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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 28 2020

July 28, 2020

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 Newshub-Reid Research poll Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Newshub-Reid Research Poll: Voters trust Jacinda Ardern far more than Judith Collins Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Newshub-Reid Research Poll: Kiwis trust Labour more than National to run the ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 28 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/28/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-28-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 28 2020">Read more</a>

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Duterte again calls for return of death penalty by lethal injection

July 28, 2020

By Pia Ranada in Manila Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, for the third time, used his State of the Nation Address (SONA) to call on Congress to reinstate the death penalty for violators of the country’s anti-drugs law. “I reiterate the swift passage of a law reviving the death penalty by lethal injection for crimes specified ... <a title="Duterte again calls for return of death penalty by lethal injection" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/28/duterte-again-calls-for-return-of-death-penalty-by-lethal-injection/" aria-label="Read more about Duterte again calls for return of death penalty by lethal injection">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 27 2020

July 27, 2020

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 Newshub-Reid Research Poll Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Judith Collins must take responsibility for National’s fall – but she’s not entirely to blame Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Jacinda Ardern still soaring as preferred Prime Minister – ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 27 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/27/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-27-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 27 2020">Read more</a>

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NZ grants Kurdish-Iranian author Behrouz Boochani refugee status

July 24, 2020

By RNZ News Immigration New Zealand has confirmed that Behrouz Boochani has been given refugee status in New Zealand. Boochani has been in New Zealand since November. He had travelled to Christchurch for a writers’ festival on a one-month visa and was supported by Amnesty International. He was detained in Manus Island and in Port ... <a title="NZ grants Kurdish-Iranian author Behrouz Boochani refugee status" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/24/nz-grants-kurdish-iranian-author-behrouz-boochani-refugee-status/" aria-label="Read more about NZ grants Kurdish-Iranian author Behrouz Boochani refugee status">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 24 2020

July 24, 2020

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 Gordon Campbell: On who really deserves sympathy when stress makes people behave badly Peter Dunne: The 52nd Parliament is hurtling towards an inglorious end Peter Dunne (Newsroom): MPs: Pick them carefully, treat with ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 24 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/24/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-24-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 24 2020">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 23 2020

July 23, 2020

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 Iain Lees-Galloway sacking Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Firing someone for having an affair is pretty low Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Tit for tat – nasty election campaign looms RNZ: Checkpoint: Deceit, integrity problem ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 23 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/23/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-23-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 23 2020">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 22 2020

July 22, 2020

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 National Party Richard Harman (Politik): Safe seat, not much experience required Audrey Young (Herald): Judith Collins makes only one mistake in the Andrew Falloon fiasco (paywalled) Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Judith Collins and Jacinda Ardern failed ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 22 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/22/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-22-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 22 2020">Read more</a>

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Papuan activists in Yogya protest against extended special autonomy

July 21, 2020

By IndoLeft News in Yogyakarta Papuan students and activists have held a protest action against Special Autonomy(Otsus) Chapter II at the zero kilometre point in Indonesia’s central Java city of Yogyakarta. The joint action was initiated by the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) and the Indonesian People’s Front for West Papua (FRI-WP). READ MORE: Indonesian government ... <a title="Papuan activists in Yogya protest against extended special autonomy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/21/papuan-activists-in-yogya-protest-against-extended-special-autonomy/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan activists in Yogya protest against extended special autonomy">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 21 2020

July 21, 2020

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 National Party Herald: Second sex-text allegation: Judith Collins wants National MP Andrew Falloon out of parliament now Henry Cooke (Stuff): Andrew Falloon sent sexually explicit photos to another young woman RNZ: Judith Collins: National ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 21 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/21/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-21-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 21 2020">Read more</a>

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National gambles on Collins crushing Ardern’s charisma in NZ election

July 20, 2020

ANALYSIS: By Grant Duncan, of Massey University The starting gates in New Zealand’s September 19 election race are finally full. Labour’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is the bookies’ favourite and the opposition took a long time to settle. All the same, punters may still want to hedge their bets. While the National Party’s internal disarray ... <a title="National gambles on Collins crushing Ardern’s charisma in NZ election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/20/national-gambles-on-collins-crushing-arderns-charisma-in-nz-election/" aria-label="Read more about National gambles on Collins crushing Ardern’s charisma in NZ election">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 20 2020

July 20, 2020

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 National Party Matt McCarten (E-Tangata): Red meat is back on the table Nicky Hager (Spinoff): Five reasons why Judith Collins won’t be prime minister Andrea Vance (Stuff): Better the devil you know: the ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 20 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/20/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-20-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 20 2020">Read more</a>

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Bishops slam draconian security laws in Philippines, Hong Kong

July 19, 2020

By Nikko Dizon and Paterno R Esmaquel II in Manila Filipinos and the people of Hong Kong are both in need of prayers over recently-passed security laws that threaten to undermine their basic freedoms and human rights, says the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP). The bishops’ call came after they recently received a ... <a title="Bishops slam draconian security laws in Philippines, Hong Kong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/19/bishops-slam-draconian-security-laws-in-philippines-hong-kong/" aria-label="Read more about Bishops slam draconian security laws in Philippines, Hong Kong">Read more</a>