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February 17, 2021
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 Australia-NZ dispute over terrorist suspect in Turkey Dan Satherley (Newshub): Judith Collins defends Australia’s move to dump terrorist problem on New Zealand Tova O’Brien (Newshub): How Australia snookered New Zealand and angered Jacinda Ardern Audrey ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 17 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/17/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-17-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 17 2021">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2021
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 Covid outbreak: Lockdown decisions Michael Morrah (Newshub): New Zealand’s new COVID-19 outbreak ‘detected later than it could’ve been’ – expert Audrey Young (Herald): Political focus turns to whether lockdown was caused by border failure (paywalled) Justin Giovannetti ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 16 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/16/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-16-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 16 2021">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2021
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 Covid: New community outbreak Jo Moir (Newsroom): The border will never be unbreachable Audrey Young (Herald): The best place to judge Ardern’s lockdown is from a rear view mirror (paywalled) Josh Van Veen (Democracy Project): Ardern’s Year of ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 15 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/15/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-15-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 15 2021">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Biman Chand Prasad in Suva The whistleblowing vice-chancellor at the University of the South Pacific (USP), Professor Pal Ahluwalia, has described the illegal deportation of he and his wife, Sandra Price, last week as a “surreal” experience. Many would agree that the inhumane, immoral and illegal deportation has plunged the tertiary institution into ... <a title="The future of USP is at stake – do Australia and NZ still stand for human rights?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/13/the-future-of-usp-is-at-stake-do-australia-and-nz-still-stand-for-human-rights/" aria-label="Read more about The future of USP is at stake – do Australia and NZ still stand for human rights?">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2021
REFLECTIONS: By Robbie Robertson and Akosita Tamanisau in Melbourne The pictures of Professor Pal Ahluwalia, the vice-chancellor of the University of the South Pacific (USP), and his wife Sandra Price on the morning of Thursday, February 4, during their long and unexpected plane journey back to Brisbane after their shock expulsion from Fiji brought back ... <a title="Fiji’s actions threaten to unwind the Pacific’s great experiment in regional education at USP" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/13/fijis-actions-threaten-to-unwind-the-pacifics-great-experiment-in-regional-education-at-usp/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s actions threaten to unwind the Pacific’s great experiment in regional education at USP">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2021
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 Parliament’s tie-wearing rules Metiria Turei (Spinoff): Why the parliament necktie fight is so much more than some petty squabble Peter Dunne: Waititi wins Caroline Daley (The Conversation): The tie that binds: unravelling the knotty issue of ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 12 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/12/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-12-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 12 2021">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2021
By Dominic Godfrey, RNZ Pacific journalist Samoa’s prime minister has gone public with his desire to “rehouse” the University of the South Pacific (USP) in his country. It Is a long-term vision, according to Prime Minister Tuila’epa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi, one that has been resurrected by the ongoing saga surrounding the tenure of USP vice-chancellor and ... <a title="Samoa goes public with bid for USP to move headquarters from Fiji" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/11/samoa-goes-public-with-bid-for-usp-to-move-headquarters-from-fiji/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa goes public with bid for USP to move headquarters from Fiji">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk University of the South Pacific staff unions and students have protested in “disgust” over what they call interference and unsolicited presence by Fiji police on the Laucala campus. “We demand that this must immediately stop, to allow staff to work and prepare for incoming students and the semester of learning ahead,” ... <a title="USP staff, student unions protest over Fiji police ‘attack’ on campus safety" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/11/usp-staff-student-unions-protest-over-fiji-police-attack-on-campus-safety/" aria-label="Read more about USP staff, student unions protest over Fiji police ‘attack’ on campus safety">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Indonesia is trying again to “divide and rule my people” by further carving Papua into three new provinces, warns interim president Benny Wenda of the United Liberation Movement of West Papua (ULMWP). And he says that Jakarta is bringing in another 450 troops in to “violently enforce” its policies. “Indonesian troops ... <a title="Reject Jakarta’s ‘divide and rule’ Papua provinces strategy, warns Wenda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/11/reject-jakartas-divide-and-rule-papua-provinces-strategy-warns-wenda/" aria-label="Read more about Reject Jakarta’s ‘divide and rule’ Papua provinces strategy, warns Wenda">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2021
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 Parliament’s tie-wearing rules Rawiri Waititi (Herald): It’s not about a tie – it’s about Pākehā power Amelia Wade (Herald): Tiki vs tie: Parliament neck-tie stoush soon to be tied-up Eleanor de Jong (The Guardian): Māori MP Rawiri ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 10 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/10/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-10-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 10 2021">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2021
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 Air NZ work for Saudi Arabia military Benedict Collins (1News): Air NZ has been secretly helping Saudi Arabian military despite its role in Yemen humanitarian crisis RNZ: Air NZ apologises after revelations it helped Saudi Arabian ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 09 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/09/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-09-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 09 2021">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2021
By RNZ Pacific There are signs Fiji’s deportation of the University of the South Pacific (USP) vice-chancellor was engineered to avoid his contract being given better security. Professor Pal Ahluwalia told RNZ Dateline Pacific that on Wednesday last week the USP chancellor, Nauru President Lionel Aingimea, had alerted the university’s governing body, the USP Council, ... <a title="Deportation of USP academic head hinted at in Fiji media veiled threat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/09/deportation-of-usp-academic-head-hinted-at-in-fiji-media-veiled-threat/" aria-label="Read more about Deportation of USP academic head hinted at in Fiji media veiled threat">Read more</a>
