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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 28 2018

November 28, 2018

Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 28 2018 Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. NZ-China relationship, foreign affairs and trade Richard Harman (Politik): Peters suggests China spies on Kiwis Scott Palmer (Newshub): Winston Peters issues dire warning over Chinese spying ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 28 2018" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/28/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-november-28-2018/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 28 2018">Read more</a>

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Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Navigating allegations of illegal foreign state meddling in New Zealand

November 28, 2018

Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Navigating allegations of illegal foreign state meddling in New Zealand One of this year’s most potentially explosive and dangerous political issues has been allegations of foreign meddling against the University of Canterbury’s Prof Anne-Marie Brady because of her role as a critic of Chinese state political interference.  It’s a fascinating tale ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Navigating allegations of illegal foreign state meddling in New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/28/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-navigating-allegations-of-illegal-foreign-state-meddling-in-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Navigating allegations of illegal foreign state meddling in New Zealand">Read more</a>

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Keith Rankin’s Chart for this Month: Slowly Increasing Teachers’ Earnings

November 27, 2018

Chart analysis by Keith Rankin. This month’s chart uses a correctly proportioned (logarithmic) scale to compare the growth of the average hourly price of labour in Education/Training and miscellaneous Professional Services with wage growth across ‘all industries’ (bearing in mind that most workers are employed in service ‘industries’). We should relate this to my June ... <a title="Keith Rankin’s Chart for this Month: Slowly Increasing Teachers’ Earnings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/27/keith-rankins-chart-for-this-month-slowly-increasing-teachers-earnings/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin’s Chart for this Month: Slowly Increasing Teachers’ Earnings">Read more</a>

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Trauma research on TV journalists covering killings revealed in Pacific Journalism Review

November 27, 2018

Part of the cover of the latest Pacific Journalism Review. Image: © Fernando G Sepe Jr/ABS-CBN Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The statistics globally are chilling. And the Asia-Pacific region bears the brunt of the killing of journalists with impunity disproportionately. Revelations in research published in the latest edition of Pacific Journalism Review on the trauma ... <a title="Trauma research on TV journalists covering killings revealed in Pacific Journalism Review" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/27/trauma-research-on-tv-journalists-covering-killings-revealed-in-pacific-journalism-review/" aria-label="Read more about Trauma research on TV journalists covering killings revealed in Pacific Journalism Review">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 27 2018

November 27, 2018

Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 27 2018 Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. NZ-China relationship, foreign affairs and trade Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): The Case Of The Problematic Professor Tim Watkin (Pundit): If Jacinda Ardern wants inspiration on Brady ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 27 2018" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/27/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-november-27-2018/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 27 2018">Read more</a>

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Scott Waide reinstated – ‘thank you’ message from EMTV journalist

November 27, 2018

Scott Waide reporting in a Papua New Guinea village … image from his blog My Land, My Country. COMMENT: By Scott Waide, in an open letter posted on his blog after he was reinstated by EMTV today following suspension for broadcasting an APEC news item on November 17 criticising wasteful government spending. Dear all, Over ... <a title="Scott Waide reinstated – ‘thank you’ message from EMTV journalist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/27/scott-waide-reinstated-thank-you-message-from-emtv-journalist/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Waide reinstated – ‘thank you’ message from EMTV journalist">Read more</a>

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PM blames Bougainville missing budget on ‘administrative error’

November 26, 2018

The Bougainville flag … a critical year for the referendum on independence next year. Image: Bougainville News By RNZ Pacific The Bougainville President, John Momis, says he has been assured by Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister, Peter O’Neill, that the absence of a vital grant from the 2019 Budget was an “administrative error”. Both leaders ... <a title="PM blames Bougainville missing budget on ‘administrative error’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/26/pm-blames-bougainville-missing-budget-on-administrative-error/" aria-label="Read more about PM blames Bougainville missing budget on ‘administrative error’">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 26 2018

November 26, 2018

Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 26 2018 Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. NZ-China relationship, foreign affairs and trade Matt Nippert (Herald): Burgled professor case: PM called on to defend academic freedom Anusha Bradley (RNZ): ‘Shocked and disturbed’ by ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 26 2018" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/26/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-november-26-2018/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 26 2018">Read more</a>

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Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Police, Pride and prejudice

November 26, 2018

Political Roundup: Police, Pride and prejudice By Bryce Edwards. “All liberation movements fall apart and devolve into factionalism” suggested Kim Hill yesterday in her RNZ interview with Pride festival board chairperson Cissy Rock. Although expressed in rather a negative way, Hill’s statement is one of the clearest observations of the current meltdown in the LGBTQ+ ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Police, Pride and prejudice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/26/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-police-pride-and-prejudice/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Police, Pride and prejudice">Read more</a>

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PNG Media Council says bring back Waide – stop attacking free media

November 25, 2018

NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern as she appeared on the “negative” EMTV News during APEC – she refused to ride in a Maserati luxury sedan and criticised the funding. Image: PMC screenshot from EMTV News Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The Media Council of PNG has called on the board and management of Media NiuginiLimited to ... <a title="PNG Media Council says bring back Waide – stop attacking free media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/25/png-media-council-says-bring-back-waide-stop-attacking-free-media/" aria-label="Read more about PNG Media Council says bring back Waide – stop attacking free media">Read more</a>

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Open letter from MP for Wabag: EMTV move ‘dictatorship before our eyes’

November 25, 2018

Papua New Guinean journalists at APEC 2018 … “freedom of speech and expression are a fundamental right … and entrenched in the constitution”. Image: Loop PNG OPINION: By Dr Lino Jeremaih Tom, MP for Wabag The suspension of EMTV deputy news editor Scott Waide has brought us to a new low in Papua New Guinea’s ... <a title="Open letter from MP for Wabag: EMTV move ‘dictatorship before our eyes’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/25/open-letter-from-mp-for-wabag-emtv-move-dictatorship-before-our-eyes/" aria-label="Read more about Open letter from MP for Wabag: EMTV move ‘dictatorship before our eyes’">Read more</a>

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Scott Waide: PNGFM news boss calls for investigations, penalties for troops who assaulted journalists

November 24, 2018

Parliament Haus in Waigani … scene of the reported assault against PNGFM journalists. Image Scott Waide’s blog Scott Waide’s blog highlights an open letter by Genesis Ketan, director of news, PNGFM: As director of News for PNGFM, I am very disappointed at the manner at which two of my reporters – one male and one ... <a title="Scott Waide: PNGFM news boss calls for investigations, penalties for troops who assaulted journalists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2018/11/24/scott-waide-pngfm-news-boss-calls-for-investigations-penalties-for-troops-who-assaulted-journalists/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Waide: PNGFM news boss calls for investigations, penalties for troops who assaulted journalists">Read more</a>