authorities in Hong Kong should swiftly investigate the vandalism of the Citizens’ Radio office and hold those responsible to account, the Committee to ... <a title="Pro-democracy broadcaster Citizens’ Radio vandalised in Hong Kong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/03/pro-democracy-broadcaster-citizens-radio-vandalised-in-hong-kong/" aria-label="Read more about Pro-democracy broadcaster Citizens’ Radio vandalised in Hong Kong">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
July 3, 2019
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 Environment and conservation Danyl Mclauchlan (Spinoff): The real enemy: Why blaming NGOs for climate inaction is stupid Jarrod Gilbert (Herald): When dogs can’t drink at the creek it’s time to act (paywalled) Joel MacManus ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 03 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/03/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-03-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 03 2019">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
July 2, 2019
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A report on the alleged mismanagement and abuse charges at the University of the South Pacific is due by August 16, reports Islands Business. New Zealand accounting firm BDO Auckland has been selected to conduct the special investigation in response to allegations of speedy appointments and contract renewals as well as ... <a title="Report into USP mismanagement allegations due next month" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/02/report-into-usp-mismanagement-allegations-due-next-month/" aria-label="Read more about Report into USP mismanagement allegations due next month">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
July 2, 2019
The public’s trust in the competency and integrity of the public service is an essential element of any democracy. If citizens think that those running government departments are foolish, dishonest, or dodgy, then the whole system can start to fall apart. We see the results of such distrust in plenty of other countries. Here in ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Lack of accountability over Treasury’s bogus hacking claim" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/02/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-lack-of-accountability-over-treasurys-bogus-hacking-claim/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Lack of accountability over Treasury’s bogus hacking claim">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
July 2, 2019
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 Housing Chris Trotter (Interest): Why the government’s housing policies aren’t about to take a sharp left turn Shane Te Pou (Newsroom): How housing could go from clumsy to savvy Southland Times Editorial: For tenants ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 02 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/02/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-02-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 02 2019">Read more</a>
