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July 3, 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 David Clark resigns as Health Minister Audrey Young (Herald): Ex-Health minister David Clark became a distraction to Govt focus on re-election (paywalled) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): David Clark, the minister who took on an impossible ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 03 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/03/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-03-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 03 2020">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin, 2 July 2020 Socialism versus Progressive Capitalism I was disappointed that the Green Party continues to reject a distributive Universal Basic Income (UBI) in favour of a redistributive and polarising Guaranteed Minimum Income (GMI) model. GMI is the antithesis of UBI. The essence of UBI, through flattening income tax, is the creation ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Green Party Tax-Benefit Policy is not Helpful" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/02/keith-rankin-analysis-green-party-tax-benefit-policy-is-not-helpful/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Green Party Tax-Benefit Policy is not Helpful">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2020
The unopposed motion put forward by Prime Minister Henry Puna was regarding the article titled “MPs seek allowance top-ups in downturn”. In her ruling, Rattle said the headline was unfair and the use of the word “demand” in the first paragraph was inaccurate. READ MORE: Earlier Cook Islands News editorial on the issue The newspaper ... <a title="Cook Islands Speaker rules against motion to ban political journalist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/02/cook-islands-speaker-rules-against-motion-to-ban-political-journalist/" aria-label="Read more about Cook Islands Speaker rules against motion to ban political journalist">Read more</a>
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July 2, 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 NZ First, fishing industry, light rail Michael Morrah (Newshub): Talleys hosted fundraiser dinners for NZ First, but denies that’s behind delay in fishing boat cameras Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Stuart Nash apologises to Winston ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 02 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/02/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-02-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 02 2020">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2020
By Mackenzie Smith of RNZ News Hong Kong protesters in New Zealand are worried they could be arrested if they return home because they have attended political demonstrations here. Beijing’s new national security law, passed on Tuesday, criminalises secession, subversion and collusion with foreign forces, but will also effectively shut down protest action and freedom ... <a title="Hong Kong protesters in NZ worried about new national security law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/02/hong-kong-protesters-in-nz-worried-about-new-national-security-law/" aria-label="Read more about Hong Kong protesters in NZ worried about new national security law">Read more</a>
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July 1, 2020
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards The Greens have shaken up the election campaign with the announcement of their radical poverty and action plan to reform welfare provision and introduce a new wealth tax for millionaires. It’s a big-thinking, controversial policy and has generated a lot of disagreement over how radical it is, whether it could ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Greens’ Zeitgeist poverty and tax action plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/01/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-greens-zeitgeist-poverty-and-tax-action-plan/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Greens’ Zeitgeist poverty and tax action plan">Read more</a>
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July 1, 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 Fishing industry Michael Morrah (Newshub): Fisheries Minister Stuart Nash blames pressure from NZ First for delay in fishing boat cameras in recording Herald: NZ First blamed for delay in fishing boat cameras by ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 01 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/01/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-01-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 01 2020">Read more</a>
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June 30, 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 Greens Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Labour Will Not Win With A Yeah-Nah Strategy Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Taxing weath: a necessary step, or unachievable pipe dream? Dave Armstrong (Stuff): Greens’ wealth tax will appeal to ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 30 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/30/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-june-30-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 30 2020">Read more</a>
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June 29, 2020
By Gordon Campbell, editor of Werewolf For most of the past week, any consumer of this country’s management of covid-19 would think New Zealand was actually Brazil, or Texas. The media language has been full of claims of “botches” at the border, and laxness and inexcusable errors that amounted to a “national disgrace.” Amid all ... <a title="Gordon Campbell: Media collusion with National’s attack lines the real disgrace" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/29/gordon-campbell-media-collusion-with-nationals-attack-lines-the-real-disgrace/" aria-label="Read more about Gordon Campbell: Media collusion with National’s attack lines the real disgrace">Read more</a>
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June 29, 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 Election Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Elections are meant to be a contest of ideas, but 2020 is in danger of being hijacked by the intolerant mob Bryce Edwards (Guardian): We are in a period ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 29 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/29/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-june-29-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 29 2020">Read more</a>
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June 26, 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 1News – Colmar Brunton Poll Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): National’s purpose renewed as NZ First struggles Jason Walls (Herald): National’s poll bump – It’s too early for leader Todd Muller to break out the ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 26 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/26/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-june-26-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 26 2020">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2020
The recent University of the South Pacific (USP) Council meeting to address governance issues resulting in the reinstatement of its suspended vice-chancellor may have opened a pathway for political will among leaders and politicians of forum member countries to push for better governance in regional institutions. It may have also put the spotlight on our ... <a title="USP saga lesson for Pacific future: No more looking the other way?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/26/usp-saga-lesson-for-pacific-future-no-more-looking-the-other-way/" aria-label="Read more about USP saga lesson for Pacific future: No more looking the other way?">Read more</a>
