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Newsletter: June 22 2023 – Items of interest and importance today

June 22, 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 MICHAEL WOOD Jo Moir (Newsroom): Even in resigning Wood doesn’t accept full blame Luke Malpass (Stuff): Michael Wood’s bizarre behaviour casts a pall over Labour Audrey Young (Herald): Michael ... <a title="Newsletter: June 22 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/22/newsletter-june-22-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: June 22 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: June 21 2023 – Items of interest and importance today

June 21, 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 COMCOM MARKET STUDY INTO BANKING Sam Stubbs (Stuff): Nine questions the Commerce Commission’s banking inquiry should ask Bernard Hickey: Why the banking study was needed and where it ... <a title="Newsletter: June 21 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/21/newsletter-june-21-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: June 21 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>

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USP signs ‘milestone Pacific MOUs’ for enterprising journalism initiatives

June 20, 2023

By Viliame Tawanakoro in Suva The University of the South Pacific’s regional journalism programme has penned three milestone Memorandums of Understanding that will usher in greater collaboration with media industry partners over student upskilling and training, joint workshops and seminars, and publication of the award-winning training newspaper Wansolwara. Papua New Guinea’s National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) ... <a title="USP signs ‘milestone Pacific MOUs’ for enterprising journalism initiatives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/20/usp-signs-milestone-pacific-mous-for-enterprising-journalism-initiatives/" aria-label="Read more about USP signs ‘milestone Pacific MOUs’ for enterprising journalism initiatives">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: June 20 2023 – Items of interest and importance today

June 20, 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 HEALTH Nicholas Jones (Herald): Surgery wait lists: Māori, Pacific prioritised – why ethnicity is a factor (paywalled) Rachel Maher (Herald): Royal Australasian College of Surgeons backs surgical equity policy, ... <a title="Newsletter: June 20 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/20/newsletter-june-20-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: June 20 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>

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Pacific journos urged not to let geopolitics ‘skew their narratives’

June 19, 2023

RNZ Pacific The editor of the Marshall Islands Journal, Giff Johnson, is urging Pacific journalists not to be swayed by geopolitical narratives and to stay true to reporting stories that affect people in their daily lives. Held last Friday in Majuro, Johnson, who is also the co-founder of the Pacific Media Institute, hosted Pacific journalists ... <a title="Pacific journos urged not to let geopolitics ‘skew their narratives’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/19/pacific-journos-urged-not-to-let-geopolitics-skew-their-narratives/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific journos urged not to let geopolitics ‘skew their narratives’">Read more</a>

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‘A win for all Kanak people’ says first indigenous Harvard graduate

June 19, 2023

By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist New Caledonian Joe Xulue has made history by becoming the first person of Kanak heritage to graduate from Harvard University in the United States. During his graduation in Boston on June 6, he proudly wore the Kanak flag as he received a diploma in law — and photos of ... <a title="‘A win for all Kanak people’ says first indigenous Harvard graduate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/19/a-win-for-all-kanak-people-says-first-indigenous-harvard-graduate/" aria-label="Read more about ‘A win for all Kanak people’ says first indigenous Harvard graduate">Read more</a>

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Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Troubling report into Stuart Nash’s conflicts of interest

June 19, 2023

  Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Maybe we’ve all got scandal fatigue. This is the best explanation for why there’s not more public and media concern in the wake of the disturbing report into former Minister Stuart Nash’s relationship with donors. There have been so many integrity violations lately from Government politicians and officials – ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Troubling report into Stuart Nash’s conflicts of interest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/19/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-troubling-report-into-stuart-nashs-conflicts-of-interest/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Troubling report into Stuart Nash’s conflicts of interest">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: June 19 2023 – Items of interest and importance today

June 19, 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 Claire Trevett (Herald): Christopher Luxon hunts for mojo while Chris Hipkins hunts for good news on Puhoi motorway as recessions, teacher strikes, gangs dominate agenda (paywalled) ... <a title="Newsletter: June 19 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/19/newsletter-june-19-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: June 19 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>

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Critical D-day over Papua governor Lukas Enembe’s legal nightmare?

June 19, 2023

SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya Next month, on July 10, six months will have passed since Papua’s Governor Lukas Enembe was “kidnapped” and flown to Jakarta for charges over alleged one million rupiah (NZ$100,000) graft. Despite his deteriorating health, he has been detained in a Corruption Eradication Commission’s cell (KPK) in the Indonesian capital — ... <a title="Critical D-day over Papua governor Lukas Enembe’s legal nightmare?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/19/critical-d-day-over-papua-governor-lukas-enembes-legal-nightmare/" aria-label="Read more about Critical D-day over Papua governor Lukas Enembe’s legal nightmare?">Read more</a>

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Indonesian critic condemns draft health law as based on ‘fake paper’

June 18, 2023

By Singgih Wiryono in Jakarta Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) chair Muhammad Isnur has condemned the drafting of the Healthcare Bill (RUU Kesehatan) as “fake”, saying that the draft is almost the same as the Omnibus Law on Job Creation (Cipta Kerja). According to Isnur, the similarity can be seen from a test of the ... <a title="Indonesian critic condemns draft health law as based on ‘fake paper’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/18/indonesian-critic-condemns-draft-health-law-as-based-on-fake-paper/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian critic condemns draft health law as based on ‘fake paper’">Read more</a>

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Mediawatch: Further fallout as RNZ takes out the ‘Kremlin garbage’

June 18, 2023

External experts are poring over the “inappropriate editing” of international news published online by RNZ. It has already tightened editorial checks and stood down an online journalist. Will this dent trust in RNZ — or news in general? Were campaigns propagating national propaganda a factor? Mediawatch asks two experts with international experience. MEDIAWATCH: By Colin ... <a title="Mediawatch: Further fallout as RNZ takes out the ‘Kremlin garbage’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/18/mediawatch-further-fallout-as-rnz-takes-out-the-kremlin-garbage/" aria-label="Read more about Mediawatch: Further fallout as RNZ takes out the ‘Kremlin garbage’">Read more</a>

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Richard Naidu: Money, politics and fear – yet FFP’s millions still weren’t enough

June 17, 2023

ANALYSIS: By Richard Naidu in Suva It has been six months now, but I have to make a strange admission. I miss the laughs I used to get over the pseudo-authoritative pronouncements of Fiji’s former attorney-general Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum (pictured). I recall that he got a bit over-excited in January this year. That was when he ... <a title="Richard Naidu: Money, politics and fear – yet FFP’s millions still weren’t enough" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/17/richard-naidu-money-politics-and-fear-yet-ffps-millions-still-werent-enough/" aria-label="Read more about Richard Naidu: Money, politics and fear – yet FFP’s millions still weren’t enough">Read more</a>